HSC Board English Activity Sheet (February 2023) Language study / Non -textual Grammar / Spot the error

    HSC Board English Activity Sheet (February 2023) 

Language study / Non -textual Grammar / Spot the error     ( 08 marks ) 

Q1. A5. Language study

1. 'I was quite happy getting into IIT, but my joy was short- lived '.....   ( choose the correct alternative showing proper use of 'though ')

a) Though I was quite happy getting into IIT, but my joy was short- lived.

b) I was quite happy getting into IIT, though my joy was short- lived.

C) Though I was quite happy getting into IIT,  my joy was short- lived.

D) I was quite happy though getting into IIT, my joy was short- lived

Correct Answer - c) Though I was quite happy getting into IIT,  my joy was short- lived.

2) ' I felt extremely humiliated and upset.'

( Identify the correct exclamatory form of the above sentence.)

 a) What humiliated and upset I felt!

b)  How humiliated and upset I felt!

 c) How extremely humiliated do I feel!

 d) What a humiliated and upset I felt!

Correct answer -b)  How humiliated and upset I felt!

B1. Non - Textual Grammar

Do as directed :

 1) Both the partners have signed this agreement in haste

  ( Identify the correct 'passive voice 'form of the above sentence from the alternatives given below.)

 a) This agreement had been signed in haste by both the partners.

b) This agreement has been signed in haste by both the partners.

c) This agreement have been signed in haste by both the partners.

d) This agreement was signed in haste by both the partners.

Correct answer -b) This agreement has been signed in haste by both the partners.

2) I asked my sister," What can I do for you in this matter? " ( Identify the correct 'Indirect speech' form of the above sentence from the alternatives given below)

a) I asked my sister what I could do for her in that matter.

b)He asked his sister what he could do for her in that matter.

c) I asked my sister what he could do for her in this matter.

d) He asked my sister what she could do for her in that matter.

Correct Answer - 

a) I asked my sister what I could do for her in that matter.

3) As soon as he left the house, he met with an accident. ( Identify the correct 'No Sooner…than' form of the above sentence from the alternatives given below.)

a)  No sooner does he leave the house than he met with an accident.

b) No sooner had he left the house than he met with an accident.

c) No sooner did he leave the house than he met with an accident.

d) No sooner do he leave the house than he met with an accident.

Correct Answer - No sooner did he leave the house than he met with an accident.

B2. Spot the error in the given sentence and rewrite the correct sentence.

 She has been worked in this office since 1996. 

Correct sentence - she has been working in this office since 1996.

Q2. A5. Language study:

 1) Govt. of India is encouraging medical tourism in the country. ( Choose the correct present perfect form of the given statement )

a) Govt. of India is encouraged medical tourism in the country.

b) Govt. of India had encouraged medical tourism in the country.

c) Govt. of India has been encouraged medical tourism in the country.

d) Govt. of India has encouraged medical tourism in the country.

Correct Answer - d) Govt. of India has encouraged medical tourism in the country.

2. This may make it difficult to deal with any complication.

( Identity the replaced version of the statement using the auxiliary of certainty or definiteness.)

a) This can make it difficult to deal with any complication.

b) This might make it difficult to deal with any complication.

c) This will make it difficult to deal with any complication.

d) This have made it difficult to deal with any complication.

Correct Answer - c)  This will make it difficult to deal with any complication.