SCHOLASTIC

GO GRAMMAR
Answer Book
Level 8

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 Answers

Work sheet 1
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1. feet 2. phenomena
3. mice 4. teeth
5. sisters-in-law 6. fish
7. leaves 8. lice
9. wives 10. oxen

Countable Uncountable Common Proper Concrete Abstract

Man, gate, Rainwater, Man, wall, Barada Man, wall, Behaviour,
boundary, sunshine house, Charan, house, summer
wall, mail, mail, gate, Mogra mail, gate,
train, boundary, boots,
boots train, people
raincoat,
boots,
master,
disguise,
people,
overcoat

Work sheet 2
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1. neighbour’s 2. children’s
3. Charles’ 4. year’s
5. buses’ 6. Shakespeare’s
7. tonight’s 8. car’s
9. father’s 10. neighbour’s; sister’s

Work sheet 3
I Answers may vary
1. he/she, she/he 2. her/him, he/she
3. him/her/me, him/her/me 4. he/she, he/she
5. them, him/her/me

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1. himself 2. themselves
3. ourselves 4. itself
5. herself 6. themselves
7. myself 8. yourself
9. yourself 10. itself

Work sheet 4
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1. I met a man who had no shoes.
2. I got onto a train which was crowded.
3. They were very happy that they won the game.
4. Show me the book that you bought.
5. The boys missed the movie when they arrived late.
6. I’m going to talk to the girl who is sitting in front.
7. The movie which you gave me is terrible.
8.The car that was parked in front of the bank was stolen.
9. We stayed in a hotel that had no windows.
10. That’s the boy whose mother is a writer.

Work sheet 5
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1. His 2. Their
3. Our 4. Her
5. My 6. Your
7. Her 8. our
9. their 10. Our/My
11. Our 12. whose
13. its 14. yours
15. her

Work sheet 6
I Answers may vary
1. yellow 2. only/best/worst
3. wooden 4. complex/difficult/boring
5. ten 6. ill
7. evil 8. severe
9. gruelling 10. menacingly
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 11. dead/tiny 12. these/those
13. wise/intelligent 14. foul
15. fishy/suspicious/strange

Work sheet 7
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1. When Dennis finished reading the book he went to bed.
2. The policemen delayed the drivers till the roads were cleared.
3. Since the rains had caused mudslides the roads were not safe
to drive on.
4. Joe works hard as he wants to become a doctor.
5. Wait till we fix your computer.
6. I choked on a bone while I was eating.
7. Bhuvan ate an apple after he finished his homework.
8. Tejaswini donates her suits to charity since she has
outgrown them.
9. Aditya built roller coasters for a living before he started
studying law.
10. I enjoyed travelling when I was much younger.

Work sheet 8
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1. adverb; adjective 2. adjective; adverb
3. adverb; adjective 4. adverb, adjective
5. adverb, adjective 6. adjective; adverb
7. adverb; adverb 8. adjective; adverb

Work sheet 9
I Answers may vary
1. We can go for a walk as long as the weather is fine.
2. We had better pack now or we may not have time to catch
our flight.
3. School was called off because there was an outbreak of flu.
4. Priya has been sick since last week.
5. Do not start the music yet as the speaker has not finished.
6. The winning team was very happy as/since they were
declared the champions.
7. The players gave their best but they still lost.
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 8. Kim has not time to eat breakfast as/because she is late.
9. I took my umbrella since/as it was raining.
10. You should stay away from bears because/as they are
dangerous.

Work sheet 10
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1. Both; and 2. as; as
3. both; and 4. Not only; but; also
5. Neither; nor 6. Neither; nor
7. either; or 8. either; or
9. whether; or 10. both; and
11. Not only; but 12. both; and
Work sheet 11
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1. on 2. to
3. of 4. at; of
5. at 6. beside
7. on 8. on
9. out 10. to
11. near/inside/under 12. towards/from
13. since 14. to
Work sheet 12
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1. on 2. in
3. on 4. for
5. by 6. on; at
7. in 8. in
9. during 10. in
11. since 12. by
13. from, till 14. in
15. in/for
Work sheet 13
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1. Subordinate clause 2. Subordinate clause
3. Subordinate clause 4. Principal clause
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 5. Subordinate clause 6. Subordinate clause
7. Principal clause 8. Subordinate clause
9. Principal clause 10. Subordinate clause
11. Subordinate clause 12. Principal

Work sheet 14
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1. a 2. b
3. b 4. c
5. b 6. a
7. a 8. c
9. b 10. b

Work sheet 15
I Answers may vary
1. The police have caught the man who committed the theft
last night.
2. French is derived from Latin, which was once spoken
throughout Europe.
3. Can you tell me why you are looking sad?
4. He had several plans of making money quickly, all of which
have failed.
5. The wrestler was proud of his strength because of which he
despised the weakness of the clowns.
6. This is the village in which I was born.
7. Show me the place where you put the keys.
8. Paul was the old gentleman who was my travelling
companion.
9. The fox once met a crane, having never met a crane before.
10. This is the wooden box in which the shopkeeper keeps his
money.

