CLASS – IX SUBJECT – ENGLISH

INTEGRATED GRAMMAR WORKSHEET

1. The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in each of the
lines. Write the incorrect word and the correction in the space provided.
Remember to underline the word that you have supplied as shown.
Incorrect Correct

A curious thing about the developed of (a) ……….. ………..

a motion picture is that the first groups of (b) ……….. ………..
people who made it possible wasn’t interested (c) ……….. ………..
in movies at all! The first inventions were make by (d) ……….. ………..
men who wanting to study the movement of animals(e) ……….. ………..
Even Thomas Edison, which perfected a device (f) ……….. ………..
called ‘kinetoscope’ in 1893, think of it . (g) ……….. ………..
only as a curiosity. But there were another people (h) ……….. ………..
who saw great possibilities with entertainment (i) ……….. ………..
in this invention and they began to make movies.

2.In the following passages, one word has been omitted in each tine. Write the
missing word along with the word that comes before and the ward that comes
after it in the space provided against the correct blank number. Ensure that the
word that forms your answer is underlined.

                     Before           word           after

Rocks at bottom of the sea e.g. at the bottom

do not contain

dinosaur fossils they were land animals. (a) ………… ………… …………

They mostly found in the rock (b) ………… ………… …………

layers at the bottom swamps, (c) ………… ………… …………

lakes or rivers. Many theories

try explain the death of the (d) ………… ……….. …………

dinosaurs. Some are unlikely (e) ………… ………… …………

than the others. Many people believe

that they became extinct of change (f) ………… ………… …………

in world climate.
3.Complete the passage given below choosing the correct alternatives.

Everyone (a)……….. mistakes. To judge mistakes (b)………… to make yet another

mistake. It is………… condemning process.To benefit from (d)……… blunder, we
must look (e)…………. mistakes as not mistakes at all, but the stepping stones to (f)
………. All students need to realize that they are the judges of (g)……….. own
lives. And if they find themselves guilty they will feel like a prisoner. However, the
good news is that even if they are standing (h)……… the bars they have the key to
their own freedom.

(a) (i) make (ii) makes (iii) is making (iv) made

(b)(i) is (ii) are (iii) was (iv) were

(c) (i) some (ii) the (iii) a (iv) an

(d) (i) all (ii) more (iii) every (iv) most

(e) (i) on (ii) up (iii) at (iv) into

(f) (i) liberate (ii) liberating (iii) liberated (iv) liberation

(g) (i) their (ii) his (iii) her (iv) him

(h) (i) on (ii) behind (iii) beside (iv) in

4.Fill in the blanks using an appropriate form of the verb given in the brackets.

Information technology ……………1………… (change) the way we access information.

Since its introduction in the 1980’s, the internet ……………….2……………. (become)
cheap and commonplace. Some people ………..3…………. (see) this as an opportunity to
deal with problems like unemployment. They …………….4…………… (argue) that the
government …………..5…………. (provide) free internet access to people …………
6………… (look) for a job. I ………….7………… (not agree) with this point of view for
several reasons.

Lack of skills ………….. 8…………… (be) the main reason that ………….9…………….
(prevent) jobless people from ………..10………. (find) employment. Instead of ……………
11………… (offer) free internet to the people, the government …………….12…………
(organize) training programs for the jobless.

Giving free internet is unlikely to be of any help. In the first place, it …………13……… (be)
nearly impossible to control how these technologies ……….14……… (use). Instead of this,
the government …………15………… (use) public money to provide subsidized or free bus
tickets for the unemployed who ……….16…………. (need) to travel for a job interview.