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COMMUNICATION THROUGH ENGLISH GRAMMAR

Class: Students of Philosophy

Subject: English Grammar

Grammar Test 3 on Units 3.3, 3.4 & 4

Date: 12 December 2011

Student Name:

Roll Number:

Duration: 30 minutes

Total Marks: 50

READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST

If you have been given an Answer Booklet, follow the instructions on the front cover of the
Booklet. Write your candidate number and name on all the work you hand in. Write in dark blue
or black pen. Do not use staples, paper clips, highlighters, glue or correction fluid.
Answer all questions. Dictionaries are not permitted.
At the end of the examination, fasten all your work securely together.
The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question.
Score Classification
PART

Total Marks

PART 1

10

PART 2

10

PART 3

10

PART 4

10

PART 5

10

TOTAL

50

Arul Gaspar
Teacher in Charge

Marks Awarded

1. Complete the passage with suitable possessive adjectives or possessive pronouns. (10
marks)
Next month, I will be moving to a new two-storey house with (1) my parents. They will
have (2) ----------- bedroom and bathroom on the ground floor. In fact, almost the whole of that
floor will be (3) --------------- so they will decide on (4) --------------- dcor. Dad will have (5) ------------- study and Mum will have (6) --------------------- art room.
I will have (7) ------------ bedroom and a small TV area upstairs. Most of the living space
on the upper floor will be (8) ---------------.
Im sure that the three of us will be happy in (9) ----------- new home. Dad claims that the
idea for it is (10) -------------. Mum just smiles because the idea is actually (11) ----------.
2. Fill in the blanks with this, that, these or those. (10 marks)
(1) ---------------- planet that we live on is called Earth. Some of (2) --------------- stars
that you see in the sky are actually planets.
Do you recognize (3) -------------- instrument Im holding? Yes, (4) --------------- is a
telescope. Its an old-fashioned one, like (5) ---------------- used by people of the last century to
look at the stars and the planets. Nowadays, astronomers use more powerful telescopes.
However, (6) ----------------- is not a bad instrument. Using one of (7) ------------------, you
can see quite a lot. Lets go outside. First, lets look at the sky without using the telescope. Can
you see (8) ------------- three stars in a row? Does anyone know what (9) -------------- are called?
Yes, Orions belt. Hey! Whats (10) ------------------ near Orions belt? Ive never .

3. Underline the correct words to complete the passage. (10 marks)

I share a three-bedroom flat with two 1 (brother / sisters). The flat is small but cozy. 2
(He / It) is located on the second floor of an apartment block. We like it because it has 3 (his /
its) own private stairway and entrance.
Our 4 (landlord / landlady) is Mrs. Jenkins. She is tall, well-built 5 (man / woman)
with twinkling eyes and a warm smile. She lives on the ground floor with her 6 (husband / wife)
and two sons.
The 7 (girls / boys) come up to our flat sometimes to deliver cakes and pies which their 8
(father / mother) has just baked. She is happy when we tell her how much we enjoy 9 (her / his)
cooking. We have nothing to give her in return. Instead, we run errands for her and offer her sons
help with their homework whenever they need 10 (him / it).
4. Use the following box as a tool and frame five sentences. Make sure you use two types of
pronouns (possessive adjectives & possessive pronouns) in every sentence you make or
frame. (10 marks)

Personal
pronouns

we

you

he

she

it

they

Possessive
adjectives

my

our

your

his

her

its

their

(book)

(camera)

(car)

(pen)

(bag)

(paw)

(toys)

Possessive
pronouns

mine

ours

yours

his

hers

theirs

(SP)

Note: Frame the sentence in the space given below.

1. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------4. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------5. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------5. Rewrite the sentences without changing the meaning. Use demonstrative pronouns and
demonstrative adjectives. (10 marks)
this, that, these, those

Example: This is a nice T-shirt.

This T-shirt is nice.
1. This laptop is light-weight.
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2. That is an old palace.

-----------------------------------------------------3. These are rotten eggs.
----------------------------------------------------4. That book is informative.
-----------------------------------------------------5. Those are tall players.
---------------------------------------------------6. This is a soft feather.
---------------------------------------------------7. These computers are brand new.
-----------------------------------------------------8. Those swans are pure white.
------------------------------------------------------9. That is a modern design.
-------------------------------------------------------10. This mobile phone is user friendly.
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