CLASS 10 CBSE SAMPLE PAPER ENGLISH GRAMMAR WITH ANSWERS ( DIRECT AND INDIRECT SPEECH ALSO)

A. Answer the questions by selecting the most appropriate option for each.

1. Which option displays the correct change of the following to reported speech?

“Will you lend me the book tomorrow?” Priya asked her classmate. 

A Priya asked her classmate that will she lend her the book the next day

B Priya asked her classmate will she lend her the book tomorrow

C  Priya asked her classmate if she would lend her the book the next day.

D  Priya asked her classmate whether she will lend her the book the next day.



2 Which option displays the correct change of the following to reported speech?

 “We painted the wall", Ramu said.

A Ramu said that we painted the wall.

B Ramu said that they had painted the wall.

C Ramu said that they painted the wall.

D Ramu said that he painted the wall.



3 Which option displays the correct change of the following to reported speech?

The old woman said to Anu, “Can you help me to cross the street ?”

A The old woman asked Anu can she help her to cross the street.

B The old woman asked Anu that if she could help her to cross the street 

C  The old woman asked Anu if she could help her to cross the street.

D The old woman asked Any if she can help her to cross the street.

4 Which option displays the correct change of the following to reported speech?

“Have you walked alone, this long-distance today?” he asked Sumita.

A  He asked Sumita that she had walked alone that long distance that day.

B He asked Sumita if she has walked this long distance today.

C He asked Sumita that whether he had walked that long distance today.

D He asked Sumita if she had walked that long distance that day.

5 Which option displays the correct change of the following to reported speech?

'How did the bird react to his mistake? asked the gardener.

A  The gardener asked that how the bird reacted to his mistake.

B The gardener asked how the bird had reacted to his mistake.

C The gardener asked that how did the bird react to his mistake.

D The gardener asked how did the bird reacted to his mistake.



Answers

1 C  Priya asked her classmate if she would lend her the book the next day.

2 B Ramu said that they had painted the wall.

3 C  The old woman asked Anu if she could help her to cross the street.

4 D He asked Sumita if she had walked that long distance that day.

5 B The gardener asked how the bird had reacted to his mistake.

B  Fill in the blanks by choosing the correct options

(i) You …………………… consult the Thesaurus if you need groups of synonyms for those

words.

a) had to

b) need to

c) used to

d) might

(ii) Everybody …………… keen to participate in the upcoming play.

a) are

b) has

c) is

d) were

(iii) The good news is that…………… volunteers dropped out this month than the last two.

a) fewer

b) less

c) few

d) a little

(iv) It was a…………… historic day for the organisation when ……………. honour was bestowed

upon its employees.

a) a; an

b) an; the

c) the; a

d) an; a

(v) 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 

(vi) The Komodo dragon …………… follow its prey till it will eventually dies due to its

venomous bite.

a) must

b) will

c) could

d) may 

ANSWERS

(i) d) need to (ii) c) is (iii)  a) fewer (iv) a) a, an (v) b) shall be presenting  (vi) b) will 

C. Answer any five out of the six questions by selecting the most appropriate option for each.

Q.1The hospital board clearly mentioned that you ________ smoke in the hospital as it is a health hazard for all.

A. cannot

B. must not

C. need not

D. might not

Q.2 There’s never _______ petrol left after Rahul uses the car.

A. much

B. little

C. many

D. a little

Q.3 I am taking driving lessons now. Hopefully, I ___________my driving test by November.

A. will take

B. would pass

C. will have taken

D. will be taking

Q.4 Which option displays the correct change of the following to reported speech?

Sunitha asked Venkat, “How much is the rent for your flat?”

A. Sunitha asked Venkat how much was his rent for flat.

B. Sunitha asked Venkat how much the rent for his flat was.

C. Sunita enquires from Venkat that how much rent he pays.

D. Sunita told Venkat how much the rent for his flat was.

Q.5 Which option displays the correct change of the following to reported speech?

She said, “I told Damanjit to send you an e-mail three days ago.”

A. She told that Damanjit had mailed you three days then.

B. She informed me that Damanjit has mailed me three days before.

C. She says that she has told Damanjit to send me an e-mail three days then.

D. She said that she had told Damanjit to send an e-mail to me three days before.

Q.6The dog ____________ under the chair before the children arrived.

A. has been hiding

B. was hid

C. have hid

D. had hidden

ANSWERS

 Q 1 (B) must not 

Q2.  (A)  much 

Q3.  (C)  will  have  taken 

Q4.  (B)  Sunitha asked  Venkat how much the rent for his flat was.

Q5.  (D)  She said that she had told  Damanjit to send an e-mail to me three days before.