ENGLISH GRAMMAR MARCH 2018 IMPORTANT FOR BOARD EXAM
Q1. Insert suitable
articles wherever necessary: (5)
1. The bigger
its quantity, the less it weighs.
2. The
creation of this garden happened thus..
3. The promise was a
journey from one end of the country to another.
4. The Golden
Eagle is the national bird of the United States.
5. There is still an
hour left before the children return from school.
Q2. Pick out the
auxiliary verbs from the following and state what they indicate: (5)
1. Because it was a
poor school, I remember, it had to innovate.
had to - obligation
2. Before an idea
can be accepted as truth, it must satisfy certain conditions.
can – possibility
&
must - obligation
3. ‘You never know
when you will need help,’ she explains.
Will – future time /
possibility
4. We could reuse it
to make meditation mats.
could – suggestion
5. It was a shock
because I had always believed Emma would never break a promise.
Will -used as past
tense of will
Q3. Fill in the blanks
with the correct modal auxiliary: (5)
1. You may
use my calculator if you don’t spoil it. (permission)
2. You should
consult a doctor for your problem. (advice)
3. He would
go regularly for a walk in his childhood. (habitual action)
4. I shall
lose weight within three months. (determination)
5. You needn’t pay
the tax if you are a villager. (absence of obligation)
Q4. Fill in the blanks
with correct prepositions: (5)
1. All the details
should be checked prior to the presentation.
2. No students got
ten out of ten.
3. He was standing
just a feet away from the gate.
4. We went out in
spite of the rain.
5. The boy offered
to help me in exchange of free accommodation.
Q5. Change the voice:
(5)
1. Someone killed
the dog.
The dog was killed.
2. She gave birth to
her daughter, Zainab, in Russia.
Her daughter, Zainab
was born to her in Russia.
3. People inspire
me.
I am inspired by
people.
4. Bharat Vikas
Group now employs 16000 workers.
16000 workers are
now employed by Bharat Vikas Group.
5. We could do all
that in groups.
All that could be
done in group.
6. My light sleep
was suddenly disturbed by a jolt along the bed.
A sudden jolt along
the bed disturbed my light sleep.
7. It is high time
someone told him to stop behaving like a fool.
It is high time he
was told to stop behaving like a fool.
8. The police
questioned each of us about his movements on the night of the crime.
Each of us was
questioned by the police about his movements on the night of the crime.
9. Before they
invented printing, people had to write everything by hand.
Before printing was
invented, everything had to be written by hand.
10. Do you intend us
to take your remarks seriously?
Are we intended to
take your remarks seriously?
Q6. Pick out the words
asked for in the brackets: (7)
1. On the day we
arrived, I didn’t have time to think about the tie. [infinitive]
2. ‘Parking
was prohibited,’ he said. [gerund]
3. They had no
chance to say so. [infinitive]
4. The ritual of adorning
the bride with henna is sacred. [gerund]
5. I think it is
quite natural to want to help them. [infinitive]
6. Half the fun of visiting
Tawang is in reaching there. [gerund]
7. The taxi had
vanished taking my suitcase. [participle]
Q7. Rewrite using the -ing
form of the verbs: (3)
1. They began to
ransack the floor.
They began
ransacking the floor.
2. Mother suddenly
made as if to throw another shoe.
Mother suddenly made
as if throwing another shoe.
3. They began to
poke into things.
They began poking
into things.
Q8. Frame ‘wh’ questions
to get the underlined parts as answer:
(4)
1. We have inherited
a vast body of beliefs.
What have we
inherited?
2. Henna comes from
the leaves of the plant Lawsonia inermias.
Where does Henna
come from?
3. The scientific
spirit demands a relentless quest for truths.
What does the
scientific spirit demand?
4. It was just
rupees 60 per month.
How much was it?
Q9. Rewrite the
rhetorical questions as statements:(2)
1. Are you listening?
You are not
listening.
2. Was I going to
miss the plane just for a damned tie?
I was not going to
miss the plane just for damned tie.
Q10. Rewrite the
statements as rhetoric questions (2)
1. It is the same
with Saina as well.
Isn’t it the same with
Saina as well?
2. It was victory
for all of us.
Wasn’t it a victory
for all of us?
Q11. Add a question tag:
(2)
1. We instinctively
turn to outdoor activities, don’t we?
2. I am very
talkative, aren’t I?
Q12. Pick out the clause
and state its kind: (7)
1. Europe has
forgotten it, whereas, India still uses it widely.
