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Grammar Skills

A. Use of was / were + verb + ing

Read the following sentences.

The people on the beach were enjoying the pleasant sunshine.

Children were playing in the waves.
These sentences talk about actions that were going on at sometime in the past. They
are in the past continuous tense.

Now fill in the blanks with the past continuous tense forms of the verbs given. (was /

were + verb + -ing)
1. We ___________________ a cricket match yesterday. (watch)

2. Yesterday, it ___________________ all day. (rain)

3. Last summer, we ___________________ a holiday in Ooty. (enjoy)

4. The sun ___________________ brightly in the sky. (shine)

5. She ___________________ a beautiful dress yesterday. (wear)

6. Last evening, I ___________________ for my test. (prepare)

7. Arun ___________________ from fever yesterday. (suffer)

B. Adjectives – Degrees of Comparison
Adjectives are words that describe nouns. Adjectives are usually placed before nouns.

Example: a chubby baby a tall tree an old clock

When we compare two nouns, we use comparative adjectives.
When we compare more than two nouns we use superlative adjectives.

Example: Neeru’s dress was more colourful than Neha’s.

But Ritu’s dress was the most colourful one at the party.

1. Underline the correct form of adjectives given in brackets.

a. My grandmother has started going for long walks. Now she is (healthier /
healthiest) than before.

b. This is the (more comfortable / most comfortable) chair in this room.

c. Arun is becoming (smarter / smartest) day by day.

d. The traffic now-a-days is (worse / worst) than ever before.

e. This is the (more interesting / most interesting) story I have ever read.
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