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M. Mangalaprathaban

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 Preface
As an internationally accepted language, English plays a central role in
shaping the careers and lives of young people worldwide. For Indians,
English is not only a window to the world, but a bridge between the
languages and cultures at home. It carries the images of progress
and modernity, and is a synonym for success in the globalized world.
Consequently, there is tremendous demand for quality English education.
In order to understand, interpret and respond effectively to a fast-
changing world, learners require applied practice and the best-available
language-learning tools. In Real English, learners and facilitators will find a
systematic exposition of language concepts and thorough practice for each
language skill, with focus on the larger goal of language-enabling.
The workbook reinforces the concepts learnt in the coursebook
through extra exercises. It is guided by the twin objectives of ELT, language
development and language use, in its structuring and grading of exercises
and activities. It provides exposure to language in a variety of contexts
with ample scope for practice.
The workbook complements the coursebook. It helps develop and
reinforce concepts of grammar, offers practice in contemporary usage,
develops vocabulary and facilitates development and honing of the skills
of reasoning and interpretation of facts, figures, tables and pictures. Its
distinguishing feature is its easy accessibility to both teacher and learner.
The instructions are clear and focused. It promotes gradual learner
autonomy in learning and practising language. It also facilitates the
development of cognitive skills and encourages creativity.
Real English workbooks offer an excellent language-learning experience
with challenge and fun.
M. Mangalaprathaban
 Contents

1. Talking about Time 1

2. Simple Past Tense 2

3. Homophones 5

4. Finding the Right Word 7

5. Conjunction – and 10

6. Association and Opposites 13

7. Writing 15

8. The Articles 18

9. Where Am I From? 22

10. Prepositions of Time 24

11. Word Groups 26

12. Conjunction – but 27

13. Simple Present Tense Verbs 30

14. Prepositions of Place 33

15. Opposites and Synonyms 35

16. Adverbs of Manner 37

17. Irregular Verbs 40

18. Writing 42

19. -ing Nouns (Gerunds) 45

20. Emphasis Words 47

 1 Talking about Time
A. Fill in the blanks using the correct words given below.

1. three hundred and sixty-five days =

2. = a fortnight
3. ten years =
4. twenty-four hours =
5. = half an hour
6. = October
7. sixty seconds =
8. = an hour
9. one hundred years =
10. = a millennium

a minute a decade a day thirty minutes

a year sixty minutes a century fourteen days
the month before November one thousand years

B. Match Ɵmes in column A with their names in column B.

A B
12 midday dawn
12 midnight to 12 midday evening
6 p.m. to 12 midnight dusk
12 midday to 6 p.m. morning
sunrise noon
sunset afternoon
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 2 Simple Past Tense
We add -d or -ed to some verbs to make their past tense forms. Such verbs
are called regular verbs.
Some verbs do not follow any rule to make their past tense forms. They are
called irregular verbs.

A. Choose the correct past tense form of the verbs from the brackets.
1. think (thinked, thank, thought)
2. call (called, calld, cell)
3. bite (bited, bit, bitter)
4. open (openned, opened, opend)
5. climb (clime, climbed, clomb)
6. make (maked, made, mode)
7. leave (leaved, left, lift)
8. cry (cray, cryed, cried)
9. say (sayed, said, sayyed)
10. hurt (hurt, hurted, hearted)

B. Put the verbs in Exercise A in the correct part of the table.

regular verbs irregular verbs

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C. Tick the sentences that are in the simple past tense and cross the
others.
1. Mini met her father’s friend at the fair.
2. A spider uses its web to catch flies.
3. Ashoka was a great emperor.
4. A train has several compartments.
5. Gandhiji led India’s freedom struggle.
6. The cat plays with its kittens.
7. The children trembled with fear when
the wolf knocked at their door.
8. Crows eat worms.

D. Rewrite the following story in the correct sequence. Then give it a

Ɵtle.
1. A few days later, the second bird found a poisonous blue berry.
2. Beside a lake, there lived a bird called Bharanda. It had two heads,
but only one body.
3. Bharanda, the bird with two heads, was dead.
4. He said, ‘The other day you did not give me a share of the tasty berry.
Now I am going to eat this poisonous fruit to make you suffer.’
5. One day Bharanda got a rare type of berry. After eating the tasty
fruit, the first head said, ‘It was so delicious. This is a berry from
heaven!’
6. The first head replied, ‘We have a common
stomach. So my eating a berry is the same
as your eating it.’
7. The second head was disappointed that it
did not get the berry. It said, ‘Why didn’t
you share it with me if it was so delicious?’
8. Though the first head protested, the
second head did not listen, and it quickly
swallowed the deadly blue berry.
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2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

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 3 Homophones
Homophones are words that sound the same, but have different meanings.

