I. Fill in the blanks with correct articles ( a, an)1. I have …….watch.

2.This is ……. egg.3.She eats ……apple.4.It is very hot. He eats an ice-cream.5.My mother told me ……intresting story.6.We sat on …….bench.7.My brother gave me……chocolate.8.Swati bought …… umbrella. 9.This is ……axe.10.I saw ……elephant in the zoo.

II. Fill in the blanks with suitable articles: ( a, an, the ) 1.…….Ramayana and ……Mahabharat are the two great epics of India.

2.I saw …….one-eyed man. 3. He is …… best player of our team.4. Ravi returned after ….... hour.5. Cylon is……island.6.…… moon is in ……sky.7. Kannada is……easy language.8.……. Narmada is ……sacred river.9.I have …..F M radio.10. There is ….ox in my house.11. I saw a boy. …… was running.12. She has …… umbrella with her.13. She has ….. leather bag.14.I read ……intresting article last evening.15. He is ……M P.16.I found ……..pencil in her compass box.17. Delhi is ……. capital of India. 18. The cow is …. useful animal. 19.….. Himalayas are in the north.20.…… earth goes round …… sun.21.….. Hindu is the popular news paper.

Fill in the blanks with appropriate prepositions:1. The cat jumped ……..the well.[into, in, to]2. she has been working ……..morning.[from, since, for]3. Who is the eldest person ……..the Pandavas. [among, between]4. She writes……. an ink pen[from, with, in]5. She goes …….school ……10 o'clock. [for ,to by, at]6. She went……..the hill[over ,on ,up]7. Sita is fond ……..speaking english[by ,of ,from ,at ,]8. He killed the rat ……gun.[by ,from ,with ,at ,]9.I thanked the chief guest on behalf ……the staff.[with ,by ,for ,of]10.I cannot put up…….my mother-in-law.[for ,of ,with ,on]11. She smiled …….me[on ,to ,with ,at]12.I invited all my friends……account of my birthday[in ,for ,on ,up ,]13. Many Indians are living…….the poverty line [under ,beneath ,in ,below]14. There is a lot of difference ……the rich and the poor[among ,between ,in ,on]15.I translated the book……..Telgu.[in ,to ,into ,for]16. Sudha is junior……me[for ,than ,to ,from]

II. Fill in the blanks with 'be' verbs.1. The branches of the tree …. cut down just now.2.I saw a man. He …. ….busy then.3. What………. you doing now?4. We….. playing cricket yesterday.5. Vimala has three children. They … very wise.6. The pages of the book … torn. Please turn them slowly.7. When I ….. in B'lore, I met my friends. 8. He and I …. friends. We help each other.9. Everybody respects her. She …… a great woman.10. ……. your English teacher. I teach you English.

V. Put a suitable question word.1.…… is your book?(where, when)2.……… ….water is in the glass? [ how many, how much]3.……. are you? [ how long, how]4.……..do you go to film? [when where]5.…….do you get up?[when, where]6.…….is your father?[which, what]7.……..does she go to market?[where, why8.……. students are there in the class?[how many, how much]9.…….pen is this is this?[which, whose]10…… is your district?[which, what]

III Fill in the blanks with have/ has.1.I am a teacher. I…… an interesting book.2. She is Swati. She…., green bangles.3. You …. no cash in your purse at the moment.4. When she was in Mumbai. She…. ,many friends.5. Girish wants to attend the meeting but he…. no time.6. Do you…. a mobile phone? If you have, please switch off it.7. Man…. a brain but animals ….not8. This is a table. It ……. four legs.9. Santosh…. a beautiful house.10. You….. no knowledge.11. She …. …. a golden chain. 12. Sneha ……… three brothers.13. We ….. a good friend.14. Raju……… a clever sister. 15. Ravi and Shankar …….. an interesting story book.

IV Rewrite the following using capital letters:

1.rekha lives in bangalore.2.i shall go to mysore on tuesday.3. the ramayana and the mahabharat are the two great epics of india.4.december comes before january. 5. the mount everest is the highest peak.6. the ganga is the holy river of india.7. the taj-mahal and the golgumbaz are beautiful buildings. 8. the vidhana-soudha and the high court are great buildings in bangalore.9. geeta has completed m.b.b.s. and m. s. degrees. 10. the vijaya times, the indian express , and the hindu are famous english papers.11. mohan and ganesh are friends. 12.i am going to hubli on 2nd february.13. the teacher said god is great.14. the red fort is in delhi.15. the krishna and malaprabha are the rivers of karnataka.

I. Fill in the blanks with ‘am’ ‘is’ ‘are’ :1. All my sisters …….. graduates.2. She ……always busy.3. Those flowers are beautiful.4. ……..I your English teacher?5. The branches of the trees ……… broken.6. He and I …….friends.7. The hands of the chair ……. Broken.8. They ……..clever.9. ……. you busy now?

10. The books ……..kept on the table. 11. There ……an apple. 12. We ……happy.

13. The children ……playing.14. The mice …… found in the house.15. The story is very …… interesting.

Fill in the blanks with ‘was’ ‘were’:1. I saw a man. He ……going to the forest.2. The monkeys …… in the garden.3. I met my friend who…… in Mysore.4. I bought flowers. They …… beautiful.5. One day there was a crow. It …… thirsty.

Fill in the blanks with but, because, so, and, as, if

III Fill in the blanks with have/ has.1.I am a teacher. I…… an interesting book.2. She is Swati. She…., green bangles.3. You …. no cash in your purse at the moment.4. When she was in Mumbai. She…. ,many friends.5. Girish wants to attend the meeting but he…. no time.6. Do you…. a mobile phone? If you have, please switch off it.7. Man…. a brain but animals ….not8. This is a table. It ……. four legs.9. Santosh…. a beautiful house.10. You….. no knowledge.11. She …. …. a golden chain. 12. Sneha ……… three brothers.13. We ….. a good friend.14. Raju……… a clever sister. 15. Ravi and Shankar …….. an interesting story book.