FORMATIVE TASKS GRAMMAR MARKS AND GRADE SHEET

S.NO

MARKS

TOPIC

OBTAINED

SUBJECT PREDICATE
PRONOUNS

SUBJECT VERB AGREEMENT

PRESENT PERFECT - TENSE

PAST PERFECT TENSE

PRESENT PERFECT

CONTINUOUS TENSE

MODALS

FUTURE TENSE

VOICE

10

SPEECH

11

ADVERBS

12

CONJUNCTIONS AND
PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES

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GRADE

SIGNATURE

SIGNATURE

OF THE

OF THE

TEACHER

PARENT

DATE:

MARKS:
SUBJECT PREDICATE AND OBJECT

A. Read this write-up on The Blue Umbrella.

The Blue Umbrella is a film based on the novel The Blue Umbrella, written by Ruskin Bond.
Vishal Bharadwaj is the director of the film which starred Shreya Sharma and PankajKapur.
Vishal Bharadwaj composed the music and Gulzar wrote the lyrics for the songs.
The Blue Umbrella is the story of a girl named Binya who lives in a village in Himachal Pradesh.
Binya gets a pretty blue Japanese umbrella which she loves. The richest man in the village, the
shopkeeper, wants the umbrella. Soon Binyas umbrella goes missing and the shopkeeper is
seen with a red umbrella.
Use the information given in the write-up to complete these sentences. Write S if you
have written a subject and P if you have written a predicate.
1. ______________________________ was written by Ruskin Bond.
2. The Blue Umbrella ____________________________by Vishal Bharadwaj.
3. The lyrics ______________________________________________________
4. Shreya Sharma _________________________________________________
5. The music _____________________________________________________

B. Complete these sentences with predicates or objects.

1. Binya lives in ____________________________________________________________________

2. Binya owns a ____________________________________________________________________

3. The shopkeeper __________________________________________________________________
4. Binya loves _____________________________________________________________________
5. Soon the shopkeeper is seen ________________________________________________________

C. Match the two columns to make sentences.

1. Binya is sad a. gives the shopkeeper her umbrella.

2. The shopkeeper is b. that the shopkeeper has stolen the umbrella from Binya.

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3. Soon people notice c. happy at owning a red umbrella.

4. They realize d. that the shopkeepers umbrella is like Binyas.
5. Finally Binyae. at losing her lovely blue umbrella.

SIGNATURE OF THE TEACHER:

DATE:

MARKS:

PRONOUNS
A. Each of these sentences contains an incorrect collocation. Underline them and write
the correct collocations on the blanks.
1. On hearing about their daughters victory, the Vermas caught the quickest train to celebrate

with her. _______________________

2. After Kilol had read the article on deforestation, she did a comment on the insight it

provided. ___________________
3. Miss Kakkar informed us that we needed to file our science projects to her after the winter

vacation was over. ____________________

4. Spend a good time! my neighbours said as we left for our vacation. __________________
5. In the midst of drought, the farmers land boiled in the heat. __________________________
6. My little nephew is fascinated with the night sky and its glaring stars. __________________

B. Complete these sentences with suitable pronouns from the options given in the
brackets.
1. No one can help you, the man told his son, unless you decide to help ___________

(oneself/yourself/ourselves)
2.

I found a watch in the class today. I dont know ____________ it belongs to!

(which/what/who)
3. ___________________ came on time for the inaugural function. (Myself/Nobody/Whose)
4. You, more than _______________ else in the class, should know the importance of discipline,

the teacher said to the Head Boy. (everyone/anyone/someone)

5. The mirror is not worth the cost. The glass is _________________flawed. (himself/myself/ itself)

C. Fill in the blanks with reflexive pronouns.

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1. Have you ever asked ____________ why you have no friends? the man asked his son.

(himself/yourself/themselves)
2.

