Adverbs
Adverbs are words that modify or describe a verb.
Adverb phrases usually describe when, where or how something happens.
Some adverbs answer the question when the action takes place. They are called Adverbs of Time. Like Late, early, yesterday, tomorrow are some adverbs of time.
A. Read the passage given below and underline the adverbs.
Gino ran quickly. He had never been so frightened. He screamed loudly and ran towards the garden. He always went there whenever he was frightened. He was so glad to reach the garden. He saw beautiful flowers all around him. Soon he forgot that he was frightened and played happily in the garden.
B. Fill in the blanks with appropriate adverbs of your choice.
1. It was raining _____________________ so we decided to go out.
2. Mia ________________________ tells a lie.
3. We all ate the food ___________________because we had been hungry for _______________ days.
4. This little boy _______________________ greets everyone
5. The old woman could not walk _____________________ as he was ___________________ old.
C. Select a suitable adverb from below to complete the paragraph given below.
bravely, before, brightly, suddenly, quietly, clearly, smoothly, everywhere
The night was lit brightly by the moon. I laid (a) _________________________ on my bed. I could see the clouds gliding (b) _________________________ across the sky. There seemed to be peace _______________________ I was about to sleep when (d) _____________________ there was a painful cry. I heard it (e) _________________________ I had never heard such a painful cry (f) _________________________ I went to the window (g) ________________________ to see what or who it was.
Adjectives vs. Adverbs
Please study the table below to see how the same word can be used as either an adjective or adverb.
Fill in the blanks by changing the underlined adjectives into adverbs.
Your notes are not very clear. Please rewrite them _ clearly .
1. Joan has a beautiful voice. She sings ________________________________. 2. Look at the heavy rain. It is raining very ________________________________. 3. Alex is a careless driver. He drives ________________________________ all the time.
4. The boss has a loud voice. He often talks ________________________________.
5. Catherine is an efficient office worker. She does her job _______________________.
6. James is a good student. He will do ____________________ in the final examination.
7. The sofa is very comfortable. I'm lying on it ___________________________.
Read the sentences below. Are the words underlined adjectives or adverbs?
Helen has a beautiful voice. She always sings well. ______Adverb_______
1. The old man is walking very slowly. ___________________
2. The students are working hard on the project. ___________________
3. The bread is very hard. I cannot eat it. ___________________
4. Ken is a friendly person. ___________________
5. It is very cloudy. I'm afraid it will rain soon. ___________________
6. Clara is always reliable. We can rely on her for the job. __________________ 7. Michael answered all the questions quickly. ___________________
8. The students are arguing angrily now. ___________________
9. The sun is shining brightly. ___________________
Tuesday, March 22, 2022
Active & Passive Voice
The first sentence is in the ACTIVE VOICE.
Choose the most correct way of saying the same thing in the
PASSIVE VOICE:
1. They passed me up for that position.
I ________________ for that position.
a) was passed up b) was being passed up c) am passed up
2. By tomorrow, I will have bought the car.
By tomorrow, the car ________________by me.
a) was being bought b) will have been bought c) was bought
3. John bought the Picasso painting.
The Picasso painting ________________ by John.
a) was bought b) will have been bought c) is bought
4. Most students misunderstand this story.
This story ________________ by most students.
a) was misunderstood b) has been misunderstood c) is misunderstood
5. My brother carried the groceries into room.
The groceries ________________ by my brother into the room.
a) were being carried b) have been carried c) were carried
6. Juan is preparing the enchiladas. The enchiladas __________ by Juan.
a) are being prepared b) were being prepared c) are prepared
7. His brother was telling him to calm down.
He ________________ to calm down by his brother.
a) is being told b) was being told c) is told
8. A dog bit me.
I ________________ by a dog.
a) was being bitten b) was bitten c) have been bitten
9. The movers have delivered the furniture.
The furniture ________________ by the movers.
a) will have been delivered b) would be delivered c) has been delivered
10. This city will surprise you.
You ________________ by this city.
a) are surprised b) will be surprised c) will have been surprised
Give the parts of speech of the underlined words.
