SECTION C

NOTE EXPANSION

Noni - walking school saw beggar - tree

beggar shivering hungry took lunch box - gave

ate up food eating smiled thanked - kindness

It is about a girl who gave her food to a beggar.

Find the verbs in the story: walking Continuous Tense saw Past Tense shivering Continuous Tense took Past Tense gave Past Tense ate Past Tense eating Continuous Tense smiled Past Tense thanked Past Tense

Introduction: Noni was a kind and helpful girl. She liked to help other people in trouble.

Subject
Noni She The beggar

Verb
was walking saw was sitting

Complement
to school a beggar. under a tree.

One day, Noni was walking to school. On her way, she saw a beggar. The beggar was sitting under a tree.

Subject The beggar He Noni She

Verb was shivering. was took out gave

Complement

hungry. her lunch box. the food to him.

The beggar was shivering. He was very hungry. Noni felt sorry for him. She took out her lunch box from her bag and gave the food to him.

Subject The beggar He He He

Verb ate up finished eating. smiled. thanked

Complement the food.

Noni for her kindness.

The beggar ate up all the food. After he finished eating, he smiled and thanked Noni for her kindness.

Ending: Noni felt happy because she had helped the beggar. She continued her walk to school with a big smile on her face.

Read the story again. Can you make it better?

Check for any mistakes:

1. Plural nouns (many shoes not many shoe; remember the s!) 2. Punctuation and capitalisation Capital letter at the beginning of sentences; a full stop at the end.

3. Make sure you use the correct articles check the article a. Do you put a in the correct places? (e.g.: Writing Woman is shopping is wrong! )

Check for any mistakes:

1. Do you use is and are or was and were correctly? (Remember: is/was singular, are/were plural) 2. There or They? (Do not confuse these two words!) 3. Make sure every sentence you write is related to the picture. (Do not write any sentence that is not related to the picture!) 4. Spelling Check and double-check!

Exercise:

Exercise:
TIME / SUBJECT VERB COMPLEMENT S V C LINKERS T Last Salim and went to the zoo. Sunday Raju They went with their parents. All of them were very happy.

Answer:

Last Sunday, Salim and Raju went to the zoo. They went there with their parents. All of them were very happy. They went there by car.

Exercise:

TIME / SUBJE LINKERS CT T S After that Salim Raju The elephant

VERB V

COMPLEMENT C

took was riding was

many pictures at the zoo. an elephant. very tame.

Answer:

They went there at eight oclock in the morning. They reached there at nine oclock. There were many people there. After that, Salim took many pictures at the zoo. Raju was riding an elephant. The elephant was very tame.

Exercise:

TIME / LINKERS T

SUBJECT S Raju

VERB V helped to take

COMPLEMENT C

Salims pictures with the monkeys Salim was giving banana to the monkey. The monkey enjoyed the banana.

Answer:

Raju helped Salim to take his picture with the monkey. Salim was giving banana to the monkey. The monkey enjoyed the bananas. They were very happy to come here. They hoped that they can come here again. They returned home happily.