ENGLISH WORKSHOP

WRITING SKILLS
handout

NAME:
STANDARD:
SCHOOL:
In this handout, you will find
a list of:

1. Verb

2. Adverbs

3. Adjectives

4. Idioms

5. Similes

6. Worksheet (Section C)
VERBS
Accept Bake
I accept your She baked
apology. some muffins
for the children.

Dream
Climb It is normal to
We need to climb dream when you
the mountain. sleep.

Explore
Forbid
The traveller
His father forbid
explored the
him from leaving
Amazon jungle.
the house

Grind Hesitate
We grind our I hesitate to
coffee by hand. spend any more
money this week.
Impress
We're not Kneel
impressed by the The Christian
show. kneel to pray

Lose Mix
she lost her book If you mix red
yesterday and blue, you get
violet.

Negotiate
Organize
The two countries
I am asked to
negotiated a
organize the
treaty.
party.

Postpone Qualify
He postponed She is qualified
the trip to Paris. to be an English
teacher.
Reduce
The price is Shed
reduced to She tried not to
50%. shed a tear.

Tolerate Tip-Toe
We do not The boy likes to
tolerate noise in tip-toe when he
the library. goes up to stairs.

Understand
The children Volunteer
understand the The students
teacher's volunteered to
instructions. help the teacher.

Whip Write
She whipped out Write it down on
her pistol. a piece of paper.
ADVERBS

Manner
Frequency
Time
Adverbs of Manner
The adverb is placed before or after the main verb, it
modifies only that verb.
Modifies or changes a sentence to tell us "how"
something happens

Slowly Angrily
She stood up slowly He asked angrily.

Quickly Well
The dog ran quickly He writes the essay
after the ball really well

Loudly
Softly
"What?!" He asked
She whispered softly
loudly.
Adverbs of Frequency
The adverb is placed before or after the main verb,
it modifies only that verb.
Modifies or changes a sentence to tell us how
frequently something happens

Often
Always
I have often done
She is always late.
that.

Sometimes Occassionally
Sometimes they I play tennis
come and stay with occassionally
us

Never
Rarely
John never eats
We see them very
meat.
rarely
He is a vegan.
Adverbs of Time
The adverb is placed before or after the main verb,
it modifies only that verb.
Answers the question "when" an action happened.

Yesterday Earlier
Arif went to the I completed my
hospital yesterday work earlier

Daily
Last month
I go to the gym
We went to Kuala
daily
Lumpur last month.

Already
Today
She was already
We are going to the
gone when we were
clinic today.
there
ADJECTIVES
Adjectives
words that comes before or after nouns or
pronouns.

O Opinion

S Size

A Age

S Shape

C Colour

O Origin

M Material

P Purpose
 Opinion

Delicious Lovely
I am craving for This is a lovely
the delicious ice home.
cream

Beautiful
She wore a
beautiful dress.

Size

Big Tiny
The girl wore a The paper was
big sunglasses torn to tiny bits.

Huge
The ship is huge.
 Age

Old Young
The old man The young girl
walks with a was afraid to
walking stick. walk alone.

Antique
The antique table
is expensive.

Shape

Round Square
The girl wore a The man had a
round sunglasses. square jaw.

Long
Can you pass me
the long ruler?
 Colour

Purple
Green The King was
The green field dressed in purple
was beautiful. robe.

Blue
The blue sky was
calm to look at.

Origin
Malaysian British
The Malaysian Amir loves
man was wearing British music.
Baju Melayu.

Indian
The Indian woman
was wearing a
gorgeous Sari.
 Material

Gold
Pearl The Queen was
A beautiful pearl wearing a gold
necklace. bracelet.

Wooden
The wooden chair
looks comfortable.

Purpose
Gardening Shopping
The lady was Did you bring
wearing a the shopping
gardening gloves bag?
Computer
I cannot find
anything on your
messy computer
desk.
IDIOMS
Idioms
An idiom is a phrase, saying, or a group of words
with a metaphorical (not literal) meaning, which has
become accepted in common usage.

1. A hot potato

A controversial issue or situation that is

awkward or unpleasant to deal with.
Example
The subject of bullying and fighting in my school is
a hot potato.

2. Piece of cake

Something that is easy to do.

Example
Learning English is a piece of cake.
 3. Once in a blue moon

Very rarely
Example
I go to visit my grandfather only once in a blue
moon; he lives in a remote farm house.

4. A bed of roses

Easy option
Example
Taking care of my younger sister is no bed of roses;
she is very naughty.

5. Raining cats and dogs

Raining very heavily

Example:
I wanted to go to play outside, but it was raining
cats and dogs yesterday.
 6. When pigs fly

Something that will never happen or is

impossible.
Example:
Naufal will keep quiet only when pigs fly.

7. Apple of eye

Someone very precious or dear.

Example:
Every kid in the world is the apple of their parents'
eyes.

8. Zip your lip

To stop talking.
Example:
I don't want to hear another sound out of you. Now
do as you're told and zip your lip.
 9. Miss the boat

Miss the chance.

Example:
Peter wanted to enter the drawing competition, but
he was too late to enter, and he missed the boat.

10. Devil's advocate

One who presents a counter argument.

Example:
Hey Jack! You're always playing devil's advocate!
Give it a rest and mind your own business.
SIMILES
Similes
A figure of speech involving the comparison of one
thing with another thing of a different kind, used to
make a description more emphatic or vivid

1. As sly as a fox

Everyone says he is as sly as a fox.

2. As strong as an ox

I may have lose some weight, but I am still as

strong as an ox.

3. As free as a bird

I'm as free as bird this afternoon, why don't we

go out?
4. As quiet as a mouse

She sneaked into the house, as quiet as a

mouse

5. As ugly as a toad

Maria may be a beautiful woman, but when she

was a child she was as ugly as a toad.

6. As pretty as a picture

The princess looked as pretty as a picture.

7. As grand as a whale

The Gatsby party was as grand as a whale, we

had an enjoyable time there.
 9. As hot
as fire

I hate working in the theme park during the

summer because it's as hot as fire in the
costumes they make us wear.

10. As old as time

Our friendship goes way back. It is as old as

time.

11. As stealth as a tiger

Nobody heard the burglar breaking into the

house. He was as stealth as a tiger.

11. As smooth as a glider

Anita is happy as her birthday happy went as

smooth as a glider.
worksheets
Section C
Section C
People - swing

playing -
football
Children
see - saw
sandcastles -
fun
park
peaceful
Section C

Grocery shopping
Pushed
Trolley

Queue up
Counter
Couldn't find
Purse

Left
Purse
At home
Embarrassed