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Workbook
Grade 7
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First Print - 2015
Second Print - 2016
Third Print - 2017
Fourth Print - 2018
Fifth Print - 2019
Sixth Print - 2020
ISBN 978-955-25-0099-2
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The National Anthem of Sri Lanka
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Monitoring and Supervision - Mr. W. M. Jayantha Wickramanayaka
Commissioner General of Educational
Publications
Educational Publications Department
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Panel of Writers
1. Mrs. R.W.P.L.K. Rambukwella - Teacher
WP/Pili/ Lankasabha Vidyalaya
Moratuwa
2. Ms. Esala Erangi Malawithanthri - Master Trainer
Kalutara Zonal Education Office
3. Mrs. N. Nadeeka Liyanagamage - Teacher
WP/ Jaya/ Kottawa Dharmapala M.V.
Kottawa
4 . Mrs. D. R. Jeewanthi De Silva - In-Service-Adviser
Negombo Zone
5. Mr. Anura Dhammika Edirimanne - Teacher
St. John’s College
Nugegoda
6. Mrs. W. Indumini Darshika - Assistant Commissioner
Educational Publications Department
Language Editing
Mr. R.M.D. Rohan - Lecturer
Pasdunrata National College of Education
Proof Reading
Mr. Jayalath Wickramasinghe - Teacher
Eheliyagoda National College
Illustrations
Mr. Ruwan Indrajith Upasena - Teacher
St. Joseph Boys' School
Grandpass, Colombo 14
Cover Design
Mrs. D.M. Jayani Nisansala Dissanayaka - Educational Publications Department
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CONTENTS
Unit Page
02 - FRIENDS INDEED 11
03 - PLEASURE 18
04 - A BUSY DAY 31
08 - WONDERS AROUND US 55
10 - FUTURE 71
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UNIT 01
ACTIVITY 01
Match the opposite words.
a) cold fast
b) soft old
c) young hard
d) slow hot
e) small happy
f) sad big
ACTIVITY 02
Circle the opposites of the words given in the next page.
A B O V E S Q H M W Y A
E B N C W M D E J N F C
A M B D L B R A P Q Z T
S U W Q W P Y V W R L I
Y T L O O S E Y E G M V
S H F C J V N V A C B E
P R E S E N T M K P I F
D N L R M K G U L B T K
W E M S O F T N J R T D
E C S Y J Z S M T A E B
T R F A R U C V K V R M
M Z N Y X X T B P E W C
What You See Unit 01 1
near timid
tight sweet
below lazy dry light
wet absent hard strong
ACTIVITY 03
Write instructions to the following picture clues for the water gravity
magic.
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ACTIVITY 05
A bowl of sugar
A packet of tea
A cup of tea
A jug of water
A slice of bread
ACTIVITY 07
1. Name:
2. Birthday:
3. Village / town (where he was born):
4. Father:
5. Mother:
6. Schools and Universities attended:
7. Subjects learnt:
8. Profession:
9. Works (books written):
10.Death:
ACTIVITY 08
Read the following data sheet and write a similar description about
Ananda Samarakoon.
Name :
Ananda Samarakoon
Birth :
January 13, 1911
Village :
Liyanwela
Father :
Samuel Samarakoon
Mother :
Dominga Pieris
Schools :
Wewala Government Sinhala School and Christian College,
Kotte.
Profession: A teacher of art and music
Works : Composed the National Anthem, many other songs like
“Sirisaru sara kethe”, “Ennada menike”,
Death : April 5, 1962
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ACTIVITY 09
Read the table given below. Write sentences to describe each using
‘has’ , ‘have’ or ‘had’.
ACTIVITY 10
Read this essay on MY SCHOOL.
My school is Dharmapala Vidyalaya. It is in Middeniya. It is a mixed
school. It has several large buildings, a library and a small playground.
It has classes up to grade thirteen. There are about sixty teachers and
about one thousand five hundred students in my school. The founder
of my school is Sir Henry Steel Olcott. Our principal is Mrs.Chamila
Gunasekara.
The place I like most is the library. There are very valuable books in it. I
borrow books from the library every Friday. When I am free, I go to the
library to read newspapers.
All our teachers are very kind, friendly and helpful. I am proud of my
school.
2. Place
5.The principal
6.The founder
ACTIVITY 11
ACTIVITY 13
Read the paragraph and circle the compound nouns.
