12th HSC English :
LANGUAGE STUDY
(NON-TEXTUAL GRAMMAR) [4 Marks]
(Transformation of Sentences/ Do as directed and Spot the Error)
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This question will have the following sub-questions:
In B1. 3 sentences of 'transformation/do as directed' activity for 1 mark each will be given. These activities may be in Multiple Choice format.
In B2, 1 sentence with error/s, will be given. Students are expected to spot the error/s and rewrite the corrected sentence.
This will carry 1 mark. Thus, Q. 1 (B) consists of a total of 4 marks.
How to attempt this activity:
(1) This activity includes non-textual grammar items from the syllabus.
(2) Thorough revision of Grammar is necessary for you to solve this question.
(3) Brush up your Grammar. Learn all the different types of Grammar exercises thoroughly.
(4) Study transformation exercises, e.g. use 'no sooner ... than', add a question tag, remove 'too', use 'unless', change the degree, change the voice, etc. Study all the transformation exercises given in the textbook.
(5) Study Simple, Compound and Complex sentences, and how to recognize Clauses, both Main and Subordiate.
(6) Learn the different tenses, infinitives, participles and gerunds, active and passive voice, etc.
(7) Learn how to change direct speech into indirect speech, and to pick out prepositions, adverbs, adjectives, articles, etc. Revise the different types of sentences (assertive, interrogative, etc.).
(8) Learn how to use either or, neither not only but also, etc. very well. nor, as well as.
(9) In MCQs, read the instructions carefully and then read all the alternatives carefully before choosing your answer.
10) Study all the sets given with answers carefully, Also solve all the sets given for practice.
(A) LANGUAGE STUDY (GRAMMAR)
ACTIVITIES WITH ANSWERS
SET 1 (March '23)
Activities:
B1. Do as directed:
(1) Both the partners have signed this agreement in haste. (Identify the correct 'passive voice' form of the above sentence from the alternatives given below.)
(a) This agreement had been signed in haste by both the partners.
(b) This agreement has been signed in haste by both the partners.
(c) This agreement have been signed in haste by both the partners.
(d) This agreement was signed in haste by both the partners.
Ans: (b) This agreement has been signed in haste by both the partners.
(2) I asked my sister. "What can I do for you in this matter?" (Identify the correct 'Indirect speech' form of the above sentence from the alternatives given below.)
(a) I asked my sister what I could do for her in that matter.
(b) He asked his sister what he could do for her in that matter.
(c) I asked my sister what he could do for her in this matter.
(d) He asked my sister what she could do for her in that matter.
Ans: (a) I asked my sister what I could do for her in that matter.
(3) As soon as he left the house, he met with an accident. (Identify the correct 'No sooner ........ than' form of the above sentence from the alternatives given below.)
(a) No sooner does he leave the house than he met w an accident.
(b) No sooner had he left the house than he met with accident.
(c) No sooner did he leave the house than he met with. accident.
(d) No sooner do he leave the house than he met with an accident.
Ans: (c) No sooner did he leave the house than he met with. accident.
B2. Spot the error in the given sentence and rewrite the correct sentence:
She has been worked in this office since 1996.
Answers: She has been working in this office since 1996.
SET 2 (July '22)
Activities:
B1. Do as directed:
(1) George Washington was elected President in 1788. (Choose the correct 'change the voice' answer from the following options.)
(a) The elected President in 1788 was George Washington.
(b) They elected George Washington as President in 1788.
(c) The President George Washington was elected as President in 1788.
(d) In 1788. President George Washington was elected.
Ans: (b) They elected George Washington as President in 1788.
(2) It is not necessary for you to wait any longer. Which also means ------
You ------- not wait any longer. (Rewrite the above sentence using correct modal auxiliaries from the given options.)
(a) need
(b) should
(c) must
(d) will
Ans: You need not wait any longer.
(3) I spent my high school years in Mumbai. (Choose the correct change into past perfect continuous tense from the given options.)
(a) I had been spending my high school years in Mumbai.
(b) I have spent my high school years in Mumbai.
(c) I have been spending my high school years in Mumbai.
(d) I had spent my high school years in Mumbai.
Ans: (a) I had been spending my high school years in Mumbai.
B2. Spot the error in the given sentence and rewrite the correct sentence:
"Susan gave me a real nice bouquet of flowers.
