English Term 3 Test Flashcards
Insert a preposition into this sentence: I’m dreaming……..becoming a famous scientist one day.
About or of.
Add the preposition: We decided…………..(not to) buying the new car.
Against
Write your own sentences using the following prepositions:
From, under, through, behind
I received a new Ferrari from my grandpa for Christmas
The blanket man lives under the Howard Drive bridge.
Lucy stepped through the back of the cupboard into Narnia.
I hide behind the bathroom door to give my sister a fright.
Identify the words from this list that are NOT prepositions:
Lightbulb, theirs, from, school, wonderful, upon, to, throughout, off, before, inside, friendly, scary, yelled, beyond, favorite, under, by, across, into, home
Lightbulb, theirs, school, wonderful, throughout, friendly, scary, yelled, favorite, home.
What tenses do we use for ongoing actions?
The continuous tenses
What is the present continuous tense. Give an example.
It’s describes continuous actions in the present. E.g. I am eating
What do we call a word that is a helping verb. Give an example.
An auxiliary verb. I AM eating. “ Am” is the auxiliary verb and eating is the continuous verb.
When do you use the past continuous tense? Give an example.
For continuous actions in the past. E.g. I was eating.
When do you use the future continuous tense? Give an example.
To describe continuous actions in the future. E.g I shall be eating.
Change the following to the present continuous tense: I (eat)now I (ride) a hippopotamus now I (get) hungry now We (plan)the party now He (swim)in the river now He (sleep) in his comfortable bed now
I am eating now I am riding...now I am getting hungry now We are planning the party now He is swimming... Now He is sleeping.... Now
Give the plurals for the following words: Drum Chair Biscuit Sleeve
Drums
Chairs
Biscuits
Sleeves
Give the plurals for the following words: Box Glass Bus Kiss Match
Boxes Glasses Buses Kisses Matches
Give the plurals for the following: Fly Baby Pony Berry Dummy
Flies Babies Ponies Berries Dummies
Give the plural for the following: Shelf Elf Half Scarf Thief
Shelves Elves Halves Scarves Thieves
What is a simile? Give some examples
A simile describes one thing in terms of another, usually using the word “like”. E.g “She arrived like a whirlwind” or “they ran around like frightened children”.