Friends Indeed
ACTIVITY 01
Rewrite these in the possessive form using the apostrophe correctly.
e. g. :- The tie that belongs to Meena – Meena’s tie.
ACTIVITY 02
Rewrite these using the contracted form.
e. g. :- Look, there is nothing in my hands.
Look, there’s nothing in my hands.
ACTIVITY 03
Correct the errors in the following sentences. Use the apostrophe
correctly.
1. We should always listen to our parent’s advice.
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2. Aunty Monica had twin baby girls’.
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3. Uncle Naleen bought ten kilos of potatoes’ at the fair.
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4. My pet dog has broken it’s leg.
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5. Im’ Punara.
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6. Its going to rain again, so you’d better bring your umbrella.
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7. My brothers’ name is Chenuka.
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8. My mother isnt’ a house wife.
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ACTIVITY 04
Can you write these using the apostrophe?
Bad Slow
High Long
Empty Up
First Dry
Soft Old
Fat Open
Cold Dark
Dirty Front
Left Easy
ACTIVITY 06
Rewrite the following sentences using the similar words given below
for the underlined words.
ACTIVITY 08
Read the poem ‘I Lost My Head’ and fill in the gaps with the opposite
of the word in the bracket.
.................................I go to sleep each night (after)
I ...........................remove my head, (last)
and set it gently ........................... upon (up)
the night stand by my bed.
And every ..................................... when I wake (evening)
I stretch my arms and yawn,
then pick my head up carefully
and put it right back on.
I put my head on ............................... (forward)
when I woke up ............................. (today)
and every time I turned my head,
I looked the other way.
I ................................. walking into walls (finished)
and falling ........................ the stairs. (up)
I stumbled into tables
and I tumbled ......................... chairs. (under)
Read and find the mistakes of the following sentences. Correct them
and write in the space provided.
Pleasure
ACTIVITY 01
Fill in the blanks with is, isn’t, was, wasn’t, were, weren’t, will,
won’t be
ACTIVITY 02
Complete the paragraph.
(fly, paddy field, kites, holiday, children, sizes, beautiful, shapes,
colours, happy)
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Flying kites is an interesting hobby among................. I like my second
term ………………………….. because I can …………………..
kites. I can make …………………….. kites. There are kites of
different ………………………, …………………………. and
……………………. I go to the .......................to fly kites. I am
………………….. when my kite goes up. My friends come to fly
………………. with me. I enjoy flying kites.
ACTIVITY 03
What must you do to keep your classroom neat and tidy?
ACTIVITY 04
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ACTIVITY 05
Fill in the blanks with must/mustn’t.
ACTIVITY 06
ACTIVITY 07
Pleasure Unit 03 20
1. It can fly in the sky. k i t e
9. It is a large nut. c n
ACTIVITY 08
Look at the pictures. What’s your advice? Use should and shouldn’t.
Pleasure Unit 03 21
I have a toothache. Every morning I
B go to school late.
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My hands are
dirty.
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ACTIVITY 09
Your friends paid you a visit. Write the questions that you would use
to offer them food and drinks.
How can you offer them? Use - Would you like…………………………?
tea cutlets
coffee cake
plantains biscuits
sandwiches
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ACTIVITY 10
Here’s a problem. Read it.
No time to do my homework.
I am Chathura. I am in Grade 7. My father and mother are government
officers. I’m the only child in my family. My grandmother looks after me
because my parents go to work every day. I come home from the school
around 2.30 p.m. Then I have my lunch and watch television. After that
I go to play with my friends. I return home around 6.00 in the evening.
I have a wash before my parents come and I start my studies. When I
have a lot of homework, I can’t finish them. Then I go to school without
doing my homework. I usually have my dinner at 8.30 p.m. and go to bed
around 9.00 p.m. I’m worried. Please help me.
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ACTIVITY 11
Pronounce the words given below. Put them in the correct column.
(/f/ and /p/ difference)
frown, prawn, frog, plant, plate, flat, plum, fruit, plug, fight, plight,
plane, frame, form, plan, pan, fan, paper, puppy, floppy, fat, pat, fill,
fall, fit
Words that begin with /f/ sound Words that begin with /p/ sound
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ACTIVITY 12
Describe the following picture.
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ACTIVITY 13
Complete the blanks using words given in the box.
can, cannot, must, must not, should, should not,
would, would not
a) It’s raining. We __________ go out now.
b) We ___________ wash our hands before eating.
c) The view is beautiful. You ___________ take a photograph.
d) The road is narrow. You __________ drive fast.
e) My hands are dirty. I __________ answer the phone.
f) You ________ eat well now or you _________ be hungry.
g) She is not well. She ________ come to school tomorrow.
