Class 6,7,8 English Grammar Complete Solutions | Prefix, Suffix, Tense, Degrees, Synonyms, Antonyms (CG Board)

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1. Give one word related to the family of these words

(a) Soiled, dirty, rain → M _ _ Y

Answer: Muddy

Explanation:

• Muddy comes from the word mud.

• When it rains, the ground becomes muddy (dirty with mud).

• Therefore soiled, dirty, rain are related to muddy.

(b) Witness, Judge, Client → C _ _ R

Answer: Court

Explanation:

• A court is the place where a judge, witness, and client are present.

• These words belong to the legal or law family.

(c) Name, house, number, village → A _ D _ _ S

Answer: Address

Explanation:

• An address includes details like name, house number, village, city, etc.

• All these words belong to the address family.

2. Choose the correct answer

(1) Which one is a British spelling?

Options: (colour / color)

Answer: Colour

Grammar Rule:
There are two types of English spelling:

• British English: colour, honour, favour

• American English: color, honor, favor

British English usually uses “our”, while American English uses “or”.

(2) The hair of the tree is its —

Options: (stem / branches / roots)

Answer: Branches

Explanation:

• A tree has a stem (trunk), branches, and roots.

• The branches grow from the trunk like hair grows from the head.

• So branches are compared to the hair of the tree.

(3) The wall is stretched along the river —

Options: (low / yellow / silver / strong)

Answer: Low

Explanation:

• A wall built along a river is usually low.

• The word low fits the sentence meaning correctly.

3. Write degree of comparison of these adjectives

Grammar Rule:
Adjectives have three degrees of comparison:

1. Positive Degree – normal form

2. Comparative Degree – compares two things

3. Superlative Degree – compares more than two things

(1) Good

• Positive: Good

• Comparative: Better

• Superlative: Best

Example:

• Ram is a good boy.

• Ram is better than Mohan.

• Ram is the best student in the class.

(2) Cold

• Positive: Cold

• Comparative: Colder

• Superlative: Coldest

Rule: For short adjectives we add -er and -est.

(3) Beautiful

• Positive: Beautiful

• Comparative: More Beautiful

• Superlative: Most Beautiful

Rule: For long adjectives we use more and most.

4. Make compound words from these root words

Grammar Rule:
A compound word is made by joining two words to make a new word.

Examples:

• Bus + Stop = Bus stop

• Dust + Bin = Dustbin

• Note + Book = Notebook

• Sun + Light = Sunlight

5. Write two rhyming words

Grammar Rule:
Rhyming words are words that have the same ending sound.

(a) Rain

Pain, Train

(b) Sun

Fun, Run

(c) Head

Bed, Red

(d) Stair

Chair, Fair

6. Write V1 and V2 form of these verbs

Grammar Rule:

• V1 = Base form (present form of verb)

• V2 = Past tense form of verb

(i) Run➡ Run – Ran

Explanation:

• Run (present)

• Ran (past)

Example:

• I run every morning.

• Yesterday I ran in the park.

(ii) Buy➡ Buy – Bought

Explanation:

• Buy (present)

• Bought (past)

Example:

• I buy fruits.

• Yesterday I bought fruits.

7. Write sentences using these words

(i) Catch➡ The boy catches the ball.

Explanation:
“Catch” means to hold something that is thrown.

(ii) Festival➡ Diwali is a famous festival in India.

Explanation:
A festival is a special day of celebration.

8. Write three names of insects that can be trapped in the spider’s web

➡ Fly
➡ Mosquito
➡ Ant

Explanation:
Spiders make webs to trap small insects.

9. Give one word for the following clues

(i) A place to live in➡ Home

Explanation:
A home/house is the place where people live.

(ii) Neha is not rich➡ Poor

Explanation:
The opposite of rich is poor.

(iii) Suffering from illness➡ Sick

Explanation:
A person who has an illness is sick.

