Class VIII Grammar Worksheet - 5 (For Half-Yearly Exam)

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Grammar Assignment – 5

      1.     Fill in the blanks using had to/has to/have to.
     (a)    My sister ……………….. study for more hours as the exams were approaching.
     (b)   The school team ………………..  work harder as their opponents are stronger. 
     (c)    I ………………… postpone the preparation for the exam as I have already got a lot of work to do. 
     (d)   You ……………….. take an exam if you want admission to this college
     (e)    She ………………..  catch an early bus as the exams began an hour earlier than usual. 
     (f)     The workers ……………….. (finish) their work by 4.00 p.m. on weekdays.

       2.     Fill in the blanks using the passive form of the verbs in the brackets.
Last Sunday was boring. We ………………..……………….. (take) to the cinema by our uncle. There were long queues before the booking windows. The tickets ………………..……………….. (sell out) in no time. It ………………..……………….. (decide) to visit the garden nearby. On reaching there, we found that it was closed for maintenance. An auto ………………..……………….. (hire) to get back home. On the way we ………………..……………….. (catch) in a traffic jam for more than an hour. We reached home late very exhausted.

       3.     Change into reported speech.
Gappu : Gauri, have you finished your painting? 
Gauri: I am still working on it.
Gappu : Stop wasting your time and complete the painting by evening.
Gauri   :  I do not think I can. Who told you I am wasting my time?
Gappu asked Gauri  …………………………..…………………………. . Gauri told him …………………………..…………………………. . Gappu advised her  …………………………..…………………………. .  Gauri told him …………………………..…………………………. . She asked him angrily  …………………………..…………………………. .

      4.     Rearrange the words/phrases to make meaningful sentences.
     (a)   are not / citizens / respected / senior / or cared for
     (b)   ill-equipped / are not only / insufficient / old age home / also / but
     (c)    must / anyone else’s / place them / the society / before / interest



     (d)   for / sell / all shows/ we / tickets / Box Office / at / the

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