A grammar worksheet on the Red Headed league

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 The red-headed league: Grammar worksheet



Do as directed.

  1. Mr sherlock holmes were conversing with a  visitor. ( Identify the tense.)
  2. Holmes introduced me to the visitor. (Change the voice.)
  3. Mr. Jabez Wilson was a pawnbroker. (Make a w h question.)
  4. Homes asked him to repeat his story for me. (Change into direct speech.)
  5. The advertisement appeared in the newspaper 2 months ago. (Identify the tense and change it into simple past tense.)
  6. Now and then he left his work and went down to the seller to develop photographs (Rewrite utilizing used to.)
  7. Photography was his hobby. (Identify the part of speech of the underlined word.)
  8. There was nothing in the office but a couple of chairs and a table. (Make affirmative.)
  9. The pay was very good. ( Add a question tag.)
  10. The pay was very good and the work was light. (Use not only but also.)
  11. He told Mr. Wilson to start with the letter 'A'.  (Change into direct speech.)
  12. Mr. Wilson would drop in from time to time. (Rewrite using used to.)


 Answers


1. Mr sherlock holmes was conversing with a visitor. ( Identify the tense.)

Ans.

Past continuous tense

2. Holmes introduced me to the visitor. (Change the voice.)

Ans.

I was introduced to the visitor by Holmes.

3. Mr. Jabez Wilson was a pawn broker. (Make a w h question.)

Ans.

What was Mr. Jabez Wilson?

4. Homes asked him to repeat his story for me. (Change into direct speech.)

Ans.

Holmes said to him, " Repeat your story for him."

5. The advertisement appeared in the newspaper 2 months ago. 

(Identify the tense and change it into simple past tense.)

Ans.

Past perfect tense

The advertisement appeared in the newspaper 2 months ago.

6. now and then he left his work and went down to the seller to develop photographs. (Rewrite using used to.)

Ans.

Now and then he used to leave his work and (used to) go down into the seller to develop photographs.

7. Photography was his hobby. (Identify the part of speech of the underlined word.)

Ans.

Noun

8. There was nothing in the office but a couple of chairs and a table. (Make affirmative.)

Ans.

There were only a couple of chairs and a table in the office.

9. The pay was very good. ( Add a question tag.)

Ans.

The pay was very good, wasn't it?

10. The pay was very good and the work was light. (Use not only but also.)

Ans.

Not only the pay was very good but also the work was light.

11. He told Mr. Wilson to start with the letter 'A'. (Change into direct speech.)

Ans.

He told Mr. Wilson, "Start with the letter 'A'"

12. Mr. Wilson would drop in from time to time. (Rewrite using used to.)

Ans.

Mr. Wilson used to drop in from time to time.





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