The

Sharma

family

had

the

whole

cottage

to

__________________

(himself/themselves/yourself)
3. I will have to go to the bank _______________, Miss Nisha sighed. (myself/yourself/himself)
4. We have no one to blame for this but ____________, the boys said sadly, looking at the

broken window. (ourselves/themselves/myself)

5. The Bank Manager ________________escorted Miss Nisha out. (yourself/myself/himself)

SIGNATURE OF THE TEACHER:

DATE:

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SUBJECT VERB - AGREEMENT

A. Underline the correct verbs within the brackets.
1. Most people (dislike/dislikes) cold food.

2. My friend Niharika is the only one I (have/has) met who (like/likes) cold food.
3. She only (want/wants) to eat cold food.
4. Neither her father nor mother (has/have) strange habits like Niharika.
5. Both her father and mother (has/have) tried to get her to eat hot food but (has/have) failed.

B. Fill in the blanks with is or are.

1. The sound of the instruments ___________ soothing.

2. These songs ___________ calming.

3. Every one of them __________ late.
4. All of them __________ on time.
5. Several musicians ______ meeting here today.
6. Each one of these books __________ available in the bookstore.

SIMPLE PAST AND PAST CONTINUOUS

C. Use the simple past or the past continuous forms of the verbs within the brackets to
complete these sentences.
1. I ____________ the auditorium at six oclock. (reach)

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2. At 6.10 p.m. I was ___________ into my costume. (change)

3. By 6.30 p.m. I was __________ for the dance. (dress)
4. At 6.45 p.m. my teacher was ______________ on my makeup. (put)
5. By the time my parents ___________I was ____________for my dance. (come, prepare)

SIGNATURE OF THE TEACHER:

DATE:

MARKS:
PRESENT PERFECT TENSE

A. Add some words of your own to the words given in each set and write sentences in the
present perfect tense. You will have to change the forms of the verbs.
1. Nisha/complete/course/journalism __________________________________________________

2. Girish/live/Madurai/four years____________________________________________________
3. Students /decorate/hall/beautifully/for party ___________________________________________
4. George/eat/Mexican food _________________________________________________________
5. Company/Ayaan/offer/job in Mumbai_______________________________________________

B. Tick the correct answers.

1. They (have/had) been goldsmiths for the past four generations.
2. I (had/have) run in many marathons.
3. He (has/had) slept for three hours.
4. I (have/has) known his family for years.
5. I (have/had) met him before.
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C. Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the verbs within the brackets.
1. We _______________(walk) to school for the past two years.
2. The Sharmas _____________ (take) a vacation every year.
3. The Principal _____________(suggest) that we organize the Annual Day next month.
4. The police ________________(warn) the public against accepting food from strangers.
5. Sipping herbal tea regularly _________(cure) me of my cold.
D. Tick the correct sentence in each set.
1. a. The Smith family lived in Puducherry for fifteen years and still want to live there. ____
b. The Smith family has lived in Puducherry for fifteen years and still want to live there. ___
2. a. I visited many hillstations but Darjiling is my favourite. ___
b. I have visited many hill stations but Darjiling is my favourite.___
3. a. My sons spoken English has improved ever since he began watching the English news
channels.
b. My sons spoken English improved ever since he began watching the English news
channels. ___

SIGNATURE OF THE TEACHER:

DATE:

MARKS:
PAST PERFECT TENSE

A. Fill in the blanks with the past perfect tense form of the verbs within the brackets.
1. If you _______ (listen) to your teacher, you would have scored well.
2. After they ______ (eat) their dinner, they felt sleepy.
3. When we reached the market, we found we _______ (forgot) to bring the shopping list.
4. The plants died because the gardener _______not _______ (water) them all summer.
5. The baby was in a good mood because it __________ (slept) all afternoon.
B. Each sentence given below talks about two ormore actions in the past. Underline the
action

which took place first.

