Class 9 Advanced English Grammar Practice with Answers
Questions
1. Identify the error in tense usage: 'By the time we reached, the train left already.'
2. Fill in the blank: I __________ (read) this book for two hours when she called me.
3. Choose the correct tense: 'She will be working on the project when we arrive.'
4. Rewrite using past perfect: 'He completes the assignment before the deadline.'
5. Convert into future perfect continuous: 'They were practicing for the match.'
6. Identify the modal verb expressing necessity: 'You must submit your homework on time.'
7. Fill in the blank with the correct modal: He __________ (can/might) have missed the bus.
8. Rewrite using 'ought to': 'It is your duty to respect your elders.'
9. Identify the difference between 'must' and 'have to' with examples.
10. Correct the sentence: 'She can to swim very well.'
11. Choose the correct verb: The committee __________ (was/were) divided in their opinion.
12. Identify the correct sentence: (a) Neither of them are coming. (b) Neither of them is coming.
13. Spot the error: 'The number of students have increased this year.'
14. Fill in the blank: Either the teacher or the students __________ (is/are) responsible for the mess.
15. Choose the correct verb form: 'Mathematics __________ (is/are) my favorite subject.'
16. Change to indirect speech: 'She said, I have never seen such a beautiful painting.'
17. Convert into direct speech: He told me that he would help me.
18. Spot the error: 'He said that he can finish the work by tomorrow.'
19. Change to reported speech: 'She said, I was reading when you called.'
20. Convert: 'John said, I will call you later.'
21. Fill in the blank: There is __________ (few/little) hope of his recovery.
22. Choose the correct determiner: __________ (Much/Many) people attended the seminar.
23. Identify the determiner: 'I have no money left.'
24. Spot the incorrect usage: 'She has less friends than her brother.'
25. Fill in the blank: __________ (Each/Every) student must submit their assignment.
26. Convert into passive: 'They are building a new bridge.'
27. Change to active: 'The novel was written by an anonymous author.'
28. Identify the active sentence: (a) A mistake has been made. (b) Someone has made a mistake.
29. Convert into passive: 'She will have completed the project by tomorrow.'
30. Spot the error in passive form: 'The match was won by he.'
31. Find the mistake: 'She do not understands the problem.'
32. Spot and correct the error: 'Neither of the candidates have experience.'
33. Identify the incorrect phrase: 'She prefers tea than coffee.'
34. Rewrite correctly: 'The boy which won the race is my cousin.'
35. Correct the sentence: 'He is senior than me in rank.'
Answers
1. Incorrect: 'left already'. Correct: 'had already left'.
2. had been reading
3. Future Continuous
4. He had completed the assignment before the deadline.
5. They will have been practicing for the match.
6. must
7. might
8. You ought to respect your elders.
9. 'Must' expresses personal obligation, while 'have to' expresses external obligation.
10. She can swim very well.
11. were
12. (b) Neither of them is coming.
13. Incorrect: 'have'. Correct: 'has'.
14. are
15. is
16. She said that she had never seen such a beautiful painting.
17. He said, 'I will help you.'
18. Incorrect: 'can'. Correct: 'could'.
19. She said that she had been reading when I called.
20. John said that he would call me later.
21. little
22. Many
23. no
24. Incorrect: 'less'. Correct: 'fewer'.
25. Each
26. A new bridge is being built by them.
27. An anonymous author wrote the novel.
28. (b) Someone has made a mistake.
29. The project will have been completed by her by tomorrow.
30. Incorrect: 'he'. Correct: 'him'.
31. Incorrect: 'do not understands'. Correct: 'does not understand'.
32. Incorrect: 'have'. Correct: 'has'.
33. Incorrect: 'than'. Correct: 'to'.
34. The boy who won the race is my cousin.
35. He is senior to me in rank.