Work sheet 16
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1. because it was in the car for too long
2. Since I got my glasses
3. Although Rajat works hard

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 4. Whenever I go to the mall
5. until the police have checked all the buildings
6. After we returned from trekking
7. Having never driven before
8. Since I have never been there
9. because the restaurant was closed
10. Although Barnabas broke the vase
11. If we continue to burn fossil fuels
12. so that she could get a better-paying job
13. unless he comes along
14. without their knowing about it

Work sheet 17
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1. b 2. b
3. d 4. b
5. d 6. a

Work sheet 18
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1. d 2. a
3. d 4. a
5. a

Work sheet 19
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1. Just as 2. Furthermore
3. Consequently 4. However
5. Whereas 6. Instead

Work sheet 20
I A few answers have been provided for you.
Jack informed Lady Bracknell that he had lost his parents. She
chides Jack for his presumed carelessness and inquiries as to
his father’s wealth and social status.

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 Work sheet 21
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1. Simple 2. Compound
3. Simple 4. Complex
5. Simple 6. Simple
7. Complex 8. Complex
9. Compound-complex 10. Compound
11. Simple 12. Compound
13. Compound 14. Compound
15. Complex 16. Simple

Work sheet 22
The house was a residence. By its boarded front door and
untrimmed Boston ivy the burglar knew that the mistress of it
was sitting on some oceanside piazza telling a sympathetic man
in a yachting cap that no one had ever understood her sensitive,
lonely heart. He knew by the light in the third-storey front
windows, and by the lateness of the season, that the master of the
house had come home, and would soon extinguish his light and
retire. For it was September of the year and of the soul, in which
season the house’s good man comes to consider roof gardens and
stenographers as vanities, and to desire the return of his mate and
the more durable blessings of decorum and moral tendencies.

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1. a 2. the
3. the; an 4. an
5. the/a 6. a
7. a 8. the
9. an 10. a
11. the/a 12. The

Work sheet 23
I Answers may vary
1. He did not have a single penny on him to buy a loaf of
bread.
2. The mugger carried a knife to frighten the poor tourist.

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 3. He is not afraid to speak the truth.
4. He works hard to be famous.
5. They have six children to provide for.
6. The army expects every soldier to do his duty.
7. She quit her job to climb mountains.
8. It is his hobby to collect toy cars.
9. Byron awoke one morning to find himself famous.
10. The boy was happy to survive the stampede.
11. The rodeo clown was relieved to be spared by the enraged
bull.
12. I carry an umbrella to protect myself from rain.

Work sheet 24
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1. driving 2. to reduce
3. paying; driving 4. diverting
5. to decrease 6. to charge; driving
7. to find; flowing 8. charging
9. to pay; drive 10. rise
11. to impact 12. reduce

Work sheet 25
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1. Imperative 2. Subjunctive
3. Indicative 4. Subjunctive
5. Imperative 6. Infinitive
7. Indicative 8. Indicative
9. Indicative 10. Imperative
11. Indicative 12. Indicative
13. Subjunctive 14. Infinitive

Work sheet 26
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1. were 2. had; reminded
3. Had left 4. have
5. had rained 6. had seen; saw
7. want 8. Had; known

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 9. were 10. mail
11. read/were to read 12. had paid
Work sheet 28
I Answers may vary
A few examples have been provided for you.
As a little boy, I always wanted my father ro be very rich. I
wanted to live in a huge mansion. We would have several pets
and large tracts of land to run on.
Work sheet 28
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1. b 2. a
3. c 4. c
5. b 6. a
7. b 8. a
9. c 10. b
Work sheet 29
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1. b 2. b
3. b 4. a
5. b 6. a

Work sheet 30
I Answers may vary
1. We were disappointed that our vacation would end when
September came, all too quickly.
2. He wore a leather jacket to the library.
3. The telephone rang after I read the paper.
4. We worked all afternoon to complete the foundation.
5. The joke pleased the audience who laughed loudly.
6. The scooter wouldn’t start because I forgot to fill petrol.
7. Writing slowly made the exam seem endless.
8. To celebrate my success, my friends and I partied until
midnight.
9. The pedestrian did not see the pothole and went tumbling.
10. My friend went on and on in the elevator describing the
details of her wedding.
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 Work sheet 31
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1. Comma splice 2. Comma splice
3. Complete sentence 4. Comma splice
5. Complete sentence 6. Comma splice
7. Complete sentence
Work sheet 32
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1. Complete sentence 2. Complete sentence
3. Comma splice 4. Comma splice
5. Complete sentence 6. Complete sentence
7. Comma splice
Work sheet 33
I Answers may vary
1. The team valiantly ran down the filed, but they still could not
score a goal.
2. Even though the year almost over, the teacher does not know
my name. She often confuses me with other students.
3. I think that the teacher has been grading me unfairly. All
she does is look for mistakes.
4. While time often erases bad memories, my wife never
forgets anything. She even remembers things that
happened over a decade ago.
5. Advanced classes at the university level are now being taken
by many school students—some schools even offer them
special programmes.
6. I went home after the sixth wicket. However, my friends stayed.
7. One person had been exporting farm animals. In fact, he
exports over 3,000 cows a year.
8. All over the country people sell their junk over the internet;
these people are making profits.
9. My father is chairman of the Committee on Foreign
Relations. He also heads the Society for No Hierarchies.
10. Entrepreneurship involves the study of small businesses.
College students are embracing it enthusiastically.

