GRAMMAR WORKSHEET

1. He sympathized with me over my sad loss, and this was some comfort.

His ______

2. George is the most popular of all the boys in the class.

No other ______

3. Rohan has squandered his fortune and ruined his health by his extravagance.

Not only ______

4. He saw the danger but moved on.

Although ______

5. Nothing can be gained without effort.

Can ______

6. He boasted that he had never been ill all his life.

He boasted of ______

7. It is likely that he will come.

There is ______

8. She didn’t know where it was and I didn’t either.

Neither she ______

9. How many people can the new theatre accommodate?

What is ______

10. The reason why he is so successful is that he works hard.

The reason for ______

11. As soon as he entered the house his mother started shouting at him.

Hardly ______

12. Few men would be cruel to a handicapped person.

Not many ______

13. The captain displayed exceptional courage, yet the plane crashed.

In spite of ______

14. I will go to see a film, if you allow me.

Unless you ______

15. I will stay here as long as you are away.

Until you ______

16. He is not such a wise man as he was reputed to be.

He was reputed ______

17. He is so foolish that he will not take any trouble to improve himself.

He is too ______

18. When he entered the room he heard a great noise.

On ______

19. He was the first Indian to become a governor.

It was he ______

20. The Police know the place where he is hiding.

The place where ______

21. He not only robbed the women but also killed her.

Besides ______

22. Ravi said to his friend, “Let me do my work quietly, please”.

Ravi ______

23. Why did you refuse such an honourable job?

Why was ______

Fill in the blanks with the word which is appropriate:

  1. They were not averse ______the life ______the camps.
  2. The men were used to eating the coarsest ______food ______home, so they found the journey no hardship.
  3. His art work is remembered ______the perfection ______its detail.
  4. I differ ______you ______this question.
  5. A common fallacy is that intimacy dispenses ______the necessity ______politeness.
  6. The editors have complete authority ______publish this story.
  7. You have no authority ______him.
  8. The children were impressed ______his speech.
  9. The saint impressed ______his followers the need to follow discipline.
  10. The cadets passed ______from the Academy in October.
  11. He passed ______on the 10th of October.
  12. The son promised to look ______his parents in their old age.
  13. He promised to look ______his friends in the States.
  14. The book fell ______the table and was torn badly.
  15. He fell ______the river and was nearly drowned.
  16. Ranjit graduated ______the University of Kolkata.
  17. She graduated ______Commerce and joined a MNC.
  18. He is liked ______his subordinates for he treats them well.
  19. He is liked ______his honesty and integrity by all colleagues.
  20. He has looked ______all the accounts and found no discrepancy.
  21. We looked ______him as a wise man who would solve our problems.
  22. The rebels laid ______their arms before the Government.
  23. He is laid ______with fever and cannot come to office.
  24. The battalion held ______bravely for forty days.
  25. The progress of the work has been held ______due to shortage of manpower.

In the following passages fill in each of the numbered blanks with the correct form of the word given in the brackets.

  1. Dear Ritu,

The annual examinations ______1.(start) two days ago. We have completed two papers in English and I ______2. (feel) happy with how I have done in them. I am writing a

very short letter to you because soon I ______3. (absorb) in studying hard for tomorrow’s examination. The most awful thing about examinations is that it ______4. (give) you such a scare. I was very nervous when the question papers ______5. (give) out. With my eyes ______6. (glue) on the question paper, I found that I went blank for a few minutes. “Relax!” I ______7. (say) to myself, and soon I ______8. (scribble) furiously and all that I had studied came back to me quite well. I finished a good quarter of an hour before time. The invigilator smiled at me and ______9. (ask) me to check my answers properly. It was good I did that because I found that I ______10. (make) a few careless mistakes.

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2. Once a ticket checker asked an absentminded professor for his ticket when the latter______

_(1. travel) by train. The professor said that he ______(2.forget) to buy one, the ticket checker then asked, “Sir, could you please tell me from where you ______(3.board) the train and where you (4.want) to go?”

“The trouble is, that’s exactly what I ______(5.can) remember”, the professor replied. Many young students have similar problems. They ______(6.not know) what their aim in life is and how ______(7.achieve) it. To achieve success one ______(8.have) to make a plan and work hard by ______(9.pay) attention to details to achieve their objectives. Nothing ______(10.come) free in life.

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3. U.S. scientist’s ______(1.reveal), a traditional cup of tea will soon join the list of ‘health menu’ as it ______(2.protect) against a range of conditions ______(3.include) cancer, heart disease and Parkinson’s. Experts ______(4.believe) antioxidants in tea help to repair cells in the body which ______(5.damage) by sunlight. ______(6.damage) cells can lead to cancer, heart disease and other serious conditions ______(7.report) BBC. Scientists made their case at a meeting in Washington ______(8.organise) by the US Department of Agriculture. The officials from the Department outlined the ______(9.find) from a study which suggested that tea reduced the risk of heart disease by ______(10.lower) cholesterol.

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4. It ______1. (be) now possible for a person to work from the home. No longer ______2. (do) one have to spend long, harrowing hours ______3. (travel) to and from the work place. The time saved can ______4. (be spend) in seeing the children off to school or just ______5. (read) the morning paper over a leisurely cup of tea. Indeed, one can ______6. (bid) goodbye to office stress and boredom.But ______7. (be) the change a welcome one? There ______8. (still be) the usual tension over finishing a piece of work on time. And one ______9. (need) to be remarkably disciplined to avoid ______10. (waste) one’s time at home.

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