English grammar practice questions , class 9 & 10

Q.No.	Questions
1.	Write the name of tense of each of the following sentences and hence convert into passive voice. (i)He gave you a pen. (ii) People know him well. (iii) Someone has taken his bicycle. (iv) She is cleaning the study room. (v)He was calling you.
2.	Write the second and third verb forms of the following verbs. (i)put (ii)take (iii)bring (iv)buy (v)tell (vi)teach (vii)steal (viii)catch (ix)see (x)give
3.	Write the modal verbs.
4.	How many types are there of non-finite verbs? Name them with two examples q each.
5.	Name the conditions in which bare infinitive is used.
6.	Fill in the blanks with appropriate form of verbs: (i)He is ... called. (be, being) (ii) He has .... told. (being , been ) (iii)You are .... him a book. ( give, giving)
7.	Change into passive voice. (i) Post the letter. (ii)Close the window. (iii)He has called me at evening.
8.	Identify the tense of the folowing sentences. (i)Do you have a pen ? (ii)Where does he go every week? (iii)How did he explain the fact ? (iv)Has he been given a cake by you ? (v)Was football being played ?
9.	Rewrite the following using gerund. (i)To see is to believe. (ii)To walk is good for health. (iii)To swim is good exercise.
10.	Fill in the blanks using infinitive/gerund. (i)It is no use ....worthless.(speak) (ii)He does not need ...there. (go) (iii) He needs ... there. (go)
11.	Fill in the blanks with suitable verbs choosing from the brackets- (i) You, he and I ...friends.(am, are) (ii)Nothing but trees ... seen. (was, were) (iii) Everyone of them ... innocent.(was, were) (iv) Each boy ... a pen.(has,have) (v)Each and every boy ... ready.(is, are) (vi)You, Rohan,.... a wicked boy.(is,are) (vii)A black and red cow ...grazing.(is,are) (viii)The poet and singer ... dead.(is, are) (ix)Two and two ... four.(is,are) (x)The news ...true.(is,are) (xi)A pair of scissors ... to be bought.(is,are) (xii)He as well as his children ... hungry.(is,are) (xiii)A flock of sheep ... grazing in the field.(is,are) (xiv)A taxi,along with five passengers, ... traceless. (xv)Either he or I ... guilty.(am,is)
12.	Change into passive voice. (i)I know it. (ii)He satisfied me. (iii)The result surprised me. (iv)His behaviour shocked me. (v)He pleased me. (vi)The book has interested me very much.
13.	Fill in the blanks with infinitives with or without to- (i)... walk on the footpath is safe.(walk) (ii)This is not the time ...(repent) (iii)He promised ....me.(help) (iv)Give me a pen ....with.(write) (v)He wants ...an engineer.(be) (vi)What are you going ... ? (do) (vii)You ought ... your elders.(respect) (viii)What made you ....?(laugh) (ix)They must ... you a telegram.(send) (x)Here is a chair ...on.(sit) (xi)Let him ... this work.(do) (xii)They dare not ... me.(oppose) (xiii)I cannot dare ....there.(go) (xiv)You had better ... a new course.(take) (xv)I would rather die than ....(beg)
14.	Rewrite the following sentences using the infinitives- (i)Swimming is not very easy. (ii)Writing a good letter is difficult. (iii)Seeing is believing. (iv)Saying is easy but doing is difficult. (v)It will be bad if you waste your time. (vi)I am so tired that I cannot run.
15.	Convert into indirect speech.[Interrogative sentences ] (i)He said to me,"Are you ill?" (ii)She said to Mohan,"Have you a red pen ?" (iii)She said to me,"Can you jump ?" (iv)He said to me,"Where do you live ?" (v)She said to me,"What do you want ?" (vi)He said to me,"What is your name ?"
16.	Write into indirect speech.[Imperative sentences] (i)He said,"Bring a glass of water." (ii)He said to Rita,"Give me your pen for a moment." (iii)He said,"Do as I say." (iv)He said ,"Go away." (v)The doctor said to me,"Take medicine in time." (vi)She said to me,"Have a cup of tea." (vii)The captain said to the soldiers,"Fire at once." (viii)"Read it before you sign it." he said to me.
17.	Convert into indirect speech.[Negative Imperative] (i)He told me,"Don't shout in the class." (ii)He said,"Don't make too much noise,children." (iii)"Don't drive too fast." she said. (iv)The doctor said to him,"Don't smoke." (v)He said to them,"Don't sleep late."
18.	Change into indirect speech.[Optative sentences] (i)He said to me,"May you live long!" (ii)My father said to me,"May you get success!" (iii)They said,"May God save the king!" (iv)He said to her,"May you die!" (v)They said,"Long live our friendship!"
19.	Change into indirect speech.[Universal truth, Proverbs] (i)He said,"The earth is a planet." (ii)My father said to me,"Honesty is the best policy." (iii)He said,"Work is worship." (iv)The teacher said,"The sun rises in the east and sets in the west." (v)He said,"Two and two is four." (vi)He remarked,"A bad carpenter quarrels with his tools."
20.	Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate auxiliary verbs. (i)The blind ...not see. ( may, should, can, need, must) (ii)..... I come in, sir? (do, may, can, could) (iii)It .... rain today. (can, may, is) (iv)You .... take medicine in time. (can, should, may, ought to) (v)We .... love our country. (can, might, should) (vi)Visitors .... tease the animals in the zoo. (need not, must not) (vii)She .... not oppose her father. ( dares, dare, ought) (viii)We .... to respect our elders. (should, must, ought) (ix)..... God help you! (may, must, might) (x)Everyone ... die one day. (should, must, ought to) (xi)He .... not help me. (need, needs, ought) (xii)She said that she .... do. (can, could, will) (xiii)You ... touch this live wire. (need not, must not) (xiv)..... you to walk in the morning? (did, used, do)
21.	Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate auxiliary verbs. (i)He .... need my help. (will, should, can) (ii)You .... see a doctor. (will, should, can) (iii).... God give you peace! (may, might, does) (iv)No one .... challenge God. (may, can, must, should) (v).... you lift this box? (can, may, could)
22.	Use the following as main verbs. be, was, do, does, did, have, has, need, dare, used
23.	Use the following as helping verbs. is, am, be, been, did, has, need, dare, used
24.	Identify helping verbs and main verbs in the following sentences. (i)We are friends. (ii)We are going to Patna. (iii)Why did you beat him? (iv)He did it carefully. (v)How does he do? (vi)Did he do that? (vii)Do you have money? (viii)He has nothing at all. (ix)I had my lunch in time. (x)I had been absent. (xi)It can be done. (xii)It will never be right. (xiii)He does not need my help. (xiv)He need not say anything. (xv)How dare you touch me? (xvi)He used so many things.
25.	Change into passive voice. (i)People know him. (ii)Someone has stolen his pen. (iii)He kicked the football. (iv)She has called her friend.
26.	Change into indirect speech. (i)He said to them,"Don't sleep late." (ii)She said to me,"What do you want ?" (iii)She said to me,"Can you jump ?" (iv))He said,"Work is worship." (v)He said to me,"May you live long!"
27.	Fill in the blanks. (i)..... God help you! (may, must, might) (ii)She said that she .... do. (can, could, will) (iii)A black and red cow ...grazing.(is,are) (iv)Each and every boy ... ready.(is, are) (v)Either he or I ... guilty.(am,is) (vi)He as well as his children ... hungry.(is,are)