articles: a / an / the - malutitvet.co.za · web viewlevel 2, 3 and 4. intervention – lock down...

ENGLISH FALLevel 2, 3 and 4

INTERVENTION – LOCK DOWN

PERIOD

EXERCISES

Dear English FAL student

Here are language exercises to be done during the lock-down period.

All activities must be done in your workbook. You can use any dictionary or the internet to assist. Sentences must be written in full. Underline the word added. Copy the tables into your workbooks where necessary.

Good luck!

English FAL Lectures

Bethlehem Campus

NOUNS

What is a noun? A noun is a naming word

Identify the following nouns.

Are they common-, abstract-, collective- or proper nouns?

List the nouns according to the table:

Retief High School, love, table, perseverance, hatred, Simon, Gauteng, swarm of bees, fruit, government, Mr Mosia, “Isidingo”, TV 1, Pioneer, respect, cars, subjects, Geography, hostel, anthology of poems, DSTV, string of pearls, honour, Samsung.

Common nouns Collective nouns Proper nouns Abstract nouns

COLLECTIVE NOUNS

e.g. a gaggle of geese. Find the right answers for:

1. a __________ of stairs 2. a range of _____________________

3. a __________ of bees 4. a _______________ of worshippers

5. a _______________ of trees 6. a bundle of ____________________

7. a stack of ______________ 8. a hatch of ________________

9. an _________________ of diplomats 10. an _______________ of musicians

ADJECTIVES

What is an adjective? A word that describes a noun/pronoun

Example: The girl sings a song.

The beautiful girl sings a sad song.

adjective noun adjective noun

1. Add adjectives to describe these nouns.Use the words in brackets to form adjectives:

An (stand out) student

An (educate) TV-program

An (enjoy) holiday

A (complicate) sum

An (admire) person

A (demand) career

An (explode) bomb

An (adore) toddler

An (impress) performance

A (horrid) accident

A (beauty) princess

A (luck) draw

2. Form adjectives from the words in brackets:

Complete the following sentences by filling in the correct form of the adjective :

He is always honest. He is an (honour) _____________________ man.All our Gr 12’s passed in 2015. The results were (satisfy) _______________________.My cellphone fell on the cement. Luckily it is (repair) __________________________.Our pastor is a (please) __________________ man and truly (religion) ___________________.She is an (obey) ___________________ child. Of all the matriculants, Sarah is (bright) _______________________Of the two boys, Mpho is (good) __________________________ at soccer.Today I am tired. Yesterday I was even (tire) ______________________.May you have (much/many) ________________ more birthdays!

I do not want to go home. There is not (much/many) _____________________ to do. The meeting was not a success. Only a (few/little) ___________ people attended.Joan is fit. Peter is (fit) __________, but Cindy is the (fit) _________________.Sinah is (laid back)_________________ than Marianne.

Complete the table by filling in the correct form of the adjectives to complete the degrees of comparison:

e.g. pretty prettier the prettiestThin

easierPainful

most comfortable

Form adjectives from the words in brackets: Complete the following sentences by filling in the correct adverbs:

We go to town (regular) _________________________ on Saturdays.

Father hates shopping, but he (usual) ___________________ waits in the car.

(Clear) ________________ Mother will not be rushed by anyone.

She strolls (slow) _____________________ through the mall, looking (careful)

________________ at the prices of everything, before she buys.

Dad is (sincere) ___________________ pleased when she finally comes to the car with all her shopping bags. The shopping spree went (good/well) _______________

ADVERBS What is an adverb? An adverb is a word that describes the verbExample: The girl sings the song. (How does she sing? She sings passionately) The girl sings the song passionately. verb adverb

Change the following words into adverbs by adding –ly:Correctly EfficientPatient SpontaneousQuick Necessary

Underline the adverbs in the following sentences and circle the verbs:

1. The proud father shook his son’s hand wildly after he was called to the stage as ‘Soccer Player of the Year’.

2. The appreciative child accepted the trophy gracefully.

3. The difficult exam paper confused me completely.

4. The mother shook the dying baby desperately.

5. The strong WWF-wrestler defeated the slender competitor viciously.

6. She writes impeccably and calculates faultlessly.

7. The grateful parent thanked the police officer gratefully and scolded the child mercilessly.

PRONOUNS

Exercise 1 Choose the right word in brackets:

1. (Him, He) and (I, me) are both fourteen years old. 2. Give it to (I, me).3. This is my sister. Do you know (she, her)? 4. He cut (himself, him) with a knife.5. (Who, Whom) did you speak to just now? 6. James is much taller than (I, me).7. I have lost my pen. Have you seen (it, him)? 8. This pen is not (your, yours). 9. The birds were feeding (there, their) chicks.10.When I spoke to Ann, (she, he) did not answer me.

