JULY 2014 English Board Exam Grammar.
Do As Directed.
1. Past Perfect Tense
Choose the sentence with Past Perfect Tense from the sentences given below.
(i) The ants had organized themselves around the fly.
(ii) The ants organized themselves around the fly.
(iii) The ants have organized themselves around the fly.
2. A rainbow colours the entire sky. (Begin the sentence with ‘The entire sky...’)
Ans. The entire sky is coloured by a rainbow.
3. India is largest producer and consumer of turmeric in world. (Insert articles wherever necessary in the given sentence)
Ans. India is the largest producer and consumer of turmeric in the world.
4. Turmeric helps to preserve pickles and chutneys. (Rewrite using the noun form of the underlined word)
Ans. Turmeric helps in the preservation of pickles and chutneys.
5. Pick out the prepositions:
(i) That is the major difference between her and other Indian girls.
(ii) I have a very high regard or Indian Sportswomen.
Ans. (i) between (ii) for
6. She has it all. (Select the correct interrogative form of the given statement)
(i) Doesn’t she have it all?
(ii) Hasn’t she had it all?
(iii) Doesn’t she has it all?
7. Brahmi is one of the oldest scripts of the Asian subcontinent. (Start with ‘Very few’ and rewrite the sentence)
Ans. Very few scripts of the Asian Subcontinent are as old as Brahmi.
8. Ramagiri hills have two main caves. (Select the correct tag)
(a) don’t they? (b) doesn’t they? (c) aren’t they?