Answer Key

Exercise

1. Subject and Predicate

Q1) A.
a) Ram and Shyam are best friends.
b) The boy wants to study alone.
c) Faster and faster, the go-kart rolled down the hill.
d) My aunt sent me a birthday card.
e) At the factory, tomato juice is bottled.
f) Golden autumn leaves are falling from the trees.

Q1) B.
a) Dylan just got his grade report in the mail.
b) Kimberly suddenly burst into the room with the news.
c) Germany exports many cars and trucks.
d) The empty swimming pool slowly filled with rain water.
e) Ryan surprised me with his test score.

Q2) A.
a) Haven’t you finished eating yet? - Interrogative
b) What a scary ride it was! - Exclamatory
c) Please get me a cup of tea. - Imperative
d) I don’t think I can come tomorrow. - Negative
e) I love apples and oranges. - Declarative
f) When did you reach home? - Interrogative
g) Ouch! It hurts! - Exclamatory
h) I could not finish the paper on time. - Negative

Q2) B. (Answers may vary)

a) The cat is sitting on the table.
b) The baby is crying for milk.
c) The girl kicks the football.

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Q3) (Answer may vary)

Wow, what a lovely scene! There are trees all over the place. The water is flowing smoothly in
the stream. There is a beautiful house across the stream. Do you see the sun hiding behind the
trees? It looks like it is peeping out to say good morning! Birds are flying in the bright blue sky.
There are many colourful flowers in the garden. It looks like nature is at its best! I would love
to paint this picture.

2. Noun
Q1)
a) Peter b) Team c) Collective d) Common

Q2) A.
Pooja, who is an award winning dancer, is going to France to perform at an international dance
competition. Her mother will accompany her for the trip. She will return back to India after
a week. Reema, her younger sister is also a dancer and wants to be a champion like her sister
Pooja. Their mother is very supportive and encourages both the sisters to pursue their hobbies.
Their family is very proud of their achievements. Pooja’s school has sent her a bouquet of flowers
to appreciate her achievement.

Proper Common Collective

Pooja, France mother family
Reema Sisters, dancer Bouquet of flowers
India Hobbies, achievement
Competition, champion, trip,
week, school

Q2) B.
a) The Taj Mahal is the most beautiful monument in India. - Proper, Common, Proper
b) The team of girls seems to be very strong. - Collective, Common
c) A herd of cows had blocked the traffic. - Collective, Common
d) Our Prime Minister delivers excellent speeches. - Common, Common
e) Mrs. Gandhi likes gardening. - Proper

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Q3) (Answer may vary)

It is a beautiful village scene. It’s early evening in the village when Viju, the farmer is going
back home with his herd of cows. The women are going to fetch water from a nearby river
and all the villagers are getting ready for dinner with their families. The sky is still a little bright
with the sun about to set. It looks like it’s summer time as the grass is dry.

3. Gender Nouns and Singular and Plural Nouns

Q1) A.
a) The cat is hiding behind the table. - Singular
b) We have got too many gifts. - Plural
c) My teacher gave me some books to read. Teacher - Singular, books - Plural
d) Can I have a piece of cake please? - Singular
e) There were two dogs in the car. Dogs - Plural, car - Singular
f) That house is mine. - Singular

Q1) B.
a) Table b) Pencils c) Children
d) Bikes e) Bag f) books

Q2) A.
I am Benny. My brother’s (m) name is Sunny. He loves to play cricket. My mother (f)cooks
delicious dishes for us every day. Father (m) plays with us on weekends. On weekends he also
takes us for horse (m)-riding. It’s great fun! We have a dog (m) called Scooby. He loves to play
with a ball. All my friends come home to play with Scooby. Sam uncle (m), my father’s brother
(m), also comes home to play with us.

Q2) B.
a) actor - actress b) god - goddess c) king - queen
d) peacock - peahen e) horse - mare f) husband - wife
g) prince - princess

Q3) (Answer may vary)

My family has 6 members- my parents, my brother and my grandparents. We all love to travel
to different places. We go for a family vacation twice a year. My grandparents also accom-
pany us. We all also like to eat different cuisines. We love to go to different restaurants on
weekends. My brother plays football and cricket. I play piano. We both love to help mother in
the kitchen. We are a fun-loving family.
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4. Singular and Plural Pronouns and Verbs

Q1) A.
a) Pass me the book please. - Singular
b) They like pasta. - Plural
c) I will wait for her at the bus stop. - Singular
d) We didn’t see them at the party. - Plural
e) She is a great tennis player. - Singular
f) Will you wait for me? - Singular

Q1) B.
a) Ryan, Aryan and Arjun are best friends. - Plural
b) The table is made of heavy wood. - Singular
c) They were in the garden. - Plural
d) Raju has a fat dog. - Singular
e) Only one book is on the table. - Singular
f) The fruits are on the table. - Plural
g) My friend and I are going to the party. - Plural
h) We are waiting for you near the gate. - Plural
i) Seema is going to the mall today. - Singular
j) They are playing in the park. - Plural
k) The dogs were restless. - Plural
l) A black and a white cow are grazing in the field. - Plural

Q2) A.
a) He is very cute. b) She is so smart.
c) It is very big. d) It is my favourite animal.

