English for Kids – Learn Good English

Correct or Incorrect?

Which of the following sentences is incorrect?

1. I know how to ride.

2. He made a speech.

3. He denied to repay the loan.

4. I have received no information.

5. The sceneries of Ghats are charming.

6. John asked if he could go home.

7. They have sold all their furnitures.

8. Mary had to leave her rights.

9. She asked had we taken our food.

10. I always keep the stamps in this box.

Check answers: The incorrect sentences are- No. 3, 5, 7, 8 and 9.

Correct Sentences:

3. He refused to repay the loan.

5. The scenery of the Ghats is charming.

7. They have sold all their furniture.

8. Mary had to abandon (or relinquish) her right.

9. She asked if/whether we had taken our food.

Choose the mis-spelt word

1. a. bugle b. buffet c. bundle d. bullitin

2. a. cassock b. caskit c. casserole d. cassette

3. a. effluent b. effulgent c. efeminate d. efficacious

4. a. franchisee b. freternize c. fractious d. fragile

5. a. menagerie b. memorabilia c. melancholia d. mercuriel

Check answers: 1.(d); 2.(b); 3.(c); 4.(b); 5.(d)

Multiple-Choice Questions – Synonyms-Antonyms

1. Which of the following is not a synonym of the word ‘abandon‘:

a. renounce

b. disclaim

c. desert

d. keep

2. Which of the following is a synonym of the word ‘abbreviate‘:

a. lengthen

b. truncate

c. expand

d. elongate

3. Which of the following is not a synonym of the word ‘abrupt‘:

a. swift

b. curt

c. gradual

d. sudden

4. Which of the following is not a synonym of the word ‘abstemious‘:

a. strict

b. spartan

c. intemperate

d. austere

5. Which of the following is a synonym of ‘adore‘:

a. hate

b. revere

c. loathe

d. detest

Check Answers: 1.(d); 2.(b); 3.(c); 4.(c); 5.(b)

Antonyms

Antonyms are pairs of words having opposite or contradictory meanings. Both the words are quite different. They are not formed by adding prefixes or suffixes to the words.

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One Word for Many

Animals which live on meat – Carnivorous
Animals which live on fruits – Frugivorous
Animals which live on grass – Graminivorous
Animals which live on plants/grass – Herbivorous
Animals which live on human flesh – Cannibals
Animals which live in flocks – Gregarious animals
Animals which live in water – Aquatic animals
Animals which live both on land and in water – Amphibious animals
Animals which suck their mother’s breast – Mammals
Animals with four legs – Quadruped
Animals with two legs – Biped
The act of talking impiously about sacred things – Blasphemy
The act of speaking aloud one’s thoughts when alone – Soliloquy
Anything that counteracts putrefaction – Antiseptic
The act of literary borrowing without acknowledgement – Plagiarism
Two brothers born at one and the same time – Twins
A bird that comes and goes with the seasons – A Migratory bird
A book published after the death of the author – A posthumous book
A battle which puts an end to all controversy – A decisive battle
A battle which is attended with much bloodshed – A sanguinary battle
A biography of a man written by himself – Auto-biography
Beyond the power of nature – Supernatural
Cessation of arms before a formal treaty is signed – Armistice
A cinema show in the afternoon – Matinee
A collection of poems – Anthology
A child born after the death of its father – A posthumous child
Disease peculiar to a country – Endemic
Destitute of knowledge – Ignorant
Habit of excessive eating – Gluttony
Incapable of being read – Illegible
Incapable of being understood – Unintelligible, Incomprehensible
Incapable of being blamed – Irreprehensible
Incapable of being heard – Inaudible
Incapable of being conquered – Invincible
Incapable of being seized – Impregnable
Incapable of being passed over or surmounted – Insurmountable, Insuperable
Incapable of being seen – Invisible
Incapable of being wounded – Invulnerable
Incapable of being exhausted or tired – Indefatigable
Incapable of being reached or approached – Inaccessible

Communicate in English

Communicate in English – Ask questions/Answer them

Personal Introduction

What is your name?

My name is Susan.

How old are you?

I am eleven years old.

In which class do you study?

I study in Class six.

What is the name of your School?

The name of my school is Aim Academy.

What is the name of your class teacher?

The name of my class teacher is Mrs. Mary Bell.

What is the name of your school Principal?

The name of my school Principal is Mr. Henry James.

What is your father’s name?

My father’s name is William.

What is your father?

My father is a doctor. (an engineer, a banker, a teacher, a businessman, a lawyer, a police officer, a film producer/director etc.)

What is your mother’s name?

My mother’s name is Emma.

What is your mother?

