For Practice
(1) Write two compound words of your own.
(2) Pick out the infinitive and use it in your own sentence :
There is no greater violence than to deny the dreams of our children.
(3) Punctuate the following sentence :
will you come to aunt sushilas house and play for him she asked breathlessly
(4) Find out two hidden words of minimum four letters each from the word : ‘beautiful’.
(5) Make a meaningful sentence of your own using the phrase ‘passing through’.
(6) Spot the error and rewrite the correct sentence :
It was twenty years ago and I were living in Paris.
(7) Identify the type of sentence :
How can I learn to do the right thing at the right time?
(8) Complete the word chain of adjectives :
pretty → y…………, → …………, → …………, → …………
(1) foothills, high-speed
(2) infinitive – to deny. Sentence : She loved her son too much to deny him any thing.
(3) “Will you come to Aunt Sushila’s house and play for him?” she asked breathlessly.
(4) beautiful : bleat, table
(5) I was passing through a narrow lane when I saw the accident.
(6) It was twenty years ago and I was living in Paris.
(7) Interrogative sentence
(8) pretty → young → gracious → simple → enjoyable
For Practice
(1) Pick out the gerund from the following sentence :
He just spat on his hand and resumed digging.
(2) Punctuate the following sentence :
the king said i have come to you wise hermit to ask you to answer three questions
(3) Find out two hidden words of minimum four letters each from the word ‘heavily’
(4) Make a meaningful sentence of your own using the phrase : a few more decades
(5) Spot the error and rewrite the correct sentence :
As you graduates to begin anew, I wishing that for you.
(6) Identify the type of sentence :
I told him I like anything by Bing Crosby.
(7) Complete the word chain of proper nouns :
Mumbai → ……………., → ……………., → …………….,→ …………….
(8) Form 2 present participles in which the last letter is doubled.
(1) digging
(2) The king said, “I have come to you, wise hermit, to ask you to answer three questions.”
(3) heavily : heavy, evil
(4) In a few more decades, many birds will become extinct.
(5) As you graduate to begin a new, I wish that for you.
(6) Assertive and affirmative sentence.
(7) Mumbai → Indore → Egypt → Thrissur → Ranchi
(8) running, hitting
For Practice
(1) Punctuate the following sentence :
now can you please tell me what you just heard he said
(2) Find out two hidden words of minimum four letters each from the word : ‘favourite’
(3) Make a meaningful sentence of your own using the phrase : ‘giving it a try’
(4) Spot the error and rewrite the correct sentence :
I always thought that Mathematics were an easy subject.
(5) Identify the type of sentence :
You can’t connect the dots looking forward.
(6) Complete the word chain of verbs of your own :
write →…………….., →…………….., →…………….., →……………..
(7) Form 2 past participles of any verbs in which the last letter is doubled.
(8) Arrange the words in alphabetical order :
ovation, concert, opportunity, neighbours
(1) “ Now, can you please tell me what you just heard?” he said.
(2) favourite : favour, tear
(3) I knew I would not win the match, but I thought of giving it a try.
(4) I always thought that Mathematics was an easy subject.
(5) Assertive and negative sentence
(6) write → eat → think → know → watch
(7) rubbed, knotted
(8) concert, neighbours, opportunity, ovation.