CBSE Class 6 - 12: English Grammar - Confusing Sentences

CONFUSING SENTENCES

1. To go to school - to get education.

e.g. Sheila is going to school. (It means Sheila is studying there).

To go to the school - to go for other purpose

e.g. Sheila's father is going to the school. (It means Sheila's father is visiting school for some purpose, may be inquiring about his
daughter's progress.)

2. To go to play - to take part in games

To go to the play - to go to a theatre.

3. A black and white dog - One dog which is partly black and partly white.

A black and a white dog - two different dogs - one black in colour while the other is white in colour.

4. Tell me briefly - Tell me in a short time.

Tell me shortly - Tell me in short.

5. The eldest son - The first born son.

The oldest son - The oldest of all the living sons.

6. Who is your father? - Asking name of your father.

What's your father? - Asking occupation of your father.

Which one is your father? - Asking to identify your father among a group of persons.

7. I differ from you - In appearance

I differ with you - In views only

8. Work hard - to put in labour

e.g. Ram worked hard that's why he scored good marks.
 Work hardly - scarcely
e.g. Shyam worked hardly, that's why he scored poor marks.

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CBSE Class 6 - English Grammar Quiz (Worksheet)

ENGLISH GRAMMAR QUIZ

Worksheet
Q1: __________ always stood first in his class (supply the correct answer).

(a) They
(b) You
(c) We
(d) He

Q2: What is the synonym of word "Haste"?

(a) Hurry
(b) Pleasure
(c) Guard
(d) Repent

Q3: Choose the antonym for word "Wide".

(a) Narrow
(b) Tame
(c) Show
(d) Low

Q4: Pick the gender of 'Boar'

(a) Drake
(b) Filly
(c) Sow
(d) Bride

Q5: I have seen alone. One should _______ be optimistic in life.

(Pick up the correct adverb)

(a) Once
(b) Always
(c) Never
(d) Enough
Q6: I will meet him _________ Saturday afternoon.
(Choose the correct preposition)

(a) On
(b) With
(c) To
(d) Into

Q7: ______ the weather is fine, we will play cricket.

(Choose the correct Conjunction)

(a) As
(b) If
(c) But
(d) Although

Q8: I hope __________ you soon.

(a) see
(b) to see
(c) saw
(d) seen

Q9: I often ______ to music.

(a) listen
(b) listening
(c) listened
(d) to listen

Q10: I ________ the computer. It is OK now.

(a) have repaired

(b) has repaired
(c) was repaired
(d) am repaired

Q11: Meaning of the word "Wistful" is ______

(a) sad
(b) joyfully
(c) aloud
(d) little

Q12: The meaning of the word "Canine" is ________

(a) call
(b) dislikes
(c) dog
(d) respect
Answers:
1: (d) He
2: (a) Hurry
3: (a) Narrow
4: (c) Sow
5: (b) Always
6: (a) on
7: (b) If
8: (b) to see
9: (a) listen
10: (a) have repaired
11: (a) sad
12: (c) dog

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Class (6 - 12) English Grammar - KINDS OF SENTENCES (Part 1)

KINDS OF SENTENCES (PART 1)

Sentences based on functions are categorised as follows:

1. Assertive Sentences
2. Interrogative Sentences
3. Imperative Sentences
4. Optative Sentences
5. Exclamatory Sentences

Assertive Sentences
These sentences merely assert an incident or a fact.
e.g.
The sun is a big star. (Affirmative)
The Taj is a beautiful monument. (Affirmative)
He is not in Delhi. (Negative)
It does not glow at night. (Negative)

Sentences that affirm one or the other fact are called affirmative sentences. First two sentences listed above are affirmative ones.

Sentences that negate a fact are called negative sentences. The last two sentences listed above are negative sentences.

Exercise:
Convert the following affirmative sentences into negative sentences.
1. I like him.
2. Banana is a sweet fruit.
3. They play for Delhi Soccer club.
4. We sing a song.
5. He gets up early.

Answers:
1. I do not like him.
2. Banana is not a sweet fruit.
3. They do not play for Delhi Soccer club.
4. We do not sing a song.
5. He does not get up early.

Interrogative Sentences
These sentences simply ask questions. Examples are:
1. Where are you?
2. When is your flight?
3. Have you finished your work?
4. Was your paper tough?

Note:
✍ Put a question mark (?) at the end of a question.
✍ Questions are of two types:
i. Those begin with helping (auxiliary) verbs (be, is, are, am, was, were, has, have, had,shall, will, should, would, can, could, may,
might etc.)
Examples:
Have you met her?
Was your examination easy?

ii. Those begin with 'Wh' question words (why, where, when, how, whose, whom etc.) and followed by helping works.
Examples:
Who is this lady?
Why are you late?

