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EnglishCBSE Class 10 · Board exam 2023, set 2/6/1 · 10 marks · Grammar

CBSE Class 10 English 2023: question 3

Set in the CBSE Class 10 board exam of 2023, paper 2/6/1, section B, question 3, for 10 marks. Try it first; the hints and our step-by-step solution are below.

Q3 · 10 marks · GrammarGrammar

Attempt any TEN of the following questions: 10 x 1 = 10

  1. (i)

    Fill in the blank by choosing the correct option: You should ____ your mother for your rude behaviour.

    1. (a)apologise for
    2. (b)apologise at
    3. (c)apologise with
    4. (d)apologise to
    1 mark
  2. (ii)

    Read the conversations between a customer and a waiter. Complete the sentence by reporting the waiter's reply correctly. Customer: Waiter, come here. The plate is dirty. Waiter: I'll change it sir. The customer asked the waiter to come there. He pointed out that the plate was dirty. The waiter politely offered _______.

    1 mark
  3. (iii)

    Select the correct option to fill in the blank for the given sentence: _____ you help me cross the road, young man?

    1. (a)Will
    2. (b)May
    3. (c)Shall
    4. (d)Might
    1 mark
  4. (iv)

    Select the option that identifies the error and supplies the correction for the following sentence: Twenty years ago, kids at school had never even heard of the internet.

    1. (A)Error: years; Correction: year
    2. (B)Error: at; Correction: in
    3. (C)Error: had; Correction: have
    4. (D)Error: the; Correction: an
    1 mark
  5. (v)

    Complete the given narrative, by filling in the blanks with the correct option: NO NEWS _____ GOOD NEWS.

    1. (a)HAS
    2. (b)HAD
    3. (c)IS
    4. (d)ARE
    1 mark
  6. (vi)

    Fill in the blank by using the correct form of the word in the bracket: When a satellite _____ (launch), the rocket begins by going slowly upwards.

    1. (a)is launched
    2. (b)are launched
    3. (c)have been launched
    4. (d)were launched
    1 mark
  7. (vii)

    Report the dialogue between two friends Seema and Anu, by completing the sentence: Seema: What brings you here? Anu: I am going to Dr. Sen's house. In response to the question about what brought Anu there, Anu says ________.

    1 mark
  8. (viii)

    Identify the error in the given sentence and supply the correction: Behind every success film there is a lengthy creative process. (Use the format: Error | Correction)

    1 mark
  9. (ix)

    Ritu met Anita and saw her crying. Report Ritu's question. Ritu: "Anita, what is the matter?"

    1 mark
  10. (x)

    Fill in the blank by choosing the correct option to complete the slogan: _____ EDUCATED MIND CAN TEACH MANY.

    1. (a)THE
    2. (b)A
    3. (c)AN
    4. (d)THIS
    1 mark
  11. (xi)

    Select the correct option to complete the narration of a dialogue between Raj and his wife: Raj: I have invited my friends for dinner. Wife: I'll invite my friends too. Raj told his wife that he had invited his friends for dinner. The wife added that _______.

    1. (a)she will invite her friends too
    2. (b)she would invite her friends too
    3. (c)she can invite her friends too
    4. (d)she could invite her friends too
    1 mark
  12. (xii)

    Identify the error in the statement given below and supply the correction (Use the format: Error | Correction): The evil of begging is very common into our country.

    1 mark

Source: official question paper from cbse.gov.in (PDF). See it in the full 2023 board paper, set 2/6/1.

Hints

Open one hint at a time and try again before the next.

Hint 1

Check prepositions and articles first.

Hint 2

For reported speech, decide whether the reporting verb is in the past or the present, then shift tense accordingly.

Hint 3

In error-spotting, find the word that does not fit the grammar or collocation.

Step-by-step solution

Each step shows the marks it earns, as an examiner would award them. Checked by an independent re-solve from the question paper.

  1. (i) (d) apologise to. We apologise TO a person and FOR a fault.

    1 mark

  2. (ii) to change it / to change the plate. An offer with 'I'll' is reported as 'offered to + verb'.

    1 mark

  3. (iii) (a) Will. 'Will you...?' is a polite request.

    1 mark

  4. (iv) (B) Error: at; Correction: in. The phrase is 'kids in school'.

    1 mark

  5. (v) (c) is. The proverb is 'No news is good news'.

    1 mark

  6. (vi) (a) is launched. This is a passive in the present simple, with 'satellite' singular.

    1 mark

  7. (vii) that she is going to Dr. Sen's house. The reporting verb is in the present tense ('says'), so the tense does not change.

    1 mark

  8. (viii) Error: success | Correction: successful. An adjective is needed before 'film'.

    1 mark

  9. (ix) Ritu asked Anita what the matter was. A wh-question is reported with the normal word order, in the past tense.

    1 mark

  10. (x) (c) AN. 'An' is used before the vowel sound in 'educated'.

    1 mark

  11. (xi) (b) she would invite her friends too. 'Will' becomes 'would' after the past reporting verb.

    1 mark

  12. (xii) Error: into | Correction: in. The correct phrase is 'in our country'.

    1 mark

Answer: (i) d; (ii) to change it/the plate; (iii) a; (iv) B (at→in); (v) c; (vi) a; (vii) that she is going to Dr. Sen's house; (viii) success→successful; (ix) Ritu asked Anita what the matter was; (x) c; (xi) b; (xii) into→in

Where the marks are

  • Any ten sub-parts correct, 1 mark each (10 marks)

Revise the chapter

  • Chapter: Grammar
Practise this chapterBoard-style questions from Grammar, one at a time, marked against the answer key and marking points.Back to the full paper2023 board paper, set 2/6/1: every question, by section.

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