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QUESTION SETS I ENGL1SH YUVAKBHARATI-s

TD. XI

(A) LANGUAGE
STUDY (GRAMMAR)
ACTIVITIES WITH ANSWERSs

SET 1

Activities
B1. Do as directed/Transformation of sentences
( ) Start a waste segregatlon system in your building, sth
neighbourhood. (Rewrte using a modal auxt
auxiliary denot
compulston.)
(2) Using insecticides really ends up polsoning the familt
(Rewrite beginning
(3) Inform people in advance and get your friends toen
to pick up litter in a public place. (Rewrte as a
gethe
simple
sentence.
B2. Spot the error/s in the given sentence and rewrite the com
sentence:
Ram, my grandson, is accustomed with hard works.

Answers
Bl. (1) You must start a waste segregation system in your buldng
school or neighbourhood.
(2) If you use insecticides, you will really end up poisoningte
family.
(3) After informing people in advance, get your friends togete
up litter in a public place.
to plck
B2. Ram, my grandson, is accustomed to hard work.

SET2
Activities
B1. Do directed/Transformation of sentences
as
lamatw
(1) It was thoroughly enjoyable. (Rewrtte as an excu
sentence.)
demonstra

(2) Teachers and children working together have deno

ent
e
an
amazing ablity to usher in change. (ldentiJy
and state the tense.) or
on.
(3) There is no better way to reduce alr polluao on o
c a r s

jams than to physlcally reduce the number o

olfca
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streets. (Reurtte the 1ANOUAGR ATUDY 101

degree of compartson.) sentence changtng to the

Sentence the superlattne
pot the error/s in the
82. glven sentence d rewrite the correet
gentencet and
One of the boy were present at the spot.
AnWers

How enjoyable it Wast

gl.hac demonstrated -

Present Perfect Tense

(3) The best way to reduce air
pollution, or traffic Jams is to
hysically reduce
phy the number of cars on our
streets.
2.
One ofthe boys was present at the spot.

SET 3
Activities

B1. directed/Transformation of sentences:

as dire

(1) Only at 1.3 llion billion would the earth be too hot to be
habitable. (Rewrte ustng 'so.that)
12) Though population has grown, the rate of growth has fallen
sharply. (Rewrite as a compound sentence.)
(9) They arrived at this figure by calculating the amount of heat
a human body emits. (Rewrite using the noun form of the
underltned word.)
B2. Spot the error/s in the glven sentence and rewrite the correct
sentence
Asword was hanging higher on his heads.

Answers:
BL. (1) Only at 1.3 million billion would the earth be so hot that it
would not be habitable.
2) The population has grown but the rate of growth has fallen
sharply.
S They arrived at this figure by calculating the amount of heat
emission of a human body.
82. 4
SWord was
hanging high on his head.
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SET 4

Activities
directed/Transformation of sentences :
B1. Do as
(1) I have great reverence for India's heritage. (Rewrite usin
using
of the underlned word.)
the verb form
(2) My alm was to acquaint Indian children with their herltae

(Rewrite beginning Tt.

(3) I . . . . visit my native place these holidays. (FUl in the
blanks wth a modal auxilary showtng possibility,)
B2. Spotthe error/s in the given sentence and rewrite the correet
sentence:
The little boy was hurt badly, isn't he?

Answers3
B1. (1) I greatly revere India's heritage.
(2) It was my aim to acquaint Indian children with ther

heritage.
(3) I may/might visit my native place these holidays.
B2. The little boy hurt
was badly. wasn't he?
SET 5
Activities:
B1. Do as
directed/Transformation of sentences:
() The sight of the accident was enough to shake up ne
driver. (Pick out the phrasal verb.)
(2) It is a book about the (Reure

transformation of Inda. t
beginning The book...)
(3) Radha said to the
teacher, "I feel very happy o
mother at home."
(Change it into indirect speect
2.
Spot thhe error/s in the
given sentence and rewrite
or
sentence
The children in the
park was playing hide-and-see
Answers
B1. (1)
phrasal verb-shake up
(2) The book is
about the
3) Radha told the transformation of India
teacher that she felt very napP1 hP
PPy tohelp
mother at home.
B2. The children in the
park were
playing hide-anu seek.
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SET 6

A c t i v i t i e s

Do as directedTransformation of sentenees t
(1) The duck was excellent in
swimming (Rewrite ustng the
stmple past tense of to excel)

ol The cagle was a problem child and was

disciplined severely.
(Rewrite as a
complex sentence.)
3) An abnormal eel that could swim exceedingly well and also
run. climb and ny a little had the highest average. (Rewrite
using able')

LSoot the error/s in the given sentence and rewrite the correct
82
sentence:

He is youngest boy in group.

bowollol e
Answers
The duck excelled in swimming.
B1. (1)
2) The eagle, who was a problem child, was disciplined

severely
(3) An abnormal eel that was able to swim exceedingly well and
also run, climb and ly a little had the highest average.
B2. He is the youngest boy in the group.

