HSC Board Activity Sheet (2021)

 Language study

   1.      He shook his head regretfully

         (  choose the correct alternative to get the present perfect tense form of the given sentence )

1. He shakes his head regretfully

2.  He has shaken his head regretfully ✅️

3.  He had shaken his head regretfully

4. He will shake his head regretfully

2.  I will not open my mouth.

    ( Choose the correct alternative to get the affirmative form without changing the meaning of sentence )

a. I will not close my mouth

b. I will open my mouth 

C.  I will shut my mouth  ✅️

3. Use the correct articles and rewrite the sentence 

i) Covid-19 is one of the most hazardous diseases  witnessed by the world.

ii)  As soon as the captain gave an order, the soldiers fired. ( Choose the correct alternative to get 

' No sooner......  Form of the given sentence )

a) No sooner the captain gave an order than the soldiers fired

b) No sooner did the captain give an order than the soldiers fired ✅️

c) No sooner does the captain give an order than the soldiers fired

d) No sooner has the captain given an order than the soldiers fired.

iii)  The teacher said, " The Earth revolves around the Sun. "

(  Choose the correct alternative to get the indirect narration of the given sentence )

a. The teacher said that the Earth revolved around the Sun.

b. The teacher said that the Earth is revolving around the Sun.

C. The teacher said that the Earth had revoved around the sun.

d. The teacher said that the Earth revolves around the Sun. ✅️

iv) Spot the error & rewrite the correct sentence.

I know a man which is very tall.

I know a man who is very tall.✅️

4.  A child spends a major portion of his life in taking formal education

(  Choose the correct alternative that indicates modal auxiliaries showing ' Obligation ' )

a. A child shoud spend a major portion of his life in taking formal education.

b. A child must spend a major portion of his life in taking formal education. ✅️

C.  A child will spend major portion of his life in taking formal education.

d. A child can spend a major portion of his life in taking formal education

5. A peer group has its own  group structure and expectations from its members.

( Choose the correct alternative to get ' not only... but also form of the above sentence.)

a. A peer group has not only its own group structure but also expectations from its members. ✅️

b. A peer group not only has its own group structure but also expectations from its members.

c. Not only a peer group has its own group structure but also expectations from its members.

d. A peer group has its own group structure not only but also expectations from its members.