α-Grammar Drill 2

Form 4 & 5

Shalom and hi, kids!

Today we'll be doing another grammar drill, so open your book to the Grammar section and write today's date and date. The title should be Tenses, SVA, and Gerunds.

Copy the essay below and fill in the blanks your answer. 

Happy writing!

Family Values

By Kevin Jeyaraj

Family values ___________ (be) something that ____________________ (transcend) time, race and religion. No matter the colour of one’s skin or their life philosophy, there ___________ (be) some things that ­______________ (be) immutable, namely, how we ___________________ (behave) in our family.

           

     Love ____________ (be) the most important value of all, because it _________ (be) the basis of all our interactions. If we __________________ (love) every family member, that love ______________ (be) reflected in everything we ___________________ (say) and ____________________(do). We will automatically _______________________ (respect) our parents. And when we ______________________ (esteem) our parents, we will always be honest with them, too, even if it ___________________ (get) us into trouble.

                

      We should always _____________ (be) polite to every member in our family – from our grandparents right down to our youngest sibling. We should also ____________ (be) generous with what we ________________________(have), and never ______________________ (hold) back anything good from a family member. In other words, we should freely _______________________ (share) our belongings with family members.

     In a family, another way of showing love _____________ (be) by ___________________ (put) other family members first, and __________________________ (thinking) of their benefit even before we _______________________ (consider) our own advantage.  We can __________________ (do) this by helping the others, even in simple things like __________________ (do) chores around the house.

      It _________________ (be) said that love ________________________ (bear) no ill-will, so if we ______________________ (love) our family, we will forgive them when they wrong us. ____________________(Show) love also _______________________ (mean) that at times, we will have to ______________________ (humble) ourselves and be the first to apologise when there ________________ (be) a fight.

     When we ____________________ (love) our family, we will _________________ (be) punctual for family events. This will _______________________ (show) how much we prioritise family over friends.

      A wise man once ____________  (say) that love ____________ (be) patient and kind, and that love never ___________________________ (fail). Our families might _____________ (be) the toughest people to _____________________ (get) along with, but they still _______________ (be) the most important people in our lives, and we can ______________________ (show) this by ____________________ (practise) all these family values.

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