Class 10 Grammar Worksheet
Complete the following passage by choosing the most appropriate option from the ones given below.
Once a poor woman who (a) …………………… her only son …………….(b) Buddha and prayed to him (c) …………………. her dead son back to life. Buddha (d) ……………… her that there was only one medicine that (e) ………………. bring her son’s life back.
a) i) lost; ii) has lost; iii) had lost; iv) was losing
b) i) was approached; ii) approached; iii) had approached; iv) approaching
c) i) to bringing; ii) to bring; iii) bring; iv) brought
d) i) was telling; ii) tells; iii) had told; iv) told
e) i) can; ii) could; iii) should; iv) must
Answers
Once a poor woman who (a) had lost her only son approached (b) Buddha and prayed to him (c) to bring her dead son back to life. Buddha (d) told her that there was only one medicine that (e) could bring her son’s life back.
Exercise 2
In the passage given below, one word has been omitted in each line. Write the missing word along with the word that comes before and after that word.
The magician climbed on the platform. He waved
to the audience and started first trick. He took two
boxes in his hand. One was bigger the other.
He showed both boxes the spectators. There was
nothing them. Then he took some small
pieces of paper put them into the smaller box.
He put round pieces of cardboard the bigger
box. He then covered both the boxes a
black cloth and waved wand over them.
Solution
The magician climbed on the platform. He waved on to the
to the audience and started first trick. He took two started his first
boxes in his hand. One was bigger the other. bigger than the
He showed both boxes the spectators. There was boxes to the
nothing them. Then he took some small nothing in them
pieces of paper put them into the smaller box. paper and put
He put round pieces of cardboard the bigger cardboard in the
box. He then covered both the boxes a boxes with a
black cloth and waved wand over them. waved his wand
