Complete the following news items. This grammar exercise is designed for students of classes 9 and 10. Parents and teachers can use our grammar worksheets in class or at home.<\/p>\n
1. Mumbai 10th most wanted for commerce<\/p>\n
Mumbai \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 (has grabbed \/ grabbed \/ grabs \/ had grabbed) a place in the world\u2019s top ten financial flow hubs list, beating Hong Kong and Beijing. The survey \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.. (compiled \/ compiling \/ was compiled \/ has compiled) by MasterCard worldwide.<\/p>\n
2. Rocky planet too hot to support life<\/p>\n
Gliese 581 C, the rocky planet \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. (think \/ thought \/ is thinking \/ has thought) to be able to support life is too hot for water. Gliese 581 C \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.. (discovered \/ has discovered \/ was discovered \/ had discovered) in April this year. Of the more than 200 extra solar planets \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 (discovering \/ discovered \/ have discovered) since 1995, Gliese 581 C was the first planet to be found within the habitable zone of its star.<\/p>\n
3. NRI wins UK\u2019s top prize for fiction<\/p>\n
NRI journalist Rajiv Chandrasekharan \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. (wins \/ has won \/ won \/ had won) the BBC Four Samuel Johnson prize for his book on postwar Iraq. The book \u2018Imperial Life in the Emerald City\u2019 \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.. (lay \/ lied \/ laid) bare the cocooned life led by Americans inside the zone, while Iraqis struggled in the chaos outside.<\/p>\n
4. Salman Rushdie knighted on Queen\u2019s birthday<\/p>\n
Author Salman Rushdie and former English cricketer Ian Botham \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. (have awarded \/ were awarded \/ awarded \/ awarding) knighthoods by Britain\u2019s Queen Elizabeth II on June 16.<\/p>\n
5. Army welcomes Brahmos<\/p>\n
The surface-to-surface supersonic cruise missile, Brahmos \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. (inducted \/ has inducted \/ was inducted) into the Indian army on Thursday, June 21.<\/p>\n
6. The golden bullet that kills cancer<\/p>\n
American scientists \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.. (developed \/ developing \/ have developed) a golden bullet treatment for cancer that tracks down tumors before wiping them out with a blast of heat. The \u2018seek and destroy\u2019 technique \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.. (used \/ uses \/ has used \/ had used) an injection of microscopic glass spheres, coated in gold which seek out potentially deadly cancers in the body.<\/p>\n
1. Mumbai 10th most wanted for commerce<\/strong><\/p>\n Mumbai has grabbed<\/strong> a place in the world\u2019s top ten financial flow hubs list, beating Hong Kong and Beijing. The survey was compiled<\/strong> by MasterCard worldwide.<\/p>\n 2. Rocky planet too hot to support life<\/strong><\/p>\n Gliese 581 C, the rocky planet thought<\/strong> to be able to support life is too hot for water. Gliese 581 C was discovered<\/strong> in April this year. Of the more than 200 extra solar planets discovered<\/strong> since 1995, Gliese 581 C was the first planet to be found within the habitable zone of its star.<\/p>\n 3. NRI wins UK\u2019s top prize for fiction<\/strong><\/p>\n NRI journalist Rajiv Chandrasekharan has won<\/strong> the BBC Four Samuel Johnson prize for his book on postwar Iraq. The book \u2018Imperial Life in the Emerald City\u2019 laid<\/strong> bare the cocooned life led by Americans inside the zone, while Iraqis struggled in the chaos outside.<\/p>\n 4. Salman Rushdie knighted on Queen\u2019s birthday<\/strong><\/p>\n Author Salman Rushdie and former English cricketer Ian Botham were awarded<\/strong> knighthoods by Britain\u2019s Queen Elizabeth II on June 16.<\/p>\n 5. Army welcomes Brahmos<\/strong><\/p>\n The surface-to-surface supersonic cruise missile, Brahmos was inducted<\/strong> into the Indian army on Thursday, June 21.<\/p>\n 6. The golden bullet that kills cancer<\/strong><\/p>\n American scientists have developed<\/strong> a golden bullet treatment for cancer that tracks down tumors before wiping them out with a blast of heat. The \u2018seek and destroy\u2019 technique uses<\/strong> an injection of microscopic glass spheres, coated in gold which seek out potentially deadly cancers in the body.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Complete the following news items. This grammar exercise is designed for students of classes 9 and 10. Parents and teachers can use our grammar worksheets in class or at home. English Grammar Exercises 1....<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[231],"tags":[532],"class_list":["post-2611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-class-10-worksheets","tag-news-headlines-worksheet"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2611"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2611\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2612,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2611\/revisions\/2612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}