Practice Paper January 2022

English Language
Answer key

A. Change the following sentences as directed.

i. I have bought a new bike. (Change to passive voice)
A new bike has been bought by me.
ii. He was refused admittance. (Change to active voice)
They refused him admittance.
iii. Do not insult the weak. (Change to passive voice)
Let the weak not be insulted.

B. Convert the following sentences as directed.

i. I said that I would visit him the next day. (Convert into direct speech)
I said, ‘I will visit him tomorrow.’
ii. Abdul said that he had seen that picture. (Convert into direct speech)
Abdul said, ‘I have seen this picture.’
iii. Ulysses asked, ‘Have you anything to tell me, little bird?’ (Convert into
indirect speech)
Ulysses asked the little bird if it had anything to tell him.

C. Combine each set of sentences into one simple sentence as directed in the brackets.
i. My father heard of my success. He was overjoyed. (By using infinitive)
My father was overjoyed to hear my success.
ii. They refused to listen my proposal. Their refusal was firm. (By using adverb)
They firmly refused my proposal.
iii. Kalidas wrote the Shakuntala. He was a great poet and dramatist. (By using
noun or phrase)
Kalidas, a great poet and dramatist, wrote the Shakuntala.

D. Change the following sentences as instructed.

i. Shall I ever forget those happy days? (Change into Assertive sentence)
I shall never forget those happy days.
ii. He attended the ceremony. (Change into Negative sentence)
He did not fail to attend the ceremony.
iii. He is leading a miserable life. (Change into Exclamatory sentence)
What a miserable life he leads!

E. Rewrite the following sentences according to the instructions given.

i. No sooner did he saw me than he took to his heals. (Begin: As soon as…)
As soon as he saw me, he took to his heals.
ii. The prisoner confessed his guilt. (Replace noun with an adjective)
The prisoner confessed that he was guilty.
iii. He is so weak that he cannot move about. (Replace so…that with too…to)
He is too weak to move about.
iv. The slaves were beaten without mercy. (Replace noun with an adverb)
The slaves were beaten mercilessly.
v. They will wash the car, _____? (Add Question tag)
Won’t they?
vi. Only the brave deserves the reward. (Begin: None…)
None but the brave deserves the reward.