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ASSET PRACTICE QUESTIONS (28- 30 November)

SKILLS: UNDERSTANDS THE USAGE OF GRAMMAR CONCEPTS


KNOWS PUNCTUATION AND SENTENCE FORMATION

1. Which of these sentences is grammatically correct?

a) My friend and myself are late today.


b) I told myself that it was just a shadow.
c) She expects myself to bring lunch for her.
d) Myself can clean the blackboard in the morning.

2. Which of these is GRAMMATICALLY INCORRECT?


a) A herd of cows was seen grazing in the fields yesterday evening.
b) Both a herd of cows as well as a sheep were seen grazing in the fields.
c) Neither a cow nor a sheep were spotted at the fields yesterday evening.
d) A cow, along with a flock of sheep, was spotted at the fields yesterday evening.

3. Which of these rewrites the given sentence correctly in direct speech?

The old man exclaimed with sorrow that his only son had died.

a) The old man said, ''My only son has passed away.''
b) The old man said, ''Oh my only son had passed away.''
c) The old man said, ''Alas! My only son has died.''
d) The old man said, ''Alas, my only son has died''

4. Which of these newspaper headlines is in the Active Voice?


a) 'Secret Military Codes Stolen'
b) 'A Robot That can Respond Designed'
c) 'Asian Jailed for Six Months for Bomb Hoax'
d) 'HC Rejects Appeal for Another Entrance Test'
5. Which of these rewrites the given sentence in its NEGATIVE FORM without changing the
meaning?

He only said and did what he sincerely believed.

a) He said and did nothing but what he sincerely believed.


b) He only said and did everything that he sincerely didn't believe.
c) He only said and did nothing that he did not want to believe.
d) He only said and didn't do what he sincerely didn't believe.

6. Who has created this beautiful painting?

Which of these rewrites the above sentence in the Passive Voice correctly?

a) By whom is this beautiful painting created?


b) This beautiful painting had been created by whom?
c) For who is this beautiful painting being created?
d) By whom has this beautiful painting been created?’

7. Which of these sentences has no mistake?


a) He said, ''You are correct.''
b) He said, ''you are correct''.
c) He said ''you are correct''.
d) He said, ''You, are correct.''

8. Choose the option which best completes the sentence.

The computational speed of computers ________ in the last few years.

a) have doubled
b) has doubled
c) is doubling
d) had doubled

9. To which political party did Abraham Lincoln belong when he became the President?
a. Democratic
b. Green
c. Conservative
d. Republican
10. In which famous speech of his did Abraham Lincoln stress about the importance of a
government ‘of the people, by the people, for the people’?
a. Lincoln’s Inauguration Speech
b. The Gettysburg Address
c. Emancipation Proclamation
d. The Speech at the Ford Theatre

11. What was Abraham Lincoln’s nickname?


a. Unconditional Surrender
b. His Fraudulency
c. Preacher President
d. Honest Abe

12. ‘He will have to know that all men are not just, that all men are not true.’ These lines convey,
a. A one-sided view of life
b. The harsh reality of life
c. Lincoln’s favourite quote
d. Lincoln’s advice to his best friend

13. ‘10 cents earned is far more value than a dollar found’ stresses,
a. The importance of hard work
b. The role of luck in one’s life
c. That hard earned money has greater value than easy money
d. It is not easy to earn money

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