Key to Language paper, Half Yearly Exam. 2024, Loyala School Bhubaneswar, Std. : VII

1. Fill in the blanks with appropriate prepositions :-

1. He will meet you……… the station.

2. I saw a light………….. the distance.

3. Please tell us all………………. the war.

4. Do not live……………. your means.

5. The decision rests ……………you.

6. I sell these at twelve ……………a rupee.

7. There is nothing new the sun.

8. I shall join office ………………Monday.

9. Youth is full ………………..hope.

10 Please pay me ………………….cash.

2. Identify the tenses of the following sentences:-

1. The Earth moves round the Sun.

2. The boys are playing cricket now.

3. I received your letter yesterday.

4. When I reached the station, the train had left.

5. I shall have returned from school by that time.

3. Change the sentences according to the given instruction in the bracket :-

1. I have cleaned the cupboard. (Change to PAST PERFECT TENSE.)

2. When will your school reopen? (Change to SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE.)

3. They walk to school everyday. (Change to SIMPLE FUTURE TENSE.)

4. Yasmine will depart for Delhi. (Change to PAST PERFECT TENSE. )

5. They are going to the zoo. (Change to PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE.)

4. Identify the Adjectives in the following sentences and specify their types:-

1. They met a young man.

2. They haven't got enough water.

3. She bought ten watermelons.

4. That man asked the question.

5. Which cousin of yours are we discussing now?

5. Identify the Adverbs in the following sentences and specify their types :-

1. He often visits his in laws

2. It was extremely cold last January

3. He cried out loudly.

4. The grain was scattered everywhere.

5. She arrived early for the class.

6. Write whether transitive or intransitive:-

1. Helit a candle.

2. The book was bought by my Father.

3. He drank the glass of milk.

4. They laughed at the joke.

5. I burnt my hand.

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1. Fill in the blanks with appropriate prepositions:

1. He will meet you at the station.

2. I saw a light in the distance.

3. Please tell us all about the war.

4. Do not live beyond your means.

5. The decision rests with you.

6. I sell these at twelve for a rupee.

7. There is nothing new under the sun.

8. I shall join office on Monday.

9. Youth is full of hope.

10. Please pay me in cash.

2. Identify the tenses of the following sentences:

1. The Earth moves round the Sun. (PRESENT SIMPLE TENSE)

2. The boys are playing cricket now. (PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE)

3. I received your letter yesterday. 

(PAST SIMPLE TENSE)

4. When I reached the station, the train had left. (PAST PERFECT TENSE)

5. I shall have returned from school by that time. (FUTURE PERFECT TENSE)

3. Change the sentences according to the given instruction:

1. I have cleaned the cupboard. 

(Change to PAST PERFECT TENSE.) 

Ans. I had cleaned the cupboard.

2. When will your school reopen? 

(Change to SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE.)

Ans. Your school reopens in June.

3. They walk to school every day. 

(Change to SIMPLE FUTURE TENSE.) 

Ans. They will walk to school tomorrow.

4. Yasmine will depart for Delhi. 

(Change to PAST PERFECT TENSE.) 

Ans. Yasmine had departed for Delhi.

5. They are going to the zoo. 

(Change to PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE.) 

Ans. They were going to the zoo.

4. Identify the Adjectives and specify their types:

1. They met a young man. 

(young - quantitative adjective)

2. They haven't got enough water. 

(enough - quantitative adjective)

3. She bought ten watermelons. 

(ten - numerical adjective)

4. That man asked the question. 

(that - demonstrative adjective)

5. Which cousin of yours are we discussing now? 

(which - interrogative adjective)

5. Identify the Adverbs and specify their types:

1. He often visits his in-laws. (often - adverb of frequency)

2. It was extremely cold last January. (extremely -adverb of degree)

3. He cried out loudly. (loudly - adverb of manner)

4. The grain was scattered everywhere. (everywhere -adverb of place)

5. She arrived early for the class. (early - adverb of time)

6. Write whether the bracketed vers are transitive or transitive:

1. He lit (lighted) a candle. (Transitive)

2. The book was bought by my Father. (Transitive)

3. He drank the glass of milk. (Transitive)

4. They laughed at the joke. (Intransitive)

5. I burnt my hand. (Transitive)

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