English Worksheet Chapter 8

English Worksheet Chapter 8

A. Quote from memory. Also mention the title of the poem and name of the poet.
    "You're a nuisance, .....................
     ...................................fly my kite."

B. Choose the correct answer from the options given. There may be more than one
     correct answer
     1. In them 'The Tease', the speaker finds the wind
         a. a friend        b. a nuisance        c. a trap       d. an enemy
     2. The speaker finds the wind a tease because
         a. it jumps on her.
         b. it snatches her hat and ties her clothes in knots.
         c. it clutches her hair.
         d. it tears the leaves and blossoms from the pear.
     3. The speaker wants to ____________ the wind.
         a. trap        b. throw away        c. tie up         d. none
     4. The wind helps the speaker to
         a. dry her clothes                           b. feel cool and fresh
         c. fly her kite and sail her boat       d. stay at home.
  
C. Answer the following questions:
    1. Who is the speaker talking to in the poem "The Tease"? Is she happy with the listener?
    2. How does the listener tease the speaker?
    3. How does the listener help the speaker?
    4. The speaker has mixed feelings about the wind. Why?

D. Write the words in the correct columns according to the sound of ch
     [ chick, chorus, chart, chat, choir, character]

E. Write 10 words with the 'ch' sound in 'tch'

F. Given below are the words that show our feelings. Put them in alphabetical
    order.
    [ bored, disappointed, pleased, irritated, angry, frightened, horrified, glad,
      excited, delighted]

G. Unscramble the following words and write them in alphabetical order.
     1. SATR   2. UNS   3. WNDI    4. NRAI   5. RMSTO    6. PLANETN    7. NOOM    8. LODCU
     9. SLEOC   10. STOL    11. HISFNI   12. FORBEE    13. KAWAE     14. DOFUN
     15. PONE   16. TEFAR    17. ARTST    18. ESALEPS

H. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verbs in the brackets.
    1. Vinay never _______________ (carry) an umbrella.
    2. My parents never _________________ (drink) tea.
    3. Miss Kapoor always ___________________ (teach) Class III
    4. All the buses ________________ (stop) at this bus stop.
    5. We _________________ (boil) water before drinking it.
    6. The panther ______________ (hunt) at night.
    7. The Earth ________________ (go) round the Sun.
    8. We ________________ (visit) our grandparents every summer.

I. Fill in the blanks with the past tense form of the verbs given in the brackets.
   1. I ___________ (see) a jet plane today.
   2. Mohit and Arjun ____________ ( play) cricket for their school.
   3. Manu ____________ (come) home late last night.
   4. My sister _______________ (build) a mud house in the garden yesterday.
   5. Madhu ______________(hurry) to school because she was late.
   6. My sister _______________ (knit) this sweater for me.
   7. The clock _______________ (strike) twelve.
   8. He ________________ (feel) better after he took the medicine
   9. I _______________ (tell) Amar a secret yesterday.
  10. Mona _______________ (forget) to give me her address.
  11. We ________________ (eat) dinner by 8 p.m.


J. Look at the doing words (verbs) and say whether it is present or past.
   1. They watch news on the TV everyday.
   2. My train leaves at 2 p.m.
   3. We played a match yesterday.
   4. We learn music at school.
   5. He ate too much at the party.

K. Write simple past tenses of these verbs.

L. Write the rhyming words:
   1. hatch   2. pitch   3. much    4. rich    5. bench   6. patch   7. church   8. sketch
   9. lurch    10. stretch   11. catch   12. ditch   13. such  14. itch   15. stench   18. thatch

English Worksheet Chapter 7

English Worksheet Chapter 7

A. Mark true [T] or false [F].
    1. A scrapbook is an album in which clippings, notes or pictures can be pasted.
    2. Vintage cars are cars that were built between 1890 and 1910.
    3. A person who has a hobby is never bored.
    4. All hobbies are very expensive.
    5. Hobbies increase our general knowledge.

B. Answer these questions.
    1. Why was Amit late?
    2. What is a hobby?
    3. How do hobbies help us?
    4. What are the different hobbies that the children discuss with their teacher?

