Section 1 (Language Study)
Q1) A1) Follow the given instructions :
i. Make a meaningful sentence of your own using the following phrase “to look into”
Answer: I may need to look into the reason why he failed in the exam.
ii. Pick out the infinitive from the following sentence
I just had to do it
Answer: “to do” is the infinitive in the sentence.
iii. Punctuate the following sentence:
did you hear him he whispered
Answer: “Did you hear him?” he whispered
iv. Find out two hidden words of minimum of 4 letters from:
“Endurance”
Answer: cure, race and near are some words of minimum of 4 letters from “Endurance”
v. Spot the error in the following sentence and rewrite it:
The novel was publishing in 1952
Answer: The novel was published in 1952.
vi. Complete the following word chain of verbs:
Write e ____, _____,______,_______
Answer: Enter, Remember, Report, Think
vii. Identify the type of sentence:
I could manage well enough.
Answer: “I could manage well enough” is the example of an assertive sentence.
viii. Write two past participles in which the last two letters are doubled.
Answer: ‘slipped’ and ‘dropped’ are two past participles in which two letters are doubled.
A. 2 Follow the given instructions:
i. Make two sentences by using the given word as a noun and as a verb:
dream
Answer: Use “dream” as a noun
Is that your ‘dream?’
Use “dream” as a verb
I ‘dream’ of him
ii. We saw a tree, bare of all leaves.
(Rewrite the sentence beginning with “A tree bare________)
Answer: A tree bare of all the leaves was seen by us
iii. The Dauphin will give me all I need.
(Rewrite the sentence using the present perfect tense)
Answer: The Dauphin has given me all I need.
iv. The Nobel Prize is one of the biggest honours in the world.
(Change the given sentence into positive and comparative degree)
Answer: (a) Nobel Prize is greater than most other honours in the world is a sentence
in comparative degree.
(b) Few honours in the world are as great as the Nobel Prize is a sentence in the positive degree.
B. Follow the instructions and answer the questions:
i. I must tell the truth
(pick out the model auxiliary verb and state its function)
Answer: In this sentence. “I must tell the truth”, the modern auxiliary verb used is “must”. It is used to
complete the form of a sentence. The ‘must’, used in this sentence states the need or requirement to tell
the “Truth.”
ii. Identify the clauses and name it:
The nerves that controlled his muscles were shutting down.
Answer: Adjective Clause of manner is used in this sentence.
