Scholar's JUNIOR ENGLISH GRAMMAR AND COMPOSITION || Class 6 || Section I

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EXERCISE

Exercise 1. Each sentence has a verb printed in italics. Say whether it is auxiliary or principal:

1. The trader has many horses.

Ans: auxiliary

2. Lucy had read this story.

Ans: auxiliary

3. We play games every evening.

Ans: principal

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4. You can cross this stream.

Ans: auxiliary

5. We must respect our teachers.

Ans: auxiliary

6. The pupils were making a noise.

Ans: auxiliary

7. Sham has written a poem.

Ans: auxiliary

8. Do you know how to swim?

Ans: auxiliary

9. We may help you in trouble.

Ans: auxiliary

10. The dog is a faithful animal.

Ans: auxiliary

11. My brother does not like potatoes.

Ans: principal

12. What more do you want?

Ans: auxiliary

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Exercise 2. Sort out the auxiliary verbs in these sentences:

1. The girl is crying in pain.

Ans: is

2. I can jump over this wall.

Ans: can

3. The postman has brought a letter.

Ans: has

4. One must obey one's parents.

Ans: must

5. You should love your motherland.

Ans: should

6. Do not speak foul words.

Ans: do

7. Indira has lost her husband.

Ans: has

8. Children have been making a noise since long.

Ans: have

📖 Chp 1. The Alphabet

📖 Chp 3. Words and Word - Groups.

📖 Chp 5. Parts of Speech

📖 Chp 4. The Subjects and the Predicat

📖 Chp 7. The Noun : Kinds and Us

📖 Chp 11. The Pronoun

📖 Chp 13. Specific Determiners

📖 Chp 14. General Determiners

📖 Chp 15. The Adjective

📖 Chp 16. Degree of Comparison

📖 Chp 17. The Verb

📖 Chp 22.The Infinitive and the Imperative

Exercise 3. Here are some pairs of sentences. The same verb has been used as an auxiliary and as a principal verb in each pair. Find out which is which:

1. The baby is laughing. The baby is cheerful.

Ans: is - auxiliary; is - principal

2. Do you help him in trouble? You do your work.

Ans: do - auxiliary; do - principal

3. Sunita has prepared tea for us. Sunita has black curly hair.

Ans: has - auxiliary; has - principal

4. You need not go to him for help. I need these books badly.

Ans: need - auxiliary; need - principal

5. We have finished our homework. I have two brothers and a sister.

Ans: have - auxiliary; have - principal

6. You are telling a white lie. You are a first-rate liar.

Ans: are - auxiliary; are - principal

Exercise 4. Which of the following sentences has transitive verbs and which intransitive ones:

1. The baby is sitting.

Ans: sitting- intransitive

2. Susan is playing in the harmonium.

Ans: playing - transitive

3. Everyone laughed aloud at his words.

Ans: laughed - intransitive

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4. The player kicked the ball hard.

Ans: kicked - transitive

5. We went to the market for shopping.

Ans: went - intransitive

6. The last bell rings at 4p.m.

Ans: rings - intransitive

7. The peon is ringing the bell.

Ans: ringing - transitive

8. She is smelling a rose flower.

Ans: smelling - transitive

9. The rose smells sweet.

Ans: smells - intransitive

10. Just taste this delicious pudding.

Ans: taste - transitive

11. Quinine tastes bitter.

Ans: taste - intransitive

12. We have breakfast at 7 a.m.

Ans: have - transitive

13. Mother is cooking food for the kids.

Ans: cooking - transitive

14. We played football in the playground.

Ans: played - transitive

15. I have learned my lesson.

Ans: learned - transitive

Exercise 5. Complete each sentence:

1. She looks __________.

Ans: She looks very beautiful.

2. They elected ________.

Ans: They elected their captain.

3. The plant has grown __.

Ans: The plant has grown fast.

4. I am feeling_________.

Ans: I am feeling well.

5. Sugar tastes _________.

Ans: Sugar tastes sweet

6. He has fallen_________.

Ans: He has fallen from the tree.

7. The officers appear ____.

Ans: The officers appear suddenly.

8. The dog has gone _____.

Ans: The dog has gone after its master.

9. Mangoes sell _________.

Ans: Mangoes sell well.

10. He played___________.

Ans: He played smartly.

11. She has taken________.

Ans: She has taken the dose today.

12. Ram is afraid________.

Ans: Ram is afraid of his father.

13. Ram writes__________.

Ans: Ram writes neatly.

Exercise 6. Define:

(a) an auxiliary verb

Ans: The verb that helps the principal verb to form its tense, mood or voice, etc. is called an auxiliary verb.

(b) a transitive verb

Ans: A transitive verb denotes an action that does not stop with the doer(subject) but passes on to some other noun or pronoun(objects).

(c) an intransitive verb

Ans: An intransitive verb denotes an action that stops with the doer (subject) and does not pass on to any other noun or pronoun (object).

(d) a verb of incomplete prediction.

Ans: The verb that needs an additional word to complete its predicate is called a verb of incomplete prediction.

Exercise 7. Conjugate the following verbs:

(a) learn, dream, burn, copy, play

Ans: learn - learnt - learnt

dream - dreamt - dreamt

burn - burnt - burnt

copy - copied - copied

play - played - played

(b) bind, choose, eat, fall, drink, grow, shake, weave

Ans: bind - bound - bound
choose - chose - chose

       eat - ate - eaten
      fall - fell - fallen
      drink - drank - drunk
      grow - grew - grown
      shake - shook - shaken
      weave - wove - woven

(c) awake, cling, fight, hold, slink, wring, swing

Ans : awake - awoke - awaken

cling - clung - clung

fight - fought - fought

hold - held - held

slink - slunk - slunk

wring - wrung - wrung

swing - swung - swung

(d) creep, feel, leap, buy, catch, say, tell

Ans: creep - crept - crept

feel - felt - felt

leap - leaped - leaped