Grammar activities

I. Fill up the blanks and Do as directed:

1.                  Could you help him, please.(desire)- modal

2.                  The rich must help the poor. (compulsion) -modal 

3.                  The old man said, "Ah! I am ruined." (change to indirect speech)

The old man mourned that he was ruined.

4.                  Write a sentence using the idiom -an arm and a leg

Buying that car would cost me an arm and a leg.

5.                  Have the plants been watered by them? (change into active voice)

Have they watered the plants?


II. Complete the sentences with appropriate question tags.

1.                  I think he's from India----------------------------- isn’t he?

2.                  Pass me the salt----------------------------------- can you?

3.                  They used to live in New Orleans--------------------------- hadn’t they?

4.                  There aren't a lot of people here------------------------------- are there?

5.                  Let's go out for a walk--------------------------------- shall we?

III. Write the past participles of the given verbs and use them as adjectives in sentences of your own.

1.                  Break-
The recently constructed bridge has broken.

2.                  alarm-
The school was alarmed by the increasing number of failing students.

3.                  forgot-
I have completely forgotten our today’s meeting.

4.                  swell-
My ankle was swollen after the recent injury.

5.                  ruin-
The recent corona lock down has ruined the lives of many.


IV.             Use simple past, past perfect, past continuous or past perfect continuous tense of the given verbs to complete the sentences.

1.                   I was exhausted at the end of the exam. I was writing (write) for over two hours.

2.                   Please step out of the car, Mr. Jones. Do you realise you have driven (drive) at over 90mph?

3.                   We didn't really want to go and see the musical again. We have already seen (already see) it twice.

4.                   I arrived over an hour late to the office and everyone was working. Actually,
They were working (work) for over two hours on the new project and I felt really guilty.

5.                   The kitchen was full of steam when we arrived. Joan was in the kitchen and
She has cooked (cook) a huge meal for everyone at the party.



V. Write if the prepositional phrase in each sentence has been used as an adjective or an adverb and identify the word it qualifies.

1.                  The show on television tonight is about snow leopards.
Adjective, qualifies the show.

2.                  You can run pretty quickly in those high heels.
Adverb, qualifies run

3.                  The plane flew over the field.
Adverb, qualifies flew

4.                  The plant near the window gets lots of sunlight.
Adjective, qualifies the plant

5.                  They chopped down the largest tree in the forest.
Adjective, qualifies the largest tree


VI. Use the given words as adjectives and adverbs:

1.                  passionate:
i.                    He was very passionate about his studies.
ii.                  The professor taught the students passionately.

2.                  elegant:
i.                    The silk saree is woven with several elegant patterns.
ii.                  The function was organised in an elegant manner.

3.                  absurd:
i.                    What you told me was very absurd.
ii.                  Do I look so absurd in this costume?

4.                  enthusiastic:
i.                    His body language seems very enthusiastic.
ii.                  The enthusiastic students conducted the college cultural fest quite successfully.

5.                  pleasant:
i.                    The pleasant smell of the rose is very appealing.
ii.                  The current climatic conditions made me feel very pleasant.