Grammar Worksheet VI: NBSE Class 9 English solved

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Here, we’ve provided the solutions of NBSE (Nagaland Board) Class 9 English Grammar Worksheet VI (six). Attempts have been made to keep the solutions error-free, however, if you find any error, let us know. We’ll review it and make corrections if needed.

Active and passive voice

I. Transform these statements from active to passive.

1. They teach  young children in that school

2. They built that skyscraper last year.

3. We will finish our syllabus in March.

4. They repaired the building last year.

5. The students were writing their exams when I reached the hall.

Answers:

1. Young children are taught in that school (by them).
2. That skyscraper was built last year (by them).
3. Our  syllabus will be finished in March (by us).
4. The building was repaired last year (by them)
5. Their exam was being written by the students when I reached the hall.

II. Fill in the blanks with the correct word/phrase.

1. My sister ____ by the awesome news today.

(a) delighted 
(b) was delighted

2. I _____ ever since I was 18.

(a) have been driving 
(b) have been driving

3. A new book____ by Head word next year.

(a) will publish 
(b) will be published

4. When the police arrived, the thief_____

(a) had been captured by the people
(b) had captured by the people

Answers:

1. My sister was delighted by the awesome news today.
2. I have been driving ever since I was 18
3. A new book will be published by Headword next year.
4. When the police arrived, the thief had been captured by the people.

III. Expand the following headlines using passive verb form

1. Gang of thieves nabbed  

2. Bank robbery bid foiled

3. Murderer arrested

4. Fingerprints lead to the busting of a burglar gang.

Answers:

1. A gang of thieves nabbed by the police.
2. Bank robbery bid foiled by the Delhi in the wee hours of Thursday.
3. After days of hunt, the Nishikant murderer is finally arrested by Raigarh Police.
4. Burglar gang busted with the help of locals by police in Dimapur.

Transitive and intransitive verbs

I. State whether the verb is transitive or intransitive.

1. The students play football

2. The students play carom quietly.

3. The hawker is selling vegetables.

4. The hawker is selling this morning.

5. Have Renu and Rinky lift their  books

6. Have Renu and Rinky left yet?

Answers: 

1. Transitive verb
2. Transitive verb
3. Transitive verb.
4. Intransitive verb.
5. Transitive Verb.
6. Intransitive verb

II. Identify the transitive action verb and its object in each sentence below. One has been done for you.

Sentence	Verb	object
I have your notebook for writing	have	notebook
The firefighter rescued the child from the building.
After studying, I enjoyed tennis.
The officer ordered his troops to march on
We named the naughty boys.
I wrote a letter.
They ate the potatoes quickly

Answers:

Sentence	Verb	object
I have your notebook for writing	have	notebook
The firefighter rescued the child from the building.	rescued	the child
After studying, I enjoyed tennis.	enjoy	tennis
The officer ordered his troops to march on	ordered	his troops
We named the naughty boys.	named	the naughty boys
I wrote a letter.	wrote	a letter
They ate the potatoes quickly	ate	potatoes

III. Match these objects to their appropriate subject and verbs that are given below. One has been done for you.

Subject	verb	object
He	received	A wound
He	inflicted	The weight
He	lifted	Her parents
she	fears	her childhood
she	remembers	the prize

Answers:

Subject	verb	object
He	received	the prize
He	inflicted	A would
He	lifted	The weight
She	fears	her parents
She	remembers	her childhood

IV. Tick the verb in each sentence and decide if it is transitive or intransitive.

1. Imagined a world full of fairies and angles.

2. I go for a jog every morning

3. The tsunami destroyed the coastal region.

4. My mother washes clothes every day.

5. We talked about the movie all evening..

6. I laid the chair for my grandmother.

Answers:

1. Imagined (Transitive)
2. Go (Intransitive)
3. Destroyed (Intransitive)
4. Washes (Transitive)
5. Talked (Intransitive)
6. Laid (Transitive)

V. Complete the following sentences by inserting the correct from of the words ‘lie’ and ‘lay’

1. She will ____ the table for the guest.

2. You should ____ down and rest.

3. I can’t find my spectacles. Did you ____ them on the table?

4. He had ____ near the fire all evening

5. The coach had already ____ the rules of the game.

Answers:

