Question Paper -With model answers English 2015-H.S.C-12th Board Exam

Question Paper - English 2015-H.S.C-12th Board Exam

HSC English March 2015 Board Paper Maharashtra

Section A

(Reading Skills, Grammar, Vocabulary, Note – making and Summary)

Q1. A. Read the following extract and answer the questions given below:

The special school did Chaitanya a lot of good. He was now a much more confident person, adored by his teachers, his friends and his school staff. His speech improved and expression became clearer. His social manners became laudable.

Academically, he was still lagging behind the expected standard of learning but it was okey. He started developing an all- around interest in craft, art, music, dancing and sports.

Early in 1997-98, when he returned from state level inter- school sports, he had two prizes to his credit and a silver medal. He had won his laurels in athletic events and the silver medal in a running race.

When I saw the prizes and read the citation Chaitanya had received, I was stupefied, in total disbelief, then- hugged him, kissed him and cried unabashedly to my heart’s content. That day, I cried for the first time out of joy and a sense of being vindicated. Without practice he had competed with approximately 1,800 children drawn from various schools all over the state. He was subsequently selected for the marathon race, but he could not participate due to a healthy problem.” May be next year, he would”, I assured myself. And I, as his proud mother, would proudly chronicle his future achievements and success to inspire other mothers of the world.

Looking back at my own life, I feel that it is the spirit with which we can accept our life gracefully is what matters ultimately; and it is love which nourishes us.

Questions.:

1. What does the extract focus on? (1)

Ans. The extract focuses on the achievements of the special child, Chaitanya.

2. How  Chaitanya’s mother react when she saw the prizes? (2)

Ans. When Chaitanya’s mother saw the prizes, she was stupefied, in total disbelief. She hugged her son, kissed him and cried unabashedly to her heart’s content. She cried for the first timeout of joy and a sense of being vindicated.

3. What were Chaitanya’s achievements in sports? (2)

Ans. Chaitanya won two prizes and a silver medal at the state level inter - school sports. He also received a citation. Without any practice he had competed with about 1800 children drawn from various schools all over the state and was selected for the marathon race.

4. How can you help a special child like Chaitanya? (2)

Ans. I will help a special child like Chaitanya by helping them in various works like giving them some fund and helping them for their education and in other work

5. Rewrite the following sentences in the ways instructed:

(i) When I saw the prizes, I was stupefied. (1)

(Rewrite the sentence using ‘No sooner…… than’)

Ans. No sooner did I see the prizes than I was stupefied.

(ii) He was still lagging behind the expected standard of learning, but it was okay. (1)

(Rewrite the sentence using ‘Although’)

Ans. Although he was still lagging behind the expected standard of learning it was okay.

(iii) He started developing an all – round interest in craft and sports. (1)

(Rewrite the sentence using infinitive form of the word underlined)

Ans. He started to develop an all round interest in craft and sports.

6.  Find out the words / phrases from the extract which mean: (1)

(i) to take part in = Participate

(ii) surprised = Stupefied.

B. Grammar: Do as directed: (4)

1. One of ________ most common causes of malnutrition is ________________ unhealthy lifestyle. [Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles] (1)

Ans. One of the most common causes of malnutrition is an unhealthy lifestyle.

2. The police ___________ Monday arrested five men ____________ cheating city businessmen. [Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions] (1)

Ans. The police on Monday arrested five men for cheating city businessmen.

3. “How did you enjoy your college picnic?” said Mohini to Meena.

“It was wonderful. I can never forget it.”  [Change it into indirect speech] (2)

Ans. Mohini asked Meena how she had enjoyed her college picnic. Meena replied that it was wonderful and she could never forget it.

Q2. A. Read the following extract and answer the questions given below. (11)

Once upon a time the animals decided they must do something heroic to meet the problems of a “new world” so they organized a school. They had adopted an activity  curriculum consisting of running, climbing, swimming and flying. To make it easier to administer the curriculum, all the animals took all the subjects. The duck was excellent in swimming. In fact, better than his instructor. But he made only passing grades in flying and was very poor in running. Since he was slow in running, he had  to stay after school and also drop swimming in order to practice running. This was kept up until his webbed feet were badly worn and he was only average in swimming. But average was acceptable in school so nobody worried about that, except the duck. The rabbit started at the top of the class in running but had a nervous breakdown because of so much makeup work in swimming. The squirrel was excellent in climbing until he developed frustration in the flying class where his teacher made him start from the ground up instead of the treetop down. He also developed a “charlie horse” from overexertion and then got a C in climbing and D in running. The eagle was a problem child and was disciplined severely. In the climbing class, he beat all the others to the top of the tree but insisted on using his own way to get there.

Questions:

1. What were the special features of animal school? (1)

Ans. The special features of animal school are it organized an activity based curriculum and all the subjects were compulsory.

2. Why was the duck, an excellent swimmer, average in swimming? (2)

Ans. The duck was excellent in swimming but it was slow in running, thus he had to stay after school also drop swimming in order to practise running. Because of these reasons his webbed feet were badly worn out. Hence he has become average in swimming.

