Complete The Passage | Class 9 English Grammar Worksheets

There are blank spaces in the passage given below. Fill in the blanks with an appropriate tense form.

The world ……….a……….. bearing the brunt of global warming. Nevertheless, environmental experts ……….2………… to have found some reasons for cheer. According to new research, all the carbon dioxide ………..3……….. into the atmosphere could mean no more ice ages anytime soon. Ice ages naturally ……….4………. about every 100,000 years or so as the pattern of earth’s orbit ………5………. with time and alters the way the sun …………6………… the planet’s surface.
1. a) has started; b) is starting; c) is started; d) started
2. a) seem; b) seems; c) are seeming; d) seemed
3. a) emitting; b) emitted; c) emit; d) emits
4. a) occur; b) are occurring; c) have occurred; d) occurs
5. a) changing; b) is changing; c) changes; d) changed
6. a) strike; b) strikes; c) striking; d) struck

Answers

The world has started bearing the brunt of global warming. Nevertheless, environmental experts seem to have found some reasons for cheer. According to new research, all the carbon dioxide emitted into the atmosphere could mean no more ice ages anytime soon. Ice ages naturally occur about every 100,000 years or so as the pattern of earth’s orbit changes with time and alters the way the sun strikes the planet’s surface.