Grammar Test
A. Copy the following sentences selecting the best option
from the brackets.
- He is …… (a/an/the/zero article) one eyed man I saw yesterday.
- She is disappointed …… (with/by/at/for) me since last weekend.
- I’d rather do it tomorrow,…….?(hadn’t I /wouldn’t I /shouldn’t I)
- She isn’t hungry because she …………her lunch.(has just taken/took/had taken)
- They are felling the trees. In other words………………….( the trees are fallen/the trees are being felled/ the trees have been fallen)
- Mohan said, ‘Can you drive a car?’ The reported speech is……………………..(Mohan asked could you drive a car/Mohan asked if I can drive a car/ Mohan asked if I could drive a car)
- ………his hard work, he failed the test.(Although/Despite/In spite)
- Neither the boys nor their father……interested in the work.(is/are/am)
- If I were sick,……………..(I wouldn’t attend school/I won’t attend school/I mustn’t attend school)
- The police got the thieves………..(surrender/to surrender/surrendered)
B. Rewrite
the following sentence selecting the correct choices from the brackets: 6
a) Careful!
You are putting ----weight. (over, on, to)
b) He is …....honest
man. (a, an the)
c) Neither
of them got through, ...............?(had they, didn't they, did they ?)
d) The
e-mail was sent by a friend of mine. Alternatively,-A friend of
mine............. the email. (sent, has sent, was sent)
e) Either
Ayushree or Tajshree .......my cell
phone. (are taken, has taken, have taken)
f) "I
have seen a giant." He said he.......a giant. (has seen, had been seen,
had seen)
g) “Have
you been to Tasmania?" She asked me.......to Tasmania. (have I been, If I
have been, if I had been)
h) America
........Hilary Rodham Clinton as its 45th president. (will elect, had elected,
has elected)
i) ...................her
poverty she runs a home for homeless. (Because of, Although, In spite of )
j) He was
sending an SMS. An SMS............(is being sent, was being sent, were being
sent)
k) Can we
get them.......the washing? (do, to do, to be done)
l) If you
invited, I.......... (would have come,
would come, will surely come)
C.Rewrite the following story choosing the correct words from the brackets. 5
Once a tiger lived in a
forest. One day while he was having rest a mouse ran…………. (up, after, over) it.
The tiger caught it in its paws. The mouse was very badly…………. (frighten,
frightening, frightened). It………… (said to, asked, ordered) the tiger, "You
are………….. (a, an, the) king of the forest. I am too small for your appetite.
(If, Unless, Whether)…………..you set me free now, I will help you one day. The tiger
smiled at it and said, "you will help me ha ha ha,……………. (will, won't,
don't) you ?" Then the tiger let it go.
After some
days the tiger………………… (catches, caught, was caught) in a trap set by some
hunters. The tiger……almost……. (will …lose, was…losing , had… lost) his hope of being
alive..........(and, but, because) then the mouse came for his rescue. It cut
the net and freed the tiger. The tiger said to himself, "Even this tiny
mouse………. (makes, had, got) me to think about the importance of friendship."
They became good friends thereafter.
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