CBSE Class 9 English Word Forms Worksheet

Question. The coupon is not valid if ..............................
(a) detaching
(b) detached
(c) detaches

Answer : B

Question. It is dangerous .......................... on thin ice.
(a) skating
(b) to skate
(c) to skating

Answer : B

Question. He was a corrupt young man who .......................... only of his own pleasure.
(a) thinking
(b) thought
(c) think

Answer : B

Question. Your negligence with regard to this bill must be ...............................
(a) explaining
(b) explained

Answer : B

Question. He is so cunning I always wonder if I am ..............................
(a) cheating
(b) cheated
(c) being cheated
(d) cheat

Answer : B

Question. Do you believe that our destiny is ...............................?
(a) predetermined
(b) predetermining

Answer : A

Question. She devised a definitive method for ............................
(a) winning
(b) win
(c) to win

Answer : A

Question. A little encouragement is all some people need to keep ............................ a good job.
(a) doing
(b) to do
(c) do

Answer : A

Question. Edison is ........................ with the invention of the phonograph.
(a) credit
(b) credited
(c) crediting

Answer : B

Question. Our company is ............................ by the son of the founder.
(a) managing
(b) managed
(c) manage

Answer : B

Question. The drought has ................................. our supply of water.
(a) depleting
(b) depleted
(c) depletes

Answer : B

Question. Plato's philosophy has been ............................... throughout the world.
(a) disseminating
(b) disseminate
(c) disseminated

Answer : C
 

Word Power | Vocabulary

Question. He couldn't hide his ............................
(a) indignity
(b) indignation
(c) indigenous

Answer : B

Question. Religion is a matter of ............................ to many young people.
(a) undifference
(b) indifference
(c) nondifference

Answer : B

Question. I .......................... him ever since he sold me that defective dishwasher.
(a) mistrust
(b) untrust
(c) distrust

Answer : C

Question. The writer was .............................. to both good and bad criticism.
(a) undifferent
(b) indifferent

Answer : B

Question. An ……………………. person like him can never run a country.
(a) undecisive
(b) nondecisive
(c) indecisive

Answer : C

Question. The boy's ............................. choice of friends landed him in trouble.
(a) discriminate
(b) indiscriminate
(c) indiscriminant

Answer : B

Question. The ……………….. movie was banned.
(a) undecent
(b) indecent

Answer : B

Question. Most criminals come from ......................... families.
(a) disfunctional
(b) dysfunctional
(c) unfunctional

Answer : B

Question. The acting chairman will serve for an ........................... time.
(a) indiscriminate
(b) indeterminate
(c) indeterminant

Answer : B

Question. I have not been able to find my ............................ keys.
(a) displaced
(b) misplaced

Answer : B

Question. The ............................ boy was constantly in and out of reform school.
(a) incorrigible
(b) gullible
(c) culpable

Answer : A

Question. A good CEO is .......................... for a successful firm.
(a) dispensable
(b) indispensable
(c) undispensable

Answer : B
 

Words Commonly Confused

Question. The soldiers fired ……………………………
(a) indiscriminately
(b) indiscriminantly
(c) indefinitely

Answer : A

Question. More than 10,000 kilometers ………………………. India from Europe.
(a) separate
(b) separates

Answer : B

Question. It was the age of ………………………. revolution.
(a) industrial
(b) industrious

Answer : A

Question. How long have you ………………………. in bed?
(a) laid
(b) lay
(c) lain

Answer : C

Question. He can’t possibly ……………………….. all these figures in memory.
(a) remember
(b) retain

Answer : B

Question. The project will require a ……………………… amount of money.
(a) considerable
(b) considerate

Answer : A

Question. She sat there lost in ……………………….
(a) thought
(b) thinking

Answer : A

Question. It was not easy to break the caste ……………………… in ancient India.
(a) prescription
(b) proscription

Answer : B

Question. Some authors are very …………………….. to
(a) criticism.
(b) sensible
(c) sensitive

Answer : C

Question. We must try to ……………………… ourselves to changing circumstances.
(a) adapt
(b) adopt

Answer : A

Question. The speech was ……………………….. uninteresting.
(a) rather
(b) fairly

Answer : A

Question. In this age of competition, only ……………………… people can survive.
(a) industrial
(b) industrious

Answer : B