Language Fitness-Set 1

1) Nouns
Write the missing collective nouns.
a flock of doves
a fleet of ships

2) Verbs
Add suitable verbs to this passage.

The children knew they had to have their homework on the teacher's desk first thing in the morning, but there were always those who forgot.

3) Prefixes
Add a suitable prefix
A semi circle is a half circle.

4) Suffixes
Write a word using the suffix ful.
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5) Synonyms
Write a synonym for the following words.
voyage - journey
decide -  choose/pick

6) Antonyms
Write an antonym for the following words.
tame - dangerous
eventful - uneventful
7) Homonyms
Write two meanings for the word 'shoulder'
- Upper joint of a person's arm
- put something heavy on someone's shoulder or one shoulder

8) Homophones
Write the homophone for the word below.
tied -

9) Abbreviations
What do these stand for?
Mon. - Monday
Dec. - December

10) Contractions
Rewrite each of these in short form.
I will - I'll
He is - He's

11) Singular/Plural
Write the plural of these words
lady - ladies
 class - classes
paper - papers

12) Adjectives
Write two suitable adjectives that you could use to describe a storm.