A. Choose the correct word to complete the sentences.

1. There are seven days in a . (weak, week)
2. It took him one and a half to finish
the homework. (hours, ours)
3. Anjal the ball high in the air.
(through, threw)
4. The king the biggest horse. (road, rode)
5. The ocean is deep in colour. (blue, blew)
6. How much is the bus from here to the Exhibition
Ground? (fair, fare)
7. Alim the answers to all questions, still he made three
mistakes. (new, knew)
8. Vegetarians do not eat . (meet, meat)
9. How far is the road? (main, mane)
10. The thief was trying to the gold
when people surrounded him. (berry, bury)

B. Fill in the blanks with their, there or they’re.

1. looking for the lost ball.
2. are seventeen offices in this building.
3. planning to sell computer.
4. What did you see over ?
5. Haider, Suresh and Malini are planting trees in
neighbourhood.
6. late every day.

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 7. Sam’s neighbours forgot to lock house when they
went for shopping.
8. were three pairs of shoes on the rack.
9. going to friend’s house.
10. are many holes in this tank.

C. For each word in column A there is a homophone in column B. Write

the homophone to each word in column A.
A B
1. wait side
2. ceiling weight
3. sighed know
4. no sealing
5. chews pair
6. herd heard
7. pear bear
8. bare choose

D. Guess and write the homophones from the given clues.

1. • the time when we sleep
• someone who fights for a king
2. • we smell with it
• has the knowledge
3. • cure
• the back part of the foot
4. • letter
• opposite of female
5. • flat
• vehicle that moves in the air

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 4 Finding the Right Word
A. Choose the right words from the box below to complete the passage.

One day Minnie sees a frog beside a pond. Some children

frogs with a or . But Minnie
likes the frog. She notices that the pattern on the frog’s hand looks like
a cap, and its skin looks like a coat.

She decides not to the frog and says to it.

Minnie then sees a toad. People look at the toad with

. Minnie knows that though the toad is it
is harmless too. The toad will not her, and she will not
it either.

stick laced green tease

pelt hopping stone scorn
hurt (twice) goodbye plodding lumpish

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 B. Solve the following crossword. All answers are among the jumbled
words in the box below.

opitno dsafretraw poro teltac

limyaf xchgeena lels elam
wreg revsidoc yolla giusides

1 8

3 10 11

6 12

Across
1. without money (4)
2. farm animals like cows and bulls (6)
3. faithful (5)

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 4. give and take (8)
5. find out (8)
6. father, mother and children (6)
7. changed appearance (8)
Down
8. choice (6)
9. give in return for money (4)
10. later (10)
11. unable to walk well (4)
12. past tense of grow (4)

C. Complete each sentence with the right word from the words in the
box.
i) 1. My uncle knows many magic .
2. He me yesterday by hiding my pencil.
3. He says it is to learn magic tricks.
4. He enjoys his family members.

tricky tricks tricking tricked

ii) 1. Ria has a of a ladybug.

2. It is on the back.
3. Ria likes stickers.
4. She the ladybug on a picture of a leaf.

sticky sticking sticks sticker

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 5 Conjunction – and
The conjunction and is used to join words, phrases and sentences.
And is also used before the last item in a list.

A. Join the following words and phrases using and. From some phrases
you will have to remove repeaƟng words aŌer adding and.
1. Manisha – Roger
2. black – white
3. run – jump
4. bright sun – hot sun
5. white snow – cold snow
6. hot tea – cold coffee
7. singing in the rain – dancing in the rain

8. clean the wall – paint the wall

9. flowing fast – rising high

10. bright red car – amazingly fast car

B. Add and at the correct place in the following lists. Remember to

remove the comma before and. Also avoid repeƟƟon.
1. carrots, eggs, milk

2. ripe, juicy, round, red

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 3. Sonam’s skirt, Jacob’s hat, Rohit’s shirt, Amina’s shoes

4. old woman, young boy, little kitten, small hut, wide river

5. pick up the mango, peel the mango, slice the mango, eat the mango

6. take the bike out from the garage, take it to the mechanic, ride it
back home

C. Join the given sentences using and. Make other necessary changes in
the new sentences. Avoid repeƟƟon.
1. The hunter caught a deer.
The hunter caught a rabbit.

