NAME:                                         R.NO                                                                  DATE : 16/07/2017
CLASS:                                         W.S.NO                              
SUBJECT:                                    TOPIC-ENGLISH GRAMMAR
________________________________________________________________________________________
1.      Fill in the blanks with suitable verbs
a.          Your friend ________________(talk) like your brother.
b.          The man with the roses ________________ (look) like your brother.
c.          The women in the pool ________________(swim) well.
d.          Basant ________________ (drive) a cab.
e.          The football players ________________(run) five kilometers every day.
f.           That red-haired lady in the fur hat ________________ (live) across the street.
g.          He ________________(cooks) dinner for his family.
h.          The boys ________________(walk) to school every day.
i.            The weather on the coast ________________ (appear) to be good this weekend.

2.         In the following sentences choose the correct verb.
a.          The buildings on each campus (was, were) recently completed.
b.          All applications for the job (has, have) been received.
c.          Every student in all classes (has, have) been notified of the test date.
d.          The chalkboards in the school (is, are) scratched.
e.          Margo and her parents (visit, visits) each other often
f.           Either the cups or the glasses (are, is) in the dishwasher.
g.          Ram and Ramesh (need, needs) a ride to work.
h.          There (is, are) a dog, a cat and a bird in the garden.
i.            The jury (was, were) polled for their verdicts.

3.   In the following sentences, the verbs do not agree with their subjects. Write the correct forms of the verb.
a.          Dr Jones and her mother teaches music.
                       ____________________________________________________________________

b.          Neither Dr Jones nor her mother know how to boil water.
                      ____________________________________________________________________

c.          Either you or your sister have to take notes on the lecture.
                      ____________________________________________________________________

d.          Both the instuctors and the students has left for the day.

____________________________________________________________________

e.          Summer  classes was announces last week.
                        ____________________________________________________________________

f.           Here are the list pf supplies which you ordered.
                       ____________________________________________________________________

g.          Everybody in this school have taken the shot that prevents measles.
                       ____________________________________________________________________

h.          Some of the students in her class enters the essay contest every year.
                       ____________________________________________________________________

i.            The students and Dr Lee prepares the bulletin each month.
                      ____________________________________________________________________
4.                  Complete the following passage by choosing the correct options.
4.1 Kabir, (a)____________________ famous saint, was neither a Muslim nor a Hindu. He (b)____________________ a Fakir (c)____________________ preached love, peace and unity to humanity.

a.      i) a         ii) one                  iii) the          iv) most
b.      i) is        ii)has been          iii) was         iv) had been
c.       i) who   ii) which               iii) that         iv) whom
4.2 Seema bought a new bedsheet but (a)____________________ liked it at her home. She felt very (b)____________________ and decided to (c)____________________ it to her mind.
a.      i) everybody       ii)somebody              iii) nobody         iv)everyone
b.      i) bad                   ii)upset                       iii) horrible        iv) offended
c.       i) donate             ii) give                        iii) gave               iv) be given

5.                     The following passage has not been edited. Identify the missing word and write it with the words before and after it.                                                              Before      missing       after
a.          Nowadays ,must the children get an opportunity    _______________________
b.          to go on school; trips. They jump the chance to be ________________________
c.          away home for a week or two. Some children,         _______________________
d.          especially those leaving home for first time, very   ________________________
e.          much miss their parents
6.                     The following passage has not been edited. Identify the missing word and write it with the words before and after it.                                                          Before      missing       after
a.       A man getting very impatient. Again and again         __________________________________
b.       He would peep the doctor;s room to see how          __________________________________
c.       Many patients were left. After a long time his turn  __________________________________
d.       Came, he got up said,” Sorry docor I don’t have        __________________________________
e.       headache now”

7.      Editing                                                                                  incorrect                          correct
a.       The poem is a speak by Jacques, a sad              ______________________________________
b.       philosopher. he compares the world with a     ______________________________________
c.       stage. Men and women are mere players.        ______________________________________
d.       Their actions are direct by higher forces.         ______________________________________
e.       They play the assign roles and go away.           ______________________________________
f.        Every man plays seven differ roles.                    ______________________________________
g.       They are equivalent with seven stages of         ______________________________________
h.       human life. The poem suggests that live          ______________________________________

i.         is futile but it is not that.

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