Saturday 23 April 2016

9th std GET GROOMED WITH GRAMMAR

Fill in the blanks using ‘a’, ‘an’ or ‘the’. ____ moon rose in the sky after _____ small pesky cloud moved out of its

way. It shone on _____house that stood braving the cold of _____

December night. _____open window on the top floor of _____ house

revealed the silhouette of _____young girl who sat holding _____urn on her

lap. _____ copper urn gleamed in her pale quivering hands. It held

_____ashes of _____only person who had loved and cared for her in this

world. She wanted to call out to her but _____words froze in her throat.

Somewhere _____window slapped shut and brought her out of _____daze

that seemed to drown her completely.


Choose a suitable word from the options given and complete the story from Tunisia.

A weary traveler stopped at a Bedouin’s tent and asked for shelter for the night. Without (a) __________hesitation , the man killed (b) __________ chicken and handed it to (c) __________ wife for (d) __________ guest’s

supper.

As the woman stirred the meat in (d) __________ copper cooking pot, she

smelled the rich steam and could not resist tasting (f) __________ of the

meat and soup, to see if it was soft and tasty. But mouthful followed

mouthful, and there wasn’t (g) __________ chicken left, but for the neck

piece, which she gave to her little son to nibble. The boy found so tasty

that he whined, “Give me (h) __________ chicken, mother!” the woman

slapped the little boy and scolded him: “It’s a shameful thing (i) __________ father taught you, enough of it, I tell you!” on the (j) __________side of the wooden hanging which screened the woman’s part of the

tent from the rest, the traveller overheard them. “What habit has (k) __________ father taught (l) __________ child?” He asked curiously. “Oh,”

said the woman, “whenever a guest arrives at (m) __________ tent, he

cuts off his ears and roasts them over the fire for (n) __________ son to

eat.” Making not a sound, the traveller picked up (o) __________ shoes

and ran.
a.    i. no any ii. little iii. any iv. no

b.    i. a few ii. some iii. few iv. a

c.    i. his ii. her iii. their iv. there

d.    i. his ii. her iii. their iv. there

e.    i. the ii. a iii. theirs iv. their

f.    i. some ii. many iii. a few iv. few

g.    i. any ii. some iii. a few iv. few

h.    i. any ii. some iii. a few iv. few

i.i hers ii. your iii. their iv. his

j. i. an other ii. another iii. other iv. one

k. i. hers ii. her iii. him iv. his

l. i a ii. an iii. the iv. x

m. i. x ii. our iii. ours iv. their

n. i. their ii. his iii. our iv. x

o. i. her ii. his iii. our iv. x

Here are a few question and statements written down by the Cultural

Secretary, that she/he needs to share. Tick the correct words from those

given in brackets.

a. How (much/many) chairs do we need?

b. (Much/Several) (schools/school) will be participating.

c. (Several/Much) students have arrived.

d. How (much /many) time do we have to get the participants ready?

e. There are only (a few, a little) seats in the auditorium.

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