APPENDIX C

Practice Exercises

FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH THE RIGHT FORM OF THE VERB(S) GIVEN IN BRACKETS.

  1. Simple Present Tense
    1. I _______ cricket everyday. (play/plays)
    2. My friend Raj _______ movies always. (watch /watches)
    3. The sun_______ in the east. (rise/rises)
    4. They _______ the problem now. (understand/understands)
    5. Hari always _______ in the evening. (swim/swims)
    6. Millie _______ a cold. (have/has)
  2. Present Continuous Tense
    1. I _______ in the garden now. (play)
    2. Sssh! Don't talk, someone _______ about in the backyard. (move)
    3. He _______ now. (jump)
    4. See there, all the boys _______. (shout)
    5. Why _______ you_______ so loudly? (talk)
    6. Jaleel _______ his dinner now. (have)
  3. Present Perfect Tense
    Wife :
    _______ you _______ all the rooms, Jaspal? (lock)
    Husband :
    Yes, I have. And I _______ all the doors and windows. (check) _______ you _______ the milkman to stop the milk? (tell)
    Wife :
    Yes, I have. Where is the cat? _______ you _______ it to the man next door? (give)
    Husband :
    No, I_______ but I am sure it will be all right. (have not)
    Wife :
    _______ you _______ the newspapers? (stop)
    Husband :
    Yes, I have. _______ you _______ the thermos flask with coffee? (fill)
    Wife :
    Of course, I have. _______ we _______ anything? (forget)
    Husband :
    No, I am sure we haven't. Come on. Let us make a move. (The husband tries to start the car but it won't go.)
    Wife :
    _______ you _______ to fill petrol? (forget)
    Husband :
    My God! Yes, I have.
  4. Present Perfect Continuous Tense
    1. It _______ for two hours. (rain)
    2. I _______ for you here for half an hour. (wait)
    3. She _______ for a rich man all her life. (look)
    4. Ever since Sheela refused to go to university, her father _______ her to get married. (press)
  5. Simple Past Tense
    1. I _______ the B.A. degree examination in 1968. (pass)
    2. Mr Raheem _______ in Hyderabad in 1948. (settle)
    3. He _______ a piece of land in the suburbs two years ago. (buy)
    4. The Municipal Engineer _______ for a bribe last week. (ask)
    5. Jayram _______ to Spain last year. (go)
  6. Past Continuous Tense

    This morning, I_______ (walk) along the road. I _______ (go) to the busstop to receive my friend. When I reached the bus-stop my friend had already arrived. He _______ (wait) for me. We greeted each other and after a while, we started homeward. When we reached our house, my parents _______ (wait) for us. Few minutes later we heard a cry from outside. All of us came out to know what the matter was. When we came out, some people _______ (stand) in the middle of the road because of some accident.

  7. Past Perfect Tense
    1. I _______ already _______ my ticket, so I went into the theatre. (buy)
    2. When the devotee _______ in the river, he went back to the temple. (bathe)
    3. The salesman showed her a new gadget yesterday, but she_______ a new one the day before. (buy)
    4. He reached the airport at seven, but the plane _______ half an hour earlier.(land)
    5. Her husband _______ coffee before Reena got up. (prepare)
    6. I _______ him before he left for London. (see)
  8. Past Perfect Continuous Tense
    1. When Mr Krishna came to the school in '85, Mr Rao _______ already _______ there for 5 years. (teach)
    2. At 8 o'clock last night, I _______ a book for two hours. (read)
    3. When I saw him, he _______ for his friend over half an hour. (wait)
    4. Jeevan _______ in New York for ten years before he moved to London.(live)
    5. For a quarter of a year in 2009, he _______ karate, the martial art. (practise)
    6. Before India became independent, the British _______ (rule) us for over 200 years.
    7. Sandhya _______ (teach) in a school for two years before she started teaching in an undergraduate college.
    8. Venu _______ (work) in a different organization for 12 years before he joined this company.
  9. Simple Future Mood
    1. I _______ him tomorrow. (see)
    2. Tomorrow _______ Sunday. (be)
    3. He _______ me the money next week. (give)
    4. If you ask him, he _______ you. (help)
    5. The machine _______ if you switch it on. (function)
    6. You _______ a wonderful job if you work hard. (get)

WRITE SUITABLE VERBS FORMS CHOOSING FROM THE GIVEN ALTERNATIVES

  1. I have _______ (came/come) from Africa.
  2. We _______ (doesn't/do not) know how to cook rice.
  3. When we went to her house yesterday she _______ (is/was) speaking to someone over telephone.
  4. He _______ (has/had) not finished the work that I gave him.
  5. They have been _______ (work/working) for the national company for the last five years.
  6. She has _______ (take /took/taken) leave for ten days.

FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH THE CORRECT TENSE FORM OF THE VERB GIVEN IN BRACKETS

  1. Sharks _______ (live) in water.
  2. The President _______ (speak) to the victims yesterday.
  3. Have you ever _______ (be) to Puttaparthi?
  4. I _______ (has) not completed my work yet.
  5. He _______ (get) up daily at 5 a.m.
  6. We _______ (drive) up to work generally.
  7. The teams _______ (visit) the universities every five years.
  8. The thieves _______ (leave) by the time the police arrived.

