Integrated Grammar Solved Exercises: Active & Passive | English Grammar Advanced - Class 10 PDF Download

1. The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in each of the lines indicated. Write the incorrect word and the correction in the space provided.

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2. Read the following headlines and use the information to complete the following sentences.

i. CHENNAI REGION TOPS AGAIN IN CBSE X
The Chennai region ___________________________________ for the second consecutive year, with 96.18 % of students clearing the CBSE exam in 2010.
Ans.  i. The Chennai region ___topped in CBSE X__ for the second consecutive year, with 96.18 % of students clearing the CBSE exam in 2010.

ii. HEATWAVE IN NORTH INDIA TO SUBSIDE NEXT WEEK
 The Indian Meteorological Department formally announced _______________________.
 Ans. The Indian Meteorological Department formally announced _that the heatwave will subside next week in north India_.

iii. HUTS DESTROYED IN FIRE
About 100 huts near Vyasarpadi railway station _________________________ that broke out early on Friday.
Ans.  About 100 huts near Vyasarpadi railway station _have been destroyed in a fire_ that broke out early on Friday.

iv. EXPERT SEES TREMENDOUS SCOPE FOR LITERATURE GRADUATES
 Education Consultant Mr Jayan Gandhi's advice to media aspirants was _____.
 Ans. Education Consultant Mr Jayan Gandhi's advice to media aspirants was _that there was tremendous scope for literature graduates__.

v. SEVEN KILLED IN ROAD ACCIDENT
 Twelve people were injured and __________.
 Ans. Twelve people were injured, and _seven were killed in the road accident__.

3. Complete the advertisement for a five-star hotel in Kolkata by writing suitable words and phrases in each space from the given options.

At a time when hotels (a) _________ in character, the Hotel Park-View, Kolkata, strikes a distinctive note. Its five-star amenities, comfort and unique personalized service (b) _________ . (c) ____________, it has 80 rooms and 16 luxury suites. No holiday is complete unless (d) ______. Before this luxury hotel appeared on the Kolkata scene, (e) _________ an unfettered view of the famous Howrah Bridge.

(a) (i) are seeming to growing similar
(ii) seem to be growing similar
(iii) seem to be grow similar
(iv) seemed to be growing similar

(b) (i) made it the ideal hotel for tourists
(ii) make it a ideal hotel for the tourist
(iii) make it an ideal hotel for tourists
(iv) make it the ideal hotel for a tourist

(c) (i) Located along Chowringee Lane, and facing the Hooghly
(ii) Located on a Chowringee Lane, and faced the Hooghly
(iii) Located by the Chowringee Lane, and it faced the Hooghly
(iv) It is located along Chowringee Lane, and is faced the Hooghly

(d) (i) it included the stay at a Hotel Park-View
(ii) it includes a stay at the Hotel Park-View
(iii) it includes a stay at the Hotel Park-View
(iv) which include a stay at Hotel Park-View

(e) (i) there was none which could offer
(ii) there is none which can offer
(iii) there is none which could offered
(iv) there was none which was offering

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At a time when hotels (a) _ (ii) seem to be growing similar ___ in character, the Hotel Park-View, Kolkata, strikes a distinctive note. Its five-star amenities, comfort and unique personalized service (b) __(iii) make it an ideal hotel for tourists___ . (c) _ (i) Located along Chowringee Lane, and facing the Hooghly___, it has 80 rooms and 16 luxury suites. No holiday is complete unless (d) _ (ii) it includes a stay at the Hotel Park-View___. Before this luxury hotel appeared on the Kolkata scene, (e) __(i) there was none which could offer____ an unfettered view of the famous Howrah Bridge.

4. Complete the following passage about Aung San Suu Kyi by filling up the blanks with suitable options.

Aung San Suu Kyi (a) _______ a figurehead for Myanmar's struggle for democracy (b) ________ 1988. She was educated in Burma, India, and the United Kingdom, (c) __________ she got her PhD. In 1988 she returned home (d)__________ for her dying mother. Myanmar was in political chaos (e) ________ a new military junta took power. A nationwide uprising (f) _______ the Generals started and Suu Kyi (g) __________ for freedom and democracy. Suu Kyi was kept (h) __________ house arrest for the best part of two decades till 13 November, 2010. She was awarded the Nobel Prize.

(a)
(i) has been  
(ii) had been
(iii) was
(iv) is become

(b)
(i) from
(ii) since  
(iii) between
(iv) in

(c)
(i) when
(ii) there
(iii) here
(iv) where 

(d)
 (i) caring
(ii) cared
(iii) to care 
(iv) cares

(e)
(i) before
(ii) after
(iii) when 
(iv) where

(f)
(i) opposed
(ii) opposite
(iii) against 
(iv) again

(g)
(i) is campaigned
(ii) campaigning
(iii) campaigned 
(iv) was campaigning

(h)
(i) in
(ii) above
(iii) below
(iv) under 

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Aung San Suu Kyi (a) _ (i) has been___ a figurehead for Myanmar's struggle for democracy (b) __  (ii) since__ 1988. She was educated in Burma, India, and the United Kingdom, (c) _(iv) where __ she got her PhD. In 1988, she returned home (d)__ (iii) to care__ for her dying mother. Myanmar was in political chaos (e) _(iii) when___ a new military junta took power. A nationwide uprising (f) __ (iii) against __ the Generals started, and Suu Kyi (g) _(iii) campaigned___ for freedom and democracy. Suu Kyi was kept (h) _(iv) under ___ house arrest for the best part of two decades till 13 November 2010. She was awarded the Nobel Prize.

5. Mohini met her friend Rajiv at the bus stand after a gap of five years. Later Mohini writes to her friend, Rekha about their conversation. Read the dialogue given below and complete the letter that follows.

Dear Rekha,

You won't believe whom I met at the bus stand yesterday! Rajiv. I told him that it was nice to meet him as (a)................... He informed me that (b) ................... Masters in Business Administration. He returned a week ago after spending three years in the United States. I asked him (c) .................... and he told me that he did. When I asked him if he was back in India for good he said that he (d) .............................. and that he would be going back the next week.

With love
Mohini

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Dear Rekha,

You won't believe whom I met at the bus stand yesterday! Rajiv. I told him that it was nice to meet him as (a)we hadn't met for ages. He informed me that (b) he was in US doing Masters in Business Administration. He returned a week ago after spending three years in the United States. I asked him (c) if he had a good time there and he told me that he did. When I asked him if he was back in India for good he said that he (d) was here for his brother's wedding and that he would be going back the next week.

With love
Mohini

6. The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in each of the lines. Write the incorrect word and the correction in your answer sheet as given below against the correct blank number. Remember to underline the word that you have supplied.

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