Reading and Grammar Exercise (28 July 2015, Tuesday)

Ms Victoria Galvez

A) Learning Pronunciation: Phonics

1. Words ending with ce
Ace, Face, Lace, Pace, Race, Grace
Fence
Prince
Ice, Dice, Lice, Mice
Rice, Price, Spice, Nice, Twice
Place, Space
Lets practise: 1. Keep that pace and you will ace the race with grace! 2. The naughty boy jumped over the fence. 3. The prince
was a proud and arrogant man.
4. Throw the dice and eat the ice! 5. There is much lice on the mice. 6. The rice is twice the
price of the spice. Thats not nice! 7. Do you have any space at your place?
2. Words with ee (Part 1)
Bee, See, Free
Three VS Tree
Feed, Need, Seed, Weed
Bleed, Greed
Speed, Speech
Peek, Seek, Week
Feel, Peel, Steel
Green, Seem
Been, Seen, Teen, Screen
Lets practise: 1. See that free bee in the tree?
2. There are three trees in the garden.
3. You need to plant seeds and
feed them with water. As the seedlings grow, you need to weed them. 4. In her greed, Mary stole the money.
5. Do not read
your speech at a fast speed. No one can understand you.
6. Mary seeks a little peek at your week.
7. You have to feel the
skin of the orange to peel it.
8. It seems that he is green with envy.
9. It has been a long time since Ive seen that teen.
3. Words with ee (Part 2)
Deep, Sleep, Weep, Sheep
Sweep, Greet, Sheet, Street
Cheese, Geese
Beet, Feet
Breeze, Freeze
Sleeve, Sneeze
Lets practise: 1. She usually weeps before falling into a deep sleep.
2. When the robber greeted her on the street, Jane turned as
white as sheet. 3. Do not feed the geese cheese.
4. The beet plant beneath your feet.
5. Tom freezes in the breeze.
6. Dont sneeze and waste your nose on your sleeve.
4. Words with ea (Part 1)
Sea, Tea, Flea
Lead, Peach, Teach
Bead, Read
Leaf, Leak, Weak
Tease, Please, Peace
Peak, Speak
Lets practise: 1. The flea is swimming in the sea of tea.
2. The teacher is leading the class. 3. You should read instead of
play with the beads.
4. Water leaks from the weak leaf. 5. Dont tease him please, so we can have some peace.
6. She speaks of reaching the peak of the mountain.
5. Words with ea (Part 2)
Beam, Team, Steam
Cream, Dream, Scream
Stream
Lean, Mean, Bean
Leap, Heap, Reap, Cheap
East, Beast, Feast, Least, Yeast
Lets practise: 1. The team jumped over the beam in order to let off steam.
2. Mary dreams of being the cream of the crop.
3. The water is heading downstream.
4. The lean and mean man is not as skinny as a bean. 5. At least, lets have a feast
before heading for the East.
6. A skunk sat on a stump. The stump thought the skunk stunk. The skunk thought the stump stunk. What stunk the skunk or the
stump?
7. I need not your noodles; theyre needless to me. For kneading of noodles, that was needless, you see. But did my neat knickers
but need to kneed, I then have need of your needles indeed.
B) Reading Aloud
1 A person I will never forget
2 One Wednesday, when my father fetched me from school, I spotted a man standing on the curb of the road. Although six years
have passed, my mind has never left that person who stood on the road that fateful day.
3 He was a rather bizarre man, I remember. I always found him in the same location, at the same time, and almost wearing the
same clothes every day. However, he always wore a gigantic, thick jacket on scorching hot or sweltering days, but a shirt and short
pants on rainy days. Every time my eyes fell upon him, my mind would bubble with questions. He looked like a person who was
suffering from many difficulties.
4 One day, that man was standing across the street from my house. He did not even glance at my window, but simply stared at the
as he was in front of my house. He looked like an odd mannequin with the wrong kinds of clothes for the season. I gave him the
nickname Thomas, and tried to figure out his job, the type of home he had, and his reason for wearing a jacket on a warm day.
5 Then he looked at my window. I panicked and quickly closed my window.
C) Grammar 1: Comparison of Adjectives

- An adjective is a word that tells us something about a noun (e.g. beautiful girl). An adjective can be expressed in three different
degrees:
1. Positive degree: The adjective is used to compare two things or persons that are equal in some aspect.
E.g.s. Mrs Lee is as plump as Mrs Tan.
This show is as exciting as the other one. Your handwriting is as neat as mine.
2. Comparative degree: The adjective is used to compare two things or persons that are unequal.
E.g.s Mrs Wang is plumper than Mrs Tan. That show was more exciting than this one. His handwriting is neater than yours.
3. Superlative degree: The adjective is used to express the highest degree when THREE or more things or persons are compared.
E.g.s Mrs Wang is the plumpest of the three ladies. That show was the most exciting. His handwriting is the neatest of all.
Exercise 1.1: Fill in the comparative and superlative forms of the adjectives by adding -er and -est to them.
Positive
Comparative
Superlative
Able
Abler
Ablest
Bright
Brighter
Brightest
Broad
Brave
Clever
Coarse
Dim
Deep
Free
Fierce
Great
Grand
Exercise 1.2: Fill in the comparative and superlative forms by changing the end letter -y to -ier and -iest.
Positive
Comparative
Superlative
Angry
Angier
Angriest
Busy
Busier
Busiest
Clumsy
Crazy
Dry
Dreary
Early
Empty
Faulty
Flashy
Gloomy
Glossy
Exercise 1.3: Fill in the comparative and superlative forms by adding more and most.
Positive
Comparative
Superlative
Agile
More agile
Most agile
Ancient
More ancient
Most ancient
Beautiful
Cautious
Comfortable
Dangerous
Drunk
Expensive
Excellent
Foolish
Fantastic
Glorious
Gorgeous
Exercise 1.4: Fill in the irregular adjectives.
Positive
Comparative
Bad
Worse
Far
Farther / Further
Good
Little