ACTIVITY 14
Listen to the description and complete the following map.
Right Left
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Well 2
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Town Hall 3
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ACTIVITY 15
Read the following note. Imagine that you are Kokila and write a reply.
Dear Kokila,
Saranga
Dear ………..
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ACTIVITY 16
Find the word with a different sound and underline it.
a) wish, wash, dish, toss
b) miss, toss, gloss, moss
c) crush, cross, brush, flush
d) ship, shop, tip, sip
e) soot, route, boot, soap
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ACTIVITY 17
Read the notice given below and answer the given questions.
Colour Me
An Exhibition of Arts and Crafts for raising funds
organized by
The School of Differently Abled
will be held
from 18 -21st September 2019
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ACTIVITY 18
You are about to celebrate your 13th birthday. Write a letter of
invitation to your friend asking him/ her to attend the party that your
parents have organized. (Tell him/ her what he / she can do there.)
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UNIT 04
A Busy Day
ACTIVITY 01
Find the information from the notice and write them in the blanks.
NOTICE
This is a note Chenuka got from Radil. Write the reply to Radil.
Chenuka,
Is your brother admitted to the Homagama Hospital? What’s
wrong with him? What is his ward number? I am planning to
visit him this evening.
Radil
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ACTIVITY 03
Study the picture given. Write five sentences describing the picture.
Use more than 6 words for each sentence.
ACTIVITY 04
Circle the collective nouns in these sentences.
1) A crew of sailors landed the island.
2) A school of salmon swam up the stream.
3) I had to climb two flights of stairs to go to the new class.
4) I looked up at the night sky and saw a galaxy of stars.
5) Heaps of trash filled our garbage bin after the holidays.
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ACTIVITY 05
Match the picture with the correct word.
1 2 3
4 5 6
7 8 9
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swarm of bees ............ flock of sheep ............
bouquet of flowers ............ school of whales ............
pride of lions ............ troop of monkeys ............
herd of cattle ............ flight of stairs ............
collection of stamps............ crowd of people ............
ACTIVITY 01
Fill in the blanks with “and, but” or “or”.
1. The train stopped …………. a lot of people got off.
2. I would like to buy a new bicycle ……………. I don’t have enough
money.
3. Rashmi didn’t go to the musical show. She stayed at home
………………. read a novel.
4. We can go by bus …………… we can walk.
5. He has a lot of money …………. he doesn’t spend much.
6. I have seen that girl ……………. I don’t know her name.
ACTIVITY 02
Combine the sentences using and/but/or.
1. Turn to page 24.
Read the first paragraph.
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2. I phoned you last evening.
You didn’t answer the phone.
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3. Do you want to study at my house?
Shall I come to yours?
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ACTIVITY 03
Combine these sentences with “and, but” or “or.”
1. I don’t have a lot of money. I’m happy.
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2. Mahen is tall. His sister is short.
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3. He sat on the bench. He looked at the sky.
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4. We can play cricket./ We can watch a cartoon.
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5. Praveen can play the flute. He can’t play the violin.
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6. I saw you at the park yesterday. You didn’t see me.
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7. Maya can sing. She can dance.
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8. During the holidays we will visit our uncle./ Go on a trip to Jaffna.
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9. Please be quiet. Leave this room.
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10. The saree was beautiful. It was expensive.
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A …………….... .dinosaur
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ate ………………
short, tiny …………….
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Tyrannosaurus Rex
walked on ..………………...
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ACTIVITY 05
Use the given facts and write a small paragraph about “Trincomalee.”
• A port city
• In the Eastern Province of Sri Lanka
• Has a long history
• Home of the famous Koneswaram Hindu Temple
• Famous for the natural harbour
• Harbour was known as Gokanna/Gokarna in the past
• Many people visit Trincomalee
• beaches
• Seven hot water springs
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ACTIVITY 08
Listen and draw.
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You feel slightly unfit. You want to know if you should go to the doctor.
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ACTIVITY 02
Use the given facts and write a small paragraph about green leaves.