2. Salima likes to read comics.

Salima likes to write poems.

3. The book is on the table.

The pen is on the table.

4. The villagers learned to speak English.

The villagers learned to write English.

5. Rahul’s brother runs four kilometres every morning.

Rahul’s brother cycles for an hour every morning.

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 6. Ramya goes to the beach with her father on weekends.
Ramya’s brother goes to the beach with his father on weekends.

D. In which of the following is and used correctly? Rewrite the wrong

ones correctly.
1. shiny moon and round moon

2. Karim’s drawing book and Nakul’s colouring book

3. Yelena is learning to play the sitar and Savitri is learning to play

sitar.

4. The monkey set the table and the bear brought the plates.

5. Kunal came late to school on Wednesday and Sandeep came late to

school on Wednesday.

6. The children wrote the play, directed the play and performed the
play.

7. Soma boiled water, added tea leaves, put some sugar and her tea
was ready.

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 6 Association and Opposites
A. Circle the three words in the brackets which are associated with the
Įrst word.
1. festival (firecrackers, homework, parking, sweetmeats, gifts)
2. special (different, attractive, ordinary, better, several)
l)
3. display (showroom, curtain, exhibition, replay, poster)
er)
4. odd (strange, old, shapeless, added, unusual)
5. worship (play, pray, captain, devotion, mosque)
6. music (amuse, veena, rhythm, track, watch)
7. evil (able, villain, terrible, intelligent, cruel)
8. similar (pair, alike, simple, parlour, copy)

B. Write two words associated with each of the following words.

1. platform
2. tasty
3. prepare
4. fascinating
5. emperor
6. numbers
7. arrange
8. large

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 C. Match the words in column A with their meanings in column B. Choose
their opposites from the box below and write them in column C.
A B C
part with shapeless
bought separate
lumpish unhappy
pleaded alike
fascinating purchased
disappointed bad
love big
similar requested
evil like
large interesting

different good small pleased ordered

boring hate sold join shapely

D. Tick the correct statements. Cross the wrong ones.

1. The word guest is related to invite.
2. Routine means something that is done rarely.
3. Two, four, six, . . . These are odd numbers.
4. Even numbers always come between odd numbers.
5. Scorn is the opposite of admire.
6. When you hurt someone, you injure him/her.
7. Buffalo is not a farm animal.
8. Changed appearance is called discuss.
9. Never means only once.

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 7 Writing
A. Look at the picture below carefully. Write a descripƟon of the scene.
The quesƟons given below will guide you about what to write.

Help quesƟons
1. Who are the characters you can see?
2. Where does the scene take place?
3. What is each of the characters doing?
4. What happened next?
5. What happened in the end?

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 B. Write the answers to the following quesƟons using your imaginaƟon.
1. What would happen if Sunday came after Monday?

2. What will you do if the world runs out of petrol, diesel and other
fuels?

3. Three children get stranded on an isolated

island. One of them is you. What will you do?

4. Write ten things you will do if you are made the

class teacher of your class for a day.

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C. Read the poem given below and rewrite it in prose. Use phrases like,
‘The child says . . .’.
The Cow
The friendly cow, all red and white,
I love with all my heart: strength

She gives me cream with all her might,

pp tart.
To eat with apple a pie
mooing
She wanders lowing here and there,
And yet she cannot stray, lose her way

All in the pleasant open air,

The pleasant light of day

And blown by all the winds that pass

And wet with all the showers, rain

She walks among the meadow grass

And eats the meadow flowers.
Robert Louis Stevenson

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 8 The Articles
A. Tick the correct answer.
1. The indefinite article a is used
a) when the noun or adjective that follows it begins with a vowel
sound.
b) when the noun or adjective that follows it begins with the
letters a, e, i, o, u.
c) when the word that follows it is a verb.
d) when the word that follows it begins with a consonant sound.
2. The indefinite article an is used
a) when the noun or adjective that follows it begins with a, e, i, o, u.
b) when the noun or adjective that follows it begins with a vowel
sound.
c) when there are no consonant sounds in the whole sentence.
d) where it sounds musical in a sentence.
3. The indefinite articles a and an are used
a) before abstract nouns.
b) before singular countable nouns.
c) before uncountable nouns.
d) before verbs and adverbs.
4. We use the definite article the when
a) we are not sure what we are talking about.
b) the word that follows it begins with neither a consonant nor a
vowel.
c) the noun or adjective that follows it begins with a vowel sound.
d) we are sure about which particular person, thing or idea we
are talking about.

