Q.1 |
Identify the sentence that transitively uses the verb: |
a) | I feel a severe pain in my head. |
b) | The sun shines brightly. |
c) | This horse never kicks. |
d) | Birds fly in the air. |
Q.2 |
Convert the following direct speech into indirect speech: He said, "Where shall I be this time, next year!" |
a) | He asked that where should he be that time next year. |
b) | He wondered where he should be that time the next year. |
c) | He contemplated where shall he be that time the following year. |
d) | He wondered where he would be that time the following year. |
Q.3 |
Convert the following sentence in direct speech into indirect speech: Pawan said to me, "If I hear any news, I'll phone you." |
a) | Pawan told me that if he heard any news, he will phone me. |
b) | Pawan told me that if he will hear any news, he would phone me. |
c) | Pawan told me that if he heard any news, he would phone me. |
d) | Pawan told me that if he had heard any news, he would phone me. |
Q.4 |
Identify the tense: Mr. Raman is arriving this afternoon. |
a) | Present Continuous Tense |
b) | Future Continuous Tense |
c) | Present Perfect Tense |
d) | Past Perfect Tense |
Q.5 |
Identify the tense: He will be meeting us next weekend. |
a) | Simple Future Tense |
b) | Simple Present Tense |
c) | Future Perfect Tense |
d) | Future Continuous Tense |
Q.6 |
Choose the option that best explains the meaning of the idiom/proverb: To spill the beans. |
a) | to reveal secret information |
b) | to misbehave |
c) | to keep secrets |
d) | to talk irrelevant |
Q.7 |
Identify the sentence that intransitively uses the verb: |
a) | The ants fought the wasps. |
b) | He spoke haughtily. |
c) | I feel a severe pain in my head. |
d) | He spoke the truth. |
Q.8 |
Spot the error in the sentence: If you saw the amount of samosas he consumed at breakfast this morning, you would know why he is so over-weight. |
a) | If you saw |
b) | the amount of samosas |
c) | he consumed at breakfast this morning, |
d) | you would understand why he is so over-weight. |
Q.9 |
Identify the adverb from the following sentence: He always tries to do his best. |
a) |
always |
b) | tries |
c) | to do |
d) | best |
Q.10 |
Identify the tense: At that time he had been writing the novel for two months. |
a) | Past Perfect Continuous Tense |
b) | Past Continuous Tense |
c) | Present Perfect Continuous Tense |
d) | Present Continuous Tense |
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