SUMMER PRACTICE FOR FORM V

PREFIXES AND SUFFIXES

Complete each sentence writing the missing adverb (suffix “-ly”) in the gap:

1- The lion moved _________________ (careful) along the grass.

2- The colony of ants worked together __________________ (busy).

3- The children walked ________________ (happy) to the park.

4- My aunt was dressed very __________________ (elegant).

Choose a prefix to add to these words:

Trans-

Pre-

Re-

Anti-

1- _______form

2- _______start

3- _______clockwise

4- _______atlantic

5- _______position

6- _______play

FILL IN THE BLANK SPACES WITH THE PAST SIMPLE OF THE VERBS IN BRACKETS.

1. She ____________________ (ask) me questions about my last trip.

2. They ____________________ (eat) my chocolates!

3. We ____________________ (meet) her last week.

4. Two years ago we ____________________ (visit) Italy.

5. It _________________ _________________(not / rain) yesterday.

6. The doctor ____________________ (tell) her to stay in bed.

7. Yesterday she ____________________ (be) at my house.

8. They ____________________ (go) to the zoo last week.

They _____________ (be) very hungry, but they ______________ _______________ (not/like) the cake.

REWRITE THE SENTENCES BELOW (1 - 3) ADDING A SUBORDINATE

CLAUSE (a – c) TO EACH ONE:

1) Bugs can do great damage.

2) Sarah is my cousin.

3) The brothers like to play football.

a- despite being so tiny

b- at the weekends

c- the girl with green eyes

1) __________________________________________________________________

2) __________________________________________________________________

3) __________________________________________________________________

ADD THE MISSING COMMAS TO THIS PARAGRAPH:

On her birthday Sophia got up early. Her presents which had arrived the night before

were in the kitchen. Her brother and sister who were much older had bought her a

bicycle. “This is the best day ever!” she exclaimed.

Read this text. Add the apostrophes where they are needed.

There isnt a zoo near us but weve got a park with animals. The keeper is

my friends uncle and sometimes he lets us help him. I dont like the

iguanas much, but I love the baby kangaroos. The kangaroos area is

enormous! Theres a pets corner for the younger children. My cousins

coming to spend the holidays with us, so well go there every day!

Divide the following phrases into similes and metaphors:

SIMILES METAPHORS

A dark secret.

As white as snow.

As cold as ice.

Colourful remarks.

As busy as a bee.

He dances like a robot.

A glowing report.

As big as a bus.

Look at the metaphors below. Explain what they mean in your own words.

1- Her grandfather is a gentle giant.

________________________________________________________________________

2- He flies when he runs.

________________________________________________________________________

3- The test was a piece of cake.

________________________________________________________________________

Adjectives: comparatives and superlatives

Read the paragraph below and complete the sentences with the correct form of the adjective.

African elephants are probably the ________________________________ (interesting) animals on the planet, and certainly the ___________________ (big)! The __________________________ (heavy) elephant weighted 24,000pounds!

The ________________________________ (good) place to see them is Amboseli in Kenia. They have ________________________________ (large) ears than Indian elephants but ________________________________ (small) heads and ________________________________ (few) toenails. Elephants are intelligent but can also be ____________________________ (dangerous) than other wild animals.

Different types of sentences

Look at the following sentences and classify them. Write only the letter.

QUESTIONS:

STATEMENTS:

EXCLAMATIONS:

COMMANDS:

a- The leaves came tumbling down.b- How many books are there?c- Don’t waste water!d- Look, we found a beach!e- Oh no, Anna, you are drenched!f- The wind whooshed across the hill.g- Is there a growing demand for water?h- Keep away from the rain!

Connectives

1) Underline the connectives in these sentences (3):

There is a huge demand for water because there are so many people in the world.

However, some people don’t think about the amount of water they waste.

If you run a tap, then make sure you turn it off afterwards.

2) Look at these connectives. Which three are TIME connectives? Circle them.

ALTHOUGH – FIRSTLY – AND – SO – AFTERWARDS – BECAUSE – FINALLY – HOWEVER

3) Choose the right connective in each sentence.

Water is precious ____________________ don’t waste a drop! (so/however)

Some people use a hose to clean their car. ____________________, they could use a bucket. (Because/However)

__________________ your friends waste water, then persuade them not to! (Firstly/If)

All the villagers use the well _______________________ it has clean water. (although/because)

Match the pairs of homophones:

stair – weak – flour – pear – hare – pair – stare – flower – hair – week

1- ____________________ and ____________________

2- ____________________ and ____________________

3- ____________________ and ____________________

4- ____________________ and ____________________

5- ____________________ and ____________________

Choose the correct word to complete the sentence:

1- The clown’s __________________ was big and red. (knows/nose)

2- The wind __________________ all morning. (blue/blew)

3- The __________________ class went to the museum. (whole/hole)

4- She arrived an __________________ late. (hour/our)

5- There were __________________ many cars on the road. (two/too)

Choose the correct word from the brackets.1. After he was sick for several days, his face was ___________________(pail/pale).2. She purchased a beautiful new gown _________________(for/four) the dance. 3. Walking down the _______________(I’ll/aisle/isle) to get married can be scary.4. Glass containers have been ________________(band/banned) on the beach.5. The baker systematically kneaded the _____________(doe/dough) for the bread.6. I’d rather receive my _________________(male/mail) electronically than on paper.7. He was considered __________________(bald/bawled) because he had no hair.8. We searched everywhere trying to ________________(fined/find) our lost dog.9. My favorite stringed instrument is the ___________(base/bass) because it is so big.10.The fight __________________(scene/seen) in the movie was extremely exciting!

