ENGLISH GRAMMAR 3RD CLASS

PART -1 (For practice -with answers)

Exercise 1 – Fill in the blanks - PRESENT CONTINUOUS FORM
Fill in the blanks with the present continuous form of the given verbs.
1. I _____ to watch a movie at Inox. (go)
2. We ___ _____ in the nearby park. (play)
3. The boys ____ _____ in the pond. (swim)
4. Rita ____ _____ at the function. (sing)
5. The child __ _______ baseball. (play)
6. The chef ___ ______ his famous ravioli. (cook)
7. The teacher ____ _____ the students. (teach)
8. I _ ________ Aladdin and the Magic Lamp. (read)
9. The man __ _______ a Royal Enfield. (ride)
10. Sheema _________ for her dance performance. (practise)
11. The boys __ ______ everyone present at the party. (annoy)
12. My mother ___ ______ a sweater for my sister. (knit)
13. The man __ ______ on the streets. (beg)
14. The baby _ _______ with her mother. (giggle)
15. Ronaldo __ ______ his team. (train)
Exercise 2 – Fill in the blanks – SIMPLE PAST TENSE.
Read the sentences and fill in the blanks with the correct form of the past tense.
1. We ___ ______ FIFA all night. (was watching/were watching)
2. I __ ______ out with my friends. (went/go)
3. Tim ___ ______ towards the field. (was walking/were walking)
4. The flight _ _______ a few minutes back. (left/leave)
5. The teacher __ ______ us about dinosaurs. (teach/taught)
6. We __ _______ to Las Vegas last week. (drove/drive)
7. The actress _ _______ next to the actor. (stand/stood)
8. The thief __ _______ into the house last night. (break/broke)
9. I __ ______a trophy for the competition on the last day. (receive/received)
10. The boy _ _______ chess last night. (was playing/were playing)
11. I __ ______ Rahim before he came. (has seen/had seen)
12. I _ _______ the movie last night. (had watched/has watched)
13. The opponent ___ _____well. (play/played)
14. Adrian _ ______ all the biscuits. (ate/eaten)
15. Ashok ___ _____ the roof when he fell off. (was mending/were mending)

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Exercise 3 – Fill in the blanks- PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE
Fill in the blanks with the past continuous form of the verbs given in brackets.
1. The children _ ________ hide and seek in the park. (play)
2. They __ _______ to the movies. (go)
3. I _ _______ the book you gave me on my birthday. (read)
4. Winnie _____ _____ her new dress. (stitch)
5. The dogs __ _______ all night. (bark)
6. Ron _ _______ his room when he heard the noise. (clean)
7. It ___ _____ darker with each passing moment. (get)
8. The gardener __ _______ the lawn. (water)
9. The army _ _______ to Ladakh when the enemy attacked them. (go)
10. My sister __ _______ a Royal Enfield yesterday. (ride)
11. The students ___ ______ on their assignments. (work)
12. That boy ___ ______ in class. (dance)
13. The kid __ _______ television all evening. (watch)
14. The girl ___ ______ to rock music. (listen)
15. The birds __ _______ in the sky. (fly)

Exercise 4 – Fill in the blanks- SIMPLE FUTURE TENSE

Use the correct form of future tense from the given options.
1. The teacher ___ _____ shortly. (will arrive/ arrives)
2. The program __ ______ for some time now. (will continue/continues)
3. The cat _______ meowing a lot after the vaccine. (will be/ will have been)
4. The book is quite lengthy. I ___ _____ it for sometime. (will be reading/will have
been reading)
5. We __ ______ our bedroom next month. (will paint/paints)
6. My brother _ ________ for me. (will be waiting/ waited)
7. I _ _______ home next week. (will be returning/returned)
8. Fred _ _______ us soon. (will visit/visits)
9. It ___ _____ Christmas next week. (will be/is)
10. Tom __ _______ completed the chore by then. (will have/will been have)

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Exercise 5 – Fill in the blanks with APPROPRIATE PRONOUNS
Read the following sentences and use the appropriate pronouns.
1. Murat is a good boy. __ _____ always listens to _______ teacher.
2. Amit and Sumit are twin brothers. __ ______ take the same bag to school.
3. Milly and I are very good friends. _ _______ have known each other since
childhood.
4. The mangoes are very sour. Where did you buy ___ _____?
5. I love watching Tom and Jerry. _ ______ reminds me of my childhood days.
6. I bought this book for my sister. _ ______ often read it together.
7. This is Steve. Do you know _ ______?
8. There are many windows here. But all of _ _______ are jammed.
9. The army has reached __ _____destination.
10. My aunt and uncle live in Delhi. ___ _____ often visit ________.
11. While playing basketball, I hurt __ _______.
12. The children locked ________ up in the cupboard while playing hide and seek.
13. I bought _ ______ flowers for my anniversary.
14. All the boys participated in the race and __ ______ one of them got a prize.
15. ___ _____ of the witnesses were present in the court.
16. I met Peter __ ______ just returned from Belgium.
17. Raju set for __ ______, a target which was difficult to achieve.
18. The criminals __ ______ admitted their crime.
19. This is the girl _ ______ identified the burglar.
20. The book is Anne’s. It is _ ______ favourite book.