(interjection, pronoun, verb, adjective, adverb, conjunction)
You have to believe in yourself if you ever expect to be successful at something.
We left for the mountain just before six in the morning.
We first went to the store to buy a few things.
We had a breakfast at a café near the rail station.
My friend wasn't strong enough to lift his heavy rucksack.
I helped him carry it.
The weather was very cold.
My friend said, "Oh! What a cold weather!"
We didn't spend the night there.
We got back home late at night but we didn't go to sleep immediately.
Mathematics - Fractions, Decimals, Percentages
1. There are 200 sweets in a jar. Lucy takes 3/10 of the sweets. Alice takes 50% of the sweets.
a. How many does each child have?
b. How many are left in the jar?
c. What percentage is this?
2-10. Write each of the following as fractions
3. A monkey had 60 peaches. He ate 3/4 of them.
a. How many peaches were remaining?
b. Of the remainder, 1/5 were rotten. How many peaches were rotten?
4-7. Draw and complete the table:
8. Out of a class of 150, one-third opted to do P.E, two-fifths for Spanish and rest for French. Find how many opted for French?
Prepositions
Section A
A preposition is a word that _______________________________________ .
Write a preposition on the line to complete each sentence below.
You may use other prepositions apart from those in the list
across, in, under, around, beneath, over, up, without, onto, toward, besides, aboard, among, during, near, above
Section A
1. We went on vacation ______________________ spring break.
2. I live __________________________ many people.
3. I looked ___________________ the jar to see if there was any jelly left.
4. We walked __________________ of the building when the sirens sounded.
5. She walked ____________________ the shoe store.
6. Our team took the court ___________________ the other team finished the
game.
7. We walked _____________________ the flight of stairs.
8. I threw the ball _______________________ the entire yard.
9. I live _____________________ the famous restaurant.
10. We walked _______________________ the ship.
11. The tourists walked _______________________ the famous bridge.
12. I sat _____________________ the famous president.
13. We walked _____________________ the block at least two times.
Section B
Fill in the correct prepositions.
1. There were _____________ a thousand people at the concert.
2. You must be _____________ 18 in order to see the film.
3. We are travelling _____________ the road.
4. He is suffering _____________ an unknown illness.
5. I listened to the game _____________ the radio.
6. How are you getting _____________ at school?
7. Don’t be impatient _____________ us. We are trying!
8. Could I speak _____________ Tom please?
9. We didn’t see the whole performance because we left _____________ the last act.
10. There were some beautiful pictures _____________ the walls.
11. The march started in the park. _____________ there we moved to City Hall.
12. Pessimism is bad _____________ your health
13. He asked his mother _____________ money.
14. I bought many things _____________ my stay in New York.
15. My country is famous _____________ historical sights.
Conjunctions
A conjunction is used to ___________________
Use the following conjunctions to complete the exercises.
(and, but, or, yet, therefore, otherwise, either .... or, neither .... nor, not only .... but, also, so ... that, as .... as, both .... and, as if, while, as soon as, before, though, although, after, when, where, why, how, still, till, unless, until, if, because, since)
01. _________ he is a busy, he spends time with his family.
02. She is _________ intelligent _________ hard working.
03. Raju will play today ________ he gets a chance.
04. You can't succeed ________ you work hard.
05. We must reach there __________ anyone else.
06. Sam is _________ a fool _____ a stupid.
07. I fell asleep __________ I was watching TV.
08. He is _________ intelligent ______ hard working.
09. Samuel was eating food _________ the postman arrived.
10. I was very angry, _________ I didn't argue.
11. She was unhappy, _________ she was rich.
12. I like him very much _________ he is my best friend.
13. I can't believe you _________ you speak the truth.
14. Liola is ________ tall _____ Sweety.
15. We don't know ______ Suma failed in the examination.
16. Suresh is clever _______ proud.
17. I can't attend the meeting _________ I am suffering from fever.
18. This is the village _________ I lived during my childhood.
19. Veda is _____ kind ______ humble.
20. You better keep quiet _______ you will be sent outside.
Thursday, March 24, 2022
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