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English grammar document which gives explanation about articles, preparations, conditional clauses and simple grammar exercises

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Spotting the error and sentence correction1. The Rajdhani Express usually run/runs on time; and is /are one of the fastest trains in India.2. In a mature democracy like India, the voters know/knows whom to vote3. Whenever he meet /meets me he talk/talks about his illness.4. The government has /have fallen after the trust vote5. A beautiful song in this movie has been sing/sang/sung by the new singer6. If the fire-brigade had reached on time, the property would be saved /would have been saved from destruction7. If Dave does nt /wont drive carefully, he will cause an accident.8. Taking all his bag and baggage, a distant relative was visited by him9. Please give me a/the pen to write10. A/The people of America are more liberal than a/the people of Europe11. There is a time to work and the time to play12. You cannot buy anything with such a little /less amount of money13. Help came but too late and too little/less14. Out of Milton and Byron, the earlier /former is the better poet15. Please hurry. Its /its getting late16. The baby flung his /its toy and lost him /it some where17. There is hardly anyone who/that doesnt know about her18. What is there in your hand which/that your have brought for me?19. We were walking on /along the road when we saw an accident20. The car was standing at /in the farmhouse21. The boy fell of/off the bus as it started moving22. The thief opened the lock by/with a hair-pin23. Keats and Shelleys poems adore nature with deep sensuous passion24. Childrens magazines are hardly to be seen anywhere these days25. Shakuntala Devi, the famous numerologists latest book has hit the book-stalls

Selecting the correct alternatives1. During his long discourse, he did not touch that point.A.touch uponB.touch onC.touch ofD.No improvement2. He found a wooden broken chair in the room.A.wooden and broken chairB.broken wooden chairC.broken and wooden chairD.No improvement3. The dissidents hold a great problem in every political party.A.causeB.giveC.poseD.No improvement4. Practically every part of the banana tree is used by man.A.each partB.any partC.most partD.No improvement5. The end of the examinations is (an) opportunity for celebrating.A.chanceB.momentC.occasionD.No improvement6. Mr. Smith arrived at India in June last year.A.toB.byC.inD.No improvement7. If you cross the line you will be disqualified.A.cross upon the lineB.cross on the lineC.cross out the lineD.No improvement8. I will not go to school, if it shall rain tomorrow.A.it would rain tomorrowB.it will rain tomorrowC.it rains tomorrowD.No improvement9. Our office clock is not so correct as it should be it is usually five minutes fast.A.rightB.regularC.accurateD.No improvement

10. Please remind me of posting these letters to my relatives.A.by postingB.to postC.for postingD.No improvement11. My friend was in hospital for a week after an accident.A.throughB.followingC.forD.No improvement12. I shall not go until I am invited.A.till I am invitedB.Unless I am invitedC.if not I am invitedD.No improvement13. He died in the year 1960 at 11pm on 14 July.A.on 14 July in the year 1960 at 11pmB.in the year 1960 on 14 July at 11pmC.at 11pm on 14 July in the year 196014. Due to these reason we are all in favour of universal compulsory education.A.Out of these reasonsB.For these reasonsC.By these reasonsD.No improvement15. Whenever my students come across new words, I ask them to look for them in the dictionary.A.to look it upB.to look them upC.to look at themD.No improvement3