Question

Reading books_ (a)_ a good hobby. Books open (b) vast new
world to us. They increase (c) __knowledge and change our out-
look (d) __the world.
(a) (i)
has
(ii) was
(iii) are
(iv) is
(b)
(i)
the
(i)
a
(iii) an
(iv) some
(c) (i)
his
(ii) one's
(iii) our
(iv) your
(d)
(i)
towards
(ii)
for
(iii) by
(iv) from​

Answer 1

Reading books (a)is (iv) a good hobby. Books open (b) a (i) vast new world to us. They increase (c) our (iii) knowledge and change our outlook (d) towards (i) the world.

Explanation:

• Helping verbs are used to connect the words in a sentence.

• In the present tense "is" and "are" are used to connect to the nouns in the sentence.

• "is" is used for singular nouns and "are" is used for plural nouns.

• There are two articles in the English grammar that are "the and a/an".

• "the" is considered as a definite article and "a/an" is considered as an indefinite article.

• The correct form of the verb must be used to show the tense of the sentence.

• The form of the verb depends on the word that is before the verb and the subject of the sentence and the tense.

Answer 2

Fill in the blanks:

Reading books is a good hobby. Books open a vast new world to us. They increase our knowledge and change our outlook towards the world.

Explanation:

• The word is verb in this sentence which defines the action of the subject.  It is used in three tenses namely past, present and future. When the subject is in plural form, then the verb is in singular form and vice versa.
• An article is always used with noun that is used to specify the definiteness of the noun.
• Pronoun is a word that is used as a noun phrase in the discourse.
• The preposition is used with noun to link the object, verb and subject.