7ENG1.2 Warm up with Tara and Friends

 1.2 Warm up with Tara and Friends

Tara: 

Hi Bittu!

Hi Paddy!

Hi Kuku !

I'm so excited about starting studies again.

Oh, no! Holidays are over!

More play on the  school  ground.

Hi Tara. I'm excited too! I'll see my  Friends.

I'm sad without Paddy.

We are lucky! We don't have school.

Mia, you will never learn. 

Holidays are over!

More pr on the ground

We are suc We don't

excited coor In see my

Mia. You hever learn

The games on this page will help the students to recall what they have learnt earlier ; and the teacher to assess how much they know.

GAME 1

One-Two-Three !

Step One: Letters

Form poirs. One person says the alphabet from A to z in his mind till the other person stops him. Write down the letter you get

A:-- A ,...b.....c.....d.....e.....f......

B: Stop !

Step Two: Words

Both partners write 3 words each beginning with that letter.

A:   Fun, fish frog.

 B:  Face, finger, foot.

Step Three: Phroses

Exchange the words you write. Then use the words you get to write meaningful phrases

A: My face, Finger Chips, frog's foot .

B: O what fun! green frog, A fish tank.

GAME 2

Be quick!

Form groups of 5. Choose one of the following tables at a time. Each one in the group reads aloud the words from the table as fast as possible. Who can read all the words in one table within 15 seconds? Practise reading these words aloud correctly till you can do so in 15 seconds.

GAME 3

Who scores the most?

Fill in the above table within 2 minutes using words of at least 3 letters each. Words ending with plural s/es. -ing, -ed, -en are not allowed. Use the following chart to calculate the score.

Form pairs. Exchange your notebooks and cross-check your scores.

Unbelievable... interesting... surprising...

Activity: Word Art

Prepare attractive English labels for your notebooks. Make a bookmark for your textbook by writing the letters in your name/the title of the textbook one below the other. TRY to ..............

GAME 4

Scenes out of the hat!

Write the following titles of different scenes on slips of paper. Fold the slips and put them in an upturned hat. Form pairs. Draw lots. Each pair should enact the scene written on their slip. Each speaker should get o chance to speak at least 2-3 times.

(1) Asking a friend for his postal address.

(2) Asking a friend for his telephone number.

(3) Talking to a friend only in exclamations, while you are walking around in a garden.

(4) Inviting a friend to your birthday party.

(5)  Asking a friend to lend you her notebook.

(6)  Saying sorry to someone for trodding on his/her foot.

(7) Offering a glass of water to a guest.

(8) Asking your teacher's permission to enter/leave the class.

(9) Answering the phone.

(10) Thanking your neighbour for giving you sweets.

(11) Interrupt your friends twice while he/she is telling you something.

(12) Asking your teacher about the meaning or pronunciation of a word.

(13)  Asking your teacher to explain something to you again.

Tara: 

It's so crowded around here!

What a perfect jogging tracki

Let me got

Come over to our place for my birthday party?

Do we have to give presents?

How old are you?

Six, running seven, today. I'll be seven tomorrow.

Teacher could you explain that, please?

Why don't you pay attention?

GAME 5

A friendly challenge!

Form pairs. Write a wrong sentence and ask your partner to correct it. If necessary, refer to the following tables, but feel free to frame your own sentences. But remember, you must be able to correct your own wrong sentence.

Correct the incorrect sentences.

(Please correct  following   incorrect

sentences.)

I is a parrot.

My teacher  are very nice. 

I  like miks.

You doesn't study bard.

They red apple eat.

I like play bail.

GAME 6

Questions Race

Write one meaningful question each beginning with the following words.The first one to do so is the winner! You must use new ideas  in each question.

GAME 7

Mirror, mirror, on the wall.

Within five minutes, write down as many sentences as you can,  replacing the words in the boxes with those given below each  box. Translate your sentences into your mother tongue and have fun.

The teacher should get the students to

demonstrate their sentences with the help of mirrors  to add to fun . 

The Parts of Speech

Every name is called a noun, 

As field and fountain, street and town,

In place of noun the pronoun stands, 

As he and she can clap their hands.

The adjective describes a thing.

As magic wand or bridal ring. 

The verb means action, something done,

To read and write, to jump and run.

 How things are done the adverbs tell,

As quickly, slowly, badly, well.

The preposition shows relation, 

As in the street or at the station.

Conjunctions join, in many ways. 

Sentences, words, or phrase and phrase.

The interjection cries out, "Hark! 

I need an exclamation mark!

Through poetry, we learn how each 

of these make up THE PARTS OF SPEECH.

The tree figure shows the different parts of speech and their examples given in the poem. Write appropriate labels in the tree figure with the help of the poem.