6) you/finish/can/work/quickly/the (interrogative) Ans. Transformation of sentences Meet Miss Yes, Miss No and Mr Why. They are good friends, but they also get into big fights very often. Miss No and Mr Why always go against poor Miss Yes. Whenever Miss Yes says something, Miss No turns that statement into a negative, while Mr Why immediately changes it into a question! It’s very funny to see how they behave! ? Miss Yes says: Miss No says: Mr Why says: Rajit goes to the market Rajit does not go to the Does Rajit go to the in the evening. market in the evening. market in the evening? They go on a trip every They do not go on a trip Do they go on a trip month. every month. every month? Notice that Miss Yes, Miss No and Mr Why were playing the game using the simple present tense. Let us revise the rules. simple • subject + base verb (-s/-es) + object present (positive) Module 12 49 NR_BGM_9789386663306 MAPLE G03 ENGLISH WORKBOOK TERM 3_Text.pdf 51 1/9/2019 3:12:52 PM
simple • Use ‘do not’ with ‘I’, ‘we’, ‘you’, ‘they’ and plural present subjects. (negative) • Use ‘does not’ with ‘he’, ‘she’, ‘it’ and singular subjects. • Use base verbs without ‘-s’ or ‘-es’. simple • Begin questions with ‘do’ or ’does’. Use ‘do’ with ‘I’, present ‘we’, ‘you’ and plural subjects; use ‘does’ with ‘he’, (question) ‘she’, ‘it’ and singular subjects. • Use base verb without ‘-s’ or ‘-es’. Here, Miss Yes, Miss No and Mr Why are talking about what they did at a school event. I participated in the I did not participate in the Did I participate in the western dance. western dance. western dance? Observe that the three were talking about the past. Here are the rules to follow for sentences in the simple past tense. simple • subject + simple past verb form + object past (positive) simple • subject + did not + base verb form + object past (negative) 50 1/9/2019 3:12:52 PM NR_BGM_9789386663306 MAPLE G03 ENGLISH WORKBOOK TERM 3_Text.pdf 52
simple • subject + did not + base verb form + object past (question) Now, Miss Yes, Miss No and Mr Why are debating inside a zoo about what a few animals are doing there. Can you fill in the blanks? The lion is sleeping. The lion is not sleeping. Is the lion sleeping? The monkeys are making a lot of noise. The three friends were talking in the present continuous tense in the above conversation. Let us read the rules that they have followed. present • subject + ‘is’/‘are’/‘am’ + ‘-ing’ form of verb + continuous object (positive) present • Add ‘not’ after ‘is’/‘are’/‘am’. Everything else remains continuous the same as in the positive form. (negative) Module 12 51 NR_BGM_9789386663306 MAPLE G03 ENGLISH WORKBOOK TERM 3_Text.pdf 53 1/9/2019 3:12:52 PM
present • ‘is’/‘are’/‘am’ followed by the subject + ‘-ing’ form continuous of verb + object (question) After coming back home, the three talked about the zoo again. As usual, Miss No disagreed with Miss Yes, while Mr Why was doubtful and asking questions. You know them well enough now, don’t you? Can you guess their responses? The peacocks were The peacocks were not Were the peacocks dancing. dancing. dancing? I was enjoying myself. The sentences above show actions that were happening in the past before something else happened. Let us revisit how to form different sentences in the past continuous tense. past • subject + ‘was’/‘were’ + ‘-ing’ form of verb + object continuous (positive) past • Add ‘not’ before the subject. Everything else remains continuous the same as in the positive form. (negative) 52 1/9/2019 3:12:52 PM NR_BGM_9789386663306 MAPLE G03 ENGLISH WORKBOOK TERM 3_Text.pdf 54
