ENGLISH GRAMMER FOR CLASS IX (ARTICLES,UNSEEN PASSAGE,PREPOSITION,DETERMINERS)

 ENGLISH GRAMMER FOR CLASS IX (ARTICLES,UNSEENPASSAGE,PREPOSITION,DETERMINERS & DIARY ENTRY)

                  DIARY ENTRY

Diary writing is one of the most personal and informal categories of writing. A diary writing can be based on an experience, a scene, a description or narration of certain event or any other thing or activity that the writer considers worth writing in his personal diary.
In the examination, the question on diary writing is aimed to test your imaginative, creative and expressive skills.

GUIDELINES FOR DIARY WRITING
A diary entry has no fixed format or style of writing. However, a good diary entry does contain the following features:

1. A good diary writing contains the place, the date, the day and even the time of writing. For example:
   Agra
   20th July, 20XX
   Friday, 8:00 p.m.
2. A diary doesn’t need any formal heading. However, it is optional. If you want, you can give a suitable heading.
3. The style and tone is generally informal and personal. However, it depends on the subject. Sometimes the tone can be philosophical and reflective too. You can freely express your viewpoints and feelings.
4. As the diary is writer’s personal document, the diary entry doesn’t need any signature. It is totally optional.
5. You can evolve your own suitable style depending on the topic of your writing.

CBSE Class 9 English Letter Writing – Diary Entry

October 8, 2018 by Bhagya

CBSE Class 9 English Letter Writing – Diary Entry

Diary writing is one of the most personal and informal categories of writing. A diary writing can be based on an experience, a scene, a description or narration of certain event or any other thing or activity that the writer considers worth writing in his personal diary.
In the examination, the question on diary writing is aimed to test your imaginative, creative and expressive skills.

You can master in English Grammar of various classes by our articles like Tenses, Clauses, Prepositions, Story writing, Unseen Passage, Notice Writing etc.

GUIDELINES FOR DIARY WRITING
A diary entry has no fixed format or style of writing. However, a good diary entry does contain the following features:

1. A good diary writing contains the place, the date, the day and even the time of writing. For example:
   Agra
   20th July, 20XX
   Friday, 8:00 p.m.
2. A diary doesn’t need any formal heading. However, it is optional. If you want, you can give a suitable heading.
3. The style and tone is generally informal and personal. However, it depends on the subject. Sometimes the tone can be philosophical and reflective too. You can freely express your viewpoints and feelings.
4. As the diary is writer’s personal document, the diary entry doesn’t need any signature. It is totally optional.
5. You can evolve your own suitable style depending on the topic of your writing.

SOLVED EXAMPLES

Question 1:
You recently visited the 24th Crafts Mela at Suraj Kund, Faridabad. It was Mini India assembled at one place. Using the hints, make a diary entry of what you saw and experienced there.
Hints: • More than 20 states of India represented • Rajasthan—the theme state • Participation of foreign countries • cultural programmes, dances at ‘Chaupal’ and ‘Rangmanch’ • Food courts catering all kinds of foods • arts and handicrafts
from the awarded artisans.
Answer:
New Delhi
20th March, 20XX
Monday, 8:00 pm

Dear Diary,
The Crafts Mela at Suraj Kund was much more impressive and grand than what I had imagined. This year the ‘Theme State’ was Rajasthan. The whole campus was painted with the visuals of Ranthambore, Chittor, Jodhpur and Jaisalmer. It was Mini India assembled on a few hundred acres of land. All the awarded artisans from different states had set up their workshops and stalls there. Many countries, more particularly Pakistan, Nepal and Afghanistan gave it an international look. Bangles, jewellery decoration pieces, wall-hangings, purses, shoes, sarees, garments and cosmetics found thousands of buyers. Every evening there were cultural shows at the ‘Chaupal’ and the ‘Rangmanch’. The ‘Food Court’ provided all kinds of delicacies for food-lovers. Basically, it was India in all its colours, tastes and sounds scattered on the Aravalli hills.
Sameer

Question 2:
Taking help from the information given below, make a diary entry describing how you caught a thief red-handed one night,
Hints: • A beautiful evening • the family had a nice dinner • watched TV • went to sleep • sleep was disturbed • heard some commotion • got suspicious • switched on the light • parents also got up • found things in a mess • someone had come there • the search began • no one was found at last • my eyes fell on the shoes behind a curtain • he was the thief • all pounced on him caught • handed over to the police.
Answer:
New Delhi
14th August, 20XX
Tuesday, 9:30 pm

