PEL 121

Workbook Answer Key

UNIT-1
Exercise 1.1

1. Truth – abstract noun

2. Honesty – abstract noun
3. Children – common noun
4. Lion – common; king – common; beasts – common
5. Solomon – proper noun; kings – common noun
6. Cleanliness – abstract noun; godliness – abstract noun
7. Birds – common noun; feather – common noun
8. Grammar – abstract noun
9. Nile – proper noun; rivers – common noun
10. Committee – collective noun; situation – abstract noun
11. Jawaharlal Nehru – proper noun; Prime Minister – common noun;
India – proper noun
12. Boy – common noun; honesty – abstract noun
13. Apple – common noun
14. Voice – abstract noun
15. Lie – abstract noun
16. Wisdom – abstract; riches – abstract
17. Jury – collective noun
18. Silver – material; gold – material; metal – common
19. Waters – common noun/material noun
20. Cackling – abstract; geese – common; Rome – proper

Exercise 1.2

1 – countable, 2 – uncountable, 3 – countable, 4 – countable, 5 –

uncountable, 6 – countable, 7 – uncountable, 8 – uncountable, 9 –
countable, 10 – countable

Exercise 1.3

1. luggage
2. information
3. chairs

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4. furniture
5. hair
6. progress
7. job
8. permission
9. experience
10. works

Exercise 1.4

manhood scholarship kingship

knowledge greatness thought.
length strength wisdom
brotherhood

Exercise 1.5

1. D
2. A
3. D
4.C
5.D
Q6- B
Q7- C
Q8. B
Q9- A
Q10-B
Q11- D
Q12- C
Q13- A
Q14- A
Q15- D
Q16- A
Q17 -A
Q18-D
Q19- C
Q20- A

Exercise 1.6
1. personal

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2. Reflexive
3. possessive
4. REFLEXIVE
5. intensive
6. relative
7. Demonstrative
8. relative
9. possessive
10. relative

Exercise 1.7

1. David takes care of the garden. He is a good gardener.

2. Mary has a sweet voice. She is also a pretty girl.
3. Mr and Mrs Brown are here. They are talking to the hostess.
4. Look at my dog. It is wagging its tail.
5. My brother and I visited the zoo. We saw monkeys scratching each
other.
6. The teacher said, "Give me your book."
7. Put all these letters on the table and then sort them out.
8. When the bee saw the little boy, it stung him.
9. I had a few stamps. I gave them to Tom.
10. George walked to the door. Then he opened it and went out.

Exercise 1.8
1. You should have left your jewelry in a safer place.
2. "Please show me your ticket," the conductor asked.
3. The fugitive disguised himself so that the police would not recognize
him.
4. My friends and I often play badminton together.
5. "Stop blaming yourself. It's not your fault."
6. The teacher explained to them how to play the game.
7. She said to herself, "I must get up at 6 o'clock tomorrow morning."
8. I told him not to unleash his dog.
9. He asked whose car it was and someone shouted, "It is mine."
10. "How can she look after herself in the big crime-ridden city," her
mother objected.

Exercise – 1.9
Across down

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3. them 1. you
6. ours 2. he
8. I 4. hers
9. theirs 5. Mine
11. me 7. she
12. yours 9. they
10. it
13. us
Exercise- 1.10
I, it, somebody, me, this, I, myself all, my, I

Exercise- 1.11
a . his
b . anyone
c . everyone / everybody
d . No-one /Nobody
e . something
f . No-one / Nobody
g . him
h . himself
i . themselves
j . them / anything

Exercise- 1.12

1. Those
2. Everyone
3. Pronouns
4. He, his, him
5. Themselves
6. Reflexive
7. Personal
8. Relative
9. Demonstrative
10.Indefinite
11.Who
12.Whom
13.Where
14.Who
15.whose

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Exercise-1.13

1. Our/us
2. His/his
3. No one / anything
4. By ourselves
5. Your/ yourselves
6. Hers
7. Its/ those
8. One/them
9. one another

Exercise-1.14

1. My mother is proud as a peacock of our new house.

2. I cannot lift this heavy metal box.
3. That clumsy boy knocked down another vase.
4. The thin beggar raised his skinny hand.
5. The brave soldier was awarded a medal.
6. They use their big cars on this narrow path.
7. Tigers are wild animals.
8. He is poor. He hasn't much money.
9. He is an honest man. You can trust him.
10. They helped the blind man cross the road.

