Grammar Test Sem 1

Fill in the blanks with the correct Collective Nouns

1. A -------------------- of bees

2. A ----------------------- of lions

3. A ----------------------- of thieves

4. A ----------------------- of wolves

5. A ----------------------- of soldiers

6. A ---------------------- of players

7. A --------------------- of flowers

8. A --------------------- of monkeys

9. A ----------------------- of girls

10. A --------------------- of trustees / directors

11. A ------------------- of keys / grapes

12. A -------------------- of birds / sheep

13. A --------------------- of ships / cars

14. A --------------------- of musicians

Fill in the blanks with the correct Noun

1. A ________________ is a person who gives evidence in the court of law

2. A ______________ knows a lot of things about art and music
3. A __________________ is a person who loves his country
4. A ______________________ is a person who is positive and hopeful about life
5. A _______________ is a person who is shy and quiet
6. A _________________ is a person who is watching in the crowd
7. A _______________ is a person who gives live news updates
8. A ______________ is a person who gives advice on legal matters
9. A ____________________ is a person who is negative about life
10. A __________________ is a person who makes money by cheating others
Combine the sentences with relative clauses.

1. A monk is a man. The man has devoted his life to God.

A monk______________________________________.
2. I have one black cat. His name is Blacky.
I have _______________________________________.
3. A herbivore is an animal. The animal feeds upon vegetation.
A herbivore___________________________________.
4. Carol plays the piano brilliantly. She is only 9 years old.
Carol___________________________________________.
5. Sydney is the largest Australian city. It is not the capital of Australia.
Sydney__________________________________________.
6. The students were absent. They were
fined._________________________________________________.

Complete the exercise with who, whom, whose . (Relative Pronouns)

1. Mr Richards,________________ is a taxi driver, lives on the corner.

2. We often visit our aunt in Norwich_______________ is in East Anglia.
3. This is the girl__________________ comes from Spain.
4. That's Peter, the boy____________ has just arrived at the airport.
5.  I talked to the girl_______________ car had broken down in front of the shop.
6. Thank you very much for your e-mail_______________ was very interesting.
7. The man,___________ father is a professor, forgot his umbrella.
8. The children,______________ shouted in the street, are not from our school.
9. The car,______________ driver is a young man, is from Ireland.
10. What did you do with the money,__________ your mother lent you?

Supply the correct preposition in the following :

1. Does he live ……….. the town, or ……….. the country ?
2. Have you lived …………… Kharkhoda long ?
3. I have always wanted to live ……….. a bungalow.
4. Mr. Sharma lives ………….. Model Town ………….. Delhi.
5. He lives ……………. 194 Kali Bari Kolkata.
6. My father works …………. an office.
7. My uncle lives ………….. a mansion …………….. a village a few miles from Mumbai.
8. James was brought up …………. a farm but at the age of 11 he was sent to work a small
town.
9. His father is the manager …………….. the local bank.
10. How long have you been ………….. Delhi ?
B. Based on the sentences below, make sentences using the comparative or
superlative degrees of adjectives. The first one has been done for you.

1. I am 13 years old. My brother is 10 years old and my sister is 15.

I am older than my brother. My sister is the oldest.
2. River Ganga is 2,525 km long, the Nile is 6,853 km long and the Mississippi is about 3,770
km long.
……………………………………………………………………………………………..
3. This summer, mangoes cost INR 90 per kilogram, oranges are INR 100 per kilogram.
……………………………………………………………………………………………..
4. I got an A+ in Maths, and A in all the other subjects.
……………………………………………………………………………………………..
5. Darjeeling is a very beautiful hill station. Shimla is equally beautiful.
……………………………………………………………………………………………..
6. My blue jeans are comfortable. These pants are very comfortable.
……………………………………………………………………………………………..
7. The red house has five rooms. The white house has only three rooms.
……………………………………………………………………………………………..

Rearrange the following to change them into meaningful sentences :

1. superior / Japanese / are / goods
2. caps / expensive / are / these / very
3. Ram / nice / a / is / person
4. clever / that / is / very / boy / a
5. pretty / Mohini / a / is / girl
6. two / she / blue / has / handbags
7. you / gallant / young / are / a / man
8. great / some / made / people / are

Read the following sentences and state whether they are simple, compound or complex.

1. Alice and James went to the park in the evening.

2. Rani went to the market and bought some flowers.

3. As soon as the dog saw its master, it started wagging its tail.

4. The farmer took good care of the cows.

5. Raju liked the watch which his aunt presented to him.

6. The house was so beautiful that he decided to buy it.

7. Although it was a sunny day, we did not go out.

8. In spite of her good ranks, she did not get admission.

9. Ernest Hemingway wrote the novel ‘The Old Man and the Sea’.

10. I was quite impressed with her performance.

Convert the following simple sentences into compound sentences.

Running fast he caught the train. (Simple sentence)

He ran fast and caught the train. (Compound sentence)

1. Taking out the pen, he started writing.

2. Deceived by his friends and family, he killed himself.

3. Besides being rich, she is generous.

4. In spite of being poor, he is very happy.

5. Being naïve, he could not see through their schemes.