T U T O R I AL

GRADE

- 01

Joseph Balasingham
(01) FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH SUITABLE ADJECTIVES.
[** An adjective describes a noun or a pronoun]

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1) The boy standing outside is wearing a ______________________ cap.

2) Praveen is reading a book sitting under a __________________________ tree.
3) We have to select some _____________________ mangoes.
4) There are ________________________ flowers in the garden.
5) That ___________________ boy is running fast.
6) These are ______________________ pair of shoes.
7) He is very _________________ so he never work hard.
8) Colombo is a ____________________________ city.
9) I helped the ____________________ man to cross the road.
10)

I got __________________ questions in the test.

11)

The ________________ boy who broken the window was punished.

12)

Grandmother brought a _________________ rose plant for me.

13)

A boy who is willing to help others is a ______________ boy.

14)

He is very _________________ so he was selected as the captain.

15)

The sun is ___________________ and the day is hot.

16)

When ____________ clouds gathered, birds flew to their nests.

17)

Do you have a ______________ pen with you?

18)

The ______________ baby in the cot is smiling at me.

19)

The _______________ soldiers fought the war for their country.

20)

He was very ______________ so he escaped from his captors.

21)

There are________________ clouds in the ___________________ sky.

02) FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH PROPER COLLECTIVE NOUNS GIVEN
BELOW
(library/archipelago/colony/flock/swarm/brood/pack/troupe/quiver/bunc
h/
crowd/gang/fold/litter/school/troop/bundle/swarm/flight/wisdom/bevy)

1) When we visited Udawalawa we saw a ___________________ monkeys.

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2) The _____________ of girls walking on the road were laughing and singing.
3) There is a deserted house in the jungle where a ________________ of bats
live.
4) The evening sky looked beautiful with a ___________ of swallows flying
freely.
5) A _______________ of colourful butterflies are flying around the flowers.
6) Hari arranged the _______________ of chairs put in a room.
7) Anyone would like to photograph a __________________ of colourful fish
underwater.
8) Maldives is consists of an ______________________ of small islands.
9) There was a __________________ of people looking at the tall building.
10)

Mala brought a _________________ of sticks to build a playhouse.

11)

The archers took a ________________ of arrows with them.

12)

A dance performance was presented by a ______________ of artists

from France.

13)

Dont tease the _______________ of bees in the hives.

14)

A __________________ of educational books were donated by a

philanthropist.

15)

John shuffled the _____________ of cards before playing the game.

16)

The farmer reared a ____________ of chicken for festival season.

17)

The explorers observed a _______________ owls sitting on a tree.

18)

The ___________________ of pigs in the farm were sold to a new

owner.
19)

It was reported that a ____________ of thieves have robbed the

travellars.

20)
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A ________________ of banana was given to each poor family.

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(03) COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES WITH PLURAL OF THE WORD IN

BRACKET

1) There are beautiful______________(deer) in the park.

2) I have bought ten ________________ (knife) of different sizes.
3) The ______________ (potato) in the bags are rotten.
4) Would you like to buy some fresh _______________ (tomato) from my
garden?
5) There were ________________ (child) playing in the playground.
6) Bring us two packets of good ________________ (rice) when you come
home.
7) Mother told Tom to wash both his ______________ (foot) well.
8) Can you see the beautifully trimmed ____________________ (bush) in the
backyard?
9) Don't tell _______________ (lie) eventhough it gives you the comforts you
desire.
10)

The _____________ (man) stood in a queue to claim their insuarance

money.

11)

There are _________________ (bunch) of grapes hanging in the vine.

12)

Some ___________________ (coach) have arrived late due to heavy

rain.

13)

The __________________ (baby) on the beds are smiling at us.

14)

These young _________________ (lady) are wearing their sarees

beautifully.

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15)

The __________________ (wolf) surrounded the lonely deer.

16)

____________________ (pony) are not tall as horses.

17)

All my _______________________________ (brother-in-law) are living in

England.
18)

All __________________________ (public servant) got their pensions.

19)

The ____________________ (lorry) are parked on the roads.

20)

Have you tuned all the _____________________ (piano)?