Answers: Susan gave me a really nice bouquet of flowers.
SET 3 (March '22)
Activities:
B1. Do as directed:
(1) We can accept our life gracefully. (Rewrite using a modal auxiliary showing 'compulsion'.)
Ans: We must/ought to accept our life gracefully.
(2) As I entered the post office, the Post Master presented me with a telegram. (Begin the sentence with 'No sooner ......)
Ans: No sooner did I enter the post office than the Post Master presented me with a telegram.
(3) The mother looks after her child. (Make it a rhetorical question.)
Ans: Doesn't the mother look after her child?
B2. Spot the error in the given sentence and rewrite the correct sentence:
Summers in Delhi are extreme hot.
Answers: Summers in Delhi are extremely hot.
SET 4 (Sept. 21)
Activities:
B1. Do as directed:
(1) Use the correct articles and rewrite the sentence:
COVID-19 is one of _______ most hazardous diseases witnessed by world.
Ans: COVID-19 is one of the most hazardous diseases witnessed by the world.
(2) As soon as the captain gave an order, the soldiers fired. (Choose the correct alternative to get "No sooner... form of the given sentence.)
(a) No sooner the captain gave an order than the soldiers fired.
(b) No sooner did the captain give an order than the soldiers fired.
(c) No sooner does the captain give an order than the soldiers fired.
(d) No sooner has the captain given an order than the soldiers fired.
ANs: (b) No sooner did the captain give an order than the soldiers fired.
(3) The teacher said, "The Earth revolves around the Sun." (Choose the correct alternative to get indirect narration of the given sentence.)
(a) The teacher said that the Earth revolved around the Sun.
(b) The teacher said that the Earth is revolving around the Sun.
(c) The teacher said that the Earth had revolved around the Sun.
(d) The teacher said that the Earth revolves around the Sun.
Ans: (d) The teacher said that the Earth revolves around the Sun.
B2. Spot the error and rewrite the correct sentence:
I know a man which is very tall.
Answers: I know a man who is very tall
SET 5
Activities:
B1. Do as directed:
(1) Start a waste segregation system in your building. (Choose the correct modal auxiliary denoting compulsion.)
(a) You could start a waste segregation system in your building.
(b) You might start a waste segregation system in your building.
(c) Couldn't you start a waste segregation system in your building?
(d) You must start a waste segregation system in your building.
ANs: (d) You must start a waste segregation system in your building.
(2) Using insecticides really ends up poisoning the family. (Choose the correct alternative beginning "If...'.)
(a) If you are using insecticides you are really ending up poisoning the family.
(b) If, using insecticides, you really end up poisoning the family.
(c) If you use insecticides, you will really end up poisoning the family.
(d) If you poison the family, you will use insecticides.
ANs: (c) If you use insecticides, you will really end up poisoning the family.
(3) Inform people in advance and get your friends together to pick up litter in a public place. (Rewrite as a simple sentence.)
Ans: After informing people in advance, get your friends together to pick up litter in a public place.
B2. Spot the error/s in the given sentence and rewrite the correct sentence:
Ram, my grandson, is accustomed with hard works.
Answers: Ram, my grandson, is accustomed to hard work.
SET 6
Activities:
B1. Do as directed:
(1) It was thoroughly enjoyable. (Choose the correct alternative to get an exclamatory sentence.)
(a) It was thoroughly enjoyable!
(b) How enjoyable it was!
(c) How enjoyable it is!
(d) What enjoyment it was!
Ans: (b) How enjoyable it was!
(2) Teachers and children working together have demonstrated an amazing ability to usher in change. (Choose the correct pair of verb and tense.)
(a) demonstrated - past tense
(b) have demonstrated - past perfect tense
(c) working present continuous tense
(d) have demonstrated - present perfect tense
ANs: (d) have demonstrated - present perfect tense
(3) There is no better way to reduce air pollution than to reduce the number of cars on our streets. (Choose the correct sentence changing to the superlative degree of comparison.)
(a) The best way to reduce air pollution is to reduce the number of cars on our streets.
(b) One of the best ways to reduce air pollutions is to reduce the number of cards on our streets.
(c) A good way of reducing air pollution is to reduce the number of cars on our streets.
(d) The best ways to reduce air pollution is to reduce the number of cars on our streets.
