SECTION I - Grammar Skills

Change the nouns in brackets to the feminine Rewrite the following sentences in the Passive
gender. Voice.

EXAMPLE: The (man) ate the food. Woman EXAMPLE: She ate the cake. 
The cake was eaten by her.

1. The (fox) attacked the chickens in the coop.  

7. Despite studying, they failed the
Mathematics test.

2. The (wizard) cast a spell on the mischievous

child
8. The children were digging the holes for the
seedlings.

3. The (stallion) grazed in the pasture all day.   

9. Earlier today, my friends had taken the books

to the library.
Insert the appropriate adverb formed from the
word given in brackets to correctly complete
each sentence.

Example: The horn sounded loudly to signal the

beginning of the competition. (loud)
Write the prepositional phase in each sentence
below.

4. Carlos bought Mum a ________ arranged Example: She spoke to me. 

bouqet of flowers for Mother's Day.
prepositional phase - to me
(beautiful)   

10. The child walked into the room stealthily.

5. The news reporter asked the lawyer very

_________ structured questions. (careful)   

11. Mother took the book from him yesterday.

6. Younger children are usually manipulated by

their older siblings _______. (easier)   
State the part of speech of the underlined word Insert the correct form of the verb in brackets to
in the following sentences. complete the following sentences.

EXAMPLE: The aftermath of Hurricane EXAMPLE: Laurie volunteers at the animal

Katrina left the state of New Orleans in shelter every weekend. (volunteer, volunteers)
complete havoc. NOUN

 
17. The children in our class _________ hard.
12. The dog dug a hole in the (study, studies)
backyard underneath the picnic table.   

Question 18
18. Neither Clive nor David and I
13. Whose pen do you have?  _____________ any kind of sport. (play,
plays)

14. Several of my friends attended the fair

Question 19
19. Both Susan and Donna _________ in the
same department. (work, works)   

Use a relative pronoun to join the following pairs

of sentences.

EXAMPLE: Tom is my friend. He won the race. Instruction

                   Tom is my friend who won the race. Write the correct form of the adjective in the
sentence below.

Example She is _____ than her sister.

15. Did you know the girl? I told you about her (PRETTY) 

PRETTIER

16. The child sat crying all day. Her dog ran
away.    20. Jan is ___________ than the boys in our
class. (GENEROUS)

21. Since she was facing financial difficulties,

she purchased the ______________ of the
rings. (EXPENSIVE)
 22. John was the _____________ boy in his  Use the correct form of the word in brackets to
class. (NAUGHTY) correctly complete each sentence.

EXAMPLE: Her accomplishments were quite

impressive. (ACCOMPLISHMENT)
 SECTION II - Vocabulary / Spelling /
Punctuation

Replace each underlined word with a word or 27. The legs of the table were braced to improve
phrase opposite in meaning. its _________ . (STABLE)   

EXAMPLE: The thin man fell in the drain. 

Fat
28. It is _________ to drink and drive.
(HAZARD
23. The polite child was placed in a group to
work on the project.   

Identify the word that is wrongly spelt and write

24. It was my misfortune not to have met the the correct spelling in the space provided.
Prime Minister when she visited my school.
EXAMPLE: The walet which contained the
money was lost. Wallet

29. I purchased a pair of genuine lether shoes at

the mall on Wednesday.   
Select the correct word from the brackets to
complete each sentence.
EXAMPLE: I sat (beside, besides) John. Beside 30. Tom usually exagerates every story he relates
to his friends

25. Everyone (complimented, complemented) the

Minister for the wonderful work she had been
doing
Insert the two missing punctuation marks in
each sentence below.

EXAMPLE: Ill walk with you

26. Michael Jackson was one of the most                   I'll walk with you.
(imminent, eminent) performers who ever
lived  

31. I cant do all that youve asked me to do

32. The family doctor, Mr. Singh was a kind
hearted man

33. Leave now youll be late

34. Which of the following items do you already

have pens rulers, erasers or copybooks?

35. "Shiva do you want to leave now" asked

Mom.