Madhyamik English Grammar Notes

SECTION -C

GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY (20 MARKS)

4. Choose the Correct Alternative:1x3=3

Q.1. It was exactly ten O' clock, Outside, it_______ (be) raining. We were _____(read) our books in the living room. Our nine year old twins had already______(sleep) in their bedroom.

Q.2. Deepa Mallik_______ (create / creating / created) history by winning a medal in paraolympic.

Q.3. Sikkim________ (has recorded / have recorded / having recorded) 100 percent in the category of people using toilets.

Q.4. We will _________(play/ playing/played) a football match tomorrow.

Q.5. We have been_________ (live / lived / living) in this land for the last seventy five years. My grandfather and father have________ (decide / decided / deciding) to celebrate the first day of the next year as the Platinum Jubilee and many____ (will / would) be invited there.

Q.6. A poor young artist____(is / are) to paint the portrait of lady and he_____(do/does/doing) his best to_____ (make/ made/making) a good likeness.

Q.7. Today India______(has been/will/is) independent, but once India was under the British rule. The people of India did not_____ (liked/like /liken) to remain in bondage. So some among them started_____________ (organised/organising/ to have organised) revolt against the British rulers by collecting areas.

Q.8. He could not_____________(understand/ understood/ understanding) what I said. I shall (come/ came/ coming) after examination. My father used to_______(walk/ had walked/ walked) in the evening.

Q.9.A month later a letter ______(come/ will come/ came) for father.After Sandip ________(finish/ finished/ finishing) reading it, his eyes__________(looking/was looking/ looked) as if he had been crying.

Q.10. We should _________(give up/get rid of/ put up with) stagnant pond from our locality.

5. Do as directed:

A. Articles and Prepositions :1x3=3

Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles and prepositions :

Q.1. ___old woman was sitting in front of____
big house. She was _____a very bad condition.

Q.2.The disappearance of Subhas Chandra Bose _____August, 1945 remains still _____unsolved mystry. There is no evidence of_____unfortunate plane crash or of Netaji being in the plane at all.

Q.3._____ great deal has been said and written _____ the gypsies. The gypsies attracted many people _____their magic shows. (Board Sample Paper)

Q.4. We had _____early dinner _____a large room whose walls and ceiling were covered_____ stuffed birds.

Q.5. Most people think that Tom is____arrogant boy but____reality he is very good_____heart.

Q.6. Yasir Shah grabbed two wickets____quick succession as Pakistan moved closer victory in____first Test against England.