05) Make questions from jumbled words

(1)place /this / is / beautiful / a
_______________________________________________________________________________
(2)school / is / father's / what / your /
_______________________________________________________________________________
(3)finished / your / have / you / homework
_______________________________________________________________________________

(4)brought / this / rose / beautiful / who / plant

_______________________________________________________________________________
(5)yet / finished / homework / your / haven't / you /
______________________________________________________________________________
Fill in the blanks with suitable words.
There were some _____________________(been / bean) seeds on the ground.
They were _____________________(two / to / too ) small than normal ones. John
______________
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(placed / took ) the seeds and walked towards his home. He walked
___________________
a

long/

along

long)

___________________(is/

the

was/

path

with)

leading

waiting

to

for

his
him

home.
near

His

the

mother

gate.

He

___________________(showed/ sewed/ shoved)

the seeds to ________________(is/ his/ this) mother. She said that she had never
____________
(seen/ sean/ sheen) such small seeds in her life. Then she planted
________________________
some of them and watered. The next day when John _________________(walk/
woke) up
and looked through the window, he could not believe his (ice/ eyes).
Chose the correct word to fill the gap.
a)

John read a story book and he wants to read it again. It is a/an

_________________________( boring/ interesting/ good) story book.

b)

Sansith wants to do the Christmas

_______________________________(cleaning/arrangements/decorations) with his

parents.

c) The curry in the _________________________ (ball / bowl ) is on the table.

ci) Jane brought a _______________________ (pail / pale ) of water.
d) Smoking in public place is _____________________(banned /band ) in most
countries.
e)

The colour of her skirt is ______________________(pail / pale) blue.

f)

The __________________(ball / bawl) hit the wicket and the batman was out.

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g)

The bus ________________(fare / fair) I got was not enough for the
journey.

h)

Could you tell me what bus goes to the _____________________(fare /fair)?

I)

Chandu, it is not ______________________(fair/ fare) for you to refuse

the

invitation
j)

I have ______________________(bean / been ) soup for lunch today.

k)

I have ______________________(bean / been) to Australia two years ago.

l)

Some people don't like ______________________(meat /meet).

m)

Some people don't like to ____________________(meat /meet) people they

dislike.

n)

The __________________________(metre /meter) reading was not correct.

o)

The ___________________________(metre /meter) rod was slightly broken.

p)

The ____________________(sale / sail) on the ship was a pleasant journey.

q)

The shop displayed the items on ____________________(sale / sail)

Write the shortened forms / contractions of the following:

I am _________________________

he has __________________________

they will ______________________

we would ________________________

she is _________________________

that is _______________________

it is ___________________________

can not _________________________

could not _____________________

we shall ________________________

does not ______________________

he would

________________________
he had ________________________
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Describe your pet dog

1. Black / my / and white / is / dog /in colour

_________________________________________________________________________

2. name / its / is / browny

_________________________________________________________________________
3. plays / it / garden / with / in / plays / me / the
_________________________________________________________________
4. ball / the / I / when / throw / picks / he / and / runs / up / it
____________________________________________________________________
5. love / pet / my / I / much / very
____________________________________________________________________

Given below is a description about the village where Chanidu lives. The words
in the sentences are jumbled. Write them in correct order.
1. village / is / my / willorawatte /
_________________________________________________________________________
2.in / moratuwa / is / it
_________________________________________________________________________
3. is / village / my / famous / carpentry / for
_________________________________________________________________________
4. carpenters / skillful / make / in our village / furniture / valuable

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_______________________________________________________________________________
5. the scenic / bordering / is very attractive / our village / bolgoda lake /
_________________________________________________________________________
6. love / village / I / very / much / my

________________________________________________________________________________

Use between / in front of / opposite / left of / next to /on the right side
of / behind to fill in the blanks.

1.

The school is ______________________________ the post office.

2.

The movie theater is _________________________________ the drug

store.

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3.

The bank is _______________________ to the post office.

4.

School is __________________________________ the restaurant.

5.

Restaurant is ____________________________the movie theater.

6.

When you walk along Deepananda Road the bank is next to the

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police
7.

station.

When you walk through Indibedda Road towards Charles Road train
station is __________________________ but the school and restaurant
are _________________________________.

8.

