The Street that Got Mislaid - Unit 1 More Reading Worksheet 1

Worksheets - Reader 8

Read this notice put up at Meera Bazaar, 7 M G Marg, Allahabad 211001and then complete the worksheets that follow.

Have you seen this dog? Gopu, aged 3, was last seen on 20 January at no 1 M G Marg outside Frozen Delights, the ice cream parlour at the corner. It was about 4 p.m. when Vinay, aged ten, took him for a walk to the tailor shop next to the ice cream parlour. Gopu has smooth brown skin and is a mixed breedLabrador and Doberman. He is about 2 feet tall with a long nose and a bushy tail. At the time that he went missing, Gopu had a black leather collar with a red buckle. He likes ice cream! Anyone with information about Gopu should contact Vinay or his father, A A Kumar at no 6, M G Marg Allahabad 211001. Tel: 2497783, 9840672245.

Worksheet 1b When Vinay went to the police station to complain he had to fill in a form. Complete the form using the information from the notice.

Missing item form 1 Lost: 2 Description: 3 Last seen: 4 Other information: 5 Contact:

Worksheet 1c Draw a map of M G Marg showing the location of the ice cream parlour, Vinays house and the tailor shop. Refer to Worksheet 1 for details.

Worksheet 1d Reading for Pleasure Passage 1 Labrador Retriever The Labrador Retriever (also Labrador, or Lab for short) is one of several kinds of Retriever, a type of hunting dog. The Labrador is a popular breed ; the dogs of this breed are loving, kind and compassionate and widely used by police and other officials for work. Typically, labradors are athletic and love to swim, play catch and retrieve objects and are good with young children. The modern labrador's ancestors originated on the island of Newfoundland, now part of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The founding breed of the labrador was the St. Johns Water Dog, a breed that grew on the island in the 16th century. The ancestors of the St. John's Dog are not known, but were probably a mix of English, Irish and Portuguese working dogs. Fishermen in Newfoundland originally used the St. Johns dog to assist in carrying ropes between boats, towing and helping to retrieve fishnets in the water. The labradors loyalty and special skills were valuable assets for fishermen. A number of St. Johns Dogs were brought back to England in the early 19th century. They were prized as sporting and hunting dogs and many kennels breeding these dogs developed in England. The first written reference to the breed was in 1814 in a sports manual called Instructions to Young Sportsmen by Colonel Peter Hawker. By 1870 the name Labrador Retriever became common in England.

Passage 2 dr/) Newfoundland and Labrador (pronounced /njufndlnd nd lbr Newfoundland and Labrador is the eastern-most eastern province of Canada with the capital at St Johns. The Strait of Belle Isle separates the province into two geographical divisions, Labrador and Newfoundland and the province also includes over seven thousand other small islands. islands The name Newfoundland is derived from English: New Found Land (a translation from the Latin Terra Nova), Labrador comes from Portuguese: lavrador, a title meaning Landholder, held by a Portuguese explorer of the region Joo Fernandes Lavrador. Newfoundland is roughly triangular and Labrador is an irregular shape. Together, Newfoundland and Labrador make up 4.06% of Canadas area.

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Motto: Quaerite primum regnum Dei

English: : Seek ye first the kingdom of God (Matthew ( 6:33)

Structure and Usage

Worksheet 2 Adverbs This passage describes a man trying to put on his coat in a dignified manner in a restaurant. Rewrite the passage, correcting the errors or making improvements related to the form and/or position of the adverbs and adverb phrases in bold. Some adverbs and adverb phrases may not require corrections. I took my coat from the back of the chair and, gripping (1) firmly the collar with my left hand; put my right arm into the right sleeve. With the coat half on, I stretched (2) backwards my left arm to catch the left sleeve. Somehow I couldnt find it, so I tried again and missed (3) once more. Absorbed in what I was doing (4) completely, I didnt notice that my body was beginning to move (5) undignifiedly in an anti-clockwise direction. As I twisted (6) clumsily, the coat twisted too; the sleeve remained (7) in a stubborn fashion the same distance from my hand. I could feel sweat beginning to break out on my forehead. It was as if the sleeves had grown (8) more closely together. I grunted and groaned (9) loud as I struggled to gain the upper hand or more (10) accurate perhaps, the upper sleeve. No man can remain standing while (11) madly twisting and stabbing at a (12) fastly moving sleeve. I began to lose my balance. (13) Slowly I sank to the ground. Lying there in a heap with my coat covering (14) partially me, I glanced up at my companion. Neither of us said a word. Never before had she seen a man wrestled to the ground by his own coat (15) so aggressively.

