SECTION C

NOTE EXPANSION


Noni - walking school saw
beggar - tree

beggar shivering hungry
took lunch box - gave
ate up food eating smiled
thanked - kindness
Step 1 :
What is the story about?
It is about a girl who gave
her food to a beggar.
Step 2 :
Look at the verbs given.
Try to identify the correct
tense to use.
Find the verbs in the story:
walking Continuous Tense
saw Past Tense
shivering Continuous Tense
took Past Tense
gave Past Tense
ate Past Tense
eating Continuous Tense
smiled Past Tense
thanked Past Tense
What is the Tense to
be used?
Simple Past Tense
and
Past Continous Tense
Step 3 :
Write the story.
Introduction:
Noni was a kind and
helpful girl. She liked
to help other people in
trouble.
Subject Verb Complement
Noni was walking to school
She saw a beggar.
The beggar was sitting under a tree.
One day, Noni was walking to
school. On her way, she saw a
beggar. The beggar was sitting
under a tree.
Subject Verb Complement
The beggar was shivering.
He was hungry.
Noni took out her lunch box.
She gave the food to him.
The beggar was shivering. He was
very hungry. Noni felt sorry for him.
She took out her lunch box from her
bag and gave the food to him.
Subject Verb Complement
The beggar ate up the food.
He finished eating.
He smiled.
He thanked Noni for her
kindness.
The beggar ate up all the food.
After he finished eating, he smiled
and thanked Noni for her kindness.
Ending:
Noni felt happy because she
had helped the beggar. She
continued her walk to school
with a big smile on her face.
Step 4 :
Read the story again.
Can you make it better?
Check for any mistakes:
1. Plural nouns (many shoes not many shoe; remember
the s!)

2. Punctuation and capitalisation Capital letter at the
beginning of sentences; a full stop at the end.

3. Make sure you use the correct articles check the
article a. Do you put a in the correct places? (e.g.:
Writing Woman is shopping is wrong! )

Check for any mistakes:
1. Do you use is and are or was and were
correctly? (Remember: is/was singular, are/were
plural)

2. There or They? (Do not confuse these two words!)
3. Make sure every sentence you write is related to the
picture. (Do not write any sentence that is not related
to the picture!)

4. Spelling Check and double-check!

Exercise:
Picture 1
Exercise:
TIME /
linkers
SUBJECT

VERB

COMPLEMENT

Last
Sunday
Salim and
Raju
went to the zoo.
They went with their
parents.
All of them were very happy.
Answer:
Last Sunday, Salim and Raju went to
the zoo. They went there with their
parents. All of them were very happy.
They went there by car.
Exercise:
Picture 2
TIME /
LINKERS
SUBJECT

VERB COMPLEMENT
After that Salim took many pictures at the
zoo.
Raju was riding an elephant.
The
elephant
was very tame.
Answer:
They went there at eight oclock in the
morning. They reached there at nine
oclock. There were many people there.
After that, Salim took many pictures at the
zoo. Raju was riding an elephant. The
elephant was very tame.
Exercise:
Picture 3
TIME /
LINKERS
SUBJECT VERB COMPLEMENT
Raju helped to
take
Salims
pictures with
the monkeys
Salim was giving the banana to
the monkey.
The monkey enjoyed the banana.
Answer:
Raju helped Salim to take his picture with
the monkey. Salim was giving the banana
to the monkey. The monkey enjoyed the
bananas. They were very happy to come
here. They hoped that they can come here
again. They returned home happily.
THE END