3. Why was the experience of the squirrel miserable? (2)

Ans. The experience of the squirrel was miserable because he is best in climbing until he developed frustration in the flying class where his teacher made him start from the ground up instead of the treetop down. He also developed a ‘charlie horse’ from overexertion and then got a ‘C’ grade in climbing and ‘D’ grade in running.

4. What efforts will you take to score good marks in your examination? (2)

Ans. for scoring good mark I will study hard I will acquire basic knowledge of any subject and try my level best.

5. Rewrite the following sentences in the ways instructed.

(i) The duck was excellent in swimming. (1)

(Frame a Wh – type question to get the underlined part as an answer)

Ans. What was the duck excellent in?

(ii) The duck was better than his instructor. (1)

(Change the sentence into positive degree)

Ans. The duck’s instructor was not as good as him.

(iii) The squirrel was excellent in climbing. (1)

(Mention the function of the underlined gerund.)

Ans. It is the object of the preposition ‘in’

6. Match the words in column ‘A’ with their meanings in column ‘B’ (1)

A	B
(i) valedictorian	(a) feeling of annoyance
(ii) frustration	(b) dunce
	(c) school topper
	(d) validity

(B) Note – Making. (4)

Read the following extract and complete the tree – diagram given below:

The brief, bright streaks of light in the night sky are known as meteors. Those fall all the way to the ground are called meteorites. Meteorites can be divided into three broad categories: iron, stony – iron and stony. Iron meteorites are mostly made of metals nickel and iron. They are not very common. Nearly 50,000 years ago, an iron meteorite, Canyon Diablo, which created a crater a nearly a mile wide and 6 feet deep, known as Meteor Crater, was found in Arizona. Stony – iron meteorites rarely land on our planet. They are made of iron – nickel alloy mixed with non – metallic matter similar to the outer layers of the earth. Such a meteorite weighing more than one and a half tons was found in Huckitta, Australia in 1924. There are three sub – types of stony meteorites. The first is the chondrites which make up 86 percent of meteorites. Carbonaceous chondrites are another rare type of stony meteorites. The most famous of these fell in Murchison, Australia in 1969. It contains evidence that life on earth did not begin here. The last type, the anchondrites are also rare. Scientists say that such matter was once part of Mars and our own moon.

Ans.

Q3. (A) Read the following extract and answer the questions given below: (11)

Dairy farming is a major livelihood followed by many households in rural areas. This includes rearing milk cattle - cows, buffaloes, goats and sheep. There is a shortage of milk in the country as consumption in both urban and rural areas has risen sharply. Dairying is an important source of subsidiary income to marginal farmers and agricultural labours. They play a very important role in milk production of the country. In 1986 - 87, about 73 percent of rural households owned livestock. According to the National Sample Survey of 1993 - 94, livestock sector produces regular employment to about 9.8 million persons in principal status and 8.6 million in subsidiary status, which constitute about 5 percent of the total work force. The Manure from animals provides a good source of organic matter for improving soil fertility and crop yields. The gas obtained by processing dung is used as a fuel for domestic purposes and also for running engines to draw water from wells. The surplus fodder and agricultural by - products are gainfully utilized for feeding the animals. Since agriculture is mostly seasonal, there is a possibility of finding employment throughout the year for many persons through dairy farming. The milk processing industry is a small one. Only 10 percent of all the milk produced is delivered to some 400 dairy plants. A specific Indian phenomenon is the unorganized sector of milkmen and vendors, which handles around 65 - 70 percent of the national milk production. They collect milk from local producers and sell it in both urban and non - urban areas.

Questions:

1. What is the main theme of the extract? (1)

Ans. The extract points out that how dairy farming can become a best source of income and generate employment opportunities to people.  

2. How is dairy farming beneficial for farmers besides getting milk? (2)

Ans. The manure from animals provides a good source of organic matter for improving soil fertility and crop yields. The gobar gas obtained by processing dung is used as fuel for domestic purposes and lastly the fuel helps to run engines and to draw water from wells. The surplus fodder and agricultural by products are used to feed animals. In this way dairy farming beneficial for farmers besides getting milk.

3. What information does the National Sample Survey of 1993 - 94 provide? (2)

Ans. The National Sample Survey of 1993 - 94 provides the information that, livestock sector produces regular employment to about 9.8 million persons in principal status and 8.6 million in subsidiary status. It constitute about 5 % of the total work force.

4. How, according to you, can dairy farming improve the financial condition of farmers? (2)

Ans. according to me dairy farming improve the financial condition of farmers by following ways

They

5. Rewrite the following sentences in the ways instructed:

(i) The gobar gas obtained by processing dung is used as fuel. (1)

(Rewrite the sentence beginning with 'People…………')

Ans. People use the gobar gas obtained from processing dung as fuel.

(ii) The consumption of milk in both urban and rural areas has risen sharply.  (1)

(Rewrite the sentence using the past perfect tense)

Ans. The consumption of milk in both urban and rural areas have risen sharply.