Q2) B.
It was a rainy day yesterday. Mother and I were going to the market. I was really excited as
I was going to buy my favourite book. We were going by bus. There were some thieves in the
bus. We were scared as they were threatening people to give them money. Just then a police-
man got inside the bus. He caught the thieves and took them to the police station. The driver
and the conductor were relieved and so were the passengers. I had caught my mother’s hand
all the time as I was too scared to even talk. After they went, I was feeling better.

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Q3) (Answer may vary)

My friend and I meet every day while we are going to school. We walk to school together. I
pick her up in my car from the next lane. We play word games in the car on our way to school.
We also come back home together from school. Then, we again meet each other in the evening
when we go for our classes. We also go to each other’s house to play. I love the doll’s house
she has in her house. She likes to play with my Barbie doll set.

Singular Pronoun Plural Pronoun

my we
I our
her
she

5. Tenses – Simple Present, Simple Past and

Simple Future Tense

Q1) A.
a) Play - Simple Present Tense b) Smoked - Simple past tense
c) Take - Simple Present Tense d) met - Simple Past Tense
e) lived - Simple Past Tense f) will return - Simple Future Tense
g) will begin - Simple Future Tense

Q1) B.
a) loves b) dance c) taught
d) will be closed e) played f) eats

Q1) C.
Simple Present Tense Simple Past Tense
get drank
drink grew
grow left
go got
leave went

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Q2) A.
Present Past Future
play played will play
touch touched will touch
leave left will leave
go went will go
write wrote will write

Q2) B. (Answers may vary)

a) Jump (Simple Present Tense) We jump on the trampoline.
b) Write (Simple Future Tense) We will write our English paper tomorrow.
c) Talk (Simple Past Tense) I talked to him yesterday on the phone.

Q3) (Answer may vary)

Every morning I wake up at 7 a.m. I brush my teeth and sit near my window to have my
milk. I like to watch the birds flying in the sky and hear the chirping sound they make. Then
I have a quick breakfast prepared by my mother and have a bath. I get ready for school
and leave for school sharp at 8 a.m. On holidays I wake up a little late as I like to relax and
have fun. But first I finish my homework and then play whatever I want to. I also call some
friends home to play.

6. Continuous Tenses
Q1) A.
a) Past Continuous b) Present Continuous
c) Future Continuous d) Future Continuous
e) Past Continuous f) Future Continuous

Q1) B.
a) were laughing b) were looking c) was crying
d) was cleaning e) was staying

Q1) C.
a) were playing b) will be doing c) are going
d) will be dancing e) was going

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Q2) A.
Verb Past Continuous Present Continuous Future Continuous
Sing Was singing Is singing Will be singing
Dance Was dancing Is dancing Will be dancing
Swim Was swimming Is swimming Will be swimming
Write Was writing Is writing Will be writing
Go Was going Is going Will be going

Past Continuous: He was singing for the annual day function.

Present Continuous: He is singing for the annual day function.
Future Continuous: He will be singing for the annual day function.
Past Continuous: She was writing a letter for her mother yesterday.
Present Continuous: She is writing a letter now.
Future Continuous: She will be writing a letter for her mother.

Q2) B. (Answers may vary)

a) I will be reading a book tonight.
b) I am writing a poem for our school magazine.
c) The man was pushing the cart towards the shop.
d) I was going to school when I saw my friend in her school bus.

Q3) (Answer may vary)

One day I was going to school with my best friend Rikku. While we were going, we saw some
children playing in a nearby park. A boy and a girl were playing with the ball and a group of
children were playing together happily. Rikku and I went to the park to see what they were
playing. We were so excited that we forgot we were getting late for school. After some time,
Rikku said, “Reena, we are late, let’s rush or we will not be allowed to enter the school.” We
went running and reached school in five minutes. Teacher was waiting for us in class. As we
entered she asked, “Why are you both late today?” I said, “We were watching some children
play in the nearby park, we are sorry teacher.” Teacher smiled and said, “This will not be al-
lowed next time, you must be in school on time.”

