Grade 8 - English

Thurstan College, being unshaken amidst the COVID 19 challenges

Series of Supportive Activities

Concept, Guidance & Supervision - Principal Mr. Pramuditha Wickramasinghe

Implementation - Deputy Principal (Education Development)

Mrs. N.G.H. Samanthini

-Assistant Principal (Grade6-13)

Mr. M.C.Jayasekara

-Grade Head (Grade 8) Mrs. L.A. Nilanthi

Preparation of Activity Books

▪ Grade 6 (English) - Mrs. Anoma Gamage

▪ Grade 7 (English) - Mrs. Chandani Nanayakkara

▪ Grade 8 (English) - Mrs. D.K. De Zoysa

▪ Grade 9 (English) - Mrs. Upeksha Peiris

▪ Grade 10(English) - Mrs. N.S. Rathnayake

Mrs. Maheshi Mendis

▪ Grade 11 (English) - Mrs. Gayathree Dharmarathne

Mrs. Sunethra Siriwardane

 Thurstan College
Colombo 07
Grade 08
English Language
Self-Study
Summative Assessments - 2021

Self-Study Helps the Students to Become an Effective Self-Studier

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 Self-Study Helps the Students to Become an Effective Self-Studier

With so much information available at students’ fingertips, it’s easier than ever for students to
learn by themselves.

Self-study is becoming a more and more popular way to engage students with what they are
learning in class. Students have the ability to access so many resources that now, learning can
happen anywhere, anytime—not just in the classroom.

WHAT IS SELF STUDY?

Self-studying is a learning method where students direct their own studying—outside the
classroom and without direct supervision. Since students are able to take control of what (and how)
they are learning, self-study can be a very valuable way for many students to learn.

Self-study and traditional classroom learning can be used together to help your child get the most
out of his or her learning experience. Together, these methods help students learn and retain
information better, helping boost comprehension, grades, and motivation.

THE IMPORTANCE OF SELF-STUDY

Self-studying is a great method students can use to enhance their learning experience, whether they
are studying for a course or learning about a topic for fun.

Using self-study, students are able to go beyond simply learning what their class textbooks and
instructors teach them. By practicing self-study, they are encouraged to further explore topics they
are interested in, developing stronger study skills as a result.

One of the major advantages of self-study is that students can take control over their own learning.
And when students have control, they become even more interested in learning.

That’s good news for everyone!

THE BENEFITS OF SELF-STUDY FOR STUDENTS

1. Students learn more effectively.

Exploring a topic on his or her own encourages your child to actively engage with the information.
Self-studiers are able to think about topics more deeply and make connections between what they
are learning. And when students are engaged (and excited) about what they are learning, they’re
able to remember it better.

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Self-study also helps build study skills your child can use to explore new topics or tackle
challenging schoolwork.

2. Students discover more about the topics they’re studying.

Self-study is all about searching out new information on a topic your child is interested in. Seeking
out this information themselves gives students a chance to learn more about that topic (rather than
just what they are taught in class).

3. It can boost students’ self-esteem.

As students do more self-study, many become more confident learners. They are able to see
themselves as an independent person who is able to learn new things without anyone helping them.
This can be a major motivation boost for students.

4. Students can learn at their own pace.

Self-study allows students to take learning at their own pace, focusing on areas they are most
interested in (or want to understand a bit better). This helps reduce feelings of frustration, anxiety,
or boredom that students may struggle with in a classroom setting.

5. Encourages curiosity.

Curiosity is one of the biggest (and often overlooked) pieces of motivating students to learn. When
students aren’t engaged with what they are learning, they absorb less of the information. They
study to memorize rather than understand. Self-study allows students to choose something they
are interested in and excited to learn about, leading to a more effective learning experience.

HELP YOUR CHILD BECOME AN EFFECTIVE SELF-STUDIER

1. Find resources on the topic.

Help your child seek out resources that provide more information on the topic he or she is learning
about. Books, articles, and educational videos are all highly effective ways to increase his or her
understanding of new concepts.

2. Talk about what your child is learning.

Have a conversation with your child about what he or she is learning, and which topics your child
is most excited about. Talking about what he or she is learning is a great way for your child to
boost comprehension and motivation to learn (and share!) more.

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3. Use different study methods.

Every student has his or her preferred study method, and that’s no different when self-studying.
The great thing about self-study is that your child can choose what works best for him or her.
Encourage your child to try different study techniques, like reading books, watching videos,
creating mind maps, or some other activity that helps your child process the information.

4. Have the required tools.

Being prepared is the number one secret to becoming a great self-studier. Ensure your child has
all the study tools he or she needs to make the most of each self-study session. Tools your child
will need for the most effective self-study session include:
• A study area—such as a desk or table, free from distractions and clutter
• A computer—so your child can read, watch, and listen to online resources
• Study tools—including pens, highlighters, and paper so your child can create organized
study notes

Source – https://gradepowerlearning.com/what-is-self-study/

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First Print: - 2021
Published by: - Thurstan College,
Colombo 07.

Direction: - Mr. Pramuditha Wickramasinghe,

Principal,
Thurstan College,
Colombo 07.

Mrs. N.G.H Samanthini,

Deputy Principal,
(Educational Development)
Thurstan College,
Colombo 07.

Assistance: - Mrs. Surangi Rasangika Hettiarachchi,

Teacher,
Thurstan College,
Colombo 07.

Prepared by: - Mrs. D. Kamalani De Zoysa,

Teacher,
Thurstan College,
Colombo 07.

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 Content

Competency Levels to be covered in Grade 8

Competency & Competency Levels Page No.

1) Identifies the sounds of English Language 1-7

1.1 Pronounces English words properly
1.2 Reads aloud different types of texts accurately and meaningfully.

2) Uses Mechanics of writing with understanding 8-8

2.5 Uses inverted commas appropriately

3) Engages in activity Listening and responds appropriately 9 - 10

3.2 Listens and follows instructions and respond to requests.
3.3 Listens and responds to different types of simple texts.
3.4 Listens and transfers information to other forms.

4) Building up vocabulary using words appropriately and accurately to convey precise meaning.
10 - 18
4.3 Finds synonyms and antonyms for given words.
4.4 Uses affixes to change the word class and the meaning of words.
4.5 Forms the plurals of nouns.
4.7 Uses collective nouns and compound nouns.

5) Extracts necessary information from various types of texts. 18 - 27

5.1 Uses visual and contextual clues to derive the meaning of the text.
5.2 Extracts specific information from various types of simple texts.

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 5.3 Transfers information into other forms.
5.4 Reads and responds to simple poems.
5.5 Reads and responds to simple folk stories/stories.
5.6 Extracts the general idea of a text.