(iii) The milk processing industry is a small one. (1)

(Make is a complex sentence)

Ans. The industry that processes milk is a small one.

6. Form the antonyms of the following words by adding prefixes. (1)

(i) fertility x infertility

(ii) possibility x impossibility

B. Summary:

Write a summary of the above extract with the help of the following points and suggest a suitable title: (4)

Dairy forming - major livelihood - income and employment source - uses of dung - uses of surplus fodder - role or unorganised sector.

Ans.

Dairy farming a best Source of Income.

Dairy farming can become a best source of income and generate employment opportunities to people. The manure from animals provides a good source of organic matter for improving soil fertility and crop yields. The gobar gas obtained by processing dung is used as fuel for domestic purposes and lastly the fuel helps to run engines and to draw water from wells. The surplus fodder and agricultural by products are used to feed animals. In this way dairy farming beneficial for farmers besides getting milk. The National Sample Survey of 1993 - 94 provides the information that, livestock sector produces regular employment to about 9.8 million persons in principal status and 8.6 million in subsidiary status. It constitute about 5 % of the total work force.

Section B: Poetry

Q4. (A) Read the following extract and answer the questions given below: (4)

If you do not get lowered in your own eyes.

While you raise yourself in those of others

If you do not give in to gossips and lies

Rather heed them not, saying, 'Who bothers?"

You may be the person I am looking for.

If you crave not for praise when you win

And look not for sympathy while you lose

If cheers let not your head toss or spin

And after a setback you offer no excuse.

You may be the person I am looking for.

Questions:

1. How does the poet expect us to react to winning and losing? (1)

Ans. When we would win we should not crave for praise and when we lose we should not look for sympathy is the expectation of the poet from us.

2. What efforts would you take to be a good citizens? (1)

Ans. I would take utmost care about our social problem and handle it with care to avoid major unwanted causes. I will try to handle the social media in proper way to be a good citizen.

3. Name and explain the figure of speech in the following line.

"If you do not get lowered in your own eyes while you raise yourself in those of others" (1)

Ans. Antithesis: Two opposite ideas of ‘get lowered’ and ‘raise’ are brought together for poetic effect.

4. Pick out the lines that express the expected reaction to rumours. (1)

Ans. If you do not give in to gossip and lies.

Rather heed them not, saying, ‘Who bothers?’

(B) Read the following extract and answer the questions given below: (4)

What makes a nation's pillars high

And its foundations strong?

What makes it mighty to defy

The foes that round it throng?

It is not gold. Its kingdoms grand

Go down in the battle shock;

Its shafts are laid on sinking sand,

Not on abiding rock.

Is it the sword? Ask the red dust

Of empires passed away.

Questions:

(1) Why, according to the poet, are wealthy kingdoms unstable? (1)

Ans. According to poet wealthy kingdoms are unstable because wealthy kingdoms can be destroyed in battles.

(2) What aspects of life in India are you proud of? (1)

Ans. In a secular country like India we have freedom of speech. Unity in diversity is the main aspects of life in India in which I am proud of.

(3) Note down the pairs of rhyming words from the extract.  (1)

Ans. high - defy, strong - throng, grand - sand, shock - rock.

(4) What purpose does the use of questions serve in the extract? (1)

Ans. In this poem the poet asks the readers many questions in the rhetorical manner. In this way the poet does not require answers from the readers but he can convey his message to us.

Section - C

[Rapid Reading and Composition)

Q. 5. A. Read the following extract and rewrite it from the point of view of Oliver. [4 marks]

You may begin with: I had searched for Orlando everywhere .......

Oliver told them his story. He had searched for Orlando everywhere in the forest, he said, and at last, tired and hungry, he had fallen asleep under a tree. On his way from Rosalind’s cottage, Orlando had seen his brother lying asleep. A big snake had curled round Oliver’s neck and was just going to bite him when it saw Orlando and slipped away into a bush. And then Orlando saw that a hungry lion was waiting under the same bush, ready to kill Oliver as soon as he woke up.

Orland thought of all his brother’s unkindness to him in the past. Why should he risk his own life to save his brother who had always been cruel to him? Twice he turned away to leave Oliver, but he had a kind and noble heart and at last decided that he could not leave his brother to die. So he fought the lion. The fierce animal tore and bit his arm, but he managed to kill it. Oliver, wakened by the noise of the fight, saw that Orlando was risking his own life to save him. He was filled with shame at all his past unkindness to his young brother, and he begged Orlando to forgive him.

Orlando took his brother to the Duke, who gave him food and clothes. Orlando said nothing about the wound the lion had given him, but it had been bleeding all the time, and suddenly he fell to the ground and fainted from loss of blood.

Ans. I had searched for Orlando everywhere in the forest and at last I became tired and hungry that I fell asleep under a tree. On his way from Rosalind’s cottage, Orlando saw me lying asleep. He also saw a big snake curled round my neck and was just going to bite me. But when the snake saw my brother it slipped away into a bush. He also saw that  a hungry lion was waiting under the same bush, ready to kill me as soon as I woke up.