7. Adjectives of Quantity, Quality and Number

Q1)
a) first - Number; running - Quality b) beautiful - Quality
c) long ,thick - Quality d) four - Number
e) enough - Quantity
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Q2) A. (Answers may vary)

Soft: I have a soft teddy bear. (Adjective of Quality)
Seven: There are seven days in a week. (Adjective of Number)
Enough: We have enough money to buy a car. (Adjective of Quantity)
Tall: Raju is a tall boy. (Adjective of Quality)

Q2) B.
E F I R S T W Y K Q
M L S T R L X L B V
R W T A A X H E E A
W F M T F L A V Y B
S S B E I U L O O D
H B W F T L P L U E
B I D I D N E L P S
R G F V M J K A A U
O U N P S T H X L Y
L Q C J V I F Q T V

BEAUTIFUL BIG FEW

FIRST LITTLE LOVELY
SMART SPLENDID TALL

Q3) (Answer may vary)

This is beautiful picture. The sky is bright. There is one tall tree. There are some white clouds
in the sky. The grass is green and there are many colourful flowers. Some flowers are yellow
while some are white in colour. It looks like a bright and sunny day.

Quality Quantity Number

Beautiful, bright some one
Tall, white, yellow many
Green, colourful
sunny

8. Adverbs – Time, Place and Manner

Q1) A.
a) All the boys were working hard. - Manner
b) Come here and sit with me. - Place
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c) She will reach here today. - Place, time

d) He went upstairs to meet his grandfather. - Place
e) The dog barked loudly. - Manner
f) We searched the dog everywhere. - Place
g) He writes slowly. - Manner

Q2) A.
Deepa and Raju climbed steadily up the mountain track. They had left home early in the
morning, in thick fog. Now the sun shone brightly and they felt warm and dry. Soon they
would reach there. There they would rest for a while.

Time Place Manner

early there steadily, brightly
now

Q2) B.
a) Outside - Rhea is playing outside.
b) Tonight - I am going to visit my grandmother tonight.
c) Happily - She happily gave her books to the poor and needy children.

Q3) (Answer may vary)

Long ago there lived a mouse in a jungle. One day, when the mouse was playing hide and seek
with his friends, he went and hid into a cave. Little did he know that the cave was a den and
the king of the jungle lived in the den! The lion was peacefully sleeping in his den. At first the
mouse did not realize, but slowly when he came closer to the lion he was shocked and he moved
away! ‘This is Lion’s den!’ he exclaimed. ‘I have to go from here quickly’. However, he accidently
stamped on the lion’s tail and the lion woke up! He roared angrily and caught the mouse in his
paws. ‘Ha.. ha.. ha..’ laughed the lion. ‘I am glad you came here, you will be my dinner tonight.’
The mouse was frightened. He pleaded to the lion to let him go this time. He said he will surely
help the lion whenever he needs him. The lion laughed at this and let him go. A few days later,
when the mouse was moving around in the jungle, he heard the roars of the lion. He went ahead
to look what had happened. To his surprise the lion was caught in a hunter’s net! He was roaring
for help. The mouse quickly moved towards the lion and started nibbling the net. Soon he nibbled
the entire net and set the lion free. The lion happily caught the mouse and said, ‘You have done
a big favour to me. Whenever you need me I shall be there for you always.’

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9. Adjectives - Degrees of comparison

Q1)
Positive Comparative Superlative
Large larger largest
Small smaller smallest
Slim slimmer slimmest
Easy easier easiest
Greedy greedier greediest

Q2) A.
a) most beautiful b) kindest c) bigger
d) smaller e) worse f) younger

Q2) B. (Answers may vary)

Tall - Short
The man in blue pants is taller than the man in white pants. - Comparative
Expensive - cheap
Travelling by airplane is more expensive than travelling by car. - Comparative
Fast - slow.
The rabbit runs faster than the tortoise. - Comparative Degree

Q3) (Answer may vary)

In a jungle lived a hare and a tortoise. They were best friends. Once they decided to have a
race. The hare was running faster than the tortoise. The tortoise was slow and steady. After
a while, the hare got a little tired, so he decided to take some rest. “The tortoise is slower
than me, he can’t win the race! I can take a nap and then start running again!”, he exclaimed.
Meanwhile, the tortoise that was more hard-working than the hare did not get anxious at all
for being so slow. He continued to run without taking rest. Soon, the tortoise went ahead of
the hare. The hare was still sleeping thinking that the tortoise cannot win. Finally, the tortoise
won the race and when the hare woke up, he saw that the tortoise had reached the finish line
and won! The hare got very angry. He said, “I thought I was the fastest of all, how can you
win the race?” The tortoise told the hare, “If you were smarter than me then you would not
have slept. You must never be so proud of yourself and always give your best to whatever you do.”