Green Leaves
• Nutritious, rich in vitamins, minerals and fiber
• Helps us to fight diseases
• Good for eyes, teeth and hair
• Easily found. e.g. :- Gotukola (vallarai), Mukunuwenna
(ponnangkani), amaranth leaves (Thampala / Mulaikkeerai)
• Can be grown at home – saves money
ACTIVITY 04
Imagine you were absent from school yesterday. Write a letter of
excuse to your class teacher as written by your father, mother or
guardian.
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ACTIVITY 05
Construct sentences.
Rukshan always feeds his dog before it gets dark.
I will call you I come to meet you.
Birds fly to their nests he goes to school in the
morning.
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ACTIVITY 06
This is a note written by Ravi to his friend. It is not complete. Listen
to your teacher and complete it.
25-05-2015.
Dear ...............................
I won’t be able to come to school …………. because I sprained my ankle
at the …………. ………………… yesterday. Could you please send
me your ……………. through my ……………… ……………….? I
will definitely return them ……………….
Ravi
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ACTIVITY 09
Can you remember the steps of making a vegetable salad? Can you
name the fruits needed to make a fruit salad? Write them here.
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ACTIVITY 01
Match the adjectives.
A - Positive B - Comparative C - Superlative
A B C
strong older cleverest
heavy faster strongest
clever higher oldest
old weaker fastest
bright stronger highest
fast easier brightest
high simpler easiest
weak brighter simplest
easy cleverer weakest
simple heavier heaviest
ACTIVITY 02
ACTIVITY 03
Match A with B.
A B
go heavily
listen brightly
eat fluently
speak quickly
sing suddenly
shine greedily
fight soundly
sleep attentively
rain sweetly
leave bravely
ACTIVITY 04
Fill in the blanks with the correct adverb.
1. I can’t understand you. Can you speak …………………….? (slow)
2. He is very humble. He spoke to us ……………………….. (humble)
3. I know her. She can sing ……………………….. (beautiful)
4. That man is very weak. He can’t walk …………….. (fast)
5. Don’t shout. The baby is sleeping …………………………..(sound)
ACTIVITY 06
Fill in the blanks with
quickly, loudly, late, fast
An Adventurous Deed!
Oh! It fell down and its body was separated into pieces.
Wonders Around Us
ACTIVITY 01
Find the new seven wonders of the world in the following table.
T Q T G O X P T Q Z O L Q M P W P M
A K I I Z E A E L U H H F O Y Y E Z
J N K Z F J T N T J A K N Z R T T Q
M P E I M M U M W R X U Z C A W R U
A R T A E C A S H S A M U Z M D A B
H N H C O L O S S E U M L G I B Y X
A A Q V U W S X S W J D M P D S H V
L F C H I C H E N I T Z A D S G T H
P M A C H U P I C C H U A D O M L R
K X G W P H S G O K J H P D F C N A
X Z Q K P N I S Y Z V V U Z G H J Z
N G R E A T W A L L O F C H I N A U
P B A G V U R Z W J F W T E Z S U U
U U B X E X G Z C A L U U R A J X D
U A C M K O Q L A K G L S K B R F Q
C H R I S T T H E R E D E E M E R V
J D Y B E Y J F V M F P I J R W U J
T W G U G A C T E E E A E C Y N O S
ACTIVITY 03
Write the verb in brackets in the past continuous tense.
1. What ....................... (you do) when he arrived?
2. She ....................... (watch) TV at two o’clock.
3. They ....................... (not sleep) at five o’clock.
4. Kelum .....................(work) when I telephoned.
5. Raman ...................(study) science while they were studying history.
ACTIVITY 04
Make questions using the past continuous form.
1. you / talk / with your friends?
2. they / laugh / at the cinema
3. you / shop / with your cousins?
4. he / run / when he saw the dog
5. he / dance / at the party
ACTIVITY 05
1. Underline the compound nouns in the following sentences.
1. Is this the bus stop for the number 122 bus?
2. We can see fireflies at night when it doesn’t rain.
3. Sri Lanka plays football for the world cup.
4. We always get holidays on full moon poya days.
5. Some schools don’t have blackboards nowadays.
6. We always eat breakfast at 7.00 a.m.
7. The kind well-wisher donated a washing machine to the hospital.
8. Some prefer practising in the river but some like the swimming pool.
9. I like to get up at sunrise.
10. “You need a haircut,” said teacher to her student.
ACTIVITY 06
Form compound nouns by using the following words.
bow chew snow boat
man ball shoe room
sail chair flag fire
ball cool foot man
lamp cakes pan rain
police bed
ACTIVITY 07
Re-write the following jumbled words to form compound nouns.
