Reading and Grammar Exercise (14 July 2015, Tuesday)

Ms Victoria Galvez

A) Learning Pronunciation: Phonics

1. Words with double consonants
-ll
-ff
-ss
-zz
Fell
Cuff
Press
Jazz
Bell
Huff
Dress
Buzz
Tell
Puff
Bless
Lets practise: 1. John fell over the bell. He begged us not to tell.
2. Ill huff and puff and blow the house down!
3. Please press the dress. God bless!
4. What is all the buzz over that jazz?
2. Words ending with ck
Back, Pack, Tack, Black
Cock, Clock
Crack, Quack
Stack, Track
Nick, Pick, Sick, Tick
Click, Quick, Trick
Block, Flock
Lets practise: 1. Please speak about his black backpack with some tack.
2. The cock is better than the clock.
3. The quack tried to lie to me about the crack in the glass.
4. Please track that stack. 5. Do not tick off or pick on the sick
Nick. 4. The quick click did the trick.
5. There is a flock of people under the block.
3. Words ending with ng
Sang, Rang
Ring, Bling
Sting, String, Spring
Strong, Wrong
Clung, Flung
Lets practise: 1. Jane had hardly sang when the phone rang. 2. The shiny ring has lots of bling. 3. Take out the strings during
spring, and dont sting!
4. He may be strong but he is wrong.
5. He clung on but was flung off.
4. Mary Mac's mother's making Mary Mac marry me. My mother's making me marry Mary Mac. Will I always be so merry when
Mary's taking care of me? Will I always be so merry when I marry Mary Mac?
B) Reading Aloud
1 The man with thirteen jobs
2 He is a postman, a policeman, a fireman, a taxi driver, school-bus driver, and a boatman. He is also an ambulance man,
accountant and undertaker. Lastly, he is a petrol attendant and bar man.
3 Thomas lives and works on the island of Gigha in the west of Scotland. Only 120 people live on Gigha, but in summer, 150
tourists come by boat every day.
4 Every weekday Thomas gets up at 6am and makes breakfast for the hotel guests. At 8pm, he drives the islands children to
school. At 9am, he collects the post from the boat and delivers it to all the houses on the island. He also delivers the beer to the
islands only pub. Then he helps his wife, Margaret, in the shop.
5 Thomas says that Margaret likes being busy too. We never have holidays and we dont like watching television. In the evenings,
Margaret makes supper and I do the accounts. At 10pm, we have a glass of wine and go to bed. Perhaps our life isnt very exciting,
but we like it the way it is.
C) Grammar 1: Forms of the Verb
- A verb is an action. A verb can take four forms: a) Simple Present Tense; b) Simple Past Tense; c) Present Participle; and d) Past
Participle.
- The simple present tense is used to express habitual actions or actions which take place regularly.

- The simple present tense is also used to express truths.

- Four forms the verb eat can take:
a) Simple Present Tense: I eat a slice of bready every morning.
b) Simple Past Tense: I ate a slice of bread yesterday morning.
c) Present Participle: I am eating a slice of bread now.
d) Past Participle: I have eaten a slice of bread.
In c) and d), the participates of eat are used with am and have. Other helping words are is and has.
- Heres one way to form Present Principles from Present Tense: add ing. To form Past Participles from Past Tense, add ed.
Present Tense
Present Participle
Past Tense
Past Participle
Add
Adding
Added
Added
Agree
Agreeing
Agreed
Agreed
Arrive
Arriving
Arrived
Arrived
Behave
Breathe

Care
Carry
Copy
Die
Rain
Begin
Drop
- ***Sometimes, -ed is NOT added to Past Tense and Past Participle forms of the following words. These forms are DIFFERENT
from the Present Tense of the verb.
Present Tense
Present Participle
Past Tense
Past Participle
Awake
Awakening
Awoke
Awakened
Beat
Beating
Beat
Beaten
Begin
Beginning
Began
Begun
Take
Write
Sing
Wake
Lay
- The Past Tense and Past Participle of the following verbs are THE SAME as its Present Tense.
Present Tense
Present Participle
Past Tense
Past Participle
Cost
Costing
Cost
Cost
Read
Spread
Cut
Cutting
Cut
Cut
Hit
Let
Set
Exercise 1.1: Write down three other forms of the verb in the following sentences.
1. Everyday: He takes his daughter to school everyday.
Now: He is taking his daughter to school.
Yesterday: He took his daughter to school.
Already: He has taken his daughter to school.
2. Everyday: She washes the clothes.
Now: ______________________________________________________.
Yesterday: __________________________________________________.
Already: ____________________________________________________.
3. Everyday: Tommy feeds his cat with fish.
Now: ______________________________________________________.
Yesterday: __________________________________________________.
Already: ____________________________________________________.
4. Everyday: He writes a letter to his wife.
Now: ______________________________________________________.
Yesterday: __________________________________________________.
Already: ____________________________________________________.
5. Everyday: She reads a chapter of that storybook.
Now: ______________________________________________________.
Yesterday: __________________________________________________.
Already: ____________________________________________________.
6. Everyday: He sings while taking his bath.
Now: ______________________________________________________.
Yesterday: __________________________________________________.
Already: ____________________________________________________.
7. Everyday: Tanya wakes her brother up for school.
Now: ______________________________________________________.