Positive - slow, steady, anxious, angry, proud.

Comparative - faster, slower, more hard-working, smarter
Superlative - best, fastest
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10. Articles – De inite and Inde inite

Q1) A.
a) an, a b) an c) an
d) a e) a f) a

Q1) B.
Bible a
Igloo the
Orange the
Ganga an
Hindustan Times the
Slice of cheese an

Q2)
The Taj Mahal is one of the seven wonders of the world. It attracts a large number of tourists.
Most tourists visit it in the cooler months of October, November and February. One must never
visit this wonderful place without a camera to capture the beauty and charisma of the monument.

Q3) (Answer may vary)

Tina went with her mother to a nearby shopping mall to buy some grocery. She took a bag to
put the different items. Mother bought a bunch of bananas, a bunch of grapes and some apples.
Then she also bought a pumpkin and a watermelon. Then Tina saw a big teddy bear and she
wanted to buy that too. Mother told Tina that it was too big to carry and they do not have a
car today so they will buy the teddy bear next time. Tina needed a box of colours for school so
mother bought a box of oil pastel crayons and a packet of sketch pens. Now they were ready
to go home. They sat into a rickshaw and went home.

11. Prepositions – On, In and Under

Q1) A.
a) On b) In c) Under
d) In e) In f) under

Q1) B.
a) in b) in c) on
d) under/on e) under f) in

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Q2)
a) The cat is sitting on the mat.

b) There is a ball in the box.

c) The girl is sitting on the chair with a pencil in her hand.

d) The young man is resting under the umbrella.

Q3) (Answer may vary)

This is my kitchen. There are many things on the kitchen table. There is a box with chocolate
cookies in it. There is a bag filled with wheat flour under the table. There is lot of garbage in
the dustbin. Food for the dog is kept in the bowl. Brown bread slices are kept on the table.
There are many chocolates in my fridge.

12. Conjunction
Q1)
a) and b) but c) so
d) because e) or f) but

Q2) A.
Last year my father and his friends went for a holiday to Matheran. They were 7 people, so they
decided to hire a big car. On the way to Matheran, they stopped on the road because one of them
was not feeling well. When they stopped, they saw a small dog lying by the road. The dog was
lying still but was yet breathing. They thought that it was hurt. They took him to the vet and the
vet said he was fine, but he was very tired. The doctor asked them to take him to his house but
the friends did not know where he lived. They had a choice - to take him with them or leave him
on the road. Finally, they decided to take him along and that is how, I now have a pet of my own!

Q2) B.
a) but
I went for a party yesterday but it was very boring.
b) so
My mother is not well so I have to help her.
c) because
She studied really hard because she wanted to score good marks.

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d) and
My friend ate an ice cream and I ate a chocolate.
e) or
Do you want to play football or basketball?

Q3) (Answer may vary)

I will take a ball so that I can play with my friends. I will take lots of food because I feel
hungry very fast. I will also take all my nice clothes and shoes to wear in the hotel. I will take
an umbrella but no windcheater.

13. Interjections and Homophones

Q1)
a) Hurrah! b) Alas! c) Oh!
d) Hello! e) Hush!

Q2) A.
a) The bus fare has increased.
b) My mother had come to meet the school principal.
c) Wear loose clothes for the picnic.
d) I found a piece of broken glass on the floor.
e) Did you see the yellow canary?

Q2) B.
a) Alas b) What c) Hello
d) Hurrah e) Hush

Q3) (Answer may vary)

Last Sunday, I went to zoo. The weather was beautiful but I was not sure whether I would
get to see many animals. I was lucky that there were many healthy animals. I saw a giraffe,
a zebra and many elephants. The zoo was full of people. After the zoo, we went to see the
fair by the sea. The fare was not very high; we paid only Rs. 10 per person to enter the fair.
There were so many lovely acts there! My father told me not to stare but I couldn’t stop looking
at the magician and the acrobat. I had a wonderful time on Sunday.

