Grammar Worksheet: Class X
Q1. Fill up the blanks using suitable determiners from those given in
the brackets.
1. Manju has ……. candies (any/some)
2. Bindu doesn’t have …………money. (any/many)
3. There is …………. milk in the fridge (a lot of/few)
4. There were very ………….. people at the shopping mall today.
(more/few)
5. The lab is equipped with ………… computers (a couple of/all)
6. I have seen him walking his dog in the park …….. night
(every/several)
7. Sandeep will give us ……. information (some/several)
8. ………… of the cars parked here belong to the company. (none/every)
9. I saw ……. people at the railway station. (many/one)
10. Our garden looks awful this summer. There are too ………… weeds
(many/much).
Q2. In the following sentences, fill in the gaps with one of the
following determiners: much many few little most
1. I didn’t use ……….. fertilizer last spring, and that’s why my garden
looks awful.
2. Also, I’ve paid ……….. attention to how ……… rain we’ve had.
3. I’m afraid it’s rained ……. this summer, and the grass is turning brown
and dying.
4. ………… experts say you should fertilize your lawn in the summer.
5. It didn’t seem to do my lawn …… good.
6. ……….. of the advice you get from experts doesn’t seem to help.
7. ……… of my neighbours ignored their grass, and they have better
lawns this year.
Q3. Yesterday you met a friend of yours, Charlie. Charlie told you a lot of things...
1. I’m thinking of going to live in Canada.
2. My father is in hospital.
3. Nora and Jim are getting married next month.
4. I’ll tell Jim I saw you.
5. I haven’t seen Bill for a while.
6. I’ve been playing tennis a lot recently.
7. I don’t know what Fred is doing.
8. I hardly ever go out these days.
9. Tom had an accident last week but he wasn’t injured.
10. I saw Jack at a party a few months ago and he seemed fine.
Later that day you tell another friend what Charlie said. Use reported speech.
1. Charlie said that
______________________________________________________________
2. He said that
__________________________________________________________________
3. He said that
__________________________________________________________________
4. He said that
__________________________________________________________________
5. He said that
__________________________________________________________________
6. He said that
__________________________________________________________________
7. He said that
__________________________________________________________________
8. He said that
__________________________________________________________________
9. He said that
__________________________________________________________________
10. He said that
__________________________________________________________________
Q4. Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate option given below. Don't copy
the passage.
2,000 DUCKS DIE OF POISONING IN COLOMBIA
Bogota, May 19 (IANS/EFE) More than 2,000 migratory ducks from Canada
(a)_________ after eating poisoned rice. The birds (b) __________ near the city
of San Martin, municipal official Ramon Galvis told reporters. This is a
criminal act because they (farmers) (c) __________, Galvis said. 'Every duck
that ate the seeds ended up like this, dead'. The number of dead birds may be
higher since thousands (d) __________, the official added.
(a) (i) are dead
(ii) have been
(iii) have died
(iv) had been
(b) (i) were found dead in rural areas
(ii) are found dead in rural areas
(iii) found dead in rural areas
(iv) has been found dead in rural areas
(c) (i) have used poisoned seeds
(ii) might have used poisoned seeds
(iii) had used poisoned seeds
(iv) used poisoned seeds
(d) (i) comes to this area in search of food
(ii) came to this area in search of food
(iii) had come to this area in search of food
(iv) come to this area in search of food
Q5. Rearrange the following words and phrases to form meaningful sentences.
The first one has been done as an example.
Example - is / it / important / protect / to / our / environment
It is important to protect our environment.
(a) very/deforestation/to be/can prove/damaging to/Mother Earth
(b) should/each individual/his/on/plant a tree/on birthday
(c) we must/we/that/understand/trees/cannot live without
(d) to keep/we/encourage/must/we/afforestation/the earth green
Q6. Read the given conversation and complete the following passage in
reported speech.
Interviewer : Was shooting in Kashmir challenging ?
Santosh : Filming in any place is difficult but in Kashmir it was even more difficult
because we had wanted to capture the first snowfall.
Interviewer : How did the locals react to it ?
Santosh : Many of the locals assisted us during the making of the film and we also
got a great deal of help from the army.
The interviewer asked Santosh (a) __________. Santosh replied (b) __________ but
in Kashmir it had been even more difficult because they had wanted to capture
the first snowfall. The interviewer wanted to know (c) __________. Santosh told
him that (d) __________ during the making of the film and they had also got a
great deal of help from the army.
Q7. The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in each of
the first nine lines. Write the incorrect word and the correction as given
in the example against the blank number. Also underline the correction
you have supplied.
Error Correction
Driving back home, I stops
(a) stops stopped
at a snack stand. I was felt
(b) ______ _____
terribly hungry. It was desert
(c) _____ _____
except for a sleep alsatian
(d) _____ _____
I stepped on, helped myself to
(e) _____ _____
some corn, then opened an
(f) _____ _____
cash box for paying. Taped to
(g) _____ _____
the inside of the lid were this
(h) _____ _____
note: ― the dog can count‖. I was
puzzle by the note. What could it
(i) _____ _____
mean ? Why people resort to teasers ?
Q8. Read the paragraph given below and fill in the blanks with options that follow :
Amitabh Bachchan is (a) _____________ of the greatest actors this country has
produced. His fluency, his gift of timing, his command (b) _____________ the
language is unparalleled. (c) ____________ his histrionic talents too are among
the (d) ________________ this country (e) ____________ produced. Even now
he (f) ______________ to be the (g) ____________ popular actor of the country.