SET 7
Activities:
B1. Do as directed/Transformation of sentences:
(1) Even supporters of micro-credit sometimes view this as an
impossible dream which we use to motivate ourselves and
our workers. (ldentify the clauses.)
1 0 me, a world without poverty means that every person
would have the ability to take care of his or her owm basic
needs. (Rewrite using can
Kevenue was obtained through advertising (Add a question
tag.)
B2.
Spot the error/s
Pot the
erro in the given sentence and rewrite the correct

sentence
Mr. Mehta is one of the richest businessman in city
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Answers of
micro-credit
sometimes view this as an
thie

Even supporters
B1. (1) -

Main Clause
dream
imposslble motivate ourselves and
use to Our
which we
(Relative) Clause
workers Subordinate Adjective
mecans that every person
me, a
world without poverty
(2) To his or her
o w n basic
needs.
take care of
can advertising, wasn't it?
obtained through
Revenue was
(3) rlchest businessmen
in the city
is one of the
B2. Mr. Mehta
SET
Activities
directed/Transformation of sentences:
B1. Do as
be published in 1969-70.
Krishna' was the first comic, to
(1) two sentences to
Shakuntala. (Join the
It was followed by
Jorm asimple sentence.)
education teachers decided to
(2) In a meeting, the physical
the playground
. . . . . .

warn-u
spend two hours
with proper prepositions
activities. (Fll tn the blanks
the positive aeyi
3) T have more books than you. (Rewrite in
of comparison.) rect

B2. Spot the error/s in the given sentence and rewrite the co

sentence:
There was a bitter quarrel among the two group.

Answers 1969-70.
was
in
B1. (1) Krishna', the frst comic, published
followed by Shakuntala.
(2) In a meeting, the physical education teachers ctivities.
is
spend two hours on the playground for warm-up
(3) You do not have as many books as I have.
B2. There was bitter
a
quarrel between the two gOu
SET 9
Activities
B1. Do as
directed/Transformation of sentences rrles these

(1) Most mportant of all, is the issue

of who
cellphones n today's India. (Frame a Wh-ques
the underlined
part as the answer)
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des have
tudes have als
also changed. (Rewrtte beginning There..)
(3
(2)
making a huge dillerence, (Rewrite as a thetorlcal
makin

It is
(3)
questlon.)

B2. S p o tt h e
the error/s in the given sentence and rewrite the correct

ent
never rused she of breaking the glass, didn't 1?
pentence

Angwrers

important of all?
is most
(1) What
B1. (2)
2) There
is also a
There is change in attitudes.
it making a huge difference?
13) Isn't
accused her of breaking the
Inever glass, did 1?
SET 10

Activities:

81. Do as directed/Transformation of sentences:

()It was tough. It was intellectually satisfying, (Jotn the
sentences to make a slngle complex sentence.)
2) A bullock might become available after others have done
their sowing, (Pick out the modal and state what it
denotes.)
(3) They would generate extra demand in the market to make
the world economy grow. (Change the volce.)
B2. Spot the error/s in the given sentence and rewrite the correct
sentence:
We have no control over what the government do.

Answers:
BI. (1) Though it was tough, it was intellectually satisfying
(2) might possibility
-

Extra demand would be

generated in the market (by them)
to make the world
economy grow.
4.We have no control over what the government does.
 (B) LANGUAGE STUDY (CRAMMAR
ACTIVITIES FOR PRACTICE

SET1
Activities
B1. Do as
directed/Transformation of sentences:
(1) The researcher predicts 2000 - storey buildings to hoi

[Reurlte ustng that)

burgeoning earth population.
trouble finding housing on the
(2) We might have SaTe
hemisphere as our workplace, or any sunlight ever in o
homes. (Rewrite using 'not only....but also')
causes total paralysis
(3) It invades the nervous system and
(Rewrite ustng the ing' form of the underlined wor
B2. Spot the error/s in the given sentence and rewrite the comed

sentence
She was taken with surprise when she saw the beau
monument.

SET 2
Activities:
B1. Do as directed/Transformation of sentences WOL

() A poverty-free world would not be perfect. but

(Reuwrile
be the best approximation of the ideal.
Though...) lifestyle be
l C e s in
(2) There would always remain difterences topA
at
Peopie at the bottom of society and those
levels. (Plck out the prepositions.) (Rewrit
N

world?

13) Can we
really create a poverty-free
possible') n drewritethe
c u

B2, Bpot the error/s in the given sentence a n

Bentence
Glve each
boys in the class an uniforn.
SET 3
Activities e i t h e rl a
B1. Do
directed/Transformation of
as netne
s e n t e n c e s

(1)The Laxnan Rekha episode is not there i Ustng

m

Ramayan or Ram Charit Manas. (

Rewrlte

HOr)
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blographie
ries, and
(2)
istorical
of research. (Prame a
nythology took several
m

u
o

n
n

d
t

e
h

r
s

l i n e d
part as the ansuer) Whqueston to get the

(3) We did
a lot of reading and research to
decide whether to
the Amar Chitra Katha version.
chude it in (Pick out the
erbtverbs and tdentify the tense.)
8 2 . S p o tt h e
error/s in the given sentence and rewrite the
correct
sentence:

yesterday?
was you
Where
SET 4

Transformation
A c t i r i t i c s

directed/Tra of sentences
Do
as

1
BI.

(1)
ades need to follow strict rules. (Rewrite using 'must"')
on themonitor at the back. (Change the volce.)
Heswitched
1 The increased water levels resulted in a better and yield
more grass for animals to graze. (Rewrite using not only..

but also.)

2 Spot the error/s in the given sentence and rewrite the correct
sentence:

besides each other in complete silence.

The two girls sat
SET5
Activities:

BI. Do as directed/Transformation of sentences:

(1) The boys came to school whenever they felt like it. (dentify

the clauses.)
(2) This step was taken but rarely. (Rewrite as a negative

sentence.)
of course,
important of my subsidiary roles
was,
3) The most

to act as a scribe. (Change the degree.)

the correct
Spot the error/s in the given sentence and rewrite
sentence:
A most important thing in world is mother's love.