INDIAN SCHOOL MUSCAT MIDDLE SECTION DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH REVISION WORKSHEET – GRAMMAR CLASS: VII-______ NAME:____________________________________ ROLL NO:_____ DATE: _____________ I.Change the following sentences from Active to Passive Voice: 1. Leonardo da Vinci painted the “Mona Lisa”. ___________________________________________________________________ 2. Bees store honey in their hives. ___________________________________________________________________ 3. They selected M. S. Dhoni as the captain of the Indian Cricket Team. ___________________________________________________________________ 4. Larissa will deliver the message today. ___________________________________________________________________ 5. The children were helping the teacher in decorating the class. __________________________________________________________________ 6. Sasha will like this dress. ___________________________________________________________________ 7. The hunter had killed a lion. ___________________________________________________________________ 8. The police have caught all the thieves. ___________________________________________________________________ 9. Ramesh could have avoided the accident. ___________________________________________________________________ 10. The boys and girls do a lot of work at the training camp. ___________________________________________________________________ II. Change the following into Active voice:
1. Some fresh baked cakes have been sent to my uncle’s house by my mother. ___________________________________________________________________ 2. All the doors and windows were painted by Asha. ___________________________________________________________________ 3. The room is being decorated for the party by the girl. ___________________________________________________________________ 4. Fruits and vegetables are being bought by people. ___________________________________________________________________ 5. Yesterday a lot of apples were blown down by the wind. __________________________________________________________________ 6. The cricket match may be lost by our team. ___________________________________________________________________ 7. Kites are being made by children. ___________________________________________________________________ 8. All her friends will be invited for the party by her. ___________________________________________________________________ 9. Pots of water are being carried by women on their heads. ___________________________________________________________________ 10. A scholarship has been won by Sia. ___________________________________________________________________ III. Underline the verbs, circle the objects of the following sentences and state whether it is Transitive or Intransitive Verbs: 1.I shall bring my notebooks. ___________________ 2. He raises funds for charitable institutions. _____________________ 3. His father had presented a storybook. _________________________ 4. The children learnt the poem. _________________________ 5. The hare runs very fast.__________________________
6. The incident had moved her profoundly. ______________________ 7. She told me something very interesting.______________________ 8. The brook rippled down softly.___________________________ IV. Join the following sentences using the conjunctions : 1. She tried her best. She could not complete the assignment on time. ____________________________________________________________________________________
2. He is knowledgeable. He has a lot of experience in handling such cases. _______________________________________________________________________________________ 3. The examination began. He reached the examination hall. _______________________________________________________________________________________ 4. He is very tired. He has been working since morning. _______________________________________________________________________________________ 5. The doctor took all precautions. His condition deteriorated. _______________________________________________________________________________________ 6. We went on walking. It was getting dark. _______________________________________________________________________________________ 7.Preeti wants to visit London. She wants to visit Rome too . _______________________________________________________________________________________ 8.I could not come to school yesterday. I had fever. __________________________________________________________________________________________ 9. There is a power cut. The electrical appliances will not work. __________________________________________________________________________________________ 10. Do not be a borrower. Do not be a lender. _________________________________________________________________________________________ V. Fill in the blanks with suitable determiners from the bracket : 1. There aren’t……………….. oranges in the basket. (few / any)
2. Give me ……………… time to think. (some / little) 3. How ……………….. pages did you read? (many / much) 4. They say …………………. knowledge is a dangerous thing. (little / a little / the little) 5. …………………….. students still wanted to go on the picnic. (a little/ a few) 6. ……………………. people can afford a home these days. (Little / Few) 7. ……………… you decide what to buy, or else let us go home. (either / neither) 8. She earns …………………… money than I do. (less / fewer) 9 Whether you travel by road or by air, ………………… way, it is going to be a pleasant. (some / many) 10. I didn’t use ……………….. fertilizer last spring. (much / most / many) 11. Could you bring me_________ books I left in the garden?(that/those) 12. She gave a cookie to _________ child. (each /all) 13. ………………… people are of the opinion that too much milk is bad for health. (much / many) 14. Is there _____________ new matter in this book? (any/some) 15.____________ money he has, is not enough for this purpose. ( a little/ the little) 16.___________ of the two girls knows knitting. ( each/ every) 17.People were standing on _________side of the road to see the princess. (neither / either) 18.Only __________ children continued to play when it started to rain. (few / a few) VI. The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in each line. Underline each error and write your correction in the space provided: a) A triangular area covers almost 5.7 million square kilometers b) of ocean area is known as a Coral Triangle. It is home to almost c) much than 3000 species of fish. It also nurtures turtle species
a) _________ b) _________
_________ _________
c) _________ _________
d) The Coral Triangle and their amazing ecosystem is facing
d) _________
_________
e) threats due to climatic changes. Any nature conservation
e) _________ _________
f) organizations safeguard these important region.
