Hello everyone!

I hope you are enjoying the exercises. Here are the answers for the exercises given in the first chapter. If you wish you can mark yourself as well. Each question carries 1 mark. So, combined together, the three exercises are of 30 marks.

So, here you all go.

EXERCISE 1: Divide the following sentences into subject and predicate–

1. The boy stood on the burning deck.

SUBJECT: The boy
PREDICATE: stood on the burning deck

2. Don’t make a noise.

SUBJECT: You (this is an imperative sentence and the subject ‘You’ has not been written)
PREDICATE: don’t make a noise

3. Strange are the ways of God.

SUBJECT: God
PREDICATE: strange are the ways of

4. No man can serve two masters.

SUBJECT: No man
PREDICATE: can serve two masters

5. The singing of the birds delight us.

SUBJECT: The singing of the birds
PREDICATE: delight us

6. Work hard.

SUBJECT: You (this is an imperative sentence)
PREDICATE: work hard

7. Delhi, the capital of India, stands on the bank of the Yamuna.

SUBJECT: Delhi
PREDICATE: the capital of India, stands on the bank of Yamuna

8. Our friends at number 29 are visiting their relatives in Australia

SUBJECT: Our friends at number 29
PREDICATE: are visiting their relatives in Australia

9. Maria gave her brother a present.

SUBJECT: Maria
PREDICATE: gave her brother a present

10. The company made Peter Smithson Managing Director.

SUBJECT: The company
PREDICATE: made Peter Smithson Managing Director

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EXERCISE 2: Rearrange the following words to make meaningful sentences–

PART A:

1. she interested that was in proposal said she the

She said that she was interested in the proposal.

2. every delicious father cooks evening pasta

Father cooks delicious pasta every evening.

3. at top voice, the man his of demanded the admission shouting

Shouting at the top of his voice, the man demanded admission.

4. effect we in did much sales last not year improvement

We did not effect much improvement in sales last year.

5. one of friends a best good our is book

A good book is one of our best friends.

PART B:

6. the same / and it / it is / change / will never / today that / it always was

It is the same today that it always was and it will never change.

7. turn its / in times / it does / of adversity / back upon / or distress / not / us

It does not turn its back upon us in times of adversity or distress.

8. healthy person / germs / a / carry / may / of / in / body / typhoid / his / cholera / dysentery / etc.

A healthy person may carry germs of typhoid, cholera, dysentery, etc. in his body.

9. colored bus / children / we saw / full of / a yellow / excited

We saw a yellow colored bus full of excited children.

10. they were / we guessed / on the / planetarium / way / to the

We guessed they were on the way to the planetarium.

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EXERCISE 3: Identify the type of following sentences and write the correct punctuation mark after each of them–

1. I am so excited

Exclamatory sentence (!)

2. Please pass the lemonade

Imperative Sentence (.)

3. Could you please give me the hose

Interrogative Sentence (?)

4. Reading mythology will get you excited about traveling

Declarative or Assertive Sentence (.)

5. Come with us

Imperative Sentence (. or !)

6. Hercules, Achilles, and Perseus are all heroes found in Greek mythology

Declarative or Assertive Sentence (.)

7. This summer, my family will travel to Himachal Pradesh

Declarative or Assertive Sentence (.)

8. My arms are aching from digging the flower beds

Exclamatory Sentence (!)

9. I can’t get down

Exclamatory Sentence (!)

10. What a fool you are

Exclamatory Sentence (!)

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So, what is your score? 😄