Friday, 25 July 2025

SDM'S KEY TO LANGUAGE PAPER GRAMMAR, STD.X, ST. JOSEPH SCHOOL, UNIT TEST: 1, -2025

Question 5

i. Fill in each of the numbered blanks with the correct form of the word given in brackets. Do not copy the passage but write in correct serial order the appropriate answer. (4)

Dommaraju Gukesh …….0 has become (become) the new poster boy for Indian Chess by ………..1 (have) eight wins at the Chess Olympiad ……….2 (hold) in Chenna1 in 2022. He ……..3 (become) India's youngest grandmaster (GM) but missed ………..4_(become) the world's youngest (GM) by just 17 days. Another remarkable feat of Gukesh is that he ……….. 5 (become) the youngest person ………. 6 (beat) the five-time world champion Magnus Carlsen.

Gukesh's mother knew that he ………..7 (has) a phenomenal memory and could grasp concepts very easily. However, to recognise the spark of talent ………8 (be) sometimes the most difficult part.

ii. Fill in each blank with an appropriate word.

1. They sent ……… the doctor.

2. The sky is covered ……… thick rain clouds.

3. I am familiar ………this place.

4.This work is entrusted………you.

5. The singer has just brought ………  his new album.

6. They quarrelled ………a trifle.

7. His mother is confined ……… bed.

8. They have been here………last week.

iii. Join the following sentences without using ‘and, but or so’.

1. Lily goes to school. Her friends go to school.

a. Lily and her friends go to school.

b. Not only Lily but also her friend goes to school.

c. Lily goes to school and also her friend.

d. Lily as well as her friends goes to school.

2. He did not do it. She did not do it.

a. He and she did not do it.

b. He neither did it nor she.

c. Neither did he do it nor did she.

d. He did not do it and she did not do it.

e. Neither he nor she did it.

3. Alok reached home. It started raining immediately.

a. As soon as Alok reached home, it started raining immediately.

b. No sooner did Alok reach home than it started raining.

c. Hardly had the rain started when Alok reached home.

d Scarcely did Alok reached home when it started raining.

4. My father is a singer. My father is a dancer.

a My father, besides being a singer, is a dancer.

b. Besides a singer my father is a dancer.

c. My father is a singer and a dancer.

d. Not only my father is a singer but a dancer also.

iv. Do as directed.

1. He said, "Father had his medicine. (Begin: He said that……..)

a. He said that father took his medicine.

b. He said father had his medicine.

c. He said that father had his medicine.

d. He said that father had had his medicine.

2. The boy is so short that he cannot open the door. (Use: too)

a. The boy is too short that he cannot open the door.

b. The boy is too short to not open the door.

c. The boy is too short to open the door.

d. The boy is too short not to open the door.

3. I did not know that the roof would fall in. (Begin: Little.....)

a. Little I knew about the roof falling in.

b. I knew little that the roof would fall in.

c. Little did I know that the roof would fall in.

d. Little did I know that the roof will fail in.

4.1 am as strong as she. (Use: stronger)

a. l am stronger than her.

b. She is not stronger than I.

c. She is not more stronger than me.

d. I am not more stronger than her.

5. Lata is one of the best girls in the class. (Begin: Most of......)

a. Most of the girls in the class are not as good as Lata.

b. Most other girls in the class are not as good as Lata.

c. Most of the girls in the class are as good as Lata.

d. Most of the girls is not as good as Lata in the class.

6. A man is known by the company he keeps. (Begin: Everyone…….)

a. Everybody knew the man by his company.

b. Everyone knew the man by his company.

c. Everyone has known the man by the company he keeps.

d. Everyone knows a man by the company he keeps.

7. They rejected our suggestions. (Use: did)

a. Did they reject our suggestions?

b. They did not reject our suggestions.

c. They did reject our suggestions.

d. Didn't they reject our suggestions?

8. He is sometimes late to school. (Use: always)

a. He is not always on time to school.

b. He is always early to school.

c. He is not always early to school.

d. He is sometimes early to school.

Answers:

i. 1. having, 2. held, 3. became, 4. becoming, 5. has become, 6. to beat, 7. had, 8. is

ii. 1. for, 2. with, 3. with, 4. to, 5. out, 6. over, 7. to, 8. since

iii.

1. d. Lily as well as her friends goes to school.

2. e. Neither he nor she did it.

3. b. No sooner did Alok reach home than it started raining.

4. a My father, besides being a singer, is a dancer.

iv. Do as directed

1. d. He said that father had had his medicine.

2. c. The boy is too short to open the door.

3. c. Little did I know that the roof would fall in.

4. b. She is not stronger than I.

5. a. Most of the girls in the class are not as good as Lata.

6. d. Everyone knows a man by the company he keeps.

7. c. They did reject our suggestions.

8. a. He is not always on time to school.

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