Complete the news headline. This English grammar worksheet is for students of classes 9 and 10.

1. C K Prahalad from India, who ………………….. (teach / teaches / taught) at the University of Michigan’s Stephen M Ross School of Business, ……………………. (was crowned / has been crowned / had crowned) the greatest management thinker alive by Thinkers 50, an annual ranking of the top 50 management thought leaders in the world. Microsoft founder Bill Gates ………………… (come / came / has come) second. Apart from Prahalad there are three other Indians in the Top 50.

2. Renu Khator, 52, …………………… (was confirmed / has confirmed / has been confirmed) the next chief executive of the University of Houston. She is the first Indian woman to head a US university.

3. Nasa scientists say they …………………….. (discovered/ have discovered / had discovered) a fifth planet orbiting a star outside our solar system and say the discovery ……………………. (suggests / has suggested / had suggested) there are many solar systems that are, just like our own, packed with planets.

Answers

1. C K Prahalad from India, who teaches at the University of Michigan’s Stephen M Ross School of Business, has been crowned the greatest management thinker alive by Thinkers 50, an annual ranking of the top 50 management thought leaders in the world. Microsoft founder Bill Gates came second. Apart from Prahalad there are three other Indians in the Top 50.

2. Renu Khator, 52, has been confirmed the next chief executive of the University of Houston. She is the first Indian woman to head a US university.

3. Nasa scientists say they have discovered a fifth planet orbiting a star outside our solar system and say the discovery suggests there are many solar systems that are, just like our own, packed with planets.