6) Uses English Grammar for the purpose of accurate and effective communication. 27 - 63
6.1 Constructs simple sentences using “Past Perfect” form.
Passive Voice – Present Tense.
Passive Voice – Past Tense.
Passive Voice – Future Tense.
6.2 Uses Pronouns appropriately.
6.3 Uses modals meaningfully.
6.5 Uses contracted form.
6.6 Uses adjectives appropriately.
6.7 Uses prepositions appropriately.
6.8 Uses conjunctions appropriately.
6.9 Uses adverbs appropriately.

7) Uses English creatively and innovatively in written communication. 63 - 105

7.1 Writes descriptions of things, places and people.
7.2 Describes pictures.
7.3 Writes for personal purposes.
7.4 Writes instructions.
7.5 Writes simple compositions on different types of topics.
7.6 Writes poems and stories.

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8) Communicates clearly, fluently and concisely. 105 - 110
8.3 Describes objects, animals, people using simple sentence patterns.
8.4 Speaks on familiar topics.
8.6 Uses modals must, should and have to.
8.8 Describes the position.
8.9 Describes pictures.
8.13 Uses language in a variety of contexts.

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Competency 1
Identifies the sounds of English Language.

Competency Level 1.1

Pronounces English words properly.

Learning Outcome: -
Students will be able to pronounce the words with silent letters correctly.

Unit Text Work Lesson Activity No.

Book Book
Page/s Page/s
1 - 4&5 Plan the work, work the plan 4(1), 4(2), 4(3)
2 - 15 Winged friends 8
2 22 - Winged friends 2.9
3 32 - Let’s be considerate 3.8
4 35 - Mother Nature 4.1 (b) (c)
4 - 28 Mother Nature 2&3
5 61 - Between the miles 5.10
6 70 - When we are together 6.9
6 - 50 When we are together 7
7 83 - The world of children 7.11
7 - 57 The world of children 8
8 95, 96 - It’s a small world 8.9, 8.10, 8.11
8 - 71 It’s a small world 7
9 - - - -
10 - - - -

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References
1) How to Read IPA - Learn How Using IPA Can Improve Your Pronunciation – Oxford
Online English You Tube channel.
2) Silent Letters in English from A-Z |List of Words with Silent Letters| English
Pronunciation –7ESL Learning English You Tube channel.
3) Silent Letters in English | A to Z Rules – English with Max You Tube channel.
4) Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.
5) Grade 8 English Language Syllabus.
6) Pupil’s Book.
7) Work Book.
8) Local & Foreign English News.
9) Encyclopaedias available in the school library.

ACTIVITY I

Learning Outcome: -
Students will be able to pronounce the words with silent letters correctly.

Read the following words aloud and circle the silent letter in each word.
First one is done for you.
Silent B Silent T Silent H Silent K Silent W
1) Clim b 4) Cas t le 7) H our 10) K nife 13) W rist
2) Crumb 5) Fasten 8) Rhythm 11) Knock 14) Answer
3) Debt 6) Listen 9) White 12) Know 15) Two

Silent G Silent U Silent C Silent L Silent P

16) Forei g ner 19) B u ilding 22) Mus c le 25) Cha l k 28) P neumonia
17) Sign 20) Biscuit 23) Crescent 26) Calm 29) Psychiatrist
18) Cologne 21) Tongue 24) Fascinate 27) Talk 30) Cupboard

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 Silent E Silent D Silent A Silent S
31) Hat e 34) San d wich 37) Physic a lly 40) I s le
32) Change 35) Wednesday 38) Logically 41) Island
33) Bridge 36) Handsome 39) Critically 42) Aisle

ACTIVITY II

Learning Outcome: -
Students will be able to identify the pronunciation of the words ending with the letters ‘ew’
correctly.
Ex: - flew, blew, drew, chew, etc.
New Shrew Stew Nephew
Few View Renew Review
Crew Knew

References
1) http://www.antimoon.com/how/pronunc-soundsipa.htm
2) Sound Different | ew(few) ew(flew) | 3 Phonics Readers | Go Phonics 4C Unit 15- 17 |
EFL – RASS LANGUAGE - Reading as Art & Science of Sounds You Tube channel.
3) Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.
4) Grade 8 English Language Syllabus.
5) Pupil’s Book.
6) Work Book.
7) Local & Foreign English News.

Circle the word that contain the same sound as the word in the first column.
First one is done for you.
1) View Sieve Have Leave Pave New
2) Crew Five Crow Sow Knew Pow
3) Shrew Blow More Stew Slow Grow

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 4) Renew Snow Nephew Venue Keen Paw
5) Few Dew Draw Foe Due Blow

ACTIVITY III

Learning Outcome: -
Students will be able to pronounce the words with the letters ‘a’ and ‘o’ in the middle correctly.
Ex: - walk – work warm – worm
wander – wonder ward – word
work – walk
want, wand, wash, wart, wall
Find rhyming words to these from the words given above.
Ex: - perk – work
1) term _________ 2) tall __________ 3) sword ___________
4) ponder ____________ 5) perk __________ 6) herd ___________

References
1) American vs. British English - Vowel Sounds - Pronunciation differences – Rachel’s
English You Tube channel.
2) Vowel Pronunciation - A & O - EnglishLessons4U - Learn English with Ronnie!
[engvid] – You Tube channel.
3) Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.
4) Grade 8 English Language Syllabus.
5) Pupil’s Book.
6) Work Book.

ACTIVITY IV

Learning Outcome: -
Students will be able to pronounce the words beginning with consonant clusters correctly.

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Reference
1) Consonant Clusters | English Pronunciation Lesson – ElementalEnglish You Tube
channel.
2) What are Consonant Blends? | How to Pronounce Consonant Blends/Consonant Clusters?
– Learn with Ears You Tube channel.
3) scr spr str | Triple Blends | Phonics Reader | A Stroll in Spring | Go Phonics 3E Unit 14 |
EFL – RASS LANGUAGE Reading as Art & Science of Sounds You Tube channel.
4) Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.
5) Grade 8 English Language Syllabus.
6) Pupil’s Book.
7) Work Book.

Read aloud the list of words given below and complete the table.

(a) stream, school, screen, snow, spring, small

(b) grow, grind, ground, glass, glad, glue, blue, true
(c) play, prize, price, press, pretty, principal, proud
(d) brown, black, blank, blast, branch, break, brick, bread
(e) cream, crowd, class, clay, cloud

claim, flay, blame, brush, bring, dream, flame, bridge, clay, cry, blood, flat, crisp, brave, clean,
drink, float, block, dress, climb, brain, dry, blind, flood, drop, blaze, clock, floor, blast, close,
brother, flower, strawberry, spray, smart, street, sneeze, scrub, scrapbook, scholarship, snapshot,
snake, smell, spread, smooth, plant, plump, protect, plumber, prepare, pluck, planet, pliers,
platform, proud, pleasure, plaster, plastic, pronounce, plural, pray, place, prince, plane, princess,
printer, platoon, present, priest, plan, promise, plug

First one is done for you.