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14. Common Errors

1) Incorrect: I finished my homework in a hour.
Correct: I finished my homework in an hour.
Mistake: Wrong use of the article ‘a’ for a word beginning with a vowel sound.
2) Incorrect: I loves milkshakes.
Correct: I love milkshakes.
Mistake: The subject and the verb do not agree with each other.
3) Incorrect: My younger brother is five years.
Correct: My younger brother is five. OR My younger brother is five years old.
Mistake: Incorrect statement.
4) Incorrect: Jerry jumped in the table.
Correct: Jerry jumped on the table.
Mistake: The preposition is not appropriate for the object - table.
5) Incorrect: A dog has four legs and a one tail.
Correct: A dog has four legs and one tail.
Mistake: The article ‘a’ and ‘one’ should not be used together.
6) Incorrect: I wrote a letter my grandmother.
Correct: I wrote a letter to my grandmother.
Mistake: Preposition ‘to’ is missing.
7) Incorrect: He said me that he was not in town.
Correct: He said to me that he was not in town.
Mistake: Preposition ‘to’ is missing. The verb ‘said’ must be followed by ‘to’.
8) Incorrect: Were do you stay?
Correct: Where do you stay?
Mistake: Incorrect word ‘were’ used instead of ‘where’.
9) Incorrect: The sun is big than the moon.
Correct: The sun is bigger than the moon.
Mistake: Incorrect degree of comparison used to compare sun to moon.

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10) Incorrect: This time you have done not well in the unit test.
Correct: This time you have not done well in the unit test.
Mistake: The sentence structure is incorrect; have not should come together here.
11) Incorrect: Miss Molly is mine favourite teacher.
Correct: Miss Molly is my favourite teacher.
Mistake: Incorrect pronoun used.
12) Incorrect: Rahul and Riya is studying.
Correct: Rahul and Riya are studying.
Mistake: The helping verb ‘are’ must be used instead of ‘is’; as there are two people in
the subject.
13) Incorrect: My mother choosed a dress for me.
Correct: My mother chose a dress for me.
Mistake: Past form of the verb ‘choose’ is ‘chose’.
14) Incorrect: I am going to home right now.
Correct: I am going home right now.
Mistake: We do not need a preposition like “to” prior to home.
15) Incorrect: I have much chocolates in my bag.
Correct: I have many chocolates in my bag.
Mistake: Incorrect use of the adjective ‘much’ for the countable noun ‘chocolates’.
16) Incorrect: We invited Neha and Seeta and Raman and Jay to the birthday party.
Correct: We invited Neha, Seeta, Raman and Jay to the birthday party.
Mistake: ‘And’ is inappropriately used instead of commas for nouns in series.
17) Incorrect: I found all this shells on the beach.
Correct: I found all these shells on the beach.
Mistake: The word ‘these’ should be used for the plural noun - (shells) instead of ‘this’.
18) Incorrect: My elder brother is smartly.
Correct: My elder brother is smart.
Mistake: Incorrect use of the adverb ‘smartly’ instead of the adjective ‘smart’.
19) Incorrect: The Indian flag has a three colours.
Correct: The Indian flag has three colours.
Mistake: The article ‘a’ must not be used when talking about plurals.
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20) Incorrect: I wore my fathers shoes.

Correct: I wore my father’s shoes.
Mistake: Apostrophe‘s’ must be used to show possession.
21) Incorrect: Harish married with my sister last week.
Correct: Harish married my sister last week.
Mistake: Incorrect use of preposition ‘to’ with marry.
22) Incorrect: The blue whale lives in the see.
Correct: The blue whale lives in the sea.
Mistake: The word ‘sea’ must be used instead of ‘see’ according to the context.
23) Incorrect: I will go to Italy on someday.
Correct: I will go to Italy someday.
Mistake: Wrong use of the preposition ‘on’.
24) Incorrect: The baby broke the paper in two parts.
Correct: The baby tore the paper in two parts.
Mistake: Incorrect word ‘broke’ used to denote the action of tearing a paper.
25) Incorrect: Coconut trees are longer than mango trees
Correct: Coconut trees are taller than mango trees
Mistake: Incorrect adjective is used to talk about height.
26) Incorrect: Do’nt touch the flowers.
Correct: Don’t touch the flowers.
Mistake: The single inverted comma is misplaced in the contraction used for ‘Do not’.
27) Incorrect: Buffalos do not eat mangos.
Correct: Buffaloes do not eat mangoes.
Mistake: The letter ‘e’ is missing in the plural form of the nouns - buffalo and mango.
28) Incorrect: My family like to travel in a car.
Correct: My family likes to travel in a car
Mistake: The subject ‘family’ is a single entity and must use the singular verb ’likes’.
29) Incorrect: do you like ice-creams
Correct: Do you like ice-creams?
Mistake: The first letter of the sentence must be capitalized. Questions must always
end in a question mark.
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30) Incorrect: Hello Maria. Wellcome to my house.

