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I. Use the appropriate article. (a or an, the, no article)
1. The sun rises in the east.
2. The headmaster came to our class yesterday.
3. Mary reads the Bible every day.
4. The monkey is eating no article bananas.
5. I want to buy a car.
6. Naresh was appointed no article Principal of the college.
7. My friends went to no article market.
8. The Nile is the longest river in the world.
9. The Prime Minister visited Bangalore yesterday.
10. No article Mother has prepared no artilce breakfast.
II. Change the voice of the following.
1. The cat was being chased by the dog. (The dog was chasing the cat.)
2. I shall not be opposed by him. (He will not oppose me.)
3. Am I known to them? (Do they know me?)
4. What is understood by him? (What does he understand?)
5. Let the fan be switched off. (Switch off the fan.)
6. Punish him. (Let him be punished.)
7. Is she humiliating them? (Are they being humiliated by her?)
8. Do the police catch the thief? (Is the thief caught by the police?)
9. Has the boy killed the snake? (Has the snake been killed by the boy?)
10. Will they have constructed the house? (Will the house have been constructed by them?)
11. Let these tablets be taken daily. (Take these tablets daily.)
12. By whom can the problem be solved? (Who can solve the problem?)
13. What was bought his child by him? /What was his child bought by him? (What did he buy his child?)
14. The lesson must be learnt by students. (Students must learn the lesson.)
15. Where was the house built by her? (Where did she build the house?)
16. Who is invited to the party? (Whom do you invite to the party?)
17. Let the problem be fixed by him. (Let him fix the problem.)
18. Had the potter caught the tiger? (Had the tiger been caught by the potter?)
19. Is the bird singing the song? (Is the song being sung by the bird?)
20. Is English spoken by him? (Does he speak English?)
III. Change the following into other Speech.
1. The manager said to the clerk, “Type the letter.” (The manager asked the clerk to type the letter.)
2. I said to them, “When have you come?” (I asked when they had come there.
3. She asked him if he would help her.)
4. The teacher said to the students, “Why have you not completed the work?” (The teacher asked the students why they had not completed the work.)
5. Shravani said to Shekhar, “I shall return your book tomorrow.” (Shravani told Shekhar that she would return his book the next day.)
6. He will say to you, “I have finished my homework.” (He will tell you that he has finished his homework.)
7. Srikanth says to Kamalakar,”I have got the job.” (Srikanth tells Kamalakar that he has got the job.)
8. Mahesh said, “I have done research on the behavior of monkeys.” (Mahesh told that he had done research on the behaviour of monkeys.)
9. Malathi says to Manjunath, “Your notes helped me pass the examination yesterday.” (Malathi tells Manjunath that his notes helped her pass the examination the previous day.)
10. They said to me, “You have made us wait for you today.” (They told me that I had made them wait for me that day.)
IV. Change the following into other two degrees.
1. Comp: Hyderabad is larger than many other cities in India. Positive: Very few cities in India are so large as Hyderabad.(Hyderabad is one of the largest cities in India.)
2. Sup: The Nile is the longest river in the world. Comp: The Nile is longer than any other river in the world. (No other river is as long as the Nile in the world.)
3. Sup: Nishanth is the cleverest boy in the class. Positive: No other boy in the class is as clever as Nishanth. (Nishanth is cleverer than any other boy in the class.)
4. Sup: America is one of the most powerful countries. Comp: America is more powerful than many other countries. (Very few countries are as powerful as America.)
5. Sup: Telangana is one of the richest states in India. Positive: Very few states are as rich as Telangana. (Telangana is richer than many other states in India.)
6. Positive: She is not as sharp as he. (He is sharper than she.)
7. Comp: The pen is mightier than the sword. (The sword is not as mighty as the pen.)
8. Positive: I am as tall as you. (You are not taller than I.)
9. Comp: She not smarter than they. (They are so smart as she.)
10. Comp: The rabbit runs faster than the tortoise. (The tortoise does not run as fast as the rabbit.)
V. Add Question Tags to the following.
- P V Sindhu won gold medals, didn’t she?
- I shall attend my friend's marriage tomorrow, shan’t I?
- The children did not do homework, did they?
- Let's go to a movie, shall we?
- Kavya has finished the project work, hasn’t she?
- Deepthi will score good marks, won’t she?
- Tarun had got seat in IIT Basara, hadn’t he?
- Pavithra attends classes regularly, doesn’t she?
- Fetch me some water, won’t you?
- Don't copy from others, will you?
- She has made a kite, hasn’t she?
- They work hard, don’t they?
- I shall go home, shan’t I?
- Sunitha will finish homework, won’t she?
- You are not listening to the song, are you?
- Bring a piece of chalk, won’t you?
- Do not open the book, will you?
- I am a teacher, aren’t I?
- It is not hot today, isn’t it?
- We do not hate them, do we?
- The Prime Minister will address the nation, won’t he?
- The students are writing the examination, aren’t they?
- Anitha does not sing well, does she?
- I don't know them, do I?
- The children were not playing kabaddi, were they?
- They have never met me, have they?
- Students hardly understand teachers, do they?
- Nobody attended the class, did they?
- Everyone will write the examination, won’t they?
- One of the students answered the question, did he?/did she?
VI. Use the appropriate prepositions in the following.
1. The girls decided to teach the boys a lesson.
2. The boys swam across the river.
3. Rakesh sat beside/by Rajesh.
4. The duster is under/on the table.
5. She beat the dog with a stick.
6. The trees were cut by the farmers with axes.
7. Look at the moon.
8. The young man fell off the bike and got his leg broken.
9. This paragraph is taken from "Attitude is Altitude"
10. Please listen to me.me.
X. Change the following into other two conditional sentences.
1.
Open: If it rains, they will cancel the match.
Imaginary: If it rained, they would cancel the match.
2.
Imaginary: If you ran fast, you
would win the race.
Unfulfilled: If you had run fast, you would have won the match.
3.
Open: If the children study well, they will write the examination
well.
Unfulfilled: If the children had studied well, they would have written the
examination well.
4.
Open: If the police arrest the criminal, they will produce him
before the court.
Unfulfilled: If the police had arrested the criminal, they would have
produced him before the court.
5.
Open: If you start early, you will catch the train.
Imaginary: If you started early, you would catch the train.
6.
Imaginary: Unless he got a job, he would not recover from the financial
crisis.
Unfulfilled: Unless he had got a job, he would not have recovered from the financial
crisis.
7.
Open: She will not attend the ceremony unless she starts in time.
Imaginary: She would not attend the ceremony unless she started in time.
8.
Open: He will buy a flat if the bank finances him.
Unfulfilled: He would have bought a flat if the bank had financed him.
9.
Open: If he knows of his failure in the examination, he will not
come here.
Imaginary: If he knew of his failure in the examination, he would not
come here.
10.
Imaginary: Unless you slept well, you would not get well.
Unfulfilled: Unless you had slept well, you would not have got well.
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