Home Practice – 8 Simple Future Tense and Future Continuous Tense

A. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of simple future tense:
1. In two days, I will _________________ my results. (know)
2. Saurav will _________________ a pilot soon. (become)
3. You will _________________ this decision. (regret)
4. The table will break if you sit on it. (break)
5. Sheena_________________ you the album later. (show)
6. Kind words _________________ others joy. (give)

B. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of future continuous tense:
1. The baby (walk) _________________ soon.
2. The plane (leave) _________________ at 3 o’clock.
3. He (attend) _________________ the conference next month.
4. She (come) _________________ on Monday for inspecting the classrooms.
5. She (talk) _________________ on good health for a couple of hours.
6. Children (plant) _________________ saplings in the garden.
7. You (chop) _________________ some onions with a knife.
8. The students (sleep) _________________ in their tents.

C. Fill in the blanks given below with is/are/am + going to.
1. We _________________ play a new computer game.
2. My sister _________________ watch TV.
3. You _________________ have a picnic next Tuesday.
4. Jane _________________ go to the office.
5. They _________________ walk to the bus stop this afternoon.
6. His brother _________________ write a letter to his uncle today.
7. She ________________ visit her aunt.
8. I _________________ do my homework after school.

Home Practice – 7 Present Continuous Tense, Simple Past Tense and Past Continuous Tense

A. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of present continuous tense:
1. He (play) ________________ the piano beautifully.
2. I (wait) ________________ for you in the auditorium.
3. Mary (act) ________________ in the play.
4. He (play) ________________ with his friends in the park.
5. I (learn) ________________ English now?
6. We (look) ________________ at the stars.
7. I (live) ________________ without electricity from two weeks.
8. The baby (cry) ________________ loudly.
9. She (work) ________________ in the garden.
10. The nurse (put) ________________ medicines in the bottle.

B. Fill in the blanks with the simple past tense:
1. Last year I (go) ________________ to England on holiday.
2. It (be) ________________ fantastic.
3. I (visit) ________________ lots of interesting places. I (be) was with two friends of mine.
4. In the mornings we (walk) ________________ in the streets of London.
5. In the evenings we (go) ________________ to pubs.
6. The weather (be) ________________ strangely fine.
7. It (not / rain) did not ________________ a lot.
8. But we (see) ________________ some beautiful rainbows.

C. Rewrite the sentences in simple past tense:
1. We move to a new house.
2. They bring a sandwich.
3. He doesn't do the homework.
4. They sell cars
5. Does he visit his friends?

D. Tick the correct form of past continuous tense:
1. I ......................... TV at eight o’clock yesterday evening.
     (a) am watching                   (b) was watching
2. I ........................ all day yesterday.
     (a) am painting                     (b) was painting
3. They .............................. the whole time they were together.
     (a)are quarreling                   (b) were quarreling
4. As I ......................... down the road, I saw Philip.
    (a)am walkin                           (b) was walking
5. The phone rang while I ............................... dinner.
     (a) am having                        (b) was having

Home Practice – 6 Transitive and Intransitive, The Tense and Simple Present Tense

A. Underline the verbs in the given sentences and mark them as Transitive or
Intransitive:
1. She was crying all day long.
2. The explosion sank the ship.
3. The watchman blew his whistle.
4. It was raining at that time.
5. They slept on the street.

B. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of to be:
1. What ____________ you doing at 7’O clock in the morning? (was, were)
2. He ____________ sleeping when the telephone rang. (was, were)
3. The children ____________ playing video games. (is, am, are)
4. The teacher ____________ evaluating the answer sheets. (is, am, are)
5. ‘Have you finished that report?’ ‘I ____________ working on it.’ (is, am, are)

C. Fill in the blanks with the simple present tense:
1. She ____________ four languages. (speak, speaks)
2. Jane is a teacher. She ____________ French. (teach, teaches)
3. When the water ____________, will you make some tea? (boil, boils)
4. I always ____________ the window at night because it is cold. (close, closes)
5. Those shoes ____________ too much. (cost, costs)

D. Fill in the blanks with the correct form to have:
1. Jack ____________ fun at the party last Saturday. (has, had, have)
2. I'm sorry, but I ____________ to go now. (has, had, have)
3. ____________ you ever been to Canada? (has, have)
4. Dave ____________ passed his driving test. (has, have)
5. Can we ____________ the bill, please? (has, have)
6. The match ____________ already started when we arrived. (had, have)
7. They ____________ breakfast at 6:30 this morning. (has, had)
8. Do you ____________ a brother? (has, have)
9. He ____________ completed his project by Sunday. (have, will have)
10. They ____________ enjoyed the party. (has, will have)

Home Practice – 5 Verbs and Auxiliary Verbs

A. Circle the subject and underline the verb in each sentence.
1. Raj and Rahul fly kites on weekends.
2. Sohil plays cricket for team.
3. The birds gathered grass for the nest.
4. Sona painted beautiful pictures.
5. Tommy’s doctor operated on an injured accident victim.

