FOR STUDENTS GRAMMAR (EXAMINATION STYLE)

GRAMMAR

PRACTICE EXERCISE

(Tenses, Modals, Subject and Verb Concord, Narration and Determiners)

 

 

Fill up the blanks by selecting the correct option.

 

1. He _____ sweets.

1. liking

2. is liking

3. likes

4. like

 

2. They_____ money.

1. collect

2. collecting

3. collects

4. is collect

 

3. Mrs. Smith _____ by Tuesday.

1. reached

2. is reaching

3. reach

4. will have reached

4. _______ you lend me your watch? (Polite Request)

1. can

2. could

3. will

4. shall

 

5. He is weak in Mathematics. He ______ solve this sum 

yesterday.

1. can

2. cannot

3. couldnot

4. will

 

6. He is scared. He ______ fight her.

1. darenot

2. will

3. will

4. would

 

 

7. John as well as his wife ____ in sugar.

1. are dealing

2. deals

3. deal

4. were dealing

 

 

8. One of those boys ______ won the match.

1. have

2. are

3. am

4. has

 

9. Many a book ______ been written by her.

1. was

2. have

3. had

4. has

 

10. She told me that she _____  my poems.

1. read

2. had read

3. is reading

4. has read

 

11. She _____ me how my studies were going on.

1. is asking

2. asks

3. ask

4. asked

 

 

12. The major ordered the soldiers _____ open the fire.

1. if

2. that

3. to

4. whether

 

13. If you want to succeed, you need to do _____ work.

1. many

2. a lot of

3. no

4. little

 

14. Richa has seen _____ film.

1. none

2. much

3. many a

4. many

 

15. One of these workers has joined _____ union.

1. a

2. an

3. these

4. all

 

 

 

 

 

Answers:

 

1. 3. likes

2. 1. collect

3. 4. will have reached

4. 2. could

5. 3. couldnot

6. 1. darenot

7. 2. deals

8. 4. has

9. 4. has

10. 2. had read

11. 4. asked

12. 3. to

13. 2. a lot of

14. 3. many a

15. 1. a

 

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Hakikat Rai Sharma

 

                            

                                         

                  

                                               

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Jumbled Words

Make meaningful sentences from the jumbled words and phrases.

            (a) Have/ they/come/why/till now/ not

2       (b)   A man/he/was/courage of

3       (c) My/bought/two/brother/pens

         (d)   My/love/I/India

5       (e)  The/Red Fort/she/not/has/seen

Answer

(a) Why have they not come till now?

(b) He was a man of courage.

(c) My brother brought two pens.

(d) I love my India.

(e) She has not seen the Red Fort.

Q: Read the given conversation and complete the given report.

John: How are you, Mary?

Mary: I am fine. When did you reach Delhi?

John: I came here yesterday. What are you doing in this city?

Mary: I have settled here after marriage.

John: When did you get marry and what is your profession?

Mary: I am a cardiologist.

One day John met Mary and asked how...............She replied that she..............................................She inquired when he had reached Delhi. He told her that.........................and wanted to know what ........................in that city. Mary informed him ............................He further asked her when........................and what her.........................She added that.........................

ANSWERS:

1. she was

2. was fine

3. he had come there the previous day

4. she was doing

5. that she had settled there after marriage

6. she had got married

7. profession was

8. she was a cardiologist

Q: Read the given information and complete the process of making tea.

*Pour water in a pan

*Put it on stove

*Light fire

*Add sugar and tea leaves

*Allow it to boil

*Add milk and boil it for some more time

*Filter it and pour in cups

When you want to make tea, water is poured in a pan and it..................on a stove. Then fire............... After some time sugar .................according to your taste. Next it ............. to boil and milk ................It is again allowed to boil for some more time. In the end tea...............and poured in cups.

Answers:

1.     is put

2.     is lit/lighted

3.     and tea leaves are added

4.     is allowed

5.     added/is added

6.     is filtered

Q:Read the given headlines and write their expansion by filling up the blanks correctly:

1.     TWO PERSONS SELECTED FOR AWARDS IN LITERATURE.

The Diamond Cultural Society ....................................................for their excellent work in Hindi yesterday.

2.     PM TO VISIT GHAZIABAD ON 10^th  OCTOBER

It is learnt that the Prime Minister of India.................to Ghaziabad on 10^th  October . He will dedicate a Science Centre to the nation.

