Unit-3 -Practicing Positive Work Ethics - King Bruce And The Spider (Poem) - Text Book Exercise - Unit 3.2 - 3.6

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Unit-3 - Practicing Positive Work Ethics
King Bruce And The Spider (Poem)
Text Book Exercise - Unit 3.2 - 3.6
English For Class X (2022 and Onward

By Mrs. Ayesha Arif
(Jauhar Progressive School)

UNIT 3.2
ORAL COMMUNICATION

UNIT 3.3
LANGUAGE PRACTISE

EXERCISE 1

Use the correct form of the Past Simple to fill following blanks. Use the words given below. You can use one word only once. Once you have completed, compare your answers with your partner and make corrections where necessary, in this and all exercises from 1 to 8.

Eat, Close, Sell, Belong, Live, Make, Lock, Run.

1. We ate delicious food at their house.
2. The mouse ran under the cupboard.
3. The guard closed and locked the gate before going to bed.
4. The house in which we lived till last year belonged to my uncle.
5. The parrots made a lot of noise so we sold them.

EXERCISE 2

Use the correct form of the Past Continuous to fill the following blanks. Use the words given below. You can use one word only once.

Do, Drive, Shake, Tell, Fly, Wash, Fight, Fall

1 The papers were flying in all the directions due to strong winds.
2. The boys were fighting over who would play first.
3. We were shaking the tree and the ripe fruits were falling on the ground.
4. My sister was doing her homework while I was washing dishes.
5. The driver was driving the car and my brother was telling him the directions.

EXERCISE 3

Use the correct form of the Past Simple or continuous to fill the following blanks. Use the words provided in the brackets.
When Kakenya Ntaiya, from Kenya, was fourteen, She requested (request) her father to let her finish high school. She dreamt (dream) high as she was making (make) good progress and achieving (achieve) good grades. Her teachers knew (know) that she was (be) very intelligent and they were encouraging (encourage) her to go for higher education. She promised (promise) her father that he would be proud of her one day, if he allowed (allow) her to continue her education. Very few Maasai girls, the tribe to which she belonged (belonged) ever finished (finish) high school, but her father accepted (accept) her request.

Ntaiya kept (keep) her promise to her father. She began to work even harder, and soon she won (win) a scholarship to go to USA. The village where she lived (live) was very small. However, the villagers were so proud of her that they all came (come) to see her off when she was leaving (leave). Ntayia was crying (cry) as she was leaving (leave). It was (be) a touching scene. Everyone was waving (wave) their hands and Ntaiya was shouting (shout) that she would come back to serve the people in the village.

When she graduated, she worked (work) for a while at the UN and then got a doctorate degree. Then she returned (return) home and wanted (want) to set up a primary school in her village. At first some villagers refused (refuse) to give Ntaiya the land for school, but many Parents now realized (realize) how important a good education could be for their daughters. Till last year, the school was providing (provide) Education to more than 150 girls. The girls at the school were praising (praise) Ntaiya. They were working (work) hard to become teachers, doctors, or lawyers.

EXERCISE 4

Use the correct form of the Past Perfect to fill the following blanks. Use the words given below, You can use one word only once.

Sweep, Leave, Spend, Die, Travel, Reach, Cover, Finish.

a) We had a lot of money on buying gifts, so we decided to stop.
b) As soon as Samina had swept the yard there was a storm.
c) The group had travelled several miles and had covered a big part of their journey.
d) The students had finished their work and had left for home when the rain started.
e) She had died before they reached the hospital.

EXERCISE 5

Use the correct form of the Past Perfect Continuous to fill the following blanks. Use the words given below, You can use one word only once.

Refuse, Worry, Cry, Ring, Fly, Paint, Warn, Dig, Bark, Read.

1. He had been crying for help for five hours when the rescue team finally arrived.
2. I had been reading for two hours before I fell asleep.
3. We had been flying for 16 hours and everyone was very tired.
4. I had been working about my results the whole week.
5. The labourers had been digging and the painters had been painting for several days before they were allowed to go home.
6. The bell had been ringing and the dog had been barking for nearly 20 minutes before someone opened the door.
7. The MET department had been warning about storm but the people had been refusing to listen.

EXERCISE 6

Use the correct form of the Past Perfect or Past Perfect Continuous to fill the following blanks. Use the words provided in the brackets.
Her toothache had been bothering (bother) her all night. She had been taking (take) Painkiller, but the pain had continued (continue). She had been seeing (see) a dentist for two weeks, who had been saying (say) that nothing could be done until the pain subsided. She had consulted (consult) her grandmother for natural remedies and had tried (try) everything to combat the pain, but no results. Also, she had been searching (search) for remedies on the internet since five days, but even that medium had failed (fail) to provide any solution. Not knowing what else to do, she had come (come) to the conclusion that she had done (do) all that she could, when her mother had thought (think) of a simple solution. She had agreed (agree) to try it. It had been working (work) wonders and she had been sleeping (sleep) peacefully for the past five hours when we went to her house.

