Term 1 Grammar

Revision
Nikita Sawant
17-09-2021
Underline the adjectives in these
sentences and write what kind of
adjectives they are.
Nisha is
reading a very
interesting
book. 
Adjective of quality
This shirt
looks nice. 
Demonstrative adjective
Adjective of quality
May I have a
glass of cold
water?
Adjective of quality
 Most people
like to watch
TV in the
evenings. 

Adjective of quantity
Which bag
belongs to
Karan?

Interrogative adjective
Underline the adjectives in these sentences. 
Atul lifts
weights, so his
arms are very
strong. 
There was a
long queue at
the bus stop.
The football team
was unhappy
when they lost
the match. 
Ali works in a
big factory. 
Maya is an
airline pilot. 
The sums in
my Maths
book are very
difficult. 
Her garden
looks
beautiful.
After walking
for a
kilometre, he
felt thirsty.
Complete these sentences with
adjectives from the box. 

thrifty, cloud, empty, dirty, bad,

weak, wonderful, incomplete
The milk
smells ______.
bad
Let's throw it
away. 
The sky looks
_______.
cloud It may
start raining any
time. 
Sam has
recovered from
his illness, but he
is still very
_______. 
weak
The market is
______.
empty There
is no one to be
seen. 
Mr. Khanna is
careful with his
money. He is a
_______
thrifty man. 
 Tara's report on
the accident was
_________. She
incomplete
fell ill before she
could finish it. 
Manav describe
the _______
wonderful
experience he had
on the roller
coaster. 
Renu put all the
______
dirty clothes
in the washing
machine. 
 Mark these sentences as correct
or incorrect. Correct the incorrect
ones. 
Rashmi is
short and thin. 
She wore a
short black and
silk skirt.
She wore a short black silk skirt.
Tim has big
colorful beach
umbrella.
Saira bought a
blue big
balloon. 
Saira bought a big blue balloon.
There is a
brown fat cat
in the house.
There is a fat brown cat in the house.
She has a
white small
car. 

She has small white car. 

 I gave her a
Japanese
beautiful doll
as a gift. 

I gave her a beautiful Japanese doll as a gift. 

This is an old
beautiful
Russian
mirror. 

This is a beautiful old Russian mirror.  

The bus driver
is short and
thin. 
Look at these
yellow lovely
flowers.

Look at these lovely yellow flowers. 

 Complete these sentences with
the comparative and superlative forms of the
highlighted adjectives in the coloured boxes. 
 Science Today is
thick/thin the thickest
____________ book.
• English Grammar: 85 pages Our Geography is
• History of India: 70 pages
______________
the thinnest book.
• Science Today: 120 pages
• Our Geography: 60 pages
English Grammar is
_____________
thinner  Science
Today.
History of India is
___________
thicker Our
Geography. 
Complete these sentences with the correct
forms of the adjectives in the brackets. 
His house is ________
older(old) than mine. 
 I think grapes are the
_______ (sweet) of all
sweetest

the fruits.
 My mother is
________
younger (young)
than my aunt. 
 I am _________
slower (slow)
than my sister at solving
puzzles. 
 Srinagar is
__________
colder (cold)
than Jammu.
Complete these sentences
with the simple past
tense or the past per fect
tense forms of the verbs
in the brackets.
I could not attend the Annual
Day celebration because I had
___________
had forgotten (forget) the
date of the function.
When he _________
reached

(reach) the airport,

the flight _________
had

already _________
left

(leave)
By the time the fire
brigade arrived, the
building _________
had collapsed

(collapse) completely.
The film ________
had begun

(begin) by the time

we ________
reached

(reach) the theatre.

 The two of us
had not met (not
_________
meet) for several
years before today.
 When I returned
home, I was
surprised to see
that someone
had entered (enter)
________
the house before
me.
Many passengers
__________
had already boarded

(already board) the

train before us. 
She couldn't get in
touch with me earlier
because she
_________
had lost (lose)
her telephone book. 
 had never tasted
Raju ______________
(never taste) Gujarati
dishes before he
went
________ (go) to
Ahmedabad last year.  
She had
________
forgetten (forget)
to lock the house as
she _______
had left (leave)
in a hurry.
Tick the correct
forms of verbs in
these sentences. 
They were searched /
had searched the room
for their camera before
fi ling a complaint with
the police. 
The tourists did not
feel / had not felt
happy until they saw
the Taj Mahal in the
moonlight. 
When we reached
the cinema, the film
already started/ had
already started.
We left the hotel but
soon I realised that
I left/ had left my
suitcase behind.
The train was not
arrive / had not
arrived when I
reached the station.
The doctor has not
sign / had not signed
the report when I
went to meet him.
She was fi nishing /
had fi nished
drinking the milk
when her mother
called out to her.
CIRCLE THE VERBS IN THE SIMPLE PRESENT
TENSE AND UNDERLINE THE VERBS IN THE
PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE. 
MY YOUNGER BROTHER IS STUDYING IN A
BOARDING SCHOOL IN MUMBAI. 

PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE

RITA'S SISTER IS LEARNING FRENCH BECAUSE
SHE WANTS TO VISIT PARIS NEXT YEAR.

PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE

HE CHANGES HIS BAG EVERY MONTH.

SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE

HE IS WAITING FOR ME AT THE PLAZA THEATRE. 

PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE

EXERCISE 2. TICK THE CORRECT FORMS OF
VERBS IN THESE SENTENCES. 
AMIT AND ALI DO
/ ARE DOING
THEIR HOMEWOR
K NOW.
MY GRANDMOTHER RESTS / IS RESTING NOW
AFTER THE DAY'S WORK.
SHE SWEEPS / IS SWEEPING HER ROOM ON
SUNDAYS. 
CHILDREN LIKE / ARE LIKING TO WATCH
CARTOONS. 
THE POST OFFICE IS CLOSING / CLOSES AT
5 P.M. 
 COMPLETE THESE SENTENCES WITH THE
PRESENT PERFECT TENSE FORMS OF THE VERBS
IN THE BRACKETS.
RINKU
HAS WORN
______________
(WEAR) THAT
BLUE T-SHIRT
ONLY ONCE.
I _____________
HAVE TRAVELLED
(TRAVEL) TO
MANY CITITES
IN INDIA
DURING THE
LAST TWO
YEARS. 
MUCH OF THE
COUNTRY
HAS RECEIVED
_____________
(RECEIVE)
ENOUGH
RAINFALL THIS
MONSOON.
NO ONE IN OUR FAMILYHAS SEEN
____________ (SEE) THIS
FILM YET. 
  

C O M P L E T E T H I S
A C C O U N T W I T H
T H E S I M P L E P A S T
T E N S E F O R M S O F
T H E V E R B S I N
T H E B R A C K E T S .  
When the train __________ (reach) its destination,
Vidyasagar _________ reached
(get off) and __________
(start) walkinggot offtowards the exit. Astarted
young man
got
__________ (get off) the train with him. As it off 
was
_______were (be) a small station, there _________ (be)
answered 
very few porters and no one ______ (answer) turned the
young man's shouts. Vidyasagar ________ (turn) to
look
restedat the young man. A small suitcase ________
(rest) at the young man's feet. 
C H A N G E T H E S E
S E N T E N C E S T O
T H E P A S T
C O N T I N U O U S
T E N S E .  
The train is running
late. 
The train was running
late.
He practises on
the piano.
He was practising on
the piano.
A boy flew a
kite in the park.
A boy was flying a
kite in the park.
They finished
their lessons.
They were finishing
their lessons.