Valuable Thoughts in English

Valuable Thoughts In English

ENGLISH GRAMMAR LESSONS FOR O L

English Grammar Activities.

Use can appropriately and complete the sentences.

Answers: 1. can speak 2. can speak 3. Nuwan can speak 4. Gagani can speak /can't speak  5. Both / Gagani can speak 

PREPOSITIONS: 01
Fill in the blanks with the prepositions given within brackets. 

                                        [ with  -  of  - in  -  on - for ]

The wheel has been an essential part of human life 1) ........................ the very early years of human civilization. The wheel can be best described as a circular object that rotates 2) ......................an axle bearing. The earliest wheels were known to be wooden disks 3) .....................a hole in the middle 4) ........................the axle. The word wheel first came from an English word. 5) .......................Sanskrit, the wheel is called 'Chakra' to mean 'round' or 'circle'. 
1. since 2.on 3. with 4. of    5. in 

Sajendra Kumara 

ACTIVITY 02: Verb forms

Write the correct form of the verbs given within brackets.

Once , Honour, Fire and Water started on a journey to find new things and new places. After sometime, they 1)________ [realize] that they liked to 2)________[see] different things. "We 3)___________[travel] together for a long time, but we might go in different ways. We  must 4)________[make] plans about how to find each other," Fire said. The others agreed and 5)________[begin] to make plans. Fire said that they could always 6)_______[find] him by his smoke. Water 7)_______[tell] them to look for signs like green vegetation and evening mist. But Honour apologetically 8)________[say], "You have to 9)_______[keep] me with you all the time. If you 10)_______[lose] me once, you will never be able to find me again." 
1. realized 2. see 3. have traveled / have been travelling 4. make 5.began 6. find 7. told 8. said 9. keep 10. lose 
👧👨Sajendra Kumara 

ACTIVITY: 3 Write the correct form of the words given within brackets.

1. I admire the ...............of nature in our country. (beautiful)
2. My sister is .....................than her best friend. (short)
3. I saw a ....................bird in my garden. (colourful)
4. I have never ...............such a beautiful flower. (see)
5. Ravi is not as...............as tall me. (tall)
6. Sanath is .............. a cartoon at the moment. (watch)
7. My grandfather is an ...................gentleman. (educate)
8. Gayan .................to school every day. (go)
9. This is the ..................story I have ever read. (long)
10. Manel ...................me last evening. (call)

1. beauty 2.shorter 3. colourful 4. seen 5.tall 6. watching 7. educated 8. goes 9.longest 10.called 
👷👸Sajendra Kumara 

OL MODEL ENGLISH ACTIVITY PAPER 2

ACTIVITY: 4

 

Fill in the blanks with 'a, an' or 'the'. 

There is (1).........children's park in our village. (2)..........park has many facilities. It has (3)..........revolving swing and (4).........swimming pool,too. Most of (5) ........children of our village visit (6) .......park with their parents. Usually (7).......children like (8).........revolving swing most. There is (9)...........ice cream cafe next to (10) ..........swimming pool. 

1.a 2.the 3. a 4. a 5. the 6. the 7. the 8. the 9. an 10. the

Note:👉

Read how the articles have been used in the following sentences.

1. I saw a  parrot. The parrot was eating a mango. The mango fell off the tree. 

* When you speak of something for the first time use the indefinite articles "a" / "an" and when you speak of the same person or thing for the second time use the definite article "the". 'an' is used before words starting with a vowel sound. 

2. Where is mother? 

     She is in the garden. 

(This means she is in your garden)

3. I met a boy. The boy was eating an ice cream. 

4. Ravi wrote a poem. The poem was beautiful. 

5. I watched a cartoon. The cartoon was about a small girl. 

**More activities on this lesson is to follow. 

Sajendra Kumara 

ACTIVITY 5:  
       Fill in the blanks with 'who / whose / whom / which. 

1. I saw a bird .........has green feathers.

2. Children, ........study in primary classes, love music. 

3.Shirome,............mother is a teacher, failed the entrance exam.