Dear Diary,
It was a pleasant August evening. Generally, the whole family dine together. We enjoyed a nice dinner and then watched, a TV serial for an hour. Then, I retired to my bedroom and soon fell.asleep. Around midnight, my sleep was disturbed. I heard some movement and commotion.Who could be at this odd hour? I stood up and switched on the light. My movements woke up my parents, too. We were surprised to see the cupboards open and things lying on the floor in a mess. My parents were worried. But there was one consolation. The cash and jewellery were safe. The search for the thief began. My uncles and cousins also joined us. All that toil and trouble didn’t bring any result. Suddenly, I noticed some movement behind a curtain in the living room. And Lo! The thief was hiding there. All of us pounced on him. Before he could react, he was tied down. The police was informed and he was arrested on the spot. Good luck indeed! Thank God, everybody was safe and sound. There was no loss except for a few hours of our sweet sleep.
Karan

Question 3:
You are Anurag/Anuradha of City Public School, Deogarh. Last night you had a really horrible dream. Taking help from the input given below, make a diary entry on ‘A Horrible Dream that I had Last Night’.
Hints: • Life is just a dream • sometimes dreams come to me • the dream I had last night might never come true • first day in the exam • highly worried and confused • paper very difficult • memory failed me • couldn’t have right answers in mind • similar experience in other papers • results out • faced lot of humiliation and embarrassment • opened my eyes • it was a mere dream • God forbid it may ever come true.
Answer:
Deogarh
10th December, 20XX
Tuesday, 8:00 pm

Dear Diary,
People say life itself is a dream — a ‘maya’. And people also say that sometimes dreams do come true. God forbid it. I shudder to think what happens if the dream that I had last night comes true. It was really a bad dream. I was appearing in the Board-examination. It was the first day of the examination. I had the question paper in my hand. But I was highly worried, confused and irritated. It was rather a difficult paper. My memory simply failed. The right answer would not come to my mind. When I left the examination hall, I was really dejected and disillusioned. The same thing was repeated in other papers too. Then I dreamed that the results were out. My name was not there in the list of successful candidates. I cried and tears came into my eyes. It looked as if my academic career was over. Certainly, all my dreams and hopes ended in smoke. I dreamed that my classmates, teachers and neighbours were trying to console me. O God, what a humiliating and embarrassing situation! When my mother woke me up in the morning, I realised that it was just a bad dream. Life was as sweet and exciting now as it was before going to bed last night.
Anuradha

                                               PRACTICE SECTION

Question 1:
You are Raju/Ranjana of Salwan Public School, New Delhi. You are motivated by the ‘Clean India Campaign’ of the Prime Minister and participated in it in your own way in your colony. Taking help from the input write a diary entry on the subject.
Hints: • PM’s ‘Swachha Bharat Abhiyan’ • motivated millions of youngmen like me • called a meeting of all young boys and girls • volunteers • started removing dirt • bought new bins • distributed pamphlets • enlightened public • good results • appreciable change in the mindsets • things in die right direction • I feel proud of myself and my companions.

Question 2:
lt was the happiest day of your life when the Principal of your school informed you and your parents that you topped the list of successful candidates in your zone. Then started the endless ringing of telephone bells. Congratulatory messages started pouring in from friends and relatives. All the neighbours came to congratulate you on your grand success. At the end of the day, you were so much overwhelmed by happiness and excitement that you made a diary entry of the sequence of events on that fateful day. Reproduce that entry here inventing your own details.

Question3:

Write a diary entry on one of the luxurious weddings that you have attended. Write your opinions on the wastage of resources at the wedding.

Question4:

It was the first day of your new school. Make a diary entry describing your first-day experience in your new school.

                    

            STORY WRITING

The important aspects when writing a story are:

1. Characters
When you write a story, you have to decide who will be in it. The people in a story are called characters. Before you start to write, think about the characters you might put in your story. What will each character do? Why is he or she important to the story? In what ways are your characters alike? How are they different? What can your characters learn from each other? One last thing to remember: your characters don’t always have to be people. If an animal plays a part in the story, that animal is a character too.

2. Setting
A story has to happen in a place. The place where a story happens is called the setting. The setting might be a place you are familiar with or it might even be another planet! A setting doesn’t even have to be a real place.

