Exercise 2.2: Fill in the blanks by choosing the antonyms of the words marked in bold from the box given below. found loose forgot last always sink 1) We saw the twig float for some time; then it began to __________________________. 2) Safar ___________________________ visits us, but we never see Sarah. 3) Bunty is usually the first to wake up and the ___________________________ to go to bed. 4) The dress was too tight in the waist and too ___________________________ in the arms. 5) The pen that was lost in the morning has now been ___________________________. 6) I remembered to post my mother’s letter but ___________________________ to put a stamp on it. Grammar Adjectives Read the passage and underline the adjectives of quality. I was lying under my cosy blanket on a cold morning. Something landed on my bed with a loud noise. I woke up. A fluffy kitten was staring up at me. It was brown in colour and had a little, wet nose. The naughty kitten ran into the blanket. I was happy to see it play. Soon, the sleepy kitten was snoring away. Remember Adjectives of quality point out the quality of nouns and pronouns. They answer the question: ‘of what kind?’. English_PNC_G3_G&C_WB_Term1.indb 47 Module 5 47 04/10/2019 13:06:48
Adjectives of quantity I have a lot of time. He does not have any There is a little water in money. the jug. The words ‘a lot’, ‘any’ and ‘a little’ show the amount or quantity of the nouns. They are adjectives of quantity. Remember Adjectives of quantity tell us ‘how many’ or ‘how much’. Examples: some, a little, all, several, much, many, a lot of, plenty of, few Adjectives of number I came second in the race. Suraj has three bananas. There is one jug kept here. The words ‘second’, ‘three’ and ‘one’ show the number or position of the nouns. They are adjectives of number. Remember Adjectives of number tell us about the number or position of nouns or pronouns spoken about. They tell us ‘how many’ or ‘at what position’. Examples: five, seventeen, twenty-four, tenth 48 04/10/2019 13:06:49 English_PNC_G3_G&C_WB_Term1.indb 48
Exercise 3.1: Complete the story by choosing adjectives of quality from the box. One is done for you. long high sour ripe warm hungry It was a warm day. A fox entered a garden. Among the many wonderful things in the garden was a vine laden with bunches of grapes. One of them was a _______________ bunch that hung over the fox’s head. The very sight of it made the fox feel _______________. But they were too _______________ for him to reach. He jumped and jumped, but he could not reach the bunch of grapes. After trying for a _______________ time, he decided to give up. ‘The grapes are _______________. I do not want to eat them’, said the fox and walked away. Exercise 3.2: Fill in the blanks with adjectives of quantity or number from the box. One is done for you. four enough little twelve three all 1) An autorickshaw has three wheels. 2) There is a _______________________ juice left in the bottle. 3) A square has ____________________ sides. 4) She spent _______________________ her wealth. She was left with nothing. 5) There are ____________________ months in a year. 6) I don’t have _______________________ time left. Please hurry up! Exercise 3.3: Do as directed in brackets. One is done for you. 1) I have lived here my whole life. (Circle the adjective of quantity.) 2) I have black shoes. (Underline the adjective of quality.) 3) I have two new shirts. (Tick the adjective of number and circle the adjective of quality.) Module 5 49 English_PNC_G3_G&C_WB_Term1.indb 49 04/10/2019 13:06:50
4) Today is my eighth birthday. (Cross out the adjective of number.) 5) Joey has fourth books. (Rewrite the sentence by using the correct adjective of number.) Ans. 6) There is black salt on the table. (Rewrite the sentence by replacing the adjective of quality with an adjective of quantity.) Ans. Writing Formal Writing Editing exercise Exercise 4: You are an error detective and here is your mission: Given below is a paragraph with errors. Spot at least ten errors and rewrite the paragraph in the space provided. The story of the blue jackal is take from the Panchatantra Tales! It is the story of jackal that fell into a bucket of blue die when he were chased by sum dogs. When he came out of the bucket, he had turned blue in colour and all the animals was scered of him. They treeted him like a king because they thought he would be powerful. But won night, when he herd another jackal howl, he howled back? The animals found out that he was not speciel, but just another jackal. 50 04/10/2019 13:06:50 English_PNC_G3_G&C_WB_Term1.indb 50
Module 5 51 04/10/2019 13:06:51 Creative Writing Diary entry Many people keep diaries. A diary is a book in which one can write about things that happen in everyday life. Many people write diary entries every day. Others write less often. People make diary entries to remember things that happen in their day-to-day lives or special events. People share their thoughts, feelings, hopes and dreams in their diaries. English_PNC_G3_G&C_WB_Term1.indb 51
Look at the sample of a diary entry below. Salutation/Greeting Friday, 11th November Day and date Signature Dear Diary, Contents of the diary entry Today was such a horrible day! Diary entries are Nothing went right! I wish I could do always written in first it all over again. First, I forgot that I person. had to wear my white canvas shoes today. Mr Zubeidar, the strict sports teacher, made me run three rounds of the ground before the assembly! Three! Then, I went to the classroom to find that I was late for the class. So, my class teacher made me stand outside the class. I have never had a worse day in my life! I hope such a day never repeats. Farhan Exercise 5: Fill in the blanks with words, phrases or sentences to complete the diary entry. ___________________________, _______________ May Dear ________________________, I had a very interesting experience yesterday. I was playing with my friends ___________________ and ___________________ when a little kitten _____________________ ______________________________________________________________________. I named her Sweety. When Mummy called me back, ___________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________. I begged her to let me keep Sweety. Finally, she said I could if Sweety did not belong to anyone. ____________________________ 52 English_PNC_G3_G&C_WB_Term1.indb 52 04/10/2019 13:06:51
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