3.     FIVE KILLED AND TEN INJURED IN ACCIDENT

A road accident occurred on NH 24 today in which ............................and ........................injured.

4.     DR. ANUPAM WINS NATIONAL AWARD

XYZ Award ......................... Dr Anupam ,a renowned doctor of NCR, for his outstanding work in rural areas.

5.     BOY OF BULANDSHAHR SCALES MOUNT  EVEREST

The Evening Times has reported that Pranav who originally hails from Bulandshahr has ..................................... today morning.

ANSWERS:

1. selected two persons for awards in literature

2. will pay a visit

3. five persons were killed and ten

4. was conferred on

5. successfully scaled Mount Everest

 Q: Fill in the blanks with correct forms of words given in brackets:

There was a .........(prince) state in the north India. .........(it) capital was......... (build) by King Dharam Singh.Its (man) gate..........(be) huge and beautiful. There was a temple on the left. On the right, a statue of Dharam Singh....... (stand)there. It was as high as the main gate ........(off) the temple.It.............             (is )placed on a black platform. No........( stares) were built to...........(climbing) it.

ANSWERS:

princely,its,built,main,was,stood,of,was,stairs,climb

 
EDITING

There is an error in each line. Find it and correct it as shown in the example.

                                      Incorrect correct

There were a king. He (a) were                         was

has two sons. One of (b) 

them like hunting. One (c)

day he go to the         (d)

forest and killed the       (e)

bird. The bird cried for  (f)

pain. The sage came     (g)

and told him with give (h)

up hunt.                       (i)

Answer      

  Incorrect      Correct

(a) were               was

(b) has                 had

(c) like                liked

(d) go                 went

(e) the                 a

(f) for                in

(g) the                a

(h) with              to

(i) hunt               hunting

Edit the passage:

                        Incorrect          Correct

My friend  came tomorrow.              (a) came         will come

She have two children.                     (b)  

The older one is a boy                     (c) 

and the young one is                         (d)

a  girl. I want to met                         (e) 

them as earlier as                            (f) 

possible.  I have waiting                   (g)

for  him eagerly. I will                      (h) 

give them much gifts. If                   (i) 

they did not come, I                          (j) 

have  become upset.                         (k)

Answers: 

(b) have        has

(c) older        elder

(d) young      younger

(e) met         meet

(f) earlier      early

(g) have       am

(h) him        them

(i) much      many

(j) did          do

(k) have      will/shall

There is an error in each line. Correct it as  shown in the example:

                                                                                  Incorrect          Correct

Every Sunday competition were held       a)          competition     competitions

funds generated by sell tickets to the        b)

audience.They include races,kabaddi,      c)

wrestling etc .A income from them           d)

was spent from the garden. A well            e)

known industrialist was make                   f)

an chief guest in a competition .He           g)

donated the huge amount of money.          h)

A new episode shock everyone.                 i)

Answers:

b) sell             selling

c) include       included

d) a                 the

e)from            on

f) make           made

g) an               the

h) the              a

i) shock          shocked

OMISSION

In the passage given, one word is missing in each line. Find the missing word and write it as shown in the example.

One I went for a walk.                 (a)  one       day       I

When I reached park, I saw         (b)

old woman. She had                    (c)

stick is her hands. I wished         (d)

her good morning but nothing.    (e)

I wished her. This time she          (f)

smiled me.                                   (g)

Answer

      Before                  missing                 After

(a)   one                        day                         I

(b)   reached                 the/a                       park

(c)   saw                        an                          old

(d)  had                         a                            stick

(e)   she                         said                        nothing

(f)   her                          again                      this

(g)  smiled                    at                             me         

One word is missiong  in each sentence. Supply the missing word as shown in the example.

She peeped out her nest. It was intensely                 a) out from her          

dark. She was shocked think that her own                b)                   

life was full darkness. Worries increase                    c)

troubles rapidly. It  also observed when                    d)

children are ready to work, life goes in                     e)

a tight grip negativism and pessimism                      f)

creates place for itself in our mind.                           g)

When her children slept, Chitchit flew                     h)

to nest of a neighbour.                                               i)

Answers:

b) shocked to think

c) full of darkness

d) it is also

e) are not ready

f) grip of negativism

g) creates a place

h) children had slept

i) to the nest

Hakikat Rai Sharma, Ghaziabad & Nabinagar, Bulandshahr (UP)