Exercises

Degrees of comparison exercise

March 13, 2013

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 [...]

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Identify the type of conditional clauses

March 12, 2013

Conditional clauses are very common in English. They are usually introduced by the subordinating conjunction if. Conditional clauses can refer to the present, past or the future. The zero conditional usually refers to the present. The first conditional can refer to the present or the future. Second and third conditional clauses are mainly used to [...]

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Prepositional phrases exercise

March 11, 2013

Complete the following sentences using appropriate prepositional phrases. A prepositional phrase is group of words containing a preposition. A prepositional phrase serves the same purpose as a preposition. Like prepositions, they are also used to indicate the relationship between a noun and some other words in the sentence. 1. The boys were given pizza ……………………….. [...]

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Identify the tense form

March 8, 2013

Read the sentences given below and identify the tense form used in each of them. 1. They had been waiting for the train. a) past perfect tense active b) past perfect continuous active c) present perfect tense active d) present perfect tense passive 2. India has not won many Olympic gold medals. a) present perfect [...]

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