List of Verbs (60 verbs)

List of Verbs: 1.       Begin 2.       Break 3.       Break 4.       Bring 5.       Build 6.       Buy 7.       Catch 8.       Come 9.       Cost 10.   Cut 11.   Drink 12.   Drive 13.   Drive 14.   Eat 15.   Enjoy 16.   Fall 17.   Finish 18.   Fly 19.   Forget 20.   Get 21.   Give 22.   Go 23.   Go 24.   Happen 25.   Hear 26.   Hurt 27.   Know 28.   Learn 29.   Leave 30.   Loose 31.   Make 32.   Make 33.   Meet 34.   Pay 35.   Prepare 36.   Put 37.   Rain 38.   Ride 39.   Run 40.   Run 41.   Sea 42.   See 43.   Sell 44.   Sit 45.   Sleep 46.   Speak 47.   Speak 48.   Steal 49.   Swim 50.   Take 51.   Tell 52.   Think 53.   Throw 54.   Understand 55.   Wakeup 56.   walk 57.   Wash 58.   Watch 59.   Win 60.   Write

THE FOX AND THE CROW

THE FOX AND THE CROW

There was a fox in the jungle. She was very hungry. So she went for search of food. She came to a garden while searching the food. She was all the more hungry. There she saw a crow sitting in a tree at the top. The crow had a piece of meat. The fox wanted to get that piece of meat from the crow. The fox said to the crow “, You are a beautiful bird. You sing sweet songs. Your voice is like a sound coming from a flute. Please sing a song for me. The foolish crow was taken in. It began to sing. It said , “Caw! Caw!” the piece of meat fell from the beak to the ground. The fox picked it up and ran away with it. The moral of the story is “Never get carried away with praise”. 

Answer the following questions: 

1.       Where did the fox go?

2.       What did the fox see on the tree?

3.       What did the fox to have from the crow?

4.       What happened when the crow began to sing?

5.       What did the fox do?

Arrange the words in dictionary order: 

Piece, sweet, picked, hungry, sweet, garden, beak, foolish

Find the prepositions in the story – like to, in, of

THE OLD FARMER AND HIS SONS

The Old Farmer and His Sons

An old farmer had four sons. The sons always kept quarrelling means fighting. One day the farmer called his sons. He gave them a bundle of sticks. He asked them to break it. All his sons tried one by one. But none could break it. Then the farmer untied the bundle. Then again farmer asked the same question to his sons to break the sticks from the bundle which is now untied and the sticks can be picked single also. It is easy to break the sticks now individually. Seeing this the farmer said to his sons, “Learn a lesson from it – you should live united like the bundle of sticks as before, when it was tied. No one can harm you then. Union is strength”. The sons promised to live in peace. They never quarreled again.

Answer the following questions:

1.       What did the farmer give his sons?

2.       What did the farmer asked after giving a bundle of sticks?

3.       Could the sons break the bundle of sticks?

4.       Did the sons stop quarrelling?

5.       What is the moral of the story?

6.       Does this happen to the country also?

Give the opposites of the following?

Old, none, like, always, untied, harm, day, easy, strong, give, live, break, peace

Write the following sentences as questions?

1.       The farmer called his sons.

2.       He gave them a bundle of sticks.

3.       The youngest son could break it.

4.       The sons learnt a lesson.

5.       They never quarreled again.

6.       Youngest son could break it.

PAST PERFECT (TENSES)

PAST PERFECT

(HAD) + PAST PARTICIPLE (GONE / SEEN / FINISH)

We use the past perfect - If we want to talk about things that happened before this time (the time of event - which has already happened) that is at the time of speaking. The event has already occurred.

