Monday, 23 December 2024

KEY TO GRAMMAR QUESTIONS, STD. 7, CLIMB WITH CORNER STONE BOOK

 Chapter 1: The Sentence

A.

1. Neil Armstrong was the first human to set his foot on the moon.

2. My brother, who is standing there, is a science teacher.

3. The boy and his mother were going to the mall.

4. My uncle has bought a new scooter.

5. Across the street, a huge temple stood.

6. Neethu and Shalini are best friends.

7. They have bought the villa yet?

8. Who spilled the beans?

9. You are good!

10. Akbar the Great was a visionary monarch.

B.

1. Subject: captain, Attribute: of the football team

2. Subject: My father, Attribute: a doctor

3. Subject: The writer, Attribute: Ruskin Bond

4. Subject: The hot and humid weather, Attribute: hot and humid

5. Subject: diamond, Attribute: priceless, of the queen

6. Subject: wazir, Attribute: cunning

7. Subject: flames, Attribute: leaping

8. Subject: notes, Attribute: printed

9. Subject: girl, Attribute: carrying a basket of flowers

10. Subject: man, Attribute: confident

11. Subject: man, Attribute: patient

C.

1. This year, the temperature outdoors, is unbearable at this time.

2. We can learn a lot about wildlife, their habitats, and behaviour from television programmes.

3. The Yamuna Expressway has reduced the travelling time between New Delhi and Agra.

4. One of the reasons for the increasing number of accidents on the road is the increase in vehicles.

5. Species that cannot adjust to climate change will become extinct.

D.

1. Did you watch yesterday's match?

2. What will you have for lunch?

3. Which is the tallest building in India?

4. How did you make this cake?

5. Have you completed your homework?

E.

1. Come here once.

2. Please help me with my assignment.

3. Don't eat all the biscuits.

4. Be careful while ironing clothes.

5. Pull the cord to switch on the fan.

F.

1. Wow, that was some spine-chilling experience!

2. What a splendid sunrise!

3. Oh no, I made the mistake again!

4. What a lovely bouquet of flowers!

5. What an amazing feast!

G.

1. You must never do this again. Assertive sentence (NS)

2. Have you finished your meal? Verbal Interrogative sentence

3. Take this glass of water. Imperative sentence

4. This is not a very good essay. Assertive sentence (NS)

5. Please help me to sort this out. Imperative sentence

6. Birds do not speak in any language. Assertive sentence (NS)

7. What a beautiful piece of jewellery! Exclamatory sentence

8. Duryodhana was a valiant soldier. Assertive sentence (AS)

9. The caretaker of the bungalow let us in. Assertive sentence (AS)

10. I thank you heartily for all your kindness. Assertive sentence (AS)

11. The Colonel ordered his men to march ahead. Assertive sentence (AS)

12. Can you blame the government for all your misfortunes? Verbal Interrogative sentence

H.

1. While we were walking together along the river, I asked him to tell me some stories. 2. The good man suddenly became animated, transfigured, eloquent - almost poetical. 3. In his heart, there was one great passion - the river. 4. He had many memories of the life of the people associated with the river flowing beside us. 5. He told me about the fishermen and the sailors. 6. Were all these stories true? 7. How fantastic they were! 8. I listened with rapt attention. 9. I saw the Moon come up in the eastern sky. 10. How enchanting it looked! 11. I did not care to go home. 12. What was I waiting to hear? 13. Frankly, I do not know who this man was. 14. He had cast a spell upon me. 15. What was his name? 16. I dared not ask.

Challenge I: Identify kinds of sentences in the rewritten passage

1. Assertive sentence, affirmative

2. Assertive sentence, affirmative

3. Assertive sentence, affirmative

4. Assertive sentence, affirmative

5. Assertive sentence, affirmative

6. Verbal Interrogative sentence

7. Exclamatory sentence

8. Assertive sentence, affirmative

9. Assertive sentence, affirmative

10. Exclamatory sentence

11. Assertive sentence affirmative (NS)

12. Wh-Interrogative sentence

13. Assertive sentence affirmative (NS)

14. Assertive sentence, affirmative

15. Wh-Interrogative sentence.

16. Assertive sentence affirmative (NS)

A. Classification of nouns

 

Proper Nouns

1. Lansdowne

2. Kancheepuram

 

Common Nouns

1. hotel

2. lake

3. hills

4. boats

5. tourists

6. shops

7. pastries

8. army

9. camp

10. officers

11. uniforms

12. ladies

13. saris

14. children

15. woollens

16. benches

17. lakeside

18. students

19. college

20. mother

21. bangle

22. silversmith

23. statuettes

24. people

25. nature

26. trip

27. year

 

Collective Nouns

1. army

2. camp

 

Abstract Nouns

1. beauty

2. impression

3. kindness

4. nature

 

Material Noun

1. bronze

 

B. Form abstract nouns.

1. captain : captaincy

2. deep :  depth

3. idiot : idiocy

4. bore : boredom

5. high : height

6. false : falsity

7. merry : merriment

8. deceive : deception

9. dismiss : dismissal

10. cheap : cheapness

11. decide : decision

12. break :  breakage

 

C. Describe collective nouns:

1. pack :  wolves or dogs

2. shoal : fish

3. sheaf  grains

4. bevy :  birds

5. gang :  workmen or robbers

6. mob :  riotous crowd

7. stack :  hay or straw

8. suite: rooms or furniture

9. tuft :  birds or plants

10. congregation :  people assembled for worship

11. den : lions or wild animals

12. colony :  people or animals settled together

 

D. Fill in collective nouns:

1. anthology

2. posse

3. choir

4. crew

5. audience

6. clump

7. pride

8. band

9. gang

10. clutch

 

E. Identify noun gender:

1. jury (common/neutral), criminal (common/neutral)

2. king (masculine), doe (feminine)

3. businessman (masculine), lawyer (common/neutral)

4. emperor (masculine), lady (feminine)

5. prince (masculine), servants (common/neutral)

6. uncle (masculine), wife (feminine), cousin (common/neutral)

7. viceroy (masculine), duchess (feminine), child (common/neutral)

8. author (common/neutral), orphan (common/neutral), teacher (common/neutral)

9. great-aunt (feminine), husband (masculine), niece (feminine)

10. hero (masculine), director (common/neutral), friend (common/neutral)

 

F. Fill in plural forms:

1. buffaloes

2. dormice, footsteps

3. mosquitoes, wasps

4. children, women, colonies

5. deer, wolves

6. geese, ponds, calves

7. elves, shoes

8. footmen, stairs, carriages

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