ENGLISH LANGUAGE – GRADE 6

Study pack was prepared by Ms. Chamini Abeywardhene

Dinapala

Dear students,We hope you all are safe from COVID 19 pandemic. Here with theactivities and notes of some lessons which are to be completedduring the second term.

Please follow them and complete the activities whenyou come to school again.

Thank you

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UNIT 04 – WHAT CAN YOU SEE

DEMONSTRATIVES

What are Demonstratives?

Demonstrative pronouns identify someone orsomething.

Eg;- This is my chair.

That is Rukman’s house

These are her clothes.

Those are migrating birds.

Demonstrative adjectives describe a noun.

E.g. This chair is mine.(Noun)

That house is expensive.(Noun)

These clothes are wet.(Noun)

Those birds are flying.(Noun)

So, THIS, THAT, THESE and THOSE are demonstratives. All ofthem act as

1. Demonstrative pronouns2. Demonstrative adjectives.

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Extra Activities

UNIT 04 – ACTIVITY 01 (PUPIL’S BOOK)

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UNIT 05 –AUNT MINOLI’S KITCHEN

Use of ‘AND’

Connects words or sentences. ‘AND’ is a conjunction.

What are other Conjunctions??...

But Or Although Even though Though

Etc...

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Joining two sentences using ‘AND’

1. I have a car.2. I have a van.

I have a car and a van.

1. Minoli can speak English.2. Minoli can speak Tamil.

Minoli can speak English and Tamil.

1. The rat ran fast.2. The rat grabbed the piece of

cheese.

The rat ran fast and grabbed thepiece of cheese.

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*Here the both ‘Akila’ and ‘He’ referr to a same person.

1. Akila opened the door.2. He ran fast.

Akila opened the door and ran fast.

AkilaHe

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Do not repeat the same word twice in the connectedsentence.

Example:-

1. I have a car.2. I have a van.

I have a car and I have a van. WRONG

I have a car and a van. CORRECT

Join these sentences using “And”

1. Wathsala is short. She is thin.2. Minoli can cook well. She can sew.3. I got up late. I couldn’t catch the bus.4. There are mangoes on the table.

There are oranges on the table.5. Ruwangi reads well.

She writes well.6. My brother helps my sister.

My sister helps my brother.7. Add some sugar to the mixture. Add some salt to the

mixture.8. I have a new hand bag. I have a new purse.9. Please give me your pen. Please give me your pencil.

10.We went to the police. We complained about therobbery.

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Extra Activities: Activity 7 , Activity 8

UNIT 06 – WHAT WE DO

Simple Present Tense.

*Tasks of ‘Simple Present Tense’

To express habits. To express facts. To express thoughts. To express feelings. T expresses general actions that are repeated.

Ruwini cleans the classroom every day.

Verb - Singular

Subject - Singular

Object

Girls come to school early.

Verb - Plural

ObjectSubject - Plural

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*Pronouns and verbs

A. Singular subjects + Singular verbs

He

She

It

A girl

Rizwi

B. Plural subjects + Plural verbs

I

You

They

We

Singular verbs* eats*studies*cuts

Plural verbs

*eat

*study

* cut

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*Making questions

1. Ruwini cleans the classroom every day.

Does Ruwini clean the classroom every day?

2.Girls come to school early.

does clean

comedo

Do girls come to school early?

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*Adding ‘not’ – Negative Sentences

1. Dogs chase cats.

Dogs do not chase cats.

Dogs don’t chase cats.

2.My dog chases cats.

My dog does not chase cats.

My dog doesn’t chase cats.

EXTRA ACTIVITIES

Activity -07 Activity- 08 Activity- 09 Activity -11

Do not – Don’t

Does not – Doesn’t

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UNIT 07 – A FINE DAY

Use of ‘has’ and ‘have’ as main verbs.

*As main verbs,both words (has, have) carry the meaning,

‘available’. ().

I have a ball.

She has a long hair.

Sanduni has a brother.

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*’Has’ and ‘Have’ with pronouns.

I

We

You

They

He

She

It

1. I have a big house.2. We have lots of friends.3. You have beautiful eyes.4. They havemoney.5. Rabbits have long ears.

1. He has a gun.2. She has a gold bangle.3. It has a bushy tail.4. Minoli has a nice kitchen.

Plural Nouns Have

Singular Nouns Has

Plural Nouns

Singular Nouns

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*Adding “ not”

1. I have not a big house.I haven’t a big house.

2. She has not a gold bangle.She hasn’t a gold bangle.

*Making Questions.

1. He has a gun.Does he have a gun?

2. We have lot of friends.Do we have lot of friends?

Complete the sentences using ‘has’ or ‘have’

1. The clown …………………………… three balloons.2. The girls ………………………………… a band.3. Ben………………………………………… four presents.4. Sally ………………………………………. A teddy bear.5. The witch ………………………………. A cat.6. Menu, Beena and Fazeel ……………………….. a tent.7. My family ………………………………….. a car.8. Sithru and Teena …………………………… many books.9. Anuththara …………………………… a short hair.

10. Children …………………………….. money.

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Extra Activities: Activity 9, Activity 11

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