10. Opposite words

(i) Careful➡ Careless

Explanation:
Careful = paying attention
Careless = not careful

(ii) Like➡ Dislike

Explanation:
Like = to enjoy something
Dislike = to not enjoy something

11. Pick out the phrase from the sentence

Grammar Rule:
A phrase is a group of words that makes sense but is not a complete sentence.

(i) She hung a mirror on the wall.

➡ on the wall

Explanation:
“On the wall” is a prepositional phrase.

(ii) He purchased a shirt with blue colour.

➡ with blue colour

Explanation:
This group of words acts as a phrase.

12. Choose the correct option

(i) The Great Wall of China is ___ long.

Options: (2400 kms / 4700 kms)

➡ 4700 kms

Explanation:
The Great Wall of China is about 4700 kilometres long (approx in school books).

(ii) The beverage (tea) is made from ___

Options: (young roots / young shoots or leaves)

➡ Young shoots or leaves

Explanation:
Tea is made from young leaves and shoots of the tea plant.

13. Write the homonyms of

Grammar Rule:
Homonyms are words that sound the same but have different meanings or spellings.

(i) Tail➡ Tale

Explanation:

• Tail = part of an animal’s body

• Tale = a story

(ii) Pail➡ Pale

Explanation:

• Pail = bucket

• Pale = light colour

(iii) Hare➡ Hair

Explanation:

• Hare = a rabbit-like animal

• Hair = strands on the head

(iv) Tale➡ Tail

Explanation:
Both words sound the same but have different meanings.

(v) Two➡ Too

Explanation:

• Two = number

• Too = also / very

(vi) Fair➡ Fare

Explanation:

• Fair = just / festival

• Fare = travel cost

(vii) Sea➡ See

Explanation:

• Sea = large body of water

• See = to look

14. Write the comparative and superlative degree

Grammar Rule:
Adjectives have three degrees

1. Positive

2. Comparative

3. Superlative

For long adjectives we use more / most.

(i) Intelligent➡ More Intelligent – Most Intelligent

Example:
Ravi is more intelligent than Mohan.

(ii) Fast➡ Faster – Fastest

Rule:
Short adjectives add -er / -est.

15. Write the correct past participle

Grammar Rule:
Past participle is V3 form of verb.

(i) Buy➡ Bought

Forms:
Buy – Bought – Bought

(ii) Bring➡ Brought

Forms:
Bring – Brought – Brought

16. Correct article

Grammar Rule:

• A → before consonant sound

• An → before vowel sound

(i) ___ entrepreneur➡ An entrepreneur

Explanation:
Entrepreneur starts with vowel sound.

(ii) ___ orange➡ An orange

Explanation:
Orange starts with vowel sound.

17. Change the adjectives into adverbs

Grammar Rule:
Most adverbs are made by adding -ly to adjectives.

(i) Bright➡ Brightly

Example:
The sun shines brightly.

(ii) Soft➡ Softly

Example:
She spoke softly.

18. Fill in the blanks (is / am / are)

Grammar Rule:

• I → am

• He/She/It → is

• You/We/They → are

(i) My sister ___ a nurse.➡ My sister is a nurse.

(ii) They ___ waiting for us.➡ They are waiting for us.

(iii) I ___ waiting for them.➡ I am waiting for them.

(iv) We ___ going to picnic.➡ We are going to picnic.

(v) It ___ my favourite pen.➡ It is my favourite pen.

(vi) They all ___ my friends.➡ They all are my friends.

19. Make one new word using each suffix

Grammar Rule:
A suffix is a group of letters added at the end of a word.

(i) able➡ Readable

(ii) ous➡ Dangerous

(iii) ian

➡ Musician

(iv) ment➡ Movement

(v) er➡ Teacher

(vi) ion➡ Education

20. Make One Word Using Each Prefix

Prefix is a group of letters added at the beginning of a word to change its meaning.

(a) un → unhappy

Explanation:
The prefix un means not.

• happy = feeling joy

• unhappy = not happy

(b) dis → dislike

Explanation:
The prefix dis means not / opposite of.

