Answer Key

Exercises

1. Nouns
Q1) A.
a) The book, table - Common
b) Krishna - Proper, milk - Common
c) Water - Common noun
d) Earth, Sun - Proper noun
e) class - collective, twenty students - common
f) Australian cricket team - Collective, India - Proper
g) Laughter - Abstract, medicine - Common

Q1) B.
a) Crew
b) Swarm
c) Bunch
d) Fleet
e) Herd

Q2)
Countable Nouns Uncountable Nouns
Juice, meat, rice, cereal, jam, milk, coffee,
Bun, sandwich, apple, burger
sugar, flour, salads, vegetables
Orange, burger, eggs, cookies, potatoes bread
Slices of bread, fruits

Q3) (Answer may vary)

The picture above is a dining area at a restaurant or a house. It has five chairs and a table.
On the table there are five plates and many spoons and forks. There are some fruits kept in
the centre of the table. There is a beautiful flower vase with two candles around it. The flowers
are pink in colour and they look fresh. The table is set for dinner.

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2. Gender Nouns & Singular and Plural Nouns

Q1) A.
a) Car, garage - Singular
b) Watch - Singular
c) Pencils - Plural
d) Books - Plural
e) Cupcakes - plural; box - Singular
f) Dress - Singular
Q1) B.
a) Calves b) Knives c) Children
d) Deer e) Sheep f) Babies
g) Fish h) Men

Q2) A.
I went to a farm (n) with my uncle (m). We also took our dog Goldie (m) along with us. On the
farm we saw a herd of cows (f), some horses(m) and some hens (f) too. The farmer (m) and his
wife (f) took us around the whole place (n). They had three children (c), two girls (f) and a boy
(m). They were really excited about us visiting their farm (n). We had our lunch (n) at their place
and got back home (n). My mother (f) was happy to know that I enjoyed my visit to the farm (n).

Q2) B.
a) Colonies b) Dictionaries c) Fairies
d) Donkeys e) Berries f) Similarities
g) Holidays

Q3) (Answer may vary)

My birthday was on 7th February. We had a birthday party at home. My mother had invited all
my friends and some cousins too! The guests arrived at 4 p.m. We started playing some games
which were organised by my cousin. We played till about 5 p.m. ; then it was time to cut the
cake. My mother kept a table in the centre and bought a cake and 12 candles. The cake was
lovely! It was decorated with chocolates and fruits. After this we had yummy snacks made by
my mother. She had made French fries, pizzas and sandwiches for us. My friends and family
enjoyed the party and went back home by 7 p.m. It was the most wonderful birthday ever!

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Singular Plural
Mother Friends, cousins, guests
Birthday, party Chocolates, fruits
Cousin candles
Cake snacks
family Pizzas
home, table sandwiches

3. Subject and Predicate

Q1)
a) The hot air balloon b) A camel train c) My I-pad
d) My mother e) Subject - You f) He

Q2) A.
a) Have you ever been to England? Interrogative
b) What a rocky coast this is! Exclamatory
c) Please get me a cup of tea. Imperative
d) I live in the north of India. Declarative
e) What are your plans for further studies? Interrogative
f) Ah! What a beautiful sight this is! Exclamatory
g) I can never find it again. Negative

Q2) B.
The mangoes is a divine place.
My brother is too weak to walk.
That building are not ripe.
My grandmother fell off the bicycle.
The temple has 5 floors.

Q3) (Answer may vary)

Do you know what do I do when I wake up? I go to my parents’ room and hug them. After
that I brush my teeth and take a bath. How refreshed I feel after an early morning bath!
Then I sit at the window and have my milk. I love to enjoy the beauty of nature early in the
morning, the birds chirping, the sun shining bright in the sky, wow! What a feeling it is to see
these things! After this I get ready to go to school. I do not go by school bus as my father
drops me to school on his way to office.

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4. Singular and Plural Pronouns (Subject -

Object), Possessive Pronouns and Contractions

Q1)
a) Her b) I c) Them
d) Her e) Them f) Her
g) I, her

Q2) A. (Answers may vary)

a) I do not watch movies. b) She took your car.
c) Yes, I read your book. d) I have read two books from the library.
e) Yes, my parents do take me out.

Q2) B.
a) Your b) It’s c) Whose
d) Yours e) Your f) There’s
g) Theirs h) You’re i) Their
j) Yours

Q3) (Answer may vary)

Meena: Hello Sir! How’re you doing?
Sir: I’m fine Meena, how about you?
Meena: I’m feeling a little sick today sir. May I please go back home?
Sir: Yes, Sure! You may go home. We’ll continue the meeting tomorrow.
Meena: Thank you Sir!
Old Woman: Hi dear! I want to cross the road. Can you help me please?
Man wearing a suit: Sure Aunty! I’ll help you, please hold my hand.
Tall woman: Oh don’t worry. I’m with her. She is my aunt. I’ll help her cross the road.