B. Fill in the blanks with the correct auxiliary verbs given in the bracket.
1. You ________________ eat many chocolates. (must / must not)
2. The children ________________ waited for this trip for a long time. (have / was)
3. Rohan ________________ polishing the old brass lamp. (has / was)
4. I ________________ going to London this summer break. (am / is)
5. Chris ________________ run fast to win the race. (should not / should)
6. Seema ________________ participate for the competition, she is going outstation.
(cannot / can)
7. A football player ________________ wear his guards to save his legs. (should / was)
8. You ________________ speak now. It is your turn. (may not /may)
9. ________________ your grandmother live in Delhi? (has / does)
10. He ________________ returned from the trip. (has / does)

Home Practice - 4 Adjectives and Degrees of comparison

A. Fill in the blanks with the correct order of adjectives.
1. Jasmine is a ________, _______, ______ girl. (young, Indian, sweet)
2. The carpenter made a ________, _______, ______ stool. (wooden, brown, small)
3. My sister purchased a ________, _______, ______ bag. (blue, Italian, gorgeous)

B. What kind of adjective is the underlined word in each sentence.
1. These books are very interesting.
2. Seema has white glowing teeth.
3. He has enough money to buy TV set.
4. Which window shall I open?
5. They have their umbrellas with them.

C. Use the correct form of the adjectives given in the brackets and complete the
sentences.
1. It was the _______________ (bad) day in China’s aviation history.
2. Typing on a computer is _______________ (fast) than writing by hand.
3. This is the _______________ (comfortable) room in the house

D. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate words from the bracket.
1. We saw _______________ animals at the zoo. (many/more)
2. Can you please buy a _______________ apples? (a little/a few)
3. The students have to do _______________ work today.(much/many)
4. I have a _______________ interest in western music.(a few/a little)
5. He only spent a _______________ dollars there.(a few/a little)

Home Practice - 3 Noun: Possession, Pronoun and Commonly confused words

A. Rewrite the following sentences by using apostrophes.
1. The mans tools got wet in the rain.
2. The boys backpack was in the closet.
3. The dogs owner took it inside the house.
4. The childrens candy was expensive.
5. The puppys tail wags when he is happy.

B. Choose appropriate words to complete the sentences correctly.
1. You are not _________________ to talk in the library. (allowed/aloud)
2. I go out to _________________ every year with my parents for a cruise. (see/sea)
3. The actors had to shoot the _________________ three times. (scene/seen)
4. The _________________ on the weekend is supposed to be sunny. (weather/whether)
5. She _________________ out the candle and went to sleep. (blew/blue)

C. Fill in the blanks with an appropriate pronoun.
1. The girls are playing in the garden. _________________ look very happy.
2. Where is Rohan? I haven’t seen _________________ in several days.
3. _________________ are going for the movie. Would you like to join us?
4. Reena is a nice girl. Everyone likes _________________.
5. My daughters enjoy watching cartoon films. This CD is for _________________.

D. Underline the Pronouns in the following sentences and write their kinds in the
space provided.
1. That is a big metal cupboard.
2. The thief hid himself behind the wall.
3. What was the question?
4. The gifts are yours and mine.
5. This is the driver who ran the stop sign.

Home Practice - 2 Noun: Singular and Plural and Noun: Gender

A. Rewrite the following sentences using the plural form of the nouns and making
appropriate changes to the other words.
1. The thief removed the turkey from the shelf.
2. The chef put away his knife.
3. The hero had his photo taken.
4. The child looked at the little white mouse.
5. The fox looked longingly at the goose.

B. Rewrite the following sentences with the opposite gender of the highlighted
words.
1. The Emperor had twenty sons.
2. Farmer Joe owns two bulls and four ducks.
3. My aunt, who is an actress, gave away the prizes to the boys.
4. The bridegroom is a smart young man.
5. We saw a lion and a tiger in the zoo.