Past Perfect (had form)

Example:

1.When Sarah arrived at the party, Paul had already gone home.( Sarah , Paul are Names)

2. When we got home last night, we found that somebody had broken into the flat (house).

3. At first I thought I had done the right thing, but I soon realized  that I has made a serious mistake.

4. I didn't know who she was. I'd ( I had) never seen her before.

5. We weren't hungry, we'd just had lunch.

6. The house was dirty. They didn't cleaned it for weeks.

My Neighbour

My Neighbour

Dr.  Sam Pitroda is my neighbour. He is a very good person. He is an able eye surgeon. He is very gentle and helpful. He does not charge much. He has a kind heart. He helps the poor. He has the smiling face. He meets everybody with a smile. He loves all children. We call him ‘Chacha Ji’. He loves to play with children. He is never angry with them. Everybody respects him. We are lucky to have such neighbor. He is always there in case of need. He always tells children to wash their eyes often during the day.

Answer the following questions:

1.       Who is your neighbor?

2.       What is he?

3.       Does he help the poor?

4.       What do the children call him?

5.       Give three good qualities why everybody likes him?

6.       What is the advice he gives to children?

7.       What kind of a doctor he is?

Write the following sentences in question form?

1.       He is an able doctor.

2.       He has a smiling face.

3.       He helps the poor.

4.       He loves to play with the children.

5.       We call him ‘Chachaji’

Short Story - The Postman

The Postman

The postman is a very useful public servant. His work is very hard. He has to do his duty in sun and rain. He gets up early in the morning. He goes to the post-office. There he collects his mail to be delivered to the families. He puts the letters in his bag. Then he goes on his foot, or bicycle, or travel by bus to the villages and cities. He goes from door to door. Everybody waits for him. He brings good as well as bad news. He walks all day long. By evening, he comes back as a tired man.

Answer the following questions?

1.    Is the work of a postman hard?

2    When does he goes to the Post-Office?

3     How does he deliver the letters to the families?

4     Where does he puts his letters?

5     What does he do all day long?

6     When does he feel tired?

Write the following sentences as questions?

1.  His work is very hard.

2     He goes to the post-office.

3.     Everybody waits for him.

4.     He is a  tired man.

5.    He walks all day long.

SHORT STORY - EARLY RISING

EARLY RISING

Early rising is good for our health. It helps us to work hard. Morning air is cool and fresh. It is very useful for our lungs. It gives strength to our body. Early rising is a very good habit. It keeps you active and alert throughout the day. You feel relaxed all day long. It is very calm at that time. There is no noise. One can listen to the chirping of the birds in silence. The student can read and learn in the morning. The lesson learned in the early morning is remembered for long and he can learn it quickly. So every student should get up early.

 

Answer the following questions:

1.       Is early rising is good for our health?

2.       What is useful for our lungs?

3.       Should a student get up early?

4.       When can he learn his lessons quickly and for long?

5.       Give the advantages of early rising?

Write the following words in the dictionary order

Habit, fresh, remembered, good, cool, air

Parts of Speech (COMPLETE REVIEW)

Noun

A noun is a naming word. It names a person, place, thing, idea, living creatures, quality or action

Verb

A verb is a word which describes an action ( doing something)  or state (being something) - example: walk, talk, think, believe, live

Adverb

An adverb is a word which usually describes a verb. It tells you how something is done. It may also tell you when or where something has happened. Example Slowly, Intelligently, Well, Yesterday, Tomorrow, Here, everywhere.

Adjective

An adjective is a word that describes a noun. It tells you something or describing about the noun. Example: Big, Yellow, Thin, Fat, Amazing, Quick, Beautiful, Important

Pronoun

A pronoun is used instead of a noun, to avoid repeating the noun. Pronouns are I , You, He, She, It, They, We.

Conjunction

A conjunction joins two words, phrases or sentences together. Example: But, So, Because, and, Or

Preposition

A preposition usually comes before a noun, pronoun or a noun phrase. It joins the noun to some other part of the sentence. Example: On, in , by, with,under, through, at

Interjection

An interjection is a unusual kind of word because it often stands alone. Interjections are words which express emotions or surprise, and they are usually followed by exclamation mark !. example: Ouch!, Hello!,

Hurray!, Oh No!,  Hi!, Wow!

