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Writing


                          Let’s write.

                  When we write sentences, we may use these four basic sentence patterns.
                        There is/was a …                    There are/were …

                        There was a farm nearby.            There were many animals in the forest.

                      Subject               Verb              Object
                      The tiger             saw               a buffalo.

                      Subject               Verb            Adverb Complement
                      Lee Ann               jogs              in the park.

                      Subject              Linking Verb Adverb Complement
                                                                                       Linking verbs include
                      The man               was               very wise.               the five sense verbs
                                                                                       (smell, hear, touch,
                      She                   feels             sad.                     see, feel) and ‘be’

                      The food              tasted            awful.                   verbs (is, am, are)


                        Let’s practise.

                  Write sentences based on the pictures and words given below.
                  Use the four types of sentences shown above.
                    1.                             2.                          3.









                            hot     crow                water pitcher                drink     little
                  Example: It was a hot day. There was a crow. He was so thirsty.

                    4.                   5.                    6.                  7.








                      idea    pebbles        rise     top      quench     thirst         happy





                   Write the story in neat cursive writing.

                             3.2.2(a)
                             3.2.1(a)                                                                  79




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