Singular Plural Possessive Pronouns

Subject Pronoun - I, she, you We Her, my
Object Pronoun - Me, you

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5. Tenses: Simple and Continuous

Q1) A.
a) Brought - Simple Past Tense
b) Was driving, I called - Past Continuous Tense, Simple Past Tense
c) Were going - Past Continuous Tense
d) Shall invite - Simple Future Tense
e) Went - Simple Past Tense
f) Has - Simple Present Tense
g) Will be going - Future Continuous Tense
h) Is going - Present Continuous Tense
i) Will go - Simple Future Tense
j) Shines - Simple Present Tense

Q2) A.
a) Searched b) Will be c) Saw
d) Was playing e) Will study/will be studying
f) Was walking

Q2) B.
Simple Present Past Continuous Future Continuous
Break was breaking will be breaking
Work Was working Will be working
Study was studying Will be studying
Jump Was jumping Will be jumping
Pray Was praying Will be praying
Talk Was talking Will be talking

He was working till midnight.

She will be studying tonight.
Ram was jumping on the mat.
I was praying when you came home.
I will be talking to the principal today.

Q2) C.
a) I was going to the market. b) Sia and Pia were friends.
c) We will be going to the shop. d) The girl is singing sweetly.
e) My friend played with me.
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Q3) (Answer may vary)

I went for a school picnic last Friday. We went to Sanjay Gandhi National Park. We all went
there by bus. Our entire class was in a school bus with our class teacher. We were singing
songs, playing word games and having loads of fun while going. We soon reached there and
were divided in groups. A teacher was assigned to each group. We were told not to leave the
group and wander around. Then we went inside the park and reached a spot where teachers
made us play some games like passing the parcel, catch and cook, dog and the bone. It was fun!
Then we had some snacks and went on a safari in a mini bus. We saw a lion and a leopard in
the jungle. Some of us were scared but we were safe in the bus. Then it was time to go back
home. We came back in the school bus which dropped us to our school. From there our parents
took us back home. It was a fun filled day!

6. Perfect Tenses
Q1)
a) Have already visited b) Has recently done
c) Had started d) Will have left
e) Will have read f) Had finished
g) Has just returned h) Had/has already eaten
i) Had slept

Q2) A.
Verb Present Perfect Past Perfect Future Perfect Sentence
Will/shall have Future perfect: I shall
Reach Have reached Had reached reached have reached Paris
by tomorrow.
Eat Has eaten Had eaten Will have eaten Present Perfect: He has
eaten the burger.
Past Perfect: He had
Take Has taken Had taken Will have taken taken his sister along
to the market.
Will have com- Future Perfect: We shall
Complete Has completed Had completed pleted have completed the task
by tomorrow.
Future Perfect: Ria will
Do Has done Had done Will have done have done her homework
for next class.

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Q2) B.
Mother: I have told (tell) you to complete your homework before I come home!
Rahul: Mother, I had taken (take) the book out of my bag, when my friend came home. So, I
went to play with him. But I have already done (already, do) 2 pages from the English book.
Mother: Ok! That sounds a little better. I will have gone (go) to Pune by tomorrow. I shall return
late evening. I hope you will have finished (finish) all your homework when I reach home.
Rahul: Yes mother! I will have completed (complete) the homework before you reach home.

Q3) (Answer may vary)

Once there was a monkey and a crocodile. They had become very good friends. Monkey shared
black berries with the crocodile every day. One day the crocodile’s wife demanded for the
monkey’s heart for dinner. The crocodile had felt very sad about this but he decided to fulfil
his wife’s demand. The monkey agreed to go with crocodile to his house thinking he had invited
him for dinner. He sat on his back and they started the journey. On the way, the crocodile told
the monkey about his plans. The monkey got scared but he thought of an idea. He said, “We
monkeys hang our hearts on the tree, we don’t carry it along. Had you told me before, I would
have carried it along. I need to go back to the tree and get my heart.” This way the monkey
tricked the foolish crocodile. If the monkey had not been smart, he would have lost his life.
If the crocodile had been smart enough, he would have never told the truth to the monkey. I
have learned that one must always have presence of mind and be alert when one is in danger.

