Pg. 209 Ex. 105
1. She was stung by a large wasp.
2. The rubbish bin is emptied on alternative days by the men.
3. You will be criticised by people if you appear like that.
4. An explanation of the mysterious happenings has never been found.
5. The disease germs are carried by a certain specie of mosquito.
6. Complaints were written by the public to the editor of the newspaper.
7. An injection was given to him by the doctor to ease his pain.
8. She was chosen for the first dance by the prince himself.
9. He was haunted by the scene of the murder for months afterwards.
10. Children under twelve years old will not be admitted.
11. The chief was impressed by the child’s display of courage.
12. She must be warned not to cross the river tonight.
13. The cotton crops were attacked by Bolls weevils.
14. The application letter should be written by hand.
15. Those famous lines were written by the poet, Byron.
16. Were they disturbed by the commotion downstairs?
17. The letters were written by whom? What were they written with?
18. The door had certainly been looked locked before I went out.
19. Those machines are worked by hydro-electric power.
20. This can be done by anyone with enough common sense.
Punctuation exercise
1. “You ungrateful girl!”, she scolded. “Where would you be if I hadn’t taken you in? This is how
you repay my kindness by fighting with my son!” Turning to the servants she said, “Lock her
up in hr room till she realizes how wicked she has been!”
2. Before he left, he warned them of a disease called rabies which had affected many animals
around the area. “You can see that an animal has it by the way, it’s mouth foams, it’ll go mad
and attack any creature in sight before it dies,” he told them.
3. Excitedly, they took it home. They put it in an earthen jar, covered it with a net. “Look after it
carefully,” said Mr Wilson, “I’m going out to buy some chestnut to feed it.”
4. Hugh said in a quiet voice, “I have not forgotten and I don’t think you can, Jim. How could
you have done that to me. Who was it who taught you how to follow a trail and whose gun
saved you from the Indians. Don’t you know that men must stay together and help one another
in this wild land!”
5. He stayed in his room all day and went out only in the evenings. Heavily wrapped up, no one
had ever seen his face. Whenever he had to speak, he spoke briefly and with a handkerchief
over his mouth. No wonder, the villagers talked about him. Some said he was a criminal hiding
from the police; others said he was emotionally disturbed and few thought he was a magician.
6. “Hey, look what I’ve found,” Francis called out to them. The rest of the family joined him and
peeped down into the hold. They saw cows, goats, pigs, ducks, chicken, geese and two huge
dogs. Francis immediately said he wanted the dogs as pets. He named them Duke and Spot.
Exercise on Reported Speech P. 234-35
Irene shouted to wait for her as she was just combing her and she wouldn’t be a minute.
Aunt Emily enquired if my mother was there and was she ready yet.
This father warned him that he couldn’t make a U-turn here as there was the sign up here.
The delivery man asked where he should put the cupboard and they still had a table and four
chairs to carry on.
5. He screamed with pain holding his left toe as I hurt him and he screamed that I should look
where I am going.
6. Mark enquired if I gave the message to Peter as he did not turn up for the meeting the previous
night.
7. She asked her mum if she could have another apple as she ripped the one she gave her then.
8. They told Nick to stop worrying. They assured him that we would stand by his side when the
teacher would question him.
9. She said as she looked up that the sky was getting dark and it was going to rain.
10. His father commanded him to come to him and asked him why hadn’t he been studying that
month.
11. He asked if this was the police station and reported that there had been an accident on Ring
Road near the roundabout this month.
12. She suggested to go on a picnic by the waterfall as it should be fun in that fine weather.
13. The doctor inquired him about he was feeling. He said he should be fine as he had taken the
medicine.
14. I asked if they know where Karen was as I had been looking for her the whole morning.
15. The gardener said that roses require a lot of care. He asked me if I knew that those roses need
to be watered with cold water.
16. He ordered me to put out that fire. He told me that smoke is the easiest clue to man’s hiding
place.
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Worksheet for week 3 (Vocabulary Exercises)
Exercise 1: Idioms
Exercise 2: Functional Writing
You went on a trip with your school. During the trip something strange happened. You have to
give a speech about this trip to your school assembly. Write your speech in 50-75 words based on
the following:
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When and where did you go on the trip?
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Details of the strange event that happened
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How did this happening affect you and the people you were with?
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Exercise 3
Exercise 4
Exercise 5