Orlando twice decided to turn away and leave me, because of the unkindness I had done to him. But he had a kind and noble heart and at last decided that he could not leave me to die. So he fought the lion. Hearing the noise I woke up and saw, how he had risked his own life to save me. Suddenly, I was filled with shame, as I had treated him very badly.

Orlando took me to the Duke, who gave me food and clothes. Orlando said nothing about the wound the lion had given him, but it had been bleeding all the time, and suddenly he fell to the found and fainted from loss of blood.

(B) Read the following extract and convert it into a continuous write-up in about 120 words:  (4)

You may begin with : George flashed a pocket torch and saw the boys looking about….

(George flashes a pocket torch. The boys look about them but not so far up stage as to notice the white models, nor do they see the skull, towards which their backs are turned.)

Tom :  (crossing R. C.). This is a queer place. I wonder if there’s anybody in the house.

George : You’ve picked three empty houses already, and you let us sing the whole of While Shepherds Watched outside the last one before you found out your mistake.

Tom : Well, that’s better than what you did — you picked the house where they had that bulldog.

George : (contemptuously). I wasn’t afraid of the bulldog.

Tom : No, maybe you weren’t: but I’m not sure that the savage beast hasn’t torn off a bit of young Alfie’s suit, and if he has there won’t half be a row! (Alfie fidgets nervously at the mention of his damaged suit.)

Tom : (down R.C.). How much money have we collected?

Ginger : (crossing C. to George). Let’s have a look under the light. (After counting coppers, with the aid of George’s torch.) Eightpence halfpenny.

Tom : (in a tone of disgust). Only eightpence halfpenny — between four of us —after yelling our heads off all the evening! Crikey! Money’s a bit tight round these parts, isn’t it?

George : I told you it was too early for carol-singing. It’s too soon after Guy Fawkes’ day.

(Faint distant scream off R.)

Tom : (startled). What was that?

George: What was what?

Tom : That noise — it sounded like a scream.

George: Nonsense.

Alfie :   (L). Let’s go home.

Ans. George flashed a pocket torch and saw the boys looking about them. Crossing R.C. Tom wondered if there’s anybody in the house. Suddenly George told him that he had already picked three empty houses and had made them sing ‘While shepherds watched’, before he had found out his mistake. Tom replied by saying that it was better than the house with the bulldog. Suddenly George replied that he was not afraid of bulldogs. Tom recalled him that he bull dog may have torn Alfie’s new suit and once Alfie notices it, he is sure to pick up a fight. Alfie examines his sult.

Tom asked how much money they had collected. Ginger counted the pennies and announced that they had just Eight pence halfpenny. After knowing their financial position Tom was very upset, as it was a very less amount to collect after having sung all evening. Well, George told him, it was too early for carol - singing, quickly after Fawkes day was over. Suddenly to heard a loud scream, but George just passed it off as nonsense. Lastly Alfie suggested that all go home.

(B) Read the following extract and extend it by adding an imaginary paragraph of your own in about 120 words :

OR

“But your father came looking for you. Didn’t you get in touch with him?” said my mother.

“My father and I were never very close. Mother died when I was very young, and the only relative I had was a cousin in West Africa. So that’s where I went — Sierra Leone!” said Mrs Green.

“How romantic!” said my mother.

“It’s hot and steamy in Sierra Leone,” said Mrs Green. “But the climate does wonders for your libido. I lived with a wonderful black man for several years.”

“What happened to him?” I asked.

“He was killed in a tribal war,” said Mrs Green without any show of emotion. “It was a long time ago.”

“And that skeleton,” I asked. “What about the skeleton in the cupboard?”

Ans. They were much confusions about Skeletons. Suddenly Mrs. Green enquired about Skeleton. Her question and act about Skeleton is in such a way that as to make it appear that something is the case when in fact it is not she didn’t know anything. Well, I tried to take her mind back to the time she was living here and I realised that she knew something, but wouldn't tell us. Suddenly, Mrs Green became very friendly and narrated an incident, which I am sure was untrue. She said that years ago while she lived at the hotel, she had heard a noise in the middle of the night. She quickly dressed and went to investigate, but before she could reach the landing she saw a man drag, somebody along the staircase and then she heard a door bang. She got frightened and rushed back to her room. Next morning, many guests left the hotel and a few more came. So she forgot the incident. “That”, she said, “must have been the skeleton of the ‘body’ shoved in the cupboard.”

Section – D : Written Communication

Q.6. (A) Letter – Writing :

Write any ONE of the following letters :      (4)

(1) You come to know that the computer you purchased is of poor quality with blurred images. Its warranty period is not yet over. You want it to be replaced with another one. Write a letter in this regard to –

The Manager, Global Computers, Link Road, Andheri, Mumbai.

Ans.

From:

Abc
Pink society,
Karve NAGAR,
PUNE.

The Manager,
Global Computers,
Link Road,
Andheri,
Mumbai.

SUB: about the poor condition of computer.

