GRAMMAR PRACTICE SET – 3 CBSE – CLASS- IX AND X – ENGLISH

A. Read the following extract and choose the correct
option given below.  .5×8=4

It would be impossible for us _______________1)
living in this world if each of us ______________(2) exactly what fate had in
store for him. So God in his mercy ____________(3) the future from all his
creatures and ___________________(4) only the present. He hides
________________(5) animals what men _____________(6) and he hides from men
__________________(7) the angels know. For example, if a lamb had reason like a
man, it _____________________(8) gambol happily, knowing it was destined to be
killed for human food.


1.
i)
in     ii) for   iii) with     iv) to

2.
i)
has known ii) knew iii) had known     iv)
will know

3.
i)
conceals   ii) concealed iii) has concealed iv) had concealed

4.
i)
will reveal     ii) has revealed   iii) can reveal    iv) had revealed

5.
i)
to     ii) from iii) off iv) away

6.
i)
knows will know     iii) what     iv) has known

7.
i)
that   ii) which     iii) what     iv) when

8.
i)
had not    ii) could not iii) must not iv)
 should not.



B. Read the following extract and complete it with the
most relevant option given below. -4

At the outset I thought I _______________(a) easily
overcome the hurdle. But I ____________(b) admit that I had shallow knowledge
about it. I wish I ________________(c) know it earlier. One
_____________________(d) not be overconfident over confidence leads us to futile
efforts resulting in frustration. So, I realized that every hurdle whether it
is small or big must be taken seriously and prepared diligently.

a) i) must     ii) could     iii)
would    iv) should

b) i) must     ii) should    iii)
may iv) could

c) i) would    ii) must iii)
could    iv) shall

d) i) can ii) should    iii)
could    iv) would

C. The following extract contains some errors. Correct
the errors and write down right one in this blank specified    .                                                                                                                   5×8=4

     Incorrect          correct
International
human rights law play      _____            ______
An
important role in set standards       ____              ____
And
rights and especially, with the    ______              _____
Protection
and promote of the            _______             ______
Identify
of linguistic minority            ______               ____
Groups.
It provide the normative       ______              ______
Frame
work for develop principles      _______              _____
Of
democracy governance and           ______               ______
Multicultural
policies.                           ______              ______




D. Re arrange the following words to make a meaningful
sentence. –(4)

1.
 Do it/ for/ you may/all/say/I will

2.
This
village?/you /long/lived/how/have/in

3.
For
dead/on/he/left/was /the field

4.
Capacity/is/beyond/work/his/this


E. Read the following conversation and complete the
sentences that follow.   (4)

Ahana
– you may have white complexion but it does not mean you are good inside.

White
witch – Look is everything. People judge after the look.

Ahana
– That look is deceiving and will soon be realized .

White
witch – A clever person can manage that too with the look.

Ahana
– you may be at the peak for a moment but will fall in ditch turning your face
a dirty one.




Ahana
said that ————–(1). The white witch said with vanity that
————————–(2)

.Ahana
replied that look is deceiving and would soon be realized. The white witch
continued


that
——————————–(3) . Ahana spoke with confidence that
—————–(4)

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