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Question
Why did the men rush back to the ship?
Solution
The men rushed back to the ship because they saw no river, spring, or any inhabitants on the land.
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Make new words by adding/dropping a few letters from the root word. Some are done for you.
| -ed | -ing | -er | -est | |
| pound | × | × | ||
| try | tried | × | × | |
| large | × | × | ||
| new | × | × | ||
| tasty | tasted | tasting | tastier | |
| wise | × | × | × | × |
| stare | ||||
| clean |
Do any of these words use all of four endings?
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He carried the _______ ______ back with him.
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- A friend in need is a friend indeed.
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I was very tired ______ confused.
The old banyan tree in the village has been there ______ the last 200 years.
Did the Sultan enjoy the Barber’s talk? Why do you say so?
Now use the joining word given in the option to fill in the blank.
Please wait with me _______ the bus arrives.
Now use the joining word given in the option to fill in the blank.
Do you like football _______ cricket?
Now use the joining word given in the option to fill in the blank.
It was a beautiful day _______ they decided to go for a picnic.
Look at the words in the box. Write what you do when you are at a
| sit drink play yell dance sing serve run enjoy buy wave shout ride greet win cheer compete. |
- feast? ______
- race? _____
- cricket match? ________
- cinema? ______
- fair? ______
- party? ____
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The giant reapers were fascinated by Gulliver.
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won’t ______
weren’t ______
wouldn’t ______
couldn’t ______.
Imagine what the children will do in the playground tomorrow. You can take some hints from the words given in the box. e.g. John will play kabbadi tomorrow.
| Play | football | jump |
| race | badminton | run |
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- In Manipuri
- Ningthou
- Leima
- Meeyam
- Khongnang.
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- Click! ______________
- Chirp! _____________
- Whisper! ____________
- Bravo! _____________
- Oh! _____________
- Ah! _____________
- Hurrah! _____________
- Alas! ______________
- Wonderful! ___________
- Hi! ___________
- Ho! __________
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Make a list of the action words from this story.
| - ed action words | irregular action words | ||