Dear sir,
with reference to the above mentioned subject I request you that,I purchase a computer from your electronic shop last month but now it it is poor condition its images are blurred.
I have purchased it last month and its warranty period age of 1 year so I request you to replace my computer and give me another one.
I hope you have no problem to replace my computer I have original bill of computer with me so once again I kindly request you to replace my computer
Thank you
Yours faithfully
ABC

(2) You want a bonafide certificate in order to register your name in the Employment Exchange Office of your district. Write a letter of application to the Principal of your Junior College requesting him/her to issue you the same.

Ans

(B) Write on any ONE of the following items :     (4)

(1) Prepare an Appeal for eye-donation with the help of the following points :

1. Prepare an effective slogan.
2. Use a logo / picture chart.
3. Advantages of eye-donation.
4. Make a persuasive appeal.

Ans. if you want to see the world after your death donate your eyes. donate your eyes and see the world after your life .many famous personalities like Aishwarya Rai Amitabh Bachchan donate their eyes after their death .if you want to donate your eyes contact to your nearest government hospital

(2) The annual day gathering function was arranged in your Junior College. It was a grand function with a variety of activities like fun - fare, games and sports, cultural activities, etc. Write a report on it about 120 words.

Ans.

(C) Write on any ONE of the following items :     (4)

Study carefully the following pie-chart of global mango production and write a short paragraph comparing the production shares in about 120 words :

Global Mango Production

(Shares in %)

Ans. Global Mango Production.

India is the largest producer of Mangoes in the World. It contributes almost half of the total mango production in the world. It accounts for 40% of the Mangoes that are produced in the world. China is the second larger producer of mangoes. But contributes only 12 % the World’s mango production. While Mexico ranks the lowest with only 4% of mango production. Pakistan fares slightly better with 5%  and Thailand competes with these countries by producing 7% of mangoes. The remaining 32% of mangoes are produced by all other countries in the world. Therefore, we can conclude that globally, India fares best in the mango production.

(2) Prepare a paragraph with an appropriate title to be used for the counter-view section on the following topic in about 120 words

‘Should SMS language be allowed in exams?’

You can take help of the following points included in the view section :

Q.7. Answer the following questions as per instructions :

(A) A college in your area is well-known for its innovative academic activities. Imagine you are a newspaper reporter and assigned to take the interview of the Principal. Frame a set of at least 8 questions regarding Teachers’ Motivation, Students’ Discipline, Academic Excellence, Extracurricular Activities, etc.   (4)

1.  My first question would you briefly outline some of the extra curricular activities in your college?
2. Hhow do you motivate the teachers into putting in extra efforts?
3.  How do you motivate the students?
4.  what is your next plan
5.  Does villages and parents respond see you most?
6.  what is your message to the new generation?
7.  what is the role of parents in all this?
8.  How do you collect funds for all these activities?

(B) You intend to take part in the intercollegiate elocution contest. One of the topics therein is ‘Stop Cruelty to Animals and Birds’. Prepare a speech on it in about 100 words.   (3)

Ideal interview questions asking for any person

Interview questions

1. Who inspire you to come in this field?
2. what is your teenage years like?
3. Who inspire you to come in this field?
4. What problems and difficulties you face at the beginning?
5. What is your ambition?
6. What is your aim in life?
7. Who is your inspiration?
8. Who is your idol?
9. Did your family support you in this work?
10. Who is your role model?
11. What is your next plan?
12. Which are the most common ?problems today people face?
13. Do you have any hero who inspire you?
14. What is your advice for future generation?
15. Say something about youths?
16. What is your message to the next generation?
17. What is your message to the parents?
18. What do you like to suggest the beginners?
19. What message do you want to give for the next generation?
20. Tell the people the importance of hardwork for being successful?
21. What is your concept of ideal person?
22. What is your idea of success?
23. What qualities are essential for being a successful person?

Thank you very much

These are the general questions for preparing interview questions change the questions according to the subject and according to the person.

July 2017 HSC Board Exam.GRAMMAR with proper answer

July 2017
Q.1a

(i) Dell gave his customers money back guarantees.

( rewrite it beginning with 'his customers')

  Ans- His customers were given money-back guarantees by Dell

 (ii) My competitors were  developing products.

( use the past perfect continuous tense)

Ans-My competitors had been developing products.

(iii) when a computer is down, the customer wants it back up in working right away.
 (Use 'No sooner — than. ')

Ans-No sooner is a computer down than the customer wants it back up in working right away.

 Q.1 b) Do as directed .

(1) Nowadays, we have to use... solar energ on ...large scale.

 (Fill in the blanks with the appropriate articles.)

(1) Nowadays we have to use the solar energy on a large scale.

(2) I cut the apple ....a knife and gave it ..my sister.

(Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions.)

Ans -I cut the apple with a knife and gave it to my sister.

(3) "Can you suggest me a good hotel?" Mr. Shah asked the taxi   driver. "Yes, I'll. Its very close to the railway station," said the taxi driver.

(Change it into Indirect speech.)

Ans -Mr. Shah asked the taxi driver if he could suggest him  a good hotel. Thereupon, the taxi driver replied in the affirmative, and remarked that it was very close to the railway station.