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/br/ /bl/ /kr/ /kl/ /dr/ /fl/ /gr/ /gl/ /str/ /spr/ /sm/ /st/ /sn/ /sc/ /pl/ /pr/
brush black cream clay drop flower grow glad street spray smell stop snake scrub play proud

Text Types
Words, word groups, phrases, sentences, rhymes, tongue twisters, poems, songs etc.

Activities
Listen and read, listen and tick, listen and underline, listen and circle, listen and show, read
aloud, matching, categorizing, games.

References
1) Top 5 Tongue Twisters in English! – Learn English with EnglishClass101.com You Tube
channel.
2) 20+ Best Tongue Twisters to Perfect Your English Pronunciation – 7ESL Learning
English You Tube channel.
3) Alphabet Song +More | Eli Kids Songs & Nursery Rhymes Compilations – Eli Kids -
Cartoons & Songs You Tube channel.
4) Balloon Boat Race + More Nursery Rhymes & Kids Songs - CoComelon – Cocomelon -
Nursery Rhymes You Tube Channel.
5) Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.

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 6) Grade 8 English Language Syllabus.
7) Pupil’s Book.
8) Work Book.

Competency Level 1.2

Reads aloud different types of texts accurately and meaningfully.

Learning Outcome: -
Students will be able to read different types of texts accurately and meaningfully.

Text Types
tongue twisters, announcements, dialogues, conversations, poems, songs.

References
1) Oxford Dictionary
2) Sing and enjoy ‘Hey Brother’ sung by Avicii. Text book page 61 – (Avicii - Hey Brother)
Avicii You Tube channel.
3) Text Book page 47 Mother Nature sung by P.J. Grand Band – Mother Nature Needs Us!!
w/lyrics (Original)The PJ GRAND BAND – PJ GRAND You Tube channel.

Unit Text Book Work Book Lesson Activity No.

Page/s Page/s
1 1&2 - Plan the work, Work the plan 1.1
1 5&6 - Plan the work, Work the plan 14
1 10 & 11 - Plan the work, Work the plan 1.9
2 12 & 13 - Winged Friends 2.1
3 23 & 24 - Let’s be considerate 3.1
4 34 & 35 - Mother Nature 4.1
6 - 50 When we are together 6&7

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Competency 2
Uses mechanics of writing with understanding.

Competency Level 2.5

Learning Outcome: -
Students will be able to use inverted comma in a sentence appropriately.

References
1) Oxford Dictionary.
2) Sing with Grammarsaurus - Speech Marks/Inverted Commas – Grammarsaurus You
Tube channel.
3) The Direct Speech Song (Inverted Commas) – Anchor Creative Education You Tube
channel.
4) Speech Marks | How To Use Quotation Marks? | English Grammar | Periwinkle –
Periwinkle You Tube channel.
5) DIRECT SPEECH | English writing lesson and exercises – Crown Academy of English
You Tube channel.

Unit Text Book Work Book Lesson Activity No.

Page/s Page/s
10 107, 108, 109 - Beyond the classroom 10.5, 10.6
3 - 26 Let’s be considerate 10
10 - 75 Let’s be considerate 2

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Competency 3
Engages in active listening and responds appropriately.

Competency Level Unit Text Work Lesson Activity No.

Book Book
Page/s Page/s
3.2 Listens and follows 2 21 - Winged friends 8
instructions and respond
8 96 - It’s a small world 8.12
to requests.
3 - 24 & Let’s be considerate 9
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3 - 26 Let’s be considerate 11
17 - 60 The world of children 12
3.3 Listens and responds 1 6 - Plan the work, work the plan 1.5
to different types of
5 60 - Between the miles 5.9
simple texts.
6 70 - Events together 6.8
1 - 6&7 Plan the work, work the plan 0.5
7 - 58 The world of children 10
3.4 Listens and transfers 4 46 - Mother nature 4.7
information to other
6 70 - Events together 6.8
forms.
2 - 12 Winged friends 05
8 - 67, 68 It’s a small world 05
9 - 73 On top of the world 04
10 - 77, 78 Beyond the classroom 04

Your English teacher will read the above listening texts. Listen carefully and do the activities.

ACTIVITY V

Do the Listening Activities given below.

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1) Listening Test for Kids | Test 1 – LucyMax English You Tube channel.
2) English listening exercise - Bad weather – Crown Academy of English You Tube channel.

Learning Outcome: -
Students will be able to listen and transfers the given information to other forms.

Text Types
3.2 Simple instructions, games, requests & directions.
3.3 Simple dialogues, stories, descriptions of people/places/animals processes (process of
making jam) and events, songs, minutes of English Literature Association.
3.4 Description of pictures, notices, notes, letters(informal), instructions, songs, poems,
announcements etc.

Competency 4
Building up vocabulary using words appropriately and accurately to convey precise meaning.

Competency Level 4.3

Finds synonyms and antonyms for given words.

Learning Outcome: -
Students will be able to find synonyms and antonyms for given words.
Example: - Synonyms Antonyms
enough - sufficient local - foreign
correct - accurate simple - complex
huge - enormous rural - urban
lazy - lethargic import - export

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References
1) Oxford Dictionary.

ACTIVITY VI

Do the activities given below.

1) Synonyms and Antonyms – KidsEduc - Kids Educational Games You Tube channel
2) What are synonyms and antonyms? | Oxford Owl – Oxford Owl - Learning at Home You
Tube channel.
3) English Test - Synonyms (part 1) – EnglishTestBlog.com You Tube channel.
4) The Synonyms Song – Anchor Creative Education You Tube channel.
5) Synonym Song w/Lyrics – Gary Eisenberg You Tube channel.

Unit Text Book Work Book Lesson Activity No.

Page/s Page/s
2 17, 18, 19 - Winged friends 2.4
5 59, 60 - Between the miles 5.8

Text Types
Dialogues, role plays, simple folk stories, poems, passages with synonyms and antonyms etc.

Activities
Matching, categorizing, multiple choices, finding, fill in the blanks etc.

Competency level 4.4

Uses affixes to change the word class and the meaning of words.

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Learning Outcome: -
Students will be able to use affixes.

-un, -ful, -less, -dis, -illy, -ness, -fully, er, -est

Example: - Adjective - Adjective (opposite)

patient - impatient
regular - irregular
cooked - uncooked
legal - illegal
polite - impolite
fortunate - unfortunate
possible - impossible

Students will be able to form comparative and superlative adjectives.

Adjectives Comparative Adjectives Superlative Adjectives

clever cleverer cleverest
high higher highest

Verb - Verb (opposite)

treat ill-treat
load unload
do undo
button unbutton
tie untie

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Verb Adjective
help helpful
help helpless
rest restless
stop stoppable
play playful
Noun Adverb
day daily
hour hourly
week weekly
fortnight fortnightly
month monthly
year yearly
quarter quarterly

Text Types
Dialogues, role plays, simple folk tales, fairytales, poems, songs, passages with words that can be
added un-, dis-, im-, -ful, -less, -ily, -ness, -fully, -ment, er, est.

