Grammar Exercise - Year 8

1. Change the following into singular: a) We were tired after the football. ___________________________________________________________________________ b) Wherever we were, they were there also. ____________________________________________________________________________ c) They were determined to find our hideway. ____________________________________________________________________________ d) All the boys are ready to leave. _____________________________________________________________________________ 2. use the clues to help unscramble the words: NITPORO part _____________________            CERLVE intelligent ____________________ FFCEEO a hot drink _________________             ABNAAN a soft fruit __________________ HGLUPO a farmer's implement ____________________ EDNAXP make larger ______________________ 3. Synonyms are words similar to or identical in meaning. Write synonyms for the words: equal ______________________                        connect _________________________ break ______________________                        pair _____________________________ news ______________________                        cold ____________________________ free _______________________                        happy __________________________ share ______________________                        state ___________________________ section _____________________                        lean ____________________________ 4. The following collectives are muddled. Sort them out: a bunch of whales                        a bunch of _________________________ a batch of riders                           a batch of __________________________ a herd of ship                               a herd of ___________________________ a pride of bananas                         a pride of ___________________________ a fleet of chickens                         a fleet of ___________________________ a cluch of buffaloes                       a cluch of __________________________ a posse of lions                             a pose of ___________________________ an audience of emues                     an audience of ______________________ a pod of people                              a pod of ___________________________

5. Write the matching feminine form of each masculine word berlow: manservant ____________________                  aviator ______________________________ lordship _______________________                  marquis _____________________________ prince _________________________                 chairman ____________________________ count _________________________                  waiter ______________________________ sculptor _______________________                  mayor ______________________________ 6. Put these words in alphabetical order: monk, conductor, family, ambiguous, ball, looked, learned, lily, you, down, mom _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________