Chapter 1: The Sentence
A.
1. Neil Armstrong was the first human to set his foot
on the moon.
2. My brother, who is standing there, is a science
teacher.
3. The boy and his mother were going to the mall.
4. My uncle has bought a new scooter.
5. Across the street, a huge temple stood.
6. Neethu and Shalini are best friends.
7. They have bought the villa yet?
8. Who spilled the beans?
9. You are good!
10. Akbar the Great was a visionary monarch.
B.
1. Subject: captain, Attribute: of the football team
2. Subject: My father, Attribute: a doctor
3. Subject: The writer, Attribute: Ruskin Bond
4. Subject: The hot and humid weather, Attribute: hot and
humid
5. Subject: diamond, Attribute: priceless, of the queen
6. Subject: wazir, Attribute: cunning
7. Subject: flames, Attribute: leaping
8. Subject: notes, Attribute: printed
9. Subject: girl, Attribute: carrying a basket of flowers
10. Subject: man, Attribute: confident
11. Subject: man, Attribute: patient
C.
1. This year, the temperature outdoors, is unbearable at
this time.
2. We can learn a lot about wildlife, their habitats, and
behaviour from television programmes.
3. The Yamuna Expressway has reduced the travelling time
between New Delhi and Agra.
4. One of the reasons for the increasing number of accidents
on the road is the increase in vehicles.
5. Species that cannot adjust to climate change will become extinct.
D.
1. Did you watch yesterday's match?
2. What will you have for lunch?
3. Which is the tallest building in India?
4. How did you make this cake?
5. Have you completed your homework?
E.
1. Come here once.
2. Please help me with my assignment.
3. Don't eat all the biscuits.
4. Be careful while ironing clothes.
5. Pull the cord to switch on the fan.
F.
1. Wow, that was some spine-chilling experience!
2. What a splendid sunrise!
3. Oh no, I made the mistake again!
4. What a lovely bouquet of flowers!
5. What an amazing feast!
G.
1. You must never do this again. Assertive
sentence (NS)
2. Have you finished your meal? Verbal Interrogative
sentence
3. Take this glass of water. Imperative
sentence
4. This is not a very good essay. Assertive
sentence (NS)
5. Please help me to sort this out. Imperative
sentence
6. Birds do not speak in any language. Assertive
sentence (NS)
7. What a beautiful piece of jewellery! Exclamatory
sentence
8. Duryodhana was a valiant soldier. Assertive
sentence (AS)
9. The caretaker of the bungalow let us
in.
Assertive sentence (AS)
10. I thank you heartily for all your
kindness.
Assertive sentence (AS)
11. The Colonel ordered his men to march
ahead.
Assertive sentence (AS)
12. Can you blame the government for all your misfortunes? Verbal Interrogative sentence
H.
1. While we were walking together along the river, I asked him to tell me some stories. 2. The good man suddenly became animated, transfigured, eloquent - almost poetical. 3. In his heart, there was one great passion - the river. 4. He had many memories of the life of the people associated with the river flowing beside us. 5. He told me about the fishermen and the sailors. 6. Were all these stories true? 7. How fantastic they were! 8. I listened with rapt attention. 9. I saw the Moon come up in the eastern sky. 10. How enchanting it looked! 11. I did not care to go home. 12. What was I waiting to hear? 13. Frankly, I do not know who this man was. 14. He had cast a spell upon me. 15. What was his name? 16. I dared not ask.
Challenge I: Identify kinds of sentences in the rewritten passage
1. Assertive sentence, affirmative
2. Assertive sentence, affirmative
3. Assertive sentence, affirmative
4. Assertive sentence, affirmative
5. Assertive sentence, affirmative
6. Verbal Interrogative sentence
7. Exclamatory sentence
8. Assertive sentence, affirmative
9. Assertive sentence, affirmative
10. Exclamatory sentence
11. Assertive sentence affirmative (NS)
12. Wh-Interrogative sentence
13. Assertive sentence affirmative (NS)
14. Assertive sentence, affirmative
15. Wh-Interrogative sentence.
16. Assertive sentence affirmative (NS)
A.
Classification of nouns
Proper
Nouns
1.
Lansdowne
2.
Kancheepuram
Common
Nouns
1.
hotel
2.
lake
3.
hills
4.
boats
5.
tourists
6.
shops
7.
pastries
8.
army
9.
camp
10.
officers
11.
uniforms
12.
ladies
13.
saris
14.
children
15.
woollens
16.
benches
17.
lakeside
18.
students
19.
college
20.
mother
21.
bangle
22.
silversmith
23.
statuettes
24.
people
25.
nature
26.
trip
27.
year
Collective
Nouns
1.
army
2.
camp
Abstract
Nouns
1.
beauty
2.
impression
3.
kindness
4.
nature
Material
Noun
1.
bronze
B.
Form abstract nouns.
1.
captain : captaincy
2.
deep : depth
3.
idiot : idiocy
4.
bore : boredom
5.
high : height
6.
false : falsity
7.
merry : merriment
8.
deceive : deception
9.
dismiss : dismissal
10.
cheap : cheapness
11.
decide : decision
12.
break : breakage
C.
Describe collective nouns:
1.
pack : wolves or dogs
2.
shoal : fish
3.
sheaf grains
4.
bevy : birds
5.
gang : workmen or robbers
6.
mob : riotous crowd
7.
stack : hay or straw
8.
suite: rooms or furniture
9.
tuft : birds or plants
10.
congregation : people assembled for
worship
11.
den : lions or wild animals
12.
colony : people or animals settled
together
D.
Fill in collective nouns:
1.
anthology
2.
posse
3.
choir
4.
crew
5.
audience
6.
clump
7.
pride
8.
band
9.
gang
10.
clutch
E.
Identify noun gender:
1.
jury (common/neutral), criminal (common/neutral)
2.
king (masculine), doe (feminine)
3.
businessman (masculine), lawyer (common/neutral)
4.
emperor (masculine), lady (feminine)
5.
prince (masculine), servants (common/neutral)
6.
uncle (masculine), wife (feminine), cousin (common/neutral)
7.
viceroy (masculine), duchess (feminine), child (common/neutral)
8.
author (common/neutral), orphan (common/neutral), teacher (common/neutral)
9.
great-aunt (feminine), husband (masculine), niece (feminine)
10.
hero (masculine), director (common/neutral), friend (common/neutral)
F.
Fill in plural forms:
1.
buffaloes
2.
dormice, footsteps
3.
mosquitoes, wasps
4.
children, women, colonies
5.
deer, wolves
6.
geese, ponds, calves
7.
elves, shoes
8.
footmen, stairs, carriages
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