NEB - Class 12 Compulsory English (2081) || Grammar Questions and Answer Keys

2081 Set A

Study Note - Unit 1

7. Do as instructed in the brackets and rewrite the complete sentences.

a) The assignment looked easy. (Identify adjective in this sentence.)

Ans- The adjective in this sentence is "easy."

b) The findings will lead ...... (by/for/to/in) future research on the topic. (Choose the correct preposition to complete the sentence.)

Ans- The findings will lead to future research on the topic. (The correct preposition is "to.")

c) Neither my mother nor my sisters ........ (is/are/has been/have been) coming to visit me this summer. (Choose the correct verb forms to complete the sentence.)

Ans- Neither my mother nor my sisters are coming to visit me this summer. (The correct verb form is "are.")

d) You have just had a huge breakfast. You ......(may not/won't/can't/needn’t) be hungry anymore. (Fill in the blanks with appropriate auxiliary verb.)

Ans- You have just had a huge breakfast. You can't be hungry anymore. (The appropriate auxiliary verb is "can't.")

e) To help me calm down, the teacher advised me to put several cabbages in the room where I practise. (Identify which bolded verb form is incorrectly written, and correct it.)

Ans- To help me calm down, the teacher advised me to put several cabbages in the room where I practised. (The incorrect verb form is "practise," which should be corrected to "practised".

f) If you are lost in a snow storm, its best ......(dig/digging/to dig/to have been digging) a hole and sit in it until it stops snowing. (Fill in the blanks choosing appropriate infinitive or gerund to complete the sentence.)

Ans- If you are lost in a snowstorm, it's best to dig a hole and sit in it until it stops snowing. (The correct infinitive is "to dig.")

g) She left the clothes out. It was raining. (Combine the pair of sentences using appropriate connective.)

Ans- She left the clothes out although it was raining. (The correct connective is "although.")

h) There is someone at the door. He wants to speak to George. (Join the pair of sentences using appropriate relative pronoun.)

Ans- There is someone at the door who wants to speak to George. (The correct relative pronoun is "who.")

i) After a complete examination, the patient .... (are sent/were sent/was sent/to be sent) home. (Choose the appropriate passive form of the verb and write it.)

Ans- After a complete examination, the patient was sent home. (The correct passive form is "was sent.")

j) She asked, "Have you seen this film?" (Report the speech using the verb 'wondered').

Ans- She wondered if I had seen that film.

8. Choose and copy the correct alternatives.

a) Which of the following words has a different final consonant sound?

(i) eyes (ii) rise (iii) price (iv) dies

Ans- (iii) price

b) Which of the following words is correctly spelt?

(i) forign (ii) foreign (iii) foriegn (iv) foregin

Ans- (ii) foreign

c) Which of the following words is synonymous with the word 'stop'?

(i) cease (ii) eliminate (iii) commence (iv) commend

Ans- (i) cease

d) Which one of the following words comes between 'minimum' and 'minister'?

(i) minimart (ii) minimize (iii) minstrel (iv) miniseries

Ans- (iv) miniseries

e) I was nervous about exam, but I passed with flying colours. Which of the following refers to the idiom underlined in this sentence?

(i) scored mixed grades. (ii) scored low grades. (iii) scored high grades (iv) scored average

Ans- (iii) scored high grades

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2081 Set B

7. Do as instructed in the brackets and rewrite the complete sentences.

a) Nepal is a culture diverse country where one can enjoy an example of tolerance and understanding among a number of castes and creeds. (Correct the underlined word in the sentence.)

Ans- culturally

b) The class monitor, as well as his friends, usually........ (perform/performs/ performing/have performed) well in the extra-curricular activities. (Choose the correct verb from the brackets.)

Ans- performs

c) The thief escaped....... (through/beside/below/onto) the tunnel that was buried about five feet beneath the surface. (Choose the correct preposition from the brackets.)

Ans- through

d) "Who is that man with Pushkar?" "I'm not sure. He.....(might/could/would/ought) be his father". (Choose the appropriate modal verb.)

Ans- might

e) Please, do not call me between 8 and 9 a.m. We...... (have/will have/ will have had/will be having) dinner then. (Choose the appropriate form of the verb.)

Ans- will be having

f) Yubaraj said that the document was personal and he wouldn't let me to read it. (Identify the grammatical error in the underlined part and correct it.)

Ans- Yubaraj said that the document was personal and he wouldn't let me read it.

g) They saw that a tiger was prowling in the shrub near them. They attacked the tiger. (Combine the two sentences using "as soon as".)

Ans- As soon as they saw that a tiger was prowling in the shrub near them, they attacked the tiger.

h) I was born in a remote village. Indelible childhood memories from there recur all the time. (Combine the two sentences using an appropriate relative pronoun.)

Ans- I was born in a remote village from where Indelible childhood memories recur all the time.

i) They intend this letter merely to remind the officials of the urgency of the issue. (Change the sentence into passive voice.)

Ans- This letter is intended merely to remind the officials of the urgency of the issue.

j) She said to her clerk, "Don't make mistake again or you'll be sacked". (Change the sentence into indirect speech.)

Ans- She told her clerk not to make a mistake again or he would be sacked.

8. Choose and copy the correct alternatives.

a) Which of the following pairs of words has a similar vowel sound?

(i) beer, bear (ii) hear, hare (iii) near, there (iv) care, pair

Ans- (iv) care, pair

b) Keeping away from learning will definitely..... one's complexities in future. Identify one of the following words that takes the suffix "-en" when it is changed into a verb and completes the sentence.

(i) bright (ii) gold (iii) deep (iv) short

Ans- (i) bright

c) The prompt decision of the court stopped the municipality from lagging behind. Which of the following words is opposite in meaning to the word "prompt"?

(i) immediate (ii) timely (iii) instant (iv) delayed

Ans- (iv) delayed

d) In a dictionary, which one of the following words does NOT come between the guidewords "heated" and "hectare"?

(i) heart (ii) heater (iii) heaven (iv) hectic

Ans- (i) heart

e) I fell in with a stranger while I was walking down the street. In this sentence, the phrase "fell in with" nearly means that the speaker

(i) knocked down the stranger.

(ii) met the stranger accidentally.

(iii) fell in love with the stranger.

(iv) saw the stranger fall on the ground.

Ans- (ii) met the stranger accidentally.

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2081 Set C

7. Do as instructed in the brackets and rewrite the sentences.

a) Students did well on the Mid Term examinations. (Identify the adverb this sentence.)

Ans- well