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EnglishCBSE Class 10 · Sample paper, session 2025-26 · 10 marks · Grammar

CBSE Class 10 English sample paper 2025-26: question 3

From the official CBSE sample question paper for 2025-26, 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 twelve of the following tasks, as directed.

  1. I

    Fill in the blank by using the correct form of the word in the bracket for the given portion of a market research: The special subscriptions of newspapers are well _____(illustrate), to make reading interesting for school students.

    1 mark
  2. II

    Identify the error and write the correction in the given sentence from a life skills’ book. The road to success is not the bed of roses. Use the given format. Error | Correction (blank table)

    1 mark
  3. III

    Fill in the blank with the correct form of verb given in the brackets. I’m so happy to see my plants again! They _____ (grow) so much since I last saw them.

    1 mark
  4. IV

    Read the given statement. They said to the guide, “We’d love to come here again next year.” Report it correctly by completing the following. They told the guide that _____.

    1 mark
  5. V

    Fill in the blank by choosing the correct option to complete the conclusion of a letter of placing order. There would be no compromise _________the quality of items supplied.

    1. (A)regards
    2. (B)regard
    3. (C)regardless
    4. (D)regarding
    1 mark
  6. VII

    Complete the given opinion by filling the blank with correct option. The experience of watching the movie left me _____ grateful for knowing the importance of being empathetic to others.

    1. (A)having felt
    2. (B)feeling
    3. (C)felt
    4. (D)feels
    1 mark
  7. VIII

    The given question has an error. Select the option that correctly identifies the error and the correction. Which kind of person does something like that? No. | Error | Correction: A. Which | What; B. kind | kinds; C. something | somethings; D. that | this

    1. (A)Which / What
    2. (B)kind / kinds
    3. (C)something / somethings
    4. (D)that / this
    1 mark
  8. IX

    Report the following question. She said to her sister, “Are you joining us for lunch today?”

    1 mark
  9. X

    Fill in the blank with the correct option from those given in the brackets. Everyone is saying that Farhana’s chances are bright in the upcoming tournament and she ______ (must / may) become the youngest football player ever.

    1 mark
  10. XI

    Fill in the blank to complete the sentence in a teacher’s diary by choosing the correct option. _____ student in the class submitted their assignment on time.

    1. (A)All
    2. (B)One
    3. (C)Every
    4. (D)A
    1 mark
  11. XII

    Choose the correct option to fill the blank. I looked inside the bucket and saw there was ______water in it, so they had to add more to use.

    1. (A)little
    2. (B)any
    3. (C)few
    4. (D)least
    1 mark

Source: official sample paper from cbseacademic.nic.in (PDF). See it in the full Sample paper 2025-26.

Hints

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

Hint 1

Check the tense and the word form each blank needs.

Hint 2

For reported speech, shift the tense, pronouns and time or place words.

Hint 3

For the error items, test idioms and fixed phrases such as 'a bed of roses' and 'what kind of'.

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. illustrated (past participle after 'are well')

    1 mark

  2. II. Error: the; Correction: a ('a bed of roses' is the idiom)

    1 mark

  3. III. have grown (present perfect, 'since I last saw them')

    1 mark

  4. IV. they would love to go there again the following year (reported speech changes tense, place and time)

    1 mark

  5. V. D. regarding ('compromise regarding quality')

    1 mark

  6. VI. The question has no sub-part VI in the paper.

  7. VII. B. feeling

    1 mark

  8. VIII. A. Error: Which; Correction: What ('What kind of person')

    1 mark

  9. IX. She asked her sister if she was joining them for lunch that day.

    1 mark

  10. X. may (a possibility, not a necessity)

    1 mark

  11. XI. C. Every ('Every student' with a singular noun)

    1 mark

  12. XII. A. little (water is uncountable, and 'little' fits the sense of not enough)

    1 mark

Answer: I illustrated; II the → a; III have grown; IV they would love to go there again the following year; V D; VII B; VIII A; IX She asked her sister if she was joining them for lunch that day; X may; XI C; XII A

Where the marks are

  • Any ten correct sub-parts at 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 paperSample paper 2025-26: every question, by section.

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