Exercise:
Convert the following into interrogative sentences.
1. He is a teacher.
2. My son will go to California.
3. I go to school by bus.
4. She danced very well.
5. He did his homework last Sunday.

Answers:
1. Is he a teacher?
2. Will my son go to California?
3. Do I go to school by bus?
4. Did she dance very well?
5. Did he do his homework last Sunday?

Imperative Sentences

These sentences are used to order, advise, command or ask for some favour. Examples are:
1. Come here. (Order)
2. Please give me something to eat. (Request)
3. Listen to her. (order/Advice)
4. Do not smoke here. (Prohibition)
Note:
✍ Begin an imperative sentence with a verb.
✍ Do not use a subject. It is always 'You' and is not mentioned.
✍ Imperative sentences end with a full stop.

Optative Sentences
These sentences are used to bless or curse some one. These convey the good or bad sentiments of the speaker.
Examples are:
1. May you live long!
2. God save you from this crisis!
3. Would that I were millionaire!
4. May your enemy go to hell!

Note:
✍ Optative sentences begin with 'May','Would' or 'God'
✍ They end with mark of exclamation (!).

Exclamatory Sentences
These sentences express sudden feelings and emotions of the speaker. Examples are:
1. Hush! the baby is asleep.
2. Bravo! our school team won the finals. (Joy)
3. Alas! I've lost my job. (Sorrow)
4. How pretty the picture is! (Surprise)
5. What a fool I am!

Note:
✍ Generally begin an Exclamatory sentence with a word of exclamation.
✍ Except 'What' and 'How', all other words of exclamations take the mark of exclamation (!) after them.
✍ 'What' and 'How' show surprise or disbelief and mark of exclamation (!) is used at the end of sentence.
✍ Common words used to express exclamation are:
Alas - Sorrow
Hurrah - Joy
Hello - Attention
Hush - Attention
Pooh - Disgust
Ha - Surprise (Joy)
O, Oh - Surprise
Boo - fright
Eek - Unpleasant surprise

Exercise

Mention the kind of sentences (Assertive, Interrogative, Imperative, Optative or Exclamatory) in the blanks against it.

1. Ah! What a find morning it is! ___________________________

2. Do you find it interesting?
3. May you lead a happy life!
4. Smoking is bad for health.
5. Always help the needy.
6. Hello! I am Sania this side.
___________________________
___________________________
___________________________
___________________________
___________________________

Answers:
1. Exclamatory
2. Assertive
3. Optative
4. Assertive
5. Imperative
6. Exclamation
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CBSE Class 6-10 - English Grammar - Error Correction - Subject-Verb

Agreement
ERROR CORRECTION - SUBJECT-VERB
AGREEMENT
English Grammar

The verb in a sentence has to agree with the number of the subject.

Rule 1: A singular subject takes a singular verb.

e.g.

A girl _______ (dance/dances) beautifully. [Answer: dances]

This article _________ (has/have) three paragraphs. [Answer: has]

Rule 2: A plural subject takes a plural verb.

e.g.

Those girls __________ (dance/dances) beautifully. [Answer: dance]

These articles _________ (has/have) single paragraph only. [Answer: have]

Rule 3: If two singular nouns are joined by 'and' and used as the subject, it takes plural verb.
e.g.
Mohan and Sudama _________ (was/were) fast friends. [Answer: were]

He and I _________(am/are) going to welcome them. [Answer: are]

Exceptions: Words used in pairs like 'bread and butter', 'bag and baggage' are considered singular and take singular verbs.
e.g. Blogging ______ (is/are) my bread and butter now.

Rule 4: A collective noun can be used both as singular and plural form. When a collective noun is used as singular form, a
singular verb is used. When a collective noun is used in plural form, plural verb is used.

e.g.

Our hockey team _________ (is/are) very hard working.

[Answer: is, 'hockey team' is singular noun. ]

Cattle _________ (is/are) grazing in the field. [Answer: are, Cattle is a plural noun.]

Rule 5: If two singular nouns/adjectives are joined by 'and' and the first noun is preceded by an article (a/an/the) or
possessive pronouns (my, her, his, their etc.), then we use singular verb.

Rule 6: If two singular nouns/adjectives joined by 'and' and both the nouns are preceded by an article or possessive pronoun,
then we use plural verb.

e.g.

A black and white dog _________ (is/are) playing in the park. [Answer: is, there is one dog which is black and white in colour.]

A black and a white dog _________ (is/are) playing in the park. [Answer: are. There are two dogs, one black and other one is of
white colour.]