C.Write the words given below in correct columns:
   [ come, fog, rose, love, dog, joke, woke, doll, won]
   

D. Match the people with the work they do.

E. Fill in the blanks with the correct degree of the adjectives given in the brackets.
1. Sonali is _____________________ than Vimla. (young)
2. The blue dress is _____________________ than the white one. (short)
3. This table is _____________________ than that one. (long)
4. An elephant is ___________________ than a deer. (strong)
5. The house next door is the ____________________ of all the houses in the street.
    (small)
6. Ajay scored  _____________ marks in the class. (high)
7. Kavita is _____________ than Raji. (tall)
8. Asia is the ________________ continent in the world. Australia is __________ than Asia.
    (big, small)
9. Manju is 5 feet tall, Alka is 4 feet 9 inches tall and Mona is 5 feet 5 inches tall. Manju is
    _________________ than Alka. But Mona is the ______________ of them all. (tall)
10. A hippopotamus is a _________________ animal. An elephant is ______________ than
      a hippo. (large)
11. Mohan is _____________, but Ravi is ____________. (fast)
12. Banana is _____________, but mango is ________________. (sweet)

F. Complete the table with correct degrees:

 G.Choose from the words given below and write the correct answer:
     [ sailor, greengrocer, detective, nurse, mechanic, judge, journalist, porter, baker, optician]
    1. one who hears cases in court
    2. one who writes for newspapers and magazines
    3.  one who sells vegetables
    4. one who bakes bread and cakes
    5. one who repairs machines
    6. one who finds information about crimes
    7. one who works on a ship
    8. one who carries luggage at a railway station
    9. one who makes lenses and eyeglasses
  10. one who looks after people who are ill

H. Write the correct hobby against its description:
    1. This is played with a basket, a ball and between two teams.
    2. A different kind of costume is needed to do this activity in water.
    3. This is played on a board with different pieces.
    4. This requires jumping from a plane and then using a parachute to float slowly to the
        ground. 
    5. Oars are needed to do this activity.

I. Make pairs of words given below according to the 'o' sounds
  [ blood, money, phone, boat, pool, cook, most, honey, coat, cool, book, cone, coast, flood]

English Worksheet Chapter 4 part 2

English Worksheet Chapter 4 part 2
 1. Comprehension:
     Mary lived on a farm with her mother, father and uncle. She loved to ride horses. Her
     special horse was called Cinni. Mary and Cinni used to go riding every day.
     One day, they went near the river. Mary's saddle was loose, and she fell off. Cinni could
     feel that she was sliding off, and she knelt down so that Mary fell gently and did not hurt
     herself.
     But it was muddy and dirty. Mary lay still for a while to catch her breath. Suddenly, Cinni
     reared up on her hind legs and whinnied in fear. Mary noticed a huge snake coming
     towards her. She was so frightened that she could not move. The snake raised its head to
     bite, but Cinni turned around and struck it with her hooves, and the snake was kicked far
     away.
     Answer the questions.
    (1) What did Mary like to do?
    (2) Why did she fall off?
    (3) What noise did Cinni make? Why?
    (4) How did Cinni save Mary?
    (5) Mary 'lay still for a while to catch her breath.' Tick the correct meaning of this line.
         a. She remained where she had fallen to get over her fright.
         b. She had stopped breathing.
         c. She was comfortable.

 2. Write two words that come to your mind against the given words.
     (1) airport        __________________, ____________________
     (2) coins          __________________, ____________________
     (3) computer   __________________, ____________________
     (4) diamond    __________________, ____________________
     (5) exams        __________________, ____________________
     (6) forest         __________________, ____________________
     (7) hospital      __________________, ____________________
     (8) jar              __________________, ____________________
     (9) party          __________________, ____________________
   (10) vase          __________________, ____________________

3. Change the words from plural into singular in these sentences.
(1) Grasshoppers are insects.
(2) I like children to be obedient.
(3) Apples are healthy fruit.
(4) I brought pencils to school, but did not bring pens.
(5) Mechanics are men who work on machines.
(6) Pine trees are very beautiful.
  

