50 English Essay Practice A Letter To A Cousin Telling About Your Visit To Him
50 English Essay Practice A Letter To A Cousin Telling About Your Visit To Him
50 English Essay Practice A Letter To A Cousin Telling About Your Visit To Him
A Burglary
A Fire
A Nightmare
A Dream
My Neighbour
My(1)_________ door neighbour is an Indian family. They are Mr and Mrs Mohandas.
They have two children, Neena and Harish.
Harish and I study in the same school. We go to school together. Other, we go(2)___
_________ and see movies during the weekends.
During the Deepavali celebration, I help Harish to put up oil (3) ____________ around
his house. When my family and I visit Harish’s house during Deepavali, I get to eat delicious
curries with(4) ____________ rice. There is a wide (5) ____________ of sweetes like halwa,
burfi, laddu and murrukku. I am lucky to have such good neighbour.
My school
My school is a big school. It has four buildings. The (2)____________ have many
classrooms. There is an office, a library, a computer room, a Science(3) ____________ and a
hall. Besides these, there is a canteen, a field and two(4) ____________ courts. My school is
beautiful with trees and flower plants in the compound.
My school has 1000 pupils and 100 teachers. The teachers are caring and (5)__
__________.I am proud to be a pupil of my school.
Pak Boon
Pak Boon has a farm in (1) __________. Pak Boon has many animals on his farm.
He has cows, chickens and ducks.In the morning, he (2) __________ his cows. He sells
the milk to a car driver who comes to collect the milk. Then, he feeds his chickens and ducks. In
the afternoon, he (3) __________ their eggs .After that, he washes their (4) ____________.In
the evening ,he sells the eggs in the night market. His wife will sell them in the market the next
day.
Pak Boon is a very (5) __________ man.
A Camping Trip
Dorin loves to go (1) ____________.During the last school holidays,he went camping in
Templer’s Park with his cousins.
They (2) ____________ to the campsite near the river.They carried their own sleeping
bags,tents,cooking pans,cans of food and clothes.
They put up their(3) ____________ at the campsite .After that,they boiled water to
make drinks and cooked a simple lunch.
There were many activities.They had jungle-trekking and nature walk.At night,they
(4)____________ a camp fire where they sat around singing and playing games.
After two days in the camp,they went home.Dorin had an (5) ____________ time
The cat and the fox
Just then, a pack of dogs was running towards them.The cat climbed up the nearest
tree.This was her one and only trick.She asked the fox which of the one hundred tricks she
would use.The fox sat(3) ____________.Before she could make up her mind,the dogs
arrived.They killed her.
The(4) ____________ of this story is, a single plan that works is better than hundred
(5)____________ plans.
A poor beggar found a purse (1) ____________ 100 pieces of gold in the market.Then,he heard
a (2) ____________ shouting,’A reward!A reward to the one who finds my purse.’’
The honest beggar went and returned the purse to him.He asked for his
reward .Instead,the merchant told him that the (3) ____________ contained 200 pieces of gold
and that he had stolen more than the reward.The beggar insisted that he did not take the
gold.They went to see a judge.
The judge listened to their story.He said,’’I believe you both.Merchant,you said that the
purse you lost (4) ____________ 200 pieces.So this couldn’t be your purse.’’
The (5) ____________ gave the purse and all the gold to the beggar.
THE RAINBOW
The rainbow is(1) ____________ seen after rain.It appears as a big arc of colours in the
sky.The colours range from inside to outside are red,orange,yellow,blue,indigo and violet.
Rainbow (2) ____________ when the sun is behind and the rain is in front of the
observer.The sunlight travels through the water of the raindrops,get (3) ____________ and
breaks up into the many colours we see in the rainbow.
A saying that says we can find a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow is
(4)____________.We can never actually reach the end of a rainbow.As you move,the rainbow
moves as (5) ____________
Playing the congkak
The congkak board has two rows of five,seven or nine holes called ‘Pits’and two larger
holes at both ends called ‘Home’.The player use sea shells or small marbles to play.The seeds
are(3) ____________ for the players.There are 5 seeds in each (4) ____________ if there are
(5)_______________ pits in the board.The left most is the ‘Home’for the player.
Congkak has some simple rules.The winner is the player who captures the most seeds.
All animals have their (1) ____________.They care for their young.They teach them
from how to fly and how to find food.
The mothers take care of their young for different periods.Birds stay for several
weeks.The lion (2) ____________ stays for three years and a chimpanzee stays for five years.
Animals care for their young for the (3) ____________ of the species.Among the
mammals,the females take care of the young.They feed them and take them for their first
hunt.Among birds,both the male and female (4) ____________ feed their babbies and teach
them to fly.
However,the European Cuckoo takes no interest in its young.It (5) ____________ its
eggs in the nest of other birds.
There are many ways we can help to (1)____________ our environment.We can start by
(2)____________ energy in our home.
