Transcript Parts of Speech

Class-VII
GOVT. OF TAMILNADU
DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION
BRIDGE COURSE 2011-2012
CLASS VII - ENGLISH
GRAMMAR
PARTS OF SPEECH
EIGHT PARTS OF SPEECH
Nouns
Interjections
Adjectives
Conjunctions
ROLE PLAY
CONVERSATION - TESTING OF ORAL SKILL
CONVERSATION - TESTING OF ORAL SKILL
WORD THAT NAMES
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A Person
A
Place
 A Thing
 An Idea
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Say whether each noun names
a person, place, or thing.
1.
 2.
 3.
 4.
 5.
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teacher
game
Maine
friend
brother
6. soccer
7. football
8. stadium
9. woods
10. deer
“be” verbs
&
taste
feel
sound
look
appear
become
seem
grow
remain
stay
EVERY SENTENCE MUST HAVE
a
CIRCLE THE ACTION VERB IN EACH
SENTENCE BELOW.
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1. Sal listens to his favorite song.
2. Craig hits the baseball over the fence.
3. The little pig grunts.
4. The roof of the house leaks.
5. The hunter searches for a deer.
6. Dr. Gold examines his patient.
7. The bluebird in the tree sings beautifully.
8. The football team dashes out of the locker room.
9. Paul reads The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
10. Mrs. Gray buys a roll of paper towels at the store.
11. Judy solves the mystery.
12. Harold finds a purple crayon.
PLAY VIDEO 1
The pronoun is a word used in place of one or more nouns
It may stand for a person, place, thing, or idea.
Indefinite Pronouns
anybody
each
either
none
someone, one, etc.
Modifies or describes
a verb, an adjective,
or another adverb.
Answers the questions
He ran quickly.
She left yesterday.
We went there.
It was too hot!
To what degree or how much
TESTING OF VOCABULARY SKILL
A preposition introduces a noun or pronoun
or a phrase or clause functioning in the sentence
as a noun. The word or word group that the
preposition introduces is its object.
They received a postcard from Bobby telling
about his trip to Canada.
COMPOSITION
POETRY COMPREHENSION
I'll tell you a bit of my grandpa.
 I think he's a thousand years old.
 He must keep his hands in the freezer;
 I've never felt ice cubes that cold.
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The hair growing off of his earlobes
 Is more than the hair on his head.
 His eyes are all baggy and bloodshot.
 His nose is the same shade of red.
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His voice is like rickety floorboards.
 It crackles and groans when he speaks.
 Whenever he bends down to hug me
 it sounds like his skeleton creaks.
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QUESTIONS?
Give an attractive title to this poem .
 Pick out rhyming words in the poem
 Describe the old man in the poem .
 Write a few sentences about your Grandpa.
 Pick out the opposites of the words – young, hot,
different, less
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PARAGRAPH WRITING – CONSTRUCT A
PARAGRAPH USING THE GIVEN HINTS
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Burglar – Mr Singh’s bedroom - trying to open
cupboard – Mr Singh entered – switched on light
– burglar – hid under the bed – Mr Singh –
picked up cell phone and left – burglar fled
Conjunction
a word that joins words
or groups of words.
A conjunction is
or
but
Interjection
is an exclamatory word that expresses
emotion
Goodness! What a cute baby!
Wow! Look at that
sunset!
SPOT THE ERROR IN THE SENTENCE AND
REWRITE IT CORRECTLY
Taj Mahal is a wonderful building.
 My father gives many adviceses.
 We enjoyed moonlight last night.
 She resembles to her mother.
 I am in a trouble
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FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH THE
CORRECT FORM OF VERBS:
A.1.The brahman was horrified. ‘How---- (will / could) that
be?’ he asked.
2.“Your sons ----(have done/do) no wrong. why should one
of them go to his certain death? “.
3.Kunti smiled at him. “My son --- (will be/ is) in no danger.
4.“The Gods ---(have blessed/will blessed) him with the
enormous strength.
5. Then kunti ---(went/ had gone) into her part of the
house to look for Bhima
B. 1. When I ---- (go)to see Ram today he --- (type)
a letter
 2. I waited till he ---(finish) and then I ---(speak)
to him about the project.
 3. Three options --- (discuss) by us before we --(settle) on one of them.
 4. He ---(say) that he could ---(start) the project in
a week
 5. I think we have a good chance of ---(finish) the
project on time
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LETTER WRITING
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Write a letter to your friend describing how you
spent your vacation
If you could have any animal for a pet,
what would it be? Describe the pet and
tell how you would take care of it.
A car with hands…………..Write a short story
STORY TELLING – TESTING OF ORAL SKILL
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The teacher begins the first sentence of the
story and each student is asked to expand
upon to make it an interesting story ( every
student in the class should be given a chance )
you can choose from the prompts given below
1.It was the first snowfall of the year.
2.He hadn’t seen her since the day they left
High School.
3. The city burned, fire lighting up the night
sky.
4. She studied her face in the mirror.
5.They came back every year to lay flowers at
the spot.
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Write a dialogue between Mr. Smith and Mr Ram
discussing business . Give five responses each.