2nd term English and language skills CAT

Words that are pronounced the same, spelled the same but have different meanings are called ___________.

• Homophones

• Homonyms

• Synonyms

Say if the homonym in these sentences is a noun or verb.

a. I will park the truck there.

b. She is in the park.

• Noun/Verb

• Verb/Noun

• Verb/Verb

Say if the homonym in these sentences is a noun or verb.

a. The box is huge.

b. My jewelleries are in the box

• Noun/Noun

• Noun/Verb

• Verb/Verb

(a)   is the collective noun for ships.

(a)   is the collective noun for sailors.

Identify the auxiliary verb in the sentence;

Anna is writing a book.

• Anna

• is

• Writing

Complete the sentence with the appropriate auxiliary verb.

Victor and I _______ go to Italy next month.

• are

• were

• shall

Complete this sentence with the appropriate helping and main verb.

The horses ______ _________ across the field.

• are/galloping

• were/ galloped

• is/ galloping

Forming a present participle does not take much effort as all you have got to do is add ‘ing’ to the end of the main verb.

• True

• False

The present participle of ‘collect’ is ____________.

• collected

• collectting

• Collecting