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1. The children played Holi with colours that had been made from organic substances.
2. The teacher said that the results had been announced.
3. The boys paid for the books which they had lost.
4. The police gave medals to the children who had displayed great courage.
5. The School Board gave scholarships to the children who had maintained their percentage
over the past three years.
C. Fill in the blanks using the past perfect tense of the verbs in the brackets.
We left home at 8 a.m.
1. Everyone ________ (bath) by 7 a.m.
2. At 9 a.m. we _________ (leave) the city behind.
3. At 11 a.m. we _________ (sing) all the songs we knew and were thirsty.
4. At 12 p.m. we _______ (take) a break to stretch our legs.
5. An hour later we ________ (reach) our destination.

SIGNATURE OF THE TEACHER:

DATE:

MARKS:
PRESENT PERFECT TENSE USING FOR AND SINCE

A. Use each set of words to make correct sentences in the present perfect continuous
tense.
1. my mother/work/publisher for past ten years
_________________________________________________________________________________
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2. she/write/books for children

_________________________________________________________________________________
3. build/supermarket/near my house/past six years
_________________________________________________________________________________
4. museum/exhibits/travelling/last six months
_________________________________________________________________________________
5. they/repair/telephone cables/since morning
_________________________________________________________________________________
B. Fill in the blanks with the present perfect continuous form of the verbs within the
brackets.
1. Nitesh can speak French. How long _______ (learn) French?
2. Jinny learnt to drive four years back. She __________(drive) since then.
3. The kitchen is a mess. Who ____(cook) in there?
4. How long ______ he ________ (sleep)?
5. They ___________________(dance) for hours now.
C. Match the situations with the responses.
1. You look very tired.

a. Have you been using the bus all these days?

2. Mita is very pale.

3. Have you decided?

b. I have been buying birthday gifts for my cousins.

c. Has she been crying?

4. Anu looks upset.

d. I have been taking good care of them.

5. We have bought a car.

e. I have not been sleeping well.

6. You look very busy.

f. It has been snowing heavily all these days.

7. Your plants look very healthy.

8. Its very cold.

g. I have been thinking about it all day.

h. She is not feeling well.

SIGNATURE OF THE TEACHER:

DATE:
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MODALS
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A. Rewrite these sentences as instructed within the brackets.

1. Maqbool deserves a reward for giving the Princess an enjoyable day. (rewrite using should)
_________________________________________________________________________________
2. You miss your family a lot. (rewrite using must)
_________________________________________________________________________________
3. What is to happen to me? (rewrite beginning with could)
_________________________________________________________________________________
4. The Commander is thinking of punishing Maqbool. (rewrite using might to express
possibility)
_________________________________________________________________________________
5. I would like to eat the prasad. (rewrite beginning with could)
_________________________________________________________________________________
B. Tick the phrases within the brackets that can replace the modals in these sentences.
1. Neerav can travel alone.
Neerav (is able to/is allowed/has) travel alone.
2. Mala has been bitten by a dog. She mustget the injections.
Mala has been bitten by a dog. She (is allowed/can/has) to get the injections.
3. The flight is in two hours. We mustleave now.
The flight is in two hours. We (can/have/are allowed) to leave now.
4. Tomorrow is a holiday. The shop maybe closed.
Tomorrow is a holiday. The shop (is likely to/is/can) be closed.
5. When Tara was ten, she couldspeak five languages.
When Tara was ten, she (was able/was allowed to/had) to speak five languages.
C. Rewrite each sentence using two different modals to refer to the future. Hints are
given in the form of time frames in the brackets.
1. Maqbool was given a silk cloth by the Princess. (tomorrow)
_________________________________________________________________________________
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2. I look forward to visiting Agra. (in the summer)

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SIGNATURE OF THE TEACHER:

DATE:

MARKS:
FUTURE TENSE

A. Tick the sentences that talk about the future.

1. Next winter Sadia is planning to take skiing lessons. ________
2. The completed form has to be handed in. _________
3. The Sharmas have been invited to dinner tomorrow. __________
4. I enjoyed reading this book. _________
5. The cyclone will pass over Chennai in forty-eight hours. ________
B. Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the verbs within the brackets.
1. John _______in London tomorrow. (be)
2. My brother ______a film star tomorrow. (interview)
3. Rushdies new book ________(release) next month.
4. The Principal ____ (inaugurate) the new auditorium tomorrow.
5. The courier __________ (reach) you tomorrow.
C. Use these sets of words to write sentences in the future tense.
1. Sowmya and Raji/complete/project/tomorrow
_________________________________________________________________________________
2. shop/deliver/new furniture/next week
_________________________________________________________________________________

3. showroom/get delivery/new cars/in a month

_________________________________________________________________________________

4. school/close/Christmas holidays/after ten days

_________________________________________________________________________________
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5. owner/paint/house/end of this week

_________________________________________________________________________________

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DATE:

MARKS:

VOICE
A. Some of these sentences can be rewritten in the passive voice. Rewrite them.
1. The contractor will complete the house in six months.
_________________________________________________________________________________
2. Children are able to adapt to various situations.
_________________________________________________________________________________
3. The children going to camp for the first time wept.
_________________________________________________________________________________
4. NGOs help several needy students.
_________________________________________________________________________________
5. Lichis are available only in summer.
_________________________________________________________________________________
B. Rewrite these sentences in the active voice.
1. A warning has been issued by the Meteorological department.
_________________________________________________________________________________
2. The victorious hockey team was greeted with a grand reception party.
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_________________________________________________________________________________
3. The meeting has been called by the Secretary of the organization.
_________________________________________________________________________________
4. The dates for the submission of the completed forms have been announced by the
universities.
_________________________________________________________________________________
5. An appeal for help has been made by the police.
_________________________________________________________________________________

C. Identify the voice of these sentences and then rewrite them.

1. We have been invited to visit our relatives in Kashmir.

2. An Indian wrote this book.

.
3. The children play football.

4. The blue jeans was invented by Levi Strauss.

......
5. Girish is using the computer.
.....

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SIGNATURE OF THE TEACHER:

DATE:

MARKS:
SPEECH

A. Tick the correct reported statements.

1. I am late! Ira said.
a. Ira said she is late. _____
b. Ira said that she was late. _____
2. I couldnt believe my eyes! Mohit exclaimed.
a. Mohit exclaimed that he couldnt believe his eyes. _____
b. Mohit exclaimed that he had not been able to believe his eyes. _____
3. The waiter is bringing us fresh coffee, Mrs Rajan told her husband.
a. Mrs Rajan told her husband that the waiter was bringing them fresh coffee. _____
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b. Mrs Rajan tell her husband that the waiter brought them fresh coffee. _____
4. They are almost at the door! Nitish told his friend.
a. Nitish said to his friend that they are almost at the door. _____
b. Nitish told his friend that they were almost at the door. _____
5. How could you forget my birthday? Sweta asked.
a. Sweta wanted to know how he could have forgotten her birthday. _____
b. Sweta asked me that how could I forget her birthday. _____
B. Rewrite these sentences in the reported speech.
1. I have finished my work! Rajesh said.
_____________________________________________________________________________________
2. I am very pleased to meet you! Mr Sahay said to Professor Verma.
_____________________________________________________________________________________
3. Where have all the volunteers gone? Mr Chandra asked.
_____________________________________________________________________________________
4. That man looks very familiar, Meena said. I think Ive seen him somewhere!
_____________________________________________________________________________________
5. Strawberry ice cream is my favourite! Sona said.
_____________________________________________________________________________________
C. Read this dialogue and complete the report.
TEACHER: Happy birthday, Sameer! What did your family give you for your birthday?
SAMEER: The best possible gift!
TEACHER: A game? A new phone?
SAMEER: No. I asked them to sponsor a meal at an orphanage!
TEACHER: That is so thoughtful of you, Sameer! I wish more children were like you!
The teacher wished _____________________________________________________________________
She asked him _________________________________________________________________________
Sameer told her that ____________________________________________________________________
The teacher wanted to know if ___________________________________________________________
Sameer told her in the negatice and said that he had __________________________________________
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The teacher said that that was ____________________________________________________________