4. Flowers, ........grow in cold regions, are very colourful.

5. That is the man .........helped me get into the train.

1. which 2. who 3.whose 4. which 5. who 

👉Note: The activity given here is on relative pronouns. The relative pronouns are 'who, whose, whom and which'. Among them who / whose and whom are used to describe a person, which is used to describe a thing or an animal

ACTIVITY 6:
 Write the correct form of the verb given within brackets. 

We were standing on the bridge, trying to catch some fish for supper when a small plane 1. ....... (fly) over our heads. We 2.....(can) even see the pilot's face. "What on earth 3......(be) he up to?" I asked. I 4......(feel) rather annoyed. "I 5.....(think) he is in trouble," Jack said. "Listen! his engine 6.....(make) a strange noise"."Well , we can't 7.....(do) anything, can we?," I said. We 8.....(be) on a boating holiday and we were miles from the nearest town. We decided to 9......(follow) the plane down the river. We 10........(drop) our fishing lines and 11......(run) towards our boat. Luckily the engine started at once and soon we were 12...........(roar) down the river. 

1.flew 2. could 3. was 4. felt 5. think 6. making 7. do 8. were 9. follow 10.dropped 11. ran 12. roaring  

ACTIVITY 7 

There is a mistake in each of the following sentences from a-f. Underline the mistake and rewrite the sentence correctly. An example is given.

Yesterday was a very enjoyable day. our family was at home as it was a holiday. 

a) I got up at half passed six in the morning.  

b) We had ours breakfast together.  

c) Then I and my sister cleaned our room.  

d) We helped father to cleaned the garden, too.  

e) Mother prepared a delicious meals and we enjoyed it.  

👉 e.g. f) After lunch we all watch a family movie. 

 After lunch we all watched a family movie. 

a) passed-past b)ours-our c)I and my sister-my sister and I d)cleaned-clean e)meals-meal

ACTIVITY: 8

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                                            Activity books for G.C.E. [O/L] students are now available. 

Question: The underlined words are incorrect. Write the correct word in the space provided. 

                    An ACCIDENT
   I was driving along the West 
Road at a reasonable speed
when a pedestrian walking in         1) ...............
the pavement suddenly run            2) ...............
across the road in front of me.

I slammed on my brakes as hard

as I could, but I have to swerve      3)............... 
to avoid the pedestrian. I 
crashed into the car which               4)..............
is parked by the side of the road.     5)..............
Fortunately, the pedestrian
isn't injured, but I had a bad cut      6)..............
to my face when my head hit the     7)..............
windscreen. I had forget to put        8).............
on my seat belt.
A ambulance took me to                9).............
hospital where I had to have five
stitches. There were a lot of             10) .............

damage to me car, the windscreen    11).............

was broken and the bodywork
was badly dented. I was questioned

by the police in hospital.

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Note: Before doing the activity

1. Read the passage

2. Find the tense of the passage.

3. If a singular noun is underlined wrong then the correction must be the plural form of it. 

1. on 2. ran 3.had 4. a 5.was 6. wasn't 7.on 8.forgotten 9.an 10.was 11.my

Sajendra Kumara

ACTIVITY 9: 

Write  suitable pronouns for each of the underlined words. 
1. I come to school with Manoj and Thushara.    (.......)                        2. Madura helped Nalaka.             (.........)
3. Dayan and I played badminton yesterday. 
4. Father gave the dog  some fish.(.........)
5. Mother and father  went to Colombo last evening.  (.......)                6. Ravi's  bag is on the desk.          (.........)
7. We painted the gate  red.            (.........)
8. Sanduni's father is a teacher.      (.........)
9. The cat killed a rat  last night.    (........)
10. Lions are dangerous animals.   (.........)
1.them 2.him 3.we 4.it 5.they 6.his 7.it 8.her 9.it 10.they  
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Note: Pronouns 
I / we / you / they / he / she / it ........
Nimal and I - we 
Sanath - He     Sanath's - his  
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Sajendra Kumara