Friday, March 19, 2021

English Revision (Grammar and Writing Composition)

English Revision

SECTION – B: WRITING COMPOSITIONS


1. Study the chart given below, which is the result of the survey conducted in the public schools and government schools of Vadodara. This depicts the types of activities the teenagers (Age 13- 19 years are involved during their leisure time).


SECTION – C: GRAMMAR

2.         Fill in the blanks with suitable option given.                                        10x1=10

a.         ________ you help me solve this sum?

  i.       May

 ii.       Can (✓)

iii.       Will

 iv.      Shall

b.         A poet and patriot ________ passed away.

  i.       has (✓)

 ii.       have

iii.       is

 iv.      are

c.         The tallest of the boys ________ next door.

  i.       live

 ii.       lives (✓)  

iii.       living

 iv.      was living

d.         Shakespeare was both ________ poet and ________ dramatist.

  i.       a (✓)

 ii.       an

iii.       the

 iv.      x

e.         The white and ________ red kite was flying high in the sky.

  i.       a

 ii.       an

iii.       the

 iv.      x (✓)

f.          A student of ________ has just been awarded.

  i.       your

 ii.       yours (✓)

iii.       yourself

 iv.      you

g.         Healthy food is better ________ taking pills to keep fit.

  i.       than (✓)

 ii.       as

iii.       if

 iv.      otherwise

h.         Both Radhika ________ Parveen are looking at the painting.

  i.       or

 ii.       or else

iii.       but

 iv.      as well as (✓)

i.          The shop will ________ at 10 pm.

  i.       complete

 ii.       close (✓)

iii.       copying

 iv.      checking

j.          The branches of the company ________ all over the country.

  i.       is located

 ii.       was located

iii.       are located (✓)

 iv.      are locating

3.         Rearrange the words to make meaningful sentences.                            4x1=4

a.        are / an important / part of environment / animals

                      Animals are an important part of environment. 

b.        dull / without / the world / them / would be

            The world would be dull without them.

c.        have become / species / many / of animals / extinct

 Many species of animals have become extinct.

d.        animals / for / we must / future generations / protect

  We must protect animals for future generation. 

4.         Change the voices of the following sentences.                                         3x1=3

a.        They accepted the invitation.

  The invitation was accepted by them.

b.        She can notice your activities.

 Your activities can be noticed by her.

c.        Mother was making rice.

 Rice was being made by mother.

5.         Change the sentences into indirect speech.                                              3x1=3

a.        He said to me, “I don’t spit in streets.”

 He said to me that he didn't spit in streets.

b.        He said to Anjali, “Do you believe in God?”

He asked Anjali if she believed in God. 

c.        She said to me, “What is your name?”

 She said to me what my name was.

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