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?