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Directions (1-2): In the sentence identify the segment which contains the grammatical error.
Q1. He was sent to the prison for a crime that he didn’t commit.
(a) for a crime that
(b) He was sent to the prison
(c) he didn’t commit.
(d) No Error
S1. Ans.(b)
Sol. ‘School, college, home,, hospital, prison, court, market etc.’ when used for their primary purpose, the usage of article before them is omitted.
Q2. The Principal asked the teachers to return back the notebooks to the students.
(a) The Principal asked
(b) the teachers to return
(c) back the notebooks
(d) to the students.
S2. Ans.(c)
Sol. Return the notebooks will replace return back the notebooks
Return (Verb) : to come/go/give back
Hence, to return the notebooks is the right usage.
Q3. Select the segment which has an error.
A recent government report highlight that the shortage of teachers in higher educational institutions is greater than that in countries like China, Brazil, Sweden and Russia.
(a) A recent government report highlight
(b) in higher educational institutions
(c) that the shortage of teachers
(d) is greater than
S3. Ans(a)
Sol. Replace “highlight” with “highlights”. “A report” is a singular subject thus it requires singular form of verb.
Q4. Select the word which means the same as the group of words given.
Consisting of many things or parts
(a) few
(b) singular
(c) numeral
(d) multitudinous
S4. Ans(d)
Sol. Multitudinous: existing in or consisting of innumerable elements or aspects.
Q5. Identify the best way to improve the bold part of the given sentence. If there is no improvement required, select ‘no improvement’.
I had no idea at first how difficult it was being track the identity of every tree in Delhi.
(a) No improvement
(b) was to track
(c) were to tracked
(d) have been tracking
S5. Ans(b)
Sol. The sentence is in past indefinite hence there is no need to use ‘being’ in it. Also, we need to-infinitive to qualify the adjective ‘difficult’. So, “was being track” should be replaced with “was to track”.
Q6. Choose the most appropriate option to change the voice (active/passive) form of the given sentence.
It is known by everyone that the tournament will be won by us.
(a) it is known to everyone that we are going to win the tournament.
(b) it is known that the tournament is going to be won by us.
(c) Everyone knows that we will win the tournament.
(d) Everyone knows that the tournament was won by us.
S6. Ans(c)
Q7. Given below are four jumbled sentences. Pick the option that gives their correct order.
- It requires continuous learning and sacrifices.
- To raise well behaved and responsible children one should be willing to invest a considerable amount of time, patience and energy.
- Instilling and inculcating good values in a child will go a long way in making him/her a good person and a better citizen.
- There is no doubt that parenting is among the most difficult and demanding tasks in the world.
(a) ACBD
(b) ABCD
(c) BDCA
(d) DABC
S7. Ans(d)
Q8. Select the most appropriate idiom (in the context) to fill in the sentence.
The official found himself _____ when he could not explain his actions and all the members started attacking him with accusation of cheating.
(a) in the eye of a storm
(b) on the same page
(c) wet behind the ears
(d) burning the midnight oil
S8. Ans(a)
Sol. Be in the eye of a storm: To be at the center of or deeply involved in an especially difficult, stressful, or hectic situation or period of time.
Wet behind the ears: lacking experience; immature.
Q9. Choose the most appropriate option to change the narration (direct / indirect) of the given sentence.
Amit said to his friends, “Hurrah! India has won the gold medal in the Olympics.”
(a) Amit exclaimed in joy that India has won the gold medal in the Olympics.
(b) Amit told his friends that India would win the gold medal in the Olympics.
(c) Amit asked if India could win the gold medal in the Olympics.
(d) Amit exclaimed in joy that India had won the gold medal in the Olympics.
S9. Ans (d)
Sol. The correct answer is option d.
The given sentence is ‘Direct Speech’.
Direct Speech – Reporting the message of the speaker in the exact words as spoken by
him.
The given sentence is an ‘Exclamatory Sentence.’
Sentences that express strong emotion or feelings (such as joy, sorrow, surprise, Anger, applause, regret, disgust, contempt, etc.) are called exclamatory sentences.
While changing it into an indirect form, we consider following rules.
