INTEGRATED GRAMMAR

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INTEGRATED GRAMMAR EXERCISES

GAP FILLING

Today we will explore another segment of grammar which is scoring and needs to be attempted carefully to gain full marks.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

Develop skills of accurately inferring the missing word to be filled in a blank

Practice exercises based on gap filling

Students ,in Grammar section there will be gap filling with one or two words to test prepositions, articles, Conjunctions and Tenses

HERE ARE SOME SUGGESTIONS TO HELP YOU PREPARE FOR THIS 

            1.These exercises are assessing your ability to apply the rules of grammar accurately. You should read the sentence in full and decide which part of speech or tense of the verb is required.

            2. In some cases, you may be instructed as to which tense you should use, in others, you may have to work out which tense or part of speech (e.g. verbal noun, infinitive, imperative form) is needed.

3.Complete the gaps you are confident of knowing the answers to first - this narrows down the options for the questions you are less confident of.

4. Now look at the words preceding the gap - do they give you any clues?

5.Does the word preceding the gap tell you that the word you need is a noun or is it a noun which may need to be followed by an adjective  or is it a part of speech which is followed by a verb 

6.Using the words which precede the gap is not an easy way to determine which word you need, but it will make it feasible for you to find the correct answer even if you are not completely sure of the meaning of the vocabulary. Your grammar knowledge can help where there may be gaps in your own understanding.

7.Do not leave out a gap filling question . Make an intelligent guess if you are out of time and unsure.

Question 1.
Read the passage given below. Fill in the blanks by choosing the most appropriate word/phrases from the given options. (3 marks)
One of the (a)_____ problems facing the world today is global warming. Many scientists believe that our production of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases is having a heating effect on the atmosphere and this (b)_____ be very dangerous for human life. We (c)____ examine the problem of global warming and suggest some ways of solving it.

Answer:
(a) (ii) biggest
(b) (i) could
(c) (iv) must

Question 2

Spiders are one of the (a) _______(more/most/less/least) fascinating of creatures. Several hundred species are (b)_______ (found/find/lose/lost) in India. They are quick to get (c) _______(if/for/away/till) when we come too close to them. They (d) _______(less/hardly/had/often) don’t sting. Nor is their bite severe. In fact some ant bites hurt (e)_______ (most/more/much/very) than a spider bite. Many species of spiders inhabit (f) _______(our/ours/your/yours) environment. The females of only two species are dangerous. In fact many of the deadly looking ones do not harm us.

Answer: (a) most (b) found (c) away (d) often (e) more (f) our

Question 3

Fill in the blanks using the given verb form.

Mary and Jane are twin sisters. When they (be born)------------------------ their mother (die)------------------------ They (be separated)--------------------------. Mary (go) ------------------------- to live in France and Jane to England. They (be) ----------------------16 years old now and they (not see) ---------------------- each other since they (be) ------------------------3 years old.  Nowadays they (be) -------------------in touch, they (write) ------------------------letters twice a month. They (speak) ----------------------different languages but Mary (learn) --------------------------- English, Jane (learn) --------------------------French for 3 years now to be able to communicate. They (discover) --------------------they were sisters when they (see) --------------------a picture at school while they (do) ---------------------an international student exchange. Next summer they (visit) ------------------------ Germany together, they hope they (have) -------------------------a great time.

ATTEMPT THE AQAD QUESTION AND POST YOUR RESPONSES IN THE COMMENTS SECTION:

ODISSI IS ONE OF THE OLDEST FORMS OF DANCE IN INDIA 
WHICH OF THESE REPHRASES THE ABOVE SENTENCE WITHOUT ANY CHANGE IN THE MEANING:

1) No other dance form in India is as old as Odissi
2) None of the dance forms in India are as old as Odissi
3) Neither of the dance forms in India is as old as Odissi
4) Very few forms of dance in India are as old as Odissi

POST YOUR ANSWERS IN THE COMMENTS SECTION
THAT'S ALL FOR TODAY!!