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EnglishCBSE Class 10 · Board exam 2026, set 2/4/1 · 10 marks · Grammar

CBSE Class 10 English 2026: question 3

Set in the CBSE Class 10 board exam of 2026, 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 · GrammarGrammar

Complete any ten of twelve of the following tasks, as directed: 10 × 1 = 10

  1. (i)

    Fill in the blank with the correct option to complete a corporate communication letter from a company to its employee. Dear Sumit. This July, you _______ in Japan for three years. In six months the company will transfer you to Bengaluru at a senior position.

    1. (A)will be have been living
    2. (B)will have been living
    3. (C)would have lived
    4. (D)would have been living
    1 mark
  2. (ii)

    Read the given sentence from a self help book. Identify the error and supply the correction in the given format. Each one of the candidates have submitted the documents before the deadline. (Format: Error | Correction)

    1 mark
  3. (iii)

    Pratima asked the following question to her friend, Shifa – Do you like the painting, I gifted you yesterday. Report Pratima’s question correctly.

    1 mark
  4. (iv)

    Fill in the blank by choosing the correct option to complete the concluding line from a school magazine report on a community outreach programme. _________ (Each / All) community member was given a different set of equipment.

    1. (A)Each
    2. (B)All
    1 mark
  5. (v)

    Read Robert’s reply to his swimming coach – Thank you sir for the opportunity. I will make sure I do you proud. Robert thanked his coach for the opportunity and said _________.

    1 mark
  6. (vi)

    Identify and correct the error in the given line. I prefer the chocolate pudding than the vanilla truffle anyday.

    1. (A)prefer – preferred
    2. (B)the – an
    3. (C)than – to
    4. (D)anyday – everyday
    1 mark
  7. (vii)

    Rishaan’s parents asked him how he had fared in the speaking test in school that day. He excitedly told them that before the teacher could finish the question, he _______ the correct answer. Fill in the blank to complete the sentence.

    1. (A)gave
    2. (B)has given
    3. (C)would have given
    4. (D)will give
    1 mark
  8. (viii)

    Detect the error and supply the correction for an advice by a grandparent. You should respect your parent and elders. (Format: Error | Correction)

    1 mark
  9. (ix)

    Report the dialogue between a customer and a worker at a grocery store. Customer: Did you pack all the items? Worker: Yes sir, I did. The customer asked the worker _______.

    1 mark
  10. (x)

    Select the correct option to complete the given line. Earlier money _______ buy much more than it can today.

    1. (A)could
    2. (B)will
    3. (C)can
    4. (D)shall
    1 mark
  11. (xi)

    Complete the given poster displayed on a banner. Drinking and smoking _________ (is / are) injurious to health.

    1. (A)is
    2. (B)are
    1 mark
  12. (xii)

    Read the conversation between a student and a school counsellor. Counsellor: How do you feel after sharing your fears with your parents? Student: I believe they understand me better as they now know all my fears. Report the student’s response by completing the following: The student replied that _________.

    1 mark

Source: official question paper from cbse.gov.in (PDF). See it in the full 2026 board paper, set 2/4/1.

Hints

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

Hint 1

Check subject–verb agreement: 'each one' is singular, while two nouns joined by 'and' are plural.

Hint 2

In reported speech, move tenses one step back and change time words: yesterday → the day before, now → then.

Hint 3

Remember fixed patterns: 'prefer X to Y', and 'could' for past ability after 'earlier'.

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) (B) will have been living. The future perfect continuous shows an action continuing up to a future point ('This July ... for three years').

    1 mark

  2. (ii) Error: have | Correction: has. 'Each one of the candidates' is singular, so it takes the singular verb 'has'.

    1 mark

  3. (iii) Pratima asked Shifa if/whether she liked the painting she had gifted her the day before/the previous day. The question becomes a statement and the tense is backshifted; 'yesterday' becomes 'the day before'.

    1 mark

  4. (iv) (A) Each. 'Each' takes a singular noun ('community member') and stresses individuals, since each member got a different set.

    1 mark

  5. (v) Robert thanked his coach for the opportunity and said that he would make sure he did him proud. 'Will' becomes 'would', 'do' becomes 'did' and 'you' becomes 'him'.

    1 mark

  6. (vi) (C) than → to. 'Prefer' is followed by 'to', not 'than'.

    1 mark

  7. (vii) (A) gave. The simple past narrates a completed past action in reported narration.

    1 mark

  8. (viii) Error: parent | Correction: parents. The noun must be plural to match 'elders'; one respects both parents.

    1 mark

  9. (ix) The customer asked the worker if/whether he had packed all the items. A yes/no question is reported with 'if/whether', and the past simple 'did pack' becomes the past perfect 'had packed'.

    1 mark

  10. (x) (A) could. 'Earlier' shows past time, so past ability takes 'could', in contrast with 'can today'.

    1 mark

  11. (xi) are (option B). Two subjects joined by 'and' ('Drinking and smoking') form a plural subject, so the verb is 'are'. This is an alternative item; it counts only if attempted in place of another.

  12. (xii) The student replied that he/she believed they understood him/her better as they then knew all his/her fears. The tense is backshifted, 'now' becomes 'then' and the pronouns change. This is an alternative item; it counts only if attempted in place of another.

Answer: (i) B; (ii) have → has; (iii) if/whether she liked the painting she had gifted her the day before; (iv) Each (A); (v) that he would make sure he did him proud; (vi) C; (vii) A; (viii) parent → parents; (ix) if/whether he had packed all the items; (x) A could; (xi) are; (xii) he/she believed they understood him/her better as they then knew all his/her fears

Where the marks are

  • Each correct item earns 1 mark; only the best ten of the twelve are counted (10 marks)

Revise the chapter

  • Chapter: Grammar
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