Parts of Speech Review

(All answers are located at the end of the packet.)

Nouns

 A noun is a word used to name a person, animal, place, thing, and abstract idea.

 

Types Of Nouns

There are many different types of nouns. As you know, you capitalize some nouns, such as "Canada" or "Louise," and do not capitalize others, such as "badger" or "tree" (unless they appear at the beginning of a sentence). In fact, grammarians have developed a whole series of noun types, including the proper noun, the common noun, the concrete noun, the abstract noun, the countable noun (also called the count noun), the non-countable noun (also called the mass noun), and the collective noun. You should note that a noun will belong to more than one type: it will be proper or common, abstract or concrete, and countable or non-countable or collective.
You always write a proper noun with a capital letter, since the noun represents the name of a specific person, place, or thing.
A common noun is a noun referring to a person, place, or thing in a general sense.
A concrete noun is a noun which names anything (or anyone) that you can perceive through your physical senses: touch, sight, taste, hearing, or smell.
An abstract noun is a noun which names anything which you can not perceive through your five physical senses, and is the opposite of a concrete noun, such as, liberty, love or justice.
A countable noun (or count noun) is a noun with both a singular and a plural form, and it names anything (or anyone) that you can count.
A non-countable noun (or mass noun) is a noun which does not have a plural form, and which refers to something that you could (or would) not usually count, such as, oxygen, furniture or gravel.
A collective noun is a noun naming a group of things, animals, or persons, such as, flock, jury, committee or class.

Nouns A
Circle all the nouns in the following sentences.
1. The announcer said that the bus for Minneapolis would leave in thirty minutes.
2. Dr. Cooper was in college with my father.
3. John wanted to change the ribbon on his typewriter, but the ribbon would not cooperate.
4. There was a scream of skidding tires and then a metallic thud, followed by the sound of splintered glass.
5. Bob and his brother crossed the continent in their old car last summer.
6. Bob drove through the desert at night and slept in the daytime.
7. Helen is president of the class, and her sister is secretary.
8. Brad wrote a paper about Willa Cather and her life in Pittsburgh.
9. Half of the people in the world can neither read nor write.
10. There is a fine exhibition of paintings by Thomas Hart Benton at the Cleveland Public Library.
 

Nouns B
Decide which of the following words are common nouns and which are proper nouns. Begin each proper noun with a capital letter.
1. german, science, language, english
2. lake, lake erie, mountain, mount everest
3. park, joshua national monument, gulf, cape cod
4. village, fairfield township, country, saint paul
5. labor, labor day, good Friday, birthday
6. secretary, governor brown, president johnson, mayor john lindsay
7. uncle, uncle harry, sister, father
8. brooklyn bridge, bridge, rittenhouse square, boston common

9. cathedral, saint, saint luke’s church, church
10. college, harvard college, university, jefferson high school, indiana state university
Verbs A verb or compound verb asserts something about the subject of the sentence and express actions, events, or states of being. The verb or compound verb is the critical element of the predicate of a sentence.
 

Underline the verbs in the following sentences.
1. The band uniforms finally arrived just before Christmas.
2. The trainer stepped into the cage of the wounded lion.
3. The sophomore class has a very good attendance record.
4. Jack walked unsteadily to the stage and swallowed hard.
5. The author tells of his childhood in a Wyoming ranch.
6. Our team played over its head in the first half.
7. Once, a circus horse literally stuck his right hind foot into his mouth.
8. Helen enjoys responsibility.
9. The murderer appears in the second act.
10. All new cars have safety belts as standard equipment.
 

