Tenses

The simple and the present continuous tenses

           Verbs are said to be in the simple present from it the action denoted happens often or is repeated. The action can be daily routine or a hobby or a scheduled event.

            *Do you drink coffee?

            Verbs are in the present continuous form if the action denoted is happening at the moment of speaking.

            *It is raining.

 

The Simple Past and the Present Continuous Tenses.

 

*The simple Past tense is used to describe an action the happened in the past.

John met Richard yesterday.

 

*The past continuous tense in used for actions that continued for a while before the new action interrupted them.

He was sleeping (past progressive) when the phone rang.(simple past)

The first part of the sentence describes something that continued to happen before a new action.

 

Will and going to

            *Will is used with the base form of the verb to talk about an action that may happen in the future.

            *I will complete the essay tomorrow.

            *Going to is used when we talk about a decision or a plan made before the moment of speaking.

            *I am going to invite all my friends.

Transitive and Intransitive verb with Answer

Transitive and intransitive verbs

*A verbs that take a direct object to complete its meaning is a transitive verb.

            He spoke to me.

*A verb that does not need a direct object to complete its meaning is an intransitive verb.

            She laughed loudly.

 

A. Underline the transitive verbs and circle the intransitive verbs in these sentences.

1.     He wrote a letter. Vt.

2.    San worked in a retail store. Vi.

3.    Janet studies medicine at the University. Vt.

4.    Linda sings beautifully. Vi.

5.    Pail went to the mall last evening. Vi.

6.    He slpet heavily. Vi.

7.    Gina was a famous artist. Vi.

8.    Tim learned to swim last summer. Vt.

 

B.    Undeline the verbs in each sentence.

1.     Michelle loves ice-cream and chocolate.

2.    She eats ice-cream almost everyday.

3.    Her sister, Meg, does not like sweets.

4.    Meg gave Michelle a box of chocolates on her birthday.

5.    Michelle found the box under her pillow in the morning.

6.    Meg received a book as a gift from Michelle.

7.    Meg enjoys reading.

 

C. Complete these sentences, Use the correct past Tense form of the verb in the brackets.

2. Tom though his house was nice.

3. One day, he looked across the valley at his house.

4. He began to pedal back to his house.

5. He saw something that made him stop.

6. The rays of the sun fell on the windows of his house.

7. The windows shone like a thousand rainbows.

8. Tom felt that his house seemed a magical place.

 

D. Complete these sentence with suitable verbs of your choice. In the box alongside, write T for Transitive and IT for Intransitive.

1. Hamelin was famous for the legend of the Pied piper. Vi.

2.The pied piper wore a coat of many colors. Vi.

3. HE played strange music on his pipe. Vi.

4. Whenever he flew, the rats came him. Vi.

5. Finally they swam in the river. Vi.

6. The people of Hamelin were overjoyed. VT.

 

Answer Regular-Irregular verb C.

C.Cross out the wrong verb forms in the boxes and complete that paragraph.

1.has/had

2.spend/spent

3.went/go

4.built/build

5.swim/swam

6.splashed/splash

7.are/were

8.bring/brought

9.take/took

10.showed/show

11.explain/explained

12.was/be

 

Regular and Irregular and Answer

Regular and Irregular Verb

            *The bear escaped from the circus.

            *I worked for 10 hours yesterday.

            *My father taught me to swim.

            *She put all the fruits into the basket.

*The highlighted verbs are in the simple past tense. They denote that the action happened in the past. Some verbs can be changed to the past tense by adding –ed to the base form. These are called regular verbs.

            Like-liked

*Some other verbs take different forms when changed into past tense. Such verbs are called irregular verbs.

            See-saw

*Some irregular verbs do not change their form when converted to past tense.

Read-read

 

A. Complete these sentences with the right form of the verbs given in the brackets.

1.     Woke up very early this morning.

2.    He sat watching birds in the park all evening.

3.    We went to the cinema last Sunday.

4.    I saved some money to buy a new bike.

5.    She waved good-bye to her parents at the airport.

6.    MY mother baked some delicious biscuits today.

7.    Simon taught Science at a school before he took up a new job.

8.    She brought a tray full of sandwiches for all of us.

 

B.    Match the base forms of verbs in column A with the simple past forms in column B.

1.     Fly – d.flew

2.    Preech-i.preached

3.    Meet-g.met

4.    Thank-p.thanked

5.    Call-m.called

6.    Run-t.ran

7.    Tick-w.ticked

8.    Send-n.sent

9.    Pay-a.paid

10.  Steal-h.stole

11.  Give-o.gave

12.  Try-e.tried

13.  Want-f.wanted

14.  Behave-u.behaved

15.  Tremble-v.trembled

16.  Speak-b.spoke

17.  Throw-j.threw

18.  Catch-k.caught

19.  Hit-c.hit

20. Make-l.made

21.  Draw-l.drew

22. Plan-s.planned

23. Seek-q.saught

 

Compund noun and Answer

Compound noun

            A noun that is made up of two or more words is called a compound noun.

Father-in-law, doormat

 

Write the plural forms of these compound nouns.

1.     Passer-by       passers-by

2.    Blackboard     blackboards

3.    Watering can            watering cans

4.    Great-uncle    great-uncles

5.    Lighthouse     lighthouse

6.    Household      households

7.    Shopkeeper    shopkeepers

8.    Handout         handouts

9.    Knockout        knockouts

10.  Son-in-law      sons-in-law

Appositive noun and Answer

Appositives

*An appositive is a noun that follows and explains another noun.

            My sister, Sarah, is a very good dancer.

*An appositive phrase is a group of words that describes a noun.

            Tokyo, the capital city of Japan, is one of the busiest cities in the world.

 

A.Complete these sentences with appropriate appositives.

1.     My cousin, Okita, bought me chocolate.

2.    My friend, Toma, has two dogs and a cat.

3.    Master Preecha, our English teacher has asked us to write an essay.

4.    My cat, Silvio, loves to sleep in the armchair.

5.    Greece, the country in Europe, attrats many tourists.

 

B. Underline the appositive phrases in these sentences.

1.     Mr.Jones, our neighbor, bought a new car.

2.    Beethoven, a famous musician, was completely deaf.

3.    Venus, the closest planet to Earth, is also the hottest planet in the Solar System.

4.    Coffee, a drink prepared from roasted coffee beans, is very popular all over the world.

5.    Tibet, a country in the Himalayas, is the highest region on Earth

6.    Papaya, a fruit that grows only in tropical countries, is very rich in iron.

Possessive noun with answer

Possessive Nouns

*A possessive noun form of a noun shows ownership.

*A singular noun is changed into the possessive form by adding an apostrophe (‘) and –s.

            Teacher’s desk

*A plural noun that ends with –s or –es can be changed into the possessive form by adding an apostrophe.

            Trees’ trunks

*Plural nouns that do not end in –s or –es  can be changed into the possessive form by adding an apostrophe and –s.

            Childrens’ park

 

Complete these sentences using the possessive form of the word given in brackets.

1.     My father got a phone call from my aunt’s house.

2.    Anna’s parents are away on vacation.

3.    Tom’s pets are very cute.

4.    Please buy some vegetables from the greengrocer’s store.

5.    It is dangerous to be enter a lion’s den.

6.    Enid Blyton’s stories are delightful to read.

7.    A nightingale’s call is very melodious.

8.    The soldiers’ guns were neatly arranged in a raw.

9.    Excuse me, could you help me find a store that sells men’s shoes?

10.  My sisters’ name are Amy and Bella.