Grammar HSC 2017

(B) Grammar
Do as directed
(1) J.R.D. Tata was...... amazing personality. He always helped....
poor in the country.
(Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles.)
1) J.R.D. Tata was an amazing personality. He always helped the
poor in the country.
(2)They stood silence as a mark honour to her.
(Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions.)
(2)They stood in silence as a mark of honour to her.
(3)"Where are you going?" he asked. "Pune, Sir, my husband is starting a company called Infosys and I'm shifting to Pune.-
(Change it into Indirect speech.)
He asked where she was going. She replied that she was going to Pune . She added that her husband was starting a company called Infosys and she was shifting to Pune.


Set B
Q. 5 Rewrite the following sentences in the ways instructed.
i. He was delighted to see the prosperity of his kingdom. (Rewrite as Rhetorical Question)
Ans : Wasn't he delighted to see the property of his kingdom?
ii. Summon people from all the walks of life to the court. (Begin with ‘Let……..)
Ans : Let the people from all the walks of life be summoned to the court.
iii. As soon as the king arrived in the court humming happy tune to himself, he cleared his throat. ( Rewrite using ‘No sooner…… than)
Ans: No sooner did the king arrive in the court humming happy tune to himself than he cleared his throat.

Set C
Q. 5 Rewrite the following sentences in the ways instructed.
We need many such organizations. ( Frame wh-question to get underlined part as an answer)
Ans: What do we need?

II. It reduces inequality. (Rewrite it using the Present Perfect Tense)
Ans: It has reduced inequality.
III. The air will be clean, as pollution levels will have dropped dramatically. (Rewrite it using ‘unless ‘. )
Ans : Unless the pollution levels will have dropped dramatically, the air will not be clean.

Set D
Que 1 A (5) Rewrite the following sentences in the ways instructed.
He goes for his morning walk at 1 pm. (Rewrite it in the Present Perfect Continuous Tense)
Ans: He has been going for his morning walk at 1 pm.
They live in different time zones. ( Make it a complex sentence. )
Ans: They live in such a zones which are different in time.
The man decides to take a day off from work. (Rewrite it using the noun form of the underlined word.)
Ans: The man takes the decision to take a day off from work.

Grammar HSC Feb 2018