Functional English WORK SHEET 2.5

Functional English WORK SHEET 2.5

A. Fill in the blanks with appropriate Prepositions (at/ on/ in):

a. The telephone and the doorbell rang ____ the same time.

b. Ramesh and Sarita always go out for a meal ____ their wedding anniversary.

c. Harish is 57. He’ll be retiring from his job _____ two years’ time.

d. I’ve been invited to a wedding reception ____ 26^th January.

e. Hurry up! We’ve got to go ___ 10 minutes.

f. My car is being repaired ____ the garage. It will be ready ____ three hours.

g. She might not be at home _____ Wednesday morning but she’ll probably be there ____ the afternoon.

h. It was quite a short novel and much easy to read. I read it ____ a day.

i. The course begins _____ 27^th July and ends sometime ____ August.

j. They travelled overnight to London and arrived ____ 6o’ clock ____ the morning.

k. I hope the weather will be nice ____ the weekend.

l. There are usually a lot of parties ____ the New Year’s Eve.

m. Shyam’s brother is a banker but he is out of work ____ the moment.

n. I am pretty much busy just now but I’ll be with you ____ a moment.

B. Fill in the blanks with appropriate Prepositions (at/ on/ in/ to/ by/ for/of/ with/ from/ behind/ into/ onto/ through/ after):

a. The conference took place ___ the company’s corporate office.

b. It had been a very long journey. We were _____ sea for 50 days.

c. I was ____ Peter’s last night and I lost my passport ____ the way ____ India.

d. The train stopped ____ Kolkata main station.

e. He is truly a genius. He is _____ the black lists _____ many casinos.

f. We reached very late _____ the cinema so we had ____ sit ___ the back row.

g. Is there anything interesting _____ the paper today? Have you ever been ___ Russia?

h. These books are Rs. 150/- each. They are being offered _____ sale.

i. Some people are _____ prison _____ crimes they have not committed.

j. I am really sorry but you are standing ____ my way.

k. There was a very serious accident ____ the roundabout.

l. In many countries people drive ____ the left.

m. I am ____ love with her.

n. We are offering solutions _____ a price almost anyone can afford.

o. He behaves just like his father. He really takes _____ him.

p. It is very difficult ____ enter into partnership ____ a person you are not much acquainted ____.

C. Fill in the blanks with appropriate Prepositions (at/ in/ for/ from):

Rahul felt sorry _________ Mrs. Shalini because he was always ______ debt. Rahul took books ____ the invitation of Mrs. Shalini _____ the bookstall and sold them ______ whatever he could get. The wife and the booksellers usually paid ____ the books some amount which Rahul suspected she stole ______ her husband’s pocket when he was lying ____ bed.

D. Fill in the blanks with appropriate Prepositions (to/ of/ from/ over/ in/ with)

a. Professor Prasad will take _____ as the new Principal tomorrow.

b. One has to adjust oneself _____ new circumstances.

c. They accused him _____ selling secret information _____ the enemy.

d. Please write ____ ink and put your name ____ the top of the page.

e. The man ____ pipe and long beard is the brother ____ the girl.

f. If you do not comply ____ the traffic regulations you will get ____ the trouble ____ the police.

g. She is now married ______ a rich businessman.

h. I correspond _____ her regularly.

i. That patient died ____ fever.

j. This time, elections are totally different ____ the previous ones.

E. Fill in the blanks with appropriate Prepositions (by/ from/ of/ to/ upon/ across/ at/ on/ with):

a. We regret that we cannot comply____ your request.

b. The best candidate should be appointed ____ the post.

c. He is addicted _____ gambling.

d. I was amazed ______ her stupendous ignorance.

e. We must be grateful for the blessings that God has bestowed _______ us.

f. We called ______ a friend’s house on the way.

g. On the way we came_____ an old beggar.

h. We agreed _____ a certain course of action.

i. People in many villages don’t have access ____ electricity. 

j. He was accused _____ theft.

k. He has been absent _____ classes for three days now.

l. You must abide _______ the terms of this agreement.

