Precision is the path to Excellence

PMR English Language

Form 1
[Lesson
Grammar
14]

Verbs
A verb is a word that shows an action.
E.g.

Verbs and Adverbs

The dog ran across the street.

Ran is a verb. It shows an ACTION .

Exercise 1
Directions: Circle the verbs in the paragraphs.

Ms Chin Seow Hui

The children in the park told us about the story keeper. They said she lived

in this part of the city. A boy named Carlos took Mom and me to her place.
He waved his arm at a window high above the street. She lives there!
Carlos said. Then he darted away. I liked her as soon as I met her. We sat in
a large room.
The lions and the tigers in this zoo were so docile that I could not but treat
them as domestic animals like the dog and the cat. I went very close to
them, but they showed little interest in me. I then began to think of how the
animal or even human spirit could be broken by confinement. Confined to
their cages, these animals had become spiritless. Even the sight of food did
not see to excite them much.
My brother and I were then spending our holidays in an estate where our
father was employed. In the afternoons, my brother, who loves fishing, and I
would go out to catch fish from the streams not very far from our fathers
house.
Wherever the water was shallow, we got down into the streams and
searched for holes where fish usually like to shelter. When we found one, we
put our hands in and often caught some fish.

Exercise 2
Construct sentences using the verbs listed below.
1
fish
2

appreciate

escape

gain

forget

decide

satisfy

prepare

inspire

10 enlarge
11 jot
12 memorize
13 provide
14 behave
15 remind

Adverbs
An adverb describes a verb.
It tells when, where, or how.
E.g.

The dog ran quickly across the street.

Quickly is an adverb. It describes how the dog
ran.
There are three types of Adverbs:
A
d
v
e
r
b
s
o
f
P
T
M
i
a
l
m
n
a
e
n
c
e
r
s

Exercise 1
Each underlined word or phrase below is a type of adverb. Indicate which one it is.
1
The teachers are in a meeting at the moment.
2
Rizal spoke confidently at the Public Speaking competition.
3
We shall be in Pulau Pangkor by this time tomorrow.
4
He does his business honestly.
5
My temperature is going up.
6
You can see flowers everywhere.
7
We saw the black cobra two weeks ago.
8
He speaks politely to everyone.
Exercise 2
Fill in the blank with the best answer.
inside
outside
nearby
somewhere
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

around
past

nowhere
above

He locked the door but left the key _____________.

I saw his standing over _____________.
It is noisy down here. I will go and finish my work _____________.
He will be here soon. He lives _____________.
Poor me! I hadnt any friends and _____________ to go.
The man stared at me as he walked _____________.
Boys, go and play _____________.
I like to go to the Mall and spend my time walking _____________.
I think the music is coming from the flat _____________.
She says that she saw the purse around here _____________.

Exercise 3
Rearrange the words below to form meaningful sentences.
1
foolishly spent his money he all
2

soundly

started fire they were when the sleeping

there
upstairs

gracefully flew the air the kite through

impatiently mistakes of lot a his work and made did he

neatly wrote Alice her essay book her in