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B. Fill in the blanks with a or an.

1. engine
2. pencil box
3. orange pencil box
4. rectangular orange pencil box
5. hour’s break
6. full hour’s break
7. extraordinarily intelligent candidate
8. wise owl
9. very intelligent candidate
10. new candidate

C. Tick the correct uses of the indeĮnite arƟcles a and an. Cross the
incorrect ones. Remember that uncountable and plural nouns cannot
take a or an.

1. an aeroplanes
2. a new students
3. an ink
4. an ink filler
5. a big elephant
6. a milk
7. a handful of rice
8. a rice
9. a milk bottle
10. an eight milk bottles

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 D. Write a, an or the correctly in the blanks.
1. Sun is really star.
2. wooden chest in my uncle’s room is very old.
3. king had pet monkey. king liked
monkey a lot.
4. Who is lady sitting behind Padma?
5. Atmaram Dubey was father of Tulsidas.
6. Take orange and apple. Peel orange. Cut
apple in half.
7. Which bike are you talking about: red one, or blue
one?
8. Valmiki was hunter before he became poet.
9. Birbal was cleverest minister in Akbar’s court.
10. How is turtle different from tortoise?

E. In the passage below the arƟcles a, an and the are wrongly used at
many places. Circle the incorrect arƟcles and rewrite the passage
using the correct ones.

Chandrayaan is the name of India’s mission to explore a moon. In India

all space research is done by an Indian Space Research Organization,
known as ISRO. Chandrayaan-1, a first moon vehicle, was sent into
space in the October 2008. It was launched from the space centre at
Sriharikota in an Andhra Pradesh. India became a fourth country

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to reach the moon. Chandrayaan-1 carried instruments from many
countries including the United States of America. It orbited around a
moon collecting data for 312 days. Then it developed the technical fault
and lost contact with a scientists who were controlling it. During the
time it was active, Chandrayaan made several discoveries. It discovered
that there are molecules of water in a soil on the moon.

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 9 Where Am I From?
A. Most good dicƟonaries have study pages that tell us what people
from each country in the world are called. Fill in the blanks in the
following table with the help of a dicƟonary.

country person from that country

Cuban
Spain
Russia
Cypriot
Hungary
United Arab Emirates
Belgian
Turk
Syria
Qatar
Frenchman/Frenchwoman
Greek
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B. Match the professionals in column A with the words associated with
them given in column B.

A B
1. accountant bouquet
2. nurse court
3. architect water hose
4. florist screw driver
5. pilot camera
6. lawyer cockpit
7. salesman syringe
8. mechanic bank
9. fireman discount
10. cinematographer construction

C. Here is a list of things people do. Write the names of their jobs.

1. one who sings

2. one who acts
3. one who cleans
4. one who teaches
5. one who plays the violin
6. one who does labour
7. one who examines tickets on a train
8. one who serves food at a restaurant
9. one who makes jewels with gold
10. one who reads the news on TV

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 10 Prepositions of Time
A. Fill in the blanks correctly with in, on or at.
1. The next Olympic Games will take place 2020.
2. Those who want to attend the camp must reach the school
8.30 a.m. Saturday.
3. Tourists do not travel to cold countries winter.
4. The dancers stood in a line and bowed to the audience the
end of the ballet.
5. Kid Wizards, the new cartoon series, starts Friday.
6. The monsoon begins the month of June.
7. 22 December grandfather will turn 73.
8. Gautam Ghosla left his office 5.30 the evening.

B. Fill in the blanks with before or aŌer.

1. You will not feel hungry if you eat chips lunch.
2. Reshma took a shower playing in the mud.
3. India was under British rule 1947.
4. We will have regular classes Wednesday.
5. Wash your hands and a meal.