7. Kinds of Adjectives
Q1) A.
a) These b) Beautiful/lovely/colourful
c) Two/three/ten d) Twelve
e) Some f) This/That
g) Whose h) That/this

Q1) B.
a) What - Interrogative
b) These - Demonstrative, naughty - Quality
c) Hot, humid - Quality
d) Five - Number
e) Intelligent - Quality
f) Most - Quantity.
g) Which - Interrogative, this - Demonstrative

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Q2)
I went to a beautiful shop last Sunday. That shop sold clothes and shoes. It had a unique
collection of clothes for children. However, everything was very expensive. Some items were
on sale, so I picked up a few clothes that were put up on sale. The shop owner was a nice
man and he helped me choose the right kind of clothes. ‘Which colour is your favourite?’ The
shopkeeper asked me. I said, ‘Yellow, red and blue, these colours are my favourite!’ He showed
me many clothes that were yellow in colour. There were many people in that shop that day as
it was a Sunday. My brother picked up two pairs of shoes and a pair of jeans for himself. We
had a wonderful shopping experience that day.

Quality Quantity Number Demonstratives Interrogative

Beautiful Some Two that which
Expensive Few last these
Unique many
Nice, right kind
favourite
Yellow, wonderful

Q3) (Answer may vary)

One Sunday morning our neighbour’s family decided to go out shopping. Their children Raina
and Rian were very excited about it as they were going to buy many toys. Raina is a little girl
who loves dolls and Rian loves cars. Rian shouted with excitement, “Mamma, I will buy a few
cars and two books.” “I’ll buy some dolls and a few books too!” They sat into their new red car
and went to a nearby mall. The mall was huge and had many shops in it. They first went to a
supermarket to buy some groceries. Little Rian sat on the trolley, while Raina pushed the trolley.
Little Rian asked, “which biscuits you want?” “These are my favourite biscuits!” said Raina.
“Please buy them mamma”. They bought many things from the supermarket and then went to
a toy shop. The toy shop looked colourful with many different kinds of toys. They bought a
few books and some cars and dolls. After this they were hungry so they had some yummy sand-
wiches and burgers from the food court. The family had a lovely shopping experience and went
back home with many bags!

8. Adverbs – Time, Place and Manner and Degree

Q1)
a) Very fast - Degree, Manner b) Almost - Degree
c) Somewhere - Place d) Almost - Degree
e) Very - Degree f) Quickly - Manner
g) Inside - Place
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Q2) A.
I had almost finished my homework when I saw my father from the glass window. He had
come back from his extremely long trip to USA. I was very happy to see him. I quickly jumped
out of the room. I was too excited to see him that day. Soon, he came upstairs and rang the
doorbell. I screamed loudly! My mother was rather amused at my behaviour. I hugged him tightly
as he came inside. My dog Fudge was also very excited and was barking loudly. We were all
very excited.

Time Place Manner Degree

that day Inside quickly almost
soon Upstairs loudly extremely
Out of the room tightly Too, very, rather

Q2) B. (Answers may vary)

a) Completely - I completely understand how you feel.
b) Soon - He will soon get his results from school.
c) Slowly - The ants are slowly moving towards the anthill.

Q3) (Answer may vary)

Long ago there was a girl named Goldilocks who was once moving around in a jungle. Suddenly
she came across a house and decided to go inside. The house belonged to a family of bears who
had gone out for a walk. Goldilocks slowly went inside the house and went into the kitchen. She
saw three bowls of porridge kept in the kitchen. First she tried the porridge in the big bowl, but
it was extremely hot, then she tried the porridge in the medium bowl which was too cold. Finally
she had the porridge in the small bowl which was just right. Then she was extremely sleepy so
she went upstairs to the bedroom to take some rest. There were three beds in the bedroom;
a very hard one, a very soft one and the baby bed which was not too hard and not too soft.
Soon, she went off to sleep on the baby bed. Just then family of bears came back from their
walk. They saw the house was in a mess. The papa bear growled loudly. Hearing this, Goldilocks
woke up and quickly went downstairs and hurriedly went out.

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9. Adjectives - Degrees of comparison

Q1) A.
Positive Comparative Superlative
fat fatter fattest
thin thinner thinnest
proper more proper most proper
late later latest
dry drier driest
important more important most important

Q1) B.
a) The old man is the most caring person in the family.
b) Today’s paper was more difficult than yesterday’s paper.
c) I am feeling better than yesterday.
d) This is the most dangerous sight I have ever seen.
e) Their team has better batmen than bowlers.
f) She bought the most expensive dress from the shop.
g) We bought less cheese this week as compared to the last week.

Q2) A.
a) Few b) Least c) Little
d) Few e) Few f) Few
g) Fewer h) Less

Q2) B. (Answers may vary)

a) Adjective: Slow
Positive: The tortoise is as slow as the caterpillar.
Comparative: The snail is slower than the tortoise and the caterpillar.
Superlative: The snail is the slowest of the three creatures.
b) Adjective: Fast
Positive: Car is not as fast as the train.
Comparative: Train is faster than a car.
Superlative: Airplane is the fastest mode of transportation.
c) Adjective: Tall
Positive: The elephant is not as tall as the giraffe.
Comparative: The giraffe is taller than the elephant.
Superlative: The Eiffel Tower is the tallest of all the three.
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Q3) (Answer may vary)

My family consists of six members - My grandparents, mother, father, brother and me. My
grandfather is the oldest of all. He is also the tallest of all of us. My father is not as tall as
him but has a good height. My brother is younger to me but is the naughtiest in the house. My
grandmother is the best cook as she makes yummy dishes for us. My mother is also as good as
my grandmother. We are the happiest family.

