Term 3 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
When do you use the present continuous tense?
Give an example.
It’s describes continuous actions in the present.
I am eating. //am// is the present tense helping verb (auxiliary verb) //eating// is the continuous verb
What do we call a word that is a helping verb.
An auxiliary verb.
When do you use the past continuous tense?
Give an example.
It’s describes continuous actions in the past.
I was eating. //was// is the past tense helping verb (auxiliary verb) //eating// is the continuous verb
When do you use the future continuous tense?
Give an example.
It’s describes continuous actions in the future.
I shall be eating. //shall be// is the future tense helping verb (auxiliary verb) //eating// is the continuous verb
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
What is a simile?
Give some examples
A simile describes one thing in terms of another, usually using the word “like” or “as”..
She arrived like a whirlwind. They ran around like frightened children. When I ask people to recycle, it is like hitting a brick wall! Eat like a horse. Like a screaming baby. As sour as vinegar. As sick as a dog. As playful as a kitten. As hard as nails. As light as a feather.
Give examples of metaphors.
The wind sneaks in through the door and skulks around looking for some paper to snatch.
What is a conjunction and give examples.
A conjunction joins words, sentences or phrases.
E.g and, but, or, nor