Activities
Matching, categorizing, multiple choices, finding fill in the blanks, completing a grid.

ACTIVITY VII

Do the activities given below.

1) Prefixes and Suffixes - English Grammar, Fun & Educational Game for Children, Grade 2 –
KidsEduc - Kids Educational Games You Tube channel.
2) What Are Suffixes? | English Grammar | Periwinkle – Periwinkle You Tube channel.

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3) PREFIX & SUFFIX SONGS – Sunday Heppner You Tube channel.
4) Roots and Affixes – Leandra Gute You Tube channel.
5) English Suffixes | Learn English Vocabulary – Crown Academy of English You Tube
channel.

Competency Level 4.5

Forms the plurals of nouns.

Learning Outcome: -
Students will be able to form the plurals of compound and collective nouns adding -s/es.

Countable Nouns (Count Nouns)

A count noun is something we can count. It has a singular and plural form.
Example: - Singular Plural
book books
flower flowers
bus buses
mango mangoes

Learning Outcome: -
Students will be able to form the plurals of countable and uncountable nouns.

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 Uncountable Nouns (Non-Count Nouns)

A non-count noun is something we don’t count. It has no plural form. We use quantifiers before
non-count nouns.
Fill in the blanks.

Singular Plural

Water a glass of water two glasses of water

Milk a glass of milk glasses of milk

a bottle of milk bottles of milk

a packet of milk packets of milk

Bread slice of bread

loaf of bread

piece of bread

crumb of bread

Cake a slice of cake

Paper a sheet of paper

a piece of paper

Rice bag of rice

kilo of rice

packet of rice

pot of rice

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 Collective Nouns

A collective noun is a word or phrase that refers to a group of people or things as one entity. One
common error that arises from using collective nouns is subject-verb disagreement: writers often
become confused about whether to treat a collective noun as singular or plural.
Fill in the blanks.

Singular Plural

a pile of cloths piles of cloths

a team of players teams of players

a school of fish schools of fish

a herd of elephant herds of elephants

a swarm of bees swarms of bees

a heap of stones heaps of stones

a bunch of flowers bunches of flowers

a comb of plantains combs of plantations

a fleet of ships fleets of fish

boxes of matches

packets of tea

lines of clothes

bars of chocolates

string of beads

bedroom - bedrooms
teapot - teapots
timetable - timetables
keyboard - keyboards

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blackboard - blackboards
haircut - haircuts
rainfall - rainfalls
a tube of toothpaste - tubes of toothpaste
son-in-law - sons-in-law
sister-in-law - sisters-in-law
passer by - passers-by

Text Types
Words, phrases, sentences, passages, poems, stories.

Activities
Matching, completing.

Unit Text Book Work Book Lesson Activity No.

Page/s Page/s
1 8, 9 - Plan the work, work the plan 1.7
3 31, 32 - Let’s be considerate 3.7
3 - 22 Let’s be considerate 7
4 - 32 Mother Nature 9, 10, 11, 12

ACTIVITY VIII

Do the activities given below.

1) Nouns - Singular & Plural For Kids | English Grammar | Grade 2 | Periwinkle – Periwinkle
You Tube channel.
2) Singular & Plural Nouns by Adding S | English Grammar For Kids with Elvis | Grade 1 | #8 –
Roving Genius You Tube channel.

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3) How to Say Plural Endings (-S/-ES) - English Pronunciation – JenniferESL You Tube
channel.
4) Plural noun forms – EnglishTestBlog.com You Tube channel.
5) English nouns with only a plural form – Crown Academy of English You Tube Channel.
6) Countable And Uncountable Nouns | English Grammar | Periwinkle – Periwinkle You Tube
channel.
7) Uncountable English Nouns | Fix Common Grammar Mistakes & Errors – mmmEnglish You
Tube channel.
8) Uncountable nouns - 6 Minute Vocabulary – BBC Learning English You Tube channel.
9) 15 ‘Some things you can count, some things you can’t’ Song (Countable/Uncountable)
English on Tour – Cambridge English Online You Tube channel.
10) Countable and uncountable nouns | English grammar lesson – Crown Academy of English
You Tube channel.
11) Collective Nouns | English Grammar | Periwinkle – Periwinkle You Tube channel.
12) What are Collective Nouns? | English Grammar | iken | ikenedu | ikenApp – Iken Edu You
Tube channel.
13) Quiz on collective noun – Online_Education You Tube channel.
14) COLLECTIVE NOUNS | Collective Nouns Quiz 3 – Get Grammarous with Kerry Sensei
You Tube channel.
15) Compound Nouns | English Grammar | Periwinkle – Periwinkle You Tube channel.
16) Compound Nouns | Introduction to Compound Noun (Part - 1 of 3) – English Rankers You
Tube channel.
17) Types of NOUNS - English grammar lesson – Crown Academy of English You Tube
channel.

Competency 5
Extracts necessary information from various types of texts.

Competency Level 5.1

Uses visual and contextual clues to study the picture given in the text book to derive the meaning
of that particular text.

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 Unit Text Book Work Book Lesson Activity No.
Page/s Page/s
1 7, 8 - Plan the work, work the plan 1.6
5 53, 54, 55 - Between the miles 5.4
6 62 - Events together 6.1
6 65, 66, 67 - Events together 6.4, 6.5
3 - 17, 18 Let’s be considerate 2
3 - 23 Let’s be considerate 8
4 - 31 Mother Nature 8
5 - 41, 42 Between the miles 6

ACTIVITY IX

Do the activities given below.

1) Context Clues | Award Winning Context Clues Teaching Video | Comprehension & Reading
Strategies – GrammarSongs by Melissa You Tube channel.
2) Context Clues | English Grammar | Periwinkle – Periwinkle You Tube channel.
3) Context clues day 3 – Jodi McKay You Tube channel.
4) Context Clues Song - Lyrics on Screen – McCarthy Math Academy You Tube channel.

Competency Level 5.2

Extracts specific information from various types of simple texts.

Learning Outcome: -
Students will be able to find specific information (names, dates, days, places etc.) from various
types of texts.

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Text Topics
Historical places, botanical gardens, stories famous people.

Activities
Comprehensive questions, fill in the blanks, completing sentences and simple passages, MCQ,
true/false, matching, grid filling.

