Amhara National Regional State of Education bureau

Second semester

English worksheet for grade 6

From unit 8-13

August 2012 E.C

Bahir dar

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UNIT-8 : Where is your home town/village?
Preposition of place
Note: Preposition of place is to locate the position of objects or shows where something happens.

Some of place of prepositions are: on, in, at, over, against, under, beside, along, in front of,
behind, next, opposite, etc

Example:1. Where is your class room? My class room is on the right side of the office.

2. Where is your book? My book is in the bag.

choose the correct answer from the given alternatives

1. The book is -------------------the table. A) on B) old C) under D) A & C

2. The mosque is----------------to the shop. A) on B) next C) opposite D) B & C
3. She keeps her bag -----------table. A) at B) on C) under D) B&C
4. We walked ------------------the street to the park. A) along B) on C) at D) in

Unit -9------I think I will

Will, would like and think
Will is a kind of modal verb and used for future tense or talking about predicting the future.
Would like is use to express offer or to invite
Think is a word to have a particular idea or opinion about something or to believe something.
Example 1. I will go to the shop
2. I will be a doctor in the future
3. I think; I can do it.
4. I would like to be a pilot.
5. Would you like a cup of coffee?

What would you like to do in the future? Write your own three sentences.
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Rearrange the words from the following sentences to make meaningful sentences
1, will hard quite be The examination.
_______________________________

3, prime I like minister to be would.

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4, pass will she the examination.
5. think I are you right.

Comparison of adjective
There are three degree of comparison

1. Positive degree
2. Comparative degree
3. Superlative degree

Positive degree: is used to describe one person or things. This degree describes person or things as
they are. There is no comparison with anyone or anything.

Examples: 1. she is beautiful.

2. Almaz is cleaver student.
3. He is tall.
Comparative degree: We use comparative degree to compare two people/things.
We use ‘than ’after comparative adjectives/ shorter adjectives that take ‘-er’ or ‘-ier’ at the end;
Example:1. kebede is stronger than Abebe.
2. Genete is shorter than Almaz.

But longer adjectives that take ‘more‟ before adjectives.

Example: 1.Tigest is more beautiful than Hana.
2. Her computer is more expensive than me.
Superlative degree: We use superlative degree to compare more than two people/things.
1. We use ‘the ’before superlative adjectives/ short adjectives that take ‘-est’ or ‘-iest’ at the
end. Examples: 1. She is the smallest girl in the class.
2.He is the strongest boy in our village

Use the correct form of the adjectives in brackets to complete the sentences.

1. My jacket is -------------------- ( old)

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 2. Addis Ababa is --------------------than Bahir Dar.(wide)

3. Television is ________than radio. ( expensive)

4. Abeba is the --------------girl in our class. (young)

5. Tadele is ----------person in our village.( helpful)

Compound sentences
Compound sentences are made of two or more simple sentences joined by conjunction.
Example: and, but, or, because etc.

And: we use to join positive or affirmative sentences.

But: we use to join two sentences that seem not be agreed

Example: 1.She will have to do a lot of practice, and she will win a gold medal.

2. The exam will be quite hard, but we shall all pass it.

Complete the sentences using the word (but, and)

1 .I lost my book, ----------- I found it in the class.

2. Ayele will go to the village, ---------- he will teach people about the environment.
3. I advised him to study law; ------------ he did not take my advice.

Unit 10------SAVE OUR WORLD

Present continuous tense
Note: It expresses (tells) an action started before and going to the present time, or at the time of
speaking.

Form = am, is, are + ing form of the main verb.

Example 1. she is driving her car.

2 .They are cutting down all old trees.

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Complete the sentence with the correct form of the verb in brackets to make present
continuous tense

1. She is -----------------/protect/ her environment.

2. Kidst is---------------------- /plant/some trees on the hill.

3. They are ---------------------/run/around the field.

4. The teacher is ----------------------/come/to the class.

Write short answer to the following question.

1. What are you doing now?

Present simple tense

We use the present simple tense to talk about repeated actions and facts.

 Repeated action is an action that happens repeatedly.

 Fact tells us true in general
Examples of repeated actions:
1. He goes to school every day.
2. I always listen news.

Examples of fact:

1.The earth rotates around the sun.

2. water is liquid

 A singular verb is used with third person singular he, she, it (a boy ,a girl, a dog )
 A plural verb is used with first person singular and plural, second person
singular and plural ( I, We, You, they)
 , he, she, it and other Singular subject take singular verb/the verb that add -s,-es, -
ies
Examples: He goes to school.
She arrives on time.
 I, we, you, they and other plural subjects that take plural verb/the verbs do not add
-s,-es, -ies
Examples: I go to school.
We arrive on time.

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  We use do and does for negative and interrogative sentences of simple present. I,
we, you, they and other plural subjects take do.
She, he, it and other singular subject take does
Examples: I do not play football.
He doesn’t play football.
Does she go to school?

Complete the sentences with the present simple form of the verb in brackets.

1 . I ----------------( clean) my bed room.

2. His father --------------------- (dig ) the hole.

3. The students ----------------------------- (learn) about environment.

4.My mother -----------------------------( prepare) lunch.

5. ------------------(do) Almaz drink tea?

Some and Any, Much and Many

Some : is used with both countable and uncountable noun (item) to a certain amount in the
affirmative and question statements.

Any : is usually used with countable and uncountable noun (item) to a certain amount in the
negative and question forms.

Much: is used for uncountable nouns in questions and with negatives

Many: is for countable noun in questions and negatives

Example: 1. He has some orange in the bag.

