8th BBH

Grammar worksheet

Question:

(a) Rewrite in following sentences according to the instructions given after each. Make other
changes that may be necessary , but do not change the meaning of each sentence:

(i) Had I not helped her, she would not have succeeded. (Begin: But………..)
(ii) His unexpected victory surprised everybody in the school. (Begin: His unexpected victory
took………..)
(iii) If he apologizes, he will be pardoned. ( Use ‘unless’ instead of ‘if’)
(iv) Nobody in our city can run as fast as Usha. (Begin: Usha ……)
(v) Joe requested his friend to wait there till he returned. (End ……..”till I return)

(b) Fill in the blanks with appropriate prepositions:

(i) The outgoing manager will hand …………….charge to his successor.
(ii) Her request for a transfer was turned ……………
(iii) A man is known ………….the company he keeps.
(iv) Not all of us are alive………. the threats arising from global warming.
(v) You must reach home ……………sunset.
(vi) The five players quarreled ……………themselves.
(vii) We have lived in this village …………..ten years.
(viii) He found himself ………….pressure to grant the request.
(ix) He himself equal ……………. the task.
(x) He was unwilling to take ……………..the challenge.

(c ) Join the following sentences to make one complete sentence without using ’and’, ‘but’ or ‘ so:

(i) He found the book at last. It was in the library.

(ii) She received the message .Immediately she went to meet her brother.
(iii) Tom may run fast .He cannot catch the train.
(iv) I saw man at work on a new building .It was to be a factory.
(v) Suresh did not come to school. He did not send in an application.