March 2023
DO AS DIRECTED (SIMPLE LEVEL ACTIVITIES)
(1) Punctuate the following given sentence: (1 Marks)
he will not be able to stop them
Ans: He will not be able to stop them.
(2) Pick out an infinitive from the given sentence: (1 Marks)
The sun began to sink.
Ans: to sink – infinitive
(3) Give a new blending word, after combining two words: (1 Marks)
(a) Breakfast + lunch =
(b) Smoke + fog =
Ans: (a) Brunch (b) Smog
(4) Fill in the blank with the proper form of the verb as per the subject: (1 Marks)
Stephen Hawking ________ continued to write at a prolific rate. (has/have)
Ans: Stephen Hawking has continued to write at a prolific rate.
(5) Write the ‘root word’ after dropping the prefix or suffix relationship. (1 Marks)
Ans: relation
DO AS DIRECTED (MEDIUM LEVEL ACTIVITIES)
(1) Change the following sentence into indirect narration: (2 Marks)
“Will you buy my hair?” asked Della.
Ans: Della asked if he/she would buy her hair. OR Della asked whether he/she would buy her hair.
(2) Make a word register of four words related with: (2 Marks)
‘Universe’
Ans: Galaxy, space, planets, solar system.
(3) Change the voice of the following sentence: (2 Marks)
Don’t make any mistake.
Ans: Let no mistake be made.
DO AS DIRECTED (CHALLENGING ACTIVITIES)
(1) Use the given words into one meaningful sentence: (2 Marks)
afraid, admires.
Ans: Girish is afraid of leopards, but he admires their hunting skills.
(2) Change the given simple sentence into complex sentence: (2 Marks)
He took me to a gramophone room.
Ans: He took me to a room which had a gramophone in it.
March 2022
DO AS DIRECTED (SIMPLE LEVEL ACTIVITIES)
(1) Punctuate the follow inn: (1 Marks)
you have never heard of bach he asked.
Ans: “You have never heard of Bach?” he asked.
(2). Find out 4 hidden words having at least four letters from the given word: (1 Marks)
proclamation
Ans: portal, tropic, motor, polio
(3) Spot the error and rewrite the correct sentence: (1 Marks)
All the great religions teaches us to care for our children.
Ans: All the great religions teach us to care for our children.
(4) Arrange the following words in the alphabetical order: (1 Marks)
invention, indisputable, interactions, inquisitive.
Ans: indisputable, inquisitive, interactions, invention.
(5) Complete the word chain of verbs: (1 Marks)
call, _____, _____, _____, _____,
Ans: call, laugh, hate, entertain, nourish.
DO AS DIRECTED (MEDIUM LEVEL ACTIVITIES)
music
DO AS DIRECTED (CHALLENGING ACTIVITIES)
(1) Pick out the modal auxiliary and state its function: (2 Marks)
Could I use your computer for surfing net?
Ans: Modal Auxiliary – could
Function – permission
(2) Name and identify the subordinate clause: (2 Marks)
When we were designing the first Macintosh Computer, it all came back to me.
Ans: When we were designing the first Macintosh Computer – Subordinate Clause
When we were designing the first Macintosh Computer – Adverb Clause of Time.
Dec. 2020
DO AS DIRECTED (SIMPLE LEVEL ACTIVITIES)
(1) Make a meaningful sentence of your own using the following phrase: (1 Marks)
‘drop out’
Ans: Many girls drop out of school before the age of 15.
(2) Pick out the present participle from the following sentence: (1 Marks)
His eyes were shining.
Ans: shining – Present Participle.
(3) Fill in the blank with the proper form of the verb given in the bracket: (1 Marks)
Either of the two _____________ guilty, (is/are)
Ans: Either of the two is guilty.
(4) Form past participle in which the last letter is doubled. (1 Marks)
Ans: stop – stopped.
(5) Complete the word chain of adjectives: (1 Marks)
small, I______, _______, _______, _______.
Ans: small, large, elegant, tall, loud.
DO AS DIRECTED (MEDIUM LEVEL ACTIVITIES)
(1) Begin the following sentence with: Our inaction… (2 Marks)
Children are questioning our inaction.
Ans: Our inaction is being questioned by children.
(2) Make two sentences of your own to show the difference in homographs: (2 Marks)
‘line’
Ans: The princess wore fine clothes made of silk.
The driver paid a fine for breaking the traffic rules.
(3) Change the following sentence into indirect speech: (2 Marks)
“Are you still hungry?” I asked her. She said. ” Yes, I am.”
Ans: I asked her whether she was still hungry. She replied in the affirmative that she was.
DO AS DIRECTED (CHALLENGING ACTIVITIES)
(1) Pick out the modal auxiliary and state its function: (2 Marks)
Lack of rain could cause drought.
Ans: Modal Auxiliary — could
Function — possibility
(2) Make two sentences by using the given word us a noun and as a verb: (2 Marks)
water
Ans: Water is essential for every living being.
He should water the plants daily.
March 2020
DO AS DIRECTED (SIMPLE LEVEL ACTIVITIES)
(1) Write two compound words of your own. (1 Marks)
Ans: blackboard, daylight, notebook
(2) Pick out the gerund from the following sentence: (1 Marks)
This attitude of taking destroys families.
Ans: Gerund — taking
(3) Punctuate the following sentence: (1 Marks)
after all he doesnt pay me
Ans: After all, he doesn’t pay me.
