March 2016 English Board Exam Grammar.
Do As Directed.
1. Select the correct tag from the alternatives given below:
One good turn deserves another.
(a) doesn’t it? (b) don’t it? (c) does it?
2. Choose the correct answer:
Rajen, can you please take her home? ‘Can’ indicates.
(a) obligation (b) ability (c) permission.
3. She made me realise that success is, like genius.
(Frame a ‘Wh’ question to get the underlined part as an answer)
Ans. What did she make me realise?
4. She taught me in college.
(Begin the sentence with ‘I’ and rewrite)
Ans. I was taught in college by her.
5. The old ruins are shaded by evergreen oaks, pines and poplars as well as olive trees. (Insert not only ...... but also and rewrite)
Ans. Not only are the old ruins shaded by evergreen oaks, pines and poplars but also by olive trees.
6. No married women were allowed to be present. (Remove ‘no’ and rewrite the sentence without changing the meaning)
Ans. Only unmarried women were allowed to be present.
7. Begin the sentence with - For the first time ..... and rewrite.
Neil Armstrong, Edwin Aldrin and Michael Collins were, to land on the moon for the first time.
Ans. For the first time, Neil Armstrong, Edwin Aldrin and Michael Collins were to land on the moon.
8. Insert ‘that’ appropriately and rewrite.
Armstrong found his thumb blotting out the Earth.
Ans. Armstrong found that his thumb was blotting out the Earth.
