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The document summarizes a grammar test for classes 8 and 9 with sections on report writing, filling in blanks with articles, using modals, selecting correct verb forms, and spelling corrections. It provides examples and questions to test grammar concepts over 8 marks for report writing and 6 marks each for the other sections.

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Both Grammar

The document summarizes a grammar test for classes 8 and 9 with sections on report writing, filling in blanks with articles, using modals, selecting correct verb forms, and spelling corrections. It provides examples and questions to test grammar concepts over 8 marks for report writing and 6 marks each for the other sections.

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TEST 20 TH MAY GRAMMAR CLASS VIII + IX full marks 35

REPORT WRITING marks 8

1. A newspaper reporter was sent to report on a road accident. Below


you can see one page of his notes. Use the information to complete the
report he wrote for his newspaper. Do not add any new information.
Write your answers in the blank spaces.

6.35 P.M. 12.02.05

Sonapur – 25 kms from Guwahati.

Crash: Jeep in ditch

Local bus: high speed – middle of road – jeep braked to avoid collision –
swerved – hit tree and overturned – jeep driver, Ananta Das, 35 years,
killed instantly – 3 injured – taken to hospital .

Fill in the blanks with a, an, or the as the case may be. Leave blank if the article
can be omitted.

1. ………….. Honesty is the best policy. Mark 7


2. This is ………….. best car in my garage.
3. He has a house by …………. lake.
4. …………….Computers are used in many offices and schools.
5. He was …………. Leonardo da Vinci of Tibet.
6. Mr Picher became ……………….. dean of the college in 2015.
7. …………………. mother seems to be very angry with me.
Fill in the blanks using suitable modals mark 6

“How long (a) ……………….. or (b) ……………….. a person wait on a


hungry stomach?” This thought constantly (c) ……………….. come to
an impoverished man who (d) ……………….. wait till his
unemployment days are over, “(e) ……………….. I never get two full
meals?” occupies his thought box. He (f) ……………….. not even get a
chance ever to come out of this vicious circle of poverty.

Select correct form

I ……………………… him because he is honest. (respect / am respecting / have respected)

I ……………………… to talk to the manager. (want / am wanting / have wanted)

.She ………………………. to a family of merchants. (belongs / is belonging / has belonged).

I ………………………. I were taller. (wish / am wishing / wished)

Suddenly I …………………….. that I ……………………… them before. (realize, meet)

He ………………………. absent since Monday. (is / was / has been)

I ……………………… it is a good idea. (think / am thinking / have been thinking)

Correct spelling

Correct spelling

Covid (affects/effects) the lungs.

The (council/counsel) of the ministers were sworn in yesterday.

Robert (too/to) wants to accompany us to the park.

Mia will (council/counsel) me about choosing fashion as my career.

The (bear/bare) at the zoo was very playful.

The sheep have a lot of (fur/far) that keeps them warm.

The hot spring is at the (furthest/ farthest) corner of the street.

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