Manipur Board Class 9 and 10 English Grammar Solution: 2nd Part Lesson 8 Non-Finite Verbs Participle and Gerund
Board of secondary education Manipur- BSEM published Class 9 and 10 English Grammar textbook 2nd Part Lesson 8 ‘Non-Finite Verbs Participle and Gerund’ full exercises Questions Answers. We have included all the right answers of each grammar question.
1.) Rearrange the following into sentences:
(i) The dry leaves/ found/ flying away/we.
Answer. We found the dry leaves flying away.
(ii) The powdery snow/ gently/ on the earth/falls/ in winter.
Answer. The powdery snow falls gently on the earth in winter.
(iii) Dancing in the lawn/they/small girls/will see.
Answer. They will see small girls dancing in the lawn.
(iv) Something /smell/cant you/burning?
Answer. Can’t you smell something burning?
(v) The students/kept/laughing/the teacher.
Answer. The teacher kept the students laughing.
2.) Fill in the blanks with one of the verbs in the Present Participle form:
i) She sat there____ the harmonium.
Answer. She sat there playing the harmonium.
ii) I ate my breakfast ____ the newspaper.
Answer. I ate my breakfast reading the newspaper.
iii) They set in the room ____ the T.V.
Answer. They set in the room watching the T.V.
iv) The little girl ran ____ the peacock.
Answer. The little girl ran chasing the peacock.
v) The old man went –––– from door to door.
Answer. The old man went begging from door to door.
vi) She lay in bed ____ about the problem.
Answer. She lay in bed thinking about the problem.
vii) The man spends his time ___ books.
Answer. The man spends his timereading books.
viii) The young boys are roaming ___ their time.
Answer. The young boys are roaming wasting their time.
(ix) Nowadays, we find everybody ___ the government.
Answer. Nowadays, we find everybody criticising the government.
(x) We saw the doctor ___ the patient.
Answer. We saw the doctor helping the patient.
3.) Combine the following pairs of sentences using a Present Participle each:
(i) There was no electricity. The students read by candle light.
Answer. The students were reading by candle light because there was no electricity.
(ii) It was hot inside the bus. They opened the windows.
Answer. It was hot inside the bus so they were opening the windows.
iii) There was heavy rain. They carried umbrellas.
Answer. They were carrying umbrellas for heavy rain.
iv) The children saw the teacher. They were glad.
Answer. The children were glad seeing their teacher.
v) They went to the school. They met the teacher.
Answer. They went to school meeting their teacher.
(vi) She took her bag. She put in the materials.
Answer. She took her bag for putting in the materials.
(vii) He understood the signal. He followed his father.
Answer. He followed his father understanding the signal.
(viii) They listened to the lecture. They knew the lesson.
Answer. Theyknowing the lesson, listened the lecture.
(ix) They climbed the mountain. They saw the beauty of the flower.
Answer. They saw the beauty of the flower climbingthe mountain.
(x) We went to Tamenglong. We saw the beauty of the orange grove.
Answer. We saw the beauty of the orange grove going to Tamenglong.
4.) Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verbs given in the brackets.
Make them either the Gerund or the infinitive.
i) She finished ____ (read) the poem before explaining.
Answer. She finished reading the poem before explaining.
ii) The women are looking forward to ____ (meet) the Chief Minister.
Answer. The women are looking forward to meeting the chief minister.
iii) The T.V. advertisement advises people to stop____ (smoke).
Answer. The T.V. advertisement advises people to stop smoking.
iv) I am interested in_____ (read) war stories.
Answer. I am interested in reading war stories.
v) She is used to _____ (walk) in the morning.
Answer. She is used to walking in the morning.
vi) Patients won’t forget _____ (take) medicine regularly.
Answer. Patients won’t forget taking medicine regularly.
vii) Would you mind _____ (close) the door?
Answer. Would you mind closing the door?
viii) I enjoy ____ (swim) in the river.
Answer. I enjoy swimming in the river.
(ix) The police stopped the women from (approach) the Assembly Secretariat.
Answer. The police stopped the women from approaching the assembly secretariat.
x)The boy pretended _____ (be) ill.
Answer. The boy pretended being ill.
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