English Worksheet Chapter 6

English Worksheet Chapter 6

A. Choose the correct answer.
1. How did the animals behave with Sona the next day?
    a. They behaved well.
    b. They made fun of him.
    c. They paid no attention to him.
2. The goat
    a. tried to get the figs himself.
    b. asked Sona for some figs.
    c, did not want any figs.
3. When the goat fell into the water, Sona
    a. walked away.
    b. looked the other way.
    c. saved him.

B. Give reference to context.
1. " Do you think he will give us some if we ask nicely?" 
    a. Who said these words to whom?
    b. What did the speaker want?
    c. Who is 'he', the speaker is talking about?
2. " I am not going to ask him."
    a. Who said this to whom?
    b. Why did he say so?

C. Rearrange the words in the first two columns to make compound words. Write
     them in the third column.
    1. post                        a. side                  ____________________
    2. news                       b. paper               ____________________
    3. book                       c. man                  ____________________
    4. sea                         d. fish                   ____________________
    5. gold                        e. shop                 ____________________

D. Use these compound words to complete these sentences.
    1. I am expecting an important letter, but the _____________________ has not come for
        a week
    2. The ______________________ is always full of bad news. I don't like to read it
        anymore.
    3. Let us go to the new _____________________ to buy the books.
    4. We are going to the ______________________ for our holiday.
    5. I want to have a ___________________ as my pet.

E. Underline the pronouns, say whether they are singular or plural. Also tell which
    nouns they replace by drawing an arrow from the pronoun to the noun.
   1. Geeta, can you pass the salt, please?
   2. My cat has three kittens. They are very naughty.
   3. This car is old. It does not work properly.
   4. Champa and I went to the mall. We bought some clothes.
   5. Joey told us a funny story. He is an amazing storyteller. 

F. Fill in the blanks with the correct pronouns from the brackets.
   1. She gave the book to __________ (I, me)
   2. My mother took _________ (us, we) to the cinema.
   3. Manoj's friends are here. ___________. (He, She) is talking to ___________ 
       (they, them)
   4. The teacher was happy with __________ (I, me) because I did my homework.
   5. Vineet invited _____________ (they, them) to a picnic.

G. Rewrite these sentences putting the apostrophe in the correct place.
  1. Is this Prems sister?
  2. The boys cycle was stolen.
  3. My sister and I went to our grandparents house.
  4. This book is my mothers.
  5. My fathers friends are coming for lunch.
  6. The girls chairs were scattered all over the classroom.
  7. This is Nehas desk.
  8. This is boys classroom.

H. Write 10 words with the sound 'oo' in them.
 


          

English Grammar worksheet I

English Grammar worksheet I

1. Write 'y' words with long and short 'e' sounds, example given:
                      A                                                   B
    'y' words with long 'e' sound               'y' words with short 'e' sound 
    (1) penny                                           (2) fly

2. Write composition on 
(1) Good Manners
(2) An autobiography of an old bicycle
(3) A bus journey

3. Complete the verb chart:
          Present(v1)          Past(v2)           Past Participle(v3)      Present participle(v4)
    (1) ask
    (2) become
    (3) begin
    (4) bite
    (5) buy
    (6) come
    (7) cut
    (8) dig
    (9) do
  (10) cry
  (11) eat
  (12) fall
  (13) feel
  (14) find
  (15) get
  (16) give
  (17) go
  (18) hear
  (19) live
  (20) make

4. Define with examples:
(1) Adjective of quantity
(2) Adjective of number
(3) Subject and predicate
(4) Preposition
(5) Pronouns
(5) Compound words
(6) Antonyms

5. Paraphrase the following sentence:
(1) I went for a stroll to a nearby garden. 
(2) There were several flowers in the bouquet.
(3) An elephant is a powerful animal.
(4) Most people love to spend time in the garden.
(5) The girl was pretty.
(6) I went for a stroll with my father and mother.
(7) There were many colourful birds on the tree.
(8) The mongoose sniffed at the boy's ear.
(9) Rohit went out into the verandah and sat in the sunshine.
(10) Bill and Janie spent all day roaming about in the forest.