Correct: Hello Maria. Welcome to my house.
Mistake: ‘Welcome’ should be written as a single word.
31) Incorrect: Raj: Do you have a car?
Meena: No, I have not a car.
Correct: Raj: Do you have a car?
Meena: No, I don’t have a car.
Mistake: Incorrect helping verbs and structure.
32) Incorrect: Sam is Maria cousin.
Correct: Sam is Maria’s cousin.
Mistake: Apostrophe ‘s’ must be used with the noun Maria.
33) Incorrect: As he is fat, so he runs slowly.
Correct: As he is fat he runs slowly.
Mistake: The conjunctions ‘as’ and ‘so’ are used together.
34) Incorrect: Please put the fan of.
Correct: Please put the fan off.
Mistake: Incorrect word ’of’ is used instead of ‘off’.
35) Incorrect: Shruti: Why do you go to park?
Ritu: I go to the park so I like to play with my friends.
Correct: Shruti: Why do you go to park?
Ritu: I go to the park because I like to play with my friends.
Mistake: A question that asks ‘why’ must be answered using ‘because’.
36) Incorrect: I wake up at 7 O’clock a.m. in the morning.
Correct: I wake up at 7 O’clock in the morning. OR I wake up at 7 a.m. in the morning.
Mistake: Use either O’clock or a.m. to denote time.
37) Incorrect: What is the prize of this shirt?
Correct: What is the price of this shirt?
Mistake: The word ‘price’ should be used instead of ‘prize’ according to the context.
38) Incorrect: Look this beautiful painting.
Correct: Look at this beautiful painting.
Mistake: The preposition ‘at’ is missing.
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39) Incorrect: My dog likes to play with I.

Correct: My dog likes to play with me.
Mistake: Incorrect pronoun I is used in place of ‘me’.
40) Incorrect: Mom made fish potatoes dal rice chapati for dinner.
Correct: Mom made fish, potatoes, dal, rice and chapati for dinner.
Mistake: Commas must be used between series of nouns.
41) Incorrect: I brought a gift to my mother.
Correct: I brought a gift for my mother.
Mistake: Incorrect preposition ‘to’ is used in place of ‘for’.
42) Incorrect: My classroom is in on the five floor.
Correct: My classroom is on the fifth floor.
Mistake: Ordinal number ‘fifth’ must be used instead of ‘five’.
43) Incorrect: I write all my secrets in a dairy.
Correct: I write all my secrets in a diary.
Mistake: Incorrect word ‘dairy’ used in place of ‘diary’.
44) Incorrect: Radha has straight hair but Seema has curl hair.
Correct: Radha has straight hair but Seema has curly hair.
Mistake: Adjective form of the word ‘curl’ must be used.
45) Incorrect: I have very few money left for the gift.
Correct: I have very little money left for the gift.
Mistake: Use little for non-countable nouns.
46) Incorrect: Can you will come to the picnic?
Correct: Can you come to the picnic? OR Will you come to the picnic?
Mistake: Can and will should not be used together.
47) Incorrect: I ate an banana and a egg for breakfast.
Correct: I ate a banana and an egg for breakfast.
Mistake: Improper use of articles. Use ‘an’ before vowels and ‘a’ before consonants.
48) Incorrect: We will watch a movie on tomorrow.
Correct: We will watch a movie tomorrow.
Mistake: Incorrect use of preposition ‘on’ before tomorrow.

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49) Incorrect: I want eat a pizza.

Correct: I want to eat a pizza. OR I want a pizza
Mistake: The sentence structure is incorrect.
50) Incorrect: You should must brush your teeth every day.
Correct: You should brush your teeth every day. OR You must brush your teeth
every day.
Mistake: ‘Should’ and ‘must’ should not be used together.

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Practice Questions

1. Subject and Predicate

Exercise 1:
Subject - S, Predicate - P

a) S - The Police P - arrested the youth.

b) S - Most of the rooms P - in the hotel were vacant.
c) S - My aim P - is to become an architect
d) S - You P - Do not speak ill of anyone.
e) S - The water in the lake P - shines brightly in the moonlight.