ANs: (a) The best way to reduce air pollution is to reduce the number of cars on our streets.
2. Spot the error's in the given sentence and rewrite the correct sentence:
Cue of the boy were present at the spot.
Answers: One of the boys was present at the spot.
SET 7
Activities:
B1. Do as directed:
(1) Only at 1.3 million billion would the earth be too hot to be habitable. (Rewrite using 'so...that'.)
ANs: Only at 1.3 million billion would the earth be so hot that it would not be habitable.
(2) Though the population has grown, the rate of growth has fallen sharply. (Choose the correct compound sentence.)
(a) The population has grown and the rate of growth has fallen sharply.
(b) The population having grown, the rate of growth has fallen sharply.
(c) The population has grown but the rate of growth has fallen sharply.
(d) The population has grown; yet the rate of growth had fallen sharply.
ANs: (c) The population has grown but the rate of growth has fallen sharply.
ANs: They arrived at this figure by calculating the amount of he emission of a human body.
B2. Spot the error/s in the given sentence and rewrite the correct sentence:
A sword was hanging higher on his heads.
Answers: A sword was hanging high on his head.
SET 8
Activities:
B1. Do as directed:
(1) I have great reverence for India's heritage. (Choose the correct sentence using the verb form of the underlined word.)
(a) I am greatly reverential for India's heritage.
(b) I greatly reverence India's heritage.
(c) I greatly revere India's heritage.
(d) I have greatly revered India's heritage.
ANs: (c) I greatly revere India's heritage.
(2) My aim was to acquaint Indian children with their heritage. (Rewrite beginning 'It.....)
Ans: It was my aim to acquaint Indian children with their heritage.
(3) 1 visit my native place these holidays. (Choose the correct modal auxiliary showing possibility and rewrite the sentence.)
(a) will (b) might (c) can (d) should
ANs: I might visit my native place these holidays.
B2. Spot the error/s in the given sentence and rewrite the correct sentence:
The little boy was hurt badly, isn't he?
Answers: The little boy was hurt badly, wasn't he?
SET 9
Activities:
B1. Do as directed:
(1) The sight of the accident was enough to shake up the new driver. (Choose the correct phrasal verb.)
(a) shake up
(b) was enough
(c) was enough to shake up
(d) shake
ANs: (a) shake up
(2) It is a book about the transformation of India. (Choose the correct option beginning The book......)
(a) The book is about the transformation of India.
(b) The book is about the transformative of India.
(c) The book transforms India.
(d) The book may be about the transformation of India.
Ans: (a) The book is about the transformation of India.
(3) Radha said to the teacher. "I feel very happy to help my mother at home." (Change it into indirect speech.)
ANs: Radha told the teacher that she felt very happy to help her mother at home.
B2. Spot the error/s in the given sentence and rewrite the correct sentence:
The children in the park was playing hide-and-seek.
Answers: The children in the park were playing hide-and-seek.
SET 10
Activities:
B1. Do as directed:
(1) The duck was excellent in swimming. (Choose the correct option using the simple past tense of 'to excel'.)
(a) The duck exceeded in swimming.
(b) The duck excels in swimming.
(c) The duck was being excellent in swimming.
(d) The duck excelled in swimming.
ANs: (d) The duck excelled in swimming.
(2) The eagle was a problem child and was disciplined severely. (Choose the correct complex sentence.)
(a) The eagle. being a problem child, was disciplined severely.
(b) The eagle, who was a problem child, was disciplined severely.
(c) The eagle was a problem child because it was disciplined severely.
(d) The eagle, a problem child, was disciplined severely.
Ans: (b) The eagle, who was a problem child, was disciplined severely.
ANS: An abnormal eel that was able to swim exceedingly well and also run, climb and fly a little had the highest average.
B2. Spot the error's in the given sentence and rewrite the correct sentence:
He is youngest boy in group.
Answers: He is the youngest boy in the group.
(B) LANGUAGE STUDY (GRAMMAR)
ACTIVITIES FOR PRACTICE
SET 1
Activities:
B1. Do as directed:
(1) Even supporters of micro-credit view this as an impossible dream which we use to motivate ourselves. (Choose the correct subordinate clause.)
(a) even supporters of micro-credit
(b) view this as an impossible dream
(c) which we use to motivate ourselves
(d) which we use
(2) To me, a world without poverty means that every person would have the ability to take care of his or her own basic needs. (Rewrite using 'can'.)