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Functional English WORK SHEET 2.4

Functional English WORK SHEET 2.4

Fill in the blanks with appropriate Prepositions:

a. I am fond ___ reading stories.

b. We have made all the preparations ____ the marriage.

c. I am proud ____ my heritage.

d. He is descendant _____ king.

e. I have no trust ____ him.

f. We are much ashamed ____ our son.

g. We must provide ______ the bad days.

h. God will provide _____ our necessities.

i. It is expected ____ them ____ find the solution.

j. She jumped ____ the well.

k. There was no student _____ the class.

l. He goes for a walk ____ the morning daily.

m. The cat jumped _____ the mouse.

n. She is sitting _____ the roof.

o. The letter was written _____ Geeta.

p. She wrote a letter _____ a pen.

q. He has a car ______ a bike.

r. I will go to school _____ next Tuesday.

s. She knows Hindi ______ Urdu.

t. We haven’t seen her _____ the last three days.

u. I haven’t seen them _____ March.

v. She turned pale ______ fear.

w. The poor have _____ work _____ morning  ____ evening.

x. I go ____ swim every early morning.

y. Never laugh _____ the disabled.

z. Please wait _____ me, I am coming ______ five minutes.

aa. She fell _____ love ____ Sumit.

bb. She was married ____ an early age.

cc. We will go _____ the United States _____ plane.

dd. The man _____ the beard is my brother.

ee. I am grateful ____ my friends _____ their moral support.

ff. This bike is a gift _____ my father.  

gg. This box belonged ____ the landlord.

hh. His mother died _____ cancer.

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Functional English WORK SHEET 2.3

Functional English WORK SHEET 2.3

Fill in the blanks with appropriate Prepositions:

a. Shyam killed the snake _____ a stick.

b. His car ran ______ a dog.

c. She assured to stand _____ me in all circumstances.

d. He put _____ a jacket of black colour.

e. They are proud ______ their riches.

f. He lives ______ Mumbai.

g. Ramesh was beaten _______ by Hari for no valid reason.

h. We sat _______ the ground.

i. He fell the tree _______ an axe.

j. An epidemic broke _______ in the village last year.

k. I took him _____ a thief.

l. Manan is now rid _____ all his troubles.

m. She sat ________ me.

n. He agreed ______ my plan.

o. The lion ran ______ the buffalo.

p. He died ________ heart failure.

q. He acted according _______ my desire.

r. We did it ______ you only.

s. Shalini goes to her office ____ car.

t. Look _____ the picture.

u. He ran ______ the room and sat _______ his father.

v. They are not eligible _____ this post.

w. I did not find any exception ______ this rule of grammar.

x. She has a great passion ______ natural beauty.

y. You are very much weak _________ mathematics.

z. I am sick _____ the whole episode.

aa. He insisted _____ complaining against the officer.

bb. You are ______ conform ______ the rules of the institute.

cc. Your rules didn’t accord ________ mine.

dd. She comes ______ a very noble family.

ee. They are addicted ______ smoking.

ff. Your scheme is adverse _______ my career.

gg. The court has restored the property _______ its true owner.

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Functional English WORK SHEET 2.2

Functional English WORK SHEET 2.2

Find out if there is any error in the use of Adverbs in each of the following sentences and correct the errors:

a. The weather is fairly hot.

b. Coffee is rather hot.

c. I like her as she is rather charming.

d. You should speak with patiently and with confidently.

e. I asked him to not go there.

f.  Ram only came here last Saturday.

g. They wanted a better and efficient Office Assistant.

h. It was much cold last night.

i.  He will be quite sorry to know that.

j.  He ran very fastly.

k. It was nothing else than his arrogance.

l.  He feels comparatively better today.

m. Come at 7 O’ clock to my office.

n. She quickly ran away from the site.

o. Firstly you think over the words and then speak.

p. I go often to the Shiv Temple.

q. No one hardly goes to the church daily.

r. They could not find him nowhere.

s. His grandmother peacefully died yesterday.

t. Do you know to drive?

u. I went directly to Meerut.

v. Rita runs fastly than Sita.

w. Shyam hit the thief hardly on the head.

x. He is perfectly quite right.

y. The principal spoke enough loud to be heard easily.

z. Rahim comes here seldom.

aa. The movie was mostly over when you entered.

bb. Please repeat again what you have said.

cc. Breathe deeply when you exercise.

dd. There were everywhere flowers in the garden.

ee. She has often to go by train.

ff. I drive seldom after sunset.

gg. You are forbidden not to write on the floor.

hh. I met none else than your real sister.

ii. Unless you do not work hard, you can’t succeed.

jj. I only solved two sums in an hour.

kk. The teacher asked him to not sleep in the class.