Unit Lesson Text Book Work Book

Activity No. Page/s Activity Page/s
No.
1 Plan the work, work the 1.2, 1.9 2, 10, 11 5 21
plan
2 Winged friends 2.2 12, 13 - -
3 Let’s be considerate 3.2 I, 3.2 III 24, 25 - -
3 Let’s be considerate 3.4 (b) 26, 27 - -
4 Mother Nature 4.1 (a) 34, 35 - -
5 Between the miles 5.3, 5.4, 5.8 52, 53, 54, 59, 60 - -
6 Events together 6.1, 6.3, 6.5 62, 63, 64, 65, 67, - -
68
7 The world of children 7.4, 7.10 75, 76, 81, 82 - -
8 It’s a small world 8.2, 8.9 87, 95 - -
9 On top of the world 9.2, 9.6 99, 101, 102, 103 - -
10 - 10.2, 10.4, 104, 105, 107, 108 - -
10.5

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ACTIVITY X

Do the activities given below.

1) Reading Comprehension, Answer the Questions Based on the Stories, Kids Learning Videos –
KidsEduc - Kids Educational Games You Tube channel.
2) Top 10 Best Countries To Live In The World - Quality of life, Job, Raise Kids – Around The
World You Tube channel.
Name the top 10 best countries in the world.
1. 6.
2. 7.
3. 8.
4. 9.
5. 10.
3) Most dangerous places in the world – SPOTLIGHT You Tube channel.
Name the most dangerous places in the world.
1. 6.
2. 7.
3. 8.
4. 9.
5. 10.

Competency Level 5.3

Transfers information into other forms.

Learning Outcome: -
Students will be able to transfer the given information into other forms.

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Text Types
Pictures, notices, notes, letters formal/informal, instructions, messages, descriptions places,
people, things, events and processes, articles, minutes, advertisements, stories, songs, simple
graphs etc.

Activities
Drawing pictures to a written text, transferring information to a grid, descriptions into pictures,
marking maps, (read the picture and write about it, read the description and draw) etc.

Unit Lesson Text Book Work Book

Activity No. Page/s Activity Page/s
No.
1 Plan the work, work the 1.9 10, 11 6 13
plan
2 Winged friends 2.3 14, 15, 16, 17 - -
3 - - - - -
4 Mother Nature 4.3 39, 40, 41 8, 13 31, 34, 35
5 Between the miles 5.1 49, 50, 51 8 44
6 Events together 6.2, 6.5 63, 64, 67, 68 3 47, 48
7 - - - - -
8 - - - - -
9 - - - - -
10 - - - - -

ACTIVITY XI

Do the exercises.
The 8 UNESCO World Heritage Sites of Sri Lanka - World Heritage Journey – World Heritage
Journey You Tube channel.
Name the world heritage sites of Sri Lanka.

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1. 5.
2. 6.
3. 7.
4. 8.

Competency Level 5.4

Students will be able to identify the simple poetic techniques mentioned.
Students will be able to express their ideas, feelings, emotions in simple sentences.

Text Types
Simple interesting poems on birds, rivers, mountains, great persons, transport etc.

Activities
Comprehensive questions on above poetic techniques and students’ activities, drawing, matching,
multiple choice questions, true/false questions, reciting.

Unit Lesson Text Book Work Book

Activity No. Page/s Activity Page/s
No.
1 Plan the work, work the 1.8 - - -
plan
2 - - - - -
3 Let’s be considerate 3.9 - - -
4 Mother Nature 4.4 - - -
5 Between the miles 5.7 - - -
6 Events together - - 07 50
7 - - - - -
8 - - - - -

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 9 - - - - -
10 - - - - -

ACTIVITY XII

Do the exercises.
1) A Time To Talk by Robert Frost - Poetry Reading – Pearls Of Wisdom You Tube channel.
2) A Time To Talk by Robert Frost – Walk ’n Poems You Tube channel.
3) My Shadow – dandelionden You Tube channel.
4) Nurse’s Song by William Blake - Poetry Reading – Pearls Of Wisdom You Tube channel.
5) Poetic Devices – CockrumVideos You Tube channel.
6) Red Room Poetry Object Poetic Device #2: Imagery | ClickView – The Red Room Company
You Tube channel.
7) Sensory Poems - Google Slides – Lauren Maccia You Tube channel.
8) Red Room Poetry Object Poetic Device #6: Simile | ClickView – The Red Room Company
You Tube channel.
9) Figurative Language: Metaphors, Fun and Educational Game for Children – KidsEduc - Kids
Educational Games You Tube channel.
10) Red Room Poetry Object Poetic Device #3: Metaphor | ClickView – The Red Room
Company You Tube channel.
11) Stanzas, Lines, and Rhyme Schemes – Miss H. in Fifth You Tube channel.
12) Write your own poems.

Competency Level 5.5

Reads and responds to simple folk stories/stories.

Learning Outcome: -
Students will be able to identify the characters, their dress, qualities and message expressed.

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 Unit Lesson Text Book Work Book
Activity No. Page/s Activity Page/s
No.
2 Winged friends 2.4 17, 18 04 10, 11
3 Let’s be considerate 3.5 27, 28, 29 05 21
6 When we are together - - 03 47, 48

ACTIVITY XIII

1) Sweet Porridge Story | Stories for Teenagers | English Fairy Tales – English Fairy Tales You
Tube channel.
a) Name the characters in the story.

………………………………………………………………………………………………

………………………………………………………………………………………………

b) Describe their dress and qualities.

………………………………………………………………………………………………

………………………………………………………………………………………………

………………………………………………………………………………………………

………………………………………………………………………………………………

………………………………………………………………………………………………

c) Describe the message expressed.

………………………………………………………………………………………………

………………………………………………………………………………………………

………………………………………………………………………………………………

………………………………………………………………………………………………

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 ………………………………………………………………………………………………

Competency Level 5.6

Extracts the general idea of a text.

Learning Outcome: -
Students will be able to extract the general idea of a text.

Text Book Page 57 Activity 5.5

Text Book Page 89 Activity 8.5

ACTIVITY XIV

Complete the blanks using the words given below.

The Story of Tea

The drinking of tea plays different roles in cultures around the world.
The legend of tea began about 4,700 years ago in China. Emperor Shen Nong was travelling to a
1) ____________ area of China.
While he was waiting for his water to boil, a leaf from a wild tea bush 2) ____________ into it.
The leaf turned the water brown, but the 3) ____________ still drank it.
It tasted 4) ____________ and the idea of drinking tea began.
China was the first major 5) ____________ of tea. In the eighth century monks 6)
____________ seeds of the tea plant to Japan. There the growing and drinking of tea became 7)
____________.
In the sixteenth century, traders and missionaries who had traveled to 8) ____________ took
tea back to Europe. Holland was the 9) ____________ European country to develop a taste for
tea.
At first tea was drink for the 10) ____________, but as it became cheaper it was enjoyed by all.
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 fell, good, producer, Asia, first, took, distant, emperor, popular, rich

Competency 6
Uses English Grammar for the purpose of accurate and effective communication.

Competency Level 6.1

Constructs simple sentences - using ‘Past Perfect’ form.