C. Read the words and phrases below. List them under the correct
preposiƟons of Ɵme.
24 January 2017 Durga Pooja an hour and a half
seven years thirteen weeks the third week of October
1478 the third year dusk
Thursday the day of his return the summer of 2017
Friday evening the morning

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 in on at for

D. The following sentences use the wrong preposiƟons of Ɵme. Rewrite

them correctly using the correct preposiƟons.
1. The villagers saw a strange light in the woods at the evening.

2. We had a severe summer on 2017.

3. You need not come to school in next Wednesday.

4. On what time will you complete writing your essay?

5. Neena exercises after one hour every day.

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 11 Word Groups
A. In each group circle the word that does not belong.
1. little, tiny, small, shiny
2. barometer, microscope, thermometer, thermo-flask
3. beneath, under, soon, below
4. many, several, lots, severe
5. lovely, pretty, fine, costly
6. thin, skinny, thick, lean
7. famous, well known, renowned, well done
8. jail, prison, chains, hospital
9. photographer, president, prime minister, governor
10. colour, honour, prize, award

B. Circle the two words in the brackets which are associated with the
Įrst word.
1. beautiful (flowers, lovely, spoonful, pencil)
2. thick (wall, strong, narrow, thin)
3. woods (trees, cups, animals, roads)
4. sparrow (fly, spring, climb, twitter)
5. terror (enjoy, dread, fear, mirror)
6. sound (ground, second, voice, noise)
7. doze (dose, sleep, watch, dream)
8. job (work, box, occupation, holiday)
9. hill (climb, Jill, well, road)
10. sapling (cycling, tree, plant, sample)

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12 Conjunction – but
The conjunction but is used to connect words, phrases and sentences. When
but connects two words, phrases or sentences, it shows the difference
between the first and the second.

A. Join the following phrases and sentences using but. Try to avoid
repeƟƟon of words and phrases in the answer.
1. a colourful umbrella – a small umbrella

2. a deep well – a dry well

3. an interesting and easy lesson – a long lesson

4. Nalini is intelligent. Nalini is not punctual.

5. The electric generator is old. The electric generator is powerful.

6. The picture book was glossy and attractive. The picture book was
highly expensive.

7. Sanya has a bicycle. She does not ride it.

8. Sandhu’s uncle brought him a chocolate. Sandhu has a toothache.

9. Ronnie is good at playing tennis. Ronnie is not good at chess.

10. The bag is full of big apples. The bag is full of rotten apples.

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 11. Salim’s school is on a beautiful hill. It is very far from his house.

12. The car is ten years old. It still drives beautifully.

B. Strike out the repeaƟng words that can be removed without geƫng
the sentence wrong.
1. I am going to Russia, but I am not going to China.
2. The river in the jungle is narrow, but the river in the jungle is deep.
3. Sakshi has a set of crayons, but Sakshi has no drawing book.
4. Bablu was very strong, but Bablu was not bold.
5. All the children attended the programme, but they did not attend
the concert afterwards.
6. They were poor, but they were hardworking.
7. I have a notebook, but I do not have a pen.
8. Beena ate the sandwich, but Beena did not eat the grapes.

C. Join the following phrases and sentences using and or but.

1. hot spicy
2. lean tall
3. a new noisy fan
4. a very short melodious song
5. The winter is very cold, it is not snowing yet.
6. The film was exciting, the songs were boring.
7. Vipin read the story of Huckleberry Finn, he drew a picture
of Huck.
8. Renuka and Sophie play together, they do their homework
separately.
9. There were two friends in the village of Begenahalli. One was a
farmer the other was a barber.

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 10. We have three guests, only two
pieces of cake.
11. Tania easily opened the CD player with a
screwdriver, she did not know
how to close it back.
12. The fireworks started the
children began to jump with joy.
13. Mother said, ‘You’ve bought this big shelf,
where will you keep it?’
14. The child had a lollipop in her hand,
a swooping crow snatched
it before she could eat it.

D. Join the words and phrases in column A and column B correctly using
and or but. Then write the answer below.
A B
bowling easy to learn
rainy dark
deep expensive
useful dirty
newly painted extremely useful
very difficult batting
easy to read cold

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 13 Simple Present Tense Verbs
Simple present tense verbs tell us about an action that takes place now. In
the simple present tense verbs change according to the doer of the action
(the subject).
The puppy jumps on to the chair.
The puppies jump on to the chair.

