Activity Based Grammar

l .  Complete the following sentences using the correct Infinitive or gerund forms of the verbs in brackets and rewrite them. You may also need to add a
preposition in some sentences

A. For some people 'success' just means . . a lot of
money. (earn )

 B.  Have you remembered.........your medicine today? (take)

C.  I accused him ........the situation.(exaggerate)

 D. His doctor advised him..... .more exercise. (get)

2. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate infinitive forms from the verbs given: (study, go, use, postpone, arrive, )

  i) I'll tell you when . . ..at the platform.
 ii) Will you please tell me how.......the camera?
 iii) The teacher taught us how.......with the experiment.
iv) The principal decided ....... the meeting

3. Complete the following sentences choosing the correct alternatives from those given In brackets:

i) The teacher punished him. ..(to come late, for coming late)
ii) I avoided .............him. (meeting, to meet)
ill) I regret... those nasty words (to say. saying)

iv) He assisted me.... ....the accounts (in checking, to check)

 4 Supply 'if or 'unless' in the fol!owing sentences.

 i) Nobody gets anything.. .they ask for it.
ii)........you don't ring the bell, the servant won't come
iii) ...... .you do that I shall be very pleased.
iv) There can be no new growth.... ..the ground is cleared.

5. Correct the following incorrect sentences using the appropriate prepositions:
i) He was prevented to come.
ii) He walked ten miles by foot.
iii)I shall inform them this.
iv) He wrote me.

6. Combine each pair of sentences Into one simple sentence.
i) The king was happy. He saw the people dancing.
ii) They came to a country. It was uncivilized and barbarian.

7. Choose the correct alternative which expresses the Past Perfect tense form of the given sentence: We will examine this theory in detail.
i) We will have examined this theory in detail.
 ii) We had examined this theory in detail.
iii) We examined this theory in detail.
iv) We examine this theory in detail.

8. Choose the correct alternative which is the Passive Voice form of the given sentence, Th government will implement the report.

i) The government will have implemented the report.
ii) The report was implemented by the government.
iii)The report will be implemented by the government.
iv ) The report is being implemented by the government.

9. Match the sentences under column 'A" with their corresponding language functions in column
B

 Column A
i) Could I ask you a few questions?  
  ii) She can dance well.
iii) You should follow traffic rules.
iv) We must respect our elders.
Column B
1. advice
2. compulsion
3. request
4. ability


10. Identify the verbs and state their tense forms in the following sentences:
i) We are trying to create a more democratic society.
ii) The mother had been living with her daughter.

11. Read the following sentences and state whether they are grammatically correct or incorrect
The teacher said that the sun rose in the east.
 She asked me where I was going  iii) He advised his friends that not to indulge in bad activities.
iv) They exclaimed with joy that they had won the match.
12. Identify the main clause and state the kind of subordinate clause in the following sentence: I still remember the time when I graduated.
13. Insert the articles wherever necessary in the following sentence:
Now I must acknowledge first miracle of sunny day and write few lines glorifying sun.