Portion & Paper Pattern

English II           MARKS : 30               TIME : 1 hr.  

Portion :  L.W.E pgs    : 1 – 124

          Composition : Paragraph Writing

                                         Comprehension

                                         Outline Story

                                         Letter Writing (Informal)

Paper Pattern:

I. Sentence Analysis:                                                  (10) 

a. Punctuate:

b. Fill in the table with the underlined words with the correct grammar items:

c. Answer:

II. Sentence Analysis:                                                (10) 

a. Punctuate:

b. Fill in the table with the underlined words with the correct grammar items:

c. Answer:

III. Read the passage and answer the following questions given below (Write only the answers):                        (5)

IV. Write an informal letter                                          (5)

Weekend Home Task 20

Weekend Home Task 20

I.  Fill in the blanks to complete these sentences:

1. I have been wanting to buy a car but I had to get a driving license first.

2. You should buy a new computer since we have been told that your computer has been stolen by a thief.

3. People should know that when they buy a house, it should not be riddled with termites that could make the house unsafe.

4. I am putting an advertisement in the Daily Mirror to sell my drums if anyone wants to buy them.

5. Superman has bought a new cape from a man whom he met at the mall.

II. Fill in the correct preposition:

1. Hari is playing cricket on Sunday.

2. They were walking along the road when a car almost hit them.

3. Lila’s wedding anniversary is on the 15th of July.

4. My classes will begin in the month of May.

5. We are planning to go to Matheran over the weekend.

6. She was sitting at the table when a lizard frightened her.

7. I have been waiting for you since two in the afternoon.

8. I will have finished my exams by Friday.

9. Who is the man with the beard in this picture?

10. Come to the sitting room, we would like you to see something.

11. There is a bridge over the river and cars can go on it.

12. On my wall, there are many picture postcards.

Conditional Verbs

 Conditional Verbs

                                                              

* There are two kinds of conditional verbs – real and unreal.

* Real conditional sentences describe real-life situations whereas unreal conditional sentences describe unreal or imaginary situations.

* Conditional sentences contain the conjunction ‘if’. They have two parts in the sentence.

a) Zero Conditional Tense : Here, situation is real and results express general truth. Simple Present tense is used in both the parts of sentences.

For eg: If you eat too much, you become fat.

b) First Conditional Tense : Here, situation is real but results are possible. Simple present tense is used in the first part and Simple Future tense is used in the main part (second part) of the sentence.

For eg :If you go for English classes, your English will improve.

Weekend Home Task 19

Weekend Home Task 19

I. Given below are the movement verbs. For each word, write a sentence containing the word:

1. trot - Jim had a horse named Prince who liked to trot very fast.

2. scurry - The mouse began to scurry because of the cat.

3. crawl - The big snake crawled into the woods.

4. leap - A boy leaps across the stream.

5. slither – Worms slither out looking for air.

II Look at the adverbs given below and underline those that show manner in black, shade those that show time in yellow and write those that show place in red.

neatly, nowhere, slowly, tomorrow, carefully, never, there, cheerfully, gently, everywhere, outside, nearly, swiftly, always, quickly, here, now, inside, today, later, quite, kindly, gracefully, tonight, foolishly, yesterday, too, often, very

More Conjunctions

More Conjunctions

Conjunctions like - however, although, therefore, when, where, because, as if are joined to connect clauses or sentences. A clause is a group of words with a verb.

Example :

1. Although Tina was sick, she came to school.

2. Tom was extremely tired however he finished his job on time. 

Home Weekend Task 18

Home Weekend Task 18

Complete the grid:

Present	Past	Future
share	shared	will share
pluck	plucked	will pluck
lose	lost	will lose
hope	hoped	will hope
fill	filled	will fill

Present Continuous	Past Continuous	Future Continuous
sharing	was sharing	will be sharing
plucking	was sharing	will be sharing
losing	was losing	will be losing
hoping	was hoping	will be hoping
filling	was filling	will be filling

Contractions and Tag Questions

Contractions and Tag Questions

                                

* Contractions:

We have learnt the contractions. Here are a few examples 1. aren't – are not                    2. I’d – I would

* Tag questions:

Tags are formed by verbs. It’s a mini-question to ask if the other person agrees with us. In a positive statement we use a negative tag and in a negative statement we use a positive tag.

For example:

a) Positive statement:

Tina is reading, isn’t she?

b) Negative statement:

Tina is not reading, is she?