10. Articles – De inite and Inde inite

Q1)
a) N.A., a b) An c) A
d) N.A., a e) N.A. f) The
g) N.A. h) N.A.

Q2) A. (Answers may vary)

a) I wish to become an astronaut.
b) I bought a football from the mall last Sunday.
c) I drink a glass of milk every day.
d) The teacher was absent because she had to go for an event.

Q2) B. (Answers may vary)

a) Cheese - I like to have sandwich with lots of cheese.
b) Mouse - There is a mouse hiding inside the hole.
c) Cake - I baked a cake for my father’s birthday.
d) Elephant - I saw an elephant during the jungle safari.
e) Inkpot - I purchased an inkpot from the shop yesterday.
f) United Kingdom - My sister lives in the United Kingdom.

Q3. (Answer may vary)

I went to watch India Vs Australia match at The Wankhede Stadium last Sunday. When I
reached there the two teams were practicing on the stadium. Then it was time for the match
to begin. The batsmen, the bowlers and the fielders had come on the field. The fielders took
their position. There were two umpires on the field. The match started and the audience started
cheering for the Indian team. I enjoyed the experience of watching the match live.

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11. Prepositions
Q1) A.
a) At b) On c) In
d) Towards e) Into f) Across
g) Around

Q1) B.
a) I was a star at basketball practice yesterday. For the first time ever I did not miss a
single shot! Of everyone on the team, I was the only one to make all of my free throws too. I
couldn’t believe it! At the end of practice my coach appreciated me. He said, “Way to go!”

b) My sister bought her pet dog from the local pet store. His name is Scooby. Scooby jumps
across the bed all the time. Once he even jumped with a stick in his mouth. Scooby reminds me
of a pet frog instead of a pet dog!

Q2)
Picture 1: The three children are walking over the bridge.

Picture 2: There are many books in the bag.

Picture 3: A book is kept on the table.

Picture 4: The boy is climbing on the tree. / The boy is hiding behind the tree.

Q3. (Answer may vary)

This is our classroom. It is not very neat. Some books are scattered on the table. There is blue
bag lying under teacher’s chair. A clock is kept on the bench. A box full of pencils is kept on
the yellow bench. There is a television above the white board. A vase is kept on the cupboard.

12. Conjunction
Q1)
a) When b) while c) though
d) or e) if f) And
g) Although

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Q2) A.
Yesterday, while I was going to school I saw an accident. An old man was crossing the road
when suddenly a car hit him from behind. Although the traffic signal was red, the car did not
stop. A lot of people gathered around the old man and someone offered to take him to the
hospital. Later I got to know that the doctors said he was lucky to have reached the hospital
on time otherwise he would have died. The police are looking for the driver of the car but they
have not been able to find him yet. I want to ask people to follow traffic rules so that no one
is hurt like this again.

Q2) B. (Answers may vary)

a) Though
Though Ram ran very fast, he lost the race.
b) But
I would love to eat at your house but I have to go out for dinner.
c) Otherwise
I must leave now otherwise it will become dark.
d) Or
Would you like to study now or later?
e) Since
My head has been paining since I went out in the sun.

Q3) (Answer may vary)

Grandmother - “You must buy some clothes immediately.”
Mother - “Yes Mummy, I plan to do that but I am not sure I will get good quality ones here.”
Grandmother - “Beta, quality does not matter right now since you don’t have a choice.”
Mother - “You are right mother yet I am not sure of buying them from here.”
Grandmother - “The children will be fine if they have something to cover them otherwise they
will fall seriously ill.”

13. Interjections and Homophones

Q1)
a) Hear b) There c) Maid
d) Buy e) pale

Q2) A.
a) 3 b) 4 c) 1
d) 5 e) 2
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Q2) B.
See, there, by, hear, wait, their, there, see, hair, heel, pain

Q3) (Answer may vary)

One day while going to school I read this funny conversation in the newspaper. It happened
between 2 men.
Person 1: “I am going to meet the principles of my sun’s school.”
Person 2: “Why are you meeting the principles? Don’t you have any of your own?”
Person 1: “What do you mean I don’t have any of my own! The sun is mine only!”
Person 2: “Oh ho!! You are being difficult. I am of to the market! I want to go to the salon
there to cut my hare.”
Person 1: “Oh wow! I didn’t know you buy a hare there! I also want to buy one for my son.”
Person 2: “I don’t know whether they sell hare there! I am doubtful whether they can survive
there.”
Person 1: “Oh yes the whether has become terrible! It is so hot and so many people are falling ill.”
Person 2: “Yes. It is good we live by the see. I can sea the see from my house.”
Person 1: “I scent my son to the see shore one day. But he got sick and returned.”
Person 2: “You are right the sent of the sea can be sickening!”