1. Lay
2. Lie
3. Lay
4. Lain
5. Laid

VI. Fill in each blank with the correct word as given in the brackets.

1. My father works ____ to support the family.(hard/hardly)

2. The lion turned around and looked at him ____ (fiercely/fierce)

3. I tried to keep my friend ____ and happy. (cheerful/cheerfully)

4. The teacher spoke some what ____.(impatiently/ impatient)

5. The audience was ____ (high/highly) impress with the dance performance.

Answers:

1. Hard
2. Fiercely
3. Cheerful
4. Impatiently
5. Highly

VII. Fill in the banks with most appropriate words to complete each of the sentences 

1. The little puppies ____ their milk bowl.

2. Raja and Rani ____ into their chariot.

3. I always ____ indoor games.

4. I like ____ to Classical music

5. He ____ slowly down the street on his crutches.

Answers:

1. Drank
2. Move
3. Play
4. Modern
5. Walked

VIII. State whether the verbs in the following sentences are transitive or intransitive.

1. The boy stood on his bed.

2. He then fell asleep.

3. I saw the boy.

4. He was an Indian

5. The windows broke in the storm

6. The beautiful locket hung from a golden chain.

7. Margaret angrily threw the book.

8. The cow jumped over the moon.

9. A man answered the door bell.

10. He shuddered at the sight of the lion.

11. The dog chewed  his bone.

12. Janvi dressed before the dance

Answers:

1. Stood (Intransitive)
2. Fell (Intransitive)
3. Saw (Transitive)
4. Was (Intransitive)
5. Broke (Intransitive)
6. Hung (Intransitive)
7. Threw (Transitive)
8. Jumped (Intransitive)
9. Answered (Transitive)
10. Shuddered (Intransitive)
11. Chewed (Transitive)
12. Dressed (Intransitive)

IX. Transform the following active sentences into passive form.

1. The country elects its government.

2. All of us love watching cricket.

3. The burglar buried the treasure.

4. The huge dog grabbed the lamb.

5. Jenny examined the flowers in her garden.

Answers:

1. The country’s government is elected.
2. Watching cricket is loved by all of us.
3. The treasure was buried by the burglar.
4. The lamb was grabbed by the huge dog.
5. The flowers were examined by Jenny in her garden.

X. Transform the following passive sentences into active from

1. The students were punished by the teacher.

2. The letter was written by Rahul.

3. Many devices that greatly influenced life around the world were developed by Thomas Edison.

4. The trophy was won by the Indian team.

5. The difficult role was played well by a new actor.

Answers:

1. The teacher punished the students.
2. Rahul wrote the letter.
3. Thomas Edision developed many devices that greatly influenced life around the world.
4. The Indian team won the trophy.
5. A new actor played well the difficult role.

XI. Identify the underlined part of speech.

1. The security guard ran behind the thief.
a. transitive verb
b. intransitive verb
c. linking verb
d. auxiliary verb

2. The coach told the players, ‘Do your best, and you’ll win’.
a. transitive verb
b. intransitive verb
c. linking verb
d. auxiliary verb

3. He would write to me if he needed help

a. transitive verb
b. intransitive verb
c. linking verb
d. auxiliary verb

4. Gaurav is running the marathon next week.
a. transitive verb
b. intransitive verb
c. linking verb
d. auxiliary verb

5. The teachers are teaching students in their classroom.
a. transitive verb 
b. intransitive verb
c. linking verb
d. auxiliary verb

6. Geeta became impatient when the children continued to disturb her.
a. transitive verb
b. intransitive verb
c. linking verb
d. auxiliary verb

Answers:

1. b. Intransitive verb.
2. a. Transitive verb.
3. d. Auxiliary verb.
4. d. Auxiliary verb.
5. d. Auxiliary verb.
6. c. linking verb.

Direct and Indirect speech

I. Read the conversation below and complete the paragraph in reported speech.

‘What do you want, young woman? Gabriel’s mother asked her.

‘One of my hens flew across the fence this morning. Did it not lay an egg here?’

The old woman’s reply was not very polite. We didn’t see anything of it,’she said. ‘We collect our own eggs and have no need for other people’s eggs. And we don’t go looking for eggs in other people’s yards!’

Answers:

Gabriel’s mother asked the young woman what she wanted. The woman replied that one of her hands had flown across the fence that morning. She wanted to know if it hadn’t laid an egg there. The old woman’s reply was not very polite. She said that they had not seen anything of that. She further said that they collected their own eggs and had no need for other people’s eggs. At last, she said that they did n’t go looking for eggs in other people’s yards.

