Midterm Examination 2024-25 Grade-X Revision Worksheet Answer Key Grammar
Midterm Examination 2024-25 Grade-X Revision Worksheet Answer Key Grammar
GRADE-X
GRAMMAR
Modals
Fill in the blanks using suitable modals
“How long (a) ……………….. or (b) ……………….. a person wait on a hungry stomach?” This thought
constantly (c) ……………….. come to an impoverished man who (d) ……………….. wait till his
unemployment days are over, “(e) ……………….. I never get two full meals?” occupies his thought box.
He (f) ……………….. not even get a chance ever to come out of this vicious circle of poverty.
Answers:
(a) can
(b) should
(c) may
(d) has to
(e) Shall
(f) might
i. Rachel _____ have brought the bicycle, but she didn’t have enough money. (could/should)
ii. This is a hospital, and you ______ not talk loudly here. (must/could)
iii. Uma ____ apply for the job she got in London. (might/would)
iv. Yusuf ____ speak fluent French when they used to stay in Paris. (must/could)
v. Take the raincoat as it _____ rain later. (might/would)
vi. You _____ visit the doctor immediately as your symptoms are quite severe. (must/ can)
5. That night every one of the boat’s crew was down with fever.
Reordering of sentences
4. hands / condemned / on / their / the / to / indoors / a lot of time / children/ rest / are / with
8. healthy person / germs / a / carry / may / of / in / body / typhoid / his / cholera / dysentery /
etc.
10. Editors / four / file / report / Manipur / FIR against / cops / over / Guild
4. The children are condemned to rest indoors with a lot of time on their hands.
8. A healthy person may carry germs of typhoid, cholera, dysentery, etc. in his body.
9. If advertisements for toothpaste were to be believed dentists will soon be out of work.
10. Manipur cops file FIR against four over Editors Guild report.
Tenses
1. Identify the tense of the sentences and then change the tense as directed:
a. The dog is barking at the postman. (Simple Present)
b. She has been working on the project for a week. (Present Perfect)
c. They will be leaving for Delhi on Monday. (Simple Future)
d. I had been living in the city for five years before I moved to the countryside. (Past
Perfect)
e. If I had known you were coming, I would have made a cake. (Simple Past)
Tenses Answers
1. Identify the tense of the sentences and then change the tense as directed:
1. The following paragraphs have not been edited. There is one error in each line. Identify the
error and write its correction against the correct blank number.
A. Incorrect Correct
B. Incorrect Correct
C. Incorrect Correct
Answers:
A.
a) who - which
b) offer- offers
c) from- for
B.
a) of- in
b) what- that
c) the- a
C. a) visiting- visit
b) a- the
c) in- on
2. In the sentences below, there are omitted words. Insert the required word to complete the
omission exercise.
Passage B
Omission Answers
1. In the sentences below, there are omitted words. Insert the required word to complete the
omission exercise.
Passage A
Passage B
a) is an important
b) be it any
d) hail from a
A. The Wangala (i)______ festival for the Garo in Meghalaya, Assam and Nagaland. It is a post
harvest festival (ii)________ the end of the agricultural year. It is popularly known as ‘The
Hundred Drums’ festival. During the signature dance, the leading warrior (iii)_________ with
synchronised 7 dance steps and specific hand-head movements.
(ii) a) being celebrated for marking b) celebrated to mark c) celebrate to mark d) being celebrated for
mark
(iii) a) leads the youngsters b) lead the youngsters c) was leading the youngsters d) had led the
youngsters
B. Global warming occurs when carbon dioxide and other air pollutants and greenhouse gases
(i)_____ absorb sunlight and solar radiation that has (ii) ____ surface. Normally, this
radiation would escape in space-but these pollutants, which can last for years to centuries in
the atmosphere, trap the heat and cause the planet (iii) _____ That's what's known as the
greenhouse effect.
(i) (a) collected in the atmosphere (b) collects in the atmosphere (c) collect into the atmosphere (d)
collect in the atmosphere
(ii) (a) bounced off the earth's (b) bouncing off the earth's (c) bounced of the earth's (d) bounce off
the earth's
(iii) (a) to get hottest (b) in getting hotter (c) to get hotter (d) to get hot
Determiners Answers:
Fill in the blanks with appropriate determiners from the given options.
1. Shail is ____ honest man who runs ____ small shop around the corner. (a, an / an, a)
2. Have you seen ____ Colosseum? It is one of the Seven Wonders of the World. (the, a)
3. Are ____ books yours? Can you share them with me? (these/this)
4. Do you have ____ sweets left? I need to buy ____. (any/few, some/several)
5. ____ students got ___ candies from the teacher. (each, some /few, a few)
6. Is ____ book Aaryan’s? I found it lying on the floor. (this/that)
7. ___ boys decided to visit ____ Selfish Giant’s garden when he wasn’t around. (some, a lot of /
some, the)
8. Do ___ boys like pizza? I thought of ordering ____. (any, the / some, one)
9. ____ boys were quarrelling over ___ toy. (both, the / each, the)
10. ___ bus met with ___ accident nearby. (the, an / a, an)
Student 1 told student 2 that he wanted to become a mathematician. Student 2 was taken by
surprise and (I) _asked for the reason_. Student 1 exclaimed (II) _that he already excelled at
dividing his attention between homework and video games_ .
2. Photographer: I want to use a drone for photographing your event. Customer: Really! Do you
usually offer this advice? Photographer: No. I don’t. Your event is in an open and picturesque area
and I want to capture the complete scene.
The photographer told the customer that she wanted to use a drone for photographing his event.
The customer exclaimed in surprise and asked (ii) _whether he usually offered that advice_. The
photographer replied in the negative and shared that (iii) _he wanted to capture the complete
scene_as his event was in an open and picturesque area.
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