INTEGRATED GRAMMAR REVISION

9 &10 NEW
TASK 1
SECTION B
GRAMMAR
3. Complete ANY TEN of twelve of the following tasks, as directed
1. Fill in the blank by using the correct form of the word in the bracket, for the
given portion of a letter:
These students ensured that the beggars were ________ (rehabilitate) at Seva
Sadan.
2. Identify the error in the given sentence and supply the correction:
The new machines are used to identify the differences among two types of grains.
Use the given format for your response:
Error Correction
3. Report the dialogue between Jitu and Nitu, by completing the sentence:
Jitu: My crash-course batch is full as only a month is left for the final exams. Nitu:
A drowning man will catch a straw. Jitu said that his crash-course batch was full as
only a month was left for the final exams, to which Nitu said that ________.
4. She says, "Now I shall read this book".
Reported speech: ________ a) She says that now she would read this book.
b) She says that now she will read this book.
c) She says now she will read this book.
d) She says now that she will read this book.
5. Fill in the blank by choosing the correct option.
Both players in the tennis match have been warned by the referee but ________
(either / neither / every) of them seems to take it seriously.
6. Identify the error in the given sentence about the highest mountains in the world
and supply the correction.
The Himalayas is the highest mountains in the world.
Use the given format for your response. error correction
7. Identify the error in the given sentence and supply the correction. There was
exciting in the air, when the winning school team marched into the hall. Use the
given format for your response.
Error Correction
8. According to the NASA astronaut Neil Armstrong, the aliens ________ a base
on the Moon.
a) is having
b) have
c) has
d) are having
9. Report the dialogue between a student and his teacher, by completing the
sentence:
Student: Please explain it again. Teacher: Acid reacts with a base to form salt. In
response to a student’s request to explain that again, the teacher said that
________.
10. Do not touch these cables, the mechanic said. He ________ the cables.
a) denied us touching
b) b) warned us not to touch
c) c) requested us to touch
d) d) claimed not touching
11. Complete the line from a self-awareness song, by filling the blank with the
correct option.
"Two roads ________ in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be
one traveller, long I stood"
A. diverged
B. has been diverging
C. have been diverging
D. are diverging
12. Identify the error and supply the correction, for the following:
Delhi Government
BENEFITS OF RAINWATER HARVESTING
 Help cater to the potable water need of the ever-growing population
 Stop the rapid fall for Groundwater
 Help maintain Green Cover

Use the given format for your response.

ANSWERS
3. Complete ANY TEN of twelve of the following tasks, as directed
1. rehabilitated
2. Error Correction among between
3. a drowning man will catch a straw.
4. (b) She says that now she will read this book
. Explanation: She says that now she will read this book.
5. Neither
6. error correction is are
7. Error Correction exciting excitement
8. (b) have Explanation: have
9. acid reacts with a base to form salt
10. (b) warned us not to touch
Explanation: warned us not to touch
11. A. diverged Reading the given lines, shows that it depicts a past situation.
12. error correction
For of

TASK 2
3. Complete ANY TEN of twelve of the following tasks, as directed.
i. Fill in the blank by choosing the correct option to complete the sentence.
At one time, Mr. Nigel _____ this supermarket.
(a) owned
(b) used to own
(c) had owned
(d) was owing

ii. Read the conversation between Nisha and Anjali. Complete the narration by
reporting Anjali’s reply correctly.
Nisha : I want to improve my command over the English language.
Anjali : For that you need to do a lot of reading in English.
Nisha said she wanted to improve her command over the English language. Anjali
said that _____.
iii. Select the correct option to fill in the blank for the given line.
Principal to a student : You _____ with bad girls.
(a) must not mix
(b) cannot mix
(c) may not mix
(d) None of these
iv. Select the option that identifies the error and supplies the correction for the
following line:
We, here in India have so many religions, we eat so many different foods, we wear
so much different kinds of dresses.
Option No. Error Correction
(a) much many
(b) eat ate
(c) have has
(d) wear wears
v. Complete the given sentence, by filling in the blank with the correct option:
Two years have passed since he _____ here.
(a) has come
(b) come
(c) came
(d) had come
vi. Fill in the blank by using the correct form of the word in the bracket.
They _____ (wish) me on my birthday every year.
vii. Report the dialogue between Parul and Nikhil, by completing the narration:
Parul : Where did you spend your holidays?
Nikhil : I went to many hill stations.
Parul asked Nikhil _____. Nikhil replied that he had gone to many hill stations.
viii. Identify the error in the given sentence and supply the correction.
I like to drinking juice in the morning, and tea at lunchtime.
Use the given format for your answer:
Error Correction
ix. Transform the following direct speech into reported speech:
“Who now”, they had asked, “will listen to our troubles and protect us from the
crocodiles?”
x. Identify the error in the given sentence and supply the correction.
The father divided his property among his three sons lest they will quarrel
afterwards.
Use the given format for your response.
Error Correction

xi. Select the correct option to complete the narration of the dialogue between
Arthur and Kevin.
Arthur : Kevin, are you going to the hospital again? Is your mother okay?
Kevin : My mother is now better. Thank God, she has been back to normal since
Friday.
Arthur asked Kevin if he was going to the hospital again. He also asked him
whether his mother was okay. Kevin replied that _____ and thanking God, the boy
said that his mother had been back to normal since.
(a) his mother was better now
(b) his mother had been better now
(c) his mother is better now
(d) his mother has been better now
xii. Identify the error in the given sentence and supply the correction.
I walk 3 kilometres each day to reach my school.
Use the given format for your response.
Error Correction

ANSWERS
(i)(a) owned
(ii) for that she needed to do a lot of reading in English.
(iii) (a) must not mix
(iv) (a)
(v)© came
(vi) wish
(vii)where he had spent his holidays
(viii)drinking drink
(ix) they had wanted to know who then would listen to their troubles and protect
them from the crocodiles.
(x) will should
(xi) (a) his mother was better now
(xii) each every