GOOD SHEPHERD INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

HOLIDAY HOME WORK

ISC 2 MAY - 2017

ENGLISH LANGUAGE : GRAMMAR Q.3

Answer sections (a), (b) and (c).
(a)In each of the following items, sentence A is complete, but sentence B is not.
Complete sentence B, making it as similar in meaning as possible to sentence A.
Write down sentence B complete in each case.

Example: (0) A: I expect he will get there by lunch time.

B: I expect him
Answer: (0) I expect him to get there by lunch time.

(1) (A) Those who are honest are trusted by all.

(B) There

(2) (A) Kusum is not as intelligent as her brother Kabir.

(B) Kabir

(3) (A) There were many problems in the beginning, all the same it has
been a successful event.
(B) Notwithstanding the .

(4) (A) She was in a hurry and I was in a hurry too.

(B) She was in a hurry and so

(5) (A) Mr. Jairam taught us western music in school.

(B) We were.

(6) (A) I am sorry I am unable to accompany you.

(B) I regret my

1
 (7) (A) Smoking can cause damage to your health.
(B) Your health

(8) (A) The prices of food grains have increased due to hoarding.
(B) Hoarding has lead

(9) (A) Not many people listen to the radio these days.
(B) Few

(10) (A) Arun is fat, yet he runs fast.

(B) In spite.

(b) Fill in the blanks with a suitable word. (Do not write the sentence.)

1) This is ________ all means the better book.

2) The robbers broke ______________ the house in the middle of the
night.
3) The kitchen was infested_________ rats.
4) During vacations, the students will be busy preparing ______ the
exams.
5) The workers toiled________ dawn to dusk.
6) I take ________all that I said about him as I realize I had been wrong.
7) He returned to his country _________ten long years.
8) Betty distributed the chocolates_________ his cousins.
9) The workers said they would call ________ the strike if their demands
were met.
10) The old man passed ______in his sleep.

(c) Fill in each blank with the appropriate form of the word given in
brackets. (Do not write the sentence)

1) We _______ (be) all, the caretakers of this earth.

2) He need not go to the doctor as his fever _________(subside).
3) The plane landed at Bangalore only two hours after_____ (take) off
from Delhi.
4) As soon as the teacher entered the class, the students ________
(stand) up to wish her.
5) The river Ganga ________ (has) its origin in the Himalayas.
6) The patient _______ (die) before the doctor arrived.
7) The joys and sorrows of life____________ (weave) together.
8) David________ (exercise) regularly when he was in college.
9) Avoid___________ (eat) junk food in order to remain healthy.
10) Let me know as soon as they ___________ (finish).

2
PHRASAL VERBS PRACTICE

1. Fill in the correct form of one of the phrasal verbs from the box:

believe in
carry on
come over
come
through
count on
fall apart
fix up
get
through
go about
go with
grow out
head for

1. Betty ____________________ the door and sat down at our table.

2. If you are going to a fancy restaurant youd better _________yourself
____________.
3. She needs to find a blouse that ____________________ her new skirt.
4. Tomorrow we are going to leave Madrid and ____________________ Paris.
5. I ____________________ working hard and making money.
6. It was difficult for the woman to ____________________ after her husband had
died.
7. The governor said shes ____________________ our support.
8. Nancy tried calling him last night but she didnt __________________.
9. Mary ____________________ to the house every night.
10. These old shoes are starting to ____________________ completely.
11. I had no idea how to ____________________ starting a restaurant, so I read a
book about it.
12. I bought Suzy some new shoes a few months ago but shes already
____________________ of them.

3
2. Fill in the correct form of one of the phrasal verbs from the box.
1. The bus stopped and I ____________________.
2. Sally borrowed my blue sweater and I ____________________ it
____________________ today.
3. I found some money in the street and I ____________________ over to the
police.
4. The soup is cold. You can _________________it ____________ in the
microwave.
5. The taxi driver didnt understand me so we ____________________ in High
Street instead of Main Street.
6. The children have to stay on the merry-go-round until it stops
____________________.
7. The terrorists were killed when the bomb ____________________ by accident.
8. He has been ____________________ the house all day and he doesnt know
what to do.
9. The stock market ____________________ very well but closed badly.
10. Dont ____________________ too late. Tomorrows a school day.
11. He should ____________________ the car ____________________ carefully
before he buys it.
12. If youre mad at your boss you shouldnt _______________ it
____________________ your wife or husband.

bring back
end up
get off
go around
go off
hand over
hang around
look over
start out
stay up
take out on
warm up

4
PRACTICE 2

(a) Choose the appropriate options to complete the sentences:

1. The other team was lucky that our star striker was injured; ......, we would have
beaten them easily.

A) opposite

B) except for

C) otherwise

D) likewise

E) in contrast

2. Doreen worked ....... after a year, she had a nervous breakdown.

A) so hard that

B) such a hard

C) as hard as

D) the hardest

E) harder than

3. If you ...... economics to degree level, you ...... something about the workings of a
market economy.

A) have studied / should understand

B) will study / have understood

C) would study / had understood

5
 D) studied / used to understand

E) study / may have understood

4. My aunt wants to settle in Didim, in southwestern Turkey, and spend .... of her life
there.

A) the most

B) such

C) the rest

D) anymore

E) every

5. I wonder how people......with all the housework before all the electrical appliances
available today.......

A) were coping / have been invented

B) could cope / were invented

C) would be coping / had invented

D) have coped / are invented

E) had to cope / would be invented

6. I couldn't believe......higher the prices had got during the time I was abroad.

A) so

B) such

C) much more

D) a little

6
 E) how much

7. When you walk past the cinema, you will see.......old white building on your left;
that is.......house where my parents live.

A) the /

B) some / any

C) / the

D) any / a

E) an / the

8. ...... class Is angry at the teacher because of her strict homework policy.

A) Some

B) Several

C) The whole

D) Enough of

E) Most of

9. While Shirley Jackson wrote one of the most famous stories of the 20th century,
she is not known for much else,......?

A) Is it

B) is she

C) did she

D) has it

E) didn't she

7
 10. The marriage counsellor advised Andy and Flo......and resolve their
differences......things out.

A) to try / by talking

B) having tried / with talking

C) tried / to be talking

D) trying / having talked

E) try / to have talked

(b) Choose the appropriate options to complete the sentences.

11. Space exploration and underground mining both take place in extreme
environments so ---- is not too surprising that technology developed for one field is now
being applied to ----.

A) each / another

B) it / the other

C) that / the others

D) either / each other

E) this / one another

12. Since September 11, 2001, companies that ship goods, and other businesses
involved in ocean transport ---- millions of dollars coordinating their security efforts.

A) were spending

B) would have spent

8
 C) had been spending

D) are being spent

E) have spent

13. We ---- for three years for something to happen that ---- our situation.

A) had waited / has improved

B) were waiting / will improve

C) will have waited / will improve

D) have been waiting / will improve

E) are waiting / will have improved

14. Drivers over 65 have experience, but ---- physical and sensory capabilities.

A) would be diminishing

B) must be diminished

C) were to diminish

D) may have diminished

E) could be diminished

15. The conversation between the airport control tower and pilots that the
plane ---- approval to land before it crashed.

A) revealed / had received

B) has revealed / has received

C) had revealed / will receive

9
 D) revealed / would be received

E) was revealing / has received

16. The human brain goes through several large-scale changed ---- the individual
progresses from embryo through to old age.

A) so that

B) as

C) whereas

D) even if

E) lest

17. Second-hand smoke is the exhaled smoke from the lungs of a smoker, ---- the
smoke that disperses from a lit cigarette, cigar, or pipe.

A) as well as

B) so as to

C) consequently

D) thereby

E) notwithstanding

18. Jack London, ---- works deal romantically with the overwhelming power of nature
and struggle for survival, was a prolific American novelist and short story writer.

A) which

B) whose

C) where

10
 D) what

E) who

19. Parents can learn to create an environment ---- their child can grow and thrive in
a more resourceful and less stressful manner.

A) which

B) what

C) where

D) that

E) whose

20. Cell phones are dangerous when people use them while they ---- cars.

A) would drive

B) were driving

C) drove

D) are driving

E) will drive

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS :
Read good books _ suggested Mark Twain , Chinua Achebe, Khaled
Hussain, Ruskin Bond, , Roald Dahl, John Greene, Margaret Atwood
,Somerset Maugham, D.H. Lawrence.
Read newspaper daily
work to be done on A4 SHEETS/ MANAGEBAC

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

11
HAPPY HOLIDAYS

12