Mainamati English School & College

Cumilla Cantonment, Cumilla

Class: Std-4
Subject: English Language
Adverb(Page-04)
Exercise-B

awkwardly bitterly contentedly courageously frugally

gracefully hungrily intimately mournfully merrily
patiently politely soundly uproariously violently

Complete each sentence by using a suitable adverb from

the box on the above.
1. The thief struggled bitterly.
2. We waited patiently.
3. The robin chirped merrily.
4. The child wept mournfully.
5. The old man fell awkwardly.
6. The champion fought courageously.
7. The miser lives frugally.
8. He ate his food contentedly.
9. The cows grazed hungrily.
10. He raised his hat politely.
11. The wind howled violently.
12. We all laughed uproariously.
13. The girls danced gracefully.
14. The baby slept soundly.
15. I know him intimately.

Application
Write an application to your Principal for early leave.
24th August, 2021
To
The Principal
Mainamati English School & College
Cumilla Cantonment, Cumilla.
Subject: Prayer for early leave.
Sir,
I beg most respectfully to state that I am quite unable to
stay in the class room any longer because I am attacked
with cold and fever.
May I , therefore, request you to grant me leave of
absence after the first period and oblige thereby.
I remain
Sir,
Your most obedient pupil,
Rifat Hasan
Class- IV, Roll No. 12

Tense
Book : Advanced Functional English learners

The Tense of a verb shows the time of an action or event

that denotes the time of a verb.
He goes to school.
He went to school yesterday.
He will go to school tomorrow.
There are three principal tenses :
 i)Present Tense
ii) Past Tense
iii) Future Tense
Present Tense: The Present tense describes an action
that is going on at present. I go. He writes.
Past Tense : The past tense describes an action as having
occurred in the past. I went. He wrote.
Future tense: The future tense describes an action which
is yet to come. I shall go. He will write.

Each of the principal tenses is again subdivided into four

Forms: i) Indefinite
ii) Continuous
iii) Perfect
iv) Perfect Continuous

Present Indefinite tense: Present Indefinite tense

describes an action in the present time. It also describes
habitual actions and universal truth.
 Structure: Subject + verbs present form(base form) +
object
Example
I write a poem
I = subject ( 1st person)
Write = verb ( base form)
A poem= object
He writes a poem.
He= subject (3rd person singular number)
Writes= verb with ‘s’
A poem=object
They write a poem.
They=subject(3rd person plural)
Write=verb( base or present form)
A poem= object
Exercise (present simple)
*Complete the following sentences using appropriate
verbs in each space (a word can be used more than once
if necessary).

am, is, are, has, have, sings, reads, write, eats, gets

a) She is sick.
b) The boys are in the class.
c) That is a book.
d) These are pencils.
e) I am a student.
f) January is the first month.
g) There are seven days in a week.
h) The girl has a nice cat.
i) He sings a song.
j) The boy reads a book.
k) I write a letter.
l) Nasrin eats rice.
m) They have many cows.
n) Each girl gets an orange.