Q.2 A Rewrite the following sentences in the ways instructed .

(i) Vasectomy has been made compulsory.

ans-The villagers have made vasectomy compulsory

(Rewrite it beginning with The villagers ... )

(ii) They had to follow all the conditions of becoming an Adarshgaon.

(Rewrite it using the infinitive form of the word underlined.)

Ans-They had to follow all the conditions to become an
AdarshGaon
 

(iii) Villages need to follow strict rules.

(Rewrite it using another Model Auxiliary showing obligation.)

Ans-Villagers must/ought to follow strict rules.



Q.3A Rewrite the following sentences in the ways instructed :

(i) Co-education encourages familiarity.

(Rewrite it beginning with 'Familiarity ...')

Ans- Familiarity is encouraged by co-education.

(ii) Parents and teachers should take precautions in ensuring a proper balance between education and moral values.

 (Rewrite it using the infinitive form of the underlined word.)

Ans- Parents and teachers should take precautions to ensure a proper balance between education and moral values

 (iii) Thinking maturity comes at an early age.

(Frame a 'Wh question' to get the underlined part as an answer.)

Ans-When does thinking maturity come?

GRAMMAR Exercises with Solutions

 Articles 
(text.page no 11)


Add 'the' in seventeen places in the
extract :

The United Kingdom is an island surrounded by the English Channel, the Atlantic, the Irish Sea and the North Sea. It is made up of four regions : England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, and although London is the capital of the whole country, each region has
its own capital city (London, Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast). The best-known rivers are : the Thames, the Severn, the Humber and the Mersey. The highest mountains in the United Kingdom are found in Scotland (the Grampians) and North Wales (the Cambrian Mountains), while England's major range of mountains is called the Pennies. English is spoken everywhere in Britain.

2. Prepositions (text.page no 12)

Read the following extract, identify the prepositions in it and state what they express in the given  sentences :

 Pune city recorded 41.8 mm rain in the three hours between 5.30 pm and 8.30 pm on Saturday. Most Of  the showers occured in the 30-minute spell that started around 7 pm. Scattered rains occurred at a few places in Konkan and Goa. A trough extending to the Lakshadweep area persists across south-west Bay of Bengal. Similar rains also occurred in Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka.

Ans.  : (1) in-time
(2) between-time
(3) on-time,
  (4) in-time
 (5) around—time
 (6) at-place.
(6) In : place
 (8) to-direction
 (9) across-direction
(10) in-place.

3) The simple past and past perfect tense

 (text.page no 20 )

 Yesterday, after my friend had left,  I started  writing a letter. I had written  only one sentence when I heard  the postman  calling me. He had brought  me a parcel. It  was a book, which I had ordered  from a shop in Mumbai. The postman asked  me to sign a receipt and when I had signed it, he gave  me the book and left . Then I sat  down to   read the book. It was so interesting that I read  it very quickly. When my friend returned  that evening, I had finished  reading the
  Book. He had read  the book the previous week, the sat and talked  till midnight, after and we  we had eaten  our dinner.



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4) Simple, Compound and Complex Sentences :
 (text.page no 21

 Change the following Compound Sentences   into Simple and Complex Sentences :

  (1) I walked straight to the village and bought  or myself two dozen penny exercise books.

  Ans. Simple : Walking straight to the village,   I bought myselftwo dozen penny exercise books.

Complex : I walked straight to the village where I bought myself two dozen penny exercise books.

(2) I picked up my pen and gazed out the window.

 Ans. Simple : Picking up my pen, I gazed out the window.

Complex : When I had picked up my pen,I gazed out the window.

 (3) I flung it on the table and set to work again.

 Ans. Simple : Flinging it on the table, I set to work  again.

 Complex ; No sooner had I flung it on the table  than I set to work again.

 (4) I dispatched the completed manuscript and  promptly forgot about it.

 Ans. Simple : Having dispatched the completed  manuscript, I promptly forgot about it. 
Complex : After I had dispatched the completed  I promptly forgot about it.

 (5) I went upstairs and began to get it down.
 Ans. Simple : Goingupstairs, I began to get it down.

Complex : As soon as I went upstairs, I began to get it down.


(6) I took it straight away and showed it to John Angus.



Ans. Simple : Taking it straight away, I showed it to John Angus.

Complex : I took it straight away so thatI could show it to John Angus.

(7) I had successive ideas of specializing in dermatology, surgery and so on but discarded them all.

Ans. Simple :
 I discarded all my successive ideas of specializing in dermatology, surgery and so on.
Complex : I discarded all the successive ideas which I had of specializing in dermatology,
surgery and so on.

1. Modal Auxiliaries
:
 (text.page no 25,26)

* Read the following sentences : 

(1) May I speak to you for a moment?  

(2) She can speak fluent German. 


(3) He might get angry at first, but hopefully he will understand your situation.

(4) You should try doing more exercise regularly.

(5) New recruits shall report to the sergeant at 9 a.m.

