JUST GRAMMAR (ICSE) WITH ANSWERS

 (a) Fill in each of the numbered blanks with the correct form of the word given in brackets. [4]


Example :

(o) roamed

Once upon a time, in the days when genies and giants (0) ……………… (roam) the land, there (1) …………… (live) a farmer (2) ………….. (name) Baba Ayub. He lived with his family in a little village by the name of Maidan Sabz. Because he had a large family to feed, Baba Ayub (3) ………….. (see) his days ………………….. (4) (consume) by hard work. Every day, he (5) …………………. (labour) from dawn to sundown (6) …………….. (plow) his field and (7) ……………. (turn) the soil and (8) ………………… (tend) to his meagre pistachio trees.


(b) Fill in each blank with an appropriate word : [4]

(i) The puppy was hiding ……….. the sofa.

(ii) Stop worrying ………….. your future.

(iii) When I stepped …………… the lift, I found it had stopped working.

(iv) We had to use a bridge to go ………… the river.

(v) I have lived in this town …………. ten years.

(vi) Please switch ……………… all lights and fans when you leave the room.

(vii) Ronnie is married ………………… my cousin.

(viii) The gift came …………….. a birthday card.


(c) Join the following sentences to make one complete sentence without using and, but or so : [4]

(i) He was very ill. He did not take any medicine.

(ii) You come back from your holiday. We will discuss the problem.

(iii) He remained absent on Friday. It was foolish of him.

(iv) Rahul ran all the way to the bus stop. He missed the bus.


(d) Re-write the following sentences according to the instructions given after each. Make other changes that may be necessary, but do not change the meaning of each sentence. [8]

(i) The old woman said to Arun, “Can you help me to cross the street ?”

(Begin: The old woman asked Arun ………………………… )

(ii) As soon as the sun rose over the hills, the fog disappeared.

(Begin: No sooner …………………. ).

(iii) It rained so heavily that they could not go for the picnic.

(Rewrite: Using ‘too ………………………. to’)

(iv) If your friends get here before 7o’clock we can take them out for dinner.

(Rewrite: Using ‘unless’ ………………………… )

(v) The school captain was elected by the students of classes XI and XII.

(Begin: The students …………………………… )

(vi) Greenland is the largest island in the world.

(Rewrite: Using ‘larger’ ………………….. )

(vii) How cruel Shylock was to demand his pound of flesh!

(Begin: It was cruel ………………………….)

(viii) Arun was asked by his mother to explain the missing buttons on his shirt.

(Re-write using: ‘explanation’)

Answers :

(a) (1) lived

(2) named

(3) saw

(4) consumed

(5) laboured

(6) plowed

(7) turned

(8) tended


(b) (i) under

(ii) about

(iii) into

(iv) across

(v) for

(vi) off

(vii) to

(viii) with


(c) (1) Though he was very ill, he did not take any medicine.

(ii) We will discuss the problem when you come back from your holidays.

(iii) It was foolish of him to remain absent on Friday.

(iv) In spite of running all the way to the bus stop Rahul missed the bus.


(d) (i) The old woman asked Arun if he could help her to cross the street.

(ii) No sooner did the sunrise over the hills than the fog disappeared.

(iii) It rained too heavily to go for the picnic.

(iv) Unless your friends get here before 7 o’clock we cannot take them out for dinner.

(v) The students of classes XI and XII elected the school captain.

(vi) Greenland is larger than any other island in the world.

(vii) It was very cruel of Shylock to demand his pound of flesh.

(viii) Arun was asked by his mother to give explanation about the missing buttons on his shirt.

into the hall.


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