English Grammar Worksheet 2

• Tenses
Change tense as directed:

1. I will talk to him. (Change into simple past)

2. She works as a receptionist. (Change into past continuous)

3. I will help you. (Change into simple past)

4. They spend hours talking. (Change into simple future)

5. I have been running for hours. (Change into past perfect tense)

6. She didn’t offer me any help. (Change into simple present)

7. She takes good care of her health. (Change into simple past)

8. I can run six miles in an hour. (Change into simple past)

9. She works hard to support her family. (Change into present perfect.)

10. He has done a lot for me. (Change into simple past)

11. I waited for an hour. (Change into present perfect)

12. She lives alone. (Change into present perfect continuous tense)

• Modals
1. Rachel _____ have bought the bicycle but didn’t have enough money. (could/should)
2. This is a hospital; you ______ not talk loudly here. (must/could)
3. Uma ____ apply for the job she got in London. (might/would)
4. Yusuf ____ speak fluent French when they used to stay in Paris. (must/could)
5. Take the raincoat as it _____ rain later. (might/would)
6. You _____ visit the doctor immediately as your symptoms are quite severe. (must/ can)
7. _____ you give me a bottle of water? My throat is parched. (could/shall)
8. I ____ like to talk about the great freedom fighters on Independence Day. (would/must)
9. One ___ help the old and needy people. (ought to/can)
10. ____ you like some sweets that I made yesterday? (would/can)
 • Reported Speech

a) Transform the following sentences into reported speech.

1. "I am going to the market," said Rahul.
2. "Are you coming to the party?" asked Riya.
3. "I will finish my homework later," said Tina.
4. "We have never been to Paris," they said.
5. "Did you see the new movie?" he asked.
6. "She can speak three languages," said Mr. Sharma.
7. "Please, close the door," she said.
8. "Why are you late?" asked the teacher.
9. "I don’t like spicy food," said Raj.
10. "You should take your medicine," the doctor said.

b) Convert the following reported speech sentences back into direct speech.
1. She said that she was going to the store.
2. He asked if I had finished my homework.
3. The teacher mentioned that the exam was on Friday.
4. They said that they would be arriving late.
5. She warned me that the water was too hot.
6. He asked if she was coming to the party.
7. The manager said that the meeting was scheduled for 3 PM.
8. She told me that she had seen that movie before.
9. He said that he would help me with the project.
10. The doctor advised that I should get more rest.

• Determiners
Fill in the blanks with appropriate determiners from the given options.
1. Ramu is ____ honest man who runs ____ small shop around the corner. (a, a / an, a)
 2. Have you seen ____ Taj Mahal? It is one of the seven wonders of the world. (the, a)
3. Are ____ your books? Can you share them with me? (these/this)
4. Do you have ____ buns left? I need to buy ____. (any/few, some/several)
5. ____ of the students got ___ chocolates from the teacher. (each,some / each, any)
6. Is ____ book Alisha’s? I found it lying on the floor. (this/that)
7. ___ of the boys decided to visit ____ Selfish Giant’s garden when he wasn’t around.
(enough,a / some,the)
8. Do ___ of you like pizza? I thought of ordering ____. (any,some / some, one)
9. ____ of the boys were quarrelling over ___ toy. (both,the / each, the)
10. ___ car met with ___ accident nearby. (the,an / a,a)

• Editing & Omission

Madhubani Painting is one in the many traditional (a) [Error: ________; Correction:
________;]
Indian art forms. It is but known as Mithila or Godhna (b) [Error: ________; Correction:
________;
Paintings. This art developed by Mithila or Madhubani district (c) [Error: ________;
Correction: ________;]
of Bihar or then spread to villages around Madhubani (d) [Error: ________; Correction:
________;]

• Sentence Reordering
Rearrange the following words to make meaningful sentences:
1. Interruption/time/passes/without
2. Sudha/into/her/puts/work/a/to/be/lot/of/class/in/best/her/the/efforts
3. twice/elected/Obama/Barack/was/president/the/as/ United States/of
4. how/train/they/the/were/on/going/get/to/know/didn't/we
5. since/rain/he/to/went/started/outdoors/it/when/only/had/a/short/while
6. Social/injustice/prevalent/very/world/the/around/is
7. emotionally/he/very/attached/was/to/car/gifted/toy/uncles/by/his
8. health/for/care/Gut/should/utmost/of/be/ importance/to care
9. prankster/a/not/he/is
 10. I/professional/she/saw/looks/practice/her/tirelessly/dancing/for/months/and/now

• Gap Filling

Fill in the blanks with the help of options that follow: (3 marks) (Board Term-12013, Set
5007)
Before alighting, the Wild Pigeon, like the Carolina Parrot and a few other species of
birds, breaks die force of its flight by repeated flapping, (a)______ (so/although/even/as
if) apprehensive of receiving injury from coming too suddenly
(b)______(with/in/inside/at) contact, either with the branch,
(c)_______(or/and/neither/nor) the spot of ground on which it intends to settle.

• Clauses
Read the sentences and identify the clause and its type.
1. You may sit wherever you like.
2. As she was not there, I spoke to her sister.
3. Will you wait till I return?
4. I fear that I shall fail.
5. I do not know what he wants.
6. I think you have made a mistake.
7. Mary had a little lamb whose fleece was white as snow.
8. Here is the copy you want.
9. She never does anything that is stupid.
10. The house that I live in belongs to my grandfather.

• Subject Verb Concord

1. All my friends _________ here. (be)

2. I _________ the guitar. (play)

3. They _________ packed all that they will need for the trip. (have)

4. Samantha, Rachel and Sheena _________ eighth-grade students. (be)

5. Sam _________ Dutch. (speak)

6. It _________ good that you _________ people around here. (be, know)

7. Doctors _________ a problem and _________ a cure. (recognise, suggest)

8. The news of the accident _________ very disturbing. (be)

9. Manu _________ to school every day. (walk)

10. Brittany _________ beautifully. (dance)