RING

English for Today by Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (Dr GAB)

RING

The word could be a noun or a verb. As a noun, it could mean a circle of any material (I love your ring), the act of making a call (I’ll give you a ring) or the sound a bell makes (I heard a ring at the door).

As a verb, it could mean to make a phone call or cause something to make a sound and its other forms are rang and rung, and it could also mean to surround something wherein the other forms will be ringed and ringed.
TASK

1. The bell had _ before we got to school and the teacher _ our names in red right before us .
2. The harbour is _ with rocks and reefs so no one heard when she _ the bell.
3. We __ the bird and conditioned it such that it only flies when the bell __but surprisingly, it didn’t fly when the bell was __yesterday.
   GAB