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Directions (1-4): In the following questions, one part of the sentence may have an error.Find out which part of the sentence has an error and mark the option corresponding to it. If sentence is free from error, mark the No Error option.
Q1. The library members were asked to return back the books to the library.
(a) The library members were asked
(b) to return back the books
(c) to the library
(d) No error
Q2. You needn’t to ask for permission you can use it whenever you want to.
(a) You needn’t to ask
(b) for permission, you can
(c) use it whenever you want to
(d) No error
Q3. Had they not help him with money he would not have attained this position?
(a) Had they not help
(b) him with money he would not have
(c) attained this position?
(d) No error
Q4. She does not cut paper with blade but with a scissors.
(a) She does not
(b) cut paper with blade but
(c) with a scissors
(d) No error
Directions (5-8): In the following questions, change the Statements given in Direct Speech form into Indirect Speech or vice versa, with the help of given four options (a),(b),(c),(d).
Q5. The boy pleaded that he had not stolen the book.
(a) The boy said, "I didn't steal the book."
(b) The boy said, "I haven't stolen the book."
(c) The boy said, "I don't steal the book."
(d) The boy said, "I hadn't stolen the book."
Q6. He said, "I used to go to school by bus."
(a) He said that he used to go to school by bus.
(b) He told that he was used to of going to school by bus.
(c) He said that he went to school by bus.
(d) He said that he goes to school by bus.
Q7. She said, "I prepared the tea and he fried the chips."
(a) She said that she had prepared the tea and he had fried the chips
(b) She said that she prepared the tea and he fried the chips
(c) She said that I prepared the tea and he had fried the chips
(d) She said that she had prepared the tea and he fried the chips
Q8. He said, "The Earth rotates around the sun."
(a) He said that the Earth is rotating around the sun
(b) He said that the Earth rotates
(c) He said that the Earth rotates around the sun
(d) He told that the Earth rotates around the sun
Directions (9-12): Out of the four alternatives choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentence in the question.
Q9. Fear of darkness
(a) Haphephobia
(b) Achluophobia
(c) Gelotophobia
(d) Antlophobia
Q10. Fear of failure
(a) Musophobia
(b) Hematophobia
(c) Atychiphobia
(d) Apiphobia
Q11. A group of boats
(a) Flotilla
(b) Posse
(c) Quire
(d) Horde
Q12. An eagle lives in
(a) Coop
(b) Eerie
(c) Sty
(d) Hole
Directions (13-15): In the following questions, four words are given in each question, out of which only one word is correctly spell. Find the correctly spelt word.
Q13.
(a) Ubiqutous
(b) Ubequitous
(c) Ubiquitous
(d) Ubequitus
Q14.
(a) Exprugate
(b) Expurgate
(c) Expurget
(d) Expurguate
Q15.
(a) Repudiate
(b) Repudate
(c) Repudite
(d) Repudeate
S1. Ans.(b)
Sol. Use ‘return’ in place of ‘return back’ Using back with return will be superfluous as return means to come back.
S2. Ans.(a)
Sol. Use ‘needn’t ask’ in place of ‘needn’t to ask’
i.e. when Need /Dare are used in negative form, don’t take preposition ‘to’ with it.
S3. Ans.(a)
Sol. Use ‘helped’ in place of ‘help’
i.e. The rule ‘ Had + Sub + V3 . . . . . . . . . . . would/wouldn’t + have + V3’ will be followed.
S4. Ans.(c)
Sol. Use only ‘scissors’ in place of ‘a scissors’ as scissors is an uncountable noun, which doesn’t take a/an with it.
S5. Ans.(b)
Sol. The sentence is in ‘Indirect speech’ The Reported speech is in ‘Past Perfect tense’ that means Reported speech in Direct speech will be in ‘Present Perfect Tense’
S6. Ans.(a)
Sol. ‘Need not, used to, could rather, had rather, had better, could better’ are not changed when direct speech is changed into Indirect speech.
‘Pronoun and Tense’ change according to the set rules’
S7. Ans.(b)
Sol. If two simultaneous actions are given in past indefinite tense, the tense doesn’t change when the speech is change from direct to indirect.
S8. Ans.(c)
Sol. If the reporting verb is in ‘past’ and the reported speech is a ‘Universal truth/phrase/idiom/historical fact, the tense of the Reported speech doesn’t change.
S9. Ans.(b)
S10. Ans.(c)
S11. Ans.(a)
S12. Ans.(b)
S13. Ans.(c)
S14. Ans.(b)
S15. Ans.(a)
Directions (1-4): In the following questions, one part of the sentence may have an error.Find out which part of the sentence has an error and mark the option corresponding to it. If sentence is free from error, mark the No Error option.