Exercise 2 Replace the underlined names with pronouns.

Example: Tom went to the store this morning.

He

1. Harry can run very fast.____

2. Lerato is in Grade 9 C._____

3. The chair is broken._______

4. Did you see Mary or Ben on the playground?

____ ___

5. You and I will help Peter and David.________ ______________

6. The farmer will dip the cattle today._________ _______

Exercise 3 Fill in the correct pronoun:

Example: I read from my book. The book is mine.

1. You read from your book. The book is ________.2. He reads from his book. The book is _________ .3. She reads from her book. The book is _________.4. It broke ____ leg. 5. We read from our books. The books are _______.6. They read from their books. The books are ________.7. Mary and John read their books. The books are ________.

Exercise 4 Use pronouns instead of the words in bold :

Example: This pen is a thing belonging to me.

This pen is mine.

1. The dog is an animal belonging to me.The dog is __________.

2. Those cattle are animals belonging to us.Those cattle are ________.

3. The t-shirt is a thing belonging to her.The t-shirt is ________.

4. These sheep are animals belonging to them. These sheep are _________.

5. This hat is a thing belonging to me.This hat is _______.

6. These knives are things belonging to him.These knives are _________.

Exercise 5 Fill in the correct pronoun:

1. I have lost _______ (belonging to me) pen. 2. Alfred tore _______ (belonging to him) trousers. 3. The farmers have ploughed __________ (belonging to them) fields.

4. She was wearing ___________ (belonging to her) blue dress.5. Maro and I made ___________ (belonging to us) beds.6. Have you found ___________ (belonging to you) books? 7. The baby bird opened _______ (belonging to it) beak.8. Lerato and Mpho helped _________ (belonging to them) father.9. The dog wagged ________ (belonging to it) tail.10.She left _________ (belonging to her) book at home.

Exercise 6 Read through the examples and then fill in the correct pronouns:

Examples: I hurt myself. It hurts itself.

You hurt yourself. We hurt ourselves.

He hurts himself. You (two or more) hurt yourselves.

She hurts herself. They hurt themselves.

1. John cut ________ with a sharp knife.2. I saw __________in the mirror. 3. We helped ___________ to some cake. 4. The woman was speaking to ____________. 5. You must do this by ____________. 6. The children enjoyed ____________ very much. 7. My little sister dresses __________ every morning. 8. The horse hurt _________ trying to jump over the fence. 9. They burned _____________ while they were playing with matches. 10.Tom and Felicia, did you wash _____________ this morning? 11.The bird killed ___________ when it flew against the wall. 12.Mother bought _____________ a new hat.

Exercise 7 The following words in capital letters are pronouns which help us to ask questions:

WHO lives there?

WHOM did you see in the classroom?

WHAT did you buy?

Here are two books. WHICH is yours?

Fill in WHO, WHOM, WHAT or WHICH:

1. _________ is the time, Jane? 2. _________ helped Patrick with his sums? 3. _________ did you meet at the post office? 4. _________ of the two girls is the older?

5. _________ did you ask to direct you to Qwa-Qwa? 6. _________ of the dogs caught the rabbit? 7. _________ lives next door to them? 8. _________ is the date today? 9. _________ did you knock down with your bicycle? 10. _________ of you two children knows the answer? 11. _________ came first in that test?

Exercise 8 PRONOUNS can also be used as conjunctions.

Examples: This is the boy. He hit me.

This is the boy who/that hit me.

The car was black. The car knocked him down.

The car which/that knocked him down, was black.

REMEMBER: WHO is used for persons only.

WHICH is used for animals and things.

THAT is used for persons, animals and things.

