Integrated Grammar - 1 | English Grammar Class 7 PDF Download

Gap Filling

Directions: Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate word from the options given. Each question is followed by the correct answer and a short explanation to help you understand the choice.

Q1: Smith and John are ............... a close friendship.
 (a) In
 (b)On
(c)Either of them
(d)None of these
Ans: In

Explanation: The correct preposition to use with "friendship" is "in" to indicate the relationship within which Smith and John exist.

Q2: They study ............... play together.
 (a) and
 (b) or
 (c) but
 (d) None of these
Ans: and

Explanation: "And" is the conjunction used to join two actions that they perform together - studying and playing.

Q3: They ............... the same type of life.
 (a) led
 (b) lead
 (c) Lid
 (d) None of these
Ans: lead

Explanation: "Lead" is the correct verb form in the present tense to denote the kind of life they live.

Q4: Even having ............... in religions, they never fight.
 (a) Difference
 (b) Differences
 (c) Different
 (d) None of these
Ans: Differences

Explanation: "Differences" is the correct plural noun to describe varying aspects in religions that they have, highlighting plural dissimilarities.

Q5: First of all, they find themselves a patriotic ............... anything else.
 (a) Then
 (b) Than
 (c) Either of them
 (d) None of these
Ans: Than

Explanation: "Than" is used to indicate the sequence of priorities - first being patriotic and then anything else.

Q6: They have ............... for their village and villagers.
 (a) Love
 (b) the love
 (c) a love
 (d) None of these
Ans: a love

Explanation: "A love" denotes an indefinite amount of affection they possess for their village and villagers.

Q7: They ............... go to their village to spend time with villagers.
 (a) often
 (b) both
 (c) Frequently
 (d) None of these
Ans: often

Explanation: "Often" signifies the frequency with which they visit their village to spend time with the villagers. (Both "often" and "frequently" are correct in meaning; choice indicates the expected answer is "often".)

Q8: During holidays, they ............... village development work together.
 (a) do
 (b) does
 (c) Either of them
 (d) None of these
Ans: do

Explanation: "Do" is the correct verb form to denote the joint action they perform during holidays (plural subject).

Q9: Villagers pretend them as their ...............
 (a) Child
 (b) Children
 (c) Either of them
 (d) None of these
Ans: Children

Explanation: "Children" is the plural form that aligns with the context, indicating how the villagers perceive Smith and John.

Q10: They have a genuine love for ............... village and nation.
 (a) There
 (b) Their
 (c) Them
 (d) None of these
Ans: Their

Explanation: "Their" indicates possession, specifying that the love they have is directed towards their own village and nation.

Jumbled Sentences

Directions: Rearrange the groups of words given below to form meaningful sentences. Write the correct sentence exactly as shown in the answers.

Q1: together/a flock of/a feather birds.
Ans: Birds of a feather flock together.

Q2: me/advised/he/law/to study.
Ans: He advised me to study law.

Q3: pardon/to him/the judge/prisoner/the begged.
Ans: The prisoner begged the judge to pardon him.

Q4: a joy/ever/for/is beauty/of/a thing.
Ans: A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Q5: your/watch/by/what/time is the
Ans: What is the time by your watch?

Q6: can/tell/me/you/the way/nearest/station/to the
Ans: Can you tell me the way to the nearest station?

Q7: Prime/the minister/announced/relief/the people/to all/the district of.
Ans: The Prime Minister announced relief to all the people of the district.

Q8: Why/to see/her/could not/you/go/personally.
Ans: Why could you not go to see her personally?

Q9: policeman/there/stands/the/directing/the traffic.
Ans: The policeman stands there directing the traffic.

Q10: have/these/mangoes/flavour/what/a delicious.
Ans: What a delicious flavour these mangoes have.

Editing

Directions: The following passages have not been edited. There is an error in each line. Spot the error and rectify them. One example has been done for you in each passage.

Q1. No matter how good a team be on the paper but what matter the most is how they performs in the field. South Africa was a very good team but even they lose to the ordinary teams recently. It meant that they are 'chokers'.
be                is

(a) _____   _____
(b) _____   _____
(c) _____   _____
(d) _____   _____

(a) matter - matters
(b) performs - perform
(c) was - is
(d) lose - lost

Q2. My class was filling with excitement because someone have discovered that the next day is our teachers birthday, our teacher was the most kind persons I have ever seen. Thus, it was not the surprise that he was his favourite teacher.

filling       filled

(a) _____   _____
(b) _____   _____
(c) _____   _____
(d) _____   _____

(a) have - has
(b) is - was
(c) persons - person
(d) the - a

Q3. People all over in world are now health-conscious. They did not want to fall ill and so they usually exposes themselves to exercise who is the best way to staying fit. We must do exercise on a regularly basis.
in                the

(a) _____   _____
(b) _____   _____
(c) _____   _____
(d) _____   _____

(a) did - do
(b) exposes - expose
(c) who - which
(d) staying - stay

Q4. When I return from the school I saw My mother were in the kitchen and my younger brother was played with his friends. I entered my room where books was lying scattered and then I called my mother to helpling me so that I can arrange all these book is no time.

return       returned

(a) _____   _____
(b) _____   _____
(c) _____   _____
(d) _____   _____

(a) were - was
(b) played - playing
(c) was - were
(d) helping - help

Omission

Q1. Career counselling is something that students need at the stage when they (a)_____ undergoing high school studies. It is the time (b)_____ they need (c)_____ realise which subjects they have knack for and which subjects (d)_____ excel in. This becomes a decisive factor (e)_____ determining the right career

(a) they are undergoing
(b) time when they
(c) need to realise
(d) subject they excel
(e) factor in determining

Q2. Geriatrics or Geriatric medicine is the special branch of medicine (a)_____ the treatment of elderly people. This branch (b)_____ medicine aims(c)_____ preventing and treating the disorders and diseases (d)_____ elderly people. There is a physician train (e)_____ geriatric medicines.

(a) medicine for the
(b) branch of medicine
(c) aims at preventing
(d) diseases in elderly
(e) train for ' geriatric

Q3. As he opened the kitchen door, he saw through the scullery that the back door (a)_____ just Opening, and the faint light (b)____ early dawn displayed the dark masses of (c)_____ garden beyond. He is certain (d)_____ nothing went out of the door. It open(e)____ a stood open a moment and then closed it.

(a) door was just
(b) light of early
(c) of the garden
(d) certain that nothing
(e) open for a

Q4. Lifestyle disorders those disorders or diseases which are acquired (a)_____ of the wrong style (b)_____ These include paralysis etc. Working (c)_____ neck bent forward, wrong sitting postures, lack (d)_____ sleep, improper diet, stress etc are (e)_____ main factors for it.

(a) acquired because of
(b) style of living
(c) working with neck
(d) lack of sleep
(e) are the main