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

CBSE Class 10 English 2025: question 3

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

Q3 · 10 marks · GrammarGrammar

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.

    I believe that with your support and ________ (cooperate), we can find a mutually agreeable solution that meets the expectations of all stakeholders involved.

    1 mark
  2. (ii)

    Read the given sentence from an electric cooker's instruction manual. Identify the error and supply the correction in the sentence.

    For avoid damaging the appliance, do not immerse the electric cooker in water or any other liquid.

    Use the given format for your response.

    ErrorCorrection
      
    1 mark
  3. (iii)

    Amit and Pallavi had a conversation about the inauguration of Pallavi's event. Report Amit's question.

    Did you manage to get any sponsors for the inauguration event scheduled for the next month?

    1 mark
  4. (iv)

    Read the dialogue between Bharti and her mother, Geeta, regarding Geeta's birthday plans.

    Bharti: Do you want to go to a hill station on your birthday?
    Geeta: No, I want to stay at home and call my friends over.

    Select the correct option that reports the above dialogue.

    Bharti asked Geeta if she wanted to go to a hill station on her birthday. Geeta replied in the negative and said that __________.

    1. (A)she wanted to stay home and call her friends for celebrating.
    2. (B)I wanted to stay home and call my friends to celebrate.
    3. (C)she wanted to stay at home and call her friends over.
    4. (D)she wants to stay home by calling her friends to celebrate.
    1 mark
  5. (v)

    Fill in the blank by choosing the correct option, to complete the line of a notice placed on the notice board of a company.

    Please be informed that there will be a staff meeting in the conference room on Friday, 7th June, at 10:00 a.m. It is __________ for all to attend. (mandatory/obligatory/indispensable)

    1. (A)mandatory
    2. (B)obligatory
    3. (C)indispensable
    1 mark
  6. (vi)

    Identify the error and supply correction for the given sentence from a preface of a book.

    Writing this book have been a journey of exploration and discovery.

    Use the given format for your response.

    ErrorCorrection
      
    1 mark
  7. (vii)

    Select the option that identifies the error and supplies the correction for the opening line, from an analytical paragraph.

    The advent of social media has revolutionized communication by connected people across the globe in unprecedented ways.

    Option No.ErrorCorrection
    (A)hashave
    (B)communicationcommunicating
    (C)connectedconnecting
    (D)infor
    1. (A)Error: has; Correction: have
    2. (B)Error: communication; Correction: communicating
    3. (C)Error: connected; Correction: connecting
    4. (D)Error: in; Correction: for
    1 mark
  8. (viii)

    Complete the given entry in a personal diary, by filling the blank with the correct option.

    Today was a rollercoaster of emotions. It started off with a sense of excitement and anticipation as I __________ on a new project at work.

    1. (A)embarking
    2. (B)embark
    3. (C)embarked
    4. (D)have embarked
    1 mark
  9. (ix)

    Report the dialogue between a salesman and his customer, by completing the sentence.

    Salesman: I have a wide range of sportswear.
    Customer: Please show me something in cotton fabric, which is suitable for summers.

    The salesman stated ____________. The customer requested the salesman to show something in cotton fabric which would be suitable for summers.

    1 mark
  10. (x)

    Fill in the blank by choosing the correct option to complete an announcement on a flight.

    In thirty minutes, our flight attendants ________ meal service.

    1. (A)will began
    2. (B)will begin
    3. (C)should begin
    4. (D)can begin
    1 mark
  11. (xi)

    Complete the line from a 'Save the Environment' song, by filling the blank with the correct option.

    Pollution, pollution, its time to take a stand,
    for the health of our planet, we've got to lend a hand,
    Reduce, reuse, recycle, that's the key,
    ________ our world for you and me.

    1. (A)for preserve
    2. (B)to preserve
    3. (C)to preserved
    4. (D)for preserved
    1 mark
  12. (xii)

    Identify the error and supply the correction for the following instruction put up for safe use of elevators.

    Please refrain by standing near the door as it could lead to an accident.

    Use the given format for your response.

    ErrorCorrection
      
    1 mark

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

Hints

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

Hint 1

For error spotting, check subject-verb agreement and prepositions.

Hint 2

For reported speech, change pronouns, tense and time expressions.

Hint 3

For the blanks, read the whole sentence and match the tense or form.

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) co-operation: 'with your support and' needs a noun.

    1 mark

  2. (ii) Error: for; Correction: to. 'To' + infinitive expresses purpose: 'To avoid damaging...'.

    1 mark

  3. (iii) Amit asked/enquired Pallavi whether/if she had managed to get any sponsors for the inauguration event scheduled for the following month.

    1 mark

  4. (iv) Option (C): she wanted to stay at home and call her friends over. The pronoun and tense are changed correctly to the reported form.

    1 mark

  5. (v) Option (A): mandatory.

    1 mark

  6. (vi) Error: have; Correction: has. The subject 'Writing this book' is singular.

    1 mark

  7. (vii) Option (C): after the preposition 'by', the gerund 'connecting' is needed.

    1 mark

  8. (viii) Option (C): embarked, the past tense matching 'started off'.

    1 mark

  9. (ix) that he had a wide range of sportswear.

    1 mark

  10. (x) Option (B): will begin, the simple future for an announcement.

    1 mark

  11. (xi) Option (B): to preserve, the infinitive of purpose.

    1 mark

  12. (xii) Error: by; Correction: from. 'Refrain' takes 'from'.

    1 mark

Answer: (i) co-operation; (ii) for→to; (iii) Amit asked Pallavi whether she had managed to get any sponsors for the inauguration event scheduled for the following month; (iv) C; (v) A; (vi) have→has; (vii) C; (viii) C; (ix) that he had a wide range of sportswear; (x) B; (xi) B; (xii) by→from

Where the marks are

  • Any ten correct items, 1 mark each, with no partial credit (10 marks)

Revise the chapter

  • Chapter: Grammar
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