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 Work sheet 35
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1. Simile 2. Simile
3. Metaphor 4. Metaphor
5. Metaphor 6. Simile
7. Simile 8. Metaphor
9. Metaphor 10. Simile

Work sheet 37
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1. smoking
2. His sadness
3. her soup
4. his older brother
5. Louise
6. The floor
7. E.T.
8. our performance
9. I (Englebert)
10. This suitcase

Work sheet 39
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few and far between; worth her weight in gold; works her
fingers to the bone; trials and tribulations of life; walking on
air; wave of optimism; bolt from the blue; rotten to the core;
grew by leaps and bounds; as luck would have it; gathered
my wits about me; undercurrent of excitement; beat a hasty
retreat; breathe a sigh of relief; a tempest in a teapot; Cool as
a cucumber; question for the ages; youthful glee; jumped on
the bandwagon; Slowly but surely; water under the bridge; the
uphill battle; become all that I can be

Revision 1
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1. to write
2. to do

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 3. to keep
4. to ask
5. to do
6. to keep
7. to play
8. to eat
9. to suit
10. to do

II
1. a
2. b
3. c
4. b
5. b
6. a
7. a
8. b
9. a

III
1. Correct
2. They had planned to buy a puppy, but they bought fish instead.
3. Correct
4. Correct
5. Correct
6. Correct.
7. Most of the children brought their own instruments and
sang many songs.
8. I thought I saw him planting tulips behind the house.
9. You are supposed to read the instructions before assembling
the shelf.
10. If I were you, I would avoid any mention of the subject.

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 V
1. My apartment is too small. I have no room for my books and
television set.
2. Correct
3. Vishal opened his freezer. Then he noticed that two cartons
of ice cream had melted.
4. Correct
5. A comma splice occurs when two complete sentences are
joined only by a comma. I need to remember that rule.
6. Our modern life is very easy—healthcare if better than it
was fifty years ago.
7. This street is full of fast-food restaurants; people eat there
very often.
8 I did not hear my alarm so I woke up forty minutes late.
9. My dog is a constant companion. He sleeps on my bed.

VI
1. Correct
2. Correct
3. A tree began to fall towards Joginder’s car while he was
driving yesterday.
4. Correct
5. Correct
6. Correct
7. Correct
8. The lights flickered as I left the room.
9. Correct
10. My foot go stuck in a pot hole while carrying the packages
to the car.

VII
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1. There is the car that had been repaired—Principal clause
because the wheel had broken off—adverbial clause

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 2. you will be paid—principal clause
the car you were shown—adjectival clause
3. she had made a mistake—Principal clause
when the wheel fell off—Adverbial clause

4. Although he thinks he can dance—Principal clause

he can’t—Adverbial clause

5. he has to watch what he eats—Principal clause

Since my grandfather has high blood pressure—Adverbial
clause

6. we would not have arrived on time—Principal clause

If we had taken the train—Adverbial clause

7. The milk is finished—Principal clause

that I bought yesterday—Adjectival clause

8. The police formed a barricade—principal clause

where the workers were striking—adverbial

9. Hamlet wanted to kill his uncle—principal clause

so that his father’s murder would be avenged—adverbial

10. The grammar police are searching for the person—

Principal clause
who wrote the dangling modifier and the split infinitive—
Noun clause

Work sheet 41
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1. pirates
2. furry kitten
3. younger sister
4. old church
5. They
6. Dhruv

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 7. state of the economy
8. I
9. it
10. Nora

Work sheet 42
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1. chewing—material
2. understand—mental
3. know—mental
4. attentive—mental
5. work carefully—relational
6. painter—material
7. waiting—relational
8. practising the piano—material
9. come—relational
10. mumbling—material
11. will be—relational
12. wondering—mental

Work sheet 43
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1. narrow opening—cave
2. loud voice—announcer
3. more glittering stones—cher, costume
4. dense—jungle
5. poisonous fish—from South America
6. strong, dark coffee—cup
7. tired, hungry—workers
8. good news—letter
9. batteries—pack
10. baggy pants—clown

Work sheet 44
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1. in the distance
2. great force

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 3. played quietly
4. by the shed
5. lately
6. too fast
7. soon
8. constantly
9. out
10. boil
11. in the lake

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 Notes

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