Rule 7: Following nouns are always used as plural without any change in them.
People, poultry, gentry, peasantry, clergy, cattle

e.g. Many people ________ (shop/shops) here. [Answer: shop]

Rule 8: Scissors, binoculars, spectacles, pincers, pliers, trousers, jeans, oats, outskirts, premises, quarters, stairs, spirits,
surroundings, thanks are used as plural.

e.g. Where ______ (is/are) my binoculars? [Answer: are]

Rule 9: The pronouns each and one make the subject singular.
e.g.
None of these plates ________ (is/are) broken. [Answer: is]

Rule 10: If two or more than two singular nouns are joined by 'and' and each is used before first noun, then we use singular
verb.

e.g.
Each boy and girl _______ (is/are) intelligent. [Answer: is]
Rule 11: Plural noun/plural pronoun + each takes plural verb.
e.g.
The students each _______ (has/have) a motocycle. [Answer: have]

Rule 12: When plural nouns explain specific amount, distance, quantity, time or period as a whole, the verb should be
singular.

e.g.

Hundred miles _______ (is/are) a long distance. [Answer: is]

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CBSE Class 6/7/8 - English Grammar - Proper Nouns vs Common Nouns

(Worksheet) (#cbsenotes)
PROPER NOUNS VS COMMON NOUNS
Worksheet
English Grammar

A noun is the name of a place, person, quality, or action. Common nouns refer to ordinary things whereas proper nouns denote
to a specific person or persons or specific things or places

Circle the proper nouns and underline the common nouns in the following sentences.

1. Mrs. Sharma is painting her wall.

2. Galileo Galilei invented the telscope.

3. Maruti is a company that manufactures cars.

4. M S Dhoni and Sachin Tendulkar play cricket.

5. Mary hasn't read any new novel.

6. Dr. Shastri teaches us physics.

7. The sheep are grazing.

8. Sakshi is a clever girl.

9. McDonalds is a burger shop.

10. Many tourists stop at India Gate.

Answer:
1. PN: Mrs. Sharma, CN: wall
2. PN: Galileo Galilei, CN: telescope
3. PN: Maruti, CNs: company, cars
4. PN: MS Dhoni, Sachin Tendulakar, CN: cricket
5. PN: Mary, CN: novel
6. PN: Dr. Shastri, CN: physics
7. CN: sheep
8. PN: Sakshi, CN: girl.
9. PN: McDonalds, CN: burger shop
10. PN: India Gate, CN: tourists

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CBSE Class 5/6/7/8 - English Grammar - Reading Comprehension (Set-9)

(#cbseNotes)

READING COMPREHENSION 
(Set-9)
 Thomas Edison

Question: Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions followed by the passage.

O ne of the greatest inventors of all times , Thomas Alva Edison was born in 1847 in a small town in Ohio, USA. His teachers
thought he was a slow learner, so his mother taught him herself, inspiring his interest in Science. In 1869 , after moving to New
York , he improved a machine called the "ticker" . It was used for relaying information about the stock market. Edison invented many
things that changed the world.

Electric lighting, sound recording, and an early form of moving pictures were among these. Perhaps
Edison's most important invention was the electric bulb. It took him thousands of experiments before he succeeded. Edison worked
extremely hard and would spend days, months or even years experimenting in order to make something work. He often slept on his
worktables, so that he could start work again first thing in the morning.

Questions:

Q1. Who was Thomas Alva Edison?

Q2. When and where was Edison born?

Q3. Mention three inventions of Edison.

Q4. Was Edison a hardworking man?

Q5. What did his teacher think about him?

Q6. Write words from the passage which mean the opposite of these words.
1. failed
2. fast
3. late
4. finish
Q7. Make sentence with the following word.
1. hard

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CBSE Class 6 English Grammar - Reading Comprehension - Unseen Poem-5

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READING COMPREHENSION - UNSEEN
POEM-5

Pockets
I think of all the things I have
I like my pockets best.
Pockets hold just everything
And they give your hands a rest.
I never know just what I'll find
What special things I'll see
To put inside my pockets ~~
These are treasures just for me.
When Mommy's doing laundry though
She says sometimes it's scary
Finding rocks and frogs and beetles
And my spiders that are hairy

Q: Read the questions given below and write the option you consider the most appropriate in your answer sheet.
1) The child in the poem doesn’t decide beforehand what to keep in his pocket. Which of these lines show you this?

a) I like my pockets best

b) I never know just what I’ll find
c) These treasures are for me
d) I think of all things I have

2) Why does the child like his pockets best?

3) Name the things that the child’s mother found in his pockets.

4) Give a suitable title to the poem, other than “pockets”.

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