Firstly,switch off lights even when leaving a room for a moment.Switch off computers
and (3)____________when not in use.Secondly,to save water,check and fix any water leaks Do
not wash dishes with the water running continuously.Wash only full loads of (4)____________
Thirdly,learn to create less trash.Do not use disposable plates and cups.Use ceramic
cups and plates.Use cloth napkins, canvas bags instead of paper napkins and plastic bags.
Lastly,reduce air (5) ____________ by walking or cycling instead of driving.We can take
public transportation or carpool to work.
Healthy Body
Second, drink eight cups of water daily.For children,drink three cups of milk a day.Limit
the sugary drinks. Third ,stop eating when you feel full.(4)_____________ makes you feel
uncomfortable and later leads to weight gain.
Fourth,spend no more than two hours a day watching television and using the
computer.You should spend more time on physical activities.Find ways to be
active.Lastly,parents help to (5)___________ the house with healthy food and plan physical
activities for the family.
Christmas
Christmas falls on 25th December.It is(1) __________ by Christmas in the Malaysia and
everywhere in the world.
The Nurse
I visited my grandmother when she was in the hospital. I saw many nurses in the
ward. They all wore blue uniforms and nursing caps.
A nurse gave my grandmother an injection. She also gave my grandmother
some medicines which were 1_______________ by the doctor. The nurse also took
her temperature. She monitored my grandmother’s condition.
The nurse was 2_______________. She talked to my grandmother. She made
my grandmother’s bed every morning.
When it was 3_______________, the nurse gave the patients their food. The nurse
went from bed to bed, placing the food on the tables for the patients. The nurse also
helped to take the patients who were in 4_______________ to the doctor’s room.
The nurse helps 5_______________ people to get well by taking good care of them.
Answer
1. prescribed 2. friendly 3.mealtime 4. wheelchairs 5. sick
My favourite place in school
I was so happy when my parents and I 1_______________ the Singapore Zoo last
Sunday. I saw so many animals. Seeing them live is different from watching them on
television. The animals like the polar bears and the orang-utans are big and strong. I took a
picture with an orang-utan. Her name is Kian Hong. I felt afraid at first but my parents
were with me, so I held Kian Hong’s big hand and 2_______________ at the camera.
We took a 3_______________ ride around the zoo. I saw some tigers resting under the
trees and a hippopotamus 4_______________ itself in the water.
We watched the animal show. A trainer got a 5_______________ to perform tricks.
We left the zoo in the afternoon. I enjoyed my trip to the Singapore Zoo very much.
I have a cousin. Her name is Alice. She is seven years old. Alice goes
for 1_______________ lessons at a dance school.
Sometimes I follow Alive to her ballet classes. I see her wear special shoes. The
ballet shoes are pink in colour. They are soft and made of leather. These shoes help Alice
to turn and 2_______________ on her toes.
Alice wears a pretty ballet dress when she performs at the school concert. It is called
a tutu dress. When she dances, she jumps, 3_______________ her legs and points her feet.
She stretches her arms and points daintily with her fingers.
Alice practices hard. She tells me that she wants to be a 4_______________ when she
grows up. I think she can make her dream come true. I would be very happy for Alice then. I
cannot wait to see her perform on the 5_______________.
My dad is a 1_______________. He can fix a lot of things for the house. He can
repair 2_______________ taps. He can make simple furniture like stools.
Recently he built a book rack for me. First, my dad bought some wood. Then, he used a
saw to cut the wood into rectangular shapes. After that, he used a hammer to knock in the
nails at the 3_______________. The pieces of wood were joined together as a book rack.
My dad used a piece of sandpaper to rub the wood until it was smooth. He
4_______________ a brush into a special liquid called varnish. He brushed the varnish
over the wood so that the book rack looked 5_______________ and smooth.
I thanked my dad for the book rack.
A blackout
My father was driving us home after a late night movie. There were few cars on
the road. It was quiet. The street lamps were shining 1_______________.
We were not far from our home when we 2_______________ that it was rather dark
around where we lived. As my dad turned round the corner, we were shocked to see our
neighbourhood in darkness. There was no light from the street lamps. My father told us
that there was a 3_______________.
When we reached home, my dad took a torch and 4_______________ it around
the house. My mum 5_______________ some candles. I had to use a candle to see my
way to the bathroom. It was a warm night. I could not use the fans. There were plenty of
mosquitoes.
I do not like to be caught in a blackout. Life is hard without electricity.
The litterbug
My grandfather was sick recently. My aunt took him to see a traditional Chinese
doctor who is called a “sinseh”. I followed my grandfather to the sinseh’s clinic. The sinseh
pressed his two fingers on my grandfather’s 1_______________ to feel his pulse. After that,
he 2_______________ some Chinese herbs for my grandfather.
My aunt waited at the 3_______________ counter. A lady was getting the herbs for
us. When I looked at the lady, I saw that she was 4_______________. Her back was severely
5_______________. It was like her back was crushing under an extremely heavy load. She
could not stand straight. She lifted her head sideways when she talked to my aunt.
Although the hunchback lady cannot run or walk fast, she works hard and chats
happily with the patients as she gets the herbs for them