A. Choose the correct simple present tense verb to complete the

sentences.
1. Dalia red roses. (likes, liking, liked)
2. Cheryl and Malati together for one hour every day.
(studies, study, has studied)
3. A spider eight legs. (have, has, had)
4. The workers of this factory their
work punctually. (did, does, do)
5. ‘Please, me a glass of water,’ the traveller said to the
innkeeper. (gave, gives, give)
6. We to go cycling to the countryside. (love, loves, loved)
7. Azad, Aman and Gautam close friends. (am, are, is)
8. Soumya ten trees on her birthday every year.
(planted, plants, planting)
9. They that the rainboww
is painted in the sky by fairies.
(believed, believe, believes)
10. The school for the
summer vacation in May.
(closes, closed, closer)

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B. Complete the following table using the simple present tense forms of
the given verbs. One row is done for you as an example.

simple present tense form

verb singular plural subject subject subject subject subject
subject subject I you we they he/she/it

found finds find find find find find finds

catch

passed

climbing

woke

ran

lived

answering

spoke

bore

promised

dancing

asked

drunk

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 C. Write the sentences in the correct order.
1. usually / My / . / cooks / mother / morning / in the

2. Sahiba / listens / music / . / every day / to

3. always / We / . / watch / in the / evening / TV

4. every / night / a / . / reads / storybook / He

5. Johny / evening / in the / jogs / usually / .

D. Fill in the blanks with the simple present tense forms of the verbs
given within brackets.

Although we cannot (touch) the moon or

(travel) there right now, it (fascinate) us. It is our nearest
neighbour in space that (shine) so brightly in the night sky.
Learning about the moon and space travel (encourage) our
imagination about the future and (give) focus to our desire
to be strong and adventurous.
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14 Prepositions of Place
A. Write the correct preposiƟons to show the posiƟon of the red ball in
relaƟon to the blue box.

B. Use the correct preposiƟons to Įll in the blanks. Choose from the
opƟons given below.

in on above between beside

under behind in front of

1. ‘Ammu, you are sitting the remote!’ Father said.

2. ‘Ammu, you are spending a lot of time the TV,’ said
Mother.
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 3. One day Father hid the remote the books the
bookshelf.
4. Ammu searched for the remote everywhere: the pillows,
the cupboards and the TV.
5. At night Ammu had a dream that creatures from another planet
were flying her house.
6. ‘The encyclopaedia the bookshelf will have something
on those strange creatures,’ Ammu thought the next morning.
7. Oh, there it is, the remote! the encyclopaedia and the
dictionary.
8. Ammu is watching her favourite serial sitting her
mother.

C. Look at the picture and Įll in the blanks using correct preposiƟons.

1. The clock is the wall.

2. The ball is the table.
3. The cat is the armchair.
4. The table is the armchair.
5. The carpet is the floor.
6. The lamp is the table.
7. The flowers are the vase.
8. The table is the chair and the armchair.
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15 Opposites and Synonyms
A. Match the words in column A with their opposites in column B.
A B
gentle bitter
pretty rude
disagree ugly
small agree
finish question
poor large
bright wide
answer dark
narrow rich
sweet start

B. Fill in the blanks with words that mean the same as the words given
in brackets. Choose your answers from the box below.
distant mystery twice float inn
swiftly pitcher weeping hesitation treasure

1. After a long ride on horseback the prince reached at an

in the evening. (a place for travellers to stay the night)
2. The blue light coming from the little hut on top of the hill is a
. (something difficult to understand and explain)
3. The brave soldier jumped into the fast-flowing river without
. (inability to do something because you do not know
what to do)
4. Neha’s parents sent her to a school in a city. (faraway)
5. The cat climbed the wall when it saw the bulldog.
(quickly)
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 6. ‘Fill that with water,’
uncle Anwar ordered Salim before they
started their journey. (a large jug)
7. Some people say that a large
is hidden somewhere
in the orchard behind the cathedral.
(a collection of valuable things
like gold and jewellery)
8. ‘Will a balloon half-filled with air in water?’ The teacher
asked. (stay on the surface)
9. My piano instructor comes a week. (two times)
10. The shopkeeper gave a lollipop to the child. (crying)

