English Grammer test
Question 1.
Do as directed :
(a) Combine the following sentences using ‘who’:
(i) The girl is wearing lahnga chunari.
The girl is Sarita.
(ii) Seema studies in class VII.
Seema is the most intelligent student of the class.
(b) Use appropriate prepositions in the following sentences
(i) She was waiting ……….. her husband.
(ii) She always agrees …………. my decisions.
(a) Combine the sentences given below using ‘prettier’:
(i) Shobha is pretty.
(ii) Her sister is prettier.
(d) Fill in the blank spaces with the correct forms of the verbs :
(i) Two boys were ……….. (play) in the ground.
(ii) They were ………. (enjoy) their free time.
(e) Rewrite the following conversation in indirect form of
narration :
Bala : “Vinita, where did you go yesterday ?”
Answer:
Bala asked Vinita where she had gone the day before.
Vinita : “I went to the market.”
(f) Punctuate the following lines :
That’s true it’ll be difficult to trace anyone who gets lost Can we
eat something before we go for the rides
(g) Make words by adding ‘ly’.
Bad, brave, intelligent, quick.
(h) Give the opposites of:
wild, sharp
grammar in Use
(A) Fill in the blank spaces using ‘between’ and ‘among’:
(i) The letter S comes ……… the letter R and T of the English
alphabet.
(ii)She works ………. the poor.
(B) Combine the sentences using ‘where’ and ‘when’:
(i) I found the pen. I had kept it.
(ii) Sona called me. I was reading.
(D) Make more words by adding
(i)brave
(ii)fearless
(iii) extreme
(E)Punctuate the following paragraph
Once Bishni Kishto Gittoo and Lambu went to see mela in a school
There they saw many Science models made by students. Bishni
asked What is the model about Kishto explained This is about a
water pump
Word Power
(A)Write the homophones for:
(i)hear
(ii)write.
(B) Write one work for each phrase given below:
(i) A monument built in memory of someone who died
somewherelse.
(ii) Words written in memory of a person who has died an
inscription on a tombstone.
(C) Write the meanings of the following words:
(i)merge
(ii)rear
Do as directed :
(i) Use articles :
Sindbad set out on his voyage. He went to ……. nearest harbour
and got into ……. excellent ship.
(ii) Give plurals of : sheep, mango
(iii) Change the form of narration :
Mahek said, “Where do you live ?”
(iv) Change in interrrogative
Anita likes to ride an elephant.
(v) Use the correct form of the verb given :
It ……… yesterday.
(vi) Give one word for :
One who trains a horse.
(vii) Change the voice :
He reads the book.
(viii) Use appropriate prepositions in the blank spaces :
(a) The mangoes are liked ………. my wife.
(b) She always agrees ……… my decisions.
Word Power
(A) Write the homophones of:
(i) see ______
(ii) know ______
(B) Write one word for :
(i) One who lends money
(ii) One who rents out a house
Grammar in Use
(A) Frame questions using with ‘Where’, ‘Who’ and ‘When’
to get the following answers :
(‘where’, ‘who’, ‘when}
(B) Fill in the blanks with correct prepositions.
(by, into, across)
(i) I drew a line __________ the page.
(ii) Hemu jumped __________ the river.
(iii) Can you finish the work __________ five o’clock?
(c) Fill in the blanks with correct form of verb:
(i) Our Indian Cricket Team __________ the World Cup in 1983.
(win)
(ii) There was complete silence outside. Suddenly I __________
a noise. (hear)
(D) Rewrite the following sentences in indirect form:
Seema asked Ashu, “What are you doing today?”
Ashu said, “I am going to my grandmother’s place.”
(E) Rewrite the following lines of poem using the necessary
punctuation marks:
lives of all great men remind us we can make our lives sublime.
A) Write three degrees of comparison for these adjectives :
(i) good –
(ii) thin –
(iii) big –
(iv) high –
(v) bad –
(B) Combine the pairs of sentences using “who”
(i) (a) The girl is wearing a red sweater.
(b) The girl is Sarita..
(ii) (a) Yusuf is wearing a blue cap.
(b) Yusuf is the tallest boy in the class.
(C) Fill in the blanks with these words :
(little, a little, few, a few)
1. I have ……. time to stay.
2. He knows …….. of this story.
3. They have …….. coins.
4. He has ……… friends, as he is new to Indore.
(E) Rearrange the following words to make meaningful
sentences and use capitals whereever necessary :
(i) Indore/in/lived/Vinod.
(ii) young man/the/dressed/was/poorly.
Exercise
Fill in the following blanks with a, an or the as required
1. ……….. train was ………. hour late.
2. Srilanka is ………. island.
3. He is ……….. honest man.
4. It is ………… large egg.
5. ……….. umbrella is ……. use full thing.
