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GRAMMAR English Language [9-10] - GRAMMAR

ICSE - STD 10 - English Language [9-10] (ICSE - English Medium). 218 questions in this chapter.

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Q 1VERB PARA BLANK [4M]4 Marks
(1) _______ (be) six and (2) _______ (stop) the same term. She was unusual in the village as she had a father and brother who (3) _______ (encourage) her to go to school. She was the only girl in a class of boys and claims she was brighter than the boys. But every day she (8) _______ (will) leave behind her girl cousins (5) _______ (play) at home and she (6) _______ (envy) them. There (7) _______ (seem) to be no point In (8) _______ (go) to school just to end up doing housework.
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Q 2VERB PARA BLANK [4M]4 Marks
“It is mostly the fishermen who (1) _______ (get) killed by tigers, (2) _______ (follow) by honey collectors, wood cutters and forest staff. But it is the honey collectors who are most vulnerable as they (3) _______ (go) deep inside the tiger territory (4) _______ (follow) the bees without any inkling of what lies ahead,” said P.K. Vyas, Chief Wildlife Warden, West Bengal.
Even though the fishermen (5) _______ (enter) with valid permits and (6) _______ (remain) within the permissible zones, they get killed and (7) _______ (maul) by tigers. Complications (8) _______ (arise) when the bodies are not found.
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Q 3VERB PARA BLANK [4M]4 Marks
I (1) _______ (rise) and (2) _______ (go) to the centre blackboard, I (3) _______ (find) the chalk (4) _______ (write) in block letters the title of the book. Then I (5) _______ (put) the chalk down and went to (6) _______ (sit), beside her, to (7) _______ (hold) her hand. The day had barely (8) _______ (begin).
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Q 4VERB PARA BLANK [4M]4 Marks
(1) ________ (strike) with a brilliant idea: my birthday was due fairly soon, and if I (2) ________ (deal) with the family skilfully I (3) ________ (feel) sure, I could not only get a boat but a lot of other equipment as well. I (4) ________ (suggest) to the family that, instead of (5) ________ (let) them choose my presents, I (6) ________ (may) tell them the things that I (7) ________ (want) most. In this way they could be sure of not (8) _______ (disappoint) me.
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Q 5VERB PARA BLANK [4M]4 Marks
The state assembly (1) ________ (take) up the Tamil Nadu Admission to MBBS and BDS courses Bill 2017, (2) ________ (seek) to do away with any entrance test for medical and dental college admissions and (3) ________ (pass) it with support from all parties. The bill, (4) ________ (table) on Tuesday by state health minister C Vijaya Baskar, (5) ________ (seek) to admit students to undergraduate medical courses (6) ________ (base) on their scores in plus two board examinations. Similarly, in another bill, the state government (7) ________ (seek) to admit students to PG courses in medical and dental colleges on the basis of marks in the (8) ________ (qualify) examinations.
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Q 11COMPLETE SENTENCE MCQ [4M]1 Mark
Mumbai is densely populated. It is one of the major cities in the country.
  • ✓
    Mumbai, one of the major cities in the country, is densely populated.
  • B
    Mumbai is a major city although it is not populated.
  • C
    Because it is densely populated, Mumbai is not a major city.
  • D
    If Mumbai is populated, it is not major.

Answer: A.

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Q 12COMPLETE SENTENCE MCQ [4M]1 Mark
She was so excited about her performance. She could not sleep at night.
  • ✓
    She was so excited about her performance that she could not sleep at night.
  • B
    Because she couldn’t sleep, she was excited.
  • C
    She was too excited unless she slept.
  • D
    Although she could not sleep, she wasn’t excited.

Answer: A.

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Q 13COMPLETE SENTENCE MCQ [4M]1 Mark
Mala is not in the class. Mala is not in the library.
  • ✓
    Mala is neither in the class nor in the library.
  • B
    Mala is not in the class or she is not in the library.
  • C
    Mala is not in the class unless she is in the library.
  • D
    Mala is in the class although not in the library.

Answer: A.

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Q 14COMPLETE SENTENCE MCQ [4M]1 Mark
My grandfather is very old. He is very active.
  • ✓
    Although my grandfather is very old, he is very active.
  • B
    Since my grandfather is very active, he is old.
  • C
    Unless my grandfather is active, he is old.
  • D
    My grandfather is old because he is active.

Answer: A.

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Q 15COMPLETE SENTENCE MCQ [4M]1 Mark
Sunita opened her purse. She found the money missing.
  • ✓
    When Sunita opened her purse, she found the money missing.
  • B
    Sunita opened her purse unless the money was missing.
  • C
    She found the money missing although she closed her purse.
  • D
    Because she opened her purse, she got the money.

Answer: A.

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Q 16RELATIVE PRONOUN MCQ [1M]1 Mark
Rajiv said to Arjun, “Is this the book you were reading yesterday?”
(Begin: Rajiv asked Arjun if...)
  • A
    Rajiv asked Arjun if that was the book he had been reading the previous day.
  • ✓
    Rajiv ask Arjun this was book?
  • C
    Rajiv told Arjun it was book.
  • D
    Rajiv asked Arjun this is book yesterday?

Answer: B.

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Q 17RELATIVE PRONOUN MCQ [1M]1 Mark
As soon as the Chief Guest had seated himself the play began.
(Begin: No sooner .........................)
  • ✓
    No sooner had the Chief Guest seated himself than the play began.
  • B
    No sooner Chief Guest sat, play started.
  • C
    Chief Guest seated then play started.
  • D
    No soon play started after guest.

Answer: A.

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Q 18RELATIVE PRONOUN MCQ [1M]1 Mark
Anil was wrong to lose his temper.
(Begin: Anil ought...)
  • A
    Anil ought to lose his anger.
  • ✓
    Anil ought not to have lost his temper.
  • C
    Anil ought not be angry.
  • D
    Anil ought not to angry.

Answer: B.

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Q 20RELATIVE PRONOUN MCQ [1M]1 Mark
Only a few books were remaining on the shelf when we left.
(Begin: Most...)
  • ✓
    Most of the books were gone from the shelf.
  • B
    Most books was still there.
  • C
    Most shelf was full of books.
  • D
    Most few books was on shelf.

Answer: A.

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