• like = to enjoy something

• dislike = to not like something

(c) re → rewrite

Explanation:
The prefix re means again.

• write = to write

• rewrite = to write again

(d) trans → transport

Explanation:
The prefix trans means across or from one place to another.

• port = carry

• transport = carry from one place to another

(e) mis → misunderstand

Explanation:
The prefix mis means wrongly.

• understand = to know the meaning

• misunderstand = to understand wrongly

(f) post → postpone

Explanation:
The prefix post means after / later.

• pone = place

• postpone = to place something later

21. Write the Antonyms Of

Antonyms are words that have opposite meanings.

(i) Kind → Cruel

Explanation:
Kind means gentle and helpful.
Cruel means unkind or causing pain.

(ii) Deep → Shallow

Explanation:
Deep means having great depth.
Shallow means not deep.

(iii) Beautiful → Ugly

Explanation:
Beautiful means very attractive.
Ugly means unpleasant to look at.

(iv) Easy → Difficult

Explanation:
Easy means not hard to do.
Difficult means hard to do.

(v) Quiet → Noisy

Explanation:
Quiet means making little or no sound.
Noisy means making a lot of sound.

(vi) Fast → Slow

Explanation:
Fast means moving quickly.
Slow means moving with less speed.

22. Write the Synonyms Of

Synonyms are words that have the same or similar meaning.

(a) Strong → Powerful

Explanation:
Strong and powerful both mean having great strength.

(b) Happy → Glad

Explanation:
Happy and glad both mean feeling pleasure or joy.

(c) Huge → Enormous

Explanation:
Huge and enormous both mean very big in size.

(d) Beautiful → Pretty

Explanation:
Beautiful and pretty both mean attractive.

(e) Funny → Humorous

Explanation:
Funny and humorous both mean something that makes people laugh.

(f) Large → Big

Explanation:
Large and big both mean great in size.

23. Write the Correct Adverb Form and Fill in the Blanks

Adverbs describe how an action happens.
Most adverbs are formed by adding –ly to adjectives.

(i) The baby sleeps soundly. (sound)

Explanation:
Sound → soundly
It tells how the baby sleeps.

(ii) Please drive slowly. (slow)

Explanation:
Slow → slowly
It tells how someone drives.

(iii) Always speak softly. (soft)

Explanation:
Soft → softly
It tells how someone should speak.

(iv) She sits quietly. (quiet)

Explanation:
Quiet → quietly
It describes how she sits.

(v) She works sincerely. (sincere)

Explanation:
Sincere → sincerely
It tells how she works.

(vi) Rita arranges the books neatly. (neat)

Explanation:
Neat → neatly
It tells how the books are arranged.

24. Write the British Spellings

British English often adds “our” instead of “or”.

American Spelling	British Spelling
Vapor	Vapour
Color	Colour
Valor	Valour
Favor	Favour
Parlor	Parlour
Neighbor	Neighbour

Explanation:
In British English, many words use “our” instead of “or.”

25. Translate the given into past tense

Grammar Rule:
Past tense is used to talk about actions that already happened in the past.
Most verbs change their form in past tense (play → played, go → went).

(1) Rahul plays cricket every day.

➡ Rahul played cricket every day.

Explanation:

• Plays is present tense.

• Past form of play → played.

(2) He goes to the field at 4 p.m.

➡ He went to the field at 4 p.m.

Explanation:

• Go is an irregular verb.

• Past form of go → went.

(3) His friend meet him there.

➡ His friend met him there.

Explanation:

• Past form of meet → met.

(4) Then they do warm up.

➡ Then they did warm up.

Explanation:

• Past form of do → did.

(5) They play together until sunset.

➡ They played together until sunset.

Explanation:

• Past form of play → played.

26. Change into present continuous tense

Grammar Rule:
Present Continuous Tense =
Subject + is / am / are + verb + ing

It shows an action happening right now.

(1) He writes a letter.

➡ He is writing a letter.

Explanation:
He + is + write + ing

(2) The gardener waters the plants.

