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Everyday English Grammar Online Worksheet

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Class VIII

The Sentence
A. Identify whether the following sentences are assertive or interogative
change the assertive senctences to interrogative and the interogative
sentences to assertive.
1. We visited Goa last year.
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2. The bottle is half filled with water.
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3. Do you face difficulties travelling alone?
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4. The train left on time.
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5. Do you prefer tea to coffee?
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6. Does Meera dance better than Sahana?
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7. Manpreet goes to school everyday.
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8. Would you like your coffee black?
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9. Is she of any help?
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10. The factory workers went on a strike.
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B. Change the assertive sentences exclamatory and the exclamatory
sentences to assertive.
1. How lovely this painting is!
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2. Tamanna is an extraordinary signer.
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3. Isn't it a wonderful afternoon!
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4. It was very nice of you to come.
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5. Avik works very hard to support his family.
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6. What a horrible day I had!
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7. Aarohi has injured herself badly.
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8. How small the buildings look from up here!
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9. The President's speech was very inspiring.
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10. The Royal Bengal Tiger is a majestic creature.
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C. Change the following sentences into the negative.


1. I have several cousins.
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2. That black dupatta is mine.
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3. The arrow hit the bull’s eye.
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4. The balls of wool were layered with dust.
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5. Some children in the class were naughty.
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6. I had a hard time solving the arithmetic problems.
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7. Most of the urban areas are polluted.
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8. Are old songs melodious?
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9. I threw the paper in the dustbin.
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10. I like you, David!
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Everyday English Grammar Online Worksheet
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Class VIII

Sentence Analysis
A. Separate the subject and the predicate in the following sentences.
1. The President was impeached.
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2. Our microwave oven stopped working.
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3. I was using a red pen.
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4. Kartikeya got a new job.
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5. Mr Dixit is very protective about his family.
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6. The laboratory was reeking of acid.
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7. The sky grew dark, but there was no rain.
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8. Father bought me a Titan watch.
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9. The rich man was never happy about his son’s career as a singer.
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10. Pride and condescension may lead one to failure.
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B. Point out the complete subject in the following sentences, and separate
the subject word from its attribute.
1. My friend, Nikhil, was bored at the concert.
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2. Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose was a patriot.
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3. The eccentric professor used to teach well.
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4. The purpose of the visit was not fulfilled.
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5. The ugly duckling was always left alone.
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6. The state government is responsible for taxation on agricultural income.
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7. Lady Gaga, the singer, is very experimental.
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8. The nervous lady left behind her luggage in the train.
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9. Unruly children grow up into irresponsible adults.
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10. The chocolate cake turned out to be better than we expected.
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C. Point out the following from the sentences –


a)  the subject word and its attributes
b)  the verb and its adverbial qualification.
1. The teacher acted promptly when the child fainted.
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2. The tiger walked uneasily after hurting his hind leg.
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3. Our conversation was stopped abruptly by the sound of the bomb blast.
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4. The old man was too weak to get up from his bed.
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5. Indian revolutionaries were brutally killed by the British.
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6. The farmers walked back home wearily.
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7. The red kite flew briskly through the strong wind.
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8. His book was left unnoticed.
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9. Meera has been working hard since morning.
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10. This is the tenth sentence written diligently.
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D. Underline the verbs and their objects in the following sentences. Identify
the direct and the indirect objects if the verbs have two objects.
1. You have promised to buy me a bucket of sweets.
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2. Tagore reached out to the international audience through his
compositions.
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3. My mother taught me Mathematics.
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4. Divya has a charming smile.
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5. The young man gave the thief a good beating.
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E. Underline the complement in each sentence below and say what kind
it is (noun, adjective, pronoun, participle, infinitive, adverb, clause).
1. The audience shot restless glances as the curtains rolled down mid-way
through the play.
2. Vinay kumar is talented.
3. Miss Fathima feels better now.
4. Christ died to wash our sins away.
5. The puppies are healthy.

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Everyday English Grammar Online Worksheet
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Class VIII

Countable and Uncountable Nouns


A. Fill in the blanks with appropriate determiners from the box to complete
the following sentences. Put (×) where no determiner is needed.

too much  a little  any  a  some  


few  enough  many  a few  a lot of

1. It is ___________ festive season.


2. There is ___________ water in the glass.
3. Give me ___________ rice.
4. Is there ___________ sugar in the tea?
5. He is a man of ___________ words.
6. There were ___________ exercises in the workbook.
7. She showed ___________ interest in the topic, but Annu showed none.
8. We need ___________ torch for the night trip.
9. There is no ___________ electricity in the neighbourhood.
10. I cannot work here. There is ___________ noise.

B. In the following sentences, state whether the italicized nouns are


countable or uncountable.
1. Give me some time, I will be ready. ________________
2. I danced in the rain and was happy to get
drenched. ________________
3. We had a lot of luggage to carry. ________________
4. Have a nice day! ________________

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5. There is a hair in my food. ________________
6. You have got long hair. ________________
7. We could see smoke churning out of the houses. ________________
8. He spend time giving me advice. ________________
9. Last year I had to purchase several pieces of
equipment for my office. ________________

10. Make sure your paper includes all your sources


and citations for your quotes. ________________

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