Exercise 1
Pick
out the odd word in each of the following sets, that is, the word that does not
belong to the set:
Example: murder, slaughter, kill, pass away
Answer :pass away
1 lock, knock, shut, bolt ..............................................................
2 stirring, shouting, fluttering, moving ..............................................................
3 round, stout, fat, obese ..............................................................
4 employees, comrades, associates, fellow workers ..............................................................
5 miserable, funny, wretched, unhappy ..............................................................
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Exercise 1
1
knock, 2 shouting, 3 round, 4 employees, 5 funny.
Exercise 2
Use the most appropriate word from each of the sets of words given above to
complete these sentences:
1 Every night you should........................the gate to prevent thieves
from getting in.
2 The hens start.................................... their wings at daybreak.
3 A wrestler has to be strong and..............................He cannot be thin.
4 All the............................ of that mill are on strike as they have
not been given their
wages.
5 Usha is feeling............................ as she has no money to buy food
for her children.
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Exercise 2
1 lock, 2 fluttering, 3 stout, 4 employees, 5 miserable.
Exercise 3
Fill
in the blanks with the correct forms of the verb be (am, is, are, was, or were).
1 A dozen people ..............................injured in yesterday's accident.
2 ..............................you busy now?
3 I ..............................going to the cinema to-night.
4 There .............................. many people in India even now who cannot
read and write.
5 I ..............................surprised to meet Raj yesterday evening.
6 I think this ..............................the most interesting of Hardy's
novels.
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Exercise 3
1 were, 2 Are, 3 am, 4 are, 5 was, 6 is.
Exercise 4
Fill
in the blanks with do or does.
1 ..............................you know how to make a cup of tea?
2 I ..............................not think I can come with you.
3 ..............................your father work at the bank?
4 ..............................he come to office by bus?
5 How .............................. we get there?
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Exercise 4
1 DO, 2 do, 3 Does, 4 Does, 5 do.
Exercise 5
Fill in the blanks with have or has.
1 ..............................they got a school in their village?
2 Now you ..............................learnt the secret of happiness.
3 I ..............................my breakfast at a restaurant.
4 The teacher ..............................advised me to improve my spelling.
5 ..............................he arrived already?
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Exercise 5
1 Have, 2 have, 3 have, 4 has, 5 Has.
Exercise 6
Use
the correct form of the verb out of those given in brackets.
1 "I (have/has)no money. I (am/is/are) hungry, thirsty and tired." murmured
David to himself.
2 He made an effort and went to a small shop in Dover. A young girl (was/were)
coming out of the shop with a basket of rice on her arm." What (do/does)
you want? I (have/has) no money," she said.
3 "I (do/does)not want any money. Please tell me the address of Miss
Betsey Trotwood."
4 "I (am/is/are) her domestic help. Come along with me," she said.
David followed her. He looked at himself. His shoes (was/were) tom, his hat
(was/were) crushed, and from head to toes he (was/were)powdered with chalk and
dust.
5 Soon they came to the house of Miss Trotwood. She (was/were) there in the
garden.
6 "Who (are/is/am)you?", she cried, "I (do/does) not like boys.
Go away."
7 "I (am/is/are) your nephew, Aunt," David said. "I (am/is/m)
David Copperfield."
8 She sat down with a thump on the grass, looked at David up and down and said,
so
you (are/is/am) my brother's son."
9 David (was/were) so miserable that he started crying.-She caught him by the
collar of his tom shirt and took him inside.
10 Mr. Dick (was/were) inside. She told him, "This boy (is/am/are) my
brother's son. You (are/is/am)a man of the world. Tell me what I should do with
him."
1 1 Mr. Dick looked at David, smiled and said, "Give him a bath."
12 The bath (was/were) a great comfort. After the bath David (was/were)wrapped
up in shawls and (was/were) taken to bed.
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Exercise 6
1) have, am
2) was, do, have
3) do
4) am, were, was, was
5) was
6) are. do
7) am, am
8) are
9) was
10) was, is, are
11) was, was, was