 (6) I must go home now. It's late.

(7) Could you put this book on the shelf, please?

 Match the modal auxiliaries in the above  sentences given in Column A with the meanings in B

Ans. (1) may—permission 

(2) can—ability 

 (3) might—possibility 

(4) should— advice 

(5) shall— command

 (6) must— obligation

(7) could—request.


 Modal Auxiliary

 (text.page no 36)

•Can

• The modal auxiliary •can' may be used to frame requests.
 Write A few sentences using
•can' to denote requests.

(i) Can I sit here
(ii) Can I have your telephone number?
(iii) Can you explain this again, Madam?
(iv) Can I have another helping of that cake?

2. Reported Speech

 (1) Convert the following sentences into  indirect narration :

(i) Sometimes his mother would ask :
"Reuben, where were you ?
We were waiting for supper for you."
"Playing, Mum. Sorry."

Ans. Sometimes Reuben's mother would ask him where he had been, adding that they had been waiting for him for supper. Reuben would apologize, saying that he had been playing.

(ii) The shopkeeper said, "Come back tomorrow, boy."
"Please, Mister. I have to sell the sacks   now-please." Reuben pleaded.

Ans. The shopkeeper asked Reuben to come back   the next day. But Reuben pleaded with him, saying that he had to sell the sacks right then.

(2) Convert the following sentences into direct   narration :

(i) Reuben told the shopkeeper that he wanted to buy a gift.

Ans-Ruben said to the shopkeeper,"I Want to buy a gift.

ii) Ruben murmured a quiet thank    you and ran home.

ANS- Ruben murmured,"Thank-you ,"quietly and ran home.

 (text.page no 41,42 )

Fill in the blanks with the appropriate words  given below

(a lot of, a lot, lots of, plenty, many, much)

(1) I miss my friends a lot.

2) There is room for many boxes in this cupboard.

3) We have plenty to eat. You needn't buy

4) I don't have much experience.

5) Many things need to be changed here.

(6) We met after many years, We had a lot to talk about.

(7) There's lots of space for parking.
 You can bring your vehicle.

(8) A lot can be said about pollution in rivers

(9) Many students disagreed with the reforms

(10) I didn't enjoy the film much.

2. Use of 'Much more' and 'No more'


(1) Enough care has been taken by the police. There is no more danger of riots.

(2) She has been practising regularly. She is no more afraid of losing the match.

(3) It seems he knows much more about the  ment but he is unwilling to share the information.

 (text.page no 48)


1. Past Perfect Tense

Use the correct tense forms in the following narration :

Ans. The police had warned the people that the  road could be blocked due to the landslides in the hilly area. The school authorities ,had declared that the school would be closed for two days. Our family reached our place before  the )andslide. People had moved to, safer places with their animals so there was no loss of  life. The government and the local authorities had taken every precaution, so the landslide did not cause much damage. If proper care had not been taken by the people and the government, there could have been more losses.

2, Adverb Clause of Time

Complete the following paragraph, choosing correct subordinate conjunctions : (?he answers aregiven directly,)
Ans.
Ply friend called Jpe as I was packing the things. While I was packing the things, the bell rang.lt kept ringing while I was talking to my friend op the mobile. When I opened the door, I was surprised to see my closest
college friend standing in front ofme. As soon as he saw me, he hugged me warmly. I felt very happy when I saw him. We had met after a long gap of ten years. We had many things to talk about. He had always helped me.

 (text.page no 59,60)

Sentences of 'Would',Wouldn't,Might have,

I) in the evening he would be waiting for me.

ii)  he Would roost on the coconut tree.

(iii) ... all fellow parrots would be there...

(iv) They would be thunderstruck...

V). 'If I was not home some day, he would not come down.'

 
Vi)'His family bonds might have become stronger  than his friendship with me.'

May Might

It may be a vase.
it may be two faces.
 it might be a free hand drawing.


(text.page no 67)

Choose an appropriate pronoun and combine the following sentences using relative clauses :

(i) Amit gave me an envelope that contained some  papers. 

(ii) Seema is a psychologist who works as a counsellor.

(iii) I admire your belief which is always right.

 (iv) We are going to a place which is warm winter.


(text.page no 98)


1. Modal Auxiliaries

Using the modal auxiliaries 'had to', 'need' 'used to', or 'have to'

(i) We used to visit our grandparents regularly, so  that they did not feel lonely.  

 (ii) Our team has to be selected for the finals. Needn't we conduct more practice sessions? 

(iii) There were so many difficult words in the text  that the students had to use a diction}ry. 

 (iv) Though the medicine tasteg drink it. 

 (v) Our grandmother has fractured her hand; we  have to support her when she wants to get up.
(vi) The examination is next week. Need we remind  students about studying regularly?

(vii) It will be summer soon; we have to get a fan

Present participle

 (i) adopting cash crops
 (ii) marketing its dairy products   (iii) utilizing the government schemes
(iv) becoming an 
(v) harbouring social changes
(vi) selecting the new villages.

3. Past Participles 

(i) A learned person is always respected. 