Helping Verbs
You construct a compound verb out of a helping verb and another verb. The most common helping verbs are: have, had, were, is, are, been, will, would, could, should, may, might, do, and does.
Underline the complete verb
1. The lighthouse keeper had never seen such a storm.
2. When will the next moon probe be launched?
3. The truck driver was completely blinded by the sudden flash of oncoming lights.
4. Our people have always had enough to eat.
5. The new school will almost surely be ready by fall.
6. The new law had been poorly enforced.
7. Do you and your brother have enough blankets?
8. The Norwegian freighter had apparently run aground in the fog.
9. The park bench had been freshly painted.
10. The fog was now rapidly lifting from the field.
Pronouns
A pronoun can replace a noun or another pronoun. You use pronouns like "he," "which," "none," and "you" to make your sentences less cumbersome and less repetitive.

Underline the pronouns. In 1-10 also identify the pronoun antecedent.
1. The doctor told the boys that they could use his boat.
2. Bob, your father wants you to call him.
3. Helen and Karen finished the test first; they found it easy.
4. The long run brought the crowd to its feet.
5. Jane has her own ideas, but her family does not agree with the,.
6. On the third try, the Nautilus made her way under the North Pole.
7. The boys cooked their meal in the open.
8. Then Jim’s power mower broke, the neighbors let him use theirs.
9. Betty has a driver’s license, but she doesn’t have it with her.
10. The police found the car, but they couldn’t move it.
11. Someone had dropped her purse into the pool.
12. What have you done to make Mike so happy?
13. This is the kind of problem that baffles me.
14. Is this the face that launched a thousand ships?
15. Have you had anything to eat?
16. Which of these hats belongs to you?
17. Each one must fend for himself.
18. Nobody knew the answer to that question.
19. That is the best course to take.
20. Several of our students won valuable scholarships.
21. Who wrote the editorial?
22. What did he say?
23. This is the color I prefer.
24. The captain herself gave us permission.
25. Everyone arrived late.
26. That hat is mine.
27. Is that yours?
28. The boys cleaned up the kitchen themselves.
Adjectives
An adjective modifies a noun or a pronoun by describing, identifying, or quantifying words. An adjective usually precedes the noun or the pronoun which it modifies.

