TOPIC : INTEGRATED GRAMMAR

ANSWER KEY

Q1. The following paragraphs have not been edited. There is one error in each line.
Write the error and its correction as shown in the example.
A.

Incorrect Correct
The lives of the widows are quiet difficult, quiet quite
more difficult than we people bare think of it.  bare barely
There is always an endurance pain, anxiety endurance enduring
and fear that is well comprehending but comprehending comprehensible
cannot be easily addressed . Widowhood present present presents
a myriad of economic, social but psychological burt and
problems. A major problem is economically hardship. economically economic
Widowhood also encircles at emotional distress- at around
the survivor feels on incurring a loss.

Q2. In the following passages, one word has been omitted in each time. Write the missing word
along with the word that comes before and the word that comes after it against the correct blank
number. Ensure that the word that forms your answer is underlined.

A.

Before Missing After

India at the Olympics has always been feverish hopes, been about feverish
bruising anguish and a few medals. its debut at the medals since its
games in 1900, the world’s second populous nation second most populous
has ended up with a single-digit tally or none at all. with either a
That familiar tale is repeated a week after the is being repeated
Tokyo Olympics commenced and India is currently of three medals. currently assured of
One, a silver claimed by weight-lifter Mirabai Chanu the Chanu in the
49kg category. And second, a minimum of a bronze guaranteed boxer guaranteed as boxer
Lovlina Borgohain qualified for the semifinal in the welter-weight segment.

Q3. Rearrange the following words to make meaningful sentences.

a. The Supreme Court on Wednesday held that legislators who indulge in vandalism and
general mayhem cannot claim parliamentary privilege and immunity from criminal
prosecution
b. Vandalism on the Assembly floor could not be equated with the right to protest by
Opposition legislators.
c. Destruction of public property could not be equated with the exercise of freedom of
speech.
d. Legislators should act within the parameters of the public trust imposed on them to do
their duty. 

Q4. Fill in the blanks by choosing the most suitable option:

August has begun on a (a) ________ note in India’s coronavirus story. The seven-day weekly
average of cases (b)_______ around the psychologically important 40,000 mark and there is
an (c) ______ in daily new cases with the latest numbers a little over 41,000. A major
concern that has assumed national (d) _________ is the trajectory of cases in Kerala. With
nearly 20,000 fresh cases being added every day, it is of concern that if a state with an
(e)______ track record during the earlier wave is under (f)______ now, then many other
States could be particularly (g) ________ against new (h) _______ at the start of a third
wave.
a.
i. disconcerted
ii. disconcerting
iii. disconcertingly
iv. disconcert

b.
i. hover
ii. hovers
iii. hovered
iv. hovering

c.
i. downtick
 ii. appraisal
iii. uptick
iv. downfall

d.
i. shape
ii. design
iii. objective
iv. proportion

e.
i. admirable
ii. lucrative
iii. colourful
iv. admiring

f.
i. besiege
ii. siege
iii. cease
iv. sealed

g.
i. vulnerable
ii. endanger
iii. jeopardy
iv. failure

h.
i. variation
ii. varied
iii. variants
iv. variance

Q5. Read  the  following  dialogues  and  then  complete  the  report  by  choosing  the correct
option  from  the  ones  given  below:
 Principal : If you waste your  time  you  will  not do well in your exams.
Boys : How can we utilize our  time ?
Principal : Do hard  work and  be  disciplined.

The Principal told the boys (A) __________ . The boys  asked(B) __________. The Principal advised
them (C) __________.

(A) (a) that if he wasted  his time he  would  not do well in his exams.
(b) if  they  wasted  their time, they  would  not did well  in  their  exams
(c) that if they wasted  their  time they  would not  do  well in their exams
(d) that if  they waste their time  they  won’t do  well  in  their exams.

(B) (a) how  they  could  utilize  their  time.

(b) how  could  they  utilize  their  time.
(c) how  we  could  utilize  our time.
(d) if  how  they  could utilize their  time.

(C) (a) that do  hard work and  be  disciplined

(b) to  do  hard work and be disciplined
(c) if  did  hard work and be disciplined
(d) to  did  hard work and be  disciplined

Q6. Read the following conservation between Ritu and Reena and complete the passage below it.

Ritu : Hello Reena! Do you know that the school trip to Mussoorie has been
cancelled?

Reena : No, I didn’t know that. Why has the trip been cancelled?

Ritu : The school principal is a little worried about our safety.

Reena : Why is she worried?

Ritu : It has been raining heavily during the past four weeks. Our principal feels
that a landslide could occur in that area.

Ritu met Reena and asked her (a) if she knew that the school trip to Mussoorie had been cancelled .
Reena replied that she didn’t know that. She asked Ritu the reason behind it. Ritu told her that (b)
the school principal was a little worried about their safety . Reena asked her why she was worried.
Ritu told her (c) that it had been raining heavily during the past four weeks and the principal felt
that a landslide could occur in that area.
Q7. Read the given passage and write the passive form of the verbs underlined by choosing the
correct options from the ones given below:

Saurabh, 10 years old son of a Rohini based businessman (A) kidnap  by two motor cycle youths at
7:30 a.m. while waiting for the school bus. It  (B) report  by the eye witness  that  two  youths 
wearing  masks  were  in  their  mid-twenties. It (C) expect that they will demand heavy ransom.

(A) (a) were  kidnapped

(b) is  kidnapped
(c) was  kidnapped
(d) are  kidnapped

(B) (a) is  reported

(b) has  been  reported
(c) had  been  reported
(d) was  reported

(C) (a) was  expect

(b) is  expected
(c) will  be  expected
(d) was  being  expected

Q8.Complete  the  dialogues  by  choosing  the  correct  alternative  from  those  given  below. 

Mother  : I told you (A)__________ before going outside.

Son       : Mother, the match (B)__________, is very  tempting.
Mother  : (C)__________you can go  and enjoy the match.

(A) (a) that you  have to  complete  your work.

(b) that you  had  to  complete  your  work.
(c) if  you have  to  complete your  work.
(d) what  you have to  complete  your work.

(B) (a) which is playing outside

(b) which is being  played outside
(c) that is played outside
(d) that was  played  outside

(C) (a) if  you had to  complete  your work

(b) that you finish your work
(c) when you  finish  your work
(d) what  you finish  your work.