SECTION C

NOTE EXPANSION
Noni - walking – school – saw– beggar – shivering – hungry –
beggar - tree took – lunch box - gave

ate up – food – eating – smiled –

thanked - kindness
It is about a girl who gave her
food to a beggar.
Find the verbs in the story:
walking Continuous Tense
saw Past Tense
shivering Continuous Tense
took Past Tense
gave Past Tense
ate Past Tense
eating Continuous Tense
smiled Past Tense
thanked Past Tense
Introduction:

Noni was a kind and

helpful girl. She liked to
help other people in
trouble.
Subject Verb Complement

Noni was walking to school

She saw a beggar.

The beggar was sitting under a tree.

One day, Noni was walking to

school. On her way, she saw a
beggar. The beggar was sitting
under a tree.
Subject Verb Complement

The beggar was shivering.

He was hungry.

Noni took out her lunch box.

She gave the food to him.

The beggar was shivering. He

was very hungry. Noni felt sorry
for him. She took out her lunch
box from her bag and gave the
food to him.
Subject Verb Complement

The beggar ate up the food.

He finished eating.

He smiled.

He thanked Noni for her

kindness.

The beggar ate up all the food.

After he finished eating, he
smiled and thanked Noni for her
kindness.
Ending:

Noni felt happy because she

had helped the beggar. She
continued her walk to school
with a big smile on her face.
Read the story again.
Can you make it better?
Check for any mistakes:
1. Plural nouns – (many shoes not many shoe; remember
the ‘s’!)

2. Punctuation and capitalisation – Capital letter at the

beginning of sentences; a full stop at the end.

3. Make sure you use the correct articles – check the

article „a‟. Do you put „a‟ in the correct places? (e.g.:
Writing “Woman is shopping” is wrong! )
Check for any mistakes:

1. Do you use „is‟ and „are‟ or „was‟ and „were‟ correctly?

(Remember: is/was – singular, are/were – plural)

2. „There‟ or „They‟? (Do not confuse these two words!)

3. Make sure every sentence you write is related to the

picture. (Do not write any sentence that is not related to
the picture!)

4. Spelling – Check and double-check!

Exercise:
Exercise:

TIME / SUBJECT VERB COMPLEMENT

LINKERS S V C
T
Last Salim and went to the zoo.
Sunday Raju
They went with their
parents.
All of them were very happy.
Answer:

Last Sunday, Salim and Raju went to

the zoo. They went there with their
parents. All of them were very happy.
They went there by car.
Exercise:
 TIME / SUBJE VERB COMPLEMENT
LINKERS CT V C
T S

After that Salim took many pictures at the

zoo.
Raju was an elephant.
riding
The was very tame.
elephant
Answer:

They went there at eight o’clock in the

morning. They reached there at nine
o’clock. There were many people there.
After that, Salim took many pictures at the
zoo. Raju was riding an elephant. The
elephant was very tame.
Exercise:
 TIME / SUBJECT VERB COMPLEMENT
LINKERS S V C
T
Raju helped to Salim’s
take pictures with
the monkeys
Salim was giving banana to the
monkey.
The monkey enjoyed the banana.
Answer:

Raju helped Salim to take his picture with

the monkey. Salim was giving banana to
the monkey. The monkey enjoyed the
bananas. They were very happy to come
here. They hoped that they can come here
again. They returned home happily.