6. ………… rose is ………. loveliest of all flowers.
7. He is ……… M. A. from Allahabad university.
8. …… Gita is ………. holy book of Hindus.
(B) Match these words with words opposite in their meaning :
1. many – (a) similar
2. safe – (b) unsafe
3. strong – (c) uncomfortable
4. different – (d) few
5. comfortable – (e) weak
(C)Match the columns :
a swarm of – (a) people
1. a herd of – (b) ships
2. a fleet of – (c) cattle
3. a crowd of – (d) bees.
E)Match the two columns :
Henny – (a) the rabbit
1. Furry – (b) the duck
2. Rinku – (c) the fox
3. Ducky – (d) the hen
Question 1.
Match the column A with B :
2.Match the two columns :
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(B) Match these words with words opposite in their meaning :
1. many – (a) similar
2. safe – (b) unsafe
3. strong – (c) uncomfortable
4. different – (d) few
5. comfortable – (e) weak
Jumble words
1. have / time / if / we / will / visit / . / Mars / we
2. it’s /a/ quite / trip/./really / pleasant
3. diamonds / in / shine / the / sky / stars/./ like
4. my / rocket / just / waiting / is / outside
5. you/take /. / will/a / long / for / ride /I
Q1 write a letter for fir complain
Q2 essay on my best friend
Q3 write points on polyethene bags with drawings
Q4 notice on postponed class
Question 3.
(A) Answer the following questions (any five) :
(a) Why did the horse trainer and his wife decide to sell the horse ?.
(b) Why did the merchants think that the old man had seen the camel ?
(c) What happened when Deepak and Bhola were walking through the
forest ?
(d) What happened to the bus in the story One Way Ticket?
(e) Why were the students of class VII happy?
(f) Why is the story called ‘One way Ticket’?
Question 4.
(a) Why will the pussy like the child ?
(b) Why are the clouds prettier than boats and ships?
(c) How are the days in the south during January?
(d) What according to the poet, is not good for the environment ?
(e) Where did Bhola go to sell the horse ?
(f)Who won the bet?
(g)What did Appu do with his trunk?
(H)Where did Vinod go?
(B) Tick the correct option:
How many colours are there in a rainbow?
(a) six
(b) seven
(c) ten
Who was Bhola’s wife?
(a) Shanti
(b) Asha
(c) Meena
What did the thugs say to Bhola?
(a) to have a bet
(b) to throw the mangoes
(c) to sell the mangoes 0
Who is Appu?
(a) a lion
(b) a camel
(c) an elephant
Who did not have a valid ticket?
(a) Vinod
(b) all other passengers
(c) the youngman
(C) Read the given story and answer the questions given below it :
1. Where were the goats?What did the first goat say?
2. What did the second goat say?
3. What happened in the end?
4. If they had not been wise what could have happened?
5. Where did the Olympic Games get their name from?
6. Why did Dr. Dass want to buy Shanti Bhawan ?
7. Whom does the poetess invite to go in her rocket?.
(B) Read the sentences given below and write True or False :
The poetess doesn’t love little pussy. T/F
The old man’s answers were in the form of questions. T/F
Bobby Pearce’s father was a great wrestler. T/F
Mrs. Ghosh was the owner of Shanti Bhawan. T/F
The poetess wants to take her friend for a ride in her rocket. T/F
(A) Answer These questions
Question 1.
What is the poem Lohri about ?
Question 2.
Where did the five friends go one day?
Question 3.
Why is the story called, “One Way Ticket” .
Question 4.
Who built the buildings at Orchha ?
Question 5.
What were Laxmi Bai’s last words?
(B) Read the following and tick true or false :
(i) Manu was a cowardly girl. T/F
(ii) The five friends had no money to return home. T/F
(C) Tick the correct option:
(i) Bonfires consume a lot of/a little wood.
(ii) The Bundela Kings made Orchha/Sanchi their capital.
(D) Fill in the blank spaces :
(i) Lohri celebrates the harvesting of new …………..
(ii) Laxmi Bai took training in martial …………..
Question 3.
Answer the questions given belows
(i) Whom did Bhola meet first?
(ii) Why did the merchants take the old man to the khalifa ?
(iii) Why did the khalifa not punish the old man ?
(iv) What do we know about the ancient Olympic Games ?
(v) What caused Bobby to slow down in the middle of the race ?
(vi) Did Mr. Dass believe in Mr. Chaudhary’s story?
Question 4.
Answer the questions given below (any three) :
(a) Why are the bridges built on the rivers, pretty?
(b) What does the poet say to her friends in the poem, “The modern
Way” ?
(c) Whom does the poetess invite ?
