GRAMMAR CLASS 8

                                      GRAMMAR CLASS 8

SARASWATI TUITION CENTRE        

Type I
Fill in the Blanks

1. Fill in the blanks using a word. Write the answers in your answer sheet against the correct blank number.
Passenger airplanes mostly fly (a) _______ speeds less than that (b) _______ sound. Airplanes (c) _______ can fly (d) _______ greater speeds have been built. This is (e) _______ if they fly (f) _______ speeds greater (g) _______ the speed of sound, (h) _______ fuel consumption increases enormously.

Rearranging The Sentences

Look at the words and phrases below in each activity. Rearrange them to form meaningful sentences. The first one has been done as an example. Write the corrected sentences in your answer sheet against the correct blank number.
1. Example : The most important task / is to defend / an air attack / of the Air Force / by an enemy / the country / against.
The most important task of the Air Force is to defend the country against an air attack by an enemy.
(a) When the enemy / destroy the enemy planes / sends planes to attack, our planes must
(b) We can / the enemy planes / the approach of / if we know about / do this only
(c) We have / called Radar / of equipment / for this purpose / a special kind
(d) The Air Force / the enemy planes / by shooting down / can protect / our places

2. Example : only 26 / of relativity, which / Albert Einstein is / for his / when he was / best known / he first advanced / theory
Albert Einstein is best known for his theory of relativity, which he first advanced when he was only 26.
(a) The theory / influence / of a / according to / bends / light / under the / massive body
(b) during / this / put / was / to test / of 1919 / the eclipse
(c) light was / also predicted / the deflection / of surface / by Einstein

Complete the following sentences using appropriate prepositions.

1. Toys were lying ----------------------- the room. (across / about)

2. Astrophysics is ---------------------- me. It is too difficult for me. (above / about)

3. There were --------------------- twenty children in the class. (about / above)

4. I live -------------------- the street. (across / about)

5. He walked ------------------------ the bridge. (above / across)

6. He came in -------------------- you. (after / over)

7. The ladder was standing ---------------------- the wall. (against / at)

8. The waves beat ------------------------ the cliffs. (against / over)

9. He aimed the ball --------------------- the stumps. (on / at)

10. She applied the plaster ----------------- the cut. (to / in)

Tenses exercise 

Complete the following sentences using an appropriate verb form.

1. He ………………… before I …………………. his place.

a) left, reached

b) had left, reached

c) have left, reached

d) left, had reached

2. The young widow always …………………… white clothes.

a) wear

b) wears

c) was wearing

d) would wear

3. I ………………….. to quit my job.

a) decided

b) have decided

c) had decided

d) was deciding

4. I ……………………… never forget what you just ………………………. me.

a) will, told

b) would, told

c) had, told

d) will, tell

5. I …………………….. him and he …………………. at once.

a) called, came

b) would call, will come

c) call, comes

d) have called, came

6. When we …………………. the station, the train ……………………. already left.

a) would reach, had

b) reached, had

c) reach, had

d) reach, would

7. The tomatoes …………………… picked when they were ripe.

a) are

b) were

c) were being

d) are being

 8. The national anthem …………………. after the performance.

a) is sung

b) was sung

c) would sing

d) had sung

9. The criminals ……………………… arrested.

a) is

b) have been

c) were been

d) had been

10. Many people …………………….. in the explosion.

a) was killed

b) is killed

c) were killed

d) have killed

Combine the following sentences using relative pronouns.

1. I congratulated Aditi. She won the first prize.

2. Julius Ceasar arrived in Britain in 55 BC. He was a powerful Roman General.

3. My brother is an engineer. He lives in Mumbai.

4. The boy was injured in the accident. He is my brother.

5. The man is very friendly. He lives next door.

6. The cuckoo is too lazy to hatch its eggs. It lays its eggs in the crow’s nest.

7. My uncle works in Kolkata. He has sent me a laptop.

8. This is Aswathi. She dances very well.

9. Mark visited me yesterday. He is an old friend of mine.

10. The teacher punished boy. He was looking away while the lesson was

 going on.