Integrated Grammar Exercises
1. Identify the tense of the sentences and then change the
tense as directed:
a. The dog is barking at the postman. (Simple Present)
b. She has been working on the project for a week. (Present Perfect)
c. They will be leaving for Delhi on Monday. (Simple Future)
d. I had been living in the city for five years before I moved to the
countryside. (Past Perfect)
e. If I had known you were coming, I would have made a cake.
(Simple Past)
2. Change the speech
a. “We have been waiting here for hours,” they complained.
b. “I have lived here for ten years,” he stated.
c. “He can speak three languages fluently,” they informed us.
d. “I can’t attend the meeting tomorrow,” he explained.
e. I said to her, “When do you do your homework?”
f. “I lost my keys yesterday,” he admitted.
Editing/ Omission/ Gap Filling
Editing
1. The following paragraphs have not been edited. There is one error in
each line. Identify the error and write its correction against the
correct blank number.
A. Incorrect Correct
Discipline at public life ensures (e.g.) at in
peace and harmony, who in turn (a) ______ ______
offer the required impetus (b) ______ ______
from the nation’s progress. (c) ______ ______
B. Incorrect Correct
Is money the more important (e.g.) more most
thing of life? Money is certainly (a) ________ ______
something what is often discussed (b) ______ ________
in today’s world. Hardly the day (c) ________ ________
goes without a discussion on this topic.
Omission
In the sentences below, there are omitted words. Insert the required word
to complete the omission exercise.
Passage A. Before Omitted
After
It is a well fact that regular (a) well known
fact
exercise several benefits but (b)
a recent research found that (c)
workout positively impact (d)
your memory bone density. (e)
Passage B
Higher education is important part of (a) is an
important
the life of every individual. Be any field of (b)
work, the best professionals always more (c)
likely to hail a rich educational background. (d)
Education not provides essential job skills, (e)
but it also broadens horizons of the mind. (f)
Gap Filling
A. The Wangala (i)______ festival for the Garo in Meghalaya, Assam and
Nagaland. It is a postharvest festival (ii)________ the end of the
agricultural year. It is popularly known as ‘The Hundred Drums’
festival. During the signature dance, the leading warrior (iii)_________
with synchronised 7 dance steps and specific hand-head
movements.
(i) a) is important b) are an important c) was the important d) is an
important
(ii) a) being celebrated for marking b) celebrated to mark c) celebrate to
mark d) being celebrated for mark
(iii) a) leads the youngsters b) lead the youngsters c) was leading the
youngsters d) had led the youngsters
Unjumble the given words to form meaningful sentences
1. exorbitant/farmers/taxes/poor/pay/were/to/forced/the
2. a/ strong/ has/ animal/ affinity/ he /with
3. advocated/ release/ birds/ he/ caged/ the/ for/ of
4. during/ forests/ forces/ provide cover for/ battles/ our
5. die/ would rather/ up/ she/ give/ than/ her freedom
