HOLIDAY WORK

G.H.S 2012

S.1 ENGLISH

1. Fill inthe 7 – letter words from the clues. Each word contains the letter t. the letters in the first column will spell the name of a country in North Africa.

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Clues

  1. A farm machine5. A cat may hurt you if it does this
  2. Completely, entirely6. To copy someone

A game in which you try to drop a 7. A person who does daring jumps and ball into a net leaps on ropes or on a trapeze

  1. Immediate

2. Write the phrases below, choosing a collective noun from thebox to fill each space

1a______of locusts

2a______of flowers

3a______of puppies

4a______of musicians

5a______of wolves

6a______of fish

7a______of elephants

8a______of stars

9a______of trees

10a______of bees

  1. Use collective nouns to fill the spaces

A ______of people was pouring into the local football ground to see two ______of players competing for a cup. A ______of birds circled overhead. The mayoress was to present the cup , and she received a ______of flowers. The ______was restless with excitement and small boys were chatting and jumping about like a ______of monkeys. Then the teams ran out from the dressing room up a ______of steps and the game began.

  1. Write these sentences,putting anoun made from theverb in brackets in the space.
  1. The prisoner had a fair ______( try)
  2. Drake sailed on a voyage of ______( explore)
  3. The files caused us a lot of ______( irritate)
  4. Your ______is only a slight one.( injure)
  5. Shouts of ______greeted the clown( laugh)
  6. The ______had to leave the competion.( lose)
  1. Write thesesentences,putting in capital letters where needed. Use a punctuation mark to take the place of each.*
  1. *I know where my purse is** I left it in the shop
  1. *do you see that bird ** said peter ** it is a pied wagtail**
  1. * I am going to the cinema to see the adventures of sherlock holmes** said gwen*** would you like to come with me**
  1. * hurry up ** said jeff** or we shall be late for the train**
  1. *here are the ingredients for the cake ** said mother** write them down* flour butter raisins baking powder milk**
  1. *remember the proverb** said father*** a stitch in time saves nine**
  1. Put in capital letters and punctuation marks where needed

julia and her cousin wendy were on holiday in southpool the first morning after they arrived they walked to the sandy shore intending to have a swim but when they came to the shore a very high tide was in and they had to change their plans

Instead they went to the fun fair where they spent a long time on the big dipper then they bought some ice – creams before going for a walk on the pier

  1. HOW LION AND WATHOG BECAME ENEMIES

In the heat of the midday sun, as Warthog led his young back from wallowing in the mud at the waterhole, he came across Lion who was whimpering loudly. Fearful of lion, Warthog was going to turn and go the other way, but Lion’s crying made him curious.

He approached Lion from a distance, ready todefend his young. Then,he noticed that lion’s foot was caught in a trap. The more he had tried to free his tawny body, the more lion had become trapped. The strong beast now lay exhausted on the dry grass, flicking his long tail.

‘ I have been lying here for days and I have not eaten, protested Lion. Please save me, Warthog.’

Warthog and his young stood still as they looked atsuffering Lion.

‘my body is growing weaker and weaker and I ‘ll die soon’, pleaded lion.

Then Warthog had pity on lion who was weakened by hunger and suffering and he freed him from thetrap.

As Warthog trotted away in search of berries , with his tail held up as straight as a tree, Lion watched his muddy youngsters trailing behind him. The sight of the little Warthog running through the long grass made him extremely hungry.

‘Youhave somany Warthogs in your litter! Said Lion, suddenly feeling stronger.’ Please let me have one.’

Warthog replied in disgust,’ I have just saved your life and now you want to eat one of my young!”

When lion began following them, the mother of the litter grew anxious and said to warthog, ‘ lion is a strong, powerful animal. We shall have to do what he said, ‘ when we reach our destination you may have one of my young , but first let’s have a look at that trap.’

Lion began toshow Warthog,how the trap worked. ‘How did ittrap you? Asked warthog, curious.

Lion held one end of a long, thick stick and asked Warthog to take hold of the other and hold it down.

‘but how was your foot caught?’ asked Warthog.

A lion put his foot in the trap to show how he had been trapped when out hunting alone, warthog took the stick away and Lion was caught once again.

When theWarthogs trotted away Lionpleaded with them tofree him.

‘you cannot be trusted, Lion,’ said Warthog from a long distance away. ‘Free yourself. We set youfree and in return you wanted toeat one of my young.’

And so lion stayed helpless in the trap for days and nights until his oncepowerful body grew weak and limp and he died.

To this day lion and Warthog are enemies. And if Lion happens tomeet Warthog, he will not hesitate to eat him.

  1. What was Lion doing when he was caught inthe trap?

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  1. How long had he been trappedwhen Warthog saw him?

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  1. Why didn’t Warthog run away as soon as he saw Lion?

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  1. Why did Warthogdecide tohelp Lion?

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  1. What did lion ask Warthog after he had been freed from the trap?

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  1. Why did Warthog agree to Lion’s request?

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  1. How did Warthogprevent Lion from getting what he wanted?

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END . GOOD LUCK