past • ‘was’/‘were’ followed by the subject + ‘-ing’ form of continuous verb + ‘object’ (question) Exercise 3.3: Identify the types of sentences. One is done for you. 1) I love to watch cartoon films. – positive sentence 2) Mariam does not enjoy playing cricket. – 3) Where did you get that blue pen from? – 4) What is your favourite sport? – 5) She does not like to study. – 6) My sister will make laddoos for me today. – Exercise 3.4: Convert the sentences according to the instructions given in brackets. One is done for you. 1) My friend cannot reach the top shelf. (Change this to a positive sentence.) Ans. My friend can reach the top shelf. 2) The police could not catch the thief. (Change this to a question.) Ans. 3) I understand what he says. (Change this to a negative sentence.) Ans. Module 12 53 NR_BGM_9789386663306 MAPLE G03 ENGLISH WORKBOOK TERM 3_Text.pdf 55 1/9/2019 3:12:52 PM
4) Were you doing your homework? (Change this to a negative sentence.) Ans. 5) This class is not getting over soon. (Change this to a positive sentence.) Ans. 6) She went to her drawing class. (Change this to a question.) Ans. Formal Writing Research writing One of the best ways to learn the old stories of your family members is to look at their old photographs. Photographs have a lot of lovely memories and stories behind them. Let us read what Leela learnt about her mother, aunt and grandparents by looking at their photographs. I spent the last winter vacation with my grandparents. In the storeroom of their house, I found the childhood photographs of my mother and aunt. Grandmother told me that my mother was very lively as a child. She loved animals so much that she even brought a baby snake from the garden once! Another time, my mother and aunt kept a black-and-white stray kitten as a pet. They called her Candy. In some photographs, Candy can be seen sitting in their laps. Grandfather loves the photograph in which he and his two daughters are sitting on a horse. The photograph was clicked when they were on holiday in Nainital. I was surprised to see my grandparents looking so young in the photographs. It was a wonderful journey back in time! 54 1/9/2019 3:12:52 PM NR_BGM_9789386663306 MAPLE G03 ENGLISH WORKBOOK TERM 3_Text.pdf 56
Exercise 4: Find an old family photograph and ask the following questions. You can choose one family member, who is in the photograph, to answer the questions. Q. Who all are there in the photograph? Where was the photograph taken? Ans. Q. How are the people in the photograph related to each other? Ans. Q. Who clicked the photo? Was it a family member? Ans. Q. Why had everyone gathered? Was it a special occasion? Ans. Q. Did anything memorable happen around the time when the photo was being clicked? Ans. Module 12 55 NR_BGM_9789386663306 MAPLE G03 ENGLISH WORKBOOK TERM 3_Text.pdf 57 1/9/2019 3:12:52 PM
Now, based on your answers, write a paragraph about the photograph in the given space. Creative Writing Fairy tale writing You have learnt about developing characters for fairy tales. Discuss these characters and write about them based on the questions given below. 1) What do they look like? 2) What are they doing? 3) How do you think they are feeling? 56 1/9/2019 3:12:53 PM NR_BGM_9789386663306 MAPLE G03 ENGLISH WORKBOOK TERM 3_Text.pdf 58
Exercise 5: Here are the elements of a fairy tale that you may have read. Use these elements to write your own fairy tale. Also, give the story a title of your choice. Characters: Papa Mama Baby Goldilocks Bear Bear Bear Setting: Bears’ cottage Important beds chairs things to be included in the story: porridge Events: bears have gone out – Goldilocks enters – chairs: too high, too low and ‘just right’ – Baby Bear’s chair breaks while Goldilocks is sitting on it – porridge: too hot, too cold and ‘just right’ – Goldilocks finishes Baby Bear’s porridge – beds: too hard, too soft and ‘just right’ – falls asleep in Baby Bear’s bed – wakes up to find the bears are back – very surprised, runs away Module 12 57 NR_BGM_9789386663306 MAPLE G03 ENGLISH WORKBOOK TERM 3_Text.pdf 59 1/9/2019 3:12:53 PM
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