Revision Lesson

Underline the participle adjectives in the following sentences:

(a) The painted house looks beautiful.

(b) A barking dog seldom bites.

(c) They submitted a written answer.

(d) The tattered shirt was lying on the mud.

(e) The creaking sound of the door awakened the baby.

Fill in the blanks with suitable articles or prepositions:

Once __ poor weaver lived __ a village. He was well-known __ an artist. His beautiful designs __ cloth were much appreciated. The weaver earned his livelihood __ working hard all day.

Identify the adverbs in each set. Put a tick mark (✓) on the adverb:

(i) tall/sweetly/child/run

(ii) wait/walk/slowly/full

(iii) happy/friendship/wise/quietly

(iv) tomorrow/evening/careful/look

(v) make/here/incident/quick

Classify the underlined adverbs according to their functions in the chart given below:

(i) It is a good habit to rise early.

(ii) He often comes to our house.

(iii) The nightingale sings sweetly.

(iv) My pet dog follows me everywhere.

Choose the correct alternative from the verbs given in brackets and fill in the blanks:

(a) I __ a book now. (read/am reading/was reading)

(b) Tintin __ home just now. (is returning/was returning/has returned)

(c) When we reached the hall, the film __ (starts/started/had started)

(d) The young man boarded the bus while it __ (is moving/was moving/had moved)

(e) The Satabdi Express __ Puri at the scheduled time, yet it failed to reach Howrah on time. (is leaving/ has left/ had left)

Write the positive, comparative and superlative form of the adjectives and fill in the chart given below:

Fill in the blanks with the given adjectives in their proper degree:

(i) No other mountain peak is so __ (high) as Everest.

(ii) Darjeeling is __ (cool) than Lava.

(iii) Rashmi is the __ (tall) girl in the class.

(iv) Very few Indian cities are as __ (big) as Kolkata.

(v) The Rajdhani Express runs __ (fast) than most other Indian trains.

Fill in the blanks with appropriate modals given in the list below: (may, will, should, can, must)

(a) We __ help the poor and the needy.

(b) __ God bless you!

(c) You __ hurry up or you will be late.

(d) __ there be life on Mars?

(e) I __ be thirteen next month.

The words in brackets are homophones. Choose the correct option and fill in the blanks:

(a) __ are two coconut trees in __ garden. (there/their)

(b) Last Sunday, I __ Munni at the bus-stop. She is my close __ (mate/met)

(c) I __ why you often __ about in the woods. (wander/wonder)

(d) My mother is __ weak __ walk. (to/too)

(e) The little __ has __ this bouquet. (made/maid)

Solve the crossword puzzle with the help of the given cues:

Across:
1: hobby of collecting postage stamps
2: study of stars and planets

Down:
3: house where books are kept and read
4: a person who makes pots

Match the words in column 'A' with their synonyms in column 'B':

Make sentences with the words given in column 'A' of Activity 9(a):

Add prefix or suffix to the following words to form opposites: secure, patient, hope, appear, bound

Write a paragraph in about seventy words on the famous Bengali writer Bibhutibhusan Bandyopadhyay. Use the following hints:

Hints: born on 12th September 1894-father Mahananda Bandyopadhyay and mother Mrinalini Devi-early education at Bangaon High School-intermediate and graduation from Ripon College, now known as Surendranath College of Kolkata-worked as Headmaster at Jangipara High School and later at Harinavi Anglo-Sanskrit Institution-famous novels are Pather Panchali, Aparajito, Aranyak, Debjan, Icchamati, Chander Pahar etc.-died on 1st November, 1950