6. Write collective nouns.
(1)   a ____________ of chicks.
(2)   a ____________ of grapes or keys.
(3)   a ____________ of monkeys.
(4)   a ____________ of bees.
(5 )  a ____________ of ants.
(6)   a ___________ of elephants, zebras.
(7)   a ___________ of lions.
(8)   a ___________ of thieves.
(9)   a ___________ of sticks.
(10) a ___________ of stars.
(11) a ___________ of ships.
(12) a ___________ of books.
(13) a ___________ of wolves, cards.
(14) a ___________ of eggs.
(15) a ___________, ____________ of fish.
(16) a ___________ of flowers.
(17) a ___________ of people.
(18) a ___________ of students.
(19) a ___________ of soldiers.
(20) a ___________ of books.
(21) a ___________ of players.
(22) a ___________ of birds.
(23) a ___________ of shoes.
(24) a ___________ of puppies.
(25) a ___________ of musicians.

8. Identify the gender - masculine, feminine,neuter or common.
(1) actor (2) actress (3) bull (4) cock (5) hen (6) mountain (7) computer (8) man (9) lion
(10) nephew (11) lioness (12) niece (13) emperor (14) woman (15) empress (16) pupil
(17) servant (18) neighbor (19) infant (20) thief (21) cousin (22) clown (23) doctor
(24) teacher (25) table (26) chair (27) pencil (28) box (29) window (30) sofa (31) fan
(32) book (33) rock (34) bag (35) driver (36) father (37) daughter (38) gentleman
(39) lady (40) bookshop (41) toys (42) saint (43) maidservant (44) deer (45) peahen
(46) apple (47) driver (48) cardboard (49) dancer (50) child (51) parent

9. Complete the table:
    Person               Singular                  Plural
        I                           I                        ________
       II                   _________               you
      III                   He, She, It                 ________

10. Write plural forms of these pronouns:
(1) I (2) my (3) me (4) he (5) she (6) his (7) her (8) him (9) your (10) itself (11) you
(12) myself (13) yourself (14) herself

11. Write a story using the outline given. Also write the moral:
(1) Robbery in a rich merchant's house... thief one of the servants... Goes to  Birbal... Birbal goes to his house and asks who is the culprit... everybody denied... He thinks for a moment... gets sticks of equal length... gives them to all the servants... tells them that the stick of the real thief will become longer... asks them to bring their sticks next day... servant stick is shorter... Birbal finds it.
Moral.
(2) A fox invites a stork for dinner... gives nothing but soup in a shallow dish... The stork unable to drink... The fox licks up everything... The stork gets angry... One day the stork invites the fox... serves dinner in a jar with long, thin neck... this time the fox is unable to eat... The stork eats heartily... Moral.

12. Add a word from the box to each of the words to form a new word. Then, make sentences with the new words:
[hen, stick, leg, mark, end]
(1) fore + ____________ = __________________
 _________________________________________________________________
(2) week + ____________ = ___________________
__________________________________________________________________
(3) pea + ____________ = ___________________
__________________________________________________________________
(4) book + ____________  = ____________________
__________________________________________________________________
(5) broom + ____________ = _____________________
__________________________________________________________________

13. Match the words in the columns:
(1) black                          (a) and stars
(2) satin                           (b) and honey
(3) needle                        (c) and silk
(4) moon                          (d) and thread
(5) milk                             (e) and white

14. Write antonyms:
(1) idle (2) sad (3) untidy (4) proud (5) always (6) blunt (7) freeze (8) shallow (9) worst
(10) weak (11) friend (12) clean (13) polite (14) able (15) accept (16) arrival
(17) add (18) agree (19) clever (20) enter (21) honest (22) absent (23) sweet
(24) near (25) broad

15. Letter-writing:
(1) Write a letter to the principal asking permission to go home early.
(2) Write a letter to your friend telling him/ her about the new house you have shifted to.