SENTENCE CONSTRUCTION AND VOCABULARY p.6 assignment

Exercises

Structures…………..rather than……………just………../ too…….to……..)

1. She should read her books. She is just playing.(Join using——–rather than——-)
2. I had better visit my aunt ————than remain at home.
3. He married a European . He did not want to marry an African. (join using …….rather than…….)
4. I would like to stay at home. I don’t want to go out . (………….rather than………)
5. Why don’t you wear the back shoes. Leave the brown ones. ()use…..rather………)
6. She enjoys helping her grandmother . She doesn’t like helping her uncle.

Plurals of compound nouns.

Give the plural of the following :-

* step – mother __________

* mother –in-law________

* brother- in –law____

* half – brother _________

Read and pronounce the vocabulary correctly construct sentence using the vocabulary.

 Use the correct form of the word in brackets to complete the sentence.

1. Most of the ________________chairs were broken in the strike. (wood)
2. The carpenter __________the table with varnish. (polish)
3. Mr. Muyanja is a professional ______________________. (design)
4. A saw is used for ______________planks into smaller pieces. (cut)
5. The carpenter made the wood smooth with a plane before fixing the ___________.(shut)

Guided Composition.

Use the words in the table to complete the story.

took, away, taxi, pair of trousers, sewing , explained, holidays , centre, fashions, tailors.

A VISIT TO THE TAILOR.

During ________________, my father wanted to buy for me a pair of trousers. We had to look for a very good tailor with modern __________________. First we want to Owino market but we failed to get attractive fabric.  Then we walked through old __________park upwards and reached Kiyembe shopping _______________. Here there are a lot of people with a variety of __________ machines that do all sorts of design.

Mr. Waibi is one of the __________________in Kiyembe so we went straight to him. My father ______________ to him the type of  cloth. we wanted. Mr. Wabi ______my measurements and said that the ______________would be ready after three days. Dad paid him 70,000 shillings and we walked______________.

Exercise.

Picture composition.

A ____________________________________

B_____________________________________
C_____________________________________

D_____________________________________
E_____________________________________

F_____________________________________

1. g) Where do you Apollo will go after leaving the tailors work place ?

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1. h) Why did he go to the tailor’s place ?

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i)What is machine in  picture story.

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1. j) Suggest title to the picture story.

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1. g) Complete the guided conversation below by filling in the correct responses between Kush and Desire.
2. i) Kush : What are you cutting with a pair of scissors, Desire ?

Desire :__________________________________________________________________

2) Kush: What are you going to sew ?

Desire :__________________________________________________________________

3. Kush: By the way, what did you specialize in ?

Desire :__________________________________________________________________

4. What is that long narrow strip of plastic on your shoulders ?

Desire :__________________________________________________________________

5.Kuash : Do you mind patching my torn trousers first ?

Desire :__________________________________________________________________

6 Kush : A nail : How much will charge me for patching it ?

Desire :__________________________________________________________________

7. Kush : Isn’t one thousand five hundred shillings too much ?
8. Desire : Okey , I shall reduce

Kush : Thank you so much.

Match the following words with the sentences below.

A                                                              B

1. knead   –   A person who sells cakes and  sweets.
2. recipe  –   the foods that are combined to make a particular dish.
3. dough – a person who bakes bread
4. Yeast – to press and stretch dough with hands to make it smooth.
5. baker        –  a type of fungus used to make bread or cakes rise.
6. confectioner – a thick mixture of flour, water and yeast ready to be baked
7. Ingredents – a set of instructions required for preparing a particular dish.