CBSE Class 10 English Grammar Practice Assignment Set 16

Determiners

Question 1. Fill in the blank(s) with 'a', 'an' or 'the'. Write 'no article' where none is needed:
“Music is ______ science but singing is ______ art,” said the music teacher.
Answer: a, an

Question 2. Fill the blank by choosing the correct option, to complete the concluding line of a circular issued by an organisation to its managers.
A copy of the plan is enclosed and ______ (that/then/this) may be communicated to all Team Leaders for compliance. (CBSE SQP 2023)
Answer: this

Question 3. Fill the blank by choosing the correct option, to complete the concluding line of a circular issued by an organisation to its managers.
The training materials have been revised, and ______ (this/that/these) will be used for the upcoming training session.
Answer: these

Gap Filling

Question 4. Fill in the blanks with suitable words:
The caves of Ajanta and Ellora (a) ______ the magnificent works of a sculptor. They (b) ______ situated near Jalgaon in Maharashtra. Whoever (c) ______ there (d) ______ spellbound. Thousands of tourists (e) ______ these places every year. One can (f) ______ in guest houses.
Answer: (a) are (b) are (c) goes (d) becomes (e) visit (f) stay

Question 5. Fill in the blanks with suitable words:
The clock (a) ______ five. Everybody (b) ______ sleeping. Shiela (c) ______ up and (d) ______ the watchman. There (e) ______ no reply. She (f) ______ into the kitchen and made tea for herself.
Answer: (a) struck (b) was (c) woke (d) called (e) was (f) went

Question 6. Fill in the blanks with suitable words:
Delhi (a) ______ the capital of India. People from all parts of the country and world (b) ______ to visit Delhi. There (c) ______ many historical buildings. Last year I (d) ______ Delhi. I also (e) ______ the Commonwealth Games 2010. There (f) ______ many colourful programmes. (Delhi 2019)
Answer: (a) is (b) come (c) are (d) visited (e) attended (f) were

Question 7. Fill in the blanks with suitable words:
The moment they (a) ______ out of sight, Ali Baba (b) ______ a sigh of relief. He came down from the tree and (c) ______ the foot of the same mountain where the thieves (d) ______ . He (e) ______ out, "Open Sesame!" and the rock which (f) ______ the entrance into the cave moved with a sliding sound.
Answer: (a) were (b) heaved (c) reached (d) had gathered (e) cried (f) had blocked

Question 8. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb given in the bracket.
Forgot your passport on way to the airport? Relax as De La Rue, a Britain-based commercial banknote printer and passport manufacturer, (a) ______ (be) working on a technology that can store “paperless passports” in smartphones. The technology would allow travellers to do without the booklets and switch to “paperless passports” that would act similar to mobile boarding cards enabling a tourist to travel through an airport without documents of any kind, the Telegraph reported. “Paperless passports (b) ______ (be) one of many initiatives that we are currently (c) ______ (look) at, but at the moment it is a concept that is at the very early stages of development,” a spokesman of the company said. However, the potential for forgery, global barriers and the distinct possibility of (d) ______ (lose) one’s smartphone means the security challenges present big hurdles, the report added. “Digital passports on your phone will require new hardware on the device in order to securely store the electronic passport so it cannot be (e) ______ (copy) from the phone,” David Jevans from a security company was quoted as saying. The “paperless passport” service is already under the (f) ______ (test) mode.
Answer: (a) is (b) are (c) looking (d) losing (e) copied (f) testing

Question 9. Fill in the blanks choosing the most appropriate options from the ones given below:
Most doctors (a) ______ that a person (b) ______ at least eight glasses of water every day. Water is (c) ______ second only to soft drinks amongst popular drinks. Drinking water helps to (d) ______ the balance of fluids in the body. Not just that, it also helps in energising your muscles. Try (e) ______ aerated drinks as much as possible. Drinking a lot of aerated drinks can invite health problems.
(a) recommended / recommends / recommend
(b) should drink / drinks / would drink
(c) rank / ranked / is ranking
(d) maintaining / maintain / maintains
(e) avoiding / avoid / to avoid
Answer: (a) recommend (b) should drink (c) ranked (d) maintain (e) to avoid

Question 10. Complete the following paragraph by filling in the blanks with the help of the given options:
The story of the Brooklyn Bridge is nothing less than a miracle. In 1863, an engineer named John Roebling was inspired (a) ______ an idea. However, he was told by all (b) ______; it was nothing less than a dream. Roebling convinced his son, Washington, who was a young upcoming engineer, that the bridge (c) ______. After much deliberation and discussion, they hired their crew (d) ______ their dream bridge. When the project was only (e) ______ months into construction a tragic accident on the site killed John Roebling and gravely injured his son, Washington.
(a) for / to / by
(b) to forget it / forgetting it / forgot it
(c) could have built / could be built / could build
(d) and began and build / and began to build / to began and build
(e) a little / a while / a few
Answer: (a) by (b) to forget it (c) could be built (d) and began to build (e) a few

Question 11. Complete the following paragraph by filling in the blanks with the help of the given options:
Seashells, as you know them, (a) ______ different colours and shapes, because they belong to thousands of different marine species. Some species have shells that do not endure enough to wash up ashore. Most shells that we find on our beaches are those of molluscs. Others may (b) ______ barnacles, horseshoe crabs and brachiopods. Some freshwater invertebrates too have shells, such as the freshwater snails and freshwater mussels. A land snail too (c) ______ a shell.
(a) come in / come for / came into
(b) belonging / belong to / belongs to
(c) has / had / has been
Answer: (a) come in (b) belong to (c) has

Spot the Error

Question 15. There is one error in the given line. Identify the error and write its correction: Once, there was the guru
Answer: the → a

Question 16. There is one error in the given line. Identify the error and write its correction: communicate wisdom to
Answer: communicate → communicating

Question 17. There is one error in the given line. Identify the error and write its correction: a people who came for his
Answer: a → the

Question 18. There is one error in the given line. Identify the error and write its correction: The guru tell him to
Answer: tell → told

Question 19. There is one error in the given line. Identify the error and write its correction: he had a greatest faith
Answer: a → the

Question 20. There is one error in the given line. Identify the error and write its correction: One day, he go to a forest
Answer: go → went

Question 21. There is one error in the given line. Identify the error and write its correction: a ashram.
Answer: a → an

Question 22. There is one error in the given line. Identify the error and write its correction: The sadhu seen a king
Answer: seen → saw

Question 23. There is one error in the given line. Identify the error and write its correction: who is hungry and tired
Answer: is → was

Question 24. There is one error in the given line. Identify the error and write its correction: and runned to the king
Answer: runned → ran