Saturday 23 January 2016

Week 16 Day 3:

Uncle will cook a superb meal for us in  the night.

Common noun - uncle, meal night
Adjective - superb
Verb - cook
Article - a , the

Change the common noun to a proper noun - uncle - Mr. Sharma.
Change the adjective - superb - delicious
Change the verb - cook - make
Is this a statement or a question - statement
Find the opposite of superb x dull, night x day
Change the gender - uncle - aunt
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Day 4:

Will she answer all the questions?

Common noun - questions
Adjective - all
Verb - answer
Article - the

Change she into a proper noun - she - Seema
Add an adjective to the common noun - questions - hard.
Is this a statement or a question - question.
Find the opposite of  the italicized word: answer x question
Change the gender  she - he.
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Day 5

The popular actor walked through  an open door.

Common noun - actor, door
Verb - walked
Adjective - popular, open
Article - an, the

Change the common noun into a proper noun by giving it a special name- actor- Salman Khan.
Change the adjective - popular - famous, great, open - glass, large.
Is this a statement or a question - statement.
Find the opposite of italicised word- popular x unknown, open x close
Change the gender - actor - actress.
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Week 17

Day 1:

Sona my mare runs fast.

Proper noun - Sona
Common noun - mare
Verb - runs

Change the proper noun - Sameera.
Change the common noun to a proper noun - mare - Donna
Add an adjective to the common noun - mare - young
Is this a statement or a question -  statement
Say if the action is happening now or happened yesterday or will happen tomorrow.
Find the opposite of the italicized word- fast x slowly
Change the gender- mare - horse.
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Day 2:
 Bina told her husband to buy some fish.

Proper noun - Bina
Common noun - fish, husband
Verb - told
Adjective - some

Change the proper noun -  Bindu
Change the common noun to a proper noun - husband - Mr. Patel,
Add adjectives to the common nouns - fish - fresh, husband - kind.
Is this a statement or a question - statement
Say if the action is happening now, or yesterday or tomorrow - yesterday.
Write the opposite of the italicised word - buy x sell
Change the gender- husband -wife.
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Day 3

Peter will see a lot of peahens in the forest.

Proper noun - Peter
Common noun - peahen, forest
Verb- see
Article - the, a

Change the proper noun - Pritam
Add adjective to the common nouns-   forest - dense, peahens - small
Is this a statement or a question - statement
Say if the action is happening now, yesterday or tomorrow - tomorrow.
Find the opposite of italicised word- lot x few
Change the gender- peahen - peacock
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Day 4:
Sharad saw a massive tiger in the zoo today.

Proper Noun - Sharad
Commo noun - zoo, tiger
Verb-  saw
Adjective - massive
 Article - the


Change the proper noun - Sam
Change the common noun into  proper noun- tiger - Richard Parker, zoo - Jijamata zoo.
Change the adjective - massive - ferocious, scary
Is this a statement or a question -  statement
Find the opposite of the italicised word- massive x tiny
Change the gender - tiger - tigress
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Day 5

Rahul thanked his host for the dinner.

Proper noun - Rahul
Common noun - host, dinner
Verb - thanked
Article - the

Change the proper noun - Rahim
Change the common noun to a proper noun - host - Mr. Ravi
Add adjectives to the common nouns- dinner - tasty, wonderful. host - kind, happy
Is this a statement or a question - statement
IS the action happening now, yesterday or tomorrow - yesterday
Find the opposite of the italicised word- dinner x breakfast
Change the gender - host - hostess.
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Week 16 Answers:

Day 1:

We will ask Mina's clever husband to help us look for the lost cow.

Proper Noun - Mina
Common Noun - husband, cow
Verb - look, ask
Adjective - clever, lost
Article - the

Change the  common nouns into proper nouns - husband - Homi, cow - Rani
Change the adjective - clever - mean, lost - fat, etc.
Say if this is a statement or question - statement.
Change the verb - ask - tell, look - see, etc.
Write opposite of the italicized word - clever x foolish, lost x found.
Change the gender- husband - wife, cow - bull

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Day 2 :

Should we take the naughty boy to his poor mother's house?

Common noun - boy, mother, house
Adjective - naughty, poor
Article - the
Verb - take

Change the common noun to proper noun - boy - Ram, mother - Savita, house - Shanti Sadan
Change the adjective - naughty - bad,  poor - good
Is this a statement or a question - question
Change the verb- take - follow
Write the opposite of the italicised word - naughty x well behaved, poor x rich
Change the gender - boy - girl, mother - father.


Thursday 14 January 2016

Week 15:
 In week 15, the children are learning about verbs. All action words are called verbs.

give, laugh, sing, jump, walk, ate, etc are all action words, therefore  a verb.

Answers:
 Day 1:

The kind boys took their friend to the sick room.

Common noun - boys, room,friend.

Adjective - kind, sick.

Article - the, the

Verb - took

Singular noun - room, friend.

Plural noun - boys.

Do as directed:

Change the common nouns into a proper noun by giving it a special name: friend - Ram, boys - Purav, Dhruv, Prithvi.

Change the verb : took -  walked, rushed

Change the adjective to see how the meaning changes: kind- mean, selfish,etc

sick - healthy, strong, meek.

Say if the sentence is a statement or a question:  statement.

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Day 2:

Nita laughed when she saw the happy children playing.

Proper Noun - Nita
Common noun - children (P)
Adjective - happy
Verb - saw, laughed
Article - the

Do as directed:

Change the given proper noun - Monica
Change the adjective to see how the meaning changes: happy- sad, poor,etc.
Change the verb:  laughed - cried,  playing - begging. saw - found,etc.

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Day 3:

Panna ate tasty noodles and a small pizza for dinner.

Proper Noun - Panna
Common Noun - pizza (S), noodles(P), diiner(S)
Adjective- tasty, small
Article - a
Verb - ate
Do as directed:

Change the given proper noun - Preeti, etc
Change the adjective to see how the meaning changes. tasty - delicious, fresh, etc.
                                                                                         small - large, vegetarian, etc

Change the verb:  ate - brought, cooked, etc.

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Day 4

Janki walked to the music school as she missed her bus.

Proper noun - Janki
Common noun - school, bus
Adjective - music.
Article - the
Verb - walked, missed

Do as directed :

Change the given proper noun - Jiah,etc
Change the common noun into proper noun by giving it a special name:  school - Auxilium Convent High School.

Change the adjectives:  music - dance, skating, etc
 Change the verb:  walked - ran, etc. missed - forgot.

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Day 5:

Mini bought an art book and new toys for her little sister.

Proper noun - Mini
Common noun - book, toys, sister
 Adjective- little, art, new
Article - an
Verb - bought

Change the given proper noun -  Sudha,etc.
Change the common noun to a proper noun by giving it a special name: sister - Aarti

book - Panchatantra

Change the verb :  bought - gave, took, etc

Change the adjective to see how the meaning changes.

art- colourful, science, etcv
little- older, younger, good, etc

new- old, small, etc

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