Words in Use
Worksheet 3 Make as many sentences as possible from the table. bought purchased hired rented rented out Ive sold borrowed acquired lent let the my a house car money business pen tent television picture dog

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Speech Practice
Worksheet 4a Practice saying these sentences with your friend. Talk about which words you would stress upon to convey meaning 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. The red water bottle has cold water. How many pencils were there in the box? You shouldve remembered to bring your homework. Excuse me, but this is not my bag! Our class teacher is the tall lady on the left

Worksheet 4b Speech practice Work in pairs. Practise saying the following with your partner. Remember to use the weak form of the words in bold

1 A glass of water. 2 Ill go and check. 3 Ive tried to explain. 4 Two hundred and sixteen students. 5 She went to Bombay. 6 He had to leave. 7 A piece of advice. 8 The first of December. 9 My brother and sister. 10 Ive lots to tell her. 11 A loaf of bread 12 Tea and Coffee

Writing Worksheet 5 Work in pairs. List and correct all the errors in this paragraph about a strange dream. Rewrite the paragraph on a separate page.

One day in June, the weather was cool and I studied the whole day. I was very tired. I went to my bed and fell asleep. Suddenly there came a friend to me and asked me to go with him. That friend left my town two years ago so it was strange to meet him. I went with my friend. We walked into a very dark hall and when there were steps, we went upstairs. There were a garden of flowers and I was in amazement because of the scene. Then an angry man beckoned me to come near. I was afraid but I had to go near because in my back there were two men holding a gun.

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Answers Worksheet 1b Missing item form 1 Lost: pet dog called Gopu 2 Description: about 3 years old, Labrador and Doberman mixed breed, about 2 feet tall, with a bushy tail and long nose. 3 Last seen: at 4 p.m. near Frozen Delights ice cream parlour at 1, M G Marg. 4 Other information: has a black leather collar with a red a buckle, likes ice cream, 5 Contact: A A Kumar, 6 M G Marg Allahabad 211001 Tel: 2497783, 9840672245. Structure and Usage Worksheet 2 Adverbs I took my coat from the back of the chair and, gripping the collar (1) firmly with my left hand; put my right arm into the right sleeve. With the coat half on, I stretched my left arm (2) backwards to catch the left sleeve. Somehow I couldnt find it, so I tried again and missed (3) once more. (4) Completely absorbed in what I was

doing I didnt notice that my body was beginning to move (5) in an undignified, anti-clockwise direction. As I twisted (6) clumsily, the coat twisted too; the sleeve remained (7) stubbornly the same distance from my

hand. I could feel sweat beginning to break out on my forehead. It was as if the sleeves had grown (8) closer together. I grunted and groaned (9) loudly as I struggled to gain the upper hand or more (10) accurately perhaps, the upper sleeve. No man can remain standing while (11) madly twisting and stabbing at a (12) fast-

moving sleeve. I began to lose my balance. I sank (13) slowly to the ground. Lying there in a heap with my coat (14) partially covering me, I glanced up at my companion. Neither of us said a word. Never before had she seen a man wrestled to the ground by his own coat (15) so aggressively . Words in Use Worksheet 3 Individual responses must be encouraged.

Writing Worksheet 5

ERROR to my bed there came a friend left to meet when there were stairs upstairs were a garden was in amazement because of beckoned me to come over In my back holding a gun to bed

CORRECTION a friend came had left meeting when we came to some stairs up them was a garden was amazed at beckoned to me behind me holding guns