Change the subject from plural to singular and make other necessary changes: 1.

These men rob the passers by. ____________________________ 2. The watches give a tick-tok sound. _______________________________ 3. The deer feed on grass. _______________________________ 4. The computers make many designs. _______________________________ 5. These boys always travel by train. _______________________________ 6. We sing when we are happy. _______________________________ 7. The children dance and sing the whole night. ______________________________ 8. The rich countries give comforts to its citizens. ______________________________ 9. Smart dresses add smartness to the look. _______________________________ 10. How can children learn such lengthy answers? _______________________________

dull and lazy. After it has shed ____________ (look) bright and alert.

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Rewrite the following sentences in plural subjects making other changes if needed: 1. He likes mangoes. ___________________________________ 2. This appears to be an interesting incident. __________________________________ 3. The clock strikes one. ___________________________________ 4. He reads comics in the evening. ___________________________________ 5. She laughs in the class-room. ___________________________________ 6. The boy finishes his work in time. ___________________________________ 7. The girl dances in the hall. ___________________________________ 8. This book shows the intelligence of the author. ___________________________________ 9. She plays tennis in the morning. ___________________________________ 10. The hen lays eggs in the basket. ___________________________________

Fill in the blanks with the correct simple present tense forms of the verbs given in the brackets: The king cobra ____________ (deserve) the first mention in a book on Indian snakes. It __________ (grow) to over five metres in length and _________ (be) often as thick as a fat mans arm. But the non-venomous anacondas of South America _________ (grow) even larger. A snake __________ (eat) rats, birds, fish and even other snakes. A snake never _____________ (stop) growing. As children always ____________ (grow) out of clothes and shoes, so a snake ________________ (need) new skin once in a while. The outer thin layer of their skin ____________ (become) too tight so the snake ____________ (grow) a new one and _____________ (crawl) out of the old. This ___________ (be) called shedding. Just before shedding its skin, the snake ___________ (remain)

Fill the correct verb in the bracket. 1. The nurse __________ after the patients. (look, looks) 2. Birds ____________ in the air. (fly, flies) 3. My mother ____________ clothes. (wash, washes) 4. We _____________ one another. (help, helps) 5. The servant (serve, serves) food to us. 6. The teacher ____________ English grammar. (teach, teaches) 7. They __________ poor people. (hate, hates) 8. Ritika _________ in the drawing period. (paint, paints) 9. Shailaj ___________ from a ring of fire. (jump, jumps) 10. You ____________ children. (love, loves)

Submitted on 24-11-11 Answer Key

Change the subject from plural to singular and make other necessary changes: 1) These men rob the passers by. This man robs the passers by. 2) The watches give a tick-tok sound. The watch gives a tick-tak sound. 3) The deer feed on grass. The deer feeds on grass. 4) The computers make many designs. The computer makes many designs. 5) These boys always travel by train. This boy always travels by train. 6) We sing when we are happy. I sing when I am happy. 7) The children dance and sing the whole night. The child dances and sings the whole night. 8) The rich countries give comforts to its citizens. The rich country gives comforts to its citizens. 9) Smart dresses add smartness to the look. Smart dress adds smartness to the look. 10)How can children learn such lengthy answers? How can a child learn such lengthy answers? Fill in the blanks with the correct simple present tense forms of the verbs given in the brackets: The king cobra ____________ (deserves) the first mention in a book on Indian snakes. It __________ (grows) to over five metres in length and _________ (is) often as thick as a fat mans arm. But the non-venomous anacondas of South America _________ (grow) even larger. A snake __________ (eats) rats, birds, fish and even other snakes. A snake never _____________ (stops) growing. As children always ____________ (grow) out of clothes and shoes, so a snake ________________ (needs) new skin once in a while. The outer thin layer of their skin ____________ (becomes) too tight so the snake ____________ (grows) a new one and _____________ (crawls) out of the old. This ___________ (is) called shedding. Just before shedding its skin, the

snake ___________ (remains) dull and lazy. After it has shed it, it ____________ (looks) bright and alert. Rewrite the following sentences in plural subjects making other changes if needed: 1) He likes mangoes. They like mangoes. 2) This appears to be an interesting incident. These appear to be interesting incidents. 3) The clock strikes one. The clocks strike one. 4) He reads comics in the evening. They read comics in the evening. 5) She laughs in the class-room. They laugh in the class-room. 6) The boy finishes his work in time. The boys finish their work in time. 7) The girl dances in the hall. The girls dance in the hall. 8) This book shows the intelligence of the author. These books show the intelligence of the author. 9) She plays tennis in the morning. They play tennis in the morning. 10)The hen lays eggs in the basket. The hens lay eggs in the basket. Fill the correct verb in the bracket. 1) The nurse __looks__ after the patients. (look, looks) 2) Birds ____fly___ in the air. (fly, flies) 3) My mother __washes____ clothes. (wash, washes) 4) We ____help___ one another. (help, helps) 5) The servant __serves____(serve, serves) food to us. 6) The teacher __teaches___ English grammar. (teach, teaches) 7) They __hate__ poor people. (hate, hates) 8) Ritika __paints__ in the drawing period. (paint, paints)

9) Shailaj __jumps_ from a ring of fire. (jump, jumps) 10) You _love_ children. (love, loves)