 

Home Weekend Task 17

I.  Shade the main verb in the sentence. Underline the helping verbs.

1. Sona will admit her son to the local school near Bandra.

2. Suhail is helping his brother Rahim.

3. The birds have been pecking at the cake.

4. Polly and Peter are crossing the road now.  

5. The children have practiced their parts often.

II.  Find the –ing imposter verbs in these sentences and say what part of speech they are.

1. Hurting frogs and stoning stray starving dogs are acts of meanness.

   stoning - verb,  starving - adjective

2. Rajan is taking his sick father to the local hospital now.

   taking - verb

3. Mandira is studying for the final examination tomorrow.

   studying - verb

4. We are starting for our amazing field trip soon and are going to Nasik, Satara and Pimpri.

   starting - verb

5. Painting and swimming during the holidays kept me busy.

   painting & swimming - verbs

                    

Questions with Primary and Helper verbs

* The primary helper verbs in English are : to be, to do, to have

These verbs help main verbs to make their tenses and become compound verbs.

Example : is going (is = to be)

* When questions begin with the helper verb, the compound verbs are marked as verbs in the same way as you would mark if it had been a statement.

Example : Is she going on a picnic with her dog?

               

Home Weekend Task 16

I Choose the correct word from the brackets and write it in the blank:

1. Father usually gets back home at eight. (ate, eight)

2. The children ate noodles and soup for supper. (ate, eight)

3. The jackal fell into a hole made by elephant trappers. (hole, whole)

4. I need to buy a new laptop. (by, buy)   

5. I would like to have cookies with my milk. (to, two)

II. Underline the adverb in each sentence.

1. The children sang the carols loudly, danced joyously and their families cheered.

2. The thief ran rapidly down the steps of the building with six heavy bags.    

3. The vet gently treated the dog’s foot and bandaged it.

Past and Future Continuous Tense

Past and Future Continuous Tense

Past Continuous : Past tense of the verb + ‘ing’

For example : The woman was making egg puffs.   

  

  

Future Continuous : Future tense of the verb + ‘ing’

For example : We will be going to Disneyland next week.

  

Home Weekend Task 15

Home Weekend Task 15

I. Circle the main verb in each sentence. Underline the helper verb. (Main verbs are marked in yellow)

1. Sudha will move house this summer.

2. Janvi is baking a cake for her father’s birthday.  

3. The men are working late tonight.

4. Sanjay and Prabhat had played an excellent game of tennis.

5. The robbers have found a way to open the lock.

II. Underline the adverb in each sentence correctly.

1. The man spoke rudely to his old mother.

2. The snow fell heavily and covered the streets in a thick carpet.  

Use of Articles

Use of Articles

‘A’, ‘an’ and ‘the’ are collectively called as articles.

 

‘a’ is used before consonant sounds  

For eg. – a few people, a little sugar

‘an’ is used before vowel sounds

For eg. – an artist’s creativity, an egg

       

           

‘a’ and ‘an’ are indefinite articles whereas ‘the’ is a definite article.

For eg. – The earth is round.  

                

Home Weekend Task 14

Home Weekend Task 14

Make questions with these sentences by reversing the order of words.

1. You will be taking Sanjana to the swimming pool.

 Will you be taking Sanjana to the swimming pool?

2. She has found a packet of biscuits in the cupboard.

 Has she found a packet of biscuits in the cupboard?

3. Sarita would have liked to sing a song for the audience.

Would Sarita like to sing a song for the audience?

4. We could have taken the train to Sewri.

 Could we take a train to Sewri?

 

5. I should write a leave letter.    

Should I write a leave letter?

6. I shall leave immediately after the event.

Shall I leave immediately after the event?

7. I can help you find the way.

Can I help you find the way?

8. We must go home now.

Must we go home now?

9. There are many children who are bright.

Are there many children who are bright?

Preposition of Time and Place

Preposition of Time and Place

* A preposition is a word used to show relationships in time or place between two nouns in the sentence.

* Prepositions ‘to and from’ shows place.

* Prepositions ‘from and until’ shows time.

* For example :

1. Rajdhani Express is leaving from Mumbai to Delhi. 

(shows place)    

2. We have holidays from Monday to Wednesday.

(shows time)

* Some prepositions are made up of more than one word so they are milti-word prepositions. For example – next to, on top of, inspite of, in between, ahead of, in front of, all over, away from, etc.

Home Weekend Task 13

Home Weekend Task 13

I. Fill in the blanks with adjective ‘many’ or ‘any’ and say whether they describe countable or uncountable nouns:

a. Sunaina has grown many flowers in her beautiful garden.

b. I did not have any money to give the beggar.

c. Do you have any fresh milk in the fridge?  

d. He is very popular so he has many friends.

e. They are busy so they don’t have any time to waste.

II. Find homophones for the words in bold in these sentences:

1. The window pane was rattled ny the strong gusty wind on a dark stormy night.

Homophone : pain

2. The knight rode on the horse fearlessly among the treacherous steep mountains.

Homophone : night

3. The naughty elf’s nose was bitten by a large mosquito.

Homophone : knows   

4. We were going there because our cousin was taken to hospital due to an illness.

Homophone : their

5. White flour is not as good as whole wheat therefore we only eat chapattis or brown bread.

Homophone : hole