EXERCISE ON COMPREHENDING ENGLISH PROVERBS FOR GRADE X

PLEASE FILL IN THIS MATRIX WITH SUITABLE PHRASE/ SENTENCES REGARDING PROVERBS

NO SITUATIONS PROVERBS MEANINGS STRUCTURES

Tom accidentally broke his
grandmother antique flower
vase. He was so afraid that It is always better to
Honesty is the best
Exa his grandma would get angry tell the truth than to Declarative
at him. Therefore, he told his policy. tell a lie or to hide Sentence.
grandma that he didn’t know the truth.
anything about the broken
vase.
Rio doesn’t get along with
Kevin, his neighbour. He feels
that Kevin is an arrogant and
individualist person.
Moreover, he also hears
others say that Kevin is from Don't judge someone
a rich and noble family. But in by their appearance,
Don’t judge book by it’s Negative
1 the neigbourhood gathering or by what other
cover Imperative
last Thursday, after having a people say about that
long cozy chitchat with Kevin, person
Rio found that what he
thought about Kevin this far
wasn’t proved. Kevin is
actually a humble and
friendly young man.
Roland was hit by a drunken
driver yesterday morning. Not
long after that, his wallet was
Someone who
stolen. And this morning, he Already fell hit by a
2 repeatedly gets bad Parallel Phrase
slipped when riding his ladder
luck.
motorbike and found his
laptop lay broken on the
road.
3 Tania and her family are When in Rome, do as We must be good at Positive
used to move from one the Romans do adapting wherever Imperative
place to another. This
happens due to the fact we are
that her father is an
ambassador who has been
promoted and appointed to
 move and work in many
different countries in
Europe. In essence,
whenever they live they
always can adapt with the
community where they
lived without being have to
lose their identity.
People who have
Richard and Alvin are very
keen on biking cross country. similar characters or
Birds of a feather flock Declarative
4 Last month, with those who interests and often
loved biking cross country, together. sentence
they formed a community of spend time with each
cross country bike lovers. other
There was a classroom in a
When the cat is a way, Don't waste the Declarative
5 city that its students like to
play when the teacher went the mice will play. opportunity sentence
out for a while.
Alexander is the youngest
child in his family. Different A descendant tends
6 from his other brothers, Like father,like son to imitate its
Parallel phrase
Alexander really looks like his predecessors in many
father, either in physics or in ways.
manners.
My aunt is a cake vendor and
she is not a rich person.
However, she attempts to When we have a will,
Where the is a will, Declarative
7 save her money every day. it will be easy for us
After years, she succeeds to there is a way sentence
set aside enough money to go to get it if we try
pilgrimage to the holy city,
Mecca.
Mr. Johnston regretted his Like rice that has
ignorance that made his store turned into porridge
was robbed last week. He Don’t cry over spilled Negative
8 because of regret it
kept regretting it for days. His milk Imparative
regret and sadness finally only comes at the
made him sick. end