bundle of books. Task: Read the passage and fill the blanks with correct homophones. The (weather/whether) was horrible outside. The wind was blowing stronger and faster.
The wind (howled/hauled) with a terrible noise. Vicky (new/ knew) that he had to find his dog Sam. He could (barley/barely) walk in the wind but he did not give up. Suddenly, he (heard/herd) the (wine / whine).
He whirled around and found it inside a drain. He quickly snatched him and went into the house. Task: Underline and understand the appropriate homographs in the sentences below. .
The bandage was wound around the wound. . Johnny was content with the content. .
The students project their project using a smart board. Contranyms An auto-antonym or autantonym, also called a contronym or contranym, is a word with multiple meanings (senses) of which one is the reverse of another. Eg. Dust: When you dust are you applying dust or removing it?
It depends on whether you’re dusting the crops or furniture. Seed: If you seed the lawn you add seeds, but if you seed a tomato you remove them. Unit- - - Critical - - Grammar Active and Passive Forms Let us understand In a sentence the action of a subject in relation to the object can be expressed in two ways. The fireman saved Senthil.
Senthil was saved by the fireman. In the first sentence, the subject (the fireman) is the doer of the action. In the second sentence, the subject (Senthil) is acted upon. The meaning in both sentences is the same but the focus on the subject changes and the doer of the action takes a secondary role in the passive sentence.
In the active form, the subject completes the action of the sentence. It starts with a subject, followed by a verb and objects. E.g. Alexander cut the Gordian knot .
(Subject) (verb) (object) In the Passive Form, the object in the active form becomes the subject. The Gordian kno t was cut by Alexander . (Subject) (Verb) (Doer) Note that the