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Look at the sentences below. Notice that the verbs (Italicized) are all in their bare form.

(a) Simple commands:


- Stand up!


- Put it here


(b) Directions: (to reach your home)


Board Bus No. 121 and get down at Sagar Restaurant. From there turn right and walk till you reach a book shop. My home is just behind the shop.


(c) Do's and Don'ts:


1. Always get up for your elders.


2. Don't shout in class.


(d) Instructions for making a fruit salad-


Ingredients


Oranges - 2


Pineapple - one large piece


Cherries - 250 grams


Bananas- 2


(Any other fruit you like)


Wash the fruit. Cut them into small pieces. Mix them well. Add a few drops of lime juice. Add sugar to taste. Now add some cream (or ice-cream if you wish to make fruit salad with ice-cream.)


(1) Now work in pairs. Give


(i) two commands to your partner.


(ii) two do's and don'ts to a new student in your class.


(iii) directions to get to each other's houses.


(iv) instructions for moving the body in an exercise or a dance, or for cooking something.

You can perform this activity with one of your friends.


More from this chapter

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1

Match the words/phrases in Column A with their meanings in Column B.







































A



B



(1) slaving



(i) a quarrel or an argument



(2) chaos



(ii) remove something from inside another thing using a sharp tool



(3) rummage



(iii) strange, mysterious, difficult to explain



(4) scrape out



(iv) finish successfully, achieve



(5) stumble over, tumble into



(v) search for something by moving things around hurriedly or carelessly



(6) accomplish



(vi) complete confusion and disorder



(7) uncanny



(vii) fall, or step awkwardly while walking



(8) (to have or get into) a row



(viii) working hard


 2

Use suitable words or phrases from Column-A above to complete the paragraph given below.

A Traffic Jam


During power cuts, when traffic lights go off, there is utter_______ at crossroads. Drivers add to the confusion by________over their right of way, and nearly come to blows. Sometimes passers-by, seeing a few policemen__________ at regulating traffic, step in to help. This gives them a feeling of having_______ something.

 3

The table below has some proverbs telling you what to do and what not to do. Fill in the blanks and add a few more such proverbs to the table.























Positive



Negative



(i) Save for a rainy day.



(i) Don’t cry over spilt milk.



(ii) Make hay while the sun shines.



(ii) Don't put the cart before the horse.



(iii) ____ before you leap.



(iii) ____a mountain out of a mole hill.



(iv) ____and let live.



(iv) ____all your eggs in one basket.


 1

You have seen how Jerome, George and Harris mess up their packing, especially of the hamper. From their mistakes you must have thought of some 'dos' and 'don'ts" for packing. Can you give some tips for packing by completing the paragraph below?

First pack all the heavy items, especially the ones you don't need right away. Then. . .


Here are some words and phrases you can use to begin your sentences with:


● Then ● Next ● Now


● Remember ● Don't forget ● At last/ Finally