Exercise-1.15
Answer will vary.
Exercise-1.16

1. Heavy; Descriptive Adjective

2. Live, Dead; Descriptive Adjective
3. Several; Numeral Adjective
4. Much, Little; Indefinite Numeral Adjective
5. Great; Adjective of Quantity

Exercise- 1.17

1. C

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 2. A
3. B
4. C
5. B
6. B
7. A
8. A
9. D
10.D
11.B
12.C
13.A
14.Interesting ,colorful,hilarious
15.B
16.D
17.D
18.C
19.B
20.B

Exercise- 1.18
1. Remember
2. Understands
3. Shuffle
4. Send
5. Jokes
6. Omitted
7. Simulated
8. Erased
9. Withered
10.Inspired
11.Leaped
12.Loved
13.Pedaled
14.Envies
15.Told
16.Etched
17.Forgot
18.Recalled
19.Ended

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 20.Decided

Exercise- 1.19

Decide whether the verbs in bold are transitive or intransitive

1. She was crying all day long. Intransitive

2. We showed her the photo album. Transitive
3. The doctor advised me to exercise regularly. Transitive
4. It was raining at that time. Intransitive
5. She laughed at the joke. Intransitive
6. She gave a cookie to the child. Transitive
7. They slept in the street. Intransitive
8. I ate the cherries. Transitive
9. My father doesn't drink coffee. Transitive .
10.He always keeps his money in a wallet. Transitive

Exercise-1.21
1. Hit
2. Seen
3. Slept
4. Wept
5. Fallen
6. Forbidden
7. Bitten
8. Sworn
9. Broadcast/Broadcasted
10.sunk
Exercise-1.22
1. read, feel, play, see → play
2. listen, do, go, make → listen
3. know, help, say, think → help
4. like, write, forget, eat → like
5. take, bring, cut, clean → clean
6. watch, be, have, meet → watch
7. put, buy, cook, teach → cook
8. catch, find, answer, lose → answer
9. want, tell, win, sit → want
10.sell, build, drink, open → open

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Exercise-1.23
Answer may vary.
Exercise-1.24
1. B
2. D
3. A
4. A
5. C
6. B
7. D
8. C
9. A
10. C
11. B
12. D
13. C
14. A
15. C
Exercise-1.25
Find the appropriate option for the sentence given below.
1. A
2. B
3. D
4. A
5. C
6. A
7. A
8. B
9. C
10.A
11.A
12.D
13.B
14.C
15.A
16.B
17.A
18.B
19.C
20.B

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 21.A
22.A
23.A
24.A
25.B
26.A
27.A
28.C
29.C
30. D-is having
ADVERB
Exercise-1.26
1. She always reaches school punctually at half past seven.
2. He picked up the jug carelessly and some water spilled out.
3. He carelessly picked up the wrong bag.
4. The car stopped abruptly outside our house.
5. He arrived home unexpectedly.
6. She stared at it as if she had never seen a snake before.
7. He pulled the rope with all his strength.
8. He told us angrily that we should not speak.
9. He did his work badly so he had to do it again.
10. He asked hopefully whether I could lend him some money.
Exercise-1.27
Answer can also vary
1. Usually. When do you wake up? / Usually. How often do you wake up
at 9 o’clock?
2. Never. Have you ever been to the USA?
3. Just once. Ho w many times have you been to Australia?
4. Always. When do you take a bath?
5. Often. Do you visit your grandparents?
6. Mostly. How many of your friends’ smoke?
7. Very. To what extent were you impressed with the performance?
8. Sometimes. How frequently do you go for a walk in the park?
9. Occasionally. How often do you watch English films?
10. Rarely. How often do they go out?
Exercise-1.28

NOUN ADJECTIVE ADVERB

Anger Angry Angrily
Crazy/Craziness Crazy Crazy/crazily

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 Danger Dangerous Dangerously
Familiarity Familiar Familiarly
Guilt Guilty Guiltily
Misery Miserable Miserably
Nature Natural Naturally
Offense Offensive Offensively
Romance Romantic Romantically
Violence Violent Violently

Exercise-1.29
1. C
2. B
3. C
4. A
5. B
6. B
7. C
8. A
9. A
10.D
11.B
12.B
13.D
14.A
15.C
16.C
17.D
18.B
19.C
20.A
21.B
22.A
23.B
24.D
25.B
26.C
27.D
28.B
29.C
30.A

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 31.B
32.C
33.D
34.D
35.A
36.A
37.C
38.C
39.A
40.D
41.C
42.A
43.C
44.B
45.A
46.C
47.C
48.A
49.B
50.A

Exercise-1.30
1. He correctly defined the terms. The answer sounded correct.
2. Floods cause millions of dollars’ worth of property damage annually.
3. The stillness of the tomb was awful. The tomb was awfully still.
4. It was a dangerous lake to swim in. The man was dangerously drunk.
The gas smelled dangerous.
5. She performed magnificently. It was a magnificently beautiful
performance.
Exercise-1.31
1. Beyond
2. Into
3. Below
4. Around
5. Off
6. In
7. During
8. Underneath
9. Near
10.Down

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Exercise-1.32
1. The Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations last for fifteen solid days,
from the brand new moon to the full moon.

