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Grammar Complete any ten of… (Class 10 English 2025, Q3)

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EnglishCBSE Class 10 · Board exam 2025, set 2/1/1 · 10 marks · Grammar

CBSE Class 10 English 2025: question 3

Set in the CBSE Class 10 board exam of 2025, paper 2/1/1, section B, question 3, for 10 marks. Try it first; the hints and our step-by-step solution are below.

Q3 · 10 marks · GrammarGrammar

Grammar
Complete any ten of the following twelve tasks, as directed. (10×1=10)

  1. (i)

    Fill in the blank by using the correct form of the word in the brackets, for the given portion of a letter.
    ‘Thank you for ________ (consider) my application. I look forward to working in your organization.

    1 mark
  2. (ii)

    Read the given sentence. Identify the error and supply the correction in the sentence.
    Ninety-seven percent of the Earth’s water is salty ocean water and another two percent is trapping in the Earth’s ice caps and glaciers.
    Format: Error | Correction

    1 mark
  3. (iii)

    Yukti and Sanjay had a conversation about going to a restaurant. Report Yukti’s question.
    “Does this restaurant serve good South Indian food?”

    1 mark
  4. (iv)

    Read the dialogue between Amit and his sister Ananya, regarding her travel to the railway station.
    Amit: Are you sure you can manage to go to the railway station on your own?
    Ananya: Oh yes! I have already booked a cab.
    Select the correct option to report the above dialogue.
    Amit asked Ananya ______________ to go to the railway station on her own. Ananya replied in the affirmative and said that she had already booked a cab.
    (A) if she is sure she can manage
    (B) if she was sure she could manage
    (C) if she surely can manage
    (D) if she was sure to managing

    1. (A)if she is sure she can manage
    2. (B)if she was sure she could manage
    3. (C)if she surely can manage
    4. (D)if she was sure to managing
    1 mark
  5. (v)

    Fill in the blank by choosing the correct option, to complete the sentence taken from a book about ‘Birds’.
    Each year, thousands of birds __________ (migrate/immigrate/emigrate) southwards to avoid the harsh winter, embarking on an incredible journey that spans thousands of miles.

    1. (A)migrate
    2. (B)immigrate
    3. (C)emigrate
    1 mark
  6. (vi)

    Identify and correct the error in the given line taken from an agency’s advertisement.
    Tell us much about your project and we’ll select suitable candidates for you to hire.
    Use the given format for your response.
    Error | Correction

    1 mark
  7. (vii)

    Select the option that identifies the error and supplies the correction for the following line taken from an article about growing obesity.
    Obesity in teenage children is a major concern between parents today.

    1. (A)teenage — teenagers
    2. (B)concern — concerns
    3. (C)between — among
    4. (D)today — now
    1 mark
  8. (viii)

    Complete the given narrative with the correct option to fill in the blank.
    Yesterday, Tanu walked to the park and __________ a breezy evening.
    (A) to enjoying
    (B) will enjoy
    (C) enjoyed
    (D) did enjoyed

    1. (A)to enjoying
    2. (B)will enjoy
    3. (C)enjoyed
    4. (D)did enjoyed
    1 mark
  9. (ix)

    Report the dialogue between two friends by completing the sentence.
    Bhawna: I finished the project yesterday.
    Sohail: That’s great! Are you going to present it tomorrow?
    Bhawna told Sohail that ____________. Sohail responded that it was great and asked if she were going to present it the next day.

    1 mark
  10. (x)

    Fill in the blank by choosing the correct option to complete the notice on a school notice board.
    We are pleased to announce that our Annual Sports Day _________ on 30th April, 2025 at the school playground from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
    (A) is held
    (B) will be held
    (C) had been held
    (D) to be held

    1. (A)is held
    2. (B)will be held
    3. (C)had been held
    4. (D)to be held
    1 mark
  11. (xi)

    Complete the slogan on “Save Earth”, by filling in the blank with the correct option.
    Lets join hands, cultivate conservation, and _________ a greener tomorrow for generations to come.
    (A) ensuring
    (B) ensure
    (C) ensures
    (D) ensured

    1. (A)ensuring
    2. (B)ensure
    3. (C)ensures
    4. (D)ensured
    1 mark
  12. (xii)

    Identify the error and supply the correction for the following note in an air purifier’s instruction manual.
    The plug should fit upto the outlet. If it doesn’t fit, do not force it in.
    Use the given format for your response.
    Error | Correction

    1 mark

Source: official question paper from cbse.gov.in (PDF). See it in the full 2025 board paper, set 2/1/1.

Hints

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

Hint 1

For reported speech, change the tense one step back and the time words as well.

Hint 2

For error spotting, check participle forms, quantity words and prepositions.

Hint 3

In the slogan, match the verb form with the other verbs in the sentence.

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) considering

    1 mark

  2. (ii) Error: trapping | Correction: trapped (a passive participle is needed after 'is').

    1 mark

  3. (iii) Yukti asked Sanjay if/whether that restaurant served good South Indian food.

    1 mark

  4. (iv) (B) if she was sure she could manage (backshift of tense in reported speech).

    1 mark

  5. (v) migrate

    1 mark

  6. (vi) Error: much | Correction: more (or 'something').

    1 mark

  7. (vii) (C) between – among (for more than two parties).

    1 mark

  8. (viii) (C) enjoyed (past tense, matching 'walked').

    1 mark

  9. (ix) She had finished the project the day before / the previous day.

    1 mark

  10. (x) (B) will be held (future passive).

    1 mark

  11. (xi) (B) ensure (parallel with 'join' and 'cultivate').

    1 mark

  12. (xii) Error: upto | Correction: into

    1 mark

Answer: Any ten. (i) considering; (ii) trapping–trapped; (iii) Yukti asked Sanjay if that restaurant served good South Indian food; (iv) B; (v) migrate; (vi) much–more; (vii) C; (viii) C; (ix) She had finished the project the day before; (x) B; (xi) B; (xii) upto–into

Where the marks are

  • Each correct item earns 1 mark (10 × 1 = 10)
  • Reported speech requires backshift of tense and pronoun change
  • No partial credit

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 paper2025 board paper, set 2/1/1: every question, by section.

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