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