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A CONTINUATION of anagrams. An anagram is a word or phrase made by rearranging the letters of another. Trap is an anagram of part.
Can you do the following anagrams? Change sore into a noun naming a flower. Change ewe into an adjective meaning tiny.
Change stale into a verb meaning to rob. Change reef into an adjective meaning at liberty. Make ill into an adjective meaning full of hills. Make air into something to sit on. Make on mean half of twice.
Learn the following words: adventurous, fond of adventures; dull, not interesting; boring, earnest; sincere, and very serious, economical, avoiding waste, extravagant, wasteful; friendless, without friends; graceful, beautiful in movement; industrious – hard working; patient, willing to put up with waiting; penniless, without money, punctual, on time; reckless, very careless; stumpy, short and thick.
In the following sentences give each beginning its right ending: A reckless person is someone who is serious. A penniless person is someone who has no friends. An earnest person is someone who is on time. A punctual person is someone who tales no care.
A dull person is someone who has no money. A friendless boy is someone who bores you.
Now finish the following sentences: A graceful dancer is someone who . . . An extravagant person is someone who . . . An industrious worker is someone who . . . A patient person is someone who . . . An adventurous child is someone who . . . An economical cook is someone who . . .
Meanings: altitude, height, of aircraft or mountains(noun), depart, to go away, or (leave), enter to come in (verb), erratic, uncertain in movement (adjective), error, what is incorrect, a mistake (noun), generous, unselfish, or willing to share (adjective), icicle, a hanging spike of ice (noun), iron, the commonest and most important metal (noun), mountaineer, a person who climbs mountains (noun ), onlooker, a person who looks on (noun), ordeal, a hard or painful experience (noun), server, to cut apart or break off (verb), lengthen.
Complete each of these sentences with a word from the list. A list of words without showing how they are used in sentences is meaningless: If your frock is too short, we must . . . it. You must be an expert – to climb Mount Everest. The machine was made of steel, which is a specially strengthened form of -. He is a very – player and sometimes kicks the ball in the wrong direction altogether.
It is important as learners to have word books where you list new words thereafter work on them and make sentences. For example you can enter these: to crawl, to move on hands and knees. To decrease, to make or get smaller.
To hate, to dislike very much. To increase, to make or get bigger. To prepare, to get ready. To quack, to make the noise of a duck. To repeat, to do or say again. To tease, to annoy with joking remarks.
Now use each of the verbs in the list to complete one of these sentences. Begin like this: When we say something again, we repeat it.
I like to hear ducks -. I – to see children being cruel. To – the dinner means to get it ready. Our baby has just learnt to – on the floor. The numbers 9,8,7,6, – from 9 to 6. The numbers 5, 6, 7, 8, – from 5 to 8. It isn’t very nice to – your little brother.
Sihle increased her store of marbles. If we alter this to Sihle decreased her store of marbles, we give the sentence an opposite meaning.
Now give each of these sentences an opposite meaning by putting one of these verbs: stopped, bought, hate, arrived, disappeared in place of these verbs: love, began, appeared, sold and left.
I love getting up early. She began talking as soon as she saw me. Sam suddenly appeared round the corner. Yesterday we sold two brown hens. We left home just as it was getting dark.
Now give these sentences their right endings: To increase is the opposite of to – enter. To help is the opposite of – to sink. The opposite of to buy is – to decrease. The opposite of to float is – to sell. To go out is the opposite of – to hinder.
Put the right meaning with each verb. Begin like this: to appear, to come to sight. To bark, to scatter seeds on the ground. To depart, to open and close one eye. T sow, to come into sight. To wink, to go away.
Copy the sentences. Fill the blanks with these verbs: brays, glide, drive, blows, play, sails. A ship does not swim. It – .
The teacher does not ring the whistle. She – it. The donkey does not talk. It -. Pianists do not blow the piano. Motorists do not fly cars. They – them. Snakes do not run. They -.
Depending on the level of the learner I believe these exercises are quite handy and can help them remember some basics of English Language. Please suggest topics to be covered such that we become relevant to you.
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