Articles Revision

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Article	Rules	Example
A / An	A and an are indefinite articles and are used to indicate a single item.	Take a pencil. (Take one pencil.) I won a hundred dollars. (I won one hundred dollars.)
	Do not use a or an with a plural noun.	They talked about a good restaurant to visit. They talked about the good Italian restaurants on main Street.
	Use a as an unspecific reference before a consonant.	He likes to read a book. (He likes to read any book, not a specific one.) That was a funny story. (That was one of many funny stories.)
	Use a when the word following it starts with a consonant sound.	a book, a hospital, a leg, a one-inch pipe, a youth
	Use an as an unspecific reference before a vowel sound (a, e, i, o, u).	an apple, an opera, an eagle, an idea, an SOS (the s here is an es sound).
	Words that begin with u or h can have either a vowel or a consonant sound. Make the choice based on the sound of the first word after the article, even if that word is not the noun	a union, a uniform (use a when the 14 sounds like the y in you) an unbelievable event, an umbrella, a unique umbrella, an honor, an hour, an honest person, a hotel, a history book, a historian an historian, an historic event (NOTE: words like historic can take either a or an)
The	Use the as a specific reference to a common noun or something that is one of a kind	Give me the book on the table. (identifies a specific book) The sun rose at seven o'clock. (identifies something that is one of a kind)
	Use a or an to introduce a noun the first time it is mentioned, and then the is used afterwards whenever the noun is mentioned.	I bought a sandwich for lunch. I shared the sandwich with my friend..
	A proper noun names unique person, place, or thing do not use a/an article.	"I went to New York City."
	An exception is the proper nouns with "of' as part of the name:	the Fourth of July the University of Virginia the United States of America the President of Mexico the Statue of Liberty
	Plural proper nouns use the:	the Chicago Bulls the Johnsons the Blue Ridge Mountains.
	A proper noun that names a group (a collective noun) also uses the:	the Commonwealth of Virginia the United Arab Emirates the Society of Friends
	Some geographical features use the:	the Gobi Desert the Atlantic Ocean the Pyramids the Amazon
	But other geographical features do not. use the:	Lake Superior Albemarle County Route 29 Mount Vesuvius

EXERCISE 7

Work individually and fill the following blanks with article a / an, where necessary. Put a cross (X) in the blank where an article is not required. After completing, compare your answers with your partner.
1. X giraffe has a long neck.
2. An Australian sheep gives us X good wool.
3. He is an honest man but his friend is a crook.
4. To help the students, an example has been given in the exercise.
5. Would you like to have a cup of tea or X something to eat.
6. A factory is being built next to our house.
7. Boil X eggs and make X sandwiches for breakfast.
8. It was an honour to be nominated.
9. I want to buy a uniform when X schools reopen in August.
10. An old friend is staying at a hotel on the river Indus.

EXERCISE 8

Work individually and fill the following blanks with article 'the' where necessary. Put a cross (X) in the blank where 'the' is not required. After completing, compare your answers with your partner.
1. X English Language is the most outspoken language in the world.
2. There are X beautiful flowers in the park.
3. My sister lives in the USA.
4. There is X dirt on this plate and there is a dirty mark on the table cloth.
5. X lions are dangerous animals, but X dogs are X good friends of people.
6. When you drive a car in the UAE, you must keep to the right.
7. The inventor of the telephone was X Graham Bell.
8. X directions to the central library are clear.
9. The butcher opposite the library sells X good meat.
10. One of the persons I love the most is my mother.

EXERCISE 9

Work individually and fill the following blanks with article 'a / an / the', where necessary. Put a cross (X) in the blank where an article is not required. After completing, compare your answers with your partner.
Who has not heard of the famous Khyber pass in X Pakistan? It is a narrow mountain valley in X Khyberpakhtoon Khaw province. We can go to the Khyber pass from X Peshawar. Many people who want to go to X Afghanistan cross the border from the Khyber pass.The Khyber Pass has been famous in X history for thousands of years. The Aryans crossed it to reach the subcontinent about four thousand years ago. After them came the Mongols and the Tartars.
Moreover, the Khyber pass is an ancient trade route. It is the route that has been used extensively by the caravan carrying X bales of cotton and silk. Occasionally the caravan would also carry a ton or two of spices. Although it is an old route the trade is still carried out through this route but now X buses, trucks and trains carry X goods from one country to another.

UNIT 3.6
FUN

Note: For having fun with language. Not to be formally assessed.

COOL COLLOCATIONS

A cool collocations is two or more words that often go together.

Work in groups of five. Each. group should choose the name of a bird for their group. In each of the following lines you can use three of the words to form an acceptable phrase. However, one word forms an unacceptable combination. Mark (✔) the odd one unit.

1. You can collect:

• information
• Stamps
• friends ✔
• Your thoughts

2. You can draw:

• A conclusion
• Breath
• An illusion ✔
• A picture

3. You can wear:

• A smile
• A suit
• A crown
• An umbrella ✔

4. You can lose:

• A promise ✔
• Your keys
• patience
• Your way

5. You can pass:

• A butter 
• A computer ✔
• A law 
• An exam

6. You  can make:

• plans
• A promise
• A journey
• Your homework ✔

7.You can pay:

• A visit
• Attention
• A bill
• Life ✔

8. You can receive:

• Guest
• An invitation
• A letter
• The measles ✔

9. You can play:

• A party ✔
• cards
• A game
• The piano

10. You can take:

• A walk
• A photo
• A haircut ✔
• control

11. You can see:

• A doctor
• The silence ✔
• The sights
• A film

12. You can open:

• A discussion
• A shop
• A door
• A disappointment ✔

13. You can keep:

• A question ✔
• A secret
• Your word
• A promise

14. You can catch:

• A bus
• An idea ✔
• A cold
• Someone’s eye

15. You can hold:

• An opinion
• A promise ✔
• A meeting
• Your breath

16. You can ask:

• A favourite ✔
• An answer
• The way
• A question