Exercise 2:
a) Declarative b) Exclamatory
c) Interrogative d) Negative
e) Imperative

Exercise 3:
a) I goes for a walk daily. (b)
b) My father do not like to play outdoor games. (a)
c) Wild animals protect our lives and property. (d)
d) Policemen made a great deal of noise. (e)
e) Some mischievous boys live in the jungles. (c)
f) The Doctor should not carry cell phones to the school. (g)
g) Students suggested regular morning exercise. (f)

2. Noun
Exercise 1:
a) Bouquet b) Flock c) suite d) Pride e) flock

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Exercise 2:
Common Noun - C , Proper Noun - P

a) P - The Earth P - the Sun.

b) C - Muslims C - mosque.
c) P - Rama, Laxmana C - forest P - Sita.
d) P - The India Gate, P - The Red Fort, P - The QutabMinar P - Delhi.
e) P - Umesh, Vivek C - school, bus, C - places
f) C - mother, swimmer.
g) P - Mr. Narender Modi C - leader.
h) C - tiger P - Byculla Zoo.
i) C - country.
j) P - India C - country

3. Gender Nouns & Singular and Plural Nouns

Exercise 1:
a) F b) F c) M d) F e) F f) F

Exercise 2:
a) Mice b) Frames
c) Bottles d) Keys
e) Knives

Exercise 3:
a) Poetess b) Peacock
c) Niece d) Monks
e) Headmaster

4. Singular and Plural Pronouns & Verbs

Exercise 1:
a) Singular Pronoun - she b) Plural Pronoun - We
c) Plural Pronoun - They d) Singular Pronoun - You
e) Singular Pronoun - I f) Singular Pronoun - You

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Exercise 2:
a) Singular verb - goes b) Plural Verb - know, do
c) Singular Verb - runs d) Plural Verb - shut
e) Singular Verb - think, likes f) Singular - has
g) Singular - wears h) Plural - wash
i) Plural - live

5. Tenses - Simple Present, Simple Past and Simple

Future Tense
Exercise 1:
a) Eats - Simple present b) recited - Simple Past
c) picks - Simple present d) visited - Simple past
e) ate - Simple past f) Was - Simple past
g) Will read - Simple future h) Will help - Simple future
i) Will prepare - Simple future j) Removed - Simple past

Exercise 2:
Present Past Future
Am was will be
a) play played will play
b) teach taught will teach
c) touch touched will touch
d) colour coloured will colour
e) leave left will leave
f) eat ate will eat
g) catch caught will catch
h) read read will read
i) write wrote will write
j) meet met will meet

6. Continuous Tenses
Exercise 1:
a) Is singing - Present Continuous b) Was playing - Past continuous
c) Are studying - Present Continuous d) Will be attending - Future Continuous
e) Will be taking - Future continuous
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Exercise 2:
a) is b) Were c) Will be d) Am e) Will be

Exercise 3:
a) I was drinking water.
b) The farmer will be working in his fields.
c) The teacher was asking questions from the students.
d) She is teaching me how to swim.
e) Pooja and Ridhi were playing with their dolls.

7. Adjectives of Quantity, Quality and Number

Exercise 1:
a) Second - Adjective of number
b) Few - Adjective of quantity
c) Big, beautiful - Adjective of quality.
d) Soft, comfortable - Adjective of quality
e) Warm, sunny, right - Adjective of quality
f) First - Adjective of number
g) Delicate, soft - Adjective of quality
h) Naughty - Adjective of quality
i) Third - Adjective of number
j) Hardworking - Adjective of quality

Exercise 2: (Answers may vary)

a) soft pillow. b) tall girl.
c) white paper d) hot water
e) big building f) noisy class.

Exercise 3: (Answers may vary)

a) slow train b) a difficult question
c) much food d) enough water
e) a shy girl f) an honest person

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8. Adverbs - Time, Place and Manner

Exercise 1:
a) safely b) slowly c) sleepily d) proudly e) quickly, soon

Exercise 2:
a) well b) bravely c) beautifully d) everywhere e) mechanically, forward

Exercise 3:
a) Clearly - Adverb of manner b) Here - Adverb of place
c) Yesterday - Adverb of time d) Away - Adverb of place
e) Well - Adverb of manner

9. Adjectives - Degrees of Comparison

Exercise 1:
a) Fattest - Superlative b) Pretty - Positive
c) Faster - Comparative d) Eldest - Superlative
e) Smart - Positive f) Better - Comparative
g) Boring - Positive h) Highest - Superlative
i) Huge - Positive j) Kind - Positive

Exercise 2:
a) Better b) Hotter
c) Best d) Older
e) More useful f) Greatest
g) Proudest h) Largest
i) Taller j) more idle

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10. Articles - De inite and Inde inite

Exercise 1:
a clock an armchair an orchard an arch
a tree an ostrich an Elephant an eagle
an island a rock an oval an egg
a flag an inn a chair an organ
an ox an elf a shoe a useless book
an exercise book an honest man an Indian actor an empty purse