He (h) ______________ been declared as „The Actor of the Millenium‟ by the
BBC Poll.
(a) (i) one (ii) two (iii) a (iv) of
(b) (i) of (ii) over (iii) off (iv) upon
(c) (i) Never (ii) Otherwise (iii) Always (iv) Sometimes
(d) (i) best (ii) better (iii) worst (iv) good
(e) (i) was (ii) have (iii) has (iv) had
(f) (i) continues (ii) continued
(iii) is continuing (iv) has continued
(g) (i) more (ii) most (iii) much (iv) very
(h) (i) has (ii) had (iii) have (iv) is
Q9. Complete the following headline expansions appropriately :1. 50 killed in Bus accident in Himachal
_______ early on Friday when their bus returning from Kullu fell into a deep gorge
while negotiating a curve in the mountains.
2. Telephone calls to become Expensive
Telephone calls _____ from the 1st of July according to the MTNL spokes person Mr
Ravinder Verma.
3. Work on Metro commences on 21st August
_______, said the chairman of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation.
4. Poor visibility delays flight by almost three hours.
A number of ________ fog and poor visibility.
5. Indian wins silver medal at Olympics.
Major R.S. Rathore, the shooting champion, made India proud______Olympic games
at Athens.
Q10. Below is a set of instructions for washing clothes. Complete the passage that
follows the instructions.
• Pour water in the washing machine upto the marked level.
• Add sufficient detergent powder to give rich foam.
• Put the fine clothes first and switch on the machine.
• Switch off the machine after fine minutes.
Water was powered in the washing machine upto the marked level, sufficient powder
(a) ____ to give rich foam. Fine clothes (b) _____ and the machine (c) ___. After fine
minutes, the washing machine was switched off.
Q11. Your friend’s uncle has given her Rs.30,000 but she does not have an account in
the bank. Tell her how to open an account. The following instructions may be used to
complete the paragraph.
• Go to the nearly bank .
• Contact the officer and take the form.
• Complete the form with necessary information.
• Submit the form with two photographs and a proof of residence.
You should go to the nearby branch of the bank chosen by you. The branch officer
should be contacted. A form (a) ___. It should be (b)____. The form (c)____ with two
photographs and a proof of residence.
Q12. The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in the first nine
lines. Write the incorrect word and the correction as given in the example against the
correct blank number in your answer sheet. Also underline the correct word supplied
by you.
Error Correction
“Mamma Mia” was originally the
(a) the a
musical in the British writer Catherine
(b) _____ _____
Johnson, based at the song of Swedish
(c) _____ _____
group ABBA. Now this family spectacles
(d) _____ _____
has spawned a film version. Who is a father
(e) _____ _____
of Sophie ? Who ? She want to know.
(f) _____ _____
After all, she is to be married and someone had
(g) _____ _____
to lead her up the aisle. Over the Greek island
(h) _____ _____
of Kalokairi, everyone is getting excited.
Q13. Rearrange the given words/phrases to form meaningful sentences.
(a) explosion/is the/mankind today/threatening/population/gravest problem
(b) the country/has been/backwards/burden of/the/population/dragging
(c) is/an/important/factor/earlymarriage/responsible/for/of/growth / this/population
(d) rural population/most of/is/the/conscious of/not/planning/family
Q14. Complete the passage by choosing the correct options from those given below.
Sea water, (a) __________ freshwater or rainwater is very salty (b) __________ taste.
The saltiness (c) __________ due to the presence of (d) __________ minerals in sea
water. The total amount of (e) __________ minerals is termed (f) __________ salinity
and measured in grams of salt in a kilogram of salt water. (g) __________ feature of
sea water is (h) ___________ the amount of dissolved salt varies from place to place.
(a) (i) dislike (ii) unlike (iii) like (iv) likely
(b) (i) to (ii) in (iii) for (iv) as
(c) (i) was (ii) has (iii) is (iv) are
(d) (i) much (ii) little (iii) no (iv) many
(e) (i) dissolving (ii) dissolved (iii) dissolved (iv) dissolve
(f) (i) as (ii) like (iii) in (iv) for
(g) (i) The (ii) An (iii) A (iv) Some
(h) (i) which (ii) that (iii) this (iv) then
Q15. Using the words given in brackets, complete the text below with the appropriate
tenses.
1. When I (arrive)__________ home last night, I discovered that Aditya
(prepare) _______ a beautiful candlelight dinner.
2. Since I began acting, I (perform) _______ in two plays, a commercial and a
TV drama. However, I (speak, never even) ________ publicly before I came
to Bollywood in 1985.
3. By the time I got to the office, the meeting (begin, already) _______ without
me. My boss (be) _____ furious with me and I (be) _____ fired.
4. When I (turn) _____ radio on yesterday, I (hear) ________ a song that was
popular when I was in high school. I (hear , not) _______ the song in years
and it (bring) _____ back some great memories.
5. Last week, I (run) _____ into an old friend of mine. We (see, not) eachother in
years and both of us (change) _____ a great deal. I (enjoy) ______ talking to
her so much that I (invite) ______ her at my house for a dinner party.
6. When Jack (enter) _____ the room, I (recognise, not) _______ him because he
(lose) ______ so much weight and (grow) _____ a beard. He looked totally
different.
7. The Maya established a very advanced civilization in the jungles of the
Yutacan; however, their culture (disappear) ________ by the time Europeans
first (arrive) _____ in the new world.
8. I (visit) _____ so many beautiful places since I (come) _____ to India. Before
moving here , I (hear, never) _______ of the Taj Mahal or Red Fort or the
backwaters of Kerela.