Exercise: Grammar #01

Do as Directed

1.) He (work) as an assistant engineer for ten years now

2.) He (take up) a new job already

3.) We (be) in Delhi last year

4.) We asked him what dams he (see)

5.) The workmen (leave) as soon as the trouble had started

6.) Neither the engineer nor the overseers (discharge, discharges) the duties honestly

7.) None of the students (has, have) done their homework

8.) Each of the boxes (weighs, weigh) ten kilograms

9.) My brother as well as my father (is, are) good at English

10.) Many students have only a ________ knowledge of the subject that they study (superficial, superfluous)

11.) Someone has changed the computer entries during my absence (Change the voice)

12.) Post the letter (Change the voice)

13.) When we reached the station, the train __________ already ____________(left)

14.) When he gets his degree, he ______at Oxford for four years (study)

15.) My friend, the philosopher and the guide (is, are) here

16.) The deputy, along with thirty miners(was, were) trapped in the third mine

17.) Sand in addition to gravel (form, forms) a filter bed

18.) Some of the pipes (runs, run) for several miles

19.) I see a parrot ________ the mango tree (Insert preposition)

20.) Sardar Patel’s statue is _____ the middle of the square (Insert preposition)

21.) The angry crowd began to move __________the palace (Insert preposition)

22.) I met the home minister_______ the airport (Insert preposition)

23.) The teacher ______ them the exercise (explain)

24.) Hindi is believed_____ the most widely spoken language (be)

25.) Heat _________ for welding in many ways ( generate)

26.) I ______ for extra classes last evening (go)

27.) The librarian ________ the books since morning (arrange)

28.) My principal always_______ ‘The Hindu’ in the morning( to read)

29.) All these pictures_______by my sister last year( to draw)

30.) If I had scored two marks more, I ________ first class(will+secure)

31.) The examination ____ over, we all became free from tension( to be)

32.) She fell _____ the bicycle and broke her arm (Insert preposition)

33.) Can you distinguish______ these two words?? (Insert preposition)

34.) We all believe that she is in India

35.) Listening is as important as __________ in a group discussion( speak)

36.) Neither you nor he _____ trusted (was/were)

37.) He usually travels to Delhi ____train (Insert preposition)

38.) Is the Flight _____time? (Insert preposition)

39.) If water is heated, it _______ into steam (turn)

40.) Perhaps we______ Kolkata next week (visit)