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Functional English WORK SHEET 2.1

Functional English WORK SHEET 2.1

Fill in the blanks with correct form of the verbs:

a. It is already six P.M. They ___________ (not arrive) yet.

b. The farmers ________ (plough) all their fields before the monsoon reaches.

c. By the end of next year I ________ (finish) my project positively.

d. _____ she ______ (go) home after Holi?

e. They ______ (climb) up the ladder when they _____ (hear) a loud sound.

f.  Sumit ______ (write) a poem when Reena ______ (enter) the room.

g. A dog _______ (bite) him, while he ______ (pass) through the forest last week.

h. Aniket ________ (read) the ‘Ramayana’ daily in the morning.

i.  We ______ (wait) for the train for last three hours.

j.  Swami ________ (ring) the bell at 5 P.M. every day.

k. The light _______ (go) out while we ______ (have) dinner in the hotel.

l.  Rohit _______ (slip) while he _______ (climb) up the roof.

m. It _______ (rain) heavily since Tuesday.

n. Rita ______ (finish) her work before Rakhi came.

o. They _______ (complete) their work just now.

p. Seema has no more books to sell. She ________ (sell) all the books.

q. Sunita _____ (hurt) her leg. She can’t walk fast.

r.  When I reached the school, the first bell ______ (already go).

s.  Only the wearer ______ (know) where the shoe _______ (pinch).

t. He ______ (play) the guitar outside her house when someone opened the window and _______ (throw) out a bucket of water.

u. _______ (not like) the movie last night.

v. Please sit here until my brother _______ (come).

w. She ______ (play) tennis since 6 O’clock.

x. My friend ________ (not see) me for many years when I met him last week.

y. They ________ (build) the bridge when I ________ (be) here last year. They _____ (not finish) it yet.

z. I wish I ______ (know) her name.

aa. When the aircraft landed, the pilot ______ (find) that one of the wings ________ (be damaged) by a shell.

bb. Look, a man _____ (run) after the bus, He _____ (want) to catch it.

cc.  If I _______ (be) a ghost. I ________ (try) to frighten all the people I dislike.

dd. He ________ (know) her a long time before he finally _______ (get) married to her.

ee. What _____ (do) you while I ______ (wash) the dishes?

ff.  I always ________ (tell) you to comb your hair, but you never (do) what I say.

gg. I hope it ______ (not rain) when the bride ______ (leave) the church.

hh. “The fire _____ (look) very serious”, _______ (say) a young soldier, “But I wonder why they _______ (not order) everyone to leave the building till the fire ______ (to be extinguished).” Suddenly a great tongue of flame _______ (shoot) out of a window on the fourth floor and the broken glass _______ (begin) to fall. I ______ (look) at the soldier and he ______ (look) at me. “Come on”, he said “We _______ (go) to see what _______ (happen) there”.     

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Functional English WORK SHEET 1.9

Functional English WORK SHEET 1.9

(A) Complete the following sentences.

1. No other boy is as ……………………. as James. (tall / taller / tallest)

2. Milk is ………………….. than any other food. (nourishing / more nourishing / most nourishing)

3. Radium is one of the ……………………… metals. (valuable / more valuable / most valuable)

4. Few English poets were as ……………………. as Wordsworth. (great / greater / greatest)

5. Shimla is ………………….. than most other hill stations in India. (famous / more famous / most famous)

6. Gold is one of the ……………………. metals. (precious / more precious / most precious)

7. Solomon was …………………… than any other king. (wise / wiser / wisest)

8. Few historians write as ………………….. as Macaulay. (well / better /best)

9. Very few books are as ……………………. as David Copperfield. (popular / more popular / most popular)

10. A train is …………………. than a car. (fast / faster / fastest)

(B) Fill in the blanks with the comparative or superlative form of the adjective given in the brackets.

