INTEGRATED GRAMMAR PRACTICE WORKSHEET

CLASS - IX
SUBJECT: ENGLISH

EDITING
The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in each line. Write the incorrect
word and the correction against each line of the passage.

I. In British days, India was knowing (1) ____________ ____________

like a country of Maharajas, snake
charmers and beggars while a first
two species is almost extinct,
beggars are surviving perhaps on
adopting Darwins’s theory of survival.
(2) ____________ ____________
(3) ____________ ____________
(4) ____________ ____________
(5) ____________ ____________

II. Incorrect Correct

Islamic education arrive in India (a) ………………………… …………………………
many before Aurangzeb’s time, (b) ………………………… …………………………
fully grew in concept, context and functioning. (c) ………………………… …………………………
It has its beginning in mektabs. (d) ………………………… …………………………
the Arabic term for school. Though their (e) ………………………… …………………………
is no indication as for where they (f) ………………………… …………………………
were first establish, mektabs (g) ………………………… …………………………
were certainly widespread to the fourteenth century AD in capital cities like Samarkand.
(h) ………………………… …………………………

Answer (Errors – Correction)

I.
knowing – known
like – as
a – the
is – are
on – by

II.
(a) arrive … arrived
(b) many … much
(c) grew … grown
(d) has … had
(e) their … there
(f) for … to
(g) establish … established
(h) to … by

OMISSIONS
There is one word missing from each line. Mark the place with / sign and write the correct
word as given in the example.
I. Before Word After
I badly wanted learn swimming, (a) …………………….. …………………….. ……………………..
so I hired a trainer who train me (b) …………………….. …………………….. ……………………..
for a month. After training was complete (c) …………………….. …………………….. ……………………..
I tried to swim alone, without (d) …………………….. …………………….. ……………………..
anyone navigating me. I jumped the (e) …………………….. …………………….. ……………………..
pool which was three feet deep one end
and eleven at the other.
(f) …………………… …………………. ………………

II.
Space shuttle Atlantis which is orbiter
began its first flight October 1985 and
retired recently after completing last flight
in July 2011. weighed around 80 tonne. It
spent 306 days, 14 hours 12 minutes
43 seconds in space.
(1) _______ _______ _______
(2) _______ _______ _______
(3) _______ _______ _______
(4) _______ _______ _______
(5) _______ _______ _______

Answers:
I. Word – After – Word
(a) wanted – to – learn
(b) who – would – train
(c) After – my – training
(d) swim – all – alone
(e) jumped – into – the
(f) deep – at – one
II. is an orbiter
flight in October
completing its last
2011. It weighed
minutes and 43

CLOZE PASSAGE
I. Fill in the blanks in the paragraph given below by choosing the most appropriate options
from the ones that follow.
Belgium is considered to (a) …………….. a country (b) ………………. chocolates. It
is a big business (c) ………………. employs nearly 72,000 people. Most Belgium
chocolate makers (d) …………….. their craft at vocational schools. They set up (e)
………………….. own business

(a) (i) been (ii) be (iii) as (iv) for

(b) (i) of (ii) for (iii) from (iv) to
(c) (i) also (ii) or (iii) but (iv) and
(d) (i) are learning (ii) have learnt (iii) will learn (iv) learn
(e) (i) that (ii) those (iii) their (iv) our

Answers
(a) (ii) be
(b) (i) of
(c) (iv) and

II.
According to a report in yesterday’s newspaper 1._____ police dog was taken to Raj Bhavan
2.______ Monday. This was to trace the 3._______ of the "very important horse" which
4._______ reported missing on Sunday. The dog picked 5._______ the scent on some traces of
6._______ and ran a few yards before losing the 7._______. The police have launched a
vigorous 8.________ into the whole affair. They have 9._______ the services of a forensic
expert, 10._______ fingerprint expert and a photographer. 11.________ are now fourteen
horses at Raj Bhavan 12.__________ are kept in a large shed near the gate.

