Participles exercise
Participles are non-finite verb forms. They act as adjectives. There are two kinds of participles: present participles and past participles. The present participle form always ends in –ing. The past participle form can have...
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Infinitive or gerund | grammar exercise
Complete the following sentences using an –ing form or an infinitive. 1. We heard of his ………………. the prize. a) winning b) to win 2. We intend …………….. Delhi this year. a) to visit...
Infinitive with and without to | CBSE grammar worksheet
The infinitive is the bare form of the verb. Examples are: leave, work, come, see, play, stop. The infinitive can be used with or without to. For example, after modal auxiliary verbs (can, may,...
Sentence improvement exercise 2
A part of the sentence is underlined. The underlined part may or may not contain an error. From the given alternatives, choose the one that will improve the sentence. If the sentence is correct...
Sentence improvement exercise
A part of the sentence is underlined. The underlined part may or may not contain an error. From the given alternatives, choose the one that will improve the sentence. If the sentence is correct...
Idioms exercise
Each of the following sentences contains an idiomatic expression. From the given options select the one that correctly expresses the meaning of the idiom. 1. To eat humble pie is to apologize humbly to...
Gap fills exercise 2
Fill in the blanks. The last decade has been …1… for management education and development. When the economies of most western countries were …2… in the early 1980’s there were …3… cuts both in...
Idioms and phrases exercise
Each question contains an idiomatic expression. From the given options find the one that expresses the correct meaning of the given idiom. An example is given below. To poke your nose into something is...
Gap fills exercise
Some of the words have been left out. First read the passage over and try to understand what it is about. Then fill in the blanks with the help of the suggested answers and...
First conditional clauses | Grammar exercise
There are mainly three common patterns with ‘if’. These are called first conditional, second conditional and third conditional. Watch this Youtube video to better understand the correct use of first conditional. First conditional sentences...