Grammar from Previous years question papers

Dec 2013 (New Syllabus)

Objective Questions 

 (a)Fill in the blanks.

1 One of my sisters (is, are) going on a trip to France.

2. All of the CDs, even the scratched one, (is, are) in this case.

3. One of the students said, "(a/an/the) professor is late today."

4. (a/an/the) apple a day keeps the doctor away.

5. The dog jumped (into/onto) the lake.

6. I walk (to/towards) the amusement park.

7. Thousands of people (see) the art exhibit by the time it closes.

 (b)Do as directed.

1. One student keeps repeating what __________________. (Use present perfect

Tense and complete the sentence)

 2. The book is being read by most of the class. (Change it to active voice)

3. We made mistakes. (Change it to passive voice)

4. Do you have (some/any) food? (Use appropriate adjective)

5. When Jim studied in the Sweet Shop for his chemistry quiz, it was very noisy.

(Find out dependent clause)

 6. Custom of having many wives is called________(monogamy, polygamy, bigamy)

7. A social system in which the father is the head of the family is called________

(Matriarchy, patriarchy)

Dec-2013 (Old syllabus)

Do as directed:

i)  When I _______him, he _______ badminton. (See, play)

ii) We pass an electric current across the electrodes. (Turn into impersonal passive voice)

iii) _______ teaching, Ankit also does English coaching. (Use       Preposition)

iv) The number of tigers in the country ______ decreasing. (Is/are)

v)  Mutual exchange. (Give one-word substitute)

vi) Give any example of Homophones and use their pair in sentence of your own.

June-2013 (Old syllabus)

(b) Do as directed:                                                                                  

1. Think positive. (Change the voice)

2. The teacher, along with her students,_______the experiment.     (Start, starts)

3. Your application_______yet. (Not + receive)

4. If you work systematically, you will not face troubles. (Use ‘Unless’)

5. I go to college______foot. (Use a preposition)

(c) Use the following words in the sentences so that meaning of each can be

     understood clearly:

1. Pray – Prey 2. Sight – Site 3. Bat – Bat 4. Band – Band

Jan-2013 (Old syllabus)

(b)Do as directed.

1) We can generate heat for welding in many ways. (Turn in to impersonal

passive voice)

2) Nilesh and Vishal went____ the Hill. (Use Preposition)

3) The Quality of their products_____ satisfactory. (is/are )

4) Namrata ___ the capital of every state. (new/knew)

5) Act on another’s behalf (Give one-word substitute)

6) The Committee ____ submitted its report. (has/have)

7) Give any example of Homonyms and use the pair in sentence of your own.

June-2012(Old syllabus)

(b) Fill in the blanks with appropriate words from the brackets:

1. Mumps ………. (is, are) not common among adults.

2. Why …….. (have, has) they gone to Africa for vacation?

3. Anna Hazare and Kiran Bedi ….. ….. (hope, hopes) that ‘Jan

Lokpal Bill’ will soon become a law.

(c)Fill in the spaces by making correct choices from the brackets:

Can we see (1) ......... (if, that, when) the earth is a globe? Yes, we

can, when we (2)……….. (watch, will watch, watched) a ship that

sails out to sea. If we watch closely, we see that the ship begins (3)

........ (be disappeared, to disappear, being disappeared) . The bottom

of the ship disappears first, and then the ship seems to sink lower

and lower, (4) ......... (since, after, until) we can only see the top of

the ship, and then we see nothing at all. What is ………. (hide,

hiding, hidden) the ship from us? It is the earth. 

Dec-2011(Old Syllabus)

(b)Do as directed :

(i) Kalidas wrote Shakuntala. ( Change the voice )

(ii) The cat killed the mouse. ( Change the voice )

(iii) What is the time _______ your watch? ( Use appropriate preposition )

(iv) Ram ________to school everyday. ( Choose from :  goes, is going )

(v) I would ________extreme caution . ( Choose from : advice, advise )

(vi) Do you need _______ help? (Choose from : farther, further )

(vii)  Politics ________ the favourite of many students in    my college. ( Choose

from : is, are )

June-2011(Old Syllabus)

(b)Do as directed:

I. Each politician was making false promises. (Change the voice)

II. Is the flight ______ time. (Use appropriate preposition)

III. Everything _____ (change) with time (Use proper verb form)

IV. I will phone you when she _____ (come) back. (Use proper verb

form.

V. Over ninety ______ of the inhabitants here are given to drinking.

(percent, percentage)

VI. We made the decision on _____ grounds. (moral, morale)

VII. The Principal ______ (want) to speak to you. (Use proper verb

form) 

Jan-2011(Old syllabus)

(c)Do as Directed.

1. He was deaf ------all instructions.(to, about, with)

2. Don’t pluck the flower. (Change the voice)

3. Does he visit the library regularly? (Change the voice)

Use the following homonyms in sentences so that meaning of each can be

understood clearly.  

 1. Lead, Lead  2. Case, Case  3. Mole, Mole  4. Yard, Yard  5. File, File

Nov-2010

(b)Do as directed:      

(1) The principle ________to speak to you. (use verb form of ‘want’)

(2) By 2020, robots_______ many of the jobs that people do today. (use

verb form of ‘take over’)

(3) He usally travels to Chennai________train. (use suitable preposition)

(4) Do you need ________ help? (farther, further).

(5) Is the flight _______time? (Use suitable preposition.)

(6) Neither you nor he _______trusted. (was / were)

(b)Rewrite the following sentences using the correct verb.

(1) Will you go to school if you ______ ill.    (be)

(2) Listening is as important as _________ in a group discussion.

 (speak)

(3) If water is heated, it _______into steam.(turn)

(4) The quality of their products________ satisfactory. (is/are)

(5) The committee ______submitted its report.(has/have)

(6) Perhaps we ________ Kolkata next week. (visit)

(b)Use the following homonyms in sentences so that meaning of each can be

understood clearly

 (i) cricket, cricket  (ii) pen, pen.  (iii) Wear, Wear  (iv) Pulse, pulse

June-2010

(b) Do as directed

i)The  father explained them the exercise. (change the voice)

(ii) We all believe that she is in India.  (change the  voice)

(iii) The listening is as important as   --------------  (speak) in group  

      discussion. (use appropriate form of the verb ‘speak’)

(iv) Cotton ------------ (catch) the fire easily. (choose appropriate form of the verb ‘catch’)

(v) Please  --------- our sincere apologies.(accept, except)  (choose appropriate homophone)

(vi)You will -- -------- your deposit if you cancel the order  (lose,loose) (choose appropriate homophone)

(vii)New roads will link the  ---------- cities of the area. (principle,principal)  (choose appropriate homophone )