Learning Outcome: -
Students will be able to write sentences using ‘Past Perfect’ form.
Unit Lesson Text Book Work Book
Activity No. Page/s Activity Page/s
No.
10 - 10.3 106 1 74
- - - - 3 76

ACTIVITY XVI

PAST PERFECT TENSE | English grammar lesson and exercise – Crown Academy of English
You Tube channel.
Write 10 sentences using Past Perfect Tense.
1.
2.
3.
4.
6.
7.

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8.
9.
10.

ACTIVITY XVII

Past Perfect Tense

Complete the table. First one is done for you

Positive Form Negative Form Positive Question Negative Question

Example: -
1) I had read a book. I had not read a book. Had I read a book? Hadn’t I read a book?
2) He had cut his Hadn’t he cut his
finger. finger?
3) I had eaten a mango. Had I eaten a mango? Hadn’t I eaten mango.

4) I had been to I had not been to Hadn’t I been to

Ampara. Ampara. Ampara?
5) I had cleaned the
room.
6) Nimal had made a
knife.
7) Saman had not written a
poem.
8) Hadn’t I sung a song?

9) Had she grown

vegetables?
10) A bird had not flown
away.

Reference
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1) Oxford Dictionary.
2) Learn English Tenses: PAST PERFECT – Learn English with Rebecca[engVid] You Tube
channel.

ACTIVITY XVIII

Regular & Irregular Forms of Verbs

Regular and Irregular Forms of Verbs

Present Base Form Past Simple Past Participle

bring brought brought
buy bought bought
choose chose chosen
come came come
cost cost cost
cut cut cut
do did done
drive drove driven
eat ate eaten
feel felt felt
find found found
get got got
give gave given
go went gone
have had had
hold held held
keep kept kept

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 know knew known
leave left left
lose lost lost
make made made

Reference
1) Oxford Dictionary.
2) High School English Grammar & Composition Wren & Martin.
3) Irregular verbs in English – Crown Academy of English You Tube channel.
Passive Voice - Present Tense

Learning Outcome: -
Students will be able to construct sentences using Passive Voice - Present Tense.
Examples: -
Study these sentences.
Passive Voice
Simple Present
Compare
1) Sithum recites a poem.
2) A poem is recited by Sithum.
* These two sentences express the same meaning.
* Sithum does something.
* The verb recites is said to be in the Active Voice.
* The verb recited is in the Passive Voice.
*Subject (Sithum) is the doer of the action.
*When the verb is changed from the Active Voice to the Passive Voice, the object of the
Transitive verb in the Active Voice becomes the Subject of the verb in the Passive Voice.

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*The object of a verb in the Active Voice becomes the subject of the Passive form, it follows that
only Transitive verbs can be used in the Passive Voice, because an Intransitive verb has no
object.
*The Passive Voice is formed with the suitable tense of the verb be followed by the Past
Participle.
Subject Verb Object Active Voice Simple Present Tense

Sithum recites a poem.

A poem is recited by Sithum. Passive Voice is/are + Past Participle

Unit 6 Text Book Pages 68 & 69 Activities 6.6 & 6.7

References
1) Oxford Dictionary.
2) High School English Grammar & Composition Wren & Martin.
3) PASSIVE voice - what is it and why do we use it? – Crown Academy of English You Tube
channel.
4) PASSIVE VOICE - English Grammar step-by-step – Arnel’s Everyday English You tube
channel.

ACTIVITY XIX

Construct sentences in the Simple Present Form of the Passive Voice. First one is done for you.
Example: -
1) I draw a picture - Active
A picture is drawn by me - Passive
2) She pays a lot of money.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………

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3) They wear blue shoes.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………
4) He opens the door.
…………………………………………………………………………………………………….
5) We set the table.
…………………………………………………………………………………………………….
6) They play cricket.
…………………………………………………………………………………………………….

Passive Voice - Simple Past Tense

Example: -
Subject Verb Object

Mother cooked lunch. (Active Voice Simple Past)

Lunch was cooked by mother. (Passive Voice was + were + Past Participle)

Text Book unit 7 pages 73 & 74 Activities 7.2 & 7.3

Work Book unit 7 pages 51 & 52 Activities 1, 2 & 3.

References
1) Oxford Dictionary.
2) High School English Grammar & Composition Wren & Martin.
3) Active and Passive Voice – Learn English on Skype You Tube channel.
4) Active vs Passive Voice – Learn English on Skype You Tube channel.

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 Active versus Passive Voice
Active Voice Remember
1) more concise. the Active subject is “doing” the verb’s action.
2) easier to understand.
3) less work for your reader.

My brother and I played basketball.

Passive Voice object + “to be” + Past Participle + by + Subject
Example: - Active Saman ate fruits.

Subject Verb Object

Passive – Fruits were eaten by Saman.
Active Mala wrote a story.

Subject Verb Object

Passive – A story was written by Mala.

ACTIVITY XX

Convert Active Voice to Passive Voice.

Example
1) Students cleaned the classroom. – Active Voice Simple Past
The classroom was cleaned by the students. – Passive Voice Simple Past
2) Upul read a book.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………
3) A boy sang a song.

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 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………
4) A woodcutter cut a tree.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………
5) A boy chased a cat.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………
6) A teacher taught a student.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………

Passive Voice Simple Future Tense

Verb Structure

Active Voice Passive Voice

Shall/Will + Verb I Shall/Will + be + Verb 3
Examples: -
Kamal will invite you. You will be invited.
I will buy a car. A car will be bought by me.
The two teams will play one test match. One test match will be played by the two teams.

Unit 8 Text Book Pages 87,88 & 89. Activities 8.2,8.4 & 8.5.
Unit 8 Work Book Pages 62,63. Activity 1-3
Activity 2

References
1) Oxford Dictionary.
2) High School English Grammar & Composition Wren & Martin.

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3) Active and Passive Voice | Simple Future Tense – HAPPY TO TEACH You Tube channel.
4) Passive Voice - English Lesson – Anglo-Link You Tube channel.

ACTIVITY XXI

Fill in the blanks.

First one is done for you.
1) Matches will be held (hold) in Colombo.
2) Sri Lanka team ____________ (lead) by Sanath Jayasooriya.
3) The concert ____________ (starts) at 6 p.m.
4) Schools ____________ (close) tomorrow.
5) Tickets ____________ (sell) at the counter.

Competency Level 6.2

Uses pronouns appropriately.

Learning Outcome: -
Students will be able to use reflexive pronouns - myself, ourselves, yourselves, himself, herself,
itself, themselves.
Help students to use indefinite pronouns - all, any, most, none, some.

Unit 1 Text Book Pages 3,4 Activity 1.3

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 Reflexive Pronouns

Singular - myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself

Plural - ourselves, yourselves, themselves
We use a reflexive pronoun as a direct object when the object is the same as the subject os the
verb.
Example: -
I am teaching myself to speak French.
Be careful with these scissors! You might cut Yourself.