Words with common roots

Divide these words into four groups that have a common root:

MEDICINE – TELEPHONE – BIOLOGY – MEDICALPORTABLE – IMPORT – EXPORT – MICROPHONEPHONICS – BIOGRAPHY – MEDICATION – AUTOBIOGRAPHY

GROUP 1:

GROUP 2:

GROUP 3:

GROUP 4:

Complete these sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets:

1) The professor (teach) ____________________ five classes. He (be)

____________________ very tired.

2) You (feed) ____________________ the birds that we saw yesterday. Some of them

(be) ____________________ cardinals.

3) Andy (go) ____________________ first on the trail Saturday, because he (know)

____________________ the way better than we did.

4) The house (be) ____________________ dirty after they left. We (clean)

____________________ it yesterday.

5) The boys (put) ____________________ the bikes in the garage, then they (eat)

____________________ lunch.

6) My friends and I (find) ____________________ gold in the river. Then we (look)

____________________ for more.

7) I (like) ____________________ to write poetry when I (be)

____________________ eight years old.

8) Lisa and I (see) ____________________ lightening in the sky last night; the storm

(come) ____________________ fast.

9) The children (go) ____________________ to the park yesterday. They (stay)

____________________ for two hours.

10) We (play) ____________________ outside after it (snow)

____________________. Three inches of snow (fall) ____________________ that

day.

COMPLETE THESE SENTENCES USING THE CORRECT FORM OF THEVERBS IN BRACKETS:

1. I worked (work) in a bank for ten years.2. I _________________ (cook) steak last night.3. He _________________ (try) to lift the box but he couldn’t.4. I _________________ (love) ice cream when I was a child.5. They______________ (visit) the Louvre in Paris.

What do these verbs have in common? _______________________________________________________

6. Last year I ______________ (teach) Form V.7. We _________________ (buy) a new car last weekend.8. We _________________ (have) a computer when I was a child.9. They _________________ (not / meet) yesterday.

What about these verbs?_______________________________________________________

Now, let’s write some negative sentences:

10. She didn’t watch (not / watch) TV yesterday.11. He _________________ (not / think) that he was right.12. They _________________ (not / meet) yesterday.13. We _________________ (not / play) tennis yesterday because it was raining.

GOLDEN RULE: __________________________________________

Complete these questions:

14. Where did you live (you / live) when you were young? 15. Where _________________ (you / teach) before you came here?16. She _________________ (not / write) to her grandmother17. Where _________________ (you / go) on holiday?18. _________________ (she / swim) in the sea in Greece?

Direct Speech - Speech Marks

Speech marks (or inverted commas) show when someone is talking. You will

see them written in books as “speech” or ‘speech’.

Task One

Copy these sentences into your book and put the speech marks in the correct

places. Remember: The speech marks go around what is being said. Copy all

the other punctuation correctly.

1. Hello, said the man.

2. What are you doing? said Fred.

3. Stop! shouted the policeman.

4. Wait a minute, said Mark. Don’t I know you from somewhere?

5. I know what we’ll do, said Lucy. We’ll go to the pictures.

Task Two

Put the speech marks in the correct places once again. This time, however, you

will also need to add all the other punctuation that is needed as well. Watch out

for any questions or exclamations.

1. Hello said Greg

2. You look tired said Martin

3. Can I come in asked the man

4. No screamed the man

5. Come here said Grandma I want to see how much you have grown

6. Is that my bag asked Daniel I thought I’d lost it

7. Run shouted Sally The dog is after us

8. I know what I want for my birthday said Tina A brand new car

Task Three

How many other words can you think of that you could use instead of the word

said. Write down at least eight other words for said.

Task Four

For each of the eight words that you came up with in task three write a sentence

with speech in that uses that word.

Task Five

When you use speech marks you need to remember the rule – new speaker,

new line. Copy out this passage into your book. I’ve put in all the punctuation so

make sure you copy that carefully. When you copy out the passage make sure

that you put each new speaker on a new line.

“I want to go swimming,” said Matthew.

“I can’t stand staying in doors all day.”

“I thought you had homework to do,” said Mum.

“Oh Mum,” said Matthew.

“I’ve almost finished it. Can’t I just take an hour off.”

“Yes you can take an hour off,” said Mum.

“But only when you’ve finished your work.”

“But it’ll be closed if I don’t go soon!” said Bob.

“Then you’d better get a move on, hadn’t you?” said Mum.

Task Six

This is almost the same as Task Five but this time you also have to add the

speech marks in the correct places. It is quite tricky. You’ll probably need to read

through the passage several time to work out what each character is saying.

Excuse me, said the man. Can you tell me what the time is? I think it’s about 8

o’clock, replied Graham. I haven’t got my watch on but I remember seeing the

time on the town hall clock a few minutes ago. The town hall! said the man.

That’s just what I’m looking for. Can you point me in the right direction?

Certainly, said Graham. You just go down there past the bank, turn left, go

straight on and the town hall will be on your right hand side. Brilliant, said the

man, Thanks for your help. That’s okay, said Graham.

Extension Task

Show me what you’ve learnt. Write a passage that uses direct speech. Show me

that you know where to put speech marks and other punctuation. Show me that

you can remember to start a new line for each new speaker.

Some suggestions for what your passage could be about:

(a) Two friends having a chat about last night’s television.

(b) A person going to buy a car/computer etc. from a salesperson.

(c) A telephone conversation between a person who is reporting a lost pet and a

policeman.