CBSE CLASS 10 GRAMMAR BOARD PATTERN MCQs With Answers

 GRAMMAR

 Answer the following by selecting the most appropriate option for each.

Q.1 The 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

2.I'm sure she ____________ finish the project soon.

A need 

B will

C must

D shall

3 There is some possibility but no certainty that it _______ rain today.

A may

B should

C  can

D might

Q.4 There’s never _______ petrol left after Rahul uses the car.

A. much

B. little

C. many

D. a little

Q5 I could answer only …………………… questions.

A little

B a little

C  a few 

D the few 

Q6  There are too ______things to be done.

A a little

B much

C many

D the few

Q 7 She has ………………………… interest in movies. 

A  little

B few

C any

D the little

Q.8 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

Q9Yesterday I ————— a new bat as my old one ————-lost.

A buy, is
B bought, had been
C bought, was
D  bought, have been

Q10. When he —————– the station, the train ————- already left.

A would reach, had

B reached, had

C reach, had

D reach, would

Q.11 Which option displays the correct change of the following to reported speech?

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

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

b) 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.

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

“Where do you live?” I asked him.

A   I enquired where do they live

B   I asked him where did they live.

C   I asked him where they lived.

D   I said where do you live

d) Rohan said to me, "Did you see the match yesterday?"

A  Rohan asked me if I saw the match yesterday.

B  Rohan asked me whether I saw the match the previous day.

C Rohan asked me if I had seen the match the previous day.

 D Rohan asked me whether I saw the match the previous day.

Q.12 The dog ____________ under the chair before the children arrived.

A. has been hiding

B. was hid

C. have hid

D. had hidden

Q13 When he_____, the meeting was over. Everyone ______already left. 

A was arriving, had

B come, is

C arrived, had

D came, has

Q14   It ___ not his first trip to Agra. He ________ there several times before.

A   was, has been

B  is, had  been

C was, had been

D is, have

Q15 Everyone _______left the playground by the time I returned with the ball.

A have

B has

C had

D were

ANSWERS

1  B,  

2 B,

 3 D

4 A

5 C

6 C

7A

8 C

9 B

10 B

11 a)  B   b)D   c)C    d) C

12 D

13 C

14 C

15 C