English Basics Worksheet

English Basics Complete the following activities
Analogies
Complete each analogy by writing the best word in the blank. Use a dictionary to look up words you don't know.
1. Hinder is to impede as excuse is to _______________.
blame
pardon
delay
block

2. Noun is to adjective as verb is to _______________.
action
being
plural
adverb

3. Exit is to out as _______________ is to in.
door
house
enter
extra

4. Drink is to _______________ as eat is to solid.
gas
liquid
milk
food

5. Mercury is to first as Mars is to _______________.
second
third
fourth
fifth

6. Labyrinth is to maze as medicine is to _______________.
drug
doctor
pharmacy
sickness

7. Hurricane is to meteorologist as star is to _______________.
geologist
entomologist
biologist
astronomer
Irregular Plural Nouns
Most nouns in English are made into plural nouns by adding an s to the singular form. If the noun ends with an s, ch, sh, or x, an es is added to make the noun plural. Plural nouns that are not made plural in this way are irregular plural nouns.
There are two or more plural nouns in each sentence. Only one of them is an irregular plural noun. Underline the irregular plural noun in each sentence and write the singular form. The first sentence has been done for you.
1. Vincent helped the women choose their costumes. woman2. The hunters never noticed the two deer by the apple trees.3. Are the geese chasing the other farm animals?4. Do turtles have teeth?5. The children told their parents about the matches.6. You should place the knives and spoons to the left of the plates.7. The children stood on boxes to see the parade.8. We took pictures of the oxen as they pulled the wagons.9. Sandy knew that many mice were living in the walls of the old houses.10. Please keep your hands and feet inside the car.11. All the king’s horses and all the king’s men ate scrambled eggs.








Regular and Irregular Verbs
To make the past tense or past participle form of most verbs (regular verbs) we simply add “ed” at the end.
Examples using the verb “walk”:
Past Tense: I walked through the maze.
Past Participle: I have walked through the maze.
(The past participle form is used in the present perfect, past perfect, and future perfect tenses. The above example is written in the present perfect tense.)
Irregular verbs are not that simple. We sometimes need a dictionary to help us write the different forms of irregular verbs.
Examples using the verb “see”:
Past Tense: We saw the secret maps.
Past Participle: We have seen the secret maps.
Look up the word “see” in the dictionary. Notice that the different forms of the word are given. Look up “walk.” Notice that the dictionary doesn’t bother to give the different forms of regular verbs.
Change the verb that comes after each sentence to its past tense form and write it in the blank. You may refer to a dictionary. The first sentence has been completed for you.
1. I did all my homework in study hall. do
2. She ____________ of a better way to do it. think
3. Sam ____________ us to lock the doors. remind
4. They ____________ their names on the list. put
5. Who ____________ my new shoes? borrow
6. We never ____________ his real name. know
Change the verb that comes after each sentence to its past participle form and write it in the blank. You may refer to a dictionary. The first sentence has been completed for you.
1. I have never driven such a wonderful car! drive
2. Frank had ____________ the whole pizza before we arrived. eat
3. They’ve ____________ and trusted her for years. know
4. Osgood has always ____________ others for his mistakes. blame
5. The candidates have ____________ their opinions on our site. write
6. He’s ____________ his favorite song for the ceremony. pick