Exercise 6: Fill in the blanks with APPROPRIATE ARTICLES

Use ‘an’, ‘a’ or ‘the’ appropriately in the sentences given below.
1. Sheldon is __ ______ honest man.
2. King Arthur was _ _______ just king.
3. _ ________ lion let go of ________ mouse.
4. I have fixed _ _______ appointment with _ _______ doctor.
5. Will you take _ _______ picture of us?
6. I broke _ _______ vase my brother brought.
7. My mother has __ ______ polka-dotted umbrella.
8. The team organised _______ friendly match with ___ _____Presidents of both
__ ______ countries.
9. We had __ _____ mulberry tree in the garden.

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 10. __ ______ Eiffel Tower lights up at night.
11. __ ______ huge building turned to dust due to _______ earthquake.
12. __ ______ famous band Beatles is coming to Texas tomorrow.
13. Charles Babbage is considered as _ _______ father of computers.
14. __ _____ famous poem ‘Ode to a Nightingale’ is written by __ _____Romantic
poet John Keats.
15. _ ______ Pacific Ocean is one of __ _____ five oceans of _ ______ world.
16. __ _____ painter drew _______ life-sized portrait of Mrs Mary Poppins.
17. My son is __ ______ apple of my eye.
18. _ _______ history professor who taught us is retiring today.
19. _ _______ oranges I brought were very sour.
20. Sharon will take _ ______ train from _ ______ next stop.

Exercise 7 -Identify the ADVERBS

Read the sentences given below and underline the adverbs.
1. The boy is too careless.
2. The winds are very strong.
3. The baby slept soundly.
4. The soldiers fought the war valiantly.
5. Joey always tries his best.
6. Surely you are mistaken.
7. The movie is to end soon.
8. Your friend messaged again.
9. I did my homework already.
10. I was rather busy.
11. Is your mother within?
12. We looked for the lost puppy everywhere.
13. We do not know her.
14. How long is the trip?
15. Monica seldom visits here.

Exercise 8- Check Your Understanding of CONJUNCTIONS

Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate conjunctions in the following sentences:
1. Deepak _____ _____ ___ Santhosh are best friends.
2. Make sure you work hard _____ _____ _ you will not be able to score good marks.
3. _____ _____ __ Anna does not cook much, she loves baking.

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4. Let me know _____ _____ _ you will be able to make it to the party.
5. I have to go home now _____ _____ _ I really wish I could stay for some more time.
6. I am not well _____ _____ __ I decided to take a day off from work.
7. _____ _____ ____ you work out regularly, you will not see any results.
8. He had no money, _____ _____ he was prepared to help me
9. I could not find the place _____ _____ _____ _____ _ I lost the map.
10. _____ _____ ___ I was walking on the street, I found a wounded dog.

Exercise 9 – Fill in the blanks with appropriate PREPOSITIONS

1. This shop doesn’t have the toys I was looking __ _____. (up/for)
2. The teacher divided the sweets ________ all the children. (between/among)
3. Bruce did not fare well _______ his examination. (in/at)
4. The dog is grateful __ _____ its owner. (to/for)
5. My brother’s anniversary is _______ 5th November. (on/in)
6. The boy _ ______ the store is quite young. (at/on)
7. Mahatma Gandhi was born _ ______ 2nd October. (on/in)
8. Rupert is fond __ _____ muffins. (of/off)
9. The dog jumped _ ______ the sofa. (on/in)
10. Humpty Dumpty sat _______ a wall. (on/at)
11. The police officer is _ ______ the station. (at/on)
12. The Sun will not rise _ ______ 6 o’clock. (before/since)
13. I know Jack _ _______ he was a little boy. (for/since)
14. Priya’s house is _ _______ mine. (next to/after)
15. The opponents sat _ ________ to each other. (opposite/behind)
16. The scientist looked __ _______ the microscope. (through/in)
17. I met Suhani when I was __ _____ college. (in/on)
18. I will have completed my task _______ Friday. (till/by)
19. There’s a rift _ _______ these two kids. (between/among)
20. The soldiers are __ ______ war. (in/at)

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 ENGLISH GRAMMAR 3RD CLASS
PART -2 (For practice -without answers)

EXERCISE - I.Fill in the blanks with Simple Past Tense :

(a) He__________ his favourite toy to school yesterday. ( bring)
(b) She ______ with her friends in the park yesterday. (play)
(c) He_______ his sister with her homework last week.( help)
(d)The dog ________ (run) across the yard this morning.
(e)He ________ (watch) a movie with his family yesterday.
(f)She ________ (buy) a new dress for the party last week.
(g)The sun ________ (rise) early this morning.
(h)Yesterday, we ________ (go) to the beach with our family.
(i)They ________ (sing) their favourite song at the concert yesterday.
(j)The dog ________ (bite) my shoe yesterday.

