CBSE Class 10 English Grammar Questions

Literature (Poetry Extract)

Choose the correct options to fill in the blanks to complete the note about the Wangala Festival of Meghalaya.

The Wangala (i) festival for the Garo in Meghalaya, Assam and Nagaland. It is a postharvest festival (ii) the end of the agricultural year. It is popularly known as ‘The Hundred Drums’
festival. During the signature dance, the leading warrior (iii) with synchronised dance steps and specific hand-head movements.

Question. (a) is important
(b) are an important
(c) was the important
(d) is an important
Answer. D

Question. (a) being celebrated for marking
(b) celebrated to mark
(c) celebrated to marking
(d) being celebrated for mark
Answer. B

Question. (a) leads the youngsters
(b) is lead the youngsters
(c) was leading the youngsters
(d) had leads the youngsters
Answer. A

Choose the correct options to fill in the blanks to complete Venu’s narration.

I saw Supanddi standing in the field. When I (i) doing there, he (ii) he was trying to win a Nobel prize. I was confused and enquired how standing in the rice field would help him do so. He stumped me by saying that he (iii) won Nobel prizes had all been outstanding in their fields!
Text to be used for Visually Impaired Candidates.
Venu: Suppandi, what are you doing standing all alone here?
Suppandi: Uncle, I’m trying to win a Nobel prize.
Venu: How will standing in my rice field help you win a Nobel?
Suppandi: because, that’s how it’s won. I’ve heard that the people who have won Nobel prizes were all out standing in various fields.
Venu: Oh!

Question. (a) exclaimed what he was
(b) told him what he was
(c) asked him what he was
(d) says to him about what
Answer. C

Question. (a) ordered that
(b) refused that
(c) questioned that
(d) replied that
Answer. D

Question. (a) has heard that people who has
(b) was hearing that people who were
(c) had heard that people who had
(d) did hear that people who had
Answer. C

Fill in the blanks by choosing the correct options for ANY FOUR of the six sentences given below.

Question. You ............ consult the Thesaurus if you need groups of synonyms for those words.
(a) had to
(b) need to
(c) used to
(d) might
Answer. B

Question. Everybody ............ keen to participate in the upcoming nukkad natak.
(a) are
(b) has
(c) is
(d) were
Answer. C

Question. The good news is that ............ volunteers dropped out this month than the last two.
(a) fewer
(b) less
(c) few
(d) a little
Answer. A

Question. It was ............ historic day for the organisation when ............ honour was bestowed upon its employees.
(a) a; an
(b) an; the
(c) the; a
(d) an; a
Answer. A

Question. At this time tomorrow we ............ our project details to ma’am.
(a) are presenting
(b) shall be presenting
(c) have been presenting
(d) will have presenting
Answer. B

Question. The Komodo dragon ............ follow its prey till it will eventually dies due to its venomous bite.
(a) must
(b) will
(c) could
(d) may
Answer. B

TYPE : 1

Test type will include gap filling to test the knowledge in the following areas:

i) Nonfinites
ii) determiners
iii) connectors
iv) modals
v) prepositions
vi) subjectverbconcord

INSTRUCTIONS :

In the following passages, choose the most appropriate option from the ones given below to complete the passage. Write the answers in your answer sheet against the correct blank number. Do not copy the whole passage.

1. Gravitation is the force (a) ______ holds us all down (b) ____________ the surface of the earth. Anything (c) ________ upwards falls back to the also everything else in the universe. Everything in this universe attracts (e) _______ other body to (f) ____________

a. i) Whom
ii) that
iii) whose
iii) who

b. i) into
ii) on
iii) to
iv) in

c. i) thrown
ii) throwing
iii) to throw
iv) threw

d. i) because
ii) and
iii) so
iv) but

e. i) each
ii) every
iii) either
iv) neither

f) i) themselves
ii) herself
iii) itself
iv) himself

2. Mark Twain was the pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (a) _______ was one of (b) ______________ greatest fiction writers of America. He grew up in a small town (c) ___________ the bank of the Mississippi River. (d) ___________ a small boy he moved to Hannibal on the banks of the river (e) ___________ he experienced (f) ___________ excitement of river travel.

a. i) Which
ii) who
iii) that
iv) he

b. i) an
ii) a
iii) the
iv) his

c. i) on
ii) in
iii) at
iv) upon

d. i) since
ii) from

e. i) when
ii) where
iii) whenever
iv) whence

f. i) a
ii) his
iii) an
iv) the

3. Lecture as a method of teaching is as old as civiliasation. It is (a) ________ commonly practised and very widely used. In (b) ____________ countries, (c) _________ traditional and almost the only technique (d) __________ was the formal lecture. The effective use of lecture requires skilful preparation (e) __________ is incomplete (f) __________ followed by

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