Basic English Language Skills Basic English Language Skills
ASSIGNMENT
1. Identify the verb in the following sentence:
The grey elephant drinks water from the largest lake in Africa.
2. Identify the collective noun in the following sentence:
The board of directors voted in favour of the decision.
3. Correct the punctuation in the following sentence:
Anthea will you please buy bread milk and eggs when you go to the 
shop. 
4. Choose the correct word:
Charles was accepted/excepted into the engineering studies course at 
Oxbridge Academy.
5. Choose the correct word:
Its/It’s time to go home now.
6. Choose the correct word:
They were late for work, because there/their train was delayed.
7. Choose the correct word:
You’re/Your going to write your exam next week.