3. Details
When you write a story, you use your imagination to see everything that happens. Details help readers understand how something looks, how it feels, how it sounds—even how something smells or tastes!

4. Plot
Once you’ve decided on your characters and setting—and made them come alive with details—your characters have to do something! What your characters do is the plot of your story. To make the plot exciting, additional problems.

Story Writing Solved Examples With Answers For Class 9 CBSE

Question 1.
Colonel Vishwanathan, a brave soldier bought an old mansion though many people in the area told him it was haunted. Write a story about Colonel Vishwanathan’s encounter with the ghost of “Teen Batia Bhavan”.
Answer:

The Teen Batia Bhavan

Colonel Vishwanathan retired from the Army and bought a house called the Teen Batia Bahavan in the quiet town of Hazaria. Having fought three wars, it made no difference to him that the house was supposedly haunted. On his first day in the Teen Batia Bhavan, Colonel Vishwanathan settled down in an armchair in front of his TV with a glass of juice. Suddenly, the lights went off and the room was plunged into darkness.

“Here, Gitten Ram,” Colonel Vishwanathan called out to his housekeeper.
“Beware! Don’t shout,” said a hoarse voice.
The Colonel looked up in surprise. Hovering over him in the air was a soldier in armour.

“My dear fellow,” said Colonel Vishwanathan in a voice filled with admiration, “I don’t know how you do this levitation. Especially seeing as you are dressed for a fancy dress party.”

The Ghost gave a withering cry. “Oh Sir, don’t scream so. I like a bit of peace in the evening,” said the Colonel. “Would you like to have a drink with me?”

The Ghost screamed again and continued to float and walk through walls and doors. The Colonel laughed at his antics.
“Sir, I’ve never been so entertained before. You must entertain my friends too.”

The ghost gave a loud yell and vanished. Colonel Vishwanathan shook his head and muttered, “It’s a pity he left in a huff. The others would have been quite amused by his antics.”

Question 2.
You are Ajay. You have forgotten to do your homework and without a legitimate excuse, you’re sure to get punished by the teacher. In an attempt to make an excuse, you have decided to come up with an elaborate story to make the teacher believe your excuse or at the very least have a good laugh. Use any of the words prompts given in the box below to help you write your ruse. Write the story in about 150-200 words.

Answer:
I’m sorry ma’am, I couldn’t do my homework because … I was on my way back from school yesterday thinking about all the chores and homework I have to do. Then suddenly, my bicycle got a flat tire and skidded down a slope. I was lucky I didn’t have a bad fall. So I was dragging my bicycle along and on the way, I saw two elephants and their mahout’s training. It was exciting to see them and somehow these elephants looked special.

The first elephant started flapping his ears and before you know it, it got bigger and bigger and he started flying. I asked them if they could drop me, they agreed to make me ride the flying elephant but with one condition, I had to feed the elephant the next day. Feeling ecstatic, I just said, ‘Yes’.

I was over the moon when the elephant started flying. It buzzed through all the traffic and I reached home within minutes. I thanked the mahouts and dashed into the house to tell my story. After dinner, I completed my homework and decided to hit the sack.

In the morning, a loud trumpet woke me up. I saw that the elephant was back and remembering what the mahout said, I got a couple of snacks from the fridge. The elephant wouldn’t eat anything. Then all of a sudden, the elephant raised his trunk and started sucking in air like a vacuum and all the leaves in the garden and the paper from all the books in our library flew straight into the elephant’s mouth. The mahout mentioned that his elephant liked the paper. After eating it flew off with the mahout.

I went back in to get ready for school and I realised that my homework was gone and I couldn’t write a new one because the elephant ate all the paper in our house!

PRACTICE SECTION

Question 1.
You had been preparing for an interview for the last few days. You faced the interview and succeeded.
Write the story in 150-200 words (Take help from the outline given) from your preparation to your success.

Outline: Interview for the post of cub reporter—facing interview board—answering questions with well-prepared arguments—happy to be accepted and eager to serve.

Question 2.
On the basis of the clipping shown and the outline given, write a stoiy in 150-200 words.

