Grammar Worksheet

Transformation of Sentences:-

  1. The heavens declare the glory of God.

The glory ______

  1. Swimming is healthier than most other exercises.

Very few ______

  1. As soon as he saw me, he fled.

No sooner ______

  1. The uses of adversity are sweet.

How______

  1. Notwithstanding his ill health he worked hard.

He was ______

  1. She never instructs a class with out careful preparation.

Whenever______

  1. He said to me, “I may go away tomorrow”.

He told______

  1. He rarely finds time to visit his friends.

Rarely______

  1. He was more worthy of praise than anyone else.

No one ______

  1. Run slowly else you will fall down.

If ______

  1. Ravi very skillfully avoided answering the question directly.

It was easy ______

  1. We can check the engine very cheaply.

It doesn’t ______

  1. A passing motorist informed the police of the accident.

The police ______

  1. I don’t know who sold you that ring but you were cheated.

Whoever sold ______

  1. The rumour interests us very much.

The rumour is of______

  1. Mary established the record and Jill broke it.

The record ______

  1. The path is too narrow for lorries.

This path isn’t ______

  1. Do you the reason for the absence of so many competitors?

Do you know why ______

  1. I ought to cut the grass.

The grass ______

  1. He didn’t hurry, so he missed the train.

If ______

  1. The taking of life is an act quite unlike anything we can do.

Nothing ______

  1. The baby’s wail may have no particular object, being merely the expression of general

annoyance.

A baby often wails ______

  1. If I were a rich man, I would help him.

Were ______

  1. We could not drive because of the fog.

The fog prevented ______

  1. Weak as he is, he does not lie idle.

Although ______

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Prepositions:-

  1. Can you understand why she has suddenly turned ______me?
  2. He applied for the position of manager but was turned ______.
  3. She got ______her anxiety quite soon.
  4. He lost his temper and told the man to get ______of his sight.
  5. The constable ran ______the thief and caught him.
  6. “Let me run ______the main points again”, she said.
  7. Meena kept ______interrupting him until he lost patience with her.
  8. The guards told the crowd to keep ______.
  9. Oliver called ______more food in a small voice.
  10. When the storm broke, the search was called ______.
  11. Young people think that the world is made ______them alone.
  12. Everyone knows that the world is made ______various metals.
  13. We agree ______most things quite happily.
  14. We agree ______try out your suggestion.
  15. He promised to look ______his grandparents when he went home to stay with them.
  16. He promised to look ______his friends when he visited America.
  17. Frogs live ______wells because they like dark wet places.
  18. Frogs live ______flies and insects which are found near water.
  19. If you look ______binoculars, distant things seem near.
  20. He assured them that he would look ______their complaints.
  21. He did not want to come ______the two sisters and start the quarrel.
  22. He is going through a bad patch now but he will surely come ______.
  23. When I go to my home town I always look ______my childhood friends.
  24. If you are ever in town you are welcome to look ______at my place.
  25. All the prefects were responsible ______the school captain.
  26. The prefects were responsible ______the discipline of pupils.
  27. I told him not to meddle ______the machine but he did not listen.
  28. His parents are very aloof and do not meddle______his affairs.
  29. The plan of Tapti’s work differs ______mine in many ways.
  30. Sita differs ______me in every matter that comes up before the committee.

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Tenses:-

1. The gorilla ______(be) something of a paradox in the African scene. One ______(think)

one ______(know) him very well. For a hundred years or more he ______(capture)

imprisoned in zoos and has also been killed. His bones ______(mounted) in natural history museums everywhere and he has always ______(exert) a strong fascination upon scientists and romantics alike. Yet the fact ______(be) we know very little about gorillas. Carl Akeley, the American naturalist, ______(lead) two expeditions in the nineteen twenties and now ______

(be) buried among the animals he ______(love) so well.

2. Our examination ______(start) yesterday. We finished two papers in English and I ______(feel) happy with my performance. I am writing to you a quick letter, for in another hour

I ______( absorb) in notes and books for tomorrow’s examination. The worst thing about an examination is that it ______(give) you such a bad fright. I too was very nervous

when the question papers ______(hand) over. With my eyes ______(glue) on the question paper, I went blank for a few moments. “Steady!” I ______(say) to myself.

A few moments later I ______(scribble) furiously and all I had studied, came back to me smoothly. I finished a good fifteen minutes before time. The invigilator smiled sweetly at me and

______(ask) me to check my answers once again. It was good to do that because I found

I ______(make) a few careless mistakes.

3. There ______(be) no tears in the King’s eyes. He ______(look) at all his courtiers with great affection, but his mind ______(be) made up. He ______(take) off his royal

robes and dropped them gently on the ground. The Chief Minister ______(pick) them up tenderly and kissed them and ______(sob) like a child. He cried, “O God, I ______

(give) back to Thee the gift of kinship which thou ______(bestow) upon me. I ______

(love) my subjects, but I love humanity more”. Then he ______(address) his courtiers and says, “My friends, I ______(go) into the forest to pray for the rest of my life in order to find peace of mind”.

4. Years ______(roll) on! One day, her son, Rohan while put in the forest to ______(pluck) flowers ______(bit) by a serpent. The queen now ______(take) the dead body to the cremation grounds. At this stage, the play ______(become) very pathetic and tragic.

Wild lamentations ______(rise) from the spectators. She ______(have) no money to pay.

The King showed no mercy to her. He must do his duty. He would not ______(allow) her to cremate her child until she parted with half the shroud. At last, she ______(force) to tear the shroud. But now, the scene ______(change). A divine melody ______(echo) through the sky, flowers begin to rain from heaven. Spectators clapped loudly.

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