English-Grammar (2016-17)

STD VI
FA I
L-1, The Sentence, L-2, Subject and Predicate, L-3, Nouns
Ex.I Identify the kind of sentences as Assertive, Interrogative, Imperative and Exclamatory sentences:
1. The earth revolves around the sun.
Assertive sentence
2. What a wonderful painting this is!
Exclamatory sentence
3. Sit down, children.
Imperative sentence
4. Where are you going?
Interrogative sentence
5. Oranges are sold by the dozen in this market.
6. Alas! We have lost the game.
7. When will this programme end?
8. Are you going by train or by bus?
9. Girls are as strong as boys.
10. Please give exact change to the bus conductor.
11. Radhika will teach the students today.
12. Do you know where my keys are?
13. Hurray! We are going to the beach today.
14. Give me the book.
15. Please sit with me today.
16. Kalpana has not come back home.
17. Isn't that your father.
18. Alas! The dog fell into the gutter.
19. Shut the door.
20. Oh no! A dog has bitten Loveena.
21. Please give me some food.
22. Hurray! The exams are over.
23. Do you sell mangoes?
24. What a strange request!
25. Give me a dozen mangoes.
I (b) Rewrite the following exclamatory sentences as assertive sentences:
1. What a sharp-eyed detective Sherlock Holmes was!
A. Sherlock Holmes was a great sharp-eyed detective.
2. Oh no! Someone has dropped the kitten in the garbage bin!
A. Someone has dropped the kitten into the garbage bin.
3. How humid and sultry the weather is!
A. The weather is very humid and sultry.
4. How delicious the food and how efficient the service!
A. The food was very delicious and the service was very efficient.
5. What a welcome the victorious team received!
A. The victorious team received a great welcome.
6. How cold and scary the night!
A. The night was very cold and scary.
7. How rich but how mean!
A. He/She is very rich but very mean.
8. What an intelligent answer!
9. What a beautiful dress!
10. Hurrah! India has won the hockey series.
11. What delicious sweets! Yummy!
12. What beautiful plays Shakespear wrote!

13. What a lovely shot!

14. Oh! What a beautiful painting it is!
15. Silence! The teacher is getting disturbed!
16. Hurray! We are going on a picnic tomorrow!
17. How foolish I have been!
18. What a horrible sight it was!
19. What a beautiful voice you have!
20. How clever you are!
21. Keep off the grass!
22. What a noise they are making!
23. What a horrible sight it was!
24. Wow! It is an expensive gift!
25. How hot it is!
Ex.II Divide the following sentences into subject and predicate:
1. The shepherd ran after his sheep.
The shepherd subject
ran after his sheep - predicate
2. You must use the zebra crossing to cross the road.
You subject
must use the zebra crossing to cross the road - predicate
3. Tell me the story of their creation.
You subject
Tell me the story of their creation predicate
4. My grandfather is a rather forgetful man.
My grandfather subject
is a rather forgetful man - predicate
5. Birds of a flock fly together.
Birds of a flock subject
fly together - predicate
6. The book had useful information.
7. The poor woodcutter lost his axe.
8. All of them were dancing with joy.
9. New Delhi is the capital of India.
10. The judge punished the culprit.
11. Flowers bloom during the spring.
12. Mr. Saxena is busy on his computer.
13. You should not make noise in the class.
14. The moon shines at night.
15. The soldier fights for the country.
16. Hema Malini is a good dancer.
17. The herd of elephants were bathing in the pond.
18. Many leaders addressed the huge rally.
19. An empty vessel makes much noise.
20. Two wise goats crossed the river.
21. India is our motherland.
22. George Washington was the president of America.
23. My books and notebooks were lost in the class.
24. An apple is a juicy fruit.
25. The shortest month of the year is February.
Ex. III Pick out/Underline the nouns in the following sentences and write whether they are proper, common,
abstract or collective nouns:

1.Virat Kohli is the captain of the team. He is an inspiring leader.

Virat Kohli - proper noun
captain, leader - common noun
team - collective noun
2. The fleet of ships has returned to the port.
fleet - collective noun
ships, port - common noun
3. The Golden Temple is in Amritsar.
Golden Temple, Amritsar - proper noun
4. There was a cluster of dense trees below the mountain range.
cluster - collective noun
trees, mountain - common noun
5. The bench of judges examined the convict.
bench collective noun
judges, convict common noun
6. The deer grazing in the field were chased away by a pack of wolves.
deer, wolves, field - common noun
pack collective noun
7. Our Principal has both wisdom and knowledge.
Principal common noun
wisdom, knowledge - abstract noun
8. Doctors use a thermometer to measure temperature.
Doctors, thermometer - common noun
temperature abstract noun
9. Shah Jahan built the Taj Mahal at Agra to show his love for his wife.
Shah Jahan, Taj Mahal, Agra proper noun
love abstract noun
wife - common noun
10. Sudha went to the hospital to see her friend. She took for her a bunch of grapes and a bouquet of flowers.
Sudha common noun
hospital, friend, grapes, flowers common noun
bouquet - collective noun
11. We presented our teacher a bouquet of roses.
teacher, roses - common noun
bouquet - collective noun
12. Reading gives us wisdom.
wisdom abstract noun
13. Robinhood robbed the rich and helped the poor.
Robinhood - proper noun
14. King Solomon was known for his wisdom.
King Solomon - proper noun
wisdom - abstract noun
15. Poverty is a curse for any country.
Poverty abstract noun
country - common noun
16. The students of that class has already finished their work.
students - common noun
class - collective noun
17. The doctors see patients inside their office so that they have privacy.
doctors, patients, office - common noun
privacy abstract noun
18. Sumit found a litter of puppies under the staircase of the old building.
Sumit - proper noun
litter - collective noun
puppies, staircase, building - common noun

19. Books are a storehouse of knowledge.

Books, storehouse - common noun
knowledge - abstract noun
20. When he won a prize, his heart was filled with joy.
prize - common noun
joy - abstract noun
21. Mother has lost her bunch of keys.
Mother, keys - common noun
bunch - collective noun
22. The crew is going on another mission.
crew - collective noun
23. Ritwik wants a house near the sea.
Ritwik - proper noun
house, sea - common noun
24. Call centre people need a lot of patience.
Call cente, people - common noun
patience - abstract noun
25. Kathmandu is the capital of Nepal.
Kathmandu, Nepal - proper noun
capital - common noun