➡ The gardener is watering the plants.

Explanation:
Gardener + is + water + ing

(3) I play guitar.

➡ I am playing guitar.

Explanation:
I + am + play + ing

(4) You go to school.

➡ You are going to school.

Explanation:
You + are + go + ing

(5) She tells lies.

➡ She is telling lies.

Explanation:
She + is + tell + ing

(6) His mother bakes a cake.

➡ His mother is baking a cake.

Explanation:
Mother + is + bake + ing

27. Fill in the blanks (its / it's)

Grammar Rule:

It's = It is
Its = Possession (belongs to something)

Example:

• It's raining. (It is raining)

• The dog wagged its tail. (tail belongs to dog)

(1) ___ a beautiful day outside.

➡ It's a beautiful day outside.

Explanation:
"It's" means It is.

(2) The cat chases ___ tail.

➡ The cat chases its tail.

Explanation:
The tail belongs to the cat, so we use its.

(3) ___ my favourite book.

➡ It's my favourite book.

Explanation:
"It is my favourite book".

(4) The company will launch ___ new product soon.

➡ The company will launch its new product soon.

Explanation:
The product belongs to the company, so we use its.

(5) ___ a great opportunity for you.

➡ It's a great opportunity for you.

Explanation:
"It is a great opportunity".

28. Give one word for

(1) The science of numbers is called _____.

➡ Mathematics

Explanation:
Mathematics is the study of numbers, calculations, and formulas.

(2) The study of past events is called _____.

➡ History

Explanation:
History studies events that happened in the past.

(3) The science of plants is called _____.

➡ Botany

Explanation:
Botany is the branch of science that studies plants and their life.

29. Make Sentences Using the Given Words as Noun and Verb

Some words in English can be used both as a noun and as a verb.

(i) Park

Park as a Noun:
We played in the park in the evening.

Explanation:
Here park is a noun because it names a place.

Park as a Verb:
Please park your car near the gate.

Explanation:
Here park is a verb because it shows action (parking the car).

(ii) Light

Light as a Noun:
The light in the room is very bright.

Explanation:
Here light is a noun because it names a thing.

Light as a Verb:
Please light the candle.

Explanation:
Here light is a verb because it shows action (to make something burn).

30. Make Compound Words

Compound words are formed by joining two small words to make one new word.

Word	Compound Word
Sun	Sunlight
Cake	Cupcake
Butter	Butterfly
Flower	Sunflower
Shelf	Bookshelf
Cup	Cupboard
Book	Notebook
Fly	Dragonfly

Explanation:
Each compound word is formed by joining two meaningful words.

Example:
Sun + light = Sunlight

31. Define Noun. Write Two Examples.

Definition:
A noun is the name of a person, place, animal, or thing.

Examples:

1. Ram is my friend.

2. The dog is barking.

Explanation:

• Ram = name of a person

• Dog = name of an animal

32. Punctuate the Sentences

Punctuation means using capital letters, commas, and full stops correctly.

(a)

Incorrect:
There is a bag a doll and a basket in the cupboard

Correct Sentence:
There is a bag, a doll, and a basket in the cupboard.

Explanation:
Commas are used to separate items in a list, and a full stop is used at the end.

(b)

Incorrect:
who are you.

Correct Sentence:
Who are you?

Explanation:
The sentence is a question, so we use a question mark (?) and start with a capital letter.

33. Underline the Noun and Adjective in the Given Sentences

Noun: Name of a person, place, animal, or thing.
Adjective: A word that describes a noun.

(a) Raj is a good boy.

Noun: Raj, boy
Adjective: good

Explanation:
The word good describes the noun boy, so it is an adjective.

(b) This is a beautiful book.

Noun: book
Adjective: beautiful

Explanation:
The word beautiful describes the noun book, so it is an adjective.

34. Correct the Spellings

Incorrect Spelling	Correct Spelling
paritciapte	participate
cricis	crisis

Explanation:

• Participate means to take part in an activity.

• Crisis means a time of great difficulty or danger.