CBSE Class 10 English 2026: question 3
Set in the CBSE Class 10 board exam of 2026, paper 2/5/1, 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 twelve of the following tasks, as directed:
- (i)1 mark
A manager wrote a report to his seniors about his team. Fill in the blank with the correct option to complete the report: By the end of this quarter, the assistant manager _______ on this campaign for eight months.
- (A)will be working
- (B)will have been working
- (C)will have working
- (D)would have been working
- (ii)1 mark
Read the given sentence from a sales report. Identify the error and supply the correction in the given format: “Being checked all the figures twice, she was sure there were no errors.” Error | Correction
- (iii)1 mark
Read the conversation between the store supervisor and the salesman. Supervisor: “Did you switch off all the lights before leaving office yesterday?” Salesman: “Yes, I did and I also handed over the keys to the night supervisor.” A store supervisor asked the salesman whether he had switched off all the lights before leaving the office the day before. The salesman confirmed _________. Report the salesman’s response.
- (iv)1 mark
A school Principal addressed Board aspirants and said: “_______ candidates must carry their identification proof.” Fill in the blank with the appropriate option.
- (A)Each
- (B)All
- (C)Every
- (D)One
- (v)1 mark
Isha said to her parents, “My mentor will always guide me, even after this programme ends.” Report what Isha said to her parents.
- (vi)1 mark
Find the error in the following sentence and supply the correction: I was disappointed to see that in the library there was less books on the subject than expected. Error | Correction
- (vii)1 mark
Fill in the blank with correct option: My friends _______ the movie tickets before we even reached the ticket counter.
- (A)has collected
- (B)had collected
- (C)collect
- (D)will collect
- (viii)1 mark
Select the correct option to complete the given sentence from a recipe book for students: After stirring the cocoa into the melted butter, you _______ add the eggs one at a time before adding the flour.
- (A)would
- (B)might
- (C)may
- (D)must
- (ix)1 mark
Report the following sentence by a customer: “Did you double-check the address before dispatching the washing machine?”
- (x)1 mark
Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct option: If we had consulted the engineer, we _____ this mistake.
- (A)would avoid
- (B)will avoid
- (C)would have avoided
- (D)had avoided
- (xi)1 mark
Complete the following newspaper report by filling in the blank: The number of road accidents _______ increased this year.
- (A)have
- (B)are
- (C)has
- (D)were
- (xii)1 mark
The speaker in conversation with a group of ministers said, “I feel reassured after hearing your opinions.” What did the speaker say to the ministers?
Source: official question paper from cbse.gov.in (PDF). See it in the full 2026 board paper, set 2/5/1.
Hints
Open one hint at a time and try again before the next.
Hint 1
Identify the tense or rule being tested in each item.
Hint 2
For reported speech, shift the tense back and change pronouns and time words.
Hint 3
Check subject-verb agreement, for example 'the number 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 mark
(i) B. will have been working: future perfect continuous, since the duration is stated up to a future time.
- 1 mark
(ii) Error: Being. Correction: Having. The perfect participle 'Having checked' shows an action completed before another.
- 1 mark
(iii) that he had done so and that he had also handed over the keys to the night supervisor.
- 1 mark
(iv) B. All: 'candidates' is plural, so 'all' fits.
- 1 mark
(v) Isha told her parents that her mentor would always guide her even after that programme ended.
- 1 mark
(vi) Error: was less. Correction: were fewer. 'Books' is countable and plural.
- 1 mark
(vii) B. had collected: past perfect, as the action came before 'reached'.
- 1 mark
(viii) D. must: it expresses an instruction in a recipe.
- 1 mark
(ix) The customer asked whether they had double-checked the address before dispatching the washing machine.
- 1 mark
(x) C. would have avoided: third conditional.
- 1 mark
(xi) C. has: the subject 'the number' is singular.
- 1 mark
(xii) The speaker told the ministers that he felt reassured after hearing their opinions.
Answer: (i) B; (ii) Being→Having; (iii) that he had done so and had also handed over the keys to the night supervisor; (iv) B; (v) Isha told her parents that her mentor would always guide her even after that programme ended; (vi) was less→were fewer; (vii) B; (viii) D; (ix) The customer asked whether they had double-checked the address before dispatching the washing machine; (x) C; (xi) C; (xii) The speaker told the ministers that he felt reassured after hearing their opinions
Where the marks are
- Any ten sub-parts correct, 1 mark each (10 marks)
Revise the chapter
- Chapter: Grammar
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