CBSE Class 7 English English Grammar Worksheet

Question. It is Meltem's birthday party... Nil, a close friend, asks her:
NİL: How come Aysel isn't here? Didn't you send her an invitation?
MELTEM: I ______ send her one, but I think it ______ in the mail.
(a) would / was lost
(b) should / got lost
(c) could / may get lost
(d) did / must have got lost
(e) might / must be lost

Answer : D

Question. ______ AIDS threatens to spread further in the near future was discussed in a recent meeting.
(a) The question of
(b) As a matter of fact
(c) Further proofs of
(d) ------------
(e) Whether or not

Answer : E

Question. Have you heard the news, Abdullah? The man ______ refused your proposal last year has been arrested.
(a) while he
(b) whom
(c) when he
(d) whose daughter
(e) who have

Answer : D

Question. You ______ another job pretty soon. I have a feeling that you're going to get fired before long.
(a) would rather start looking for
(b) had better to start looking for
(c) would start looking for
(d) 'd better to start to look for
(e) 'd better start looking for

Answer : E

Question. I remember ______ to a big mosque in Istanbul as a small child.
(a) their taking
(b) to take them
(c) being taken
(d) to have taken them
(e) to be taken

Answer : C

Question. They had the poor man ______ the toilets twice a day.
(a) cleaned
(b) to clean
(c) cleans
(d) should clean
(e) clean

Answer : E

Question. ______, he went to collect his payment.
(a) Having finished his work successfully
(b) Although he had completed his work successfully
(c) In view of the work was completed with success
(d) Despite the fact that the work was successfully completed
(e) Despite he didn't finish the job

Answer : A

Question. I'm surprised to hear that you've seen him here in Izmir because he is supposed ______ abroad for some time now.
(a) to be
(b) to have been
(c) being
(d) having been
(e) to being

Answer : B

Question. O.K., boys. It's high time we all ______ home now.
(a) have gone
(b) go
(c) will go
(d) had gone
(e) went

Answer : E

Question. On top of the hill ______.
(a) an Ottoman citadel stood enormous
(b) an enormous Ottoman citadel stood
(c) stood an enormous Ottoman citadel
(d) the enormous Ottoman citadel stood
(e) the Ottoman citadel enormous stood

Answer : C

Question. You don't believe every citizen is born free and equal and shares the same inherent human dignity, ______?
(a) aren't they
(b) does he or she
(c) don't they
(d) doesn't he or she
(e) do you

Answer : E

Question. ______ rich people are, they always seem anxious to make ______ more money.
(a) No matter how / still
(b) Some / any
(c) So / much
(d) Whatever / some
(e) The / never

Answer : A

Question. Haven't you heard the news? Some of the astronauts, ______ objected to the new regulations, have asked to be dropped from the Apollo program.
(a) when they
(b) that
(c) whom
(d) whose wives
(e) who has repeatedly

Answer : D

Question. Not only ______ our display windows, but they also choose the different kinds of materials to be used in the background.
(a) design professional interior decorators do
(b) professional interior decorators do design
(c) do professional interior decorators design
(d) do design professional interior decorators
(e) design do professional interior decorators

Answer : C

Question. They were wondering what ______.
(a) was it that the man wanted to have
(b) did the man want to say
(c) was it wanted by the man
(d) it was that the man wanted to have
(e) was it that the man said

Answer : D

Question. It seems to me that they never gave a thought to probable future problems when the plans ______ five years ago.
(a) they laid down
(b) were not laid down
(c) to be laid down
(d) had been laid down
(e) were being laid down

Answer : E

Question. Yes, I thought this morning I might need a new watch, but they just changed the battery in my old watch and it was working perfectly after all. So, I ______ a new one.
(a) should not buy
(b) had to buy
(c) must have bought
(d) needn't have bought
(e) didn't need to buy

Answer : E

Question. Choose the correct question form:
(a) Who waited for you?
(b) Who waited for you?
(c) Who for you waited?
(d) You waited for who?
(e) For who you waited?

Answer : A

Question. Oh, I am really sorry. I wish I ______ that vase.
(a) had never attempted to lift
(b) can pay for
(c) would buy
(d) won't have needed
(e) wouldn't have broken

Answer : A

Question. The doctor recommended that I ______ more careful with my diet.
(a) be
(b) will be
(c) am
(d) was
(e) were

Answer : A

Question. Oh, how I wish I ______ there with you last night!
(a) were
(b) was
(c) had been
(d) am
(e) have been

Answer : C

Question. I understand you did send him an e-mail message, but somehow it got lost on the way and he didn't turn up for the interview. I think you ______ him instead.
(a) ought to have phoned
(b) should phone
(c) couldn't have phoned
(d) had not phoned
(e) must have phoned

Answer : A

Question. He dyed his hair and wore dark glasses ______ people wouldn't recognize him.
(a) if only
(b) so that
(c) never again
(d) never again
(e) in order to

Answer : B

Question. Choose the correct sentence:
(a) Is huge thing man-made that?
(b) Is that huge thing man-made?
(c) Is that huge man-made thing?
(d) Is that thing man-made huge?
(e) Is that thing huge man-made?

Answer : B

Question. Never before in my life ______ before a cruel tyrant!
(a) have I had to bow
(b) I had bowed
(c) I should have bowed
(d) I needn't have bowed
(e) I must have bowed

Answer : A

Refer to pages 77 and 78 of your “English Grammar Worksheet” Book & complete the following sentences with the help of appropriate homophones. The meanings of the homophones are given in brackets.

1. The nurse came to my ____(help).

2. My phone has a memory of 18 ___(computer data).

3. I saw a ____in my dream (creature with wing’s)

4. Who was the ___you were talking to?(young man)

5. Do you ____ the answer? (have knowledge)

6. There is ____ on the Indo-Pak border.(calm)

7. Papa will ____me at the airport.(encounter)

8. She borrowed ___ pen from me (single)

9. Many soldiers fought in the ___(battle).

10. The _____ was bad yesterday (climate).