Choose the correct word in brackets:

1. It was my aunt (who, which) sent me the money.2. The knife (whom, which) I found belong to Mamosea. 3. This is the bus (whom, which) we have to take to town. 4. I do not know the man (who, which) threw a stone at me. 5. He had a puppy (who, which) was run over by a lorry. 6. It was Andrew’s book (whom, which) I picked up on the playground. 7. The cow (which, whom) Father sold had a black calf.8. He saw the woman (who, which) stole your cell phone.

CONJUNCTIONS (linking words)

Exercise 1 Join each pair of sentences together with the words given in brackets. Pay attention to correct usage of punctuation.

1. Joan will lay the table. Mother will fry the eggs. (and)

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

2. I called her. She did not hear me. (but)

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

3. I went to town yesterday. I bought new shoes yesterday. (and)

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

4. I sat down to rest. I was very tired. (because)

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

5. I saw the accident. I went to school. (when)

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

6. She fell. She was running across the street. (while)

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

7. Mom is singing. Dad is singing. I am not singing. (but)

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

8. She had a bath. She went to bed. (before)

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

9. He was ill. He did not go to school. (therefore)

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Exercise 2 CONJUNCTIONS don’t only have to be added between two sentences. Sometimes they are used at the beginning of a sentence.

Example: The rugby match is cancelled. It is raining. (because)

The rugby match is cancelled, because it is raining

or

Because it is raining, the rugby match is cancelled.

Combine the following sentences by using the conjunction in brackets. Start your sentence with the given word.

1. The teacher punished him. He was naughty. (because)

The teacher ______________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________

Because_______________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________

2. She washed the dishes. He carried the dishes to the kitchen. (after)

She___________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________

After__________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________

3. It began to rain. We were playing soccer. (while)

It_____________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________

While_________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________

4. Lettie sharpened the pencil. She began to write. (before)

Lettie_________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________

Before________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________

5. I shall visit my brother. I go to Durban. (when)

I_____________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________

When_________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________

6. I watched TV. I was eating Kentucky. (while)

I_____________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________

While_________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________

7. Mother mixed the ingredients. She baked a cake. (before)

Mother________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________

Before________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________

PREPOSITIONS

Prepositions

Please think ___________ the matter.

This sum is so difficult. It is __________ her ability.

Abortion goes __________ my principles.

The books were divided _____________ the pupils.

She is 16. She is ___ a difficult stage.

To warm up, the soccer players run ________ the field.

The second floor is ___________ the first floor.

The first floor is ____________ the second floor.

The teacher stood ___________ me when she explained the sum.

I cannot understand it! This is __________ my understanding!

____ noon she arrived!

Take ______ all the soccer advertisements! It is over now!

I feel sorry ____ beggars.

This letter came _____ England.

My shoes were imported ______ Italy.

The concert is ___ the morning.

He concentrated. He tried to take ___ the facts.

The cat fell _______ the river.

She was a victim ___ rape.

The South Africans are fond ____ braaivleis.

After we had a fall-out, she went _____ in a hurry.

The picture hangs ___ the wall.

We congratulated him ___ his victory.

He loves rugby! He is very keen ____ it!

He finished school in 2009. He now went ___ to university.

It was _____ midnight when she came in!

She was able ___ stop smoking.

The book, I am David, is similar ___ the movie!

______________ seven o’clock, I fell asleep.

I waited ____ my son to come home after the bachelor’s party.

The house is ___ for sale.

The meaning of the word lies ______ the sentence.

Choose words provided in the word box to complete the following sentences meaningfully.

Word box:

She has long been ___________________ malaria.

There is nothing to be _________________, the murderer was caught by the police.

It is no wonder that people ____________ your conduct.

All I ________________ you is that you do your best this year.

The students _______________________ the exam time table.

The teachers are ____________________ the motivational quotes.

Pensioners ___________________ the government grant for the elderly.

The parents ______________________ the young man’s behaviour.

I ______________________ God and Rasheed says he is spiritual.

Mother ____________________ me being home before 23h00.

motivated by / approve of / ill with / believe in /

ask of / ask for / rely on / insist on / accused of /

afraid of / object to / waits for

The thug is _______________________ a smash-and-grab-robbery.

Father __________________________ me to finish my drama practice.

