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Answers to Old Questions – 5

 

1. 1- 6 Ten thousand rupees is an amount. It is considered as a singular

subject.

2. 2 – a. attended (did + attend)

In tag questions none, anyone, someone, everyone etc take the subject they.

3. 3 – b. herd of cattle

team of players

group of students

fleet of ship

4. 4 – c  built (active – simple past )

was / were built (passive)

built + what ? = a bridge (object)

Object becomes subject in the passive sentence

5. 5 – b speaks very good  û

Speaks very well ü

6. 6 – a  Parts of speech means word classes.

We have 8 word classes :  1. Noun   2. Pronoun  3. Adjective

4. Verb 5. Adverb 6. Preposition  7. Conjunction  8.  Interjection
5. Noun is a naming word. (Name of anything and every thing)
6. Pronoun is a substituting word.

eg: He, She, They, it, one, we, I, You are

Instead of Ravi – he

Instead of Radha – she

3. Adjective is a qualifying word.

(It is a describing word)

eg : black bird (black describes bird)

high price (high qualifies the noun price)

4. Verb is a doing word

eg: write, wash, teach, bring, go

5. Adverb is a modifying word. It modifies a verb or an adjective or

an adverb.

eg:  1. He will soon return

(soon adds to will return)

2. She fought bravely

(bravely modifies fought)

3. She dances very speedily

(Speedily modifies the verb dances. Very modifies the

adverb speedily)

 

6. Preposition is a relating word.

eg:  a) Jack and Jill fell down

1.                               b) I am never late for school

on, in, at, of, by, off, till, out, with, across, about, below are prepositions

7. Conjuction is a joining word

eg:  a) Reghu and Hari are friends

1.     b) She came after he had left
2. c) I will stay here until you return
3. Interjection is a word of feeling

eg: oh !  oh good !  Alas !  Hurrah

 

7. 7 – d  I ( First Person) is changed into the person of the Reporting Subject

(Tom)

Verb am leaving (Present) is changed into its past form

(was leaving) because of the Reporting subject, said (past)

Tomorrow is changed into the next day

8. 8 – a and d.

Separate  ü

Excellence  û        excellence  ü

Diarroea     û        diarrhoea  ü

Queue         ü

9. 9 – d

Put out – extinguish

Put down – write something / use force to stop people opposing

Put off  –  Postone

Put up with  – folerate

Put across  – communicate

Put on  – wear

10. 10 – c
11. 11 – d sits in an arm chair

Sits on a bench

12. 12 – a
13. 13 – a
14. 14 – d

Had I known this = If I had known this

Note : If + past perfect (had known) points out that it is a III type if in

a III type If structure, ‘If’ is followed by past perfect and the main clause part takes conditional perfect tense.

 

Conditional Perfect Tense Forms :

1. Would have + P.P
2. Should have + P.P
3. Could have + P.P
4. might have + P.P
5. ought to have + P.P

 

15. 15 – a a university
16. 16 – c
17. 17 – c
18. 18 – b former x latter

Earlier x later

19. 19 – c

Note : his friends comes nearest to the verb. It is taken as subject.

20. 20 – b    to nota bene = noted carefully and important
21. 21 – b

Note : Here, Tagore is one among the greatest poets

So in the comparative degree, it should be greater than many other.

In the case of Tagore is the greatest, it should be greater than any other.

22. 22 – c Every adult is the subject in the tag question, the subject is they.
23. 23 – d III type if

If + had wanted (past perfect)

In the main clause, would have trained (conditional perfect)

24. 24 – a at my uncle’s home
25. 25 – d Yes or No question.

The connector whether is used. Instead of have you read, the reported

question is you have read.

You (II person) is changed into the person of the Reported Object

(me)

Have read is changed into had read because the Reporting Verb

(asked) is past.

26. 26 – b  will help whom ? = the poor boy (object)

It becomes the subject in the passive voice.

Will help (active)

Will be helped (passive)

27. 27 – d Two things are compared. Superlative degree (the best) is not

Possible. The suitable word is the comparative (better)

28. 28 – a   anaesthesia
29. 29 – b
30. 30 – c    dismal = gloomy
31. 31 – c collusion = a secret arrangement

Collision = crash into / clash with

Coagulation = change from fluid to solid state

Coalition  = a union of two or more parties

32. 32 – b    Simple sentence contains only one verb

Here, we have two verbs (are and can do)

We should avoid one verb.

are is changed into being (participle)

33. 33 – b    exparte – one sided
34. 34 – c    idiocy x sagacity
35. 35 – a    garland of flowers

Swarms of flys

Herd of cattle

Cluster of stars

36. 36 – c    Call for = demand / require

Call on = visit a person

Call at = visit a place

Call off  =  cancel

37. 37 – b
38. 38 – d    would you mind + ing

39      39 – b            lad x lass

40. 40 – a    II type if.

If + went (past simple)

Main clause + could see (modal past)

41. 41 – b
42. 42 – a
43. 43 – b   an hour
44. 44 – c which one of the three (subject singular)

Answersw (verb – singular)

45. 45 – d
46. 46 – b   2009 indicates past action so ran (past)
47. 47 – c   III type if clause

If + hadn’t stayed up (past perfect)

Main clause + wouldn’t have yawned (conditional perfect)

48. 48 – a along the river bank
49. 49 – c
50. 50 – a   wh – question. No connector like whether or that.

Are you working should be changed into you are working

(Reported Question)

 

You (II person) should be changed into the person of the Reporting

Object (him)

Are working  à were working

But the subject is he (singular). So was working.

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