Use ‘all’ or ‘both’ in the blanks. Tell your partner why you chose one or the other.

(i) He has two brothers. ______ are lawyers.

(ii) More than ten persons called. _______ of them wanted to see you.

(iii) They ________ cheered the team.

(iv) _____ her parents are teachers.

(v) How much have you got? Give me ___ of it.

Fill in the blanks in the sentences below using the appropriate forms of the words given in the following box.

(i) I met a ______ from an antique land.

(ii) I need special _____ in mathematics. I can’t count the number of times I have failed in the subject.

(iii) The guide called Stephen Hawking a worthy _____ to Issac Newton.

(iv) His other problems ____ into insignificance beside this unforeseen mishap.

(v) The meeting was _____ by the youngest member of the board.

(vi) Some people say ‘yours ____ ‘ when they informally refer to themselves.

(vii) I wish it had been a ____ match. We would have been spared the noise of celebrations, at least.

Look at the following words.

Can you create a meaningful phrase using both these words? (It is simple. Add ‘ing’ to the verb and use it before the noun. Put an article at the beginning)…. a walking stick.

Now make six such phrases using the

words given in the box.

Complete each sentence using the right form of the adjective given in brackets.

(i) My friend has one of the _____ cars on the road. (fast)

(ii) This is the ____ story I have ever read. (interesting)

(iii) What you are doing now is ____ than what you did yesterday. (easy)

(iv) Ramesh and his wife are both ____ (short)

(v) He arrived ______ as usual. Even the chief guest came ____ than he did. (late, early)

Say the following words with correct stress. Pronounce the parts given in bold loudly and clearly.

● In a word having more than one syllable, the stressed syllable is the one that is more prominent than the other syllable(s)

● A word has as many syllables as it has vowels.

man (one syllable)

manner (two syllables)

● The mark (‘) indicates that the first syllable in ‘manner’ is more prominent than the other.