Class 10th,12th ke liye important question from grammar

 1. Do as directed : 1 × 5 = 5

(i) A gentleman came to school to see ............. Principal.

(Fill in the blanks with suitable determiner)

(ii) There are ............. precious books in the library.

(any, some, much) (Choose the correct determiner)

(iii) Mini was twelve years old and a spastic.

(Identify the determiner)

(iv) The determiner ‘either’ can be used with uncountable

nouns. (True/False)

(v) a/apple/an/day/the/keeps/away/doctor

(Rearrange the jumbled words to form a meaningful

sentence and underline the determiner(s))

Ans. (i) the, (ii) some, (iii) a, (iv) False, (v) An apple
a day keeps the doctor away.

2. Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions : 1 × 5 = 5

(i) My friend lives ............ New Delhi. (in, on, at)

(ii) Ram prefers milk ............. tea. (for, to, between)

(iii) Mohan was fined ............. his misdeed. (of, at, for)

(iv) He worked day and night ............. earn money.

(in spite of, in order to, on account of)

(v) ............. going for shopping, he visited his sick

grandmother. (Instead of, In spite of, On account of)

Ans. (i) in, (ii) to, (iii) for, (iv) in order to, (v) Instead 
of.

3. Do as directed : 1 × 5 = 5

(i) Our neighbours (live) here for five years.

(Rewrite the sentence by supplying the correct 

tense of verb given in brackets)

(ii) The child cried for milk.

(Change into Past Continuous Tense)

(iii) As soon as he closed his eyes, the telephone rang.

(Rewrite the sentence using ‘No sooner ..... than’)

(iv) ........... the farmers sown the field ? (Are, Have, Do)

(Rewrite the sentence with the correct auxilliary 

verb given in brackets)

(v) Iron is ............. useful metal. (a, an, the) (Rewrite the 

sentence using the correct article from brackets)

Ans. (i) Our neighbours have been living here for five
years. (ii) The child was crying for milk. (iii) No sooner 
did he close his eyes, than the telephone rang. (iv) Have 
the farmers sown the field ? (v) Iron is a useful metal.

4. Do as directed : 1 × 5 = 5

(i) Further particulars may ............. from the senior. 

(obtain) (Rewrite the sentence using the correct

passive form of verb given in brackets)

(ii) It was destroyed by fire. (how) (Ask question, using

the question word given in brackets)

(iii) People advised us not to go out alone.

(Rewrite in Passive Voice)

(iv) The student is very fast. He can win the race.

(Rewrite the sentence using so .... that)

(v) Suraj shut the door. (Change into negative)

Ans. (i) Further particulars may be obtained from
the senior. (ii) How was it destroyed ? (iii) We were
advised not to go out alone. (iv) The student is so fast
that he can win the race. (v) Suraj did not shut the door.

5. Do as directed : 1 × 5 = 5

(i) She can’t afford it. She buys a car.

(Combine the sentences using non-finite clause)

(ii) Sita does not sing. Sita does not dance.

(Combine using neither .... nor)

(iii) The bag was yellow. The bag contained money.

(Combine using relative clause)

(iv) He is too poor to pay his fees.(Change into complex)

(v) I like it. I shall buy it. (Combine using ‘If’)

Ans. (i) She can’t afford buying a car. (ii) Sita neither 
sings nor dances. (iii) The bag that contained money 
was yellow. (iv) He is so poor that he cannot pay his 
fees. (v) If I like it, I shall buy it.