The Beggar

 Parts of a Sentence

EXERCISE

Arrange the words given in the brackets in properorderto provide subject to these sentences :

1. Those new dolls talk.                                                                                                   (dolls/new/those) 
2. That tall woman is a good musician.                                                                           (that/ woman/tall)
 3. He as well as you is tired of all his work.                                                                  (as well/he/as/you)
 4. Either he or his friend must have opened the door.                                          (friend/his either/he/or) 
5. The big red apples are very delicious.                                                                      (big/the/apples/red) 
6. All my friends have arrived.                                                                                          (my/friends/ all) 
7. That little naughty boy has broken the window pane.                                 (that/ naughty/ little/ boy) 
8. All of you are good.                                                                                                               (you/of/all) 
9. One of his children is very intelligent.                                                                  (his/one/ children/of) 
10. Neither he nor his brother could pass the examination.                            (he/brother/his/neither/nor) 
11. The flowers in my garden are pretty.                                                            (flower/in/the/garden/my) 
12. Brave people fight for their country.                                                                              (people/ brave)

EXERCISE

Separate the predicate parts in the following sentences :

 1. My uncle presented me a scooter on my birthday.
presented me a scooteron my  birthday                                     

2.Good boys must respect their elders.
must respect theirelders
3. The teacher was angry with me. 

was angry with me
4. The doctor advised him to take medicine regularly. 
advised him to take medicine regularly
5. My elder sister tells me an interesting story every night. 
tells me an interesting story every night
6. His work satisfied his master. 
satisfied his master
7. The elephants use their trunks to drink water. 
use their trunks to drink water
8. My friend wrote me a letter. 
wrote me a letter
9. It is our duty to help the weak people. 
is our duty to help the weak people
10. The storm made swimming very difficult. 
made swimming very difficult

EXERCISE

Arrange the words given in brackets in properorderto provide predicates to the given sentences :

1. There were a few girls in my class.                                                        (a/were/in/few/girls/my class) 
2. The hunter killed a tigerin the forest.                                                      (a/the /forest/killed/tiger/in) 
3. My father teaches us English daily.                                                               (daily/teaches/English/us)
4. My poor boy has no shoes to wear.                                                                   (shoes/ has/to/no/wear) 
5. Mahesh has sold his old house.                                                                       (sold/his/old/has/house)
6. The Taj looked very beautiful.                                                                          (beautiful/ looked/very)
7. I bought an expensive saree for my sister.                         (sister/bought/an expensive/my/saree/for) 
8. They were too late to catch the train.                                                (the train/to catch/late/too/were) 
9. The boy prefers to play.                                                                                                 (to/play/perfers)
10. His brother gave him a present.                                                                  (a/present/gave/him) 
11. My younger brother lives in Agra.                                                                              (Agra/lives/in) 
12. Mother heard someone knocking at the door.                       (knocking /door/the/someone/at/heard)

EXERCISE

Choose a suitable Object orComplement from the list given below and complete each of the sentences :
books, heroes, food, ready, duty, soldier, dark, shelter, camera, train
1. John became a soldier.
2. Every boy and girl was ready. 
3. We took shelter under a tree.
4. Each day and each hour brings its duty. 
5. Bread and milk is his only food.
6. Rustam and Sohrab were Persian heroes. 
7. The Sky grew dark.
8. I shall bring my camera with me. 
9. Put away your books now.
10. The driver stopped the train.

EXERCISE

Complete the following sentences by filling in the blanks with the Subject/Predicate parts given in brackets. Put the parts in the correct order:
1. He killed a tiger with an axe.                                                                    (a tiger/killed/an axe/with) 
2. The boys in the class are very hard-working.                              (hard-working/very/are/in the class)
3. Neither he nor his brother could pass the examination.                           (he/brother/his/neither/nor) 
4. There lived a rich man in my village.                                                             (a/man/lived/rich/there) 
5. There was a big black snake in the bush.                                                (a/big/snake/there/was/black)
6. We hear her singing every morning.                               (hear/we/singing/her) 
7. No one saw her in the hospital anymore.                      (one/no)
8.  So after an hour he decided to give it up.                             (so/an/hour/or/after/he)  

9. Therobberslooted each and every person.                                            (each/and/person/looted/every)

10. The goods were lying at the platform.                                   (at/platform/lying/were/the)