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COMMUNICATION THROUGH ENGLISH GRAMMAR Class: Students of Philosophy Grammar Test 4 on Units 5.1 & 5.2 Student Name: Duration: 30 minutes READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST If you have been given an Answer Booklet, follow the instructions on the front cover of the Booklet. Write your candidate number and name on all the work you hand in. Write in dark blue or black pen. Do not use staples, paper clips, highlighters, glue or correction fluid. Answer all questions. Dictionaries are not permitted. At the end of the examination, fasten all your work securely together. The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question. Score Classification PART PART 1 PART 2 PART 3 PART 4 PART 5 TOTAL Total Marks 10 10 10 10 10 50 Marks Awarded Subject: English Grammar Date: 16 December 2011 Roll Number: Total Marks: 50

Arul Gaspar Teacher in Charge Dharmaram

1. Complete the sentences with the words given in brackets. Use and where needed (10 marks) Example: The birds are eating those big red cherries. ( 1 Your cricket bat is on the --------------------------. (black 2 My Scorpio is --------------------. (apple-green 3 Im knitting a ----------------------- ( baby-pink 4 Your T-shirt is ---------------------. (violet green) 5 Mr. Martin has a -----------------------. (greylong 6 My mothers umbrella is -------------------. (red 7 The ------------------------- is theirs. (white TV walking stick) yellow) black) white) small towel) for the telephone stand. big cherries red)

piano large)

8 I am making a doll for you and its going to be a ---------------------- (red small doll) 9 That -------------------------- (insect tiny yellow) is a lady bird. apple-green car)

10 I am going to buy -------------------------. ( mid-size

2 Rewrite the sentences so that the adjectives come after the verb to be. Example: I have a black purse. My purse is black. 1 This is a cheap laptop.

-----------------------------------------2 Joby has a small notepad. -----------------------------------3 That is a large polar bear. ------------------------------------4 Joyal has a red and white Christmas Santa. -----------------------------------------------------5 This is a small grey electronic dictionary. ------------------------------------------------------3 Rearrange the words to form correct sentences. (10 marks) Example: apples are big these. These apples are big.

1 uncle to my belongs coat brown large that. ------------------------------------------------------------------------. 2 boxes white the huge lorry the in are. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------. 3 red tiny are there tree fruit that on ants.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------. 4 blue and black wallet a found I the in bus. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------. 5 Allies phone is the small yellow mobile. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------. 4 Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the adjectives in the brackets. (10 marks) Example: Martha is prettier (pretty) than Mary. 1 Sebastian is -------------------- (calm) than Rijil. 2 Peter is ------------------- (brave) soldier among all in this regiment. 3 Philosophy is ---------------------- (interesting) than mechatronics. 5 Your answer is -------------------- (clear) than theirs. 6 This is --------------------- (clean) lecture hall of the week. 7 The ----------------- (tough) subject in my college is critical writing. 8 Ferrari is -------------------- (expensive) than Jaguar LX. 9 Walking a mile is ------------------ (healthy) than jogging a while. 10 Criticizing is -------------------- (easy) job in the world.

5 Write a dialogue using the correct forms of the adjectives given in the box. You are free to use other adjectives that are relevant to the dialogue you frame. Make sure you use 10 adjectives altogether. You can maximum have two characters in the dialogue. You will need to use than or the. Underline the adjectives you use in the dialogue. (10 marks) Example: Mary: That restaurant also has desserts that are (1) more delicious than the ones here. Ill take you there next week. Roger: Is your new boss (2) more efficient than the old one? Dave: Oh yes! Hes also (3) kinder than my old boss. In fact hes (4) the most understanding boss Ive ever had. Use this box.
talkative boring interesting meaningful relevant Friendly kind understanding accommodative enthusiastic