(3) Revenue was obtained through advertising. (Choose the correct question tag.)
(a) was it?
(b) is it?
(c) isn't it?
(d) wasn't it?
B2. Spot the error/s in the given sentence and rewrite the correct sentence:
Mr Mehta is one of the richest businessman in city.
SET 2
Activities:
B1. Do as directed:
(1) In a meeting, the physical education teachers decided to spend two hours the playground warm-up activities. (Choose the correct prepositions.)
(a) on, into (b) at. from (c) on, for (d) across, for
(2) I have poste de than you. (Choose from the option for the correct positive degree of comparison.)
(a) You do not have more books than me.
(b) You have as many books as me.
(c) You do not have as many books as I have.
(d) I have as many books as you have.
(3) 'Krishna' was the first comic, to be published in 1969-70. It was followed by Shakuntala.(Join the two sentences to form a simple sentence.)
B2. Spot the error/s in the given sentence and rewrite the correct sentence:
There was a bitter quarrel among the two group.
SET 3
Activities:
B1. Do as directed:
(1) The boys came to school whenever they felt like it. (Choose the correct clause and type from the given options.)
(a) whenever they felt like it - adjective clause
(b) the boys came to school - adverb clause
(c) whenever they felt like it - adverb clause
(d) they felt like it - noun clause
(2) This step was taken but rarely. (Choose from the options the correct negative sentence.)
(a) This step was not taken rarely.
(b) This step was not taken but rarely.
(c) This step was not taken very often.
(d) No step was taken rarely.
(3) The most important of my subsidiary roles was, of courses to act as a scribe. (Change the degree.)
B2. Spot the error/s in the given sentence and rewrite the correct sentence:
A most important thing in world is mother's love.
SET 4
Activities:
B1. Do as directed:
(1) The researcher predicts 2000-storey buildings to hold the population. (Choose the correct option using 'that'.)
(a) The researcher predicts 2000-storey buildings that can hold the population.
(b) The researcher predicts that 2000-storey buildings to hold the population.
(c) The researcher predicts 2000-storey buildings that can be holding the population.
(d) The researcher predicts 2000-storey buildings that are holding the population.
(2) We might have trouble finding housing on the same hemisphere as our workplace, or any sunlight ever in our homes. (Rewrite using 'not only.....but also'.)
(3) It invades the nervous system and causes paralysis. (Choose the correct option using the 'ing' form of the underlined word.)
(a) It is invading the nervous system to causes paralysis.
(b) Invading the nervous system, it caused paralysis.
(c) It was invading the nervous system to cause paralysis.
(d) Invading the nervous system, it causes paralysis.
B2. Spot the error/s in the given sentence and rewrite the correct sentence:
She was taken with surprise when she saw the beautiful monument.
SET 5
Activities
Bl. Do as directed:
(1) A poverty-free world would not be perfect, but it would be the best approximation of the ideal. (Rewrite using "Though...".)
(2) There would always remain differences lifestyle ........ people the bottom society and those ........ the top income levels. (Choose the option of the correct order of prepositions.)
(a) always, in, at, of, at
(b) in, between, at, of, at
(c) always, in, between, of
(d) in, between, the, those
(3) Can we really create a poverty-free world? (Choose the correct option using 'possible'.)
(a) Can we possible create a poverty-free world?
(b) Was it possible to create a poverty-free world?
(c) Is it possible to really create a poverty-free world?
(d) Can we really create a poverty-free possible world?
B2 Spot the error/s in the given sentence and rewrite the correct sentence:
Give each boys in the class an uniform.
1. | Choose the Correct Option | 5 Marks | |
2 | Complete the Correction | 5 Marks | |
3 | Give Economic Term | 5 Marks | |
4 | Find the Odd Word | 5 Marks | |
5 | Complete the following Statements | 5 Marks | |
6 | Assertion and Reasoning Questions | 5 Marks | |
7 | Identify and Explain the Concepts | 6 Marks | |
8 | Distinguish Between | 6 Marks | |
9 | Answer in Brief | 12 Marks | |
10 | State with Reasons, Do you Agree/ Disagree | 12 Marks | |
11 | Table, Diagram, Passage Based Questions | 8 Marks | |
12 | Answer in Detail | 16 Marks |
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