CBSE Class 10 English Grammar Practice Assignment Set 07

Verb Concord

Question 1. Choose the verb that agrees with the subject: Jason and I (is, are) always in argument over scientific matters.
Answer: are

Question 2. Choose the verb that agrees with the subject: The number of students registering for the excursion (has, have) increased.
Answer: has

Question 3. Choose the verb that agrees with the subject: Michael and his partner (deserve, deserves) the best.
Answer: deserve

Question 4. Choose the verb that agrees with the subject: My class (like, likes) the new Physics teacher.
Answer: likes

Question 5. Choose the verb that agrees with the subject: One of us (is, are) completely wrong!
Answer: is

Question 6. Choose the verb that agrees with the subject: A range of music systems (is, are) available.
Answer: is

Question 7. Choose the verb that agrees with the subject: The whole family (is, are) meeting up at seven in the evening for dinner.
Answer: is

Question 8. Choose the verb that agrees with the subject: My friend (start, starts) working tomorrow.
Answer: starts

Direct Indirect Speech

Question 9. Read the dialogue and complete the passage:
Electrician : When did your electricity go?
Mohan : It is not working since evening.
Electrician : Sorry sir, in this case I will have to check the fuse now.

The electrician asked Mohan (a) ______ . Mohan replied that (b) ______ . The electrician apologetically said that in that case (c) ______ .
Answer: (a) when his electricity had gone (b) it had not been working since evening (c) he would have to check the fuse then

Question 10. Read the dialogue and complete the passage:
Teacher : Children, let us all pledge to save trees.
Children : Yes, ma'am, we all pledge to save our trees as the trees are the lungs of the city.
Teacher : Let us start today by planting a sapling.

The teacher asked all the children to pledge to save trees. The children replied affirmatively (a) ______ as the (b) ______ . Then the teacher said that (c) ______ .
Answer: (a) saying that they all pledged to save their trees (b) trees are the lungs of the city (c) they should start that day by planting a sapling

Question 11. Read the dialogue and complete the passage:
Buddha : Honesty is the best policy.
Disciple : Does honesty always pay?
Buddha : It may or may not, but at least you will never feel guilty.

Buddha in his preaching said that (a) ______ the best policy. A disciple asked him if (b) ______ always pays. Buddha replied (c) ______ but at least he would never feel guilty.
Answer: (a) honesty is (b) honesty (c) that it might or might not

Question 12. Read the dialogue and complete the passage:
Doctor : You should take this medicine every day.
Patient : Should I take it before dinner or after dinner?
Doctor : No, you should take it after breakfast.

The doctor advised the patient that (a) ______ . The patient further asked (b) ______ . The doctor replied negatively and then said (c) ______ .
Answer: (a) he should take that medicine every day (b) if/whether he should take it before dinner or after dinner (c) that he should take it after breakfast

Question 13. Read the dialogue and complete the passage:
Reena : Do you know how to swim?
Surbhi : Yes I know. I have learnt it during this summer vacation.

Reena asked Surbhi (a) ______ . Then Surbhi replied (b) ______ and also added that (c) ______ .
Answer: (a) if/whether she knew how to swim (b) in the affirmative (c) she had learnt it during that summer vacation

Question 14. Read the conversation between a doctor and his patient. Complete the sentence by reporting the dialogue.
Patient: I had fever last week. I feel weak and sleepy all the time.
Doctor: Eat healthy but light and rest as much as possible. You will recover in a few days.
A patient informed his doctor that he had had fever the previous week and felt weak and sleepy all the time. On hearing this, the doctor ______ as much as possible. He further assured him that ______ in a few days.
Answer: advised him to eat healthy but light and rest; he would recover

Question 15. Report the dialogue between the Frog and the Nightingale by completing the sentence:
Frog : You must practise for longer hours as it will make your voice grow stronger.
Nightingale : But I can't as the weather is bad.
When the Frog advised the Nightingale to practise for longer hours as it would make her voice grow stronger, the Nightingale replied that she ______ .
Answer: couldn't as the weather was bad

Question 16. Vinny's servant replied, 'Yes, the tea is ready and so are the sandwiches.' Report the question asked by Vinny.
Answer: Vinny said to her servant, 'Are the tea and the sandwiches ready?'

Question 17. Read the conversation between two friends. Complete the sentence by reporting the dialogue.
Anya: Alas! I can't find my bridal ring.
Renee: Did you leave it on the dressing table?
When Anya ______ her bridal ring, Renee, her friend asked if she had left it on the dressing table.
Answer: exclaimed with sorrow that she couldn't find

Question 18. Report the dialogue between an interviewer and an interviewee by completing the sentence:
Interviewer: How long have you been working in ABC Company?
Ganesh: It's been three years since I joined that company, sir.
On being asked how long he had been working in ABC Company, Ganesh replied ______ that company.
Answer: that it had been three years since he had joined

Question 19. Shayna told Mr Vats that she was a Sales Engineer by profession. Report the question asked by Mr Vats.
Answer: Mr Vats: What are you by profession, Ms Shayna?

Question 20. Read the conversation between Pankaja and the interviewer. Complete the sentence by reporting the dialogue.
Interviewer: Ms Pankaja! What are your academic qualifications?
Pankaja: Sir, I did my M.A. (English) from Delhi University.
The interviewer, while interviewing a candidate, Ms Pankaja, ______ , to which she replied that she had done her M.A. in English from Delhi University.
Answer: asked her what her academic qualifications were

Question 21. Report the dialogue between two friends regarding different streams in high school, by completing the sentence:
Ravi: I'm not sure which course I should take after S.S.C.E.
Ajay: Have you any idea about what you would like to do after XII?
When Ravi confessed that he was not sure which course he should take after S.S.C.E., his friend Ajay asked him ______ after XII.
Answer: if he had any idea about what he would like to do

Question 22. Read the conversation between two friends. Report the question asked by Sushant based on Prateek's reply.
Sushant: Hello, Prateek! ______ Bengaluru?
Prateek: I arrived yesterday.
Answer: When did you return from your tour of

Question 23. Read the conversation between two neighbours. Complete the sentence by reporting the dialogue.
Natalya: How much hay have you stacked?
Ivan: Ask Alex. He knows best.
On being asked by Natalya, ______ , Ivan encouraged her to ask Alex because he knew best.
Answer: how much hay he had stacked

Question 24. Report the dialogue between a recruitment manager and an interviewee by completing the sentence:
Manager: Miss Promilla! What are you doing at present?
Promilla: Sir, I am working with Mark and Spencer these days.
To the question of the recruitment manager put to Promilla ______ at present, she replied that she ______ with Mark and Spencer those days.
Answer: what she was doing; was working

Question 25. Ms Brown told Mr Amherst that she was fully eligible for the job with her command over typing and knowledge of EPBX system. Report the question asked by Mr Amherst.
Answer: Mr Amherst: What makes you eligible for this job?