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?