1. 2. 3. 4.
 a. once a. at a. killers a. has
b. a b. next b. dogs b. were
c. new c. on c. police c. was

5. 6. 7. 8.

a. on a. those a. bet a. search

b. at b. blood b. track b. investigation
c. up c. report c. game c. campaign

9. 10. 11. 12.

a. given up a. a a. There a. who

b. requisitioned b. an b. We b. were
c. report c. two c. So c. which

III.
Rivers are considered holy (i) ____________India but they are hardly treated (ii)
____________respect. All kinds of dust and filth find (iii) ____________way into the rivers. If
we have to treat and purify the water (iv) ____________drinking it, how can the fish survive in
waters? Every year river Gomti becomes (vi) ____________death bed of thousands of fish
because (vii) ____________water released in the reservoir upstream carries effluents (viii)
____________the neighbouring industries.

(i) (a) in (b) on (c) at (d) of

(ii) (a) in (b) with (c) of (d) of
(iii) (a) their (b) his (c) its (d) over
(iv) (a) of (b) in (c) on (d) for
(v) (a) these (b) this (c) that (d) their
(vi) (a) the (b) a (c) their (d) those
(vii) (a) in (b) the (c) with (d) of
(viii) (a) for (b) on (d) from (c) at
Answer:
(i) a
(ii) b
(iii) a
(iv) d
(v) a
(vi) a
(vii) b
(viii) d

IV.
Birds and animals live in the lap (a) ……………… nature and can predict the likely
changes accurately. Swallows usually fly high (b) …………….. the sky. But during
a storm, they come down (c) …………….. fly close to the ground. If they fly low
you (d) be sure of strong winds. Even a toad can be (e) ………………… reliable
weatherman.

(a) (i) in (ii) of (iii) on (iv) for

(b) (i) in (ii) of (iii) on (iv) to
(c) (i) not (ii) or (iii) but (iv) and
(d) (i) would (ii) should (iii) might (iv) could
(e) (i) a (ii) an (iii) the (iv)

ANSWERS
(a) (ii) of
(b) (i) in
(c) (iv) and
(d) (iv) could
(e) (i) a

JUMBLED SENTENCES
Rearrange the following groups of words and phrases to form meaningful sentences:
I.
(a) threat/earth/global/to/on/today/is/warming/the/biggest/life/single
(b) average/used/term/earth’s/rise/the/describe/in/temperature/is/to/unnatural/the
(c ) the/warming/increased/driver/dioxide/primary/global/is/carbon/of
(d) impact/already/warming/is/creating/global/significant/a
II.
(a) never/himself/large/solutions/economic/with/Gandhiji/political/or/contented
(b) backwardness/wanted/immediately/cultural/Gandhiji/and/social/seeing/the/do/
something/to
(c) doctor/for/got/to/his/months/services/Gandhiji/a/volunteer/six

III.
(a) cultural/of/the/anticipated/carnival/festival/Hornbill/most/is/Nagaland/the
(b) Located in Northeast India/state/very/is/beautiful/Nagaland/diverse/ethnically/a/and
(c ) Hornbill/the/named/is/Indian/after/the/festival
(d) Naga/worn/the/traditional/festivities/often/on/is/headgears/displayed/hornbill/during/
worn/tribal

IV.
(a) the temple/architecture/form an/sculpture and painting/of/essential part
(b) is/situated in/Konark Temple/north-eastern part of Puri/the
(c ) of a chariot/the temple/in the form/is
(d) Narasimhadeva/the/king/by/is/that/it/was/believed/temple/built

ANSWERS
I.

(a) Global warming is the single biggest threat to life on earth today.
(b) The term is used to describe the unnatural rise in earth’s average temperature.
(c ) Increased carbon dioxide is the primary driver of global warming.
(d) Global warming is already creating a significant impact.

II.
(a) Gandhiji never contented himself with large political or econom
(b) Gandhiji immediately wanted to do something seeing the social and cultural backwardness.
(c) Gandhiji got a doctor to volunteer his services for six months.

III.
(a) The Hornbill festival is the most anticipated cultural carnival of Nagaland.
(b) Located in Northeast India, Nagaland is a very beautiful and ethnically diverse state.
(c )The festival is named after the Indian Hornbill.
(d) The Hornbill is often displayed on the traditional tribal headgears worn during Naga
festivities.

IV.
(a) Sculpture and painting form an integral part of the temple architecture.
(b) Konark Temple is situated in the north eastern part of Puri.
(c ) The temple is in the form of a chariot.
(d) It is believed that the temple was built by King Narasimhadeva.