Q1. The library members were asked to return back the books to the library.
(a) The library members were asked
(b) to return back the books
(c) to the library
(d) No error
Q2. You needn’t to ask for permission you can use it whenever you want to.
(a) You needn’t to ask
(b) for permission, you can
(c) use it whenever you want to
(d) No error
Q3. Had they not help him with money he would not have attained this position?
(a) Had they not help
(b) him with money he would not have
(c) attained this position?
(d) No error
Q4. She does not cut paper with blade but with a scissors.
(a) She does not
(b) cut paper with blade but
(c) with a scissors
(d) No error
Directions (5-8): In the following questions, change the Statements given in Direct Speech form into Indirect Speech or vice versa, with the help of given four options (a),(b),(c),(d).
Q5. The boy pleaded that he had not stolen the book.
(a) The boy said, "I didn't steal the book."
(b) The boy said, "I haven't stolen the book."
(c) The boy said, "I don't steal the book."
(d) The boy said, "I hadn't stolen the book."
Q6. He said, "I used to go to school by bus."
(a) He said that he used to go to school by bus.
(b) He told that he was used to of going to school by bus.
(c) He said that he went to school by bus.
(d) He said that he goes to school by bus.
Q7. She said, "I prepared the tea and he fried the chips."
(a) She said that she had prepared the tea and he had fried the chips
(b) She said that she prepared the tea and he fried the chips
(c) She said that I prepared the tea and he had fried the chips
(d) She said that she had prepared the tea and he fried the chips
Q8. He said, "The Earth rotates around the sun."
(a) He said that the Earth is rotating around the sun
(b) He said that the Earth rotates
(c) He said that the Earth rotates around the sun
(d) He told that the Earth rotates around the sun
Directions (9-12): Out of the four alternatives choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentence in the question.
Q9. Fear of darkness
(a) Haphephobia
(b) Achluophobia
(c) Gelotophobia
(d) Antlophobia
Q10. Fear of failure
(a) Musophobia
(b) Hematophobia
(c) Atychiphobia
(d) Apiphobia
Q11. A group of boats
(a) Flotilla
(b) Posse
(c) Quire
(d) Horde
Q12. An eagle lives in
(a) Coop
(b) Eerie
(c) Sty
(d) Hole
Directions (13-15): In the following questions, four words are given in each question, out of which only one word is correctly spell. Find the correctly spelt word.
Q13.
(a) Ubiqutous
(b) Ubequitous
(c) Ubiquitous
(d) Ubequitus
Q14.
(a) Exprugate
(b) Expurgate
(c) Expurget
(d) Expurguate
Q15.
(a) Repudiate
(b) Repudate
(c) Repudite
(d) Repudeate
Solutions
Sol. Use ‘return’ in place of ‘return back’ Using back with return will be superfluous as return means to come back.
S2. Ans.(a)
Sol. Use ‘needn’t ask’ in place of ‘needn’t to ask’
i.e. when Need /Dare are used in negative form, don’t take preposition ‘to’ with it.
S3. Ans.(a)
Sol. Use ‘helped’ in place of ‘help’
i.e. The rule ‘ Had + Sub + V3 . . . . . . . . . . . would/wouldn’t + have + V3’ will be followed.
S4. Ans.(c)
Sol. Use only ‘scissors’ in place of ‘a scissors’ as scissors is an uncountable noun, which doesn’t take a/an with it.
S5. Ans.(b)
Sol. The sentence is in ‘Indirect speech’ The Reported speech is in ‘Past Perfect tense’ that means Reported speech in Direct speech will be in ‘Present Perfect Tense’
S6. Ans.(a)
Sol. ‘Need not, used to, could rather, had rather, had better, could better’ are not changed when direct speech is changed into Indirect speech.
‘Pronoun and Tense’ change according to the set rules’
S7. Ans.(b)
Sol. If two simultaneous actions are given in past indefinite tense, the tense doesn’t change when the speech is change from direct to indirect.
S8. Ans.(c)
Sol. If the reporting verb is in ‘past’ and the reported speech is a ‘Universal truth/phrase/idiom/historical fact, the tense of the Reported speech doesn’t change.
S9. Ans.(b)
S10. Ans.(c)
S11. Ans.(a)
S12. Ans.(b)
S13. Ans.(c)
S14. Ans.(b)
S15. Ans.(a)
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