Superlative
Worst
Farthest / Furthest

Many
Much
Well

Better

Best

Exercise 1.5: Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the adjectives in brackets.
1. He is the slower (slow) of the two workers.
2. This is the ______________ (happy) day of my life.
3. Shirleys hair is as ______________ (long) as Yvonnes.
4. You are ______________ (good) than Steven at solving mathematics problems.
5. He is the ____________________ (artistic) in his class.
6. This wig is the ______________ (ugly) of the two. But the one that the clown wore the other day was the _____________ (bad).
7. If you say that Tommy is ______________ (fat), you should see his father who is even ______________ (fat). But his mother is
the ______________ (fat) of them all.
8. I have put a ______________(little) sugar in your coffee but even ______________ (little) in mine.
9. Who is ______________ (reliable), Jean or Sue?
10. This diamond ring is the ______________ (valuable) of the three. Of course, it is also the ______________ (expensive).
Exercise 1.6: Rewrite the sentences, correcting the form of the adjective used.
1. Emily is elder of the three sisters.
Emily is the eldest of the three sisters.
2. Which of these two books is more thicker?
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3. Who has blown the most biggest balloon?
__________________________________________________________________________________.
4. This wrestler is heaviest than all the other wrestlers.
__________________________________________________________________________________.
5. This is the most exciting of the two movies.
__________________________________________________________________________________.
6. The two teams played hard to win. But Team B, the best team, won.
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7. This apple is the redder one I can find in the basket.
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8. Mark is more younger than Adam and Eric but he is the less timid among the three boys.
__________________________________________________________________________________.
Grammar 2: Forming Adjectives
- Adjectives can be formed by adding able, -al, -ic, -ious, -ful, -ish, -ive, -en, -ous and some to nouns and verbs. The spelling of
these nouns and verbs may need slight changes when forming adjectives from them.
Nouns / Verbs
Adjectives
Nouns / Verbs
Adjectives
Ability
Able
Change
Changeable
Accept
Charity
Accident
Accidental
Biology
Biological
Continent
Bible
Caution
Cautious
Adventure
Adventurous
Anxiety
Danger
Affection
Affectionate
Compassion
Anger
Angry
Craft
Beauty
Colour
Attract
Attractive
Compete
Friend
Friendly
Brother
Day
Daily
Dead
Decorate
Decorative
Destruct
Help
Helpless
Doubt
Health
Healthy
Love
Critic
Critical
Origin
Harm
Harmful
Pity
Tire
Tiresome
Trouble
Mercy
Merciless
Self
Luxury
Luxurious
Luxury
Silk
Silky
Shade
Terror
Terrible
Horror
West
Western
East
Mountain
Mountainous
Mystery
Fortune
Unfortunate
Please

Exercise 2.1: Form adjectives from the following words by adding -less or -ous. Make other necessary spelling changes.
1. help helpless 2. danger ____________ 3. courage ____________ 4. fury ____________
5. end ____________
6. continue ____________ 7. luxury ____________ 8. mercy ____________ 9. care ____________ 10. adventure ____________
Exercise 2.2: Form adjectives from the following words by adding -ful or -ish. Make other necessary spelling changes.
1. hope hopeless 2. care ____________
3. success ____________ 4. forget ____________ 5. boy ____________
6. red ____________
7. child ____________
8. yellow ____________ 9. fool ____________ 10. thought ____________
Exercise 2.3: Fill in the blanks with suitable adjectives formed from the words in brackets.
1. He was a very famous (fame) man in Cambodia.
2. That lady with the ____________ (gold) hair is from the ____________ (north) part of England.
3. This is an ____________ (attract) and very ____________ (luxury) vase.
4. He had an ____________ (enjoy) but ____________ (tire) time at the camp.
5. It was a ____________ (storm) night. It was ____________ (danger) to be out at sea as the waves were ____________ (giant)
and the wind was ____________ (strength).
Grammar 3: Adjectival Phrases and Clauses
- An adjectival phrase is a group of words that describes the noun directly in front of it. It has the same function as an adjective.
E.g.s The woman with an umbrella is my mother. The little girl in red is lost.
The man behind us has a moustache.
The fence between the two houses is broken.
The camera on the shelf is mine. The children over here are very active.
- An adjectival clause is a group of words that describes a noun. However, it is introduced with who, which, that etc.
Exercise 3: Join each pair of sentences using an adjectival phrase.
1. The girl is naughty. She is on the chair.
The girl on the chair is naughty.
2. The boy is sick. He is in the room.
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3. The men are factory workers. They are over there.
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4. The bag is mine. It is near the cupboard.
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5. The house has just been sold. It is opposite the playground.
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6. The man looks familiar. He is at the counter now.
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