We can use a reflexive pronoun as direct object with most transitive verbs.
Examples: -
Amuse, blame, cut, dry, enjoy, help, hurt, introduce, kill, prepare, satisfy, teach.
Don’t blame yourself!
Enjoy yourselves!
We do not use a reflexive pronoun after verbs which describe things people usually do for
themselves.
He washed in hot water.
Lal dressed and got ready for the party.
We only use reflexive pronounce with these verbs for emphasis.
Examples: -
She dressed herself in spite of her injuries.
She’s old enough to wash herself.

Reflexive Pronouns and Intensive Pronouns in English

Personal object Reflexive/Intensive
Pronoun Pronoun
First person singular Me Myself

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 Second person singular You Yourself
Third person singular male Him Himself
Third person singular female Her Herself
Third person singular neater It Itself
First person plural Us Ourselves
Second person plural You Yourselves
Third person plural Them Themselves

Reflexive pronouns and intensive pronouns are the same words but the use is very different.

Intensive Pronouns

Singular Plural Singular

everybody both most

everyone several all
everything few none
somebody many any
anybody others some
nobody
each
every
much

Examples
Most of the book is interesting.

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Most of the books are interesting.
Most of the furniture was expensive.
Most of the chairs were expensive.
All of the food was delicious.
All of the desserts were delicious.
None of the equipment was delivered.
None of the computers were delivered.
Was any of his advice helpful?
Were any of his ideas helpful?
Some of the information is important.
Some of the lectures are important.

Important

Books, chairs, desserts, computers, ideas, lectures are Countable Nouns.

Therefore, we use Plural Verbs.

Furniture, food, equipment, advice, information are Uncountable Nouns.

Therefore, we use Singular Verbs.

Do the exercise given below using is/are.

First one is done for you.
1) Some of the students are absent.
2) Most of my homework is finished.
3) ____________ any of your luggage missing?
4) None of the players ____________ injured.

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5) All learning ____________ useful.
6) ____________ any of my answers incorrect?
7) Some rice ____________ fragrant.
8) None of the material ____________ useful.
9) Most shows ____________ waste of time.
10) All your friends ____________ safe.

References
1) Oxford Dictionary.
2) High School English Grammar & Composition Wren & Martin.
3) Reflexive pronouns and intensive pronouns in English – Crown Academy of English You
Tube channel.
4) English Grammar: How to use 5 confusing indefinite pronouns – Learn English with
Rebecca[engVid] You Tube channel.

Competency Level 6.3

Uses modals meaningfully.
Students will be able to use the modals ‘must’ and ‘have to’ appropriately.

Modals
can may should must will
could might ought to have to shall
would

use as is - don’t change present

past

future

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 ✓ He can swim.
× He cans swim.

* Use base verb after modal - don’t use ‘to’

✓ He might join us.

× He might to join us.
* Use ‘not’ after modals - don’t use don’t, doesn’t, isn’t, aren’t, wasn’t, wont × have to

✓ You should not smoke.

× You don’t should smoke. a

ability, possibility, permission

obligation - behave differently

cannot – one word

Source – No more mistakes with MODALS! 3 Easy Rules – Learn English with
Rebecca[engVid] You Tube channel.

References
1) Oxford Dictionary.
2) High School English Grammar & Composition Wren & Martin.
3) Should - Must - Have to | English Modal Verbs (Part 3) – Anglo-Link You Tube channel.
4) No more mistakes with MODALS! 3 Easy Rules – Learn English with Rebecca[engVid] You
Tube channel.
5) Modal verb MUST - form, use and meaning in English – Crown Academy of English You
Tube channel.

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Underline the correct answer.
1) I ____________ go or I’ll miss my train.
a) must b) must to c) have
2) We ____________ wear face masks in shops from now on.
a) have b) have to c) had to
3) You ____________ eat more fruits and vegetables.
a) ought b) should to c) should
4) You ____________ see the doctor.
a) ought b) ought to c) should to
5) You really ____________ smoke.
a) don’t should b) should do c) shouldn’t
6) You ____________ smoke inside public buildings.
a) mustn’t b) must not to c) don’t have to
7) Ah, it’s Saturday, so I ____________ get up early.
a) mustn’t b) don’t have to c) shouldn’t
8) We ____________ a uniform when I was at school.
a) must worn b) must wore c) had to wear
9) I can’t come out tonight because ____________ do my homework.
a) I’ve got to b) I got to c) I have got
10) You ____________ work harder if you want to go to university.
a) need b) need to c) needing
11) ____________ finish this today?
a) Do we need b) Do we got to c) Have we got to
12) We ____________ talk in the exam.
a) didn’t have to b) had not to c) couldn’t

Source – English Grammar Quiz 11: MODALS for OBLIGATION – Learn English with Mr K
You Tube channel.

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Unit 2 Winged Friends Activities 2.5, 2.6, 2.7
Text Book Pages 20 & 21
Work Book Page 14 Activity 07

Competency Level 6.5

Students will be able to use contracted form in speaking and writing.

Text Book Unit 3 Activity 3.6 page 30

Contractions

References
1) Oxford Dictionary.
2) High School English Grammar & Composition Wren & Martin.
3) How To Use Contractions in English? | English Grammar For Kids | Periwinkle – Periwinkle
You Tube channel.
4) Oxford Online English You Tube channel.

Possible contractions
am - ’m have - ’ve
are - ’re has - ’s
is - ’s had - ’d
will - ’ll
would - ’d

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Examples
1) You’re the nicest person I’ve ever met.
You are the nicest person I have ever met.
2) They will think he has gone completely mad!
They’ll think he’s gone completely mad!
3) I am sure she would call if anything had happened.
I’m sure she’d call if anything’d happened.
most sounds + ’s = /z/
_he’s /he:z/

Contractions with two pronunciations

are - ’re
is - ’s
would - ’d
have - ’ve
has - ’s
had - ’d

Aux. verb + not n’t

do not don’t
is not isn’t
have not haven’t
would not wouldn’t
will not won’t
am not no contraction

Examples

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He does not understand why they did not help him.
He doesn’t understand why they didn’t help him.

They are not happy that the company has not told them anything.
They aren’t happy that the company hasn’t told them anything.

You should not have said yes if you could not do it.
You shouldn’t have said yes if you couldn’t do it.

They are not here yet.

They aren’t here yet.

Source – English Contractions - Improve Your Pronunciation of Contractions in English –

Oxford Online English You Tube channel.
Complete the following table

Long Form Short Form

are not aren’t
can not can’t
could not
didn’t
does not
don’t
had not
he had he’d
he would
he’ll
should not

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Competency Level 6.6
Uses Adjectives appropriately.