She wished ___________________________________________________________________________
D. The teacher asked some students to stay back after school to help her. How did they react
and what did they say? Rewrite these responses in the direct speech.
Mary apologized and said that she would not be able to stay back as she had music lessons after
school.
Mohan said that he would have loved to stay back but he had to go to see his grandmother that day.
Manan told his teacher that he could not come because he was in the football team and he had a
match that day.
Ritesh replied that his father had told him that he would pick him up after school and would wait
for him outside the school campus.
Amina said that she had to study for a test but she would stay back.
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________

SIGNATURE OF THE TEACHER:

DATE:

MARKS:
ADVERBS-DEGREES OF COMPARISION

A. Fill in the blanks with the correct adverb forms of the words within the brackets.
1. All the children are waiting __________for their uncles arrival from the US.

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Little Aria is waiting _________than the others because she is very fond of her uncle and cousins.
(eager)
2. The children were all shouting ___________when the teacher arrived. But even above the noise,
she could hear Thomas voice the _______________(loud)
3. These houses are _______________ cut off from the rest of the village. In winters snowstorms are
____________ here than in any other place in this region. (frequent)
4. The children climbed the first obstacle _______________They climbed the second obstacle even
_________________than the first. (easy)
5. The parents waited ______________for the office to open and the sale of admission forms to begin.
Even when the office was opening late, they continued to be far ________________than one would
expect people in their situation to be. (patient)

B. Circle the errors in these sentences and rewrite them correctly.

1. The driver accidental drove through a red light.

_________________________________________________________________________________
2. The athlete intentional fell back so that his friend could win the race.

_________________________________________________________________________________
3. I watched a wonderful film recent. ___________________________________________________
4. The lights glowed beautiful. ________________________________________________________
5. Why are you late? the lady said cross. _______________________________________________

C. Rearrange these words correctly to form sentences. Punctuate them.

1. usually/we/latest/play/watch/the

_________________________________________________________________________________
2. park/girl/the/slowly/walked/and/carefully/to/the

_________________________________________________________________________________
3. flowers/with/beautifully/decorated/hall/the/was

_________________________________________________________________________________
4. drops/uncle/in/our/occasionally _____________________________________________________
5. wanted/exactly/I/what/this/is _______________________________________________________

SIGNATURE OF THE TEACHER:

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DATE:

MARKS:
CONJUNCTIONS

A. Circle the correct conjunctions that will complete these sentences.

1. The crowd had been in the maze for hours ( and / because / if ) they were glad to find Harris

willing to lead the way out.

2. The keeper did not know the way out ( and / because / if ) he was new to the job.
3. Harris meant to help the people in the maze ( and / but / if ) he ended up annoying them.
4. Harris had bought a key to the maze ( and / if / because ) he felt confident of leading the way

out.
5. ( Although / If / Because ) mazes are very fascinating, they can be frustrating too.

B. Each slash in these sentences indicates that a conjunction is missing. Read the text
and write the missing conjunctions on the blanks.
I visited a fair yesterday / made the mistake ______________________________________________
of riding a roller coaster. I only got on / my ______________________________________________
brother asked me to. / I am brave in other matters, ________________________________________
when it comes to roller coasters / snakes, ________________________________________________
I am terrified. My brother wanted me to _________________________________________________
go on the roller coaster / he wanted me to stop feeling scared. _______________________________
PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES
C. Use the prepositional phrases from the box to complete these sentences.
under the tree, out of the room, over the hill, with the handbag, into the cupboard

1. The child threw the toy ____________________________________________________________

2. The girl sitting _____________________________is my sister.
3. The boy led the dog _____________________________and into the garden.
4. The lady ____________________________________ is in charge of the group.
5. As soon as we go _________________________________, we can see the sea.

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