1. How is your mother today? Is she any ……………………………………..? (Good)

2. In India May is ……………………………………… than June. (Hot)

3. Julie is …………………………………….. than her sister. (Pretty)

4. Who is the …………………………………… girl in your class? (Beautiful)

5. Which is the …………………………………….. of all metals. (Precious)

6. Her husband is ten years ………………………………………… than her. (Old)

7. All of us are bad singers, but I sing the …………………………………….. of all. (Bad)

8. I think you require a …………………………………….. diet. (Nutritious)

9. Which is the …………………………………… part of India? (Dry)

10. It was the ………………………………….. moment of my life. (Proud)

(C) Choose the correct option:

1. Very few books are read _____ Harry Potter by children.

(a) as much as (b) more than (c) the most

2. Life in the desert is ______ than life in the mountains.

(a) as dreary as (b) the dreariest (c) drearier

3. Honey is ____ medicine.

(a) as good as (b) better than (c) the best

4. School days are _______ than college days.

(a) as enjoyable as (b) more enjoyable (c) the most enjoyable

5. The coconut tree has ________ any other tree.

(a) as much uses as (b) more uses than (c) the most uses of

6. Dogs are _______ as dolphins.

(a) as friendly (b) more friendly (c) the most friendly

7. No other country sells ______ number of cellphones as India after America.

(a) as many (b) more (c) the most

8. Nursing is ______ many other professions.

(a) as noble as (b) nobler than (c) the most noble

9. Very few channels are watched by children ______ the Cartoon Channel.

(a) as much as (b) more than (c) the most

10. Black is the _______ colour.

(a) as dark as (b) darker than (c) darkest

11. Milk is _____ diet.

(a) so good as (b) better than (c) the best

12. Noodles is ________ dish for children and youngsters.

(a) so enjoyable as (b) more enjoyable than (c) the most enjoyable

13. We have not played any match _____ as this.

(a) so bad (b) worse (c) the worst

14. This road is the _____ one in town.

(a) as long as (b) longer than (c) longest

(D) Complete the following sentences using the appropriate form of the adjective given in the brackets.

1. He is ………………… than his neighbors. (rich)

2. The brides were much ……………… than the grooms. (young)

3. He is too …………………… to be taught. (intelligent)

4. He is ………………… than I thought him to be. (clever)

5. When the old woman became ……………………, she began to move about. (strong)

6. He is much ………………… now. (good)

7. The offer was too ………………… to be true. (good)

8. He fishes with …………………… success than I do. (great)

9. Shakespeare is the …………………… playwright in English. (great)

10. The pain was …………………… than he could bear. (much)

11. The ………………… thing of all was that his son was rude to him. (bad)

12. Jane was the ………………… player of the two. (good)

(E) Complete the following sentences using the correct degree of the adjective given in the brackets.

1. My brother’s handwriting is …………………….. (bad) mine.

2. Health is …………………….. wealth. (important)

3. Blood is …………………… water. (thick)

4. Everest is …………………….. peak in the world. (high)

5. This is ……………………. play I have ever heard on the radio. (interesting)

6. Susie is …………………………. of all the four sisters. (beautiful)

7. The planet Mars is ……………………. from the earth than the satellite Moon. (far)

8. The elephant is ………………….. animal in the world. (large) 

9. An ocean is certainly ……………………… a sea. (big)

10. I am …………………… in cricket than in football. (interested)

(F) Correct the following sentences:

1. She is more stronger than her sister.

2. Bombay is further from Delhi than Agra.

3. You have much books.

4. I have many work to do.

5. She is growing strong and strong everyday.

6. Let’s go quiet somewhere.

7. I can’t afford that a big car.

8. Tell me the last news.

9. I have less worries than you.

10. He wasted his all wealth.

(G) Use the suitable degree of the adjectives:

1. This is a nice cat. It's much ______ than my friend's cat.

2. Here is Emily. She's six years old. Her brother is nine, so he is ________ .

3. This is a difficult exercise. But the exercise with an asterisk (*) is the _______ exercise on the worksheet.

4. He has an interesting hobby, but my sister has the___________ hobby in the world.

5. In the last holidays I read a good book, but father gave me an even______ one last weekend.

6. School is boring, but homework is ________ nthan school.

7. Skateboarding is a dangerous hobby. Bungee jumping is ________ than skateboarding.

8. This magazine is cheap, but that one is________ .

9. We live in a small house, but my grandparents' house is even_________ than ours.

10. Yesterday John told me a funny joke. This joke was the________ joke I've ever heard.

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