Adverb clause of
contrast.
2. I went in search
of a nearby shop where I had seen ties.
Adverb clause of
place.
3. Thanks for the
special gifts that you have given to my child.
Adjective clause.
4. He
gazed at me a long time as if I were a slot machine.
Adverb clause of
manner.
5. In short, we feel
good when we do good.
Adverb clause of
time.
6. ‘You never know when
you will need help,’ she explains.
Adverb clause of
time.
7. She made me
realize that success is like genius.
Noun clause.
Q13. Rewrite: (3)
1. One is certain
and the other is uncertain. [using ‘though’]
One is certain,
though the other is not.
2. They did not want
to buy a machine unless some contractor could supply people to use that
machine. [using ‘only if’]
They wanted to buy a
machine only if some contractor could supply people to use that machine.
3. Despite rather
desperate attempts, I doubt that I will ever be able to match. [using ‘even
though’]
Even though I made
some desperate attempts, I doubt that I will ever be able to match.
Q14. Write whether the
following are Simple, compound or complex sentences: (5)
1. I suspected next
that it was a burglar.
Complex
2. You learned his
name and spoke it often.
Compound
3. One is Nobel
Prize and other is death.
Compound
4. They were cheap,
just a dollar, but all the shops were closed.
Compound
5. I am sure it is
the same with Saina as well.
Complex
Q15. Rewrite the
sentences as directed in the brackets: (5)
1. Though intricate
patterning is the name of the game today, this trend took off in India only
during the 20th century. [Compound]
Intricate patterning
is the name of the game today but this trend took off in India only during the
20th century.
2. My curiosity
aroused, I got up in bed. [Complex]
As my curiosity
aroused, I got up in bed.
3. Herman rushed to
his room and slammed the door. [Simple]
Rushing to his room,
Herman slammed the door.
4. I was, and still
am, in awe of his knowledge. [Simple]
I have been in awe
of his knowledge throughout.
5. Beauty salons
charge according to the style and detail of the pattern desired by the clients.
[Complex]
Beauty salons charge
according to the style and complexity of pattern that are desired by the
clients.
Q16. Change the
following to reported speech: (8)
1. ‘Does anyone have
a functioning second-hand PC?’ he asked.
He enquired whether
anyone had a functioning second hand PC.
2. She said to the
woman, ‘If you wouldn’t mind, I would like to drive you there.’
She said that if the
woman wouldn’t mind, she would like to drive her there.
3. ‘I do not feel
those things anymore as it was all the foolishness of childhood,’ said the
doctor.
The doctor said he
(0r she) doesn’t feel those things anymore as it was all the foolishness of
childhood.
4. ‘What are you
going to do with these, Grandpa?’ I asked him.
I asked Grandpa what
he was going to do with all those.
5. ‘I did it because
I was confident that we will deliver,’ he said.
He said he had done
it because he was confident they would deliver.
6. ‘If you perform
well, then I will continue, otherwise I will throw you out,’ he said.
He said that if we
performed well, then he would continue or otherwise he would throw us out.
7. ‘I will never
forgive you,’ he said angrily.
He said angrily that
he will never forgive him / her/ me.
8. Chogyal asked,
‘Where is it?’
‘On the town periphery,’ Madam Kueron said.
Chogyal enquired
where it was and Madam Kueron told her that it was on the town periphery.
Q17. Write the following
in direct speech: (2)
1. He said he had
caught the fish that morning before he left.
He said, ‘I caught
the fish this morning before I left.’
2. I asked him about
his background.
I asked him, ‘What
is your background?’
Q18. Identify the tenses
in the following sentences: (10)
1. Except the Nobel
Prize, he has received all the major awards.
Past Perfect.
2. Historically, it
has been used as a medicine for all sorts of ailments.
Present Perfect.
3. Thanks for the
special gifts that you have given to my child.
Present Perfect.
4. These most
certainly have had to come straight from the heart.
Present Perfect.
5. These scientific
methods of investigation have led to some basic test of truth.
Present Perfect.
6. Europe has
forgotten it.
Present Perfect.
7. This had
certainly been a week of revelations for the fifth and sixth classes.
Past Perfect.
8. My daughter had
just started her new job that day, and had gone for training.
Past Perfect.
9. I have come to a
point where everything seems like the usual to me.
Present Perfect.
10. So I went in
search of a nearby shop where I had seen ties.
Past Perfect.