Birthday Party
Uwe Kind
When I reached my home at seven,
Max was playing the guitar
Jane was sitting on the table
eating pickles from a jar.
Mark was sitting at the piano
playing sonatas for Louise,
and my parrot Paul was singing
all the tunes and melodies.
ACTIVITY 01
Underline the prepositions.
1. The two boys are standing near the clock tower.
2. The thief climbed over the wall and ran away.
3. My mother hung a beautiful picture on the wall above my bed.
4. Please turn down the volume of the radio. It’s too loud.
5. In the fairy tale the witch turned the prince into a frog.
ACTIVITY 02
Listen to your friend and draw. (Activity 6 in the Pupil’s book)
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wife ………………….
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roof
calf ……………………
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elf
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thief
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ACTIVITY 04
Write about Adam’s Peak using the given facts.
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Use the simple past tense or the present perfect tense to complete
the sentences.
ACTIVITY 06
Fill in the blanks.
1. In Sri Lanka August is …………….. (hot) than October.
2. The Atlantic ocean is ………………. ( large) than the Indian ocean.
3. Out of all the students in the class, I am the ……………. (tall).
4. The room looks ………………. (clean and nice) than yesterday.
5. That is the …………….. (funny) movie I have ever seen.
6. This exam was ………… (easy) than the previous one.
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ACTIVITY 07
9. The king punished him saying that he showed disrespect to his king.
10. The king was pleased and gave him a lot of valuable gifts.
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ACTIVITY 10
Describe the following picture.
Future
ACTIVITY 01
Do this puzzle.
1 2
f t e 1. Time to come
3. A shortage of food
5. A similar word to “author”
3 4 6. A cartoon story
f m e
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ACTIVITY 02
Here is an application to join the ‘Readers’ & Writers’ Club’ of your
school. Fill the application form.
READERS’ & WRITERS’ CLUB
APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP
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Date Signature of the applicant
ACTIVITY 03
Read the dialogue in the Pupil’s textbook and name the pictures.
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ACTIVITY 04
• It is the fourth planet from the sun and the second smallest planet in
the solar system. This is known as the ‘Red Planet.’ Man will make
his first exciting voyage to this planet very soon. M _ _ _
ACTIVITY 05
Put the verbs into the correct form of the future continuous tense.
i. At midnight we……………………… (sleep) .
ii. By this time next week we…………… (sit) at the beach.
iii. At nine I……………………… (watch) the news.
iv. Tonight we ………………(study) for our English test.
v. They ……………………….(dance) at the party.
vi. Next year we ………………. ( study) in grade eight.
vii. We all …………….. ( clean) our classroom every morning.
viii. We ……………..( shift) to a new home next year.
ACTIVITY 06
2. Write these sentences using the negative form of the future continu-
ous tense.
e.g. :- She ................. (not/sing) that song at the concert.
She will not be singing that song at the concert.
1) When she arrives, I ………………..(not/read).
2) When she plays music, we ……………….. (not/sleep).
3) They…………………….. (not/do) their homework this afternoon.
4) Raheem……………….. (not/play) computer games before the exam.
5) The baby……………….. (not/cry) when sleeping.
6) He …………………….( not / play) all afternoon.
7) I ……………………….(not / work) all day.
8) He …………………..(not/come) tomorrow morning.
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ACTIVITY 07
Now form questions for the sentences in Activity 6 using the future
continuous tense.
ACTIVITY 08
Look at the pictures. Write what each friend’s mother will be doing during
the next weekend. The first is done for you.
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Tharushi / letter Savee / gardening
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ACTIVITY 09
Complete the following sentences using the simple future tense.
1. The English test …………. (be) on 7th July 2019.
2. The principal ………………. (give) a speech at the “Science Day.”
3. There ………………. (be) a Shramadana campaign to clean the
school compound.
4. The student ………………….. (go) to the library in the next period.
5. The Art Exhibition of the students …………………. (be) held at the
Auditorium.
6. Imran ……………….. (travel) to Ampara during the school vacation.
7. People …………………….(live) longer in the future.
8. Robots………………….. (do) most of our work.
9. Work hard and you ……………… (pass) the examination.
10. The grade 07 students……………………. (visit) Jaffna to distribute
stationery to displaced families.
ACTIVITY 10
Guessing Game
Imagine a future holiday and describe what you will be doing there this
time tomorrow/next week/next month until your partner guesses the place.
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