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B. Time for grammar

1. Read the following experience of an American astronaut, Marsha Sue
Ivins, and write an exciting or thrilling experience of your own in a
short paragraph.

“I’ve spent a total of 55 days in space, over the course of ¿ve missions for
NASA. I’ve learned that being out there isn’t just a series of breath taking
moments. It’s a mix of the transcendently magical and the deeply prosaic.
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It can be crowed, noisy and occasionally uncomfortable. Space travel at
least the way we do it today isn’t glamorous. But you can’t beat the view!”
2. Compare the following sentences, and observe the agreement between
the subjects and the verbs.
a. He helps needy people. a. You help poor people.

b. She likes watching serials. b. We like watching cricket.
c. Either they or she has asked for c. Neither Daawa nor his friends
support. have asked any questions.
d. The writer and editor is d. The writer and the editor are
walking on the road walking on the road.
e. None of the garbage was e. None of the sentences were
picked up. CDC written correctly.

f. One of the students of this f. Some of the students of this
class
class
is missing.
are missing.
Curriculum by the principal.
come on time?
g.
Does
g. Do the drivers come on time?
h. A cow is grazing. h. Cattle are grazing.
A lot of children are awarded
i.
i. A lot of water is wasted.
C. Follow-up activity
Rewrite the following passage choosing the correct forms of verbs.

When man ¿rst made music, he probably …….. (starts/started) by beating

sticks together or by hitting a hollow log with a stick. This, of course,
…….. (is/are) just rhythm, without melody. Rhythm, one of the ingredients that
……. (go/goes) together to make up music, is the oldest.
What exactly ……. (is/are) rhythm? In music, the word rhythm means the
steady beat of time. It refers to time patterns that repeat over and over
again. Some people ……. (has/have) the idea that only fast music has
rhythm. This is not so. Rhythm is found in all music, whether it is slow or fast

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