f) _________ _________
VII. Rearrange the following sets of words to form meaningful sentences: a) the most/city/beautiful/was /the/ garden/ it / in/place __________________________________________________________________________________________ b) gulmohar/were/there/shady/and/trees/banyan/like __________________________________________________________________________________________ c) people /many/took shelter/under/the/to/the/escape/heat/ trees __________________________________________________________________________________________ VIII. There is one word missing from each line. Put a / where the word is missing
and write the word in
the blank provided:
a) It is the adult world destroys
a) _______ ________ ________
b) the intelligence sharp minds of
b) ______ ________ ________
c) children and abilities. The
c) ________ _______ _________
d) constant rejection and quieting child
d) ________ _______ _________
e) when she a question slowly
e) ________ _______ _________
f) builds the child's inhibition
f) ________ _______ _________
g) destroys her curiosity.
g) ________ _______ _________
h) If a child a question and approaches
h)________ _______ ________
i) her parents information or clarification
i)________ ________ ________
j) we have no time them.
j)________ ________ ________
IX. Supply an appropriate form, Gerund, Infinitive or Bare Infinitive . 1.________________ (play) is a good physical and mental exercise. 2. He refused _____________ (lend) me the car. 3. _____________ (water) the plant helps in its growth. 4. I had been trying _________________ (contact) him on phone. 5. They will have been working hard _________________ (succeed) in the exams. 6. Rohit’s mother has him ____________ (work) in the garden as well. 7. _______________ (swallow) that pill was very difficult.
8. We are thinking of _______________ (visit) America also. 9. It’s not right for someone ____________ (scream) so loudly. X. Fill in the blank with a suitable modal: 1. You look ill. You ____________ go to a doctor today. (suggestion) 2. You _________ be successful in life. (prediction) 3. _____________ you mind helping me lift the table? ( polite request) 4. Ravi ______________ sing well when he was in school. (past ability) XI. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verbs given in brackets. 1. 2. 3. 4.
My mother _____________ when I reach home in the afternoon. (cook) Pritam is happy that he ______________ his work on time. (finish) The rain_____________ before we _________ the house.(stop, leave) The children’s room looks clean. They _________ it today. (clean)
XII. Change from Direct to Indirect Speech 1. The teacher said, “ A stitch in time saves nine.” ________________________________________________________________________________________ 2.He will say, “Learning is a continuous process.” __________________________________________________________________________________________ 3.Dia said, “ We were celebrating our victory last night.” _________________________________________________________________________________________ 4.The stranger said to me, “What is your name?” __________________________________________________________________________________________ 5.My mother said to me, “ I am tired because I have been walking for a long time.” __________________________________________________________________________________________ 6.I said to her, “ Can I borrow your pencil? _________________________________________________________________________________________ WRITING SKILLS
Q1. You are on the verge of being promoted to a new class. You are really thankful to your class teacher for her/ his guidance and support. Your teacher has also helped you hone your talents and overcome your weaknesses. Write a letter to your class teacher expressing your gratitude in about 120 words. Q2. As part of ‘Go Green Campaign’, the school is organizing a Poster Making Competition to create awareness among the students on the importance of green plants and trees. You are Nihal Rao, the secretary of the Environment Club of your school. Draft a notice inviting the students to take part in the competition in 50 words. Q3. You have topped all the sections of Class VII in the All India Science Olympiad Examination. You feel very happy and excited and decided to write in your diary expressing your feelings. Draft a diary entry in not more than 50 words. Q4. Write a letter to the Vice Principal of your school asking for ten days leave as you have to accompany your parents to Australia to undergo the formalities for migration to that country. Q5.Given below is an incomplete report of Sheetal Mishra, a student of Delhi Public School on its Annual Science Exhibition. Complete the report using the information given in Sheetal’s diary. Chief Guest ------director of Science and Technology----inaugurated 7th Annual Exhibition ----on 20th February--All classes and other schools participated. 150 working models exhibited. Conservation of energy ----model prepared by Suman Sharma of the school ----declared the best by ---panel of judges. Kanpur. 22 February: Delhi Public School, Anand Nagar, conducted its Annual Exhibition on 20th February. The 7th Annual Exhibition of the DPS a) _____________________________ by Dr. Rakesh Rana, b) ___________________the Institute of Science and Technology, Almora, c) _____________________ of the school d) _____________________________ participated. Around e) _________________________________exhibited. Conservation of energy f) __________________________ by Suman Sharma ______________________ by a g) _______________________. Q6. You are Anish/ Annie.Write an e-mail to your friend telling about the ‘No Plastic Drive’ being followed in your school. Also the benefits of such campaign. Q7.Write a bio sketch of C.V.Raman using the hints given below Birth: 7 November 1888, Trichinopoly Parents: father – school teacher, mother- a learned woman Education : MA Physics Professor of Physics at the University College of Science Contribution: Raman Effect, an important contributions in the field of electrical conductivity of metals. Awards: Nobel Prize in Physics (1930) , Bharat Ratna(1954) Died: 21 November 1970
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