1.2 Using better verbs

English home language

Grade 6

Module 3

Using better verbs

In your writing, like MISSION IMPOSSIBLE, always try to use the best verb you can. From the box below, select the most suitable verbs to replace the word ‘went’ in the sentences that follow. You may use each verb once only.

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1. The injured rugby player went from the field.

2. The car went through the red lights.

3. The stallion went across the fields.

4. The duck went into the water.

5. The helicopter went across the sky.

6. The small child went into the next room.

7. The thief went out of the room.

8. The diver went into the water.

9. The soldiers went through the city.

What TENSE is indicated by these verbs?

SUITABLE VERBS

Try your hand at inserting suitable verbs into these short sentences. The first one has been done for you.

A mechanic repairs cars.

A detective crimes.

A surgeon operations.

An author books.

A host guests.

A botanist plants.

Instructions

• Now that you have sharpened your VERB skills, put them to use creatively on page 25.
• Write an original story entitled MISSION IMPOSSIBLE, making use of as many clever verbs as possible. Your brilliant choice of verbs should help to create the atmosphere you desire. (Remember that I have seen Tom Cruise in the movie “Mission Impossible”, so do not tell me that story again). Pay special attention to working neatly.

Crime stop

13 crimes have been committed in the sentences below! Be a language detective and “ spot ” them with your highlighter. Send them to “ correctional services ” and rewrite the sentences correctly.

1. Cynthia had such a pane in her heal it maid her grown.

2. Fred was so greedy he ate a hole current cake without offering anyone else a peace.

3. Tom had such huge mussels he could lift too cars with his bear hands.

4. The drunkard spent the night in a prison sell and was find for using fowl language.

HOMOPHONES = Words which _____________-the

___________ , but are spelt differently.

CRIME BUSTERS

Terminology

Try this if you dare

Mission Impossible?

There are two secret agents, 005 and 007. Each is trying to get his own top scientist out of Slobodia. Agent 005’s man is Dr C. Hoo Dares; 007 is watching Dr B. A. Fraid. To get out of Slobodia secretly they must cross the Purple River, or they will be caught. No one can swim.

A small boat awaits them, hidden along the Slobodian riverbank. The problem is it will carry only two people at a time! To complicate matters, neither scientist dares to be with the other’s agent because science is so hush-hush. (Of course, it is all right when his own agent is there.) For instance, Dr Dares couldn’t possibly row across the river alone with 007.