GRAMMAR REVISION

GRADE 8
ANSWER KEY
I. Fill in the blanks with a verb form that agrees with the subject.

1. Somebody has left the door open.

2. You have no right to read my letters.
3. Neither he nor she is capable of doing this.
4. Either James or Rahul has to go.
5. Nobody was there to support me.
6. Each hand has five fingers.
7. Every person has got problems.
8. Some of us want a new system.
9. None of them was able to succeed.
10. All of us have got problems.

II. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with appropriate determiners.
Once upon a time, there lived a king who was known for his judgments. One
day two women came holding a baby, and both claimed they were the mothers.
Both women were crying hard for the baby, and the king was finding it difficult to
believe who was saying the truth. So the king asked the guards to cut the baby in
half and give each half to both the women. The woman who was holding the baby
accepted that decision whereas the other woman started begging the king to
give the baby to the other woman. Seeing this, the king immediately understood
who the real mother was. The king said that a real mother would never
let any harm befall on her child, and that is why the second woman asked to give
away the child to the first woman. She did not want any harm on her child and
would rather give the baby away to someone else. Finally, the king gave the baby
to its real mother.
III. Fill in the blanks with the most suitable finite or non-finite form of the verbs
given in brackets.

1. We are planning to watch  a movie together.

2. Having  finished his homework, Sam went out to play.

3. Binsha and Ashish love to spend their weekends at the beach.

4. Satisfied with our work, our teacher gave us chocolates to

appreciate  and encourage us.

5. The police asked us to be alert.

6. Has  she brought all the necessary documents for the verification?

7. They reached home late.

8. Maria loved  the new phone that her parents bought  her.

9. The song you released recently is so heart-warming.

10. The cow gives milk.

IV. Identify the type of tenses.

1. They have known each other for a long time. Present Perfect Tense

2. Sam was going to school. Past Continuous Tense

3. When I went there, Bucky was playing video games. Past Continuous Tense

4. The workers have been working on the building for a long time. Present
Perfect Continuous Tense
5. Penny had done her homework when her parents came back. Past Perfect
Tense

6. Mr. Arnold had been writing his last book for four months. Past Perfect
Continuous Tense

7. I will move to Delhi soon. Simple Future Tense

8. Mr. Rohan will be staying in New York next week. Future Continuous Tense

9. Beverly will have left before you arrive to see her. Future Perfect Tense

10. Mr. Peter will have been teaching for twelve years next month. Future Perfect
Continuous Tense

V. Fill in the blanks in the following sentences using one of the options from the
brackets :
1. A teetotaler ………….. (drink/drinks/drank/drinking) no wine.
2. Do you ………….. (prefer/preferred/preferring/preferable) tea to coffee ?
3. I felt the earth ………….. (slipping/slip /slipped/going) under my feet.
4. I ………….. (think/thought/am thinking/was thinking) you are right.
5. I ………….. (took/taking/taken/have taken) my dinner an hour ago.
6. The train ………….. (did not arrive/will not arrive/has not arrived/had not
arrived) yet.
7. If you ………….. (come/came/will come/shall come) in time you will get a seat.
8. The train had left before we ………….. (reach/reached/had reached/will reach)
the station.
9. We could start taking dinner if only John ………….. (is/were/was/are) here.
10. If you ………….. (heat/heated/heating/will heat) the ice it melts.

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