Outline: On way to school—chaos on main road—accident at metro construction site—scene of the accident—student volunteers help in controlling.        PREPOSITIONS : A preposition may be defined as a word or group of words (e.g. at, in, out of, etc.) used before a noun, pronoun, gerund, etc. to show its relation with another word in a sentence. For example: They came here at 5 p.m. He was born in 1980. She went out of the room. Prepositions of Time: 1. At: At is used to indicate when something happens. We use at with clock times, e.g. periods of the year, and periods of the day, festivals, etc. But we don’t use at with ‘morning’, ‘evening’, ‘afternoon’, etc. The train left at 8 o’ clock. She used to go to temple at Dussehra and Diwali. He came here at the weekend. She married at the age of twenty. I called on my friend at night. We rested at noon/dawn/dusk. More Resources for CBSE Class 9 NCERT Solutions NCERT Solutions Class 9 Maths NCERT Solutions Class 9 Science NCERT Solutions Class 9 Social Science NCERT Solutions Class 9 English NCERT Solutions Class 9 Hindi NCERT Solutions Class 9 Sanskrit NCERT Solutions Class 9 IT RD Sharma Class 9 Solutions 2. In: In is used to indicate the period of time in which something happens. We use ‘in’ with centuries, years, seasons, months, periods of the day ‘morning’, ‘evening’, ‘afternoon’: English literature flourished in the 16th century. She was born in 1990. They visited this place in summer. He called on me in the evening.   The theft took place in the day-time. My father went to the U.S.A. in October. It all happend in three minutes/hours/days/years. 3. On: On is used with days, dates, birthdays, anniversaries, etc. We went to see a movie on Tuesday.  He was born on October 3,1980. We congratulated him on his birthday. We gave them a gift on their 20th marriage anniversary. Note: We use ‘on’ with ‘morning’, ‘afternoon’, ‘evening’, etc. when they are modified: They reached here on a hot afternoon.  People did not come out of their houses on a night like this. We went for fishing on a pleasant morning. You can master in English Grammar of various classes by our articles like Tenses, Clauses, Prepositions, Story writing, Unseen Passage, Notice Writing etc. 4. During: During may be used instead of ‘in’ with periods of the day, months, seasons, years, decades and centuries to express the idea that something continues throughout the whole of a specified period. During the war many people were killed. We work during the day and sleep during the night. We try to contact people during October. During the nineties many taxes were imposed. She used to ring up many times during the week. During the journey I came to respect her. 5. By: By is used to indicate the latest time at which an action will be finished: He will finish this work by 5 o’clock. By that time, the moon was up. You must come to me by 8 a.m. Applications must be received by 10th May. By can be used instead of during with almost the same. We took rest by day and travelled by night. By mid afternoon about 5,000 people had visited the exhibition. 6. For: For is used with periods of time to indicate how long an action lasts. It is generally used with the Perfect Tense but is also used with other tenses. They have lived here for five years. It rained continuously for twelve hours. We stayed there for fifteen days. They have been working for two hours. She will not be here for another three hours. 7. Since: Since is used with a point of time in the past from which some action began and it continues till the time of speaking. It is generally used with the Perfect Tense: He has lived here since 1980. Everything has changed since the last summer. It has not rained since the end of June. He had been writing novels since he was thirty years old. 8. From: From indicates the starting point of an action in the past or future. It is always used with ‘ to’ or ‘ till ’: They lived here from 1980 till/until 1990. We worked from morning to/till evening. She lived with them from the age of twenty.     He lives in his office from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. She is interested in die period from 1950 to 1960 9. Till/Until: Till and Until are used to show something happening or done up to a particular point in time and then stopping: He is expected to be here until/till the end of the week. I was employed by the company until 1980. You will have to wait until my return. 10. Before and After: The preposition before and after are used to relate events to a particular time. Before means earlier than and after means later than something. I get up before six. She returned before Monday. They came here after 8 o’clock. We went to Paris four years after our marriage. 3. Prepositions of Place: 1. At: At is used to show the. exact point, e.g. houses, stations, small villages and towns: They lived at Gohana, a small town in Haryana. He was born at his village, Shilmar. The Prime Minister lives at 10 Downing Street. She works at the Town Hall. The plane landed at London airport. The train stopped at New Delhi Railway Station. 2. In: In is generally used when the reference is not to any specific place or to the names of large cities, countries, continents, etc. Many people in India live in villages.        