STD 8 ENGLISH LESSON AND ASSIGNMENT TERM 2 2020
THE SAFARI RALLY : UNIT 13.
THEME : INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS.
The safari rally car in action.
Teaching items.
1. Vocabulary.
Read the passage in pages 87-88 in your primary English pupils’ book.
Find out the meaning of the following words as used in the passage.
Event, fans, score, cheer, points, international, overturn, test of endurance, diligence, safari rally.
2. Language use.
a. Use of past simple passive, past simple tense.
b. You already know how we form the past simple tense.
c. There is no helping verb.
Example:
The boys pushed the car.
Omondi scored a goal.
Pupils gave presents.
Changing the past simple tense into passive.
-We use was/were +the past participle of the verb given.
Example:
1. Ruto sent me an SMS. An SMS was sent to me by Ruto.
2. The poachers killed a zebra. A Zebra was killed by the poachers.
3. Lightening stuck the tree. The tree was stuck by the lightening.
4. The bought cars. Cars were bought by the man.
Remember:
To change a voice from active voice to passive voice, you need to identify the following.
1. Subject
2. Verb (tense used)
3. Object.
a. When changing to passive, the object becomes the subject and the subject becomes the object.
Example:
Monkey (subject) ate (verb past simple) the bananas(object)
The bananas(subject) were eaten(Verb) by the monkey(object).
b. Use of as well as. As well as means also.
Local drivers as well as others from many parts of the world, take part in the safari rally.
- Singular subjects followed by phrases beginning ‘with’, ‘as well as’ take singular forms of a verb.
Example:
Pamela as well as her friends, has seen this play.
Our subject in this sentence is Pamela.- singular-it’s the one that determines the form of a verb we put has( singular form) whatever is added after ‘as well as’ doesn’t affect our subject/verb.
More examples:
- Robert as well as his classmates, is going on a picnic.
- This factory as well as the machinery and the raw materials is for sale.
C.Use of comparative and superlative adjectives.
There are three degrees of comparisons:
1. POSITIVE:
This is the adjective when just used to describe a noun without any comparison.
Example:
-Mary is a tall girl.
Peter and Susan are good friends.
Nairobi is a busy city.
2. COMPARATIVE.
This is the second degree of comparison. Its used when comparing two things.
Examples:
-Mary is taller than peter.
This text book is better than the one you gave me.
Nairobi city is busier than Kisumu city.
NOTE:
Most comparatives of regular adjectives end in ‘er’.
Comparatives are normally but not always followed by the word than.
More examples:
-Mutiso is more generous than his brother.
- The y stayed at the more expensive of the two hotels.
Adjectives of three syllables and some of two syllables form the comparative and superlative with more and most.
Examples:
Delicious more delicious
Beautiful more beautiful
Successful more successful
Honest more honest
Selfish more selfish.
Some have irregular comparative.
Good better
Bad worse
Little less
Many more
Much more
Far farther/further
Old older/ elder.
3.SUPERLATIVE.
This is third degree of comparison. Its used when comparing three or more things/people.
Superlative is always proceeded by the word ‘the’.
For regular adjectives, its formed by adding –est to the positive.
Example.
- Mary is the tallest pupil in our class.
- This is the best English text book.
- Nairobi city is the busiest city in Kenya.
NOTE: Adjectives with three or more syllables normally use the word most in superlative.
Examples:
Delicious more delicious most delicious
Selfish more selfish most selfish
EXERCISE:
Change the following sentences into passive.
1. The cat killed the mouse.