CONCORD RULES

To show how the verb agrees with its subject in person and number:

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

STUDY THESE CONCORD RULES BEFORE YOU ATTEMPT THE EXERCISE:

1. Two singular subjects joined by and take a plural verb.Tom and Harry are brothers.

2. Two singular subjects separated by either … or / neither … nortake a singular verb.

Neither Peter nor his brother is athletes.

But: S + Pl = Pl Neither Peter nor his brothers are . . .

A singular subject who has a phrase beginning with like, with, or as well as added to it takes a singular verb.

Dick, with two others, is going.

Mavis, like her sister, is clever.

James, as well as Peter, is here.

3. The nouns news, physics, mathematics, politics take a singular verb.The news is bad.

Measles is an infectious disease.

Mathematics is taught by Mr Moloi.

Politics is a subject I usually avoid.

Darts is an interesting game.

4. The nouns sports, athletics, trousers, shears, scissors, shorts, pliers, pants, clippers, compasses, bellows, pincers, tongs, thanks take plural verbs.

Our sports were held on Friday. My trousers are dirty.

Athletics are popular. The scissors are blunt.

Use singular verb with ‘ A PAIR OF ‘

A pair of trousers is a useful gift.

My pair of compasses is lost.

5. In alternative subjects the verb takes the number of the alternative subject nearest.The captain or the soldiers are to die.

Is the boy, or the girls, to be blamed?

6. Expressions such as each (of), either (of), neither (of), one (of) and words such as every, no-one, anybody, and nobody take a singular verb.

Each of the boys has a pen.

Each is different.

Either of the girls is available to assist.

Either is correct.

Neither of the dogs is mine.

Neither is missing.

One of the pupils is missing.

Not one of the sheep is missing.

Every pupil has passed.

No-one is allowed to go.

Somebody is making a noise.

Anybody is allowed to go.

Nobody has gone already!

7. None may take either a singular or a plural verb.

None of us was strong enough.

None of us were able to do the sum.

8. Some nouns of multitude always take a plural verb .

These cattle are my father’s. The people were angry.

The poultry are doing well.

Animals, such as rats, mice and jackals do much harm.

Others such as Government, Council, Police, company, number, crowd, pack, party may take either a singular or a plural verb.

a) If such a noun stands for a single group it takes a singular verb.

The Government has always helped the poor.

The crowd is well-behaved.

The Skhosana family is rich.

The Police is here!

b) When the noun stands for all the individuals , who make up the group, it

takes plural.

The Government have decided to do more for the poor.

The party have taken the food to the shelter.

The Body Corporate all agree to increase the levy.

A number of people were killed in the accident.

9. Care must be taken when the verb stands before the subject.

Yesterday there were a table and two chairs in the room.

There are children who work very hard.

On the table are pencils.

10.The words heaps and lots, meaning a great lot, are not good English but they are sometimes used. They take a singular verb.

There is heaps of time.

There is lots to do.

If a plural noun with of is used = plural ( plural noun + of = plural )

There are heaps of cups.

There are lots of figs on the tree.

11. Much / little = singular

Many / few = plural

There is little sugar left!

There are many apples on the tree.

Only a few parents are at the meeting.

Many boys play soccer.

There is not much we can do to comfort her now.

There is only a little flour in the pantry.

CONCORD exercise

IS/ARE? WAS/WERE? HAS/HAVE?

Complete the following exercise. Circle the correct answer.

1. He and she is/are brother and sister.

2. Both Tom and Dick is/are going to the cinema.

3. Mary is/are older than me.

4. Fruit is/are healthy.

5. One of our horses is/are brown.

6. Our cattle is/are in good condition.

7. Much money is/are wasted on unnecessary things.

8. Game is/are plentiful in the Kruger National Park.

9. Trousers is/are unnecessary.

10. His trousers is/are torn.

11. Some of the boys is/are going to university.

12. Very few of the people here is/are educated.

13. Little is/are done to protect the young.

14. Many of our sheep is/are dying of hunger.

15. Everybody in our town is/are proud of it!

16. The picture of the two lions feeding on a buck is/are excellent!

17. Mathematics is/are not so difficult.

18. Most of the passengers is/are injured.

19. Mara and I is/are washing the dishes.

20. The boy or the girls was/were to be punished.

21. Each boy was/were doing his best during the game.

22. Several pupils was/were absent today.

23. Was/were David or the two girls watering the garden?

24. Teacher Sue, with two others, was/were planning something.

25. Either of the parcels was/were too heavy to carry.

26. The crowd is/are noisy.

27. He, as well as his family, is/are driving me mad!

28. My scissors is/are blunt.

29. Every pupil in Grade 12 has/have passed.

30. The Government has/have decided to support the poor.

31. Animals, such as jackals, rats and mice does/do much harm.

32. None of us was/were strong enough to lift that weight.

33. No one is/are able to give me the correct answer.

34. Neither is/are missing.

35. Every pupil has/have passed matric.

36.The captain or the soldiers is/are to die.

37. My pair of compasses is/are lost.

38. Fish and chips is/are my favourite meal!

39. Your shorts is/are in the washing machine.

40. Measles is/are an infectious disease.

ARTICLES

Articles: A / AN / THE

A is used in the following cases:

1. For words starting with consonants: b, c, d, f, g, h, k … You say: a bed, a dog, a horse, a letter

2. Vowels with a ( you – sound ): A union, a university, a European city

3. Vowels with a ( wa – sound ) : a one – eyed man, a one – man band

AN is used for the following cases:

1. For words starting with vowels:a, e, i, o, u. Not y.

You say: an apple, an iglo, an orange

an ugly man , an early peach

2. Words starting with a silent h : an hour, an honest man, an honourable guest

3. The following letters – in abbreviations: F, M, S, N, L

an FM – radio an SA – team

Do not use a or an before nouns you cannot count.

Example: water, bread, sand, information

I like bread.

I don’t like water.

Complete:

1. ___ SA – team of athletes were sent to the Paralympics in 2008.

2. Mr. Mandela was ________ honourable guest on the Dr Phil – show last night

3. I am a member of ________ union who fight for teachers’ rights.

4. Paris is _________ European city.

5. I bought __ magazine from __ foreign country.

6. ___ boy with the scar in his face, sing __ amazing song.

7. ____ umbrella

8. ____ friendly teacher

9. ____ award (but if the award is specific: She receives the award for best dancer)

10. ____ brilliant idea

11. ____ idea

APOSTROPHE

The apostrophe is used:

POSSESSION

To show the possession form of a noun

All singular words + s o e.g. man’s car child’s toy

my uncle’s horse the woman’s dress- If word end in s

e.g. princess’s James’s

- Exceptions ! ! ! - Jesus’ words Moses’ laws

For goodness’ sake

Plural words Plural has a S already. Just add ‘ e.g. boys’ cars, girls’ rooms

o If the plural form differs from the singular form : o E.g. child – children = children’s books

man - men = men’s clothes

Lifeless objects : ( car, house, table etc.) o May not show possession. o Correct: The keys of the car NOT the car’s keys

The windows of the house NOT the house’s windows

OMISSION

cannot (no is taken away, in its place apostrophe) = can’t

e.g. will not = won’t I shall = I’ll you are = you’re it is = it’s

To form certain PLURALS :

S = s’s A = a’s 2’s

Complete: Write the following phrases, using an apostrophe:

e.g.

1. The shirt of the boy The boy’s shirt

2. The jackets of the boys

3. The fur of the cat

4. The words of Jesus

5. The mouth of the baby

6. The eyes of the babies

7. The hat of the man

8. The opinions of people

9. The car of Father

10. The necklace of Sophie

11. The hat belonging to Mom

12. The wing of the bird

13. The wings of the birds

14. More than one “s”

15. More than one “7”

16. The book belonging to James

17. The books of someone else

18. The laws of Moses

19. The keys of the car

20. The clothes of the men

21. For the sake of goodness

Use the apostrophe correctly in:

E.g. Ann is Ann’s need not

are not shall not

Cannot am not

could not she had

dare not she has

did not she is

do not she will

does not she would

had not should not

has not they are

have not they had

he had they have

he has they will

he is was not

he will we are

I am we had

I had we have

I have we shall

I shall were not

is not what is

it has where is

it is will not

it is not would not

may not used not

might not you are

PLACE the APOSTROPHE where it should be.

1. Whatevers the matter with you, John? Cant you see theyre only trying to help?

2. Henrys getting caught after only ten runs.

3. Helen and Marys marks were about equal, but Jack and Peters differed a lot.

4. “Its wonderful to be here.”

5. The Joness kids are a nuisance but the Smiths children are beautiful.

6. Id like to go.

7. Shes already done her work.

8. Hell go with me and shell go with Maviss car.

9. Whats going on?

10.The boys school is only for boys.

11. Shouldnt you be at church?

12. I cannot do this any longer.

13. I havent been there, he hasnt been there, no ones been there!

FIGURATIVE EXPRESSIONS

READ the FIGURATIVE EXPRESSIONS and give the figurative meaning.

Then write a new sentence in which you express the literal meaning.

Figurative expression Figurative meaning Literal / real meaning

She’s got tons of money. She’s got plenty of money.

I happened to look over the fence and to my amazement, saw my neighbour standing waist-deep in green and blue banknotes.

1. This school is going to the dogs.

The school is not what it used to be. It was good and is not good any more.

I saw the school walking in the direction of the dog.

2. All the noise makes my head spin.

The noise is unbearable.

3. Some people see the world through rose-coloured glasses.

Some people are not realistic.

Some people prefer to ignore reality, what’s really going on. They concentrate only on that which they want to believe. (The rosy-nice and easy part of life).

4. She managed to catch the head waiter’s eye as he hurried past. Catch

5. I’m afraid he’s got a chip on his shoulder.

HOMONYMS

These words sound the same, are spelt identically but their meanings and functions differ.

e.g. watch

Father loves to watch rugby on television (verb) function? VERB

Since I got my cellular phone, I stopped wearing my wrist watch as the phone

also indicates time.(noun) function? NOUN

Look up the meaning of these words and make sentences to indicate the differences in meaning:

1. well

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

2. try

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

3. spring

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

4. saw

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

5. pool

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

6. mine

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

7. body

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

8. charge

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

9. bat

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

10.bank

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Write down the meaning of:

1. bill (noun)

bill (verb)

2. bear (noun)

bear (verb)

3. club (noun)

club (noun)

4. notice (verb)

notice (noun)

HOMOPHONES

Words sound the same, but are spelt differently and have different meanings.

Talk about these words in class. Allow learners to explain the meaning of words before the written task is given.

Look up the meaning of all the words. Choose ten pairs and make sentences to show you understand the meaning of the words.

1. accept / except2. affect / effect3. allowed / aloud4. bridle / bridal5. bow / bough6. bored / board7. bare / bear8. born / borne9. belief / believe

10. brake / break11. course / coarse / cause12. cease / seize13. knew / new14. hole / whole15. grief / grieve16. heal / heel17. gorilla / guerilla18. death / deaf19. councillor / counsellor20. past / passed21. knight / night22. lose / loose23. medal / meddle24. patience / patients25. practise / practice26. principal / principle27. safe / save28. sight / site29. their / there30. through / threw31. waist / waste32. witch / which

PREFIXES and SUFFIXES

1. Make words. Use these prefixes:

Aero Aero anti anti

Aqua Aqua bi bi

Dis Dis co co

Ex Ex fore fore

In In mis mis

Multi Multi non non

Pre Pre re re

Tele Tele tri tri

2. Make words. Use these suffixes:

e.g.

able honourable

Able

al

al

Dom

Dom

hood

hood

Ing

Ing

d

d

Less

Less

less

less

Ment

Ment

ment

ment

Tion

Tion

ture

ture

Y

Y

wards

wards

3. Complete the following words by filling in the correct suffix / prefix :

self____________________ govern____________________

friend____________________

__________racial __________fix __________finals __________modern

penn(y)i____________________ astro____________________

mak(e)____________________

__________gram __________sound __________lingual __________active

assist____________________ rain_____ east_______________

real_______________

__________nutrition _____________robics __________pilot ______connect

4. MAKE SENTENCES WITH THESE WORDS. Use dictionaries if necessary:

translate ___________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________

multicolour ___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

5. Give the meaning of the following prefixes,

mono _____________ mid _______________ tri ________________

fore _____________ counter ____________ trans ______________

articles: a / an / the - malutitvet.co.za · web viewlevel 2, 3 and 4. intervention – lock down...

Documents