They used to live in Bengaluru. The Indians live in India.      They lived in Europe for ten years. 3. On: On is used to indicate a particular area of land or place where something is: He spent a few days on an island. He worked on a farm for sometime. They built their house on a beautiful piece of land. There is a school on the outskirts of the city. The hotel stands on the banks of a river. 4. Prepositions of Direction: 1. From: From is used with the starting point or point of departure from a place or the point of origin: They came from China.   We started from Chennai. The train from Kolkata has arrived. She comes from office at 6 p.m. He fell from the fifth floor of the hotel. 2. Off: Off means from the surface of and also down from: He took the hat off the table. The boy fell off the tree/roof. Keep off the grass. The ball rolled off the floor. Take this packet off the shelf. 3. Out of: Out of means from the interior of something: He went out of the room.  The bird flew out of the cage. I saw him coming out of the library. She jumped out of the shelf. Direction Towards: 1. For: For is used to show direction only when the verb indicates the beginning of a movement: She left for japan early in the morning. We set off for New York. They left for home late at light. 2. Against: Against means to have contact or pressure: The child threw the ball against the wall. The crowd pressed against the door. He put the ladder against the wall.    She stood, with her back against the wall. He hit his head against the branch. 3. To: To is used for destination or the end-point: He went from Delhi to Ambala.    She came to India as a tourist. The train started from Kolkata and came to Delhi. He was on his way to the station. We went from London to New York. 4. Towards: Towards is used to indicate the direction of something: They went towards the airport. He was speeding towards the town. The train was coming towards the station. I saw him hurrying towards me. He stood with his back towards me. She marked towards the river. He ran towards the door. 5. Prepositions of Position: 1. Under: Under is used to indicate a position that is below or beneath something. It means vertically below: The dog was under the table.   He looked under the bed. They took shelter under the trees. The water flows under the bridge. 2. Underneath: Underneath has the same meaning as under. It means a position below something. She found a lot of dust underneath the carpet. The coin rolled underneath the table. He hid the gun underneath the bed. He left the key underneath the mat. ‘ Underneath‘’ generally implies covered by something so that the object covered is not seen. 3. Below and Beneath: Below means in a position lower than something: They could see the village below them. The lake is 500 feet below the sea level. He had a wound below the left shoulder. You should write below this line. Beneath also means a lower position than something: They found the body beneath a pile of grass. The boat sank beneath the waves. Beneath has the sense of directly under something. 4. Over: Over is used to indicate a position vertically above something or somebody or partly or completely covering the surface of something. She hung the calendar over the fireplace. There were books all over the table. They held a large umbrella over her. There was a lamp (hanging) over the table. 5. Above: Above is used to indicate a position higher than something: There were clouds above us. The water came above our knees. The pilot was flying above the clouds. The birds were flying high above the trees. We lived in the room above the shop. Above has the sense of something being directly over something else. 6. Prepositions of Travel and Movement: 1. Across: . Across is used to indicate movement from one side of a space, area, line to the other side: I walked across the road. The cat ran across the lawn. They flew across the Pacific. He walked across the street. 2. Along: Along is used to indicate movement from one end to or towards the other end of something. The place is seen as a line: We walked along the street. She went along the corridor. He hurried along the path towards me. 3. Into: Into is used to indicate movement inside a place seen as a volume. The opposite of into is out of. It is used for entering a place, building, vehicle, etc: The boys came into die hall.        She ran into the house. He got into a bus/a train/a plane/a car. The athletes marched into the stadium 4. Onto: Onto is used to indicate movement into a position on an object or surface: He climbed onto the roof. The cat jumped onto the table. A tree fell onto a car. He stepped out of the train onto the platform. 5. Through: Through is used to indicate movement from one end of an opening, or a passage to the other. The place is seen as a volume. The train passed through a tunnel. The water flows through this pipe. They were riding through a forest. The ball went flying through the window. 6. Up and Down: Up is used to indicate movement to a higher position and down to a lower position. We climbed up the hill.        The girl ran up the stairs. ‘ I set off up the road.  