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01. Complete the following words with suitable prefixes and suffixes given in the box. There
is one extra word.
a. Move……………………… f. ……………………appear
b. Fam……………………….. g. ……………………tell
c. ……………………..land h. child……………………..
d. …………………….known i. …………………………war
e. God……………………….. j. care…………………………

Mis, post, dis, able, less, ous, ess, hood, fore, un, il

02. Where can you find these? Match A with B and write the correct number in the box.

A B Answer
01. Record of attendance a. Atlas
02. A telephone number b. News papers
03. The position of a place c. Register
04. A life story d. Directory
05. Daily happenings e. Biography

03. Write a small paragraph about a shramadana campaign you organized.

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04. This is how some of my friends spent last evening. Look at the pictures and write a
meaningful sentence.

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Dulan rowed a boat in the river.

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 05. Read the following dialogue and identify the function. Write the suitable
sentence/questions/ phrases against each function.

Nipuni : Shall we visit Anuradhapur this year ?

Supuni : It’s a good idea.
Amali : I don’t think so. Last year we also visited Anuradhapura.
Kumudu : There are many places to visit in Polonnaruwa. I think it is better to go there.
Madawi : By the way, we have to think about exhibition too.
Nipuni : yes, but it is after the trip. Do you know any buses that we can hire ?

Function Sentence
01. Agreeing
02. Disagreeing
03. Making suggestion
04. Changing topic
05. Getting information

06. Read the following paragraphs and answer the question.

Bees are tiny insects with wings. A group of bees lives together in a colony. They build their home
on trees. Their home is called a hive. There are three types of bees in a hive. They are the queen ,
drones and the workers.

The queen is the head of the colony, but she doesn’t rule. She only lay eggs. The drones are the
males. They do not work. The workers are the female bees. They build the their houses and keep it
clean. All the bees in a hive live together peacefully.

a. What is this passage about ? ……………………………………………………………………

b. How do the bees live ? …………………………………………………………………………...

c. What is the duty of the head of the colony ? …………………………………………………….

d. What do female bees do ? ………………………………………………………………………..

e. Find from the text. 1. An adjective …………………………………………………………...

2. An adverb ……………………………………………………………

3. A preposition ………………………………………………………….
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 4. An opposite pair ……………………………………………………….

07. Design a banner to be put up at the tank bund to inform about the public about the
Shramadana campign and public awareness campaign organized by the Municipal Council.
Imagine that you the Secretary of the Youth Club of your village and Design the poster.

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08. Fill in the blanks with given words.

(Products / Jaffna / school / children / daughter / family / village / Muralidaran / wife / son )

Ramalingam is a farmer who lives in …………………………… He lives with his …………………..

and four ………………….. His father, ………………….. also lives with them. The children of the
family go to ………………………. School. The eldest is a ………………….. he is in grade eleven.
The youngest , a ……………………. Is 10 years old. The Ramalingam ………………………. Lives
close to the village …………………………. And they earn by agricultural …………………… and
producing milk.

09. There is an incorrect word in each of the following sentences. Underline the incorrect
word and write the correct word in the space provided.

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a. English is one of the most popular language in the world. ……………………………
b. Everybody have willingly participated the camp. ……………………………
c. We must know the important in learning English. ……………………………
d. She has gave me a set of past papers. ……………………………
e. A group of students want to leave early today. ……………………………

10. Turn the following sentences into Indirect speech.

a. She says.” I shall bring the book tomorrow.”

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b. Jagath said,” My father has gone to the market with my sister.”
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c. He said,: I saw the boy yesterday.”
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d. She said (to me),:”you are wrong.”
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e. He said,” They were having a meeting at the main hall.”
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11. Fill in the blanks using the correct form of the word given against each sentence. The first
one has been done for you.

a. The car was completely destroyed in an accident. ( complete )

b. The main .................................. of living in a city is probably
the abundance of amenities. ( attract )
c. Regular exercise helps to control body weight and improves
overall physical ................................. ( fit )
d. They found no ................................. for the existence of life
on other planets. ( evident )
e. Her ................................. weren't very sever and didn't
require hospital treatments. ( injure )
f. She seemed .................................. of danger and continued
walking towards the elephants. ( aware )

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 12. Fill in the blanks with the words given in the box.

Lanes, or, class, dream, sleepy, swim, asleep, play, America, country, things, ride

We all have dreams when we are……………………… but what is day dreaming? Sometimes in a
………………….. on a worm day your mind will wander. You feel a bit ………………….. and as
you look our you begin to think about other……………………… . If you had a bright new bicycle,
you would ……………………… all day along country roads and ……………………….. you would
stop by a river with your friends and have a ……………………………. . perhaps you would dream of
going to another………………………… , France, Canada, Australia or ……………… We all have
secret wishes, to be someone else …………………… somewhere else. When we lose Ourselves in
these thoughts during days, we say we are day dreaming.

13. The following pie chart gives you the information about the modes of transport that the
people use. Write a description about it using the words given below. Use about 100
words. ( majority, minority, lowest , highest , equal )

Modes of Transport
45%
40%
35%
30%
25%
20%
Modes of Transport
15%
10%
5%
0%
cars buses trains three motorcycles
wheels

14. Write an essay on one of the following topics.

a). Value of reading news papers b). My future ambition
c). Sports help to lead a healthy life

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