EXERCISE - II. Fill in the blanks with Simple Future Tense:

(a)I ________ (live) in a big city when I grow up.
(b)We ________ (hear) the news tomorrow.
(c )She ________ (buy) a new book next week.
(d)My brother ________ (cook) dinner for us tonight.
(e)She ________ (clean) her room in the morning.
(f)I ________ (write) a letter to my friend next week.
(g) She ________ (study) for the test tomorrow.
(h)The birds ________ (fly) south for the winter.
(i)He ________ (finish) his homework after school.
(j)We ________ (meet) our friends at the playground.

EXERCISE - III. Fill in the blanks with suitable articles:

(a)saw _______ cat sitting on the wall.
(b) She has _______ apple in her bag.
(c) _______ sun rises in the east.
(d)We visited _______ zoo yesterday.
(f) _______ book on the table is mine.
(g) He is _______ honest boy.
(h) I want to buy _______ umbrella.
(i) _______ moon is shining brightly tonight.
(j)She is _______ best singer in our class.
(k)I want to read _______ interesting book.

EXERCISE - IV.Fill in the blanks with suitable Prepositions:

(a)The cat is sitting _______ the table.
(b)We will meet _______ the park tomorrow.
(c)I found my book _______ the shelf.
(d)The teacher is standing _______ the blackboard.
(e)The puppy is hiding _______ the bed.
(f)We will go _______ the store after lunch.
(g)The picture is hanging _______ the wall.

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 EXERCISE - V.Fill in the blanks with Present Continuous Tense:
(a) The children ____________________ their hands with joy. (clap)
(b) My father _____________________ the car. (drive)
(c) I ____________________ to music. (listen)
(d) The baby _____________________ in the cradle. (sleep)
(e) We ______________________ a movie. (watch)
(f) He _____________________ a beautiful picture. (paint)
(g) The wind __________________ strongly. (blow)
(h) The birds ________________________ a nest. (build)
(i) You _____________________ a heavy bag. (carry)
(j) They ______________________ a picture of a house. (draw)

EXERCISE - VI.Fill in the blanks with Past Continuous Tense:

(a) The cat ________________a mouse in the kitchen. (chase)

(b) We __________________ the rain from the window. (watch)
(c) She________________ a beautiful song. (sing)
(d) They __________________a sandcastle on the beach. (build)
(e) I __________________for my test. (study)
(f) The children ___________________ in the playground. (shout)
(g) He ___________________ the broken chair. (repair)
(h) The bus ______________ very slowly. (move)
(i) You ____________________for the train. (wait)
(j) The farmer ___________________ the field. (plough)

EXERCISE - VII.Fill in the blanks with suitable pronouns:

(a) I saw ______at the park yesterday.

(b) The dog is playing. ____ is very happy.
(c) ____are going to the beach tomorrow.
(d) This is my pen. _____ is green.
(e) The teacher is nice. ____ helps us learn.
(f) I met John and Mary. _____ were at the mall.
(g) Please give the book to me. _____ need it.
(h) The bird is flying high. ______ looks beautiful.
(i) __________ is my best friend.
(j) I want to meet _______ parents.

EXERCISE - VIII.Fill in the blanks with suitable conjunctions:

(a) Priya went to bed early_________ she was very tired. (but/because)
(b) Tom likes reading books _____________ playing video games. (until/and)
(c) He was tired, ___________ he finished his homework. (because/but)
(d) You can have an apple _________ a banana for snack. (and/or)
(e) She likes to play soccer _________ she doesn’t like basketball. (or/because)
(f) We cannot leave ____________ the bell rings. (because/until)
(g) I will take a nap ________ I feel sleepy. (or/because)
(h) ______________ it was very late, she stayed up to finish her book.(and/although)
(i) He waited ___________ his friends arrived. (or/until)

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EXERCISE - IX.Choose the suitable adverbs from the given box:

gracefully,correctly, sweetly, loudly, silently, beautifully, curiously, neatly,

confidently, quickly, happily

(a) Rahul writes _______________.

(b) She speaks _____________ in front of the class.

(c) The children ate _______________.

(d) The dog barked _______________.

(e) Neha danced_______________ in the party.

(f) She jumped ________________ after the surprise.

(g) The baby smiled _______________ looking at his mother.

(h) The cat ran _________________ across the room.

(i) The child looked at the stars _________________ at night.

(j) She answered the questions ______________ in the class.

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