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Common Errors
1) Incorrect: This is my school where I study.
Correct: This is the school where I study. / This is my school.
Mistake: Incorrect sentence structure.
2) Incorrect: Our team have great players.
Correct: Our team has great players.
Mistake: The subject and the verb do not agree with each other. (Team is singular)
3) Incorrect: I saw a movie that we were talking about.
Correct: I saw the movie that we were talking about.
Mistake: Incorrect use of article. ‘The’ must be used in place of ‘a’.
4) Incorrect: There was one bright sunflower in many daisies.
Correct: There was one bright sunflower among many daisies.
Mistake: The preposition ‘among’ must be used instead of ‘in’.
5) Incorrect: Let’s us go for shopping.
Correct: Let’s go for shopping. OR Let us go for shopping.
Mistake: Let’s means let us, so need of us separately.
6) Incorrect: Your left hand looks different than your right hand.
Correct: Your left hand looks different from your right hand.
Mistake: Use ‘from’ instead of ‘than’ with ‘different’.
7) Incorrect: There house was decorated with festoons.
Correct: Their house was decorated with festoons.
Mistake: Incorrect word ‘there’ used instead of ‘their’.
8) Incorrect: My mother told to me to wait at the station.
Correct: My mother told me to wait at the station.
Mistake: Incorrect use of ‘to’ with ‘told’.
9) Incorrect: The city was more hot than the village.
Correct: The city was hotter than the village.
Mistake: Incorrect degree of comparison used.

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10) Incorrect: Do you have a x-ray machine?

Correct: Do you have an x-ray machine?
Mistake: The article ‘an’ must be used for the vowel sound of’x’.
11) Incorrect: The owl and the sparrow was talking to each other.
Correct: The owl and the sparrow were talking to each other.
Mistake: The subject doesn’t agree with the verb.
12) Incorrect: Who is yours favourite actor?
Correct: Who is your favourite actor?
Mistake: Incorrect use of the pronoun ‘yours’.
13) Incorrect: Shedoes’nt have a passport.
Correct: She doesn’t have a passport.
Mistake: The apostrophe is misplaced in the contraction ‘doesn’t’.
14) Incorrect: The dog dived in to the pool.
Correct: The dog dived into the pool.
Mistake: ‘Into’ is a preposition and should be written as a single word.
15) Incorrect: She don’t like salads.
Correct: She doesn’t like salads.
Mistake: The subject doesn’t agree with the verb.
16) Incorrect: What time it is?
Correct: What time is it?
Mistake: Improper sentence structure.
17) Incorrect: I need to get haircut.
Correct: I need to get a haircut.
Mistake: The article ‘a’ is missing.
18) Incorrect: My father is very intelligence.
Correct: My father is very intelligent.
Mistake: The adjective form ‘intelligent’ must be used instead of the noun form ‘intelligence’.
19) Incorrect: I cook dinner yesterday.
Correct: I cooked dinner yesterday.
Mistake: The past form of the verb ‘cook’ must be used.

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20) Incorrect: When we are leaving?

Correct: When are we leaving?
Mistake: The auxiliary ‘are’ is misplaced.
21) Incorrect: I cleaned my sisters room.
Correct: I cleaned my sister’s room.
Mistake: Apostrophe’s’ must be used to show possession.
22) Incorrect: I excepted the offer.
Correct: I accepted the offer.
Mistake: The word ‘accepted’ must be used instead of ‘expected’ according to the context.
23) Incorrect: Though he is angry but he is quiet.
Correct: Though he is angry he is quiet. OR He is angry but he is quiet.
Mistake: Inappropriate use of two conjunctions.
24) Incorrect: The old man past away last night.
Correct: The old man passed away last night.
Mistake: Incorrect word ‘past’ used in place of ‘passed’.
25) Incorrect: We served biscuits chocolates ice cream and juice at the party.
Correct: We served biscuits, chocolates, ice cream and juice at the party.
Mistake: Use commas to separate nouns in series.
26) Incorrect: I paid very much money for that cycle.
Correct: I paid a lot of money for that cycle.
Mistake: Generally we use very much with feelings. So use ‘a lot of’ instead of ‘very much’.
27) Incorrect: We go to the park every Sundays.
Correct: We go to the park every Sunday.
Mistake: Incorrect use of plural form of the noun ‘Sunday’.
28) Incorrect: Have you ever being to New York?
Correct: Have you ever been to New York?
Mistake: Incorrect word ‘being’ used in place of ‘been’.
29) Incorrect: I like to listen soft music.
Correct: I like to listen to soft music.
Mistake: The preposition ‘to’ is missing.