Underline the adjectives and identify the word it modifies. 1. The old house had been empty for several years.
2. The second team played during the last quarter.
3. The new coach seems pleasant and competent.
4. The old elephant was suffering from a bad toothache. The enormous jet can not land at the regular airport.
5. A magnetic field surrounds the entire earth.
6. The new atomic submarines are spacious and comfortable.
7. The water in the lake tastes salty.
8. Many young Americans are making important scientific discoveries.
9. The two men in the other car seemed angry.
10. Most European students can speak the English language.
11. This little book contains some big ideas.
12. A cold wind drove the deep snow into the huge drifts.
13. Some small economy cars are neither small nor economical.
14. This new arrangement is good for all of us.
Adverbs
An adverb can modify a verb, an adjective, another adverb, a phrase, or a clause. An adverb indicates manner, time, place, cause, or degree and answers questions such as "how," "when," "where," "how much".
Underline the adverbs and identify the words they modify.
1. The bus almost always arrives late.
2. The class worked hard and successfully on the project.
3. The car usually starts on cold mornings.
4. The streets have become crowded recently.
5. The auditorium was soon filled.
6. The building was slowly deteriorating.
7. The doctor gave orders quietly and confidently.
8. Polio is sometimes rather difficult to diagnose.
9. Lately, the summers have been extremely hot.
10. There goes Mr. Garrison now.
Conjunctions
You can use a conjunction to link words, phrases, and clauses.
You use a coordinating conjunction (and, but, or, nor, for, so, yet) to join individual words, phrases, and independent clauses.
A subordinating conjunction introduces a dependent clause and indicates the nature of the relationship among the independent clause(s) and the dependent clause(s). The most common subordinating conjunctions are: after, although, as, because, before, how, if, once, since, than, that, though, until, when, where, whether, and while.
Correlative conjunctions always appear in pairs -- you use them to link equivalent sentence elements. The most common correlative conjunctions are: both...and, either...or, neither...nor, not only...but also, so...as, and whether...or.
Underline the conjunctions (coordinating, correlative, subordinating) and conjunctive verbs.
1. Neither the speeches nor the music was very exciting.
2. Both the Japanese and the Italian delegates opposed the attack.
3. The search party worked quickly and carefully.
4. The policeman beckoned us forward, but we could not move.
5. Although the odds were against him, Washing drove forward.
6. We were not at home when the package arrived.
7. The dictionary is a valuable tool; however we must know how to use it.
8. The outfielders wear glasses so that the sun will not blind them.
9. We will go to Mexico and Peru.
10. The burglars went down the alley, into the basement, and up the stairs.
Prepositions
A preposition links nouns, pronouns and phrases to other words in a sentence. Some common prepositions are: at, under, over, of, to, in, out, beneath, beyond, for, among, after, before, within, down, up, during, without, with, outside, inside, beside, between, by, on, out, from, until, toward, throughout, across, above, about, around.
Find the prepositions and their objects.
1. The truck was stopped at the border and searched for arms.
2. During the centuries, the continents have been drifting apart.
3. Booth jumped to the stage and screamed at the astonished audience.
4. For many years, there have been bad feelings between the towns.
5. After the game, the crowd rushed for the goal posts.
6. According to the morning paper, there will be no school on Friday.
7. Everyone but John had seen the car approaching.
8. Beyond the city limits there is no rule against fireworks.
9. All but one of the trees died during the winter.
10. To whom is the announcement addressed?
Mastery Test for Parts of Speech
Identify each underlined word.
1. Bernice is again enjoying the doldrums.
2. Never peel the bark from a birch tree.
3. Fasten your seat belt for the take-off.
4. When is the next orbital flight?
5. An iceberg was once sighted as far south as Bermuda.
6. Nobody in the room could identify the wallet.
7. The class became hilarious while the teacher was out.
8. The admiral himself gave the order.
9. Everyone except Eve had a smile for Jack.
10. The governor underwent a successful operation.
11. Dad is using his power saw.
12. Hot water is a good reviver of cut flowers.
13. The duck coats its feathers with oil.
14. Each year the firemen stage a water duel.
15. The crew rowed hard at the finish.
16. The suspect was wearing a tan jacket.
17. The police suspect the man’s chauffeur.
18. Outside the embassy, a crowd has gathered.
19. Leave your boats outside.
20. Before the telecast, we were all nervous.
21. Before you leave, let me have your address.
22. Few comic strips are really comical.
23. Few attended the meeting.
24. This isn’t Leslie’s handwriting.
25. This airplane luggage weighs only ten pounds.

Answer Key
Nouns A
1. announcer, bus, Minneapolis, minutes
2. Dr. Cooper, college, father
3. John, ribbon, typewriter, ribbon
4. scream, tires, thud, sound, glass
5. Bob, brother, continent, car, summer
6. Bob, desert, night, daytime
7. Helen, president, class, sister, secretary
8. Brad, paper, Willa Cather, life, Pittsburgh
9. half, people, world
10. Exhibition, paintings, Thomas Hart Benton, Cleveland Public Library
Nouns B
1. Garman, English
2. Lake Erie, Mount Everest
3. Joshua National Monument, Cape Cod
4. Fairfield Township, Saint Paul
5. Labor Day, Good Friday
6. Governor Brown, President Johnson, Major John Lindsay
7. Uncle Harry
8. Brooklyn Bridge, Rittenhouse Square, Boston Common
9. St. Luke’s Church
10. Harvard College, Jefferson High School, Indian State University