(4) Form two present participles in which the last letter is doubled. (1 Marks)
Ans: running, swimming, robbing
(5) Complete the following w ord chain of verbs: (1 Marks)
examine, e________, _________, _________, _________.
Ans: examine, eat, teach, hit, train.
DO AS DIRECTED (MEDIUM LEVEL ACTIVITIES)
(1) Change the following sentence into indirect speech: (2 Marks)
Robert asked, “Joan, how old are you?” “I am 13 years old,” she replied.
Ans: Robert asked Joan how old she was. She replied that she was 13 years old.
(2) Make sentences of your own to show the difference in homophones: (2 Marks)
feet:
feat:
Ans: His feet were cold as he had no shoes on.
Scaling the mountain seemed like an impossible feat to little Arun.
(3) Rewrite the sentences in Present Perfect Tense: (2 Marks)
I had been working for Anil for almost a month.
Ans: I have worked for Anil for almost a month.
DO AS DIRECTED (CHALLENGING ACTIVITIES)
(1) Begin the sentence with “No sooner ________”. (2 Marks)
As soon as the thief escaped, the family informed the police.
Ans: No sooner did the thief escape than the family informed the police.
(2) Change the following sentence into positive and comparative degree: (2 Marks)
It is one of the best decisions I have ever made.
Ans: Positive degree: Very few other decisions that I have ever made are as good as this one.
Comparative degree: It is better than most decisions I have ever made.
July 2019
DO AS DIRECTED (SIMPLE LEVEL ACTIVITIES)
(1) Pick out the present participle from the sentence: (1 Marks)
I don’t like frightening stories.
Ans: frightening — Present Participle
(2) Write the ‘root word’ of the given word: (1 Marks)
unable
Ans: able
(3) Choose the appropriate alternative: (1 Marks)
Neeta spoke in an ________ tone. (excited/excitedly)
Ans: excited
(4) Fill in the blank with the proper form of the verb as per the subject: (1 Marks)
Mother ________ a good meal. (cook/cooks)
Ans: cooks
(5) Make a meaningful sentence by using the following phrase: (1 Marks)
to get out of
Ans: Farhan lied in order to get out of the awkward situation.
DO AS DIRECTED (MEDIUM LEVEL ACTIVITIES)
(1) Make a word register of four words related with: (2 Marks)
‘military’
Ans: Military, defence, army, navy, air force, soldiers, patriotism. [Any four words]
(2) Identify the clauses and state their kinds: (2 Marks)
When he saw me on the road, he began to run.
Ans: He began to run — Main Clause
When he saw me on the road — Adverb Clause of Time
(3) Change the following sentence in indirect narration: (2 Marks)
He asked, “Can you cook?”
Ans: He asked me whether I could cook.
DO AS DIRECTED (CHALLENGING ACTIVITIES)
(1) Use the following word in two different sentences as a noun and as a verb: (2 Marks)
‘watch’
Ans: He admitted that he had stolen the watch. (Noun)
Raj and his friends had gone to watch a movie. (Verb)
(2) Taj Mahal is the most beautiful monument in India. (2 Marks)
Begin the sentence with _____
(a) No other _____
(b) Taj Mahal is more _____
Ans:
(a) No other monument in India is as beautiful as Taj Mahal.
(b) Taj Mahal is more beautiful than any other monument in India.
March 2019
DO AS DIRECTED (SIMPLE LEVEL ACTIVITIES)
(1) Make a meaningful sentence of your own using the following phrase: (1 Mark)
‘to look into’
Ans: The authorities are going to look into the matter and resolve it at the earliest.
(2) Pick out the infinitive from the following sentence: (1 Mark)
I just had to do it.
Ans: to do — Infinitive.
(3) Punctuate the following sentence: (1 Mark)
did you hear him he whispered
Ans: “Did you hear him?” he whispered.
(4) Find out two hidden words of minimum four letters from: (1 Mark)
‘endurance’
Ans: cane, card, care, cure, dare, dear, deer, earn. near, need, race, read, crane, dance, under. (Any two words of minimum 4-letters )
(5) Complete the following word chain of verbs: (1 Mark)
write, e______, ________, ________, ________.
Ans: write, emit, train, need, drag.
DO AS DIRECTED (MEDIUM LEVEL ACTIVITIES)
(1) Make two sentences by using the given word as a noun and as a verb: (2 Marks)
dream
Ans: It is my dream to become a scientist one day. (Noun)
Nilesh would often dream about becoming the best writer in the country. (Verb)
(2) We saw a tree bare of all leaves. (Rewrite the sentence beginning with “A tree bare ………..) (2 Marks)
Ans: A tree bare of all leaves was seen by us.
(3) The Dauphin will give me all I need. (Rewrite the sentence using the Present Perfect Tense) (2 Marks)
Ans: The Dauphin has given me all I need.
DO AS DIRECTED (CHALLENGING ACTIVITIES)
(1) I must tell the truth. (Pick out the modal auxiliary verb and state its function) (2 Marks)
Ans: Modal Auxiliary — must
Function — necessity
(2) Identify the clauses and name them: (2 Marks)
The nerves that controlled his muscles were shutting down.
Ans: The nerves were shutting down — Main Clause
that controlled his muscles — Subordinate Adjective Clause.