II. Read the conversation below and complete the paragraph in reported speech.

Peacock: Have you ever seen such feathers?
Monkey: Never!
Peacock: Have you seen such a beautiful tail?
Monkey: No, never!
Peacock: Have you ever heard such a sweet voice?
Monkey: No! And I have never seen such a proud fool!

The peacock asked the monkey if he had ever seen such feathers. The monkey said he had never seen. The peacock then asked if he had seen such a beautiful tail. The monkey answer remained the same. When the peacock again questioned if he had ever heard such a sweet voice, the Monkey replied he had n’t and added that he had never seen such a proud fool, as well

Answers:

The peacock asked the monkey if he had ever seen such feathers. The monkey said he had never seen. The peacock then asked if he had seen such a beautiful tail. The monkey answer remained the same. When the peacock again questioned if he had ever heard such a sweet voice, the Monkey replied he hadn’t and added that he had never seen such a proud fool, as well.

III. Change the Indirect speech into Direct speech.

Once there was a wicked fairy in the Northern land. She was always unhappy and wanted to make others unhappy. So she stole the baby daughter of the king of Northern land and hid her somewhere. But in the Northern Land, there were three good fairies also. They said when the lovely princess would be fifteen years old,’ a prince with a true heart would come. He would find her and set her free.

The Wicked fairy said that there was no such prince anywhere on the earth. So the good fairies replied that in that case the prince would come from the moon or the other planets. He would come from somewhere, and set the princess free.

Answers:

The wicked fairy in the Northern Land thought, “She is always unhappy. And wants to make others unhappy. I steal the baby daughter of the king of Northern Land and hide her somewhere.”

But the three good fairies in the Northern Land felt differently. They said, “They are happy, and wants to make others happy. When the lovely princess will be fifteen, a prince with a true heart will come. He will find her and set her free.”

“There is no such prince anywhere on the earth,” said the wicked fairy.

“Then the prince will come from the moon or the other planets,” replied the good fairies.

“He will come from somewhere, and set the princess free.”

IV. Read the letter and report the contents to a friend by filling in the blanks.

The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse were cousins. They often wrote to each other. One day, the Country Mouse got this letter from his cousin.

Pantry Cupboard
Adjoining Kitchen
3- The Mall
Mumbai

11 March 2150

Dear cousin,

I have been ill with a cough and my doctor feels I need a holiday. He has asked me to spend a week in the countryside May I please stay with you?

With warm regards,
Yours affectionately,
Town cousin

Answers:

The City Mouse had written a letter to his Cousin that he had been ill with cough and he was advised by his doctor to go on a holiday. The doctor checked and asked him to spend a week in the countryside.

He requested the  country mouse to let him stay with him.

V. Convert the following lines from indirect to direct speech by filling in the blanks.

1. The doctor told them to turn off their mobile phones.
The doctor said, ‘____ mobile phones.’

2. Mani asked whether he could go for a walk in the nearby park.
Mani said, ‘____ park?’

3. Sita said that she had already seen the film twice.
Sita said, ‘____ already seen the film twice.’

4. Vivek apologized for reaching late  and explained that he was stuck in a jam for an hour.
Vivek said, ‘I’m ____ for an hour.’

5. The policeman demanded their licence because they were driving recklessly.
The policeman said, ‘Give me ____ driving recklessly.  

Answers:

1. The doctor said, ’Turn off your mobile phones.’
2. Mani said, ‘Can I go for a walk in the nearby park?’
3. Sita said, ‘I have already seen the film twice.’
4. Vivek said, ‘I’m sorry, as I was stuck in a jam for an hours.’
5. The policeman said, ‘Give me your licence. You are driving recklessly.  

VI. Fill in the blanks on the basis of your understanding of the comic strip.

Molly saw her brother Jack carrying a huge fish. She asked her husband, Moose,to ____ brother as ____ like ____ alone. Moose peeped out of the window to see Jack on the table with pets. He exclaimed ____ alone.

Answers:

Molly saw her brother Jack carrying a huge fish. She asked her husband, Moose, to give company to her brother as he didn’t like to be alone. Moose peeped out of the window to see Jack on the table with pets. He exclaimed that her brother was not alone.