English - Practice Work

 

 

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
1.      All questions are compulsory.
Section - A
Q. 1	Do as directed.
	·         1. The airplane flies high in the sky. (Underline the verb) ·         2. The boys ____ in the pond. ( swim)  (Fill in the blanks with present continuous form of the verb) 3. The school __________________ closed yesterday. (was/were) 4. Bill was playing basket ball. (Rewrite the sentence in the future tense) __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ 5. When I am sad, I sing a happy song.(Underline the helping verb and circle the main verb) 6. There ___________ no seats at the concert, so we stood. (was/were) 7. I (see) __________ you at the park last night. (Fill in the blanks with the past tense of the verb.) 8. Jackie finishes her homework. (Rewrite the sentence in the past tense) _____________________________________________________________________
Q. 2	Fill in the blanks with correct ‘ough’ words.
	1. The dog _________________________ the bone outside. 2. The speeding car raced _____________________ the tunnel. 3. You come into a room ____________________ the door. 4. A ____________________ is used by a farmer to break up soil. 5. I don’t have _______________ money to buy a car. 6. He ____________ very hard in the boxing match.
Q. 3	Choose the appropriate key idea.
	1. Sandy sings in the church Choir. She sings solo every week. Everyone looks forward to hear her sing. Last Sunday Mrs. Smith said, “Sandy has a voice of an angel”. We all agreed with her. I think she will be famous one day. (i) The church has a choir. (ii) Sandy goes to the church. (iii) Sandy is a great singer. 2. Tommy ran down the street chasing his dog. “Bobby! Bobby!” he yelled. He knew he should have checked the gate before letting Bobby into the backyard. His mother has told him a hundred times. How had he forgotten? If he had closed it, Bobby would still be in the backyard.   (i) Bobby ran away.   (ii) Tommy was forgetful.   (iii) Tommy’s mother was bossy.   3. Joy sat at the baseball field and waited.  He didn’t like to wait alone.  All of the other kids had been picked up by their parents.  Where was his mother?  Suddenly his mother came running to him.  Oh! Joy, I am so sorry.  Next time I will make myself a note.   (i) Joy’s mother forgot to pick him up.   (ii) Joy plays baseball.   (iii) Joy’s mother writes notes. 4. I went to the ice-cream shop and ate a huge sundae. When I got home, supper was ready. Mom had cooked my favourite meal.  No matter how I tried, but I couldn’t make myself eat.  (i) I like ice cream. (ii) I was too full to eat supper. (iii) I was sick.
Q. 4	Choose the correct option.
	1. Mrs. Duck did not want to build a nest near _____________ .     (i) tree          (ii) desert           (iii) forest                 (iv) none of these   2. A boy on _______________ passes them.     (i) bike           (ii) car                   (iii) bus             (iv) bicycle   3. _______________ came knocking.     (i) All     (ii) No one    (iii) Everyone      (iv) Someone   4. The busy _____________ was tap – tapping in the wall.     (i) bat               (ii) owl                  (iii) beetle              (iv) cricket
Q. 5	Answer the following questions.
	1. What did people sitting in the boat throw? ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________
	2. Why did Mrs. Duck scream? ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________
	3. Where did Mr and Mrs Duck build their nest? ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________
	4. Which creatures did the speaker hear? ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________
	5. What did the speaker do after opening the door? ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________
	6. What was falling when the cricket was whistling? ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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