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30) Incorrect: The moon was disappeared behind the clouds.

Correct: The moon disappeared behind the clouds.
Mistake: Incorrect auxiliary verb used.
31) Incorrect: Sonal: Why didn’t you call me?
Anil:Because of you were sleeping.
Correct: Sonal: Why didn’t you call me?
Anil: Because you were sleeping
Mistake: Improper use of ‘of’ after because.
32) Incorrect: I met with my friend at the zoo.
Correct: I met my friend at the zoo.
Mistake: Incorrect use of preposition ‘with’ with ‘met’.
33) Incorrect: The girl who met me she was very beautiful.
Correct: The girl who met me was very beautiful.
Mistake: Incorrect use of a pronoun when the noun itself is present in the sentence.
34) Incorrect: Did you remember her to take the keys?
Correct: Did you remind her to take the keys?
Mistake: Incorrect use of ‘remember’ in place of ‘remind’. Remind means to cause
somebody to remember (which is implied in the context.)
35) Incorrect: The extra class was held on sunday.
Correct: The extra class was held on Sunday.
Mistake: Capitalise the first letter of the all the days of the week.
36) Incorrect: When you smile, you look as your mother.
Correct: When you smile, you look like your mother.
Mistake: Incorrect use of ‘as’ instead of ‘like’.
37) Incorrect: The roses smell sweetly.
Correct: The roses smell sweet.
Mistake: Adverb form of ‘sweet’ used instead of the adjective form.
38) Incorrect: The teacher was very angry upon the boy.
Correct: The teacher was very angry with the boy.
Mistake: Incorrect use of the preposition ‘upon’.

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39) Incorrect: She invited much friends to the party.

Correct: She invited many friends to the party.
Mistake: ‘Friends’ is countable noun. Use ‘many’ for countable nouns.
40) Incorrect: Please close all the lights.
Correct: Please turn off all the lights.
Mistake: Incorrect use of ‘close’ instead’ of turn off.
41) Incorrect: She is best dancer in the class.
Correct: She is the best dancer in the class.
Mistake: The article ‘the’ should be used with superlative form of adjectives.
42) Incorrect: Don’t you belief me?
Correct: Don’t you believe me?
Mistake: Noun form of the word ‘believe’ is used instead of the verb form.
43) Incorrect: I with my friends watched the show.
Correct: I watched the show with my friends.
Mistake: Incorrect sentence structure.
44) Incorrect: All the banks opens after 9 a.m.
Correct: All the banks open after 9 a.m.
Mistake: The subject doesn’t agree with the verb.
45) Incorrect: will you let me know about your results
Correct: Will you let me know about your results?
Mistake: All questions must end in a question mark. All sentences must begin with a
capital letter.
46) Incorrect: How many childrens do you have?
Correct: How many children do you have?
Mistake: The correct plural form of ‘child’ is ‘children’.
47) Incorrect: I feel like to cry when I listen to this song.
Correct: I feel like crying when I listen to this song.
Mistake: Incorrect use of the verbal ‘cry’.
48) Incorrect: All my cloths were packed in a bag.
Correct: All my clothes were packed in a bag.
Mistake: Incorrect plural form used.
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49) Incorrect: I am seeing an action movie.

Correct: I am watching an action movie.
Mistake: When we look at something deliberately, use watch not see.
50) Incorrect: June is the six month of the year.
Correct: June is the sixth month of the year.
Mistake: Ordinal number sixth must be used instead of six.

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Practice Questions

1. Nouns
Exercise 1:
a) Common noun - brothers, sisters
b) Proper noun - Taj Mahal, Agra.
c) Proper Noun - Prime minister, Common noun - man
d) Proper noun - Anupam
e) Proper noun - Mrs. Gupta, English, History.
f) Common noun - principal, office
g) Common - fox, cheese.
h) Common - father, doctor.

