The Queen's Language

 DIRECTIONS: (Question No. 18 to 20) In the following questions, fill in the blanks by selecting a choice that is in keeping with  good English usage.  18. The friend writes faster ..........:  (1) Than me (2) Than myself  (3) Than I (4) Than self  19. ......... the grace of God we all reach safe and sound:  (1) By (2) Due  (3) On (4) From  20. The courier company luckily delivered the letter ........:  (1) Rightly on time (2) Right on time  (3) On right time (4) Right by time  DIRECTIONS: (Question no. 21 to 24) In the questions choose the correct alternative answer to complete the sentence.  21. He requested her ........ five rupees:  (1) To lend her (2) To borrow her  (3) To lend him (4) To borrow him  22. I first ........ him in 1966:  (1) Meet  (2) Have met  (3) Met  (4) Had met  23. Some friends ........ to meet me tomorrow: (1) Come  (2) Have come  (3) Came  (4)...

  a) Rewrite the following sentences as directed without changing the meaning :  (i) He said to him, “Is your name not Ahmad ?” (Change into indirect speech) (ii) Why did your brother write such a letter? (Change into passive voice) (iii) No sooner did he enter the house than he took off his coat. (Use “as soon as”) (iv) Sohan doesn't smoke and he doesn't drink. (Use “neither ... nor") (v) We must eat or we cannot live. (Change into a simple sentence) (vi) Your sister helped you to do the assignment,_____________? (Add a question tag)  (vii) The doctor will see you today only if it is an emergency. (Use "unless”). (viii) You can borrow the book if you return it soon. (Use “provided that") (ix) I can't explain the situation. It is too complicated. (Use “too ... to”) (x) He owed his success to his father. (Change into a complex sentence) (b) Use the following words to make sentences that bring out their meaning clearly. Do n...

  (a) Rewrite the following sentences after making necessary corrections. Do not make unnecessary changes in the original sentence :  (i) Have you brought some mangoes ? (ii) The Ganga is the sacred river. (iii) I and Chetan did all the work. (iv) He said it himself. (v) Blessed is he that has found a job. (vi) He is much ill to do any work. (vii) One of the boy was absent for a week. (viii) Gopal came home lately. (ix) She was sitting besides him. (x) Our hoard is small and our hearts are large.  (b) Supply the missing words :  (i) I am going away ____ the end of January. (ii) Our flat is the second floor of the building. (iii) What time did they get the hotel ? (iv) I've no idea who Tom Alter was. I've never heard The problem is getting serious; we've to do something it.  (c) Use the correct forms of the verbs given in brackets :  (i) If you______ a wallet in the street what would you do with it ? (find) (ii) We are late. The film ____...

  Read the passage given below carefully and write your answers to the questions that follow in clear, correct and concise language:  When Tolstoy led a party composed of his family and visitors to harvest a field for a widow, he was doing two things. In part, he was saying that everyone ought to do his share of what he called “bread labour”, and earn his keep by the sweat of his brow. At the same time, he was affirming that each of us should help our less fortunate neighbours. Mahatma Gandhi agreed whole-heartedly with both these principles, but he linked them more closely than Tolstoy with what he saw as the decadence of industrial life that takes people away from the home and village crafts, which are varied and rewarding, to the soul-destroying monotony of machines. Even before either of these great men had given their philosophy to the world, an American author named Thoreau, had built himself a hut in the woods to prove that he could support himself by the simplest ...

   Choose the appropriate word to fill in the blanks : 1x5=5 (i) The man had a guilty____________so he turned himself in. (conscience / conscious)  (ii) I used my____________to help my neighbour. (discretion / discrimination)  (iii) The train has been ____________for an hour. (stationary / stationery)  (iv) A ____________of shoppers crowded the market after the lockdown was lifted. (hoard / horde)  (v) My experiences in the alien place were____________due to issues of food and language. (climactic / climatic)  5.(d) Use the following idioms / phrases in sentences of your own to bring out their meaning clearly : 1x5=5  (i) Length and breadth  (ii) Rank and file  (iii) A thorn in the flesh  (iv) Move heaven and earth  (v) Step into someone's shoes

  .(a) Rewrite the following sentences as directed without changing the meaning : 1x10=10  (i) Has anyone ever hypnotized you ? (Change into passive voice)  (ii) The judge said to the witness, “Were you present at the scene of crime ?” (Change into indirect speech)  (iii) He does not love his daughter. He does not love his wife either. (Join the sentences into one by using ‘neither – nor')  (iv) Much though I wanted, I could not reach her. (Rewrite the sentence using ‘however')  (v) As soon as the concert ended, it began to rain. (Replace ‘as soon as' with ‘hardly', making other suitable changes)  (vi) As the bus to the airport was late, we could not catch the plane. (Begin the sentence with – ‘Had the bus .... not')  (vii) He was so nervous that he could not perform well in the interview. (Use 'too – to' combination)  (viii) I have never kept a pet as I don't enjoy their company. (Rewrite the sentence beginning with 'since')  (ix) They ...

   Rewrite the following sentences after making necessary corrections. Do not make unnecessary changes in the original sentence : 1x10=10  (i) My sister prefers dogs than cats.  (ii) I don't approve to your smoking in public.  (iii) One of my student has got the prestigious Commonwealth Scholarship this year.  (iv) The fresher the fruit, the best it tastes.  (v) He questioned my motif behind meeting the director.  (vi) The director went and bidded goodbye to the composer.  (vii) His acceptance of your fancy story indicates his credible nature.  (viii) Are you invited for the office party?  (ix) When I will reach home, I will let you know the details of the event.  (x) The University comprises of several Departments.  4.(b) Supply the missing words : 1x5=5  (i) The homestay provides its guests____________all the facilities.  (ii) At last, I got rid____________my old scooter.  (iii) All my expenses were paid__...

   Read the passage given below carefully and write your answers to the questions that follow in clear, correct, and concise language :  Life on planet earth has been possible for millions of years largely because of certain basic services associated with the biosphere. Important among these are Climate and radiation regulation; Microbial transformations and decomposition; Biological diversity; and Opportunities for sustainable advances in biological productivity.  We now find ourselves in a state where these essential services are in jeopardy, largely as a result of human-induced damage to the basic life support systems of land, water, flora, fauna and the atmosphere. Symptoms of an impending and general breakdown of the life support and ecological systems are already here. Some of these are mounting population growth; vanishing source of drinking water; vanishing forests, plants, and animal biodiversity; intensifying drought and floods; loss of grazing lands; growi...