What did you do with the camera I lent you?

Degrees of Comparison Exercise

సోమవారం 26 తరువాయి

Fill In The Blanks PHRASAL VERBS with MEANINGS

Complete the following sentences.
1. The angry mob the police men.

a) fell upon b) fell out
c) fell back d) fell off

2. How did you manage to of that snob?

a) get over b) get rid of
c) get off d) get round

3. When they found that further resistance was useless, they decided to

a) give up b) give in
c) give out d) give over

4. The father was furious at the son but was – by the mother.

a) held back b) held in
c) held over d) held out

5. I could not him.

a) keep pace with
b) keep pace at
c) keep pace up
d) keep pace of

6. The lights – several times during the night.

a) went out b) went off
c) went through d) went by

7. Who the sick people in hospitals?

a) looks after b) looks for
c) looks up d) looks on

8. The dishonest cashier with ten thousand rupees.

a) made away b) made after
c) made for d) made up

9. The tiger pounced on the lamb and with it into the thicket.

a) make up b) made off
c) make out d) make over

10. She has a lot of sufferings.

a) passed through
b) passed by
c) passed off d) passed by

11. The police had to use force to the violence.

a) put down b) put by
c) put off d) put on

12. The case has been till next week.

a) put off b) put down
c) put by d) put on

13. The party has decided to its candidate for the seat.

a) put up b) put out
c) put off d) put in

Answers

1. fell upon (attack)
2. get rid of (be free from)
3. give in (surrender)
4. held in (restrained)
5. keep pace with (advance at equal rate with)
6. went out (extinguish)
7. looks after (takes care of)
8. made away (steal)
9. made off (carry away)
10. passed through (underwent)
11. put down (suppress)
12. put off (postpone)
13. put up (propose)

Active and Passive Voice Exercise

State whether the following
sentences are in the active voice (or) passive voice.
1. I can hear somebody coming.
2. Suddenly I heard a strange noise.
3. She has been told.
4. We have not heard anything from them.
5. The suspects were interrogated by the police.
6. You needn’t have woken me up.
7. The students were praised by the teacher.
8. This house was built in the 19th century.
9. She has been waiting to hear from her husband.
10. We have been invited to their party.
11. Do you know this?
12. He was shown the door.
13. The child was injured in the accident.
14. The bird had been caught by the cat.

Answers
1. I can hear somebody coming. (Active voice)
2. Suddenly I heard a strange noise. (Active voice)
3. She has been told. (Passive voice)
4. We have not heard anything from them. (Active voice)
5. The suspects were interrogated by the police. (Passive voice)
6. You needn’t have woken me up. (Active voice)
7. The students were praised by the teacher. (Passive voice)
8. This house was built in the 19th century. (Passive voice)
9. She has been waiting to hear from her husband. (Active voice)
10. We have been invited to their party. (Passive voice)
11. Do you know this? (Active voice)
12. He was shown the door. (Passive voice)
13. The child was injured in the accident. (Passive voice)
14. The bird had been caught by the cat. (Passive voice)

Types of Sentences
There are mainly four types of sentences in English.

Declarative sentence
Imperative sentence
Exclamatory sentence
Interrogative sentence

Identify the type of sentence.
1. Can we park here?
2. Why are you crying?
3. Stop at the second left turn.
4. Come with me.
5. What is your name?
6. What a great idea it is!
7. What a crowded city Mumbai is!
8. My sister is a pilot.
9. I live in Chennai.
10. Be a good boy.
11. I have never been to Australia.
12. What did you do then?
13. Get me some water.
14. My father serves in the army.
15. What a lovely painting!

Answers
1. Can we park here? (Interrogative sentence)
2. Why are you crying? (Interrogative sentence)
3. Stop at the second left turn. (Imperative sentence)
Come with me. (Imperative sentence)
What is your name? (Interrogative sentence)
6. What a great idea it is! (Exclamatory sentence)
7. What a crowded city Mumbai is! (Exclamatory sentence)
8. My sister is a pilot. (Declarative sentence)
9. I live in Chennai. (Declarative sentence)
10. Be a good boy. (Imperative sentence)
11. I have never been to Australia. (Declarative sentence)
12. What did you do then? (Interrogative sentence)
13. Get me some water. (Imperative sentence)
14. My father serves in the army. (Declarative sentence)
15. What a lovely painting! (Exclamatory sentence)

When to use ‘the’

• We use the article ‘the’ before singular and plural nouns when we are talking about something in particular.
• Read the examples given below.
  The girl who just walked in is my neighbours daughter. (We are talking about a particular girl here. Which girl? the one who just walked in)
• The coffee machine that I bought yesterday is very expensive. (Which coffee machine? the one that I bought yesterday)
• I was happy to see the man who saved my daughter’s life. (Which man? the one who saved my daughter’s life)
• I have been to the doctor. (Which doctor? my doctor)

The names of some countries are also written with the.
Examples are:

• The United States of America
• The United Kingdom
• The Netherlands
• The United Arab Emirates

Note that we cannot use articles with Proper nouns.

I visited Paris last month. (NOT I visited the Paris last month)
Exercise

Rewrite the following sentences adding ‘a’ or ‘the’ where required.
1. What did you do with camera I lent you?
2. Dog was sleeping in his crate.
3. Dad is in garage.
4. Did you enjoy party?
5. I haven’t seen sun for days.
6. I love listening to wind.
7. I visited my cousins in summer of 2016.
8. She gave beggar a few coins.
9. We had short holiday in month of April.
10. His mother is reputed doctor.

Answers
1. What did you do with the camera I lent you?
2. The dog was sleeping in his crate.
3. Dad is in the garage.
4. Did you enjoy the party?
5. I haven’t seen the sun for days.
6. I love listening to the wind.
7. I visited my cousins in the summer of 2016.
8. She gave the beggar a few coins.
9. We had a short holiday in the month of April.
10. His mother is a reputed doctor.

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