2. Is there any book in the box?

3. There is no much cooking oil in the bottle.

4. How many people were in the party?

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Fill the blank spaces using the following words: if that is possible, you can use two
alternatives in one sentence.

any some many much

1. There isn’t ----------- water in the pot.

2. I don’t have --------- books in the bag.
3. How ---------- students were at school?
4. How---------------- sugar in the sack?

Construct your own four sentences by using „any‟, „some‟, „many‟ and „much.‟

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2. . ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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4. . -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Should /must
Note: Should and must are modal verbs that give more information about function of the main
verbs.

Should and must are used to talk / express obligation or necessity/ advice

Must is stronger than should.

Example: 1.You must stop when the traffic light turns red.

2. You should study very hard.

Write sentences with „must‟, „should‟ from the table below

P1ant trees when they cut down trees.

You must not eat contaminated food.
We should Clean our compound.
People be Polite the other person.

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Unit 11------Health living

Likely / probable /type I conditional sentences

Probable/ likely condition/type I/:

Form: If …clause is given in present tense (v1)

Main clause is given in future tense. ( will + v1)

/ If + present simple, will + infinitive with positive / negative/

Example: 1.If he studies hard, he will pass the examination.

Example 2. If you don’t work hard, you will not pass the exam.

3. We will be late if we don’t hurry up.

Complete the following sentences with the correct form of the verb in brackets.

1. If I know the answer, I --------------/ tell/ you

2. If I have a lot of money, I------------------/ help / poor people,

3.If she -----------/eat/balanced diet, she will keep her healthy.

4. If we -------------------/ do/ physical exercise, we will be strong.

5. If Alemu -------------/ go/ to school, he will meet his friends.

Using : un+ adjective

„Un‟ is a prefix indicates opposite meaning of words.

word opposite
happy unhappy
Kind unkind
Important unimportant

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Fill the opposite form of the word in the table below

word opposite
like
healthy
true
healthy
important

Unit 12-----I can do it

Can and Can’t
Can: express ability and possibility and it is the meaning of be able to do.

Can‟t: indicates the short and negative form of can.

Example: 1 I can write Amharic very well.

2. A Blind person can read using braille.

3. He can’t read English very well.

Make your own five sentences with „can‟ and „cannot‟

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2. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
4. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Adverbs of degree: answer the question’ how much?’ or ‘in what degree? Or ‘to what
extent?’

Adverbs of degree Come before the adjectives or adverbs they qualify

Adverbs of degree such as very, quite, well, too etc.

Examples : 1. I walk very slowly.

4. She is too angry.

5. The room is very dirty.
Make your own three sentences with adverb of degree „very, too, quite‟.

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2. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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 3. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Reflexive pronoun

A Reflexive pronoun indicates back the subject of the sentences or clause .And indicates the
same person or thing. A Reflexive pronoun adds information to a sentence.

Some of reflexive pronouns are: myself, himself, herself, it self, themselves …

They ends in –self or –selves.

- -Self : stands for singular personal pronoun./ myself, herself, himself, itself , yourself .
- -selves: stands for plural personal pronoun/ ourselves, yourselves, themselves/.

Example: 1 .He is so weak that he can’t walk home by himself.

2. She cut her finger herself.

Match column “A” with column “B”

“A” “B”

1. He clean the room -------------- A. myself

2 . We used to do the exercise by --------------. B. ourselves

3. She is still too young to go to town by ------------. C. himself

4. They repair the machine ---------------- d. themselves

Unit 13-----Say no child labor

Conditional sentences
Note: A. If … (Present simple +future tense).This is probable (likely) condition or type 1

Example: 1. If I get money, I will buy new clothes

2. If I get time, I will take rest in my home

B. If… ( Past simple +future past). This is improbable (unlikely) condition or type 2.

Example: 1. If you beat him, he would cry

2. If he came here, I would go with him.

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Choose the correct answer for the following sentences.

1. If she--------------- early in the morning, she would pick you up.

A, come B, came C, comes D, coming

2. If you ---------- hard, you would pass the exam

A, study B, work C, studied D, all

3. If you work hard, you will-----------more money.

A, got B, get C, getting D, found

4. If it rains this evening, I------------ at home.

A, stay B, will stay C, would stay D, none

The simple past tense

The simple past tense is used to express a completed action in the past or an action which
started and finished in the past.

Past time expressing like yesterday, last week, last year…

Example: 1, I did my homework yester day

2, I was in grade 5 last year.

Complete the sentences with the correct past simple form of the verb in brackets.

1. I --------------/go/ to school yesterday.

2. My mother -----------------/prepare/ coffee.
3. We ------------------/watch/ television last night.
4. His friends-----------/enjoy/ the party.
5. She ------------------/ study/ her lesson properly.

Complete the table with the simple past form of the verb

Verb Simple past

break
help
choose

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 walk walked
say
wash
eat ate
tell
open
go

Read the following paragraph

Our hair, teeth, eyes, nails, need to be well looked; so as to have a hygienic body. One who
doesn’t keep clean teeth will develop dental problems. The hair needs to be trimmed short or
plaited smartly. Our teeth need brushing every day and not forgetting cutting our finger nails
short. Even the body needs to feed on a well-balanced, nutritious diet that has vitamins, proteins
as well as carbohydrate. Remember a healthy body makes a healthy mind.

Adopted from Grade 6 teacher Guide, page-112

Answer the following questions based on the reading passage.

1. Name the type of body to be well looked? ________________________________

2. What is the word ‘hygienic’ mean? _____________________________________

3. What is the meaning of the word ‘trimmed’? ______________________.

4. What will happen to someone who doesn’t keep clean teeth? __________________________

5, Give appropriate topic/ title for the reading passage?

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