Exercise 2:
a) Abstract - wisdom.
b) Abstract - strength.
c) Abstract noun - health, happiness.
d) Collective - flock
e) Abstract - Poverty, curse
f) Collective - flight
g) Abstract noun - love admiration, Collective noun - string
h) Collective - class

Exercise 3:
a) range b) board
c) flock d) band
e) gang f) pack
g) bunch h) class

Exercise 4:
forest __U__ gold __U__ money __U__ food __U__ water __U__
house _C___ wood __U__ honey __U__ juice __U__ blood __U__
sugar _U___ salt __U__ bread __U__ rice __U__ planets __C__
soup __U__ books __C__ eggs __C__ tree __C__ flour __U__
coal __U__ sand __U__
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2. Gender Nouns & Singular and Plural Nouns

Exercise 1:
a) Mango b) Child c) Thief d) Birds
e) Fish f) Knives g) Women h) Boxes, tables

Exercise 2:
a) Brother b) Actor c) Female d) Niece
e) Husband f) Cocks g) Bitch h) Son

Exercise 3:
a) Feminine b) Common c) Common d) Neuter
e) Feminine f) Masculine

3. Subject and Predicate

Exercise 1:
a) Subject - Goa ; Predicate - has fine beaches.
b) Subject - The library ; Predicate - closes at six.
c) Subject - The computer ; Predicate - has become a part and parcel of our life.
d) Subject - You (hidden subject) ; Predicate - Take your seat ten minutes before the
start of the show.
e) Subject - The persons ; Predicate - who don’t talk much.
f) Subject - The hermit ; Predicate - lives on top of the hill.
g) Subject - The sum ; Predicate - you told me was easy.

Exercise 2:
A B
a) Our army need to be changed.
b) Doctors is not true.
c) Our Principal fought with courage..
d) The news told the child an interesting story
e) Mathematics use a thermometer to measure temperature.
f) The wolf killed several sheep.
g) My spectacles is my favourite subject.
h) The fairy has both wisdom and knowledge.

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Exercise 3:
a) Interrogative b) Declarative c) Declarative d) Negative
e) Exclamatory f) Imperative g) Negative

4. Singular and Plural Pronouns (subject -

object), Possessive Pronouns and Contractions

Exercise 1:
a) Her b) Them c) I, she d) It e) Her f) Us
g) You h) They i) He, him j) Me

Exercise 2:
a) It’s b) Yours c) Mine d) Whose e) Who’s f) I’m
g) Their h) He’s i) You’re j) It’s, your

5. Tenses - Simple and Continuous

Exercise 1:
a) Brought - Simple past b) Like - Simple present
c) Shall invite - Simple future d) Enjoyed - Simple past
e) Told - Simple past f) Went - Simple past
g) Flowed - Simple past h) Cheated - Simple past

Exercise 2:
a) We were not careless.
b) It will be kind of you to come.
c) I am drinking fresh juice.
d) Geeta will be going to gym regularly.
e) Sushma and Mohit were my cousins.
f) I will go to meet Vijay.
g) The hare was running fast.

Exercise 3:
a) Present continuous b) Past continuous c) Future continuous
d) Present continuous e) Past continuous
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Exercise 4:
a) Know b) Gave
c) Will reach d) Remember
e) Speaks, speak

Exercise 5:
a) Will be b) Have
c) Am, will have d) Were
e) Live f) Saw
g) Will need

6. Perfect Tenses
Exercise 1:
a) I have read many books.
b) She had learnt swimming.
c) I will have played with my friends.
d) Her mother had invited us for lunch.
e) You had fallen ill again.
f) He will have prepared for his test.
g) Ram will have played games on the computer.
h) The examination has begun early.
i) It had rained.
j) My sister has bought a car.

Exercise 2:
a) has b) have c) will have
d) had e) will have

Exercise 3:
a) We have not done this in our school.
b) I have not gone to Shimla with my parents.
c) He will not have eaten the bananas
d) Piya has not opened her own hotel.
e) I shall not have finished my homework.

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7. Kinds of Adjectives
Exercise 1:
finest, magic, fine, six, each, little magical, beautiful, fine, six, grey

Exercise 2:
a) The questions were easy. (Adjective of quality)
b) The thief robbed some silver jewellery. (Adjective of quantity)
c) It was a flattish hill of ashes and garbage mixed with old tyres and broken furniture.
(Adjectives of quality)
d) Hemant found a big bundle of scribbling paper. (Adjectives of quality)
e) They decided to make a strong, useful chain. (Adjectives of quality)
f) I don’t like salty food. (Adjective of quality)
g) Karan ate four sweets and gave the rest away. (Adjective of number)
h) She wore a new dress for the party. (Adjective of quality)
i) The baby was playing with a huge teddy bear. (Adjective of quality)
j) Mumbai is a busy city. (Adjective of quality)

Exercise 3:
a) These b) Which
c) Whose d) Those
e) This

Exercise 4:
a) Colourful b) Beautiful c) Natural
d) Lovely/lovable e) Dirty f) Watery

8. Adverbs – Time, Place and Manner and Degree

Exercise 1:
a) Carefully (Adverb of Manner) b) Hard (Adverb of Manner)
c) Cheerfully (Adverb of Manner) d) There (Adverb of Place)
e) Outside (Adverb of Place) f) Soon (Adverb of Time)
g) Now (Adverb of Time) h) Today (Adverb of Time)
i) Here (Adverb of Place) j) Late, early (Adverbs of Time)