Learning Outcome: -
Students will be able to use Comparative and Superlative adjectives appropriately to compare
nouns.

Text Book Pages 53,54,55,56 & 57. Activities 5.4,5.5 & 5.6
Work Book Page 40. Activity 5

Comparative Adjectives

We use comparative adjectives to compare 2 or more things, people or places.

Example

Comparative Adjective

The cat is smaller than the dog.

We use “than” after the comparative adjective to say what we are comparing something with.
For most one - syllable adjectives we add - er

Adjective Comparative Adjective

hard harder
tall taller
short shorter
small smaller

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Mr. Jones is taller than me.

For one - syllable adjectives ending in “e” we add - r

Adjective Comparative Adjective
nice nicer
fine finer

For one - syllable adjectives ending in a consonant, vowel and consonant we double the last
consonant and add - er
Adjective Comparative Adjective
big bigger
fat fatter
hot hotter
thin thinner

The weather in Spain is hotter than England.

For most two - syllable adjectives we use “more” + adjective

Adjective Comparative Adjective
careful more careful
famous more famous
peaceful more peaceful
pleasant more pleasant
useful more pleasant
useful more useful

I lost my keys yesterday I need to be more careful.

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Two - syllable adjectives ending in “y” we change the “y” to “i” and add - er
Adjective Comparative Adjective
busy busier
easy easier
funny funnier
happy happier

Jane is feeling happier than yesterday.

Two - syllable adjectives ending in “er”, “le” or “ow” we usually add - er

Adjective Comparative Adjective
clever cleverer
gentle gentler
narrow narrower

Mark is cleverer than the other students.

Adjectives with three or more syllables: we always use “more” + adjective

Adjective Comparative Adjective
complicated more complicated
enjoyable more enjoyable
interesting more interesting

Some comparative adjectives are irregular

Adjective Comparative Adjective
good better
bad worse
far further or farther

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old older or eldest

I think that Messi is a better football player than Ronaldo.

Source – Comparative adjectives | English grammar lesson – Crown Academy of English You
Tube channel.

Underline the correct adjective

1) Comparative adjectives are used when comparing ____________ things, people or groups.
a) two b) two or more c) three or more
2) Which is the comparative form?
“I’m strong, but my brother is _____________.”
a) strongest b) stronger c) as strong
3) Many adjectives are changed in to the comparative form by adding
a)_er b) _est c) ies
4) Which is the correct comparative form?
“My phone’s expensive, but Joe’s is ____________.”
a) expensiver b) most expensive c) more expensive
5) A long adjective of 3 or more syllables is changed in to a comparative adjective by
a) adding _er to it b) adding _est to it c) putting “more” before it

Source – English Grammar Quiz: Comparative vs Superlative Test |English MasterClass| –

English MasterClass You Tube channel.

Competency Level 6.7

Uses prepositions appropriately.

Learning Outcome: -
Students will be able to use prepositions to describe the position.

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Unit 4 Text Book Pages 42,43 Activity 4.5
Unit 4 Work Book Pages 30,31. Activities 5,6 & 8.

Prepositions

Prepositions function as connectors, relating one word to another within a sentence.

They allow a speaker or writer to express the link between separate items. Prepositions can convey
information about location, time, or direction or provide details.
A preposition relates the noun or pronoun following it to another word in the sentence.

Example: - The duck floated on the surface of the pond.

The dog ran across the yard and hid between the bushes.
In the first example, the duck floated where? (on the surface) It was the surface of what? (the pond)
In the second example, the dog ran where? (across the yard) The dog hid where? (between the
bushes)

FIFTY COMMON PREPOSITIONS

about Behind during off to

above Below except on toward

across Beneath for onto under

after Beside from opposite underneath

against Besides in out until

along Between inside outside up

among Beyond into over upon

around But like past with

at By near since within

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 before Down of through without

Compound Prepositions: - Prepositions consisting of more than one word are called compound
prepositions. Some of them are listed in the chart below:

COMPOUND PREPOSITIONS

according to by means of instead of

ahead of in addition to in view of

apart from in back of next to

aside from in front of on account of

as of in place of on top of

because of in spite of out of

Because prepositions have different meanings, using a particular preposition will affect the way
other words in a sentence relate to one another. In the first sentence, for example, notice how each
preposition changes the relationship between parade and City Hall.
PREPOSITION
near
in front of
The parade passed + behind + City Hall.
through
next to
around

In this sentence, the preposition changes the relationship between girls and gym.

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 PREPOSITION
behind
next to
The girls played + near + the gym.
opposite
in back of
inside

Prepositions Used to Sentences

A preposition is never used by itself in a sentence. Instead, it appears as part of a phrase containing
one or more other words.
A preposition in a sentence always introduces a prepositional phrase.

Prepositional Phrases
A prepositional phrase is a group of words that begins with a preposition and ends with a noun or
pronoun. The noun or object pronoun following the preposition is the object of the preposition.
Some prepositional phrases contain just two words- the preposition and its object. Others are
longer because they contain modifiers.
Examples: - in water
from the system
in place of the old, broken antenna
inside the large, modern stadium
Prepositional phrases convey information about location, time, or direction or provide details.

Source – Internet

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 Preposition Worksheet

Directions: Locate the prepositions in the sentence and circle or underline them. Each sentence
contains at least two prepositions.
First one is done for you.

Some Common Prepositions: about, above, across, against, along, among, around, as, at, behind,
below, beneath, beside, between, beyond, by, down, during, for, from, in, inside, into, near, of,
off, on, onto, outside, over, past, since, than, through, to, toward, under, until, up, upon, with,
within, and without.

1) We cut through the fence and snuck into the secret government base.

2) We were looking for the documents that were hidden in a safe.

3) There was a guard with a dart gun hiding behind a door.

4) We tried sneaking by him, but I tripped over a mop.

5) The guard grabbed my friend by the neck, but I snuck around him and karate chopped
him.

6) He fell on the ground and we crept into the elevator.

7) The red lights above us were flashing and we could hear footsteps coming toward us.

8) We were near the safe when a bunch of guards ran from the break room.

9) We hid under a cardboard box and they ran by us.

10) We crept along the wall, snuck inside the room, and broke into the safe.

11) I took the secret documents from the safe that was hidden under a desk.

12) I put the documents in my bag without looking at them.

13) She snuck under the gate, and I removed the alarm from the wall.

14) We crawled onto the elevator and climbed up the elevator shaft.

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 15) We were near the exit when the elevator started moving toward us.

16) The elevator inched toward us, but we jumped through a ventilation shaft.

17) We crawled along the ventilation shaft and we were near the exhaust vent.

18) I kicked out the vent and we jumped from the shaft into a dumpster filled with cardboard
boxes.

19) We crawled through the yard and hopped into our escape car.

20) We escaped from the base and we looked at the documents, which were ungraded school
papers.

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