Verbs
1. arrived
2. stepped
3. has
4. walked, swallowed
5. tells
6. played
7. stuck
8. enjoys
9. appears
10. have
Helping Verbs
1. had seen
2. will be launched
3. was blided
4. have had
5. will be ready
6. has been enforced
7. Do have
8. had run
9. had been painted
10. was lifting
Pronouns
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1. they (boys), his (doctor)
2. your (Bob, you (Bob), him (father)
3. they (Helen and Karen), it (test)
4. its (crowd)
5. her (Jane), her (Jan), them (ideas)
6. her (Nautilus)
7. their (boys)
8. him (Jim), theirs (neighbors)
9. she (Betty), it (license), her (Betty)
10. they (police), it (car)
11. Someone, her
12. What, you
13. This, me
14. This
15. you
16. Which, these, you
17. Each, one, himself
18. Nobody, that
19. That
20. Several, our
21. Who
22. What, he
23. This, I
24. herself, us
25. Everyone
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26. That, mine
27. that, yours
28. themselves
Adjectives
( ) = noun modified
1. old (house), empty (house), several (years)
2. second (team), last (quarter)
3. new (coach), pleasant, competent (coach)
4. old (elephant), bad (toothache)
5. enormous (jet), regular (airport)
6. magnetic (field), entire (each)
7. new, atomic, spacious, comfortable (submarines)
8. salty (lake)
9. Many, young (Americans), important, scientific (discoveries)
10. two (men), other (car), angry (men)
11. Most, European (students), English (language)
12. This, little (book), some big (ideas)
13. cold (wind), deep (snow), huge (drifts)
14. some small economy (cars), small, economical
15. this new (arrangement), good
Adverbs
( ) = word modified
1. almost (always), always (arrives), late (arrives)
2. hard, successful (worked)
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3. usually (starts)
4. recently (have become)
5. soon (was filled)
6. slowly (deteriorating)
7. quietly, confidently (gave)
8. sometimes rather (difficult)
9. Lately (have been), extremely (hot)
10. now (goes)
Conjuctions
1. Neither…nor
2. and
3. and
4. but
5. Although
6. when
7. however
8. so that
9. and
10. and
Prepositions
1. at (border, for (arms)
2. During (centuries)
3. to (stage), at (audience)
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4. For (years), between (towns)
5. After (game), for (pools)
6. According to (paper), on (Friday)
7. but (John)
8. Beyond (limits), against (fireworks)
9. but (one), of (trees), during (winter)
10. To (whom)
Mastery Test
1. noun
2. verb
3. noun
4. adjective
5. adverb
6. pronoun
7. conjunction
8. pronoun
9. preposition
10. verb
11. adjective
12. adjective
13. verb
14. verb
15. adverb
16. noun
17. verb
18. preposition
19. adverb
20. noun
21. verb
22. preposition
23. adverb
24. preposition
25. conjunction
26. adjective
27. pronoun
28. pronoun
29. Adjective

Articles are used to introduce a noun. Articles are - A, AN and THE

Greetings (conversation)

Here are some of the frequently used greetings during conversation. Usually used when meeting people or friends in a gathering, group, marriage occasion, party etc. The people you are familiar with.

Hi!
Hello
Good Morning
Good Afternoon,
Good Evening
Good Night
Thank You
Thanks
You are welcome
Excuse Me
(I'm) sorry
Good Bye
Bye
See You
Catch You later
O.K.
Pardon me
Glad to hear that
I'm Fine
As Usual

PRESENT SIMPLE

TENSE (PRESENT SIMPLE)

Present simple is used for things or events that are true in general, of things that happens occasionally or for the things that happen all the time.

1. Big cities have high rise buildings.

2. Everybody don't like big cities.

3. My job is very interesting.

4. It rains a lot in winter

5. The shops are closed today on account of national holiday.

6. We play many games when we are at home.

Use of ALWAYS / NEVER / OFTEN / SOMETIMES / USUALLY + present Simple

Susan always get the right right response from her boss.

I usually work in the late night hours

Ann never eats her lunch during  the lunch hour.

He lives near us and sometimes we see him parking his car.

Sue is usually on time when she drops her child.

Forms Used

I / We / You / They - used with - read , like, work, watch, do,  have

He / She/ It - used with forms -   reads, likes, works, watches, does, has