Drug store is __________________________________ the movie theater

and the post office.

Write sentences using the words below( not less than 8 words in each
-sentence)
birds___________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
mountain ______________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
reading ________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
computer _______________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
exercises ______________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
science ________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
development ____________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
5) Fill in the gap with suitable collective noun.
a)

We saw a ________________________________of ants when we were

going to
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b)

The ___________________________ of elephants around the pond are

wild elephants
c)

Can you take a photograph of the ________________ of foxes over

there?
d)

Peter, who disturbed the ___________ of bees was severely bitten.

e)

There is a _____________ of birds flying over the blue mountain.

f)

A ______________ of monkeys chasing after the hunter wearing a

black hat.
g)

Rushkaf brought home a _________________ of kittens abandoned on

the

roadside.

I)

I can well remember the ___________________ of cattle my

grandmother reared.
j)

It is interesting to see the _______________ of chickens following

their mother.
k)

You could see a _____________ of beautiful fish swimming

attractively.

6. 6) Fill in the blanks with appropriate verbs.

a)

Mala _____________ a lot of cheese but Minu does not

_______________.(eat)
b)

Did you___________ to shool yesterday?. Yes I _____________ to school

(go)
c)

Father _____________ me a present last week. (give)

d)

Mother, please __________________ me a piece of chocolate cake.

(give)
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e)

Why did you _______________ here, asked the lady. (come)

7) Use proper prepositions in the gaps.

a)

The flowers are _________ the vase and the vase is ___________ the

table.
b)

The dog that jumped __________ the log was chased _________

another dog.
c)

The boy is ____________ Tamara and Yoshini is laughing.

d)

The boat was kept____________ the beach while the owner is

swimming______the
e)

sea

The snake entered __________ the old pipe to hide __________ the

chasing
f)

crowd.

John hid ___________ the tree when playing hide and seek.
(in / on / between / over / by / into / from / behind / above / near / )

08) Read the following data sheet and write a description about Ananda
Samarakoon.

Name : Ananda Samarakoon

Birth : January 13, 1911
Village : Liyanwela
Father : Samuel Samarakoon
Mother : Dominga Pieris
Schools : Wewala Government Sinhala School and Christian
College,
Kotte.
Profession: A teacher of art and music
Works : Composed the National Anthem, many other songs like
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Sirisaru sara kethe, Ennada menike,

Death : April 5, 1962
(Begin ..Ananda Samarakoon was born..................
_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________

09) Fill in the gaps with

has / have or had.

Kamal _______________ a new bike now, he _______________ an old bike last

year.
Vimal and Kamal _______________read some nice story books last week.
They_________
bought some new books now.
Our uncle __________________ rented a new house now.
Did you _____________________your breakfast? Yes, I _______________ my
breakfast.
Kapila ________________two pens but his brothers ________________ one pen
each.
We _________________ to walk fast to catch the train.
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10) Make compound nouns with words you find in the sentence.(eg.
handbag)
I have to be there at 7 pm, therefore you come at 6 pm.
__________________________
The car body needs tinkering, is there any mechanics around here?
__________________
This is a can, this is not a barrel.
______________________________________
Some people have came forward to help us, it is a good thing.
____________________
There are lots of flies in this room, please keep the butter inside the
box.______________________________.
An old man showed us the other road.
_________________________________________
Mother, there is a grand musical show in Colombo tomorrow.
______________________
The sun is bright today, I want to buy some flowers.
______________________________

We need to read books in order to gather information.

_____________________________
He threw my ball into the basket.
______________________________________________

11) Write the suitable possessive form in the space.

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This pen belongs to Kamal. This is ___________________ pen.(kamal)

I searched everywhere, definitely this is ________________pen.(John)
There are a lot of boys staying here, this is a _____________hostel.(boys)
Those children are putting up a playhouse,it is ___________________________
playhouse.(children)
Those men are wearing long cloaks, Those are __________________cloaks.
(men)

12) Re-write the sentences correctly. Use the apostrophy correctly.

This is the only girls school in this village.
__________________________________________________________________________
Ive got some mens' clothe's ,please try one of them.
__________________________________________________________________________
I have got a pet dog. It's name is Timmy.
__________________________________________________________________________

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