Institute of Music

Speech and Speaking Skills

WRITING SKILLS
PREPARATORY
1 ½ hours allowed for this paper
Number: WS/19/06/ April 2019

SECTION I 20

Read the following passage and answer the questions given below.

Mary and her class mates went to visit a soft toy factory with their teacher. After a short bus
journey, they reached a large building. They entered a big room which had long tables on one
side and gleaming sewing machines on the other. Young men and women were hard at work.
The machines made clicking and whirring sounds.

They were shown how the patterns of toy animals were cut out of all kinds of fabric. There
was furry brown cloth for teddies and grey, white and pink material for the bunnies. The cloth
was placed under large machines. The operators brought down the machines and in a second,
the animal or doll shape was cut out. Then they went into a hall where beautiful soft toys were
being packed in boxes. They enjoyed their visit and returned home excited and tired.

Write Yes or No for the sentences.

1. Mary and her class mates went to visit a soft toy factory. _____________________
2. They went with their parents. _____________________
3. After a long bus journey, they reached a large building. _____________________
4. They entered a big room which had long tables. _____________________
5. The machines made a clicking and whirring sounds. _____________________
6. They were shown how the patterns of toy animals were cut out. _______________
7. There was a red cloth for teddies. _____________________
8. The cloth was placed under large machines. _____________________
9. Then they went into the garden. _____________________
10. They enjoyed their visit. _____________________

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Choose a word from the passage to fill the blanks.

1. Mary and her class mates went to visit a ____________________ factory.

2. After a short bus ___________________ they reached a large building.
3. They entered a room which had ___________________tables on one side.
4. There were ____________________sewing machines on the other side.
5. Young men and _________________ were hard at work.
6. The machines made clicking and _____________________sounds.
7. They were shown how the _________________of toy animals were cut out of all
kinds of ________________________.
8. There were grey, white and pink __________________ for bunnies.
9. They went into a hall where ________________ soft toys were being packed in
boxes.
10. They enjoyed their visit and returned home ________________ and tired.

SECTION II 25

Fill in the missing letters.

1. Pl __ ying 2. Je __ p 3. Sma __ l

4. Ho __ se 5. Run __ ing 6. Go __ d

7. Bla __ k 8. F __ le 9. Wal __ ing

10. Bro __ m 11. Dri __ king 12. Th __ re

13. Te __ ching 14. Li __ ht 15. Fin __ ers

16. Pi __ ture 17. Sh __ wing 18. H __ rd

19. S __ ort 20. Gl __ ss 21. Wh __ te

22. Wr __ ting 23. T __ n 24. Tho __ e

25. Hap __ y

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 SECTION III 30

Make following sentences Plural.

E.g. The man is eating a mango.
The men are eating mangoes.

1. The girl is wearing a blue dress.

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2. I have a red cap.

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3. The boy is playing with a ball.

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4. The baby is crying.

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5. He is an engineer.

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6. The book is in the drawer.

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7. She has to drink milk.

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8. The horse is eating a raw carrot.

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9. She has a big car.

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Change these sentences into negative.

E.g. The girl is standing.

The girl isn’t standing.

1. The dog is running in the garden.

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2. The teacher is writing on the blackboard.

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3. He has a red car.

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4. The birds are in the cage.

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5. The fishermen are catching fish.

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6. They are writing in their books.

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7. He is a doctor.
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8. They have an Art lesson on Saturday.

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9. The cat has a ribbon round its neck.

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10. The children have pens in their hands.

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Complete the following sentences adding “is” or “are’ and “ing” to the following
verbs.
(plough, run, pick, swim, watch)

1. The lady ________________ ________________ a rose.

2. The farmer ________________ ________________ his field.
3. The boys ________________ ________________ in the sea.
4. The mouse ________________ ________________ into a hole.
5. The children ________________ ________________ television.

Answer the following questions.

1. At what time do you get up in the morning?

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2. How many legs has a cat?

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3. Where is your pencil box?

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4. What colour is a crow?

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5. Who is your best friend?

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 SECTION IV 25

Write 25 sentences about the following picture.

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