Fill in the blanks.
1. She is tired ……………… hungry.
2. I hope you ……………………. hard in future.
3. Change into exclamatory sentence. The stars are very beautiful.
4. Speak the truth …………………. will help you.
5. We cannot take back spoken words. Change into passive.
The passive form of cannot take is cannot be taken.
6. He was attacked by a …………………… of bees.
7. The pen is …………………… than the sword.
8. The farmer owns six ……………………
Oxen is the plural form of ox.
9. I enjoyed …………………… at the party.
When the subject and the object refers to the same person, the reflexive pronouns is used.
10. The teacher said to the boy, ‘You have failed again.’ Change into reported speech.
The present perfect in the direct speech changes into past perfect in the indirect speech.
11. If you write legibly, you ……………………… good marks.
In the first conditional, use a simple present tense in the if-clause and will + first form of the verb in the main clause.
12. You had better ……………………. with fire.
After had better, the infinitive is used without to.
Answers
1. She is tired as well as hungry.
2. I hope you will work hard in future.
3. How beautiful the stars are!
4. Speak the truth that will help you.
5. Spoken words cannot be taken back.
6. He was attacked by a swarm of bees.
7. The pen is mightier than the sword.
8. The farmer owns six oxen.
9. I enjoyed myself at the party.
10. The teacher told the boy that he had failed again.
11. If you write legibly, you will get good marks.
12. You had better stop playing with fire.