She was walking down the street. She fell down the stairs. The stone rolled down the hill. 7. On/In/By (Travel): We may use on, in or by while using a public or private vehicle. On is used when the vehicle is seen as a surface, in is used when it is seen as a volume. By is used to indicate the means of travel. We travelled on the horseback/foot/a cycle/a bus/a plane. They travelled by bus/car/train/cycle/sea/plane/air. We travelled in a bus/a car/a train/a ship/a plane. 7. Between and Among: Between is used with two persons or things. Among is used with more than two people or things: Between you and me, she is very stupid. She divided the apples between the two children. C comes between B and D. Samesh sat between Mahesh and Ramesh. He lives in a house among the trees. She divided the money among her four sons. Satish works among the poor. But if each individual person is mentioned, between is used even if there are more than two: The money was divided up between Mohan, Sohan and Rohan. If the people are mentioned as a single group, among is used: I shared out the food among the family. The girl quickly disappeared among the crowd. 8. By and Beside: By means close to someone or something. Beside means by the side of someone or something. Both imply nearness: She was sitting by the door. There is a glass just by your elbow. The telephone is by the window. She was sitting beside her mother. He always kept a dictionary beside him. Who is standing beside Kumar.                                            EXERCISE Fill in the blanks with appropriate prepositions using the given alternatives. The lion was killed………………….. …. the hunter…………………… a sword, (in, on, by, with) Father divided his property………………………. four sons, (between, among, of, in) He has been living in this house……………………… 1985. (for, since, in, on) I shall return…………………… a month, (in, of, on, for) The Ramayana is lying…………………. the table, (in, of, on, for) We shall finish this work……………… 5 p.m. today, (in, by, on, at) Send me letters…………………… this address, (by, in, to, on) You should listen………………………. what your parents say. (among, in, to, between) Sita writes………………….. (with, on, in, at) He did not listen………………… my advice, (at, to, in, on) ‘ Preposition Exercise Fill in the blanks with correct prepositions. (a) Sheeba was born ……………………. the year 1985. (b) They are going to meet ……………………. lunch in the afternoon. (c) Try not to compromise ……………………. your principles. (d) My father is very fond ……………………. sweets. (e) He has not yet recovered ……………………. his illness. (f) He rules ……………………. a vast empire. (g) I have not slept ……………………. yesterday. (h) The man walked ……………………. the house. (i) The sweets were distributed ……………………. the children at the party. (j) Rajesh has returned almost ……………………. a month. EXERCISE: (a) Raman fell (i) ……………………. the soft grass (iii) ……………………. his way back home (iv) ……………………. school (v) ……………………. 4 p.m. (b) I would like (i) ……………………. help her (ii) ……………………. her studies as she has her test (iii) ……………………. Monday. (c) He is the thief the police were looking …………………… . (d) Cheating was being done …………………… the very nose of the invigilator. (e) This is difficult work and is …………………… his capacity. (f) He goes to his office (i) …………………… foot but sometimes goes (ii) …………………… cycle also. (g) Make sure that when I return, the room is free …………………… dirt. (h) Raj an fell straight (i) …………………… a ditch and could not get out (ii) …………………… it (iii) …………………… his own. (i) The guests preferred vegetarian food (i) …………………… non-vegetarian food, so the cook prepared a dish made (ii) …………………… fresh vegetables (iii) …………………… aromatic spices. (j) She went and sat (i) …………………… her grandmother (ii) …………………… listen (iii) …………………… a story. JUMBLED SENTENCES: I. 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We have only ………………. minutes to spare. (few / a few) 2. He is famous for being ……………. rich. (very / much) 3. There weren’t ……………… people who followed the teaching of Socrates. (much / many / very / some) 4. Though most of the seats have been filled, …………….. are still left. (some / any / much) 5. I am sorry, there aren’t …………………… good restaurants in this town. (any / some) 6. It did not rain …………….. last year and the crops failed. (much / many) 7. I have never experienced so ……………….. (hot summer / hot a summer) 8. The children were told to wash ……………. hands. (they / their) 9. She thanked me for ……………. gift I gave her. (a / the / an) 10. Not …………… people can afford to buy a car these days. (many / any / some) Fill in the blanks with suitable determiners. books are missing from the library. (Any, Some) She has not solved…………….. sums, (many, any) This book is mine but…………….. is yours, (that, any) ……… boys have done their work. (That, These) He didn’t make……….. progress, (much, many) He has forgotten…………………… of the details, (some, many) The District Magistrate visited…………………. flood affected area, (every, either) ………….. villa is this? (Whose, What) He is the…………… boy who has joined this gym. (first, whose) I met her…………… week, (this, those) I HOPE U REALLY LIKE THE CONTENT  IT IS TOO HELPFUL FOR YORURS FOR EXAM BEST OF LUCK FROM SARASWATI TUTION CENTRE YOU TUBE LINK: