UMIYA OVERSEAS EDUCATION

Grammar work sheets

Session 1 : Noun
Spellings:
1. There is an urgent need for people to help clean up the enviroment.

2. I beleive that successful companies need an experienced workforce.

3. We need to look at goverment expenditure on environmental projects.

4. Food hygine is a major concern for restaurant owners.

5. The police are responsible for the maintainance of law and order.

6. The begining of my life was simple and much like every other little life.

7. The propotion of girls to boys in our class is three to two.

8. I am learning two forein languages.

9. This money should be spent to benifit the poorest countaries.

10. The axcess of wealth is bad for anybody.

Homophones:

Write the homophones.

1. Write - ............................. 9. Bye - .............................

2. Week - .............................. 10. Blue - .............................

3. Male - ................................ 11. Break - .............................

4. Bore - ............................. 12. Dear - .............................

5. Aunt - ............................. 13. Flour - .............................

6. Hare - ............................. 14. hole- - .............................

7. Ate - ............................. 15. Maid - .............................

8. Cell - ............................. 16. Hour - ...........................

Choose the right word:

1. What is ______________color?________green___________ been a long , long time.(its, it's)

2. I _______________ amazed by her speaking skills, she has the ability to _________ the auditorium

to its capacity.(fill, feel)

3. I would ______________your excuse, ___________ the part about losing the watch.(except,

accept)

4. the number of students who wanted ______________to the computer labs was in _________ of two

hundred.(excess, access)

5. the government would often ______________ policies that required people to ___________to a

harsh regime.(adopt, adapt)

6. I need your ______________Please ________________me on this.(advise, advice)

7. Don't __________near that tree as it has a ____________ hive.(bee, be)

8. Did you _____________the little bird that sang ______________? (hear, here)

9. What is the _____________ (prize / price) of it.

10. We _____________ (peel / peal) the orange with a knife.

Find the correct usage of words:

1. Countryside / country side / country-side 9. Misuse / mis use / mis-use

2. Hairstyle / hair style / hair-style 10. Out break / outbreak

3. Lifespan / life span / life-span 11. Out come / outcome

4. Lifestyle / life-style / life style 12. Over-all / overall

5. Website/web site / web- site 13. out-side / outside

6. Wild-life / wild life / wildlife 14. Overcome / over-come

7. Workforce / work force 15. Anybody / any body

8. Work-place / workplace 16. Everyone / every one

 17. Everything / every thing 24. Whereas / where as

18. Some one / someone 25. Makeup / make-up

19. Sometime / some time 26. Well-being / well being

20. Furthermore / further more 27. Twenty-four / twenty four

21. Moreover / more over 28. A lot of / a-lot-of

22. Nowadays / now a days 29. Even though / even-though

23. Throughout / through out 30. In fact / in-fact

Nouns : Countable / Uncountable Underline the correct word in each sentence.

1. I have to buy a lot of furniture / furnitures for my new apartment.

2. He brought up a lot of interesting point / points during the lecture.

3. After the party there was a lot of garbage / garbages.

4. Your essay / essays are due on September 15th.

5. I went to the market and bought a lot of fruits/fruit.

6. There are so many different types of people/peoples in the world.

7. He has one of the most expensive computer/ computers on the market.

8. I have to cut my hair/hairs today.

9. I can't stand the traffics/ traffic in this city.

10. we have much waters/ water in the oceans of the Earth.

Commonly confused plurals: correct the mistakes in the sentences. There may be more
than one mistake in each sentence.
1. The informations we were given by the tour guide were not very helpful.
2. When we visited the park, we were upset to see many garbages left there.
3. Presently due to urbanisation, there are so many traffic on the road.
4. I couldn't wait to visit the market and do many shopping.
5. The number of woman studying science increased dramatically last year.
Adjectives >>>>> Abstract Noun Noun >>>>>>>>Abstract Noun
Adjectives Abstract Noun Noun Abstract Noun
Able Ability agent
Angry Anger
author
Beautiful Beauty
brother brotherhood
Brave
bond
Bitter
bankrupt
Cruel
beggar
Different Difference
Dark boy

Decent child childhood

Difficult Difficulty coward
Deep captain
Envious Envy friend friendship
Free hero
Great Greatness
king kingship
Good
leader leadership
Happy Happiness
man manhood
Humble
member membership
Hungry Hunger
mother motherhood
Human
Ignorant neighbor neighborhood

Kind Kindness owner

Long Length pilgrim
Honest Honesty patriot
Novel priest
Proud rouge
Poor scholar scholarship
Quick
Short
Strong Strength
True
Thirsty Thirst
Unique Uniqueness
Vacant
Weak Weakness
Wide Width
 Wise Wisdom
Young

Verb >>>>>>>> Abstract Noun Laugh Laughter

live
Verb Abstract Noun
Marry Marriage
Act Action
Move
Appear Appearance
Obey
Advise
Occupy
Behave Behavior
Permit Permission
Believe Belief
Protect
Converse
Pursue
Conceal
persevere
Die Death
Punish
Do Deed
Please Pleasure
depart
Refuse Refusal
discover
Relieve
Employ Employment
Sell Sale
expect
see
excel
succeed
Free Freedom
Serve
Grow Growth
Steal
Hate
Speak Speech
Invite Invitation
Think Thought
Judge Judgment
Treat Treatment
Know Knowledge
Fill in the blanks with a derived word from the brackets in the correct form. If the
word is countable, you may need to change it to a plural form.

1. I've faced many ................................in my life, but none is as difficult as this is.(problem)

2. Some of the best .................................. I heard while I was a student. It was to take regular
breaks while studying so that you don't lose concentration.(advice)

3. A dictionary is a wonderful source of .................................. . (Information)

4. I've made some little ............................ for my sister's birthday party. (cake)

5. One hundred years ago, all cars looked the same, but these days they come in lots of different
shapes and ............................. . (size)

6. My job is as a journalist means I can find myself in difficult ...................................... at times,

but at least it's never boring. (challenges)

7. There was no ........................ in the remote cottage, so they had to cook over the
fire.(electricity)

8. He is a brave man and his ........................... can't be counted.(Brave)

9. Don't embarrass him. He feels ........................................ (embarrass)

10. We should be honest. It is a known fact that........................... proves a man.(honest)

11. We should help the poor. The ................................ in our country is much.(poor)

12. One should relax after a long walk. ................................. is good for health.(Relax)

13. I always tolerate my problems. I have much ............................. to face the situation.( tolerate)

14. The talented students always show their .................................. to impress others.(talent)

15. Kind people are always admired by their .................................. (kind)