An Australian shepherd dog.
An Australian shepherd dog. Suppose he now saw his master appear: how would you expect him to react? And if his master was unkind, how would you expect him to react then?
Worksheet No. 1
These Worksheets are based on textbooks written by NL Clay (1905-1991) and used in English schools from the 1920s to the 1960s. They focus on vocabulary, sentence structure, and clear speaking. They are best studied in pairs or small groups, because that allows you to pool ideas and encourages you to speak; but you may of course share your sentences with me.
For each group of words, compose a single sentence that uses at least one of them. They are generated randomly from a list of very common English words.
I. Big. Them. Sexual.
II. Whose. Sing. View.
III. Go. Quite. Short.
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Observation
How could you tell the following?
IThat a dog was pleased to see his master. IIThat a group of people was plotting. IIIThat a neighbourhood was affluent.
Avenue. Bark. Clip. Drive. Furtive. Garden. Gate. Glance. Head. Hedge. Huddle. Jump. Lawn. Leafy. Lick. Manicure. Mansion. Mow. Neat. Paw. Quiet. Storey. Sweep. Tail. Together. Traffic. Tree. Trim. Wag. Whisper. Wide.
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Vocabulary
Use each of the following words in a sentence. If your chosen word were blanked out, could someone guess what it was from your sentence?
IEasel. IIRace. IIISurgeon.
Grammar
Show by means of sentences that these seven words can all be used as a verb. How many of them can you use as a noun too?
IBrush. IIGrow. IIIHumble. IVKeep. VParty. VISnap. VIITravel.
Narration
Turn these notes into a complete passage.
Farmer. Kept a goose. Laid an egg of pure gold. Wouldn’t wait till next morning. Killed her. Expected gold inside. Found none. Greed can be costly.
For our version of this story, see The Goose with the Golden Egg.
Elocution
Read each group of words out clearly:
ICane, Gain. IICourse, gorse. IIIFur, fare. IVKing, kin. VPair, peer. VIStare, steer. VIIWere, where. VIIIWing, win.
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Read this short passage out aloud, clearly and without haste. Under what circumstances might this quotation be appropriate?
’Tis hard for kings to steer
an equal course,
And they who banish one oft gain a worse.
John Dryden (1631-1700), in Tarquin and Tullia.
