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CLASS: IX SUBJECT: ENGLISH LANGUAGE

TOPIC: GRAMMAR
STUDY DURATION: 30 MINUTES

Time: 30 minutes Full Marks: 20

Submit your work to your teacher as and when directed.

1. Fill in each numbered blank with the correct form of the word given in brackets
after it. Do not copy the passage, but write in correct serial order the words
appropriate to the blanks. [8 × ½ = 4]

It was not very comforting to think that the island (a) _____ (belong) to me.
What (b) _____ (will) I do with an island on which nobody else (c) _____ (live)
and which was far away from my own land? It made me sad. But before long I
(d) _____ (begin) to count my other blessings. It was true that I (e) _____ (be)
alone on a strange island, but worse could (f) _____ (happen). I was alive and
not (g) _____ (drown) like all my shipmates. I had no clothes to wear, but I did
not need too many clothes in the heat. I was lucky that my ship (h) _____
(destroy) here and not somewhere else.

2. Fill in each of the following blanks with an appropriate word: [8 × ½ = 4]

(a) We found the secret entrance _____ the cave.
(b) We hauled the piano all the way _____ the stairs to the roof with much
difficulty.
(c) I could not put the the boxes stacked in the corner _____ any use.
(d) Magpies are attracted _____ anything that glitters.
(e) You should dispose _____ used medical waste in the assigned bins.
(f) The thirsty traveller peered _____ the well.
(g) He leaned _____ the wall while his dog sat at his feet.
(h) The court proceedings were interrupted _____ a loud noise.

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3. Join each of the following pairs of sentences to make one complete sentence
without using and, but or so: [4 × 1 = 4]
(a) You may agree with me. You may disagree with me.
(b) She was a quiet person. She stood firmly by what she believed.
(c) We have kept in touch over the years. I know all that he has gone through.
(d) Harris packed the bag. His friends watched and offered sage advice.

4. Rewrite the following sentences as directed. Make the changes that may be
necessary, but do not change the meaning of any sentence. [8 × 1 = 8]

(a) Teenagers sometimes break the law to draw attention to themselves.

(Begin: The reason …)

(b) The policeman said, ‘Are you sure that you saw this man that night?’
(Change into indirect speech.)

(c) The fish curry was so salty that nobody could eat it.
(Rewrite using ‘too’.)

(d) The dissenter stayed quiet in case he was identified and charged.
(Use: ‘lest’)

(e) You will not come across so much diversity in any other country.
(Begin: In no …)

(f) She limped because of the tiny piece of pebble in her shoes.
(Begin: The tiny piece of stone …)

(g) We have visited this place before.

(Use a question tag.)

(h) The company registered a case against the embezzler.

(Change the voice.)

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