Sample questions (Grammar)

English Communicative, Class X

Summative Assessment
(Sample Questions)

Section C (Grammar)

Q1. Re-order the following groups of words to make meaningful sentences: 

a)    fever comes the onset of March with and April the examination

b)    engulfs this students as well the not only  teachers but parents and

c)    students the stress level of unheard of  undergo that the was past in the

d)    asked perform to they beyond capabilities their are

Q2. The following passage has not been edited. Each line has an error. Underline the error and write the correction in the blank on the right:

The chai wallah seem to be doing good business. a)_______ 
I like the way he pours the tea from one glass and another, b)_______ 

repeating the process and then bangs the glass tumbler on the counter, c)______ 

as bubbles froths atop the tea. d)______

But when I tried to do it. I get a table  e)______ 

with pools of tea at it, f)_____ 

and only half the tea leaving in the glass. g)_____ 

Well, I realised this feat is not quite my cup of tea. h)______

Q3. Fill in each blank in the following passage with one word only:

Brain dead patients -------- usually on ventilators that take care of their breathing. The heart ---------- need the brain ------- keep beating. Once ------ patient is declared dead, he ------- be taken off -------- ventilator.

Q4. The following passage has not been edited. There is one blank against each line that contains the error. Underline the error and write the correction in the blank against the line:

Overlooking the Dalhousie Square at Kolkatta        a)---------

stands one of the masterpiece of Indian                  b)---------

architecture known by the Currency Building.        c)---------

Till 1937, the building serves as the first office       d)---------

of what is now called a Reserve Bank of India.        e)---------

While most of the heritage buildings of 

Kolkatta reflects Gothic style of architecture,         f)---------

the Currency building stood out for its unique       g)---------

Italian style. Despite of the rich archeological         h)---------

significance the building suffers years of neglect.    i)---------

The Archeological Survey of India now planned       j)---------

to making the building into a museum for rare       k)--------

archeological sculpures.  

(Restoring value to the Currency Building, Shiv Sahay Singh, The Hindu, Feb 11, Page 18)

Q5. The following passage has not been edited. There is one blank against each line that contains the error. Underline the error and write the correction in the blank against the line:

A blind elephant, Suzy, one of the remaining circus elephant,   a)----------

has been rescued and was on her way to the Elephant Care       b)----------

Centre running by Wildlife SOS, in Mathura. She is blind in                c)----------

both eyes and have suffered neglect at the circus where             d)----------

she is forced to perform.                                                                     e)----------

She was chaining most of the time                                                      f)----------

with a little or no exercise.                                                                  g)----------

(Syzy begins a new life, The Hindu, Feb 11, page 5)  

Q6 This is a conversation between a teacher and his student. Complete the following report based on the conversation:

Student: Sir, what is a conditional sentence?

Teacher: A conditional sentence is the one that has a condition. Generally it uses words like if or unless.

Student: What are its types?

Teacher: It has three types?

The student wanted to know ____________________. On this the teacher replied ____________________. He further _________________________________. Then the student asked ________________. The teacher replied ______________.

Q7 This is a conversation between a wife and her husband. Complete the following report based on the conversation:

Wife: "I shall come for lunch by 2 pm."

Husband: "What would you like to have for lunch, dear?"

Wife: "The normal rice, dal and vegetables will do. But please don't make it spicy."

Husband: "This is not fair. I always cook the according to your taste. But you don't have a word of appreciation for me. Do you think the food that I cooked last night was spicy?"

Wife: "Sorry dear,I didn't mean to hurt you."

The wife conveyed to the husband that_______________________. At this the husband asked lovingly _______________________. The wife then suggested_________________________.

She also____________________________________. Then the husband got upset and expressed that________________________________________. She also wanted to know from the husband_______________________________________. Finally the wife___________________.

Q8 This is a conversation between a wife and her husband. Complete the following report based on the conversation:

Husband: "Please come early from the office today. We shall go for shopping."

Wife: "Sorry, it may not be possible. Today being the last day of month I may have to stay till late evening there. Why don't we go for shopping in the week-end?"

The husband told the wife____________________as ____________________________.

The wife then expressed______________________________________. She added_____________________. Then she suggested that____________________________.

Q9 This is a conversation between a father and his son. Complete the following report based on the conversation:

Father: "Rahul, why do you keep sitting on the computer most of the time? Your exams are near. You should focus on studies now."

Rahul: "Papa, I am using the comuter for the revision of the exams."

Father: 'Ok, then it is good."

Reprimanding his son Rahul, the father asked _____________________________________. He also ______________________________, so ___________________________________.

Rahul ___________________________________. Then the father____________________.

Q10 This is a conversation between a mother and her daughter. Complete the following report based on the conversation:

Mother: "Sukhvinder, did you see the photo of my friend's daughter, Nimmi, in The Tribune today?"

Daughter: "No Mom. What is special about that?"

Mother: Nimmi has been selected as a member of the team going to the Mars next month. There is an article on her success story along with the photograph.

Daugher: "That is great, Mom. We must congratulate the aunty just now."

Mother: "That is ok. But I wanted you also to be an astronaut."

The mother asked her daughter, Sukhvinder, if _________________________________________.

The daughter ________________. She(daughter) further ________________________________. Then the mother informed _____________________________________________________. She(mother) also ____________________________________________________. 

The daughter was __________________. She suggested that ___________________________.

The mother _______________ but ____________________________________________.

Q 11 Fill in each blank in the following passage with one word only:

Seventy-five years after it ______ the Indian revolutionary Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose during the first leg of his ‘great escape’ from British India, wheels have ______ set in motion for the restoration of the iconic four-door German Wanderer sedan parked ______ his ancestral home in Kolkata.

Under house arrest, Bose escaped from _____ house in Elgin Road in South Kolkata (then Calcutta) on the night of January 16,1941, in the Wanderer W24, in the first leg of his escape ____ then Nazi Germany.

His nephew Sisir Bose drove _____ in the car(bearing the registration number BLA 7169) through the streets of Kolkata to Gomoh (now in Jharkhand) ______ British intelligence. Netaji subsequently crossed over into Afghanistan _____ reached Germany via Kabul and Moscow.

Source: Netaji's Great Escape car to be restored, The Hindu (September 7, 2016)

Q 12 Fill in each blank in the following passage with one word only:

Learning foreign languages _______ our brain’s elasticity and its ability ____ code information, a study has found. The more foreign languages _____ learns, the more effectively the brain reacts and processes the data _______ in the course of learning. Researchers carried out experiments on 22 students where the brain’s electrical activity ______ measured with EEG( electroencephalography).The subjects had electrodes placed on their heads and then ______ listened to the recordings of different words in _____ native language, as well as in foreign languages. When the known or unknown words popped up, changes in the brain’s activity were tracked and the researchers especially focused ___ the speed at which the brain readjusted its activity to ____ unknown words. The experiment showed that the brain’s electrical activity of those participants who had already known some foreign ______, was higher.

Source: To sharpen Brain, Learn Foreign Tongue, The Tribune (September 7, 2016)

Q 13 Fill in each blank in the following passage with one word only:

Dengue deaths in Bengal this year _____ up from 14 in 2015 when Delhi _____ earned the distinction of recording ____ highest number of deaths due to this disease at 60. A list on the website of National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme _____ the Directorate General of Health Services of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare showed that 5,129 dengue cases ____ reported in the state till August 31. According to the last figure given ____ State Director of Health Services Mr Biswaranjan Satpathy, Bengal ____ 23 dengue-related deaths with 5,639 people affected by it from January to August 31.

Source: Bengal Records Highest Dengue Deaths in Country, The Hindu (September 7, 2016)