Just Grammar

 Grammar –

 1.Read the following conversation between a reservation officer and Sharath and complete the dialogue in a suitable way. choose the correct option

Sharath : I would like to book a ticket to Chennai on the Dhanbad Express for the 20th of this month.

Officer  :  (a) ___________________________________________________?

Sharath : A/C 3-tier. Preferably a lower berth.

Officer  : The 3rd A/C status is currently waitlisted. (b)______________________________?

Sharath : (c) __________________________________________?

Officer  :  That would be Rs. 750.

(a) (i) How are you like to travel?   (ii) How you would like to travel?

(iii) How would you like to travel?   (iv) How you are like to travelled?

(b) (i) Would you like to try the 2nd A/C?  (ii) Would you liking to try the 2nd A/C?

(iii) Are you like to try the 2nd A/C?   (iv) Did you like to try the 2nd A/C”

(c) (i) How much is the ticket costing?  (ii) How much does the ticket costs?

(iii) How much has the ticket costed?   (iv) How much does the ticket cost?

 

 

2. Choose the most appropriate option from the list to complete the following passage

Legend tells us that in about three thousand years B C a Chinese Empress, (a) ___________ taking her tea, out of curiosity, dipped the cocoon of a silk worm (b) ___________ it and learnt to (c) ___________ the fine thread of silk of which it was composed. It was nearly five thousand years later (d) ___________ a French man, experimenting with crushed leaves of the mulberry tree, (e) ___________ which the silk worm feeds, (f) ___________ out how to produce a silk filament which we now call artificial silk.

(a) (i) while  (ii) when  (iii) as   (iv) on

(b) (i) in  (ii) on   (iii) to   (iv) into

(c) (i) unwinding (ii) unwound  (iii) unwind  (iv) unwinds

(d) (i) when  (ii) that   (iii) which  (iv) while

(e) (i) of  (ii) with  (iii) by   (iv) on

(f) (i) found  (ii) find  (iii) fond  (iv) finds 

3 Edit the news item given below by correcting the errors underlined.

Four killed in a road accident in Puducherry

Four persons were killed, and four seriously injured when the van  they (a) are travelling in hit a boulder and rammed into a roadside tree at Reddiarpalayam near Puducherry early this morning. Police said 17 tourists (b) have arrived here from Ranipet in Tamil Nadu and were proceeding to Reddiarpalayam early this morning when the mishap occurred.  Initial reports suggest that the driver of the van(c) was losing   control while negotiating a turn.

4. Read the following dialogue and then complete the report by changing sentences from direct to reported speech.

                             

Teacher: Can you read what is written on this page?

Student: I can’t read all the words.

Teacher: Would you like to read

5.Rearrange the following words and phrases to make meaningful sentences. The first one has been done as an example.                       

Eg.  feared by / snakes are / in our / worshipped / and / many / country

Ans. Snakes are worshipped and feared by many in our country.

 

 

a.       of the / are venomous / only / 300 out / species / 2700 known

b.      which is / yellow liquid / water / snake venom / 90% / is a

c.       expelled / poison gland / that is / it is / from the / a substance

d.      of thick / are / connective / these glands /

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