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Friday, June 27, 2025

Best Poems for Comprehension| OL and Other


             "A thing of beauty is joy forever"
The poems published here could be used for your language teaching and learning process. They have been carefully selected to suit the young reader. The teacher can turn these short poems on to a platform where the young learner is motivated towards poetry. 
      Sajendra Kumara
      A trained teacher of English
      Voice: 07775978775

Dear teachers, 
Do not merely get your students to answer these simple poems and switch on to another. First build up a fine bridge between your students and the poem.  Your students will walk over slowly into the poetic world. Let them have that fun with you. 
Then let your students attempt the questions and finally make sure that you lead a healthy discussion. The poems I publish here create a background for you to guide them deeper into the poems. 
Today, most of our teachers have become quite mechanical and do not let the students to peep into the literary world. 
I was made to leave this remark here because I chanced to listen to some young lady teacher explaining a poem in her language class. She did not treat the poem the way she should have done it and roughly touched upon the surface of the poem for the sake of doing it. 
Do justice to the poems and the poets by discussing them with your students. Listen to what your students speak of them. Let your students truly enjoy a poem. Do not steal that right from them. Be well prepared before discussing a poem with your students. 
 I humbly regret if I have hurt you my readers. 
Blogger Sajendra Kumara.

Sunday, June 22, 2025

PASSIVE VOICE EXERCISES


Let's Learn Passive Voice

    Most learners of English language find problems in learning Passive Voice. Undoubtedly, they consider 'Passive Voice' to be the most difficult grammar part of English language. Some language teachers also make Passive Voice a 'monster' in front of the learner. 
   The learner is not made aware 'when' and 'why' Passive Voice' sentence patterns are used in the English language. Examples can be best drawn from the learner's first language; it could easily make the matters clear. A healthy discussion with the student in the learner's first language on instances where Active Voice and Passive Voice sentences are used will help the learner learn this sentence pattern better. 
    Before taking up Passive Voice you must make sure that your student has a sound knowledge of 'Irregular Verbs'. I find that most students have  an aversion for Passive Voice because of this problem. Start Passive Voice with your students only if they are thorough with irregular verb forms. 
   Finally it is the 'IRREGULAR PAST PARTICIPLE' that makes your student shun from Passive Voice. Practice irregular verbs with your students. It will make your path clear for teaching 'Passive Voice'. 
   My aim here is to help you with some activities that could facilitate your teaching and learning process. 
  I hope you would make best use of these simple activities. 

Sajendra Kumara
(The Blogger) 
A trained teacher of English
Sri Lanka
Voice: 0777597875







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👉Grammar Activities 👇





               
(are killed/is prepared/is cultivated / is taught / are guarded / are examined / is made / is exported / is celebrated/are vaccinated)



      is weeded / are pruned / is mowed / are arranged / are manured / are watered / is swept

     are skinned / are washed / are chopped / are mixed / are fried 

Is paddy cultivated in the hill country? / How is the harvest brought home? / Is the lesson started  by the teacher early? / Why are poems written by Malan? When is the land prepared by them for cultivation? Why are trees cut down by some people? 
   




    are cleaned / are prepared / eat / celebrate / are decorated / is cultivated / learn / protect / are watered / are collected 



      1. are made 2. need  3. are tied  4. is made 5. is fixed  6. is tied  7. are pasted  8. cut  9 are pasted 




 b. the letter is folded c. the letter is inserted into the envelope d. the address of the recipient is written e. The stamp is pasted on the top right corner f. The letter is put into the mail box 


1. are made 2. is selected 3. is made 4. is given 5. is begun 6. is dedicated 7. is realized
    1 / 3 / 5 / 7 





Wednesday, June 4, 2025

O L PAST PAPERS - WRITING ACTIVITIES


Model Answers for OL Past Paper Writing Activities. 

I believe the model answers I have published below will help both the teacher and students. 

Sajendra Kumara
Blogger , Teacher and Educational Material writer
0777597875

Best Cloze Passages for OL

  About Cloze Passages:    The cloze passage is the 11th question on the OL English language paper. The question carries 7 marks (14 blank...