DEAR PARENTS OF 5C                                                                                                25/9/15

A . ENGLISH COMPOSITION EVALUATION

COMMON OBSERVATIONS THAT WILL HELP YOU GUIDE MY BOYS SO THAT THEY CORRECT THE MISTAKES COMMITTED AND HELP GET BETTER SCORES.

 YOUR  COOPERATION WITH MY GUIDANCE IN CLASS WILL WORK WONDERS.

        1. THE USE OF SMALL  LETTERS AND CAPITAL LETTERS

2         COMPREHENSION SKILL TO BE TAKEN CARE OF-

-READING AND UNDERSTANDING THE PASSAGE.

-READING AND UNDERSTANDING THE QUESTIONS BEFORE WRITING THE ANSWER.

- ANSWERS MUST NOT START  ‘ BECAUSE’.

-ANSWERS MUST BE COMPLETE IN ALL SENSE.

-AVOID USING SHORT FORMS.

        3. SPELLING NEEDS ATTENTION.

        4.FRAME SENTENCES USING THE WORD GIVEN  MAKING COMPLETE SENSE.

        5.CORRECTIONS TO BE DONE SO THAT  THE CHILD IS AWARE OF HIS MISTAKE.

B.    ACTIVITY AND PROJECT SUBMISSIONS

PROJECTS AND ACTIVITY BASED SUBMISSIONS ARE ALREADY COLLECTED FOR EVALUATIONS BUT I HAVE TWO OR THREE STUDENTS WHO  HAVE NOT SUBMITTED THEIR WORK. PARENTS DO CHECK WITH YOUR CHILD WITH REGARDS TO THESE SUBMISSIONS .

C. ENGLISH NOTEBOOK CHECKING

ENGLISH NOTEBOOK CHECKING FOR COMPLETION OF ALL SUMMATIVE CHAPTERS WILL BEGIN FROM  28/9/2015.

D. FORMATIVE EVALUATIONS

THE FORMATIVE EVALUATION IS ALREADY IN PROGRESS .

PLEASE SEE THAT YOUR CHILD  ATTENDS SCHOOL REGULARLY SO THAT HE DOES NOT MISS ON ANY  EVALUATIONS.

FEEL FREE TO COME AND MEET ME IN SCHOOL  WITH REGARDS TO MY  SUBJECT.

YOUR COOPERATION WILL HELP ME BRING OUT THE BEST IN YOUR CHILD.

 ENGLISH TEACHER – MRS. ELIZABETH SOARES

NOUN GENDER - MS. BEATRICE

NOUN GENDER

Nouns can be classified into four genders:

1. MASCULINE GENDER :

A noun that denotes a male member (person or animal) is called masculine gender noun.

Eg:  1) Master your word is my command.

       2) The lion is the king of the jungle.

2. FEMININE GENDER :

A noun that denotes a female member (person or animal) is called Feminine gender noun.

          Eg:  1) The bride looked very beautiful.

                  2) The heifer is grazing in the field.

3. COMMON GENDER :

A noun that could denote either male or a female is called common gender noun.

Eg:  1) The student has submitted his projects.

      2) Parents often make sacrifices for their                       children.

4. NEUTER GENDER: A noun that is the name of a thing that is neither male nor female   and which is inanimate (lifeless) is in the neuter gender.

Eg:  1) Everest is the highest mountain in the world.

      2) We saw the match on the television.

There are different ways of forming the feminine gender.

MASCULINE	FEMININE	MASCULINE	FEMININE
man	woman	brother	sister
father	mother	son	daughter
bridegroom	bridge	fox	vixen
lad	lass	widower	widow
hero	heroine	master	miss
signor	signora	master	mistress

                                 

MASCULINE	FEMININE	MASCULINE	FEMININE
duke	duchess	gentleman	lady
boy	girl	uncle	aunt
nephew	niece	sir	madam
king	queen	cock	hen
drake	duck	buck	dove
bull / ox	cow	bullock	heifer
monk	nun	gander	goose
stallion / horse	mare	bachelor	spinster
husband	wife	dog	bitch

2. The feminine formed by adding ‘ess’ to the ending letter:-

MASCULINE	FEMININE	MASCULINE	FEMININE
lion	lioness	count	countess
author	authoress	host	hostess
poet	poetess	shepherd	shepherdess
giant	giantess	manager	manageress

3. by dropping the last vowel of the masculine gender and then adding ‘ess’:-

MASCULINE	FEMININE	MASCULINE	FEMININE
actor	actress	instructor	instructress
negro	negress	tiger	tigress
conductor	conductress	inspector	inspectress

4. by adding ‘ess’ in a different way:-

MASCULINE	FEMININE
emperor	empress

5. Changing the gender of the first part of a compound noun:-

MASCULINE	FEMININE	MASCULINE	FEMININE
he – goat	she – goat	man – servant	maid – servant
bull - elephant	cow - elephant	cock - sparrow	hen - sparrow

6. Changing the gender of the second part of the compound noun:-

MASCULINE	FEMININE
peacock	peahen
landlord	landlady
waterman	washerwoman
grandfather	grandmother
salesman	saleswoman
policeman	policewoman