The table below has some proverbs telling you what to do and what not to do. Fill in the blanks and add a few more such proverbs to the table.

Question

Look at the sentences below. Notice that the verbs (italicized) are all in their bare form.

2. The table below has some proverbs telling you what to do and what not to do. Fill in the blanks and add a few more such proverbs to the table.

	Positive		Negative
(i)	Savefor a rainy day.	(i)	Don’t cryover spilt milk.
(ii)	Make haywhile the sun shines.	(ii)	Don’t putthe cart before the horse.
(iii)	____ before you leap.	(iii)	____ a mountain out of a mole hill.
(iv)	____ and let live.	(iv)	____ all your eggs in one basket.

Answer 1

(iii) Look Before you leap.(positive)

(iii) Don't make a mountain out of a mole hill.(negative)

(iv) Live and let Live.(positive)

(iv)Don't put all your eggs in one basket.(negative)

(v) Mind your own business.(positive)

(v) Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.(negative)

(vi) Be first at the feast and last at the fight.(positive)

(vi) Don't count the days, make the days count!(negative)