English Grammar
English Grammar
English Grammar
BY
DR. Y. SINGH
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH
( GRAMMAR EXERCISES WITH ANSWERS)
(A)FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH APPROPRIATE FORMS OF VERBS ‘BE’
(ANY FIVE) : 1X5 =5
NOTE: WRITE COMPLETE SENTENCES.
Questions Answers
Sameer – – here in the next week. will be
Anu–– in Pasighat for ten years. has been
The thief —— caught yesterday at Guwahati. was
Kiran Desai —— awarded the Booker prize this
year. has been
The chief minister—to start for New Delhi this is
morning. Was
She — absent for some days in the last month.
Questions Answers
The earth—round the Sun.(moves/move/moved) Moves
I–– her only one letter up to now.(sent/have sent/ shall send) have sent
I—— a strong noise.(hear/am hearing/have been hearing)
Answers
(i) How long have you lived here?
(ii) Did you not see the moon last night?
(iii) What are you waiting for?
(iv) What does this pen cost you?
(v) Stop! you (not see) the notice? (Make a
negative - interrogative sentence in simple
present tense.)
(vi) What you (have) for breakfast usually?
(Express in simple present tense.)
(vii) You (see) my car keys anywhere? (Express
in present perfect tense.)
(viii) I am going for a walk; you (come) with me?
(Express in present continuous tense.)
ANSWERS:
(v) Stop! Don’t you see the notice?
(vi)What do you have for breakfast usually?
(vii) Have you seen my car keys anywhere?
(viii) I am going for a walk; are you coming with me?
(d) Correct the sequence of tense and rewrite
any five of the following sentences : 1x5=5
(i) She worked hard so that she may pass out.
(ii)Walk carefully lest you may fall.
(iii)We eat that we might live.
(iv)I wish he was here.
ANSWERS:
ANSWERS:
Questions Answers
Every must
mortal—die one day.
while? is
supposed
This film—to be a great
used
to
success.
I—live here when I was a boy.
Questions Answers
ANSWERS:
(i) Shakespeare is greater than any other
playwrights. (OR) Shakespeare is the
greatest playwright.
(ii) Bangalore is cooler than Hyderabad.
(iii) Each of them is culprit.
(iv) It is very hot.
CONTINUED…
(v) None of them have an umbrella.
(vi) Mangalore is further from Mumbai than
Surat.
(vii) He is junior than all his colleagues.
(viii) Copper is the useful metal.
ANSWERS:
(v) None of them has an umbrella.
(vi) Mangalore is farther from Mumbai than
Surat.
(vii) He is junior to all his colleagues.
(viii) Copper is a useful metal.
THANKS