As Well As | Class 9 Grammar Worksheets

This English grammar worksheet tests your ability to use as well as correctly. You can find more English grammar worksheets here.

As well as means the same as both…and.

Study the examples given below.

  • Trees give us fruits. They also give us firewood.

We can combine these two clauses using as well as.

  • Trees give us firewood as well as fruits.
  • Trees give us both firewood and fruits.

Notes

When we connect two subjects with as well as, the verb usually agrees with the first subject.

  • Raju is studying. His friends are also studying.

We can combine these two clauses using as well as and we get:

  • Raju as well as his friends is studying. (Here the verb is agrees with the singular subject Raju.)
  • The boys are going to the party. Their mother is going to the party.
  • The boys as well as their mother are going to the party. (Here the verb are agrees with the plural subject boys.)

Combine the following sentences using as well as.

1. Appu is intelligent. He is smart.

2. The moon gives us light at night. The stars also give us light at night.

3. She is greedy. She is dishonest.

4. God made great things. God made small things.

5. She is beautiful. She is intelligent.

6. Rahul is guilty. His friends are also guilty.

7. The cow gives us milk. The goat gives us milk.

8. Elephants are found in India. They are also found in Africa.

9. Animals breathe. Plants breathe.

10. The thief was caught. His accomplice was also caught.

Answers

1. Appu is intelligent as well as smart.

2. The moon as well as the stars gives us light at night.

3. She is greedy as well as dishonest.

4. God made great things as well as small things.

5. She is beautiful as well as intelligent.

6. Rahul as well as his friends is guilty.

7. The cow as well as the goat gives us milk.

8. Elephants are found in India as well as in Africa.

9. Animals as well as plants breathe.

10. The thief as well as his accomplice was caught.

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