CBQ Grammar worksheet: Board PYQs | Latest Pattern | Board Exam 2024-25
Practise the following Competency-Based Board PYQs & Score High Marks in Board Exam in Feb 2025.
Attempt any TEN of the following questions : (10x1 = 10 Marks)
(i) Given below is the conversation between Sunil and a police officer. Complete the sentence by reporting it correctly.
Sunil : Where is my car, sir ? I parked it here.
Police officer : The car has been towed away as you parked it in the ‘No Parking’ zone.
Sunil asked the police officer where his car was that he had parked there. The police officer replied that the car had been towed away as ______________.
(ii) Complete the following, by filling in the blank with the correct option :
People who do not recycle items like bottles and cans ____________ the world’s resources.
(A) will waste
(B) have wasted
(C) waste
(D) are wasting
(iii) The following line has an error, which is underlined. Select the correct option from the choices given below to replace the underlined word.
She may play the piano when she was only eleven.
(A) could (B) ought to (C) must (D) should
(iv) Choose the correct option to complete the statement.
I feel certain that Soham _____ in his new business because he works so hard all the time.
(A) is succeeding
(B) will succeed
(C) has succeeded
(D) will be succeeding
(v) Fill in the blank by using the correct form of the word in the brackets, for the given portion of a letter.
Dear sir,
This is to inform you that our school has _____(decide) to place an order with your company for computers.
(vi) Report the dialogue between an employer and Raman. Complete the sentence using reported speech.
Employer : Can you manage the post of a public relations executive ?
Raman : I am sure I will be able to do the job competently.
The employer asked Raman ______________. Raman assured him that he would be able to do the job competently.
(vii) Fill in the blank by using the correct form of the word in the brackets.
Several new species of plants have recently ___________. (discover)
(A) discovered
(B) been discovered
(C) being discovered
(D) have discovered
(viii) Identify the error and supply the correction in the given sentence.
I come across this beautiful painting in an antiques store last week.
Error | Correction |
(ix) Select the correct option to fill in the blank in the given conversation.
Mother : What were you doing at the bank yesterday ?
Son : I ____________ ask my bank manager for a loan, and luckily, I managed to get it.
(A) had to
(B) need to
(C) used to
(D) ought to
(x) Select the option that identifies the error and supplies the correction in the given sentence :
Air pollution is continuous damaging the whole ecological system affecting the lives of plants and animals as well.
(xi) Fill in the blank by choosing the correct option to complete the sentence.
It was so dark that I fell down the stairs last night. I___________ fixed the light.
(A) must have
(B) would have
(C) could have
(D) should have
(xii) Sameer and Arun had a conversation about the importance of planting trees. Report Arun’s question.
What is the importance of planting trees ?
Answer Key
i. he had parked it in the ‘No Parking’ zone
ii. C. waste / D. are wasting
iii. A. could
iv. B. will succeed
v. decided
vi. if/whether he could manage the post of a public relations executive
vii. B. been discovered
viii. Error – Correction come - came
ix. A. had to
x. Error – Correction
B. continuous continuously
xi. D. should have
xii. Arun asked Sameer what the importance of planting trees was
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