These grammar questions are taken from various class 9 English question papers.

Worksheet 1

1. Choose the correct option to fill in the blanks to complete the notes.

During the ……………….. vacation, our family decided to spend …………ii………….. days at Haridwar. My mother made …………iii……………. the preparations for the journey. She also ……….iv………… some cakes and cookies for us to eat on the way.

i) a) least; b) last; c) latest; d) lest

ii) a) a few; b) few; c) little; d) many

iii) a) every; b) all; c) each; d) whole

iv) a) cooked; b) baked; c) did; d) prepared

Answers

i) last; ii) a few; iii) all; d) baked

2. There is an error in each line. Write the erroneously used word and its correction in the space given.

	Error	Correction
My day begins on five o’clock in the morning.	………………………….	……………………………
It has been so since the last forty years	…………………………..	……………………………
except for the two years which I was very ill	…………………………..	…………………………..

Answer:

My day begins at five o’clock in the morning. It has been so for the last forty years except for the two years when I was very ill.

3. Read the conversation and complete the passage:

Shilpa: Can I borrow your English text book?

Jaya: Sure, you can. But when will you return it?

Shilpa: I will return it to you after two days from today.

Jaya: Please do as I have to prepare for the exams.

Shilpa asked Jaya (a) ………………………….. Jaya replied that (b) ………………………. and asked her (c) ………………….. Shilpa said she (d) ………………………. Jaya urged her to do that since she had to prepare exams.

Answer

Shilpa asked Jaya if she could borrow her English text book. Jaya replied that she could and asked her when she would return it. Shilpa said she would return it after two days from that day.