Exercise 2:
a) a, a b) an, an c) a
d) an e) A, a f) an, a

Exercise 3:
a) an b) an, a, the c) an
d) a e) a f) an, the
g) A, an, the, a h) a, the

11. Prepositions - On, In and Under

Exercise 1:
For, in, with, in, of, in, for, under, after, into, in

Exercise 2:
a) behind b) by c) in front of d) at e) over

Exercise 3:
a) Under b) In
c) On/Under d) On
e) In f) Under
g) On h) In

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12. Conjunction
Exercise 1:
a) and b) but c) or
d) because e) when f) until
g) if h) though i) that
j) because

Exercise 2:
a) Meera and Saloni danced.
b) Akbar was intelligent but he could not read or write.
c) We stayed home and watched television.
d) The accident was serious but she was not hurt.
e) We liked the house very much but it was too expensive for us.
f) Would you like tea or a cold drink?
g) Keep the milk in the refrigerator or it will spoil.
h) He has not come to play because he is preparing for his test.

13. Interjections and Homophones

Exercise 1:
a) Hush! We won the match. (e)
b) Alas! It’s a beautiful flower. (d)
c) Hello! Any one there. (c)
d) Wow! The baby just slept. (a)
e) Hurrah! His uncle died of swine flu. (b)

Exercise 2:
a) Loose b) Sale
c) Our d) Hour
e) Meet f) Tie
g) Buy h) Knot
i) heal

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14. Common Errors

Exercise 1:
Right Left
Beautiful Ugly
Happy Sad
Slow Fast
Interesting Boring
Negative Positive
Love Hate
Like Dislike
Cheap Expensive
Open Closed
Send Receive
Young old

Exercise 2:
The Fox and the Grapes
Once upon a time there was a fox walking through the woods. He came upon a grape orchard.
There he saw a bunch of beautiful grapes hanging from a high branch.
“Wow those grapes look tasty,” he said. He jumped but did not get high enough.
He tried and tried, again and again, but just couldn’t get high enough to eat the grapes.
Finally, he walked away, and said, “I am sure those grapes are sour.”

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Exercise 3:
a) Sheetal walked to the store.
b) The kite was flying in the sky.
c) My mother’s name is Renu.
d) I study in the third standard.
e) India is my country.
f) The dog ate the bone.
g) Blue is my favourite colour.
h) Chetak is a strong horse.
i) The train is late today.
j) There were many flowers in the vase.

Exercise 4:
Vicky: Have you seen my English textbook? It’s not in my bag.
Sonam: Yes it was on your table in the morning.
Vicky: Oh, but I checked the table. There is nothing on it.
Sonam: Mom must have kept it in the book-shelf.
Vicky: No it’s not in the book-shelf too.
Sonam: Hey look! It’s fallen under the table.
Vicky: Thanks for the help Sonam.
Sonam: You are welcome.

Exercise 5:
Desk - Desks Brush - Brushes

Photo - Photos Box - Boxes

Butterfly - Butterflies Watch - Watches

Mango - Mangoes Boy - Boys

Glass - Glasses Child - Children

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15. Revision

Q1)
a) Mother - Common noun Bunch of roses - collective noun
b) Bandra - Proper noun School - Common noun Santacruz - Proper noun
c) Father - common noun Sisters - common noun Brother - common noun
d) Pack of wolves - collective noun Jungle - common noun

Q2)
a) Spend b) Like c) Dances
d) Drives e) Like

Q3)
a) first - Adjective of number b) tasty - Adjective of quality
c) some - Adjective of quantity d) huge - Adjective of quality
e) round, small - Adjective of quality

Q4)
a) Ate - Past tense b) Eats - Present tense
c) will play - Future d) run - Present
e) told - Past

Q5)
a) Taller b) Cleverest c) Worst
d) Best e) Heaviest

Q6)
a) Politely - Adverb of manner b) Yesterday - Adverb of time
c) Outside - Adverb of place d) Away - Adverb of place
e) Quietly - Adverb of manner

Q7)
a) You b) Her c) Yours

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d) Me e) Us, we

Q8)
a) Child b) knives c) sheep
d) house e) man, women

Q9)
i) The bridegroom was carried by 4 women.
ii) The man servant served my father warm soup.
iii) The bitch ran after the priestess.
iv) The hostess was welcoming.

Q10)
a) The b) an c) A, the
d) A e) a

Q11)
a) by b) to c) from
d) of e) on

Q12)
a) because b) and c) but
d) or e) so

Q13)
a) Oh! b) Alas! c) Hush!
d) Hello! e) Bravo!

Q14)
a) Route b) Dyed c) Scent
d) Tale e) hear

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