Class Notes

Class: VIII Topic: INTEGRATED GRAMMAR

Subject: ENGLISH Date: 13.01.2022

Integrated Grammar – This is a part of grammar section which includes editing, omission, gap filling,
rearranging jumbled sentences etc. It also tests the knowledge of active & passive voice, narration, articles
and the other determiners, modals, tense etc.

OMISSION - An omission is something that has not been included or has not been done, either
deliberately or accidentally. Omission is the act of not including a particular part of speech, tense
forms, sentence formation etc.
Eg. Read the following passage. There is one word missing in each line where a slash (/) has
been marked. Write the correct word in the space provided -
Man is basically / animal. The instinct of fighting is a) _________
inborn in him. Thirst for power/glory is a part of b) _________
his personality. / times, he behaves like a savage, c) _________
irrational beast. In spite of all claims / the modern d) _________
civilisations, man / even today busy in pilling up and e) _________
preparing terrible weapons/war. f) _________
Answer:
a. an
b. and
c. At
d. of
e. is
f. of

EDITING -The process of correcting and adapting a text, such as a paragraph or an

article. It is also a part of grammar section where the incorrect parts of speech,
tense forms etc are given and students have to correct those forms.
Eg. The following passage has not been edited. There is an error in each line against
which a numeral is given. Write the incorrect word and the correction in the space
provided. Remember to underline the word that you have supplied
Incorrect Correct
It is truth that parents are e.g. truth true
more valuable then any other (a) …….. ……..
things in the world for a child. (b) …….. ……..
They are the more precious property. (c) …….. ……..
A child depend upon them all the (d) …….. ……..
He needs them at every steps (e) …….. ……..
because they takes care of him. (f) …….. ……..
Under the care of their parents, (g) …….. ……..
a child feel secure. (h) …….. ……..
Answers–
Incorrect Correct
(a) then than
(b) things thing
(c) more most
(d) depend depends
(e) steps step
(f) takes take
(g) their his
(h) feel feels
REARRANGING JUMBLED SENTENCES – Jumbled sentences are some baffling sentences or words that must
be assembled in an appropriate succession to make it meaningful.

Eg. Rearrange the following jumbled statements- JUMBLED WORDS ANSWER

important/games / studies / are / as / as Games are as important as studies.
praised / she / be / to / likes. She likes to be praised.
even/if/better/decide/come/you/along/is/it/to It is even better if you decide to come along.
do not/please/the roads/litter Please do not litter the roads.
natural/to/scared/be/of/flood/it/is It is natural to be scared of flood.
dinner/what/is/for/today? What is for dinner today?
Twice/day/brush/teeth/a/your Brush your teeth twice a day.

Practice questions – (to be done in English notebook)

Q.1) Edit the following passage. There is one error in each line. Write the incorrect word
and the correction -
INCORRECT CORRECT
Football was popular in every part (a) __________ __________
of the world. Players ran from one (b) __________ __________
corner to other corner of the playground (c) __________ __________
with fully enthusiasm to score goals. (d) __________ __________
To reach the goalpost of opponent side and (e) __________ __________
to make a successful goal, they played (f) __________ __________
passionate. After scoring a successful (g) __________ __________
goal, what is a response? It is (h) __________ __________
time to celebration, but again he is (i) __________ __________
ready to score next goal. What a game! What a passion!

Q.2) Rearrange the jumbled words to make it a meaningful sentence –

(a) called / rose / the / queen /the / is / flowers / of

(b) widely / it / grown /is/ the / all / world / over
(c) 500 / there / about / are/ species / roses / of
(d) the / rose / Persian/ best /is/ the
(e) brought / from/there / was/it/ India / to

CONTENT PREPARED AT HOME.