C. Solve the following crossword.

4 7

1 5 6

Across
1. an elephant’s nose (5)
2. an elephant’s tusk is
also called (5)
3. ability to remember (6)

Down
4. forest (6)
5. unit of distance (9)
6. say ‘hi’ (5)
7. god (5)

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16 Adverbs of Manner
A. Add -ly to the following adjecƟves.
1. warm 11. wise
2. cold 12. wide
3. great 13. deep
4. happy 14. sad
5. joyful 15. grateful
6. rough 16. sudden
7. clever 17. pretty
8. soft 18. sweet
9. high 19. bold
10. generous 20. wrong

B. Choose suitable adverbs of manner from the brackets and Įll in the
blanks.
1. The rider fell down because the horse jumped . (loudly,
sweetly, suddenly, calmly)
2. Karamchand distributes food and clothing to the poor.
(loudly, cleverly, generously, angrily)
3. The glass will break if you close the window pane .
(rudely, roughly, wisely, prettily)
4. Kunal screamed when he saw a lizard
in his cupboard. (softly, calmly, roughly, loudly)
5. Afsana crossed the footbridge .
(boldly, sadly, cleverly, shyly)
6. Kavita recited the poem in front of the class.
(angrily, coldly, shyly, deeply)

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 7. The baby smiled when he touched its cheek
. (coldly, softly, sadly, sweetly)
8. You will lose one mark if you answer .
(casually, wrongly, softly, coldly)
9. All children like the new school bus.
(weakly, thankfully, greatly, colourfully)
10. Write the two answers .
(coolly, gladly, separately, colourfully)

C. Choose suitable verbs from brackets for the adverbs in the following
sentences.
1. ‘ quietly,’ the priest advised. (Run, Swim, Pray, Jump)
2. carefully on slippery floor. (Sleep, Talk, Sing, Walk)
3. You so slowly that even I can’t hear you. (shout,
speak, tell, spoke)
4. The prince cleverly the pair of
yellow shoes with blue ones. (added, replaced,
untied, threw)
5. Gandhiji bravely the Indian
Independence Movement. (walked, leading,
led, plays)
6. Kanika quickly all the emails. (ate, sent, send, sending)
7. Rehman melodiously at the party last evening.
(danced, wrote, sang, slept)
8. ‘Stephen, neatly,’ said
the teacher. (sing, dance, read, write)
9. How do the stars ? Brightly.
(run, think, shine, eat)
10. ‘ quickly. It’s going to rain,’
said Ajay. (Walk, Write, Swim, Fly)

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D. Tick the correct verb + adverb combinaƟon. Cross the wrong ones.
1. drive sweetly
2. think wisely
3. behave honestly
4. watch closely
5. dress smartly
6. sleep soundly
7. look generously
8. hang loudly
9. sit quietly
10. open strongly

E. Write the -ly form of the words given below. Put a cross against those
which don’t have an -ly adverb form.

cut ring

weak correct

sharp write

interesting running

old smoking

dance tasty

burn glad

bitter cheap

big polite

small rude

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 17 Irregular Verbs
Verbs which do not form their past tense forms by adding -d or -ed to the
root of the verb are called irregular verbs. Irregular verbs do not follow any
rule to form past tense forms.

A. Choose the correct past tense form of the verbs to Įll in the blanks.

1. Natasha at the bus stop for

45 minutes. (waiten/waited)

2. I a set of monkey dolls as

a gift on my birthday. (get/got)

3. Bangladesh yesterday’s
cricket match. (losed/lost)

4. Mother two scoops of

ice cream in my bowl. (put/putted)

5. The traveller an old man at the inn. (meted/met)

6. Thirteen birds from Siberia to India in the winter.

(flied/flew)

7. Water to all sides when the engineer pulled the lever.

(flew/flowed)

8. Naman the window

because it was too cold. (shut/shutted)

9. Everyone the value

of simplicity when they
the story of Dr Rajendra Prasad.
(understanded/understood) (read/rode)

10. Trisha `500 to buy a

new badminton set. (spent/spend)

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B. Write the past tense forms of the following verbs.
1. break 7. do
2. build 8. wear
3. spit 9. swim
4. sweep 10. quit
5. sell 11. fight
6. win 12. hang

C. Put the following irregular verbs in the correct parts of the table
below.

hit see sink cut

become hide bet hold
dig beat let

verbs that do not change to verbs that change to

become past tense become past tense

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 18 Writing
A. Write the answers to the following quesƟons in full sentences.
1. How many T-shirts do you have?

