CBSE Class 10 English 2024: question 3
Set in the CBSE Class 10 board exam of 2024, paper 2/4/1, section B, question 3, for 10 marks. Try it first; the hints and our step-by-step solution are below.
Q3 · 10 marks · GrammarCompetency-basedGrammar
Complete any ten of the following twelve tasks, as directed. (10 x 1 = 10)
- (i)1 mark
Read the given sentence from a science journal. Identify the error and supply the correction in the sentence. 'When nutrition therapy is provided by a qualified professional, people could learn how to make better food choices.' Use the given format for your response.
Error Correction - (ii)1 mark
Fill in the blank by using the correct form of the word in the brackets, for the given portion of a letter. Please keep me ___________ (apprise) of your next step to address this matter. Thanks for your time.
- (iii)1 mark
Sunanda and Pushkar had a conversation about their travels. Report Pushkar's question. Have you ever been to Peri Bagh?
- (iv)1 mark
Read the dialogue between Vilakshna and her physician, Dr. Sharnani, regarding the effectiveness of her medication.
Dr. Sharnani: How is your acid reflux problem now?
Vilakshna: I'd tried everything without success, but this new medicine is great.
Select the correct option to complete the reporting of the above dialogue. Dr. Sharnani asked Vilakshna about her acid reflux problem to which Vilakshna replied that she'd tried everything without success, ____________________.- (A)but she found the new medicine to be great
- (B)but she thought that this new medicine was great
- (C)but the new medicine was great
- (D)but that new medicine was great
- (v)1 mark
Identify the error and supply the correction for the given sentence from a private coaching institute's advertisement. 'Are you living a happy life? Do you want to find your identification? Do you want to enhance your career?' Use the given format for your response.
Error Correction - (vi)1 mark
Fill in the blank by choosing the correct option to complete the line from an insurance company brochure. Suitable for someone who wishes to ____________ (insure/assure/ensure) adequate financial backup. It is available to the family in case of his/her untimely death.
- (A)insure
- (B)assure
- (C)ensure
- (vii)1 mark
Select the option that identifies the error and supplies the correction for a pop-up that appeared on a webpage. 'These cookies are used to collect information about how you interact with our website and allows us to remember you.'
- (A)interact — interacted
- (B)with — to
- (C)about — for
- (D)allows — allow
- (viii)1 mark
Complete the given narrative by filling in the blank with the correct option. I __________ watching that programme every week since it started.
- (A)has been
- (B)had
- (C)have been
- (D)was been
- (ix)1 mark
Report the following dialogue between two friends who are visiting a museum, by completing the sentence.
Auronima: What are you staring at?
Soumitra: I am in awe of this beautiful painting! I have not seen anything like this before.
Auronima asked Soumitra what he was staring at. Soumitra exclaimed that he was in awe of the beautiful painting and that ______________. - (x)1 mark
Fill in the blank by choosing the correct option to complete the weather warning given by the IMD. IMD on Sunday ___________ a 'thunderstorm' alert for some districts in coastal Maharashtra in view of the extremely severe cyclonic storm Biparjoy gushing over the Arabian Sea.
- (A)will issue
- (B)will be issuing
- (C)issued
- (D)is issuing
- (xi)1 mark
Complete the slogan, by filling in the blank with the correct option. When it gets really hot, rain __________ a blessing.
- (A)should be
- (B)will be
- (C)must be
- (D)ought to be
- (xii)1 mark
Identify the error and supply the correction for the following advertisement of an antivirus software. 'A properly installed and maintained antivirus program may wipe out any malware attack, be it a bot, a virus, a Trojan or even ransomware.' Use the given format for your response.
Error Correction
Source: official question paper from cbse.gov.in (PDF). See it in the full 2024 board paper, set 2/4/1.
Hints
Open one hint at a time and try again before the next.
Hint 1
Check tense and subject-verb agreement first.
Hint 2
For reported speech, shift the tense back and change the pronouns and time words.
Hint 3
For the error-correction items, find the one word that does not fit the context.
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 mark
(i) Error: could. Correction: can. The 'when' clause is a general truth in the present tense.
- 1 mark
(ii) apprised (keep me apprised).
- 1 mark
(iii) Pushkar asked Sunanda if/whether she had ever been to Peri Bagh.
- 1 mark
(iv) D: but that new medicine was great.
- 1 mark
(v) Error: identification. Correction: identity.
- 1 mark
(vi) ensure (to make certain).
- 1 mark
(vii) D: allows → allow, to agree with the plural 'cookies'.
- 1 mark
(viii) C: have been, since 'since' and the present perfect continuous go together after 'I'.
- 1 mark
(ix) he had not seen anything like that before.
- 1 mark
(x) C: issued, because 'on Sunday' refers to a completed past action.
- 1 mark
(xi) B: will be (is also accepted).
- 1 mark
(xii) Error: may. Correction: should/will.
Answer: (i) could→can; (ii) apprised; (iii) Pushkar asked Sunanda if she had ever been to Peri Bagh; (iv) D; (v) identification→identity; (vi) ensure; (vii) D; (viii) C; (ix) he had not seen anything like that before; (x) C; (xi) B; (xii) may→should/will
Where the marks are
- Each of any ten correct answers earns 1 mark; no half marks (10 marks)
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- Chapter: Grammar
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