The Queen's Language

 Q.9. Read the following dialogue and then complete the report by choosing the correct options given below. Write your answers in your answer sheet with correct blank number. Do not copy the dialogue and the report. (1X3= 3 Marks) Shylock: I am unwell.  Duke: What can I do for you, Sir?  Shylock: Will you take me to the doctor? Duke: Yes, Sir. Shylock told the Duke (a)______________. The Duke asked respectfully (b)___________. Shylock asked the Duke (c)__________________.The Duke replied in the affirmative. (a) (i) that he is unwell (ii) that I am unwell (iii) that he was unwell (iv) If he was unwell (b) (i) what he could do for him (ii) what could he do for him (iii) what he can do for him (iv) if he could do for him (c) (i) would he take him to the doctor (ii) if he would take him to the doctor (iii) that he could take him to the doctor (iv) if he would take me to the doctor

 .    Read the following conversation carefully and complete the following passage by choosing  the most appropriate options.                                                          (4 Marks)     Dilip:  I’ve been watching the sea and there hasn’t been any trace of a ship.      Ralph: I told you yesterday too that we’ll be rescued, so have patience.     Dilip:  Why do you ask me to keep quiet whenever I say something?     Ralph: Have you ever said anything sensible? Dilip said (a) ______________________________________ Ralph replied (b) ______________________________________and so asked him to have patience.   Dilip angrily asked Ralph (c) __________________to which Ralph wanted to know (d) ____________________. a) (i) that he had been watching th...

 Choose the most appropriate options to complete the dialogue given below.   (3 Marks) Nandini: Hello Niharika! Niharika: Hi, What a pleasant surprise! Nandini: It’s been a long time since we met. Where (a) ---------------------------------all these years? Niharika:   In Delhi. How about you? What (b)------------------------------- nowadays? Nandini:   I’m a fashion designer looking for a job. Last time we met you were still studying. (c)----------------------business management? Niharika: In 2001. Actually I’m here for an interview with a multinational. (a) (i)  had you been   (ii)  were you   (iii)   are you            (iv)   have you been (b) (i) are you doing   (ii)  will you be doing   (iii)  have you been doing    (iv)  had you been doing (c) (i)  Are you doing   (ii) When did you finish  (iii)  How did yo...

   Read the following dialogue and then complete the report by choosing the correct       options from the ones given below. ( 3 marks) Utkarsh: I have lost my wallet Inspector: How did you lose it? Utkarsh: My pocket was picked Inspector: Where did it happen? Utkarsh: In the local market, sir.   Utkarsh reported to the inspector (A)_______lost his wallet. The inspector asked him (B)___________Utkarsh replied(C)________.The inspector further asked him where it had happened.  Utkarsh replied that it had happened in the local market. a. i) that I had          ii) that he had                iii) that he has      iv) that I have b. i) how he has lost it            ii) how he had lost it.          iii) how had he lost it. iv) how he had lost that  c. i) my pocket has been picked...

 .  GRAMMAR (10 marks) 5. Choose the correct options to fill in the blanks to complete the note about  the Wangala Festival of Meghalaya. (3x1)  The Wangala (i)___festival for the Garo in Meghalaya, Assam and Nagaland. It is a  post harvest festival (ii)__ the end of the agricultural year. It is popularly known as ‘The Hundred Drums’ festival. During the signature dance, the leading warrior (iii)___ with synchronised dance steps and specific hand-head movements. (i) a) is important b) are an important c) was the important d) is an important (ii) a) being celebrated for marking b) celebrated to mark c) celebrated to marking d) being celebrated for mark (iii) a) leads the youngsters b) is lead the youngsters  youngster c) was leading the youngsters d) had leads the youngsters s   6. Choose the correct options to fill in the blanks to complete Venu’s narration. (3x1)  Venu: Suppandi, what are you doing standing all alone here? Suppandi: Uncle, I’m tr...

                    JUST   GRAMMAR- 1. Choose the most appropriate options from the ones given below to complete the      following passage. Father wanted (a) _______ say something but the bus had started moving. I saw (b)__________ father receding into the distance. I saw(c)_________________ the road we had come by looked like a giant motionless rope. Father(d)_____________ use the same road to go back home. Simultaneously our journey started(e)_____ two opposite directions, with(f)_____________ seated in the luxurious seat of a bus and father walking back with weary legs on the pebble stream road.                       a. i) too              ii)so              iii)to     ...

  Q1   Read the following passage carefully.                                                                             Sponsored Festivals This is the high noon of the Age of Sponsorship. For several years now, we have become used to all kinds of events being sponsored. In many newspapers, every possible feature, barring the editorials, is sponsored. Even the daily weather report is. Student organizations, which were once content to hold low-key festivals in their college, now find corporate sponsors and get massive media exposure for such events.   Ganesh Chaturthi, the festival was once ...