My mother is a homemaker. (a housewife, a teacher, a journalist, a television anchor/news reader/actor etc.)

How many brothers and sisters do you have?

I have an elder brother and a younger sister. (I don’t have any brother or sister. /I have no brother or sister.)

Do you love your family?

Yes, I love my family very much.

Whom do you admire more- your father or your mother?

I admire both of them equally. My father cares for the sick whole heartedly. He works very hard to give us a good life. And my mother is a perfect homemaker. She looks after all our needs and works tirelessly to give us a warm and comfortable home.

Detailed description of the vowel /e/

During the articulation of this vowel, the front of the tongue is raised in the direction of the hard palate to a position between the half-close and half-open positions. The lips are neutral. Thus it is a front unrounded vowel between the half-close and half-open positions. It is a short vowel. It is represented in spelling by e, ea, a, u, ie, ai, ay, as in red, head, any, bury, friend, leisure, said, says. this vowel sound occurs initially and medially as in end, bell etc. It does not occur finally. Some more examples:

a – any, many, ferry, merry, Jerry

ai – said, again

ay – says

e – end, send, let, get, betbed, mess, egg, kettle

ea – dead, head, read, spread, health, leant, jealous, pleasant

ei – leisure

eo – leopard, Geoffrey

ie – friend,

u – bury

ue – guess, guest

Detailed description of the vowel /i/

During the articulation of this sound, the front part of the tongue is raised in the direction of the hard palate to a position between the close and half-close positions. The lips are loosely spread. It is thus a centralised front unrounded vowel between close and half-close positions. It is represented in spelling by i, e, y, a, u, ee, ey, ia, ai, ui, and ei as in hit, begin, pity, baggage, ladies, busy, coffee, money, carriage, bargain, build and foreign respectively. This sound can occur initially as in it, medially as in fit, and finally in a word as in city. It is a short vowel. Some more examples:

a – village, private, baggage, surface

ai – bargain, captain, mountain

ay – Sunday, Monday, Tuesday

e – pretty, ticket, system, harmless, horses, extempore, apostrophe

ee – coffee, toffee

ei – foreign, sovereign

ey – monkey, money, honey

i – it, hill, fifth, lift

ia – carriage, marriage

ie – cities, ladies, lobbies, dailies

o – women

u – minute (n), busy

ui – build, guilt

y – city, easy, hilly, symbol, rhythm

Speech Sounds – Vowels

There are twenty vowel sounds in the Received Pronunciation of England (R.P.). These include twelve pure vowels and eight diphthongs, belonging to different phonemes. They are illustrated with the following sets of words:

Pure Vowels (Monothongs):

even, see, teach, field, receive, machine, key, people
bit, ink, rich, begin, effect, matches, city, village, coffee
head, bed, nest, breath, feather, measure, many, bury, said
axe, cat, fan, tax, had, sad, rank, band, man, bag, lack
arm, part, car, hard, pass, dance, bath, staff, calm, aunt, laugh
got, hot, ox, box, God, bottle, borrow, quality, want, cough, gone
all, corn, horse, morning, four, bought, door, law, walk, warm, daughter
put, book, good, room, wood, woman, cushion, full, sugar, bush, should
boot, two, shoe, rude, juice, music, food, tooth, lose, you, new, beauty
up, cup, gun, much, uncle, bundle, month, country, young, blood
fur, earn, word, girl, hurt, curse, serve, thirst, journey, surface
ago, about, forget, human, problem, liberty, drama, beggar, bigger,

Dipthongs (Vowel Glides):

aim, pain, play, day, gate, age, waste, rain, eight, they, great,
home, open, go, gold, blow, window, boat, soap, though
ice, bite, high, write, tidy, cry, cycle, five, die, child, buy
out, loud, cow, how, allow, shout, house, mouth, round,
oil, boil, boy, annoy, join, coin, noise, point, voice
ear, fierce, near, real, cheer, zero, here, hear, severe
air, chair, care, share, bear, wear, prayer, their
poor, sure, surely, tour, during

Detailed Description of the vowel /i:/

The Vowels of English (R.P.): There are twenty vowel sounds in the Received Pronunciation of England (R.P.). These include twelve pure vowels and eight dipthongs, belonging to different phonemes.

Detailed description of the Vowels of RP

During the articulation of this sound, the front of the tongue is raised in the direction of the hard palate, to an almost close position. The lips are spread, and thus it is a front close unrounded vowel. It is a long vowel. The different spellings for this vowel are e, ee, ea, ie, i, ey, eo as in the words eve, tree, heat, piece, receive, police, key and people respectively. It can occur initially as in eat, medially as in beat, and finally as in see. Some more examples: