9th D GRAMMAR Semester 1

1) 2) 3) 4) 5) He is occasionally called on to work. (Change the Voice) I went into the kitchen and addressed him. (Make it Simple) My wife and I agreed that he had to be cured. (Question Tag) I will pretend to be deaf. (Make it Complex) Choose the correct synonym of brutal a) Kind b) Merciful c) Merciless d) Humane 6) Choose the correct verb form of slavery a) Slavish b) Slave c) Slavely d) Enslave 7) Earrings are a form of vanity we cant afford. (Turn into Affirmative) 8) A book I wrote became a best seller in sixteen countries. (Use an Adjective Clause) 9) You are an inquisitive little boy. (Make it Exclamatory) 10) Choose the Correct Antonym of vanity a) Robust b) Modesty c) Proud d) Beauty 11) Choose the correct adjective form of afford a) Affordable b) Affordability c) Affordive d) Affordity 12) Choose the correct verb form of soft a) Ensoft b) Softy c) Softic d) Soften 13) He rolled the dog over and searched for the heart. (Change the Voice) 14) He snapped open his bag and finished out the stethoscope. (Use no sooner than) 15) I keep the same hours as the humans. (Change the Degree) 16) I am so frustrated, I cant sleep (Use too) 17) When you go home change the position of your bed. (Make it Simple) 18) Choose the correct antonym of grumpy a) Sad b) Happy c) Unhappy d) Passionate 19) Choose the correct adjective form of diet a) Dietary b) Dietar c) Dietional d) Dietless 20) He was not dumber than an ox, he was not any smarter. (Change the Degree)

21) No light came into the big tackles eyes. (Add a Question Tag) 22) I never once saw a cell through a microscope (Make it Affirmative) 23) Choose the correct antonym of lenient a) Strict b) Strong c) Liberal d) Soft-Hearted 24) Choose the correct adjective form of botany a) Botanical b) botanized c) botantic d) botanitive 25) A picture may have no meaning and may serve no purpose. (Make it Affirmative) 26) He vowed to shake off his whims, but they lingered in his mind. (Make it Simple) 27) Choose the correct synonym of yield a) Give b) Keep c) Resist d) Succumb 28) Choose the correct verb form of little a) Belittle b) Enlittle c) Litten d) Littlify 29) It is a most extraordinary thing. (Change the Degree) 30) If I was a cooperative store and family hotel combined, I might be able to oblige you.(Use unless) 31) I stick it out far as ever it would go. (Change the Degree) 32) It was my liver that was out of order. (Make it Simple) 33) When he folded it up he gave it to me. (Make it Compound) 34) Choose the correct synonym of devastating a) Positive b) Constructive c) Destructive d) Dominative 35) Choose the correct verb form of practice a) Practice b) Practise c) Practicial d) Enpract 36) Despite its prevalence, we pay little attention to this affliction. (Turn into Negative) 37) You find life difficult and make it difficult for those around you. (Use not onlybut also) 38) We have barely touched the fringe of the problem. (Change the Voice) 39) Never clean ears with matchsticks or toothpicks. (Make it Affirmative) 40) Choose the correct noun form of reluctant

a) Reluctance b) Reluction c) Reluctive d) Relucsion 41) Hed had to tear up newspapers to mix with the rubbish behind the garage. (Make it Complex) 42) They were friendly and eager to help a neophyte like me. (Make it Exclamatory) 43) They were friendly and eager to help a neophyte like me. (Use beside) 44) Choose the correct adjective form of people a) Poplar b) Populace c) People d) Popular 45) He got no response. (Add a Question Tag) 46) Some of his elaborate kites sold for as much as three or four rupees. (Change the Degree) 47) There were few open spaces left for flying kites. (Turn into Negative) 48) The old man remembered how the Nawab himself would come down to the river bank. (Change the Voice) 49) There was no one in sight but a girl of twelve. (Make it Affirmative) 50) Those who have been blind already are the best. (Change the Degree) 51) There was no one in sight. (Make it Interrogative) 52) It is a point of honour not to peep. (Make it Affirmative) 53) I discovered that I was ten times more thoughtful already. (Make it Compound) 54) Choose the correct synonym of perplexes a) Instructs b) enlightens c) puzzles d) clarifies 55) Choose the correct noun form of decent a) Decentness b) Descend c) Decention d) Decency 56) We passed near it when going from Port Said to Venice. (Make it Compound) 57) In Egypt, girls used to be thrown into the river Nile. (Change the Voice) 58) It is an enormous thing. (Turn into Exclamatory) 59) We have a few very old books which tell us a great deal of those times. (Turn into Negative)

60) What is the use of gold as food ? (Turn into Assertive) 61) It is a curious way of worshipping anybody. (Turn into Exclamatory) 62) You have not seen these although we were not far from them. (Make it Compound) 63) Choose the correct noun form of enormous a) Enormission b) Enormition c) Enormity d) Enormization 64) Choose the correct verb form of valuable a) Evaluate b) Value c) Envalue d) Valute