Yesterday: __________________________________________________.
Already: ____________________________________________________.
8. Everyday: The hen lays a brown egg.
Now: ______________________________________________________.
Yesterday: __________________________________________________.
Already: ____________________________________________________.
Exercise 1.2: Fill in the blanks with the Simple Present Tense or Simple Past Tense of the verbs in brackets.
1. The students who _______________ (take) part in the debate spoke very well.
2. She _______________ (be) with me yesterday.
3. He always _______________ (forget) to close the window.
4. They _______________ (go) home by bus every day.
5. It is eight years since she _______________ (see) him.
6. She _______________ (leave) in a hurry as she did not want to miss the train.
7. I _______________ (wash) my day on alternate days.
8. They _______________ (visit) us two days ago.
9. This dog _______________ (wag) its tail whenever it sees me.
10. The moon _______________ (get) its light from the sun.
Exercise 1.3: Fill in the blanks with the Present Participle or Past Participle of the verbs in brackets.
1. She is _______________ (argue) with her sister.
2. They have _______________ (go) to watch a movie.
3. We were _______________ (take) a stroll in the park.
4. She has already _______________ (write) a reply to your letter.
5. I am _______________ (meet) him for lunch.
6. They are _______________ (train) hard for the football match.
7. Who has _______________ (take) my book?
8. He was _______________ (shiver) with cold.
9. Have you _______________ (split) the piece of log into two?
10. The wire fencing was _______________ (cut) with a pair of pliers.
Exercise 1.4: Fill in the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
1. They always _______________ (finish) their assignments on time.
2. The tiger was _______________ (roam) through the jungle when it _______________ (step) on a trap and a giant net
_______________ (fall) over it.
3. These chairs _______________ (cost) four hundred and eighty dollars.
4. I was _______________ (awake) by the telephone call.
5. She has _______________ (forget) to bring her pursue.
6. Who _______________ (paint) the picture in that room?
7. Mr Tan _______________ (teach) us Science last year but Mrs Lim is _______________ (teaching) us this year.
8. Do you remember where you have _______________ (keep) your keys?
9. It has _______________ (begin) to storm although the sun was _______________ (shine) brightly just now.
10. Have you _______________ (put) the dictionary back in the shelf?
Grammar 2: Forming Verbs
- Verbs are formed from nouns and adjectives by a) adding be-, en-, -en, -ize etc; and b) changing the vowels inside.
- Forming verbs from nouns
Noun
Verb
Entrance
Enter
Gift
Give
Obedience
Obey
- Forming verbs from adjectives
Adjective
Verb
Creative
Create
Angry
Anger
Vacant
Vacate
- Forming verbs by changing the vowels in some nouns
Noun
Verb
Blood
Bleed
Deed
Do
Song
Sing

Nouns / Adjectives
Absence
Advice
Action
Angry
Bath
Beauty
Belief
Breath
Clear
Comparison
Creation
Deed
Deep
Description
Definition
Education
Fat
Fast
Food
Freedom
Health
Invitation
Joy
Life
Low

Verbs
Absent
Advise

Exercise 2: Fill in each blank with a suitable verb formed from the words in brackets.
1. The ____________________ (absence) father missed out many life events in his childrens lives.
2. You must ____________________ (action) on my advice, and not let it fall on deaf ears.
3. She was so ____________________ (anger) that she flung the glass on the floor.
4. Mekong River is a ____________________ (beauty) sight that amazes many tourists.
5. ____________________ (Belief) in God and you will live an eternal life.
6. Please ____________________ (food) me the delicious Khmer noodles!
7. In an effort to ____________________ (life), the boy tried to escape from his kidnapper.
8. Please make the price ____________________ (low). I cannot afford to pay USD5 for two kilograms of vegetables.
9. The examinations are over, and I am finally ____________________ (freedom)!
10. It is important to ____________________ (education) tourists in the ways that Cambodians live.