2. What is the name of your best friend?

3. Which TV programme do you like the best?

4. Why do you like that programme?

5. Who in your class has two brothers?

6. How do you come to school?

7. Where does your father/mother work?

B. Write quesƟons to get the following sentences as answers.

1. The man in white shirt is Mr Rahul Shetty.

2. The moon shines because it reflects light from the sun.

3. Latif’s grandparents live in Patna.

4. A magician performs his tricks by cleverly hiding things.

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 5. Annie’s bicycle is red.

6. I like the one on the left.

7. Anita brought her binoculars to school.

C. Given below is the daily Ɵmetable of a student during the exam

season. Write a paragraph using complete sentences about her study
schedule.

Timetable
7.00–8.00 morning chores
8.00–11.00 study
11.00–11.30 tea-break
11.30–1.00 study
1.00–2.00 lunch-break
2.00–5.00 study
5.00–6.00 tea-break
6.00–9.00 study
9.00–10.00 dinner
10.00–7.00 sleep

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 D. Imagine that during the vacaƟon you are going to visit your cousin
who stays in a hillside town that has a huge forest near it. Write a
leƩer telling him/her what all you plan to do when you go there. Also
ask your cousin what other things you two could do together.
Dear

With love

E. Have you heard the phrase ‘climate change’? Ask your teachers and
parents about it and write down in a notebook all that you Įnd out.
Then write a paragraph of your own on climate change.

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19 -ing Nouns (Gerunds)
A. Fill in the blanks using correct -ing words made with the verbs in the
box.

wash copy clean colour cycle brush walk

watch read swim write drive draw

1. Subhash’s uncle is learning .

2. your teeth keeps germs away.
3. Father says that a book is better than TV.
4. on a road without a pavement is dangerous.
5. from other student’s homework is not allowed.
6. Sushma’s hobby is short stories.
7. How many of you know ?
8. Do you like ?
9. Mrs Iyer teaches me and .
10. is a way of .

B. Write appropriate -ing nouns or gerunds that mean the following.

1. doing work
2. moving in the air
3. grind food with teeth
4. opposite of closing
5. go up on a tree
6. move a boat forward using an oar
7. give out light
8. have thoughts
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 9. clean dust
10. bury a seed under soil

C. Tick the words that can be gerunds. Cross the ones that can’t.
1. honouring 9. darling
2. king 10. duckling
3. ring 11. buying
4. clapping 12. telling
5. cling 13. trying
6. sing 14. thing
7. singing 15. losing
8. burying 16. picking

D. Complete the sentences using suitable gerunds.

1. is not allowed here.
2. makes food tasty.
3. is better than
.
4. What is the difference between
adding and ?
5. Children like sandcastles on the beach.

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20 Emphasis Words
A. Write the appropriate -self word that goes with each of the following.
1. Keshav
2. Antara
3. Nickie’s sister
4. The people of the village
5. your friends
6. you
7. I
8. the naughty monkey
9. the big elephant
10. the old woman’s chair

B. Fill in the blanks with the correct -self words.

1. Latika washed the carpet .
2. I cannot solve this puzzle .
3. Rachel’s brother brought the box back home.
4. Please wash your plate .
5. Nafisa’s family has a garden. They grow their
vegetables .
6. The key was inside the cupboard .
7. Sama said, ‘I will bring the flowers .’
8. Tushar says that sailors cook their food .
9. Ramani and Sanju said, ‘We cannot move this box to
the front room.’
10. ‘Do I have to come ?’ asked Mr Singla.
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 C. Rewrite all the sentences in Exercise B correctly moving the emphasis
words to another part of the sentence.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

D. With the help of your teacher Įnd out the diīerence between
sentence a and sentence b in the following pairs.
1. a) I met Madhav myself.
b) I met Madhav himself.
2. a) Sayyed himself pulled the car.
b) Sayyed pulled the car itself.
3. a) I can stay in the house itself.
b) I can myself stay in the house.
4. a) Did you invite the manager himself?
b) Did you yourself invite the manager?
5. a) Gitika, Manu and Kashi themselves chased away the bulldog.
b) Gitika, Manu and Kashi chased
away the bulldog itself.

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