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4. This house is a mess! _______________
5. Jerry finally trimmed the hedge. _______________

6. Children should have milk. _______________
7. The Pacific Ocean is blue. _______________
8. Sachin showed the crowd his masterstroke. _______________
9. My mother bought me a dress. _______________
10. Shweta told Peter a story. _______________

C. Fill in the blanks with suitable object complements.
1. Everyone thought he was _______________.
2. The daylight robbery made me _______________.
3. Our company has appointed me _______________.

4. This book has sold _______________.
D. Underline the predicates and circle the subjects in these sentences.

1. Johanna Spyri wrote Heidi.
2. Pick up all your dirty clothes.
3. The mangoes hung temptingly from the branches.
4. Keep driving as fast as possible.

5. Stop the horse from crossing that broken bridge.
6. They are hoping to see the great saint.
7. Last evening, we played a game of chess.
8. Ruskin Bond settled in India.

Listening & Speaking Time

1. The teacher will read out a passage on badminton given at the end of the book.
The students have to listen to the teacher carefully and write the subject, the
main verb, and the object of each sentence.

Sentence 1
Subject
Main verb Structure of Sentences

Object

(Refer to the `Listening and Speaking Text® given at the end of the book.)
2. The teacher will ask each student to speak a few sentences on one of the
following:
a. Badminton b. Saina Nehwal c. P.V. Sindhu d. Pullela Gopichand
The teacher will allow the students to discuss among themselves for 5 minutes on
the topic.

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