2. On the very first day, the children greet their elders warmly with
"kong hee fai cai!"

3. They offer a cup of tea to their elders who never refuse, and the
children each receives a little red packet of money in return.

4. For some families, the first meal on this day must not contain any
meat.

5. The people pray for good health and prosperity, and they express
thanks for the happiness of the past year.

6. This is a lucky day for children. They are not scolded at all for
whatever mischief they make.

7. Rude words are a no-no on this day. They will bring a bad year for the
whole family.

8. If the house is swept on this day, all the good luck will be swept out
the house.

9. There is a tradition that Man came into the world on the seventh day,
so this seventh day of the lunar new year is a birthday for everybody.

10. There is a feast of fish with vinegar and spices.

Exercise-1.33
1. D
2. B
3. D
4. D
5. C
6. B
7. B

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8. B
9. B
10.C
11.D
12.A
13.A
14.B
15.B
16.B
17.B
18.A
19.C
20.C
21.D
22.B
23.B
24.C
25.A
26.A
27.B
28.C
29.B
30.A
31.A
32.A
33.C
34.D
35.B
36.C
37.C
38.C
39.D
40.
41.A
42.B
43.D
44.C
45.D
46.B
47.B

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 48.A
49.A
50.C

CONJUNCTION
Exercise-1.34
1. Both , and
2. Neither- nor
3. Either- or
4. For
5. And
6. Not only- but also
7. Whether – or
8. But
9. Yet
10.Or

Exercise-1.35
1. Walk quickly or you will be late.
2. It looks a genuine piece of antique, yet it's a fake.
3. We avoid the library on Sundays, for it's always crowded.
4. Jack can't come over tomorrow and nor can Jill.
5. I heard a noise so I turned the light on.
6. It's almost time for the train to depart but we have not bought our
tickets yet.
7. They handed him to the police, for he was caught stealing from a
woman.
8. They believed the dark figure they saw that night was neither a ghost
nor a human.
9. She said she was very angry, yet she was smiling.
10. We told him to stop reading and turn off the light so we can sleep.
Exercise-1.36
1. His grandpa said the climate was different when he was young.
2. He has been feeling sick since he came back from holiday.
3. Let us wait in the bookshop until the rain stops.
4. You cannot be a lawyer unless you have a law degree.
5. She has not called since she left last week.
6. He was angry when he heard when happened.
7. He had to retire because of ill health.
8. We will go swimming next Sunday unless it's raining.

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9. I don't understand how she can say she's happy when she looks so
sad.
10. Although the car is old it still runs well.
Exercise-1.37
1. "Could I come over at either three or four o'clock?" asked Joan.
2. The teacher refused to mark his work because his book was both torn
and dirty.
3. I really need a holiday but neither in Spain nor France.
4. I'm going to fish tomorrow, whether it rains or shines.
5. Not only did he borrow a lot of money from us, he also refused to pay
back a single cent.
6. The children at the centre can neither hear nor speak.
7. She employs a maid to do both the cooking and washing for her
family.
8. We have enough spices for only one type of curry. We can cook either
chicken curry or mutton curry.
9. The boy is really talented. He not only knows how to play the piano
but can also compose music.
10. I do not like him. He is both rude and selfish.
Exercise-1.38
Answer may very
Exercise-1.39
1. B
2. A
3. C
4. A
5. A
6. C
7. A
8. C
9. C
10.B
11.A
12.A
13.B
14.D
15.A
16.A
17.C
18.B

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 19.B
20.A
21.A
22.A
23.A
24.B

Exercise-1.40
1. D
2. C
3. D
4. D
5. C
6. B
7. C
8. C
9. C
10.D
11.A
12.A
13.C
14.B
15.B
16.C
17.D
18.A
19.C
20.D
21.C
22.B
23.C
24.B
25.C
26.A
27.A
28.C
29.C
30.C
31.C
32.B

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 33.B
34.D
35.B
36.A
37.C
38.A
39.C
40.C

Exercise-1.41
1. Verb
2. Conjunction
3. Adverb
4. Pronoun
5. Preposition
6. Interjection
7. Preposition
8. Preposition
9. Adjective
10.conjunction

Exercise-1.42
1. b
2. a
3. b
4. b
5. b
6. b
7. a
8. a
9. a
10.a

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