SKILL A

Exercise 1
Rules to Follow
The Grade Six pupils decided to make their room clean, orderly and beautiful.
Here are some of the rules everyone needs to follow:
Wipe your shoes on the doormat before entering the room.
Put the wastepaper, fruit peelings and candy wrappers in the wastebasket.
Keep the walls, desks and tables free from pencil and chalk marks and
scratches.
Put the cleaning materials in a box.
Arrange the furniture properly.
Put away your pencils, books, notebooks after using them.
Hang umbrellas and raincoats in one corner of the room.
Keep books clean and well covered.

1. What did the pupils decide to do?

a. make their room clean, orderly and beautiful
b. make their homes clean, orderly and beautiful
c. make their school surroundings clean, orderly and beautiful

2. What did they agree upon?

a. to form a society c. to work in the school ground
b. to follow the rules

3. What will they do with their shoes?

a. Wipe on the doormat c. put under the doormat
b. leave on the doormat

4. From what will they keep the furniture free?

a. books b. cover c. scratches

5. Where should the cleaning materials be kept?

a. box b. drawer c. bookcase

6. How should the furniture be arranged?

a. properly b. carelessly c. artistically

7. Where should one keep his pencils, books and notebooks after using them?
a. in his bag c. on the teacher’s table
b. on the desk

8. Where should wastepaper be thrown?

a. in the desk c. in the wastebasket
b. in the cabinet

9. Where should one hang raincoats and umbrella?

a. on the desk c. on one corner of the room
b. in the cabinet

10. What should be kept clean and well covered?

a. desks b. books c. tables