Q.

1 Complete the following sentences using appropriate verbs from brackets

1. I think you .................................. consult a doctor.

a. should b. would c. need.

2. Let's buy some flowers for her, .....................................?

a. should we b. will we c. shall we

3. I don't mind .................................... the housework.

a. to do b. doing c. to doing

4. I don't like ........................................... up early in the morning.

a. getting b. to get c.to getting

5. ........................................ I get you something to drink?

a. Will b. Shall c. Would

6. ............................................. you like me to type your letters for you?

a. Would b. Should c. Shall

7. I want you ......................................... this report my evening.

a. to finish b. finishing c. to finishing

8. Would you mind if I ...................................... some music?

a. play b. played c. had played

9. I'm not really into films. I would rather ..................................... a book.

a. read b. to read c. reading

10. We ............................................. each other in a long time.

a. haven't seen b. didn't see c. don't see

11. John ..................................... ten minutes ago.

a. left b. has left c. had left

12. We were having lunch when someone ......................................... on the floor.

a. knocked b. has knocked c. was knocking

Idiomatic Expressions:

Fill in the blanks.

1. ‘OK everybody, lunch break is over. Now get back to the …………………...’

a. hearth b. mill c. grind

2. ‘Did you get that job?’ ‘No mate, I ………………………… it.’

a. cracked b. blew c. burst

3. Her dreams of becoming a famous actor ended up just being a ……………………….. in the sky.

a. speck b. pie c. star

4. It was a ……………………. plan, so nobody was surprised when it failed.

a. raw b. half-bake c. half-ripe

5. …………………….. in there. Things should get better soon.

a. Hang b. Slide c. Stand

6. Writers of his calibre are hard to ………………………… by.

a. get b. come c. meet

7. She was hot under the ……………………… when she heard that they had lost that contract.

a. head b. coat c. sleeves d. collar

8. I’m ……………………… and tired of eating the same thing for dinner every day.

a. ill b. sick c. angry

9. Your radio is starting to get on my ………………………. You had better it turn it down.

a. spine b. nerves c. spirits

10. It is a small job but I am going to accept it. At least, I’ll have my ……………………. in the
door.

a. foot b. leg c. ankle

11. You don’t have to pay for my drinks. Let’s go ………………………..

a. French b. Spanish c. Dutch

12. He tends to sell himself …………………… and that is his main fault.

a. short b. low c. less

Complete the following sentences using the simple past or past perfect tense form of the
verbs given in the brackets.

1. Before I ……………………….. (reach) the hospital, the doctor ………………………….. already

(perform) the operation.

2. After getting into the bus, we …………………………. (discover) that we …………………………

(board) the wrong one.

3. I …………………………. (plant) the saplings before it ……………………….. (start) raining.

4. The farmers …………………….. (sow) the seeds after they ……………………………. (plough) the
fields.

5. The scientist ………………………….. finished the experiment before the electricity

…………………………. (go) off.

6. The traveler …………………………… (reach) his destination before the sun ……………………………..
(set).

7. If you …………………………. (work) hard, you would have passed.

8. If you ………………………….. (listen) to my advice, you would have been successful.

9. Deepak ………………………….. (want) to become a doctor but he …………………………….. (fai) the

entrance test.

10. The rain ……………………….. (stop) before I ……………………….. (step) out of the house.

Complete the following table:

Sr.
Verb Noun Adjective
No
1 accept
2 achievement
3 act action
6 addition additional
7 adjustment
8 admire admirable
9 advise advice advisable
10 mass massive
11 amazement
12 amuse amusement
13 annoy annoying
14 approach approachable
15 attention attentive
17 avoid avoidable
18 believe believable
19 blacken black
20 bleed
21 bore boring
22 bother bothering
23 breathe breathing
24 buried
25 care
26 challenge
27 chase chasing
28 cheer
29 chosen
30 clear clear
31 collect collective
32 comfort
33 complex complex
34 confused
35 consider considerable
36
37 continue continuous
38 craze
39 create creative
40 credit
41 cure curable
42 curse
43 damage
44 deafen
45 decide
46 decorate
47 delight
48 demand
49 derive
50 deserve
51 destroy
52 develop
53 die dead
54 differ different
55 disturb
56 dust
57 educate
58 embarrass
59 empower
60 empty
61 encircle
62 encourage
63 endanger
64 enthuse
65 enumerate
66 envy
67 evaporate
68 expect
69 explain
70 explore
71 fascinating
72
73 firm
74 flying
75 forceful
76 glorious
77 growing
78 harmful
79 hateful
80 healthy
81 hope hope hopeful
82 identify identification
83 identity
84 imitate imitative
85 impressive
86 include inclusive
87 indicative
88 inform informative
89 inhabit habitat inhabitant
90 injury
91 inquiry
92 instruction instructive
93 insult insulting
94 intent intention intentional
95 interference interfering
96 introduce introduction
97 invention inventive
98 irritation
99 lead leadership leading
100 life lively
102 live liveliness
103 lose loss lost
104 madness
105 migrate migration migrating
106 modern
107 moisten moisture moistures
108 monotonies monotony monotonous
109 move movement movable
110 narrow narrowness narrow
111 nationality
112 observation
113 own own
114 perform performance
115 permit permissible
116 persuasion persuasive
117 please pleasure
118 popularity popular
119 quickness
120 redness red
121 sadden sad
122 secure secured
123 see scene
125 speed speedy
126 whiten white