English with Sathish!

  Tenses   Examples   1. Paul is learning English. 2. Yazhini is meeting the Prime Minister tomorrow. 3. Sumithra is always asking questions. 4. We are singing now. 5. Bharani has called the fire man and they are on their way 6. She has been living in this house for five years. 7. Father has returned from Vellore. 8. I have been singing since morning. 9. She has been studying since morning. 10. I have been working on this project for five hours and I am tired now. 11. We were decorating the house for the birthday party in the morning. 12. She was cooking when the guests arrived. 13. While I was watching T.V., he was sleeping . 14. Nithish was complaining constantly about something or the other. 15. He had appealed to the manager for a week's leave before I reached. 16. By 11 a.m. all the students had left the school campus after the Independence Day celebration. 17. If he had informed her, she would have waited for him.

  Simple, compound and complex I. Do as Directed 1. Ramesh changed his dress and went out to play. (Rewrite as a simple sentence) 2. At the age of six, Varsha started learning music. (into Complex) 3. As Varun is a voracious reader, he buys a lot of books. (into Simple) 4. Walk carefully lest you will fall down. (into Complex) 5. Praveen ran into the field so that he might congratulate the winners. (Rewrite as a simple sentence) 6. He is sick but he attends the rehearsal. (into Simple) 7. If Meena reads more, she will become proficient in the language. (into Compound) 8. He confessed that he was guilty. (into Simple) 9. The boy could not attend the special classes due to his mother’s illness. (into Compound) 10. He followed my suggestion. (into Complex) 11. Besides being a singer, she is also a dancer. (Rewrite as a compound sentence) 12. The trio met at the station. Varsha left for Madurai. (Change into a complex sentence) 13. Smita carried out the survey and

 Laughter is the best medicine              Laughter is the best medicine in everyone's life. People commit their life in busy schedules. Their busy schedules make them stressful and they face so many health issues. To avoid a such complications, laughing is the best therapy which can relieve us from all kinds of stress. To divert the attention from this stressful work schedule, we can get entertainment by watching some comedy movies and comical reality shows etc. which will make your mind peaceful. You can be friendly with a people who has some good sense of  humour. To avoid such stressful and busy schedules, laughter is the best medicine which help you to lead a healthy and happy life.

That Sunday Morning I. Synonyms 1.Exploring -  travelling for discovery  2. Imposing -  grand or impressive  3. Invariably -  always  4. Crowed -  boasted 5. Billowed out -  to flare out in the wind  6. Threatening -  warning  7. Blur -  unclear 8. Abruptly -  suddenly  9. Momentum -  the force of a moving body  10. Unfortunate -  unlucky  11. Startled -  frightened  12. Resplendent -  brilliant in appearance 13. Cavalry -  a unit of the army serving on horseback  14. Magnificent -  grand  15. Stampede -  rush  16. Dislodged -  freed 17. Groan -  an utterance expressing pain  18. Bellowed -  the cry of a cow  19. Scrambled -  to move or climb hurriedly  20. Awkward -  sensitive 21. Haughtily -  arrogantly  22. Scowl -  threatening look   23. Retreat -  to move away  24. Unpleasant -  disagreeable II. Antonyms 1. Shady x misery  2. Bored x calm  3. Glee x interested  4. Panic x slow  5. Hasty x sunny III. Answer the following questions. 1. Why did the family move to Patna? Answer: The f