Reported Verb – ‘Said to’ changes to ‘Exclaimed.’
Conjunction – In the Assertive sentence conjunction ‘That’ is used.
The sentence thus formed is – Amit exclaimed in joy that India had won the gold medal in the Olympics.
Q10. Identify the segment in the sentence, which contains the grammatical error.
Proper financial planning will build an investment strategy that will help you achieve the desired corpse.
(a) No error
(b) Proper financial planning
(c) will build an
(d) the desired corpse.
S10. Ans (d)
Sol. The correct answer is option d.
Replace ‘Corpse’ with ‘Corpus’ to make the sentence grammatically correct.
corpse – It means a dead body whereas, Corpus means the money or collection of something.
As per the context of the sentence, usage of ‘Corpus’ is appropriate as it talks about investment.
Q11. Choose the most appropriate option to change the voice (active / passive) form of the given sentence.
She is helped by me.
(a) I help her.
(b) You helped her.
(c) She helps me.
(d) I helped her.
S11. Ans (a)
Sol. The correct answer is option a.
The given sentence is of ‘Passive voice’.
Passive voice – If the sentence is in passive form, the subject remains inactive. It does
nothing, but allows something to be done.
While converting the passive voice to active voice consider the following rules.
Move the subject of the passive sentence into the place of the object of the active sentence.
Remove the auxiliary verb be from the main verb.
Place the passive sentence’s object of the preposition by into the subject place.
The sentence thus formed is – I help her.
Q12. Choose the most appropriate option to change the narration (direct / indirect) of the given sentence.
The teacher said to students, “Swami Vivekananda was born in Kolkata.”
(a) The teacher told students that Swami Vivekananda has been born in Kolkata.
(b) The teacher told students that Swami Vivekananda was born in Kolkata.
(c) The teacher told students that Swami Vivekananda had been born in Kolkata.
(d) The teacher told students that Swami Vivekananda must be born in Kolkata.
S12. Ans (b)
Sol. The correct answer is option b.
The given sentence is ‘direct Speech’.
Direct Speech – Reporting the message of the speaker in the exact words as spoken by
him.
Indirect Speech – Reporting the message of the speaker in our own words.
The given sentence is an ‘Assertive sentence.’
The sentence which declares or asserts a statement, feeling, opinion, incident, event, history, or anything is called an assertive sentence.
If there is a Universal Truth, Habitual Fact, Historical Fact, Proverb or an Imaginary Condition in the reported speech, then there is no change in its tense. There is no change even if the Tense of the Reporting Verb is past tense.
The given sentence states the historical event. Hence, no changes are made in the tense.
The sentence thus formed is – The teacher told students that Swami Vivekananda was born in Kolkata.
Q13. Identify the segment in the sentence, which contains the grammatical error.
We lie all the time, despite the fact that it costs us considerably more mental effort to lie than to tell truth.
(a) despite the fact
(b) it costs us
(c) to tell truth
(d) considerably more mental effort
S13. Ans (c)
Sol. The correct answer is option c.
Use the definite article ‘The’ before an abstract noun ‘Truth’ to make the sentence grammatically correct.
When ‘The truth’ (singular) – It is used to describe the true facts about something, rather than the things that have been invented or guessed, then article is used to add the emphasis.
For example – She had only spoken the truth.
The given sentence states a general statement hence, usage of definite article is appropriate.
Directions (14-15): In the following questions, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.
Q14. “Alas! I have broken my grandfather’s watch” said Amit.
(a) Amit was sorrowful that he broke his grandfather’s watch.
(b) Amit exclaimed sorrowfully that he has broken his grandfather’s watch.
(c) Amit was sorrowful that he had broken his grandfather’s watch.
(d) Amit exclaimed sorrowfully that he had broken his grandfather’s watch.
S14. Ans.(d)
Q15. My friend said to me, “For me running is like therapy.”
(a) My friend told me this that for her running is like therapy.
(b) My friend told me that for her running was like therapy.
(c) My friend told me that for her having ran was like therapy.
(d) My friend tells me that for her running is like therapy.
S15. Ans.(b)
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