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Exercise 2:
a) bravely b) easily c) fast d) well e) carefully f) gently
g) slowly h) late i) sincerely j) regularly

9. Adjectives - Degrees of comparison

Exercise 1:
Positive Comparative Superlative
Bad Worse Worst
Lovely Lovelier Loveliest
Wealthy Wealthier Wealthiest
Noisy Noisier Noisiest
Greedy Greedier Greediest
Wet Wetter Wettest
Slim Slimmer Slimmest
Wonderful More wonderful Most wonderful

Exercise 2:
a) Most intelligent b) Most capable c) Most expensive
d) More dangerous e) Most important f) Worst
g) Worse h) Better i) Worse
j) Smallest

Exercise 3:
a) a little b) A few c) Less d) little e) fewer

10. Articles – De inite and Inde inite

Exercise 1:
a) A toy b) An evening c) An American
d) A year e) An Indian f) A toy car
g) A one rupee note (‘One’ produces the sound of ‘V’ not ‘O’)
h) An orange i) A man j) A book
k) A television set l) An intelligent boy

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Exercise 2:
a) a b) A, an c) a d) x (because article ‘an’ is applied to singular )
e) a f) an g) an

Exercise 3:
a) an, the b) a, the, the, The c) an, an, the d) A, a, the, the, the
e) The, a, the f) the, the, the g) The, a h) The, the
i) The, a

11. Prepositions

Exercise 1:
a) under b) In c) With d) Of e) Into
f) Around g) By h) from, to i) over j) with

Exercise 2:
a) at b) to c) on d) of e) behind
f) in g) by h) from/on i) for j) at
k) from l) to m) under

12. Conjunction
Exercise 1:
a) and b) but c) because d) when e) until
f) if g) although h) so that i) therefore j) unless

Exercise 2:
a) that b) so that c) as/because d) because/when e) because/since
f) when g) Since/as h) When i) until j) though/but
k) as, because l) and/so m) or n) or 0) and

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13. Interjections and Homophones

Exercise1:
a) Hello b) Alas! c) Hurrah! d) Oh! e) Bravo!
f) Hurrah! g) Alas!

Exercise 2:
a) here b) There c) Hear d) Here e) Here f) Her

Exercise 3:
a) heal b) bear c) fair d) deer e) pale f) meat
g) main h) mane i) rode j) pane k) sail

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14. Common Errors

Exercise 1:
a) Love : Hate : : Come : Go
b) Knife : Knives : : Leaf : Leaves
c) Eight : Eighth : : Five : Fifth
d) Jump : Jumping : : Smile : Smiling
e) King : Queen : : Prince : Princess
f) Do : Don’t : : Does : Doesn’t
g) Beauty : Beautiful : : Use : Useful
h) Begin : Start : : End : Finish
i) Carry : Carried : : Try : Tried
j) Sit : Stand : : Laugh : Cry

Exercise 2:
a) Seema went to the mall with some of her friends.
b) Rakesh doesn’t have any brothers.
c) I have some of your childhood pictures.
d) I made some soup for you.
e) I think you should put some flowers on the table.
f) Are there any messages for me?
g) I don’t want any presents for my birthday.
h) Did you get any news about the trains?
i) I’m hungry - I’ll have some biscuits.
j) There aren’t any oranges left.

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Exercise 3:
a) The books are in the book-shelves.
b) The showers were not working.
c) Those are not my shoes.
d) The farmers don’t have cows.
e) The men threw their shoes into the rivers.

Exercise 4:
a) We are eating at/in a Chinese restaurant.
b) Raj is on vacation. He is in Kerala now.
c) Compare your answers with your partner.
d) Please give me a big piece ofcake.
e) I reached the hospital at 5 p.m.
f) All these dresses are for you.
g) We waited for two hours and then we left.
h) The train will be arriving in two minutes.
i) The goat was drinking water from the bucket.
j) I made this cake especially for you.

Exercise 5:
a) The table next to the couch isn’t high, it’s low.

b) The dustbin was full in the morning but now it is empty.

c) Naina was present yesterday but today she is absent.

d) The swimming pool for the adults was deep but the one for the children was shallow.

e) The temperature in Mumbai increases in the month of May and decreases at the end

of June.

f) The weather is cool today. It isn’t hot.

g) The movie was interesting but the songs were boring.

h) The bridge was broad at the center and narrow at the ends.

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Exercise 6:
a) Vikas doesn’t have a big bedroom.

b) We don’t like to travel at night.

c) Don’t you like beaches?

d) Ram and Ria don’t want to buy a car.

e) My dog doesn’t like cats.

f) The computer doesn’t have a good display screen.

g) She doesn’t like to dance.

h) I don’t have school tomorrow.

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