Holy Innocents Public school

Summer vacation Homework

Note: Revise the syllabus done so far and do all the homework in a language notebook.

1. You are Tanvi of the Safdarjung department area, New Delhi . You are extremely disturbed about the
attacks on old people living alone. Write a letter in 100 to 120 words to the editor, The new Indian news
making people sensitive to the problem.Make suggestions to the people living alone and the authorities
to ensure that such attacks do not take place

2. You are the librarian of Delhi public school Meerut. Write a letter to Oxford University press
Ghaziabad placing an order for books. Mention at least four titles of the books to be supplied
immediately .Address yourself as Kalpana

3. Write an article on the topic "Global language and its importance"

4. Complete the sentences using the words from the box.

ANOTHER / EACH / EVERY / ONE / OTHER /OTHERS

1. The email has been sent to _____________ member of the teaching staff.

2. _____________ of his sisters lives in Australia, the _____________ one in America.

3. Would you like _____________ piece of cake?

4. I put _____________ of the documents into a separate folder.

5. A train arrives _____________ 10 minutes.

6. _____________ of the students of my class came down with the flu yesterday.

7. Some people like politics, _____________ aren't interested in it at all.

8. Is there _____________ golf course around here?

9. There are two routes._____________ goes through the city, the _____________ passes through the
countryside.

10. I usually get up at 6.30 _____________ morning.

11. There are five questions left. You must answer _____________ of them.

12. Let's go to _____________ restaurant today. We always go to the same _____________

13. We paid $5 _____________ for the reservations.

14. There are three parts in the test and _____________ one lasts for 45 minutes.

15. The headmaster wants to speak to _____________ teacher.

16. Could I ask you _____________ question if you don't mind?

17. _____________ player needs to wear a helmet. There are no exceptions.

18. All the British Airways flights to London are fully booked. We'll have to take _____________ airline.

19. We have ballet practice _____________ second Monday.

20. He always stays with _____________ of his relatives when he's in town.

Modals
A. Complete the sentences with can, can't, could or couldn't.

1 When he was young, my grandfather could run (run) 12 kilometres.

2 John can't run very fast but he _____________ (jump) high.

3 _____________ you _____________ (finish) your homework last week?

4 The dog hurt its leg and it_____________ (walk).

5 _____________ Tony _____________ (find) his way to the party tonight?

6 Sorry I _____________ (not help) you paint your house yesterday.

B Write sentences using the words below and must or mustn't.

1 ride / your bike / on the grass. You mustn't ride your bike on the grass.

2 take / your medicine / now . ________________________________

3 put/your feet/ on the desk. ________________________________

4 drive fast/ near the school. ________________________________

5 drink / a lot of water/in the summer. ________________________________

6 bring/animals/into the shop. ________________________________

C Write sentences with should or shouldn't.

1 It's late. (go home now)

You should go home now _

2 These sports shoes are expensive. (buy them).

______________________________________

3 You didn't practise for the event. (take part in the competition)
__________________________________________________

4 Tim doesn't like his job. (get another job)

__________________________________

5 Sally is not well. (go to school today)

________________________________

6 It's snowing. (wear a coat and boots)

________________________________

Fill in the blanks with a modal form from the box!

CAN - CAN'T - COULD - COULDN'T - DIDN'T -NEED TO - MUST- MUSTN'T- NEEDN'T

1. You've got plenty of time. You ______________ hurry.

2. There's a knock at the door. I'm expecting Paul. It ______________ be him.

3. I can't get my phone to work. It ______________ be out of order

4. ______________ I ask you a question?

5. That was excellent work. But I ______________ do it without you.

6. She ______________ be 35. She looks older than that.

7. I ______________ go to work on Saturdays. It's my day off.

8. Tom has given me a letter to post. I ______________ forget to post it.

9. Ann stayed in bed this morning because she ______________ go to work.

10. He ______________ play chess when he was young.

11. You ______________ drive a car when you're 18.

12. Jack spends the whole day just walking around. He ______________ have a job.

13. When I was in school I ______________ do a handstand, but now I'm too old. I ______________
do one any more.

14. My mother keeps telling me that we ______________ wash our hands before we sit down at the
dinner table.

15. You ______________ forget to turn off the lights when you go to bed.

16. When I was a child I ______________ understand adults, now that I'm an adult I ______________
understand children.

17. Sally looks sad and worried. She ______________ have a problem with something.

18. ______________ I see your passport please.

19. He sees very badly, so he ______________ wear glasses all the time.

20.I ______________ take a taxi because the bus was on time.

21. He owns a very expensive house. He ______________ be a rich person.

22. I ______________ swim well when I was a child. I even won the school championships.

23. You ______________ go to the grocery store. We have some milk in the fridge.

24.I ______________ find my keys. I probably left them at my mother's place.

25. You ______________ buy the tickets. I got two for free from dad.

26. She ______________ speak so rudely to her parents.

27. The teacher always tells us we ______________ cheat during a test.

28.I ______________ stop laughing. The joke was so funny.

29.I ______________ look at you. You're so dirty. What were you up to?

30. ______________ you turn down the volume ? - It's too loud.

LITTLE / A LITTLE / FEW / A FEW

1. We have ______________ time left. Let's try to get finished quickly.

2. You have ______________ ideas left, so let's hear them.

3. I have got very ______________ friends, so I'm alone most of the time.

4. Would you like ______________ water?

5. What you need is ______________ more self-confidence.

6. ______________ is known about how the disease spreads.

7. I'm sorry, but I speak ______________ Spanish. Can't we communicate in English?

8. Very ______________ people went to see the movie.

9. Mary managed to get ______________ piece of cake.

10. She saves ______________ money every month because she wants to go on a cruise next summer.

11. There are ______________ posts that are really worth reading. Most of them are rubbish.

12. I have drunk ______________ water today, so I guess that's why I'm so thirsty.

13. There are ______________ good books that I would recommend reading.

14. Have you got any money left in your bank account? Yes, I have ______________, but not very much.

15. There are ______________ cities in the world that have a multicultural society.

16. There was ______________ time to finish the project, so we had to work on weekends.

17. We stayed in New York for ______________ days before moving on to the Midwest.

18. I'd like to tell you ______________ about my childhood.

19. I made very ______________ mistakes, so I got a very good mark.

20. I see ______________ reason for giving him ______________ days off.

Prepare a Project on the topic:

Lakshadweep and Andaman Nicobar Islands – A

Comparative Study (mainly in terms of Location, Formation and Characteristic
features- Use of maps or illustrations )
OR

Prepare a Scrapbook on the different Economic Activities performed by the people of

Lakshadweep islands/Andaman and Nicobar Islands