Usually children sit idle at home during vacation and do nothing to reinforce their learning. The Institute of ELC has designed this series of REINFORCEMENT for the young children. The worksheet in your hand is made by Ms Shabana Rizvi

1. Q: Underline the collective nouns in the following sentences.
1. "Have you seen my flock of sheep?' asked Mary.
2. The man walked across the fields where the cattle grazed.
3. "The Golden Treasury' is a very popular anthology of poems.
4. At the end of the day, the farmer returned home with his herd of cows.
5. The gang of robbers looted the bank and fled.
6. The audience clapped and cheered at the end of the show.
7. The gang of robbers looted the bank and fled.
8. Sara has lost the entire bunch of keys.
9. The team arrived late.
Q: Fill in the blanks with suitable conjunctions from the list given below. You may use the
same conjunction more than once.
and till because unless but until when or
1. You must wait here_________ your father comes to fetch you.
2. I cannot sleep _________ I read a book.
3. Hamza _________ Omar are cousins.
4. Please wait _________I am ready.
5. Rabab's cousin _________ Omar's brother went with us on a picnic.
6. Nasir caught the ball_________ dropped it.
7. _________You run, you will miss the bus.
8. Naila _________ Sara will bring the book to school.
9. Naila could not go for a walk _________ she got up late,
10._________ Aamir opened the door, he found a strange man standing outside.

2. Q. Use the words given below to fill in the blanks before the underlined uncountable
nouns
Some any no and much
1. There is a saying that _______ news is good news.
2. Did you drink _______ milk today?
3. How _______ rice did he eat at lunch?
4. Would you like to listen to_______ music?
Q: Change these common nouns to abstract nouns using the suffixes given.
-ry -ism -hood -ship
1. Hero __________________
2. Brave __________________
3. Boy __________________
4. Partner __________________
5. Slave __________________
6. Mother __________________
7. Member __________________
8. Patriot __________________
9. Friend __________________
10.Poet __________________
(b). Use any five abstract nouns in sentences of your own.
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Q: Fill in the blanks with appropriate forms of personal pronouns.
1. My mother wanted __________ to have my dinner early, but I told __________
that __________ was not feeling hungry.
2. We do not know what to do. Can __________ please help __________?
3. Can __________ tell me the time? __________ have lost my watch.
4. Don’t be hasty. __________ must think before you do anything.
Q: Replace the repeated nouns with appropriate pronouns and write the following
sentences again.
1. When John was walking in the garden, john saw a boy waving to john.
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2. Aamir said that Aamir had not met his brother yesterday. Aamir had gone to his
sister’s house, because Aamir’s sister had been ill.
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3. The passengers of the train said that the train always ran late and so, the
passengers had decided that the passenger would write a letter to the newspaper
about it.
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Q: Fill in the blanks with appropriate forms of personal nouns.
1. I gave _________ some money when he needed _______ but now _______ does
not even speak to ________.
2. Our teachers told ________, ________ cannot leave till you have finished the
task_______ I have given ________.

4. Q: Change the tenses of the verbs to the past perfect:
1. John sang a beautiful song at the party.
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2. John wants to become a doctor.
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3. He has lived in a village all his life.
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4. I have not seen him so sad before.
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5. Imran hopes to become a schoolteacher.
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Q: Name the tenses of the underlined verbs:
1. Jack has not finished the work his mother gave him. __________________
2. John had forgotten to learn his lessons. __________________
3. By the end of the year, Sue will have worked as a typist for twenty years.
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4. Someone has stolen Mary's pen. ___
5. The boy stood on the burning desk. __________________
6. The little boy is asking for oranges and his mother has nothing to give him but river
water, and so hi is crying. __________________
7. The swallows flew to Egypt. __________________
8. The young man was writing at a desk. He was trying to finish a play for the theatre.
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Q. Change the given sentences into negative and interrogative.
1. I am going to plan a new journey.
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5. 2. We have won the match.
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3. They were fighting with each other on the road.
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4. They were shopping for clothes to wear during the festival.
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5. The swallows flew to Egypt.
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6. Sajid’s mother was helping him to dress when the telephone rang.
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7. The show will end with a song and a dance.
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8. The boy stood on the burning deck.
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6. 9. Saba will have finished her rehearsal by afternoon.
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Q. Write the past and past participle form of the given verbs.
Verb Past Past Participle
begin
hide
write
eat
choose
give
speak
Q: State whether the underlined words in the following sentences are countable or
uncountable nouns.
1. The man spent all his money on books, and lived happily in poverty.
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2. John bought a new car and took us all for a ride.
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3. I am very fond of rice and have it at every meal.
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4. I'll have a glass of milk.
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7. 5. There's a space for your car there.
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6. I bought glass for the car window.
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7. There are hundreds of stars in space.
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Q: Describe the picture.
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