READ THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES AND FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH THE CORRECT FORM OF THE VERBS GIVEN IN BRACKETS:

  1. Please be quiet, I _______ (try) to fix this machine.
  2. Let's not go out now. It _______ (rain).
  3. Excuse me, I _______ (look) for a phone booth. Is there one here?
  4. Listen! Can you see those members _______ (discuss) the issue?
  5. The financial situation is already bad and it _______ (worse) now.
  6. The lab_______ (open) at 9 a.m. and _______ (close) at 6 p.m.
  7. What time do the banks _______ (close) in Hyderabad?
  8. The number of people without jobs _______ (increase).
  9. I don't understand the word ‘mantle’. What _______ it _______ (means)?
  10. How often _______ the car _______ (break down)?

COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES CHOOSING THE APPROPRIATE WORD/PHRASE FROM AMONG THE CHOICES GIVEN:

  1. The Prime Minister _______ himself to help expand solar energy projects.

    (a) vowed (b) supported (c) pledged (d) swore

  2. Proposals are being _______ for public comment.

    (a) laid (b) up (c) advised (d) drawn up

  3. As soon as the monsoon _______ transport in the inner city becomes more and more difficult.

    (a) have started (b) had started (c) started (d) starts

  4. I don't mind _______ the cook but I am not going to have anything to do with washing clothes.

    (a) to help (b) helping (c) help (d) for helping

  5. Did you watch the last episode of the serial ‘Hum’ on the TV last Saturday?

    (a) No, I didn't. (b) Yes, I didn't. (c) No, I did. (d) I did.

  6. All of a sudden, fire _______ in my neighbor's farm.

    (a) broke away (b) broke through (c) broke down (d) broke out

READ THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES AND FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH AN APPROPRIATE PHRASAL VERB CHOOSING FROM THE LIST GIVEN BELOW:

  1. He _______ the manager's proposal.
  2. The statute _______ only a single interpretation.
  3. Why didn't you _______ my warning?
  4. One of the members _______ of the agreement.
  5. To _______ such a contention would set a dangerous precedent.

    (backed out; backed up; accede to; act on; admitted of; give up; cash in)

LOOK AT THE FOLLOWING PHRASAL VERBS. DISCUSS THEIR MEANINGS WITH YOUR GROUP MEMBERS AND WRITE INDIVIDUAL SENTENCES OF YOUR OWN USING EACH OF THESE PHRASES:

put aside; reach out to; gone through it; transform into; hold it down; peel off; turn up; hang about; mount on; tuck in; fit into; intrude on.

READ THE FOLLOWING PASSAGE ON HENRY FORD AND FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH THE CORRECT VERB FORMS:

Ford _______ (be) among the most successful motor companies in the world. Today its cars _______ (range) from the practical and the sporty to the luxurious. But it is for mass production and for _______ (make) the car affordable to everyone that its founder, Henry Ford, is best remembered. Ford was _______ (born) in 1863 on a farm in Michigan. He _______ (be) the eldest of six children. For all the farming families, life _______ (be) a struggle. Henry's father, William Ford was more successful than many Michigan farmers. Growing up on a remote farm, Henry soon _______ (show) signs that he belonged to a new generation of Americans _______ (interest) more in the industrial future than in the agricultural past. Henry _______ (hate) farm work and _______ (do) everything he could to avoid it. He was not lazy but his interest _______ (lie) in mechanics. He would set to work eagerly if he were _______ (give) a mechanical job. When he was twelve, he _______ (become) almost obsessively _______ (interest) in clocks and watches. Soon, he was _______ (repair) them for friends.

READ THE FOLLOWING PASSAGE ON ‘HELP’ AND FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH THE CORRECT VERB FORMS:

It _______ (be) a terrible thing not to help others in need. However, such people who do not _______ (help) others are not many, but the few can _______ (be) very cruel. It is _______ (believe) by many that service to man is service to God and it _______ (seem) to be an important belief. These days, we _______ (find) many young people very forthcoming to help others. Here we are (remind) of Vivekananda. His exact words _______ (be), “Unselfishness is more paying than selfishness, only, people do not _______ (have) the patience to practice it.”

READ THE FOLLOWING PASSAGE ON THE STEPHENSONS AND FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH THE CORRECT VERB FORMS:

George Stephenson and his son Robert Stephenson_______ (make) a tremendous contribution to the development of railways. George did not _______ (invent) the steam locomotive, but he _______ (ensure) that the insights and discoveries, which were _______ (begin) to come together from a variety of sources, were _______ (engineer) into a practical machine. In this context, a man of relatively humble origins_______ (become) one of the world's greatest engineers. He _______ (be) brilliantly pragmatic in _______ (ensure) that his son, Robert, was _______ (give) all encouragement in assisting the engineering of the early railways. The passage of time has _______ (do) nothing to pale the remarkable achievements of the two Stephensons (for it is unwise to separate father and son). Their inventive genius was most brilliantly _______ (display), probably during the year 1829-30, but this _______ (be) surely not the end. They _______ (stamp) their final mark on the shape of the locomotive when, in 1833, they _______ (add) a pair of carrying wheels behind the firebox to produce the first 2-2-2 engine ‘Patentee’. This_______ (become) a benchmark passenger type in both France and Great Britain and was _______ (build) in the Great Britain until 1894. Their final major contribution _______ (be) in 1842, when they became the first to provide engines with link motion valve gear. This _______ (be) a fascinating invention, which was so extremely suitable for locomotives that it continued to be _______ (use) for new construction in the last phase of the great days of steam.

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