(ii) The firm requires qualified and experienced persons.

(iii) Who doesn't love a well-kept garden ? 

(2) Find two examples from the text where th

Past Participle is used as an adjective :

Ans.
(i) The increased water levels resulted in a bett yield.
(ii) Yavatmal was the worst affected district ...



 (text.page no 107)


1. Use of 'too' and 'enough'

 (1) Combine the following sentences with 'too'  or 'enough' : 
 Ans.

(i) She was rich enough to buy a car.  

(ii) The old man was too weak to walk properly.

(iii) The mathematical problem was too difficult to be solved by the students.


 (iv) Their house is large enough to accommodate  their big family.

 (v) She is too emotional to tolerate any rude  behaviour.

 (vi) The peak was too high for the mountaineers to climb it.




(text.page no 114,115)

1.Fill in the blanks using the proper infinitive

(i) The driver was arrested tor failing  ......the accident.


Ans. to report

(ii) My father made me (go, to go) for a walk 
Ans. go

(iii) Ramesh was made (pay, to pay) back the money.

Ans. to pay

(iv) Sarika did not let me(see, to see) what she was doing.

Ans. see

(v) Jay might (be, to be) joking.

Ans. be

2. If- Clauses

 Complete the following sentences :

(i) If you come to the library, we (complete)  the project.
Ans. will complete

(ii) If Geeta (send) an application, she would have got the job.
Ans. had sent

(iii) If my friends came late, I (wait) for them. 
Ans. would wait

(iv) If the girls didn't tease Sarita so much, she (spend) more time in the office.
Ans. would spend

(text.page no 127,128,129)

 1. The Complex Sentence

 (1) Combine each of the following sentences into complex sentences, using appropriate  conjunctions : 

(i) It was tough. It was intellectually satisfying.
 Ans. Though it was tough, it was intellectually  satisfying.

  (ii) I went to several publisners, I did not find any    takers. 

 Ans. Although I went to several publishers, I did  not find any takers. 

 (iii) I have great reverence for India's heritage. I am deeply rooted in its rich tradition. 

  Ans. I am deeply rooted in India's rich tradition  because I have great reverence for India's  heritage. 
 (iv) I realized the task was mammoth. The work  began.

Ans. When I realized the task was mammoth, the work began.

(v) I rewrote the scripts myself. Their submissions were mediocre.
Ans. I rewrote the scripts myself because them submissions were mediocre.

(2) Change the following sentences into  complex sentences following the  instructions given : 

(i) It was tough but intellectually satisfying. 
(Rewrite using 'though'.)

Ans. Though it was tough, it was intellectually satisfying.

(ii) I went to several publishers but did not find any takers. (Begin the sentence with 'though'.)

Ans. Though I went to several publishers, I did not find any takers.

(iii) I have great reverence for India's heritage and culture and I am deeply rooted in its rich tradition. (Rewrite using 'because'.)

Ans. I am deeply rooted in India's rich tradition because I have great reverence for Indias's heritage.

(iv) They could answer questions on Greek mythology but could not tell the name of Lord Ram's mother. (Rewrite using 'though'.)

Ans. Though they could answer questions on Greek mythology, they could not tell the name of ord Ram's mother. 

(v) I resigned from the Times of India and grabbed
the opportunity. (Rewrite using 'after'.)
Ans. After I resigned from the Times of India,
I grabbed the opportunity.


2. Voice


(A) Questions

(i) How did you put together a team for this ambitious project ?

Ans. How was a team put together by you for this  ambitious project?

(ii) Who has played this prank?

Ans. By whom was this prank played?

(iii) Will her parents permit her to go to college?

Ans. Will she be permitted to go to college by her parents ?

(iv) Has anyone answered the general knowledge questions ? 

 Ans. Have the general knowledge question been answered by anyone?

(v). Will they arrest the corrupt workers ?
Ans. Will the corrupt workers be arrested?

 (vi) How can this crime be committed?

Ans. How can they commit this crime? 

Negative Sentences


(i) The dhobi does not wash the clothes properly

Ans. The clothes are not washed properly by  dhobi.

(ii) The vendors do not sell fresh vegetables.

Ans. Fresh vegetables are not sold by the vendon.

 (iii) The boy may not have broken the mirror.

Ans. The mirror may not have been broken by  boy.

(iv) The police have not caught the terrorists.

Ans. The terrorists have not been caught.


 Imperative Sentences


(i) Please complete the assignment.

Ans. You are requested to complete the assignment.
 (ii) Speak the truth.
Ans. You are ordered to speak the truth.
(iii) Leave her alone, please. 

Ans. Please let her be left alone. 

(iv) Let us help the poor man. 

Ans. Let the poor man be helped by us. 


 Sentences with Direct and Indirect Objects

 (i) The teacher has gifted the student a pen. 

Ans. The student has been gifted a pen by the teacher.
OR 
A pen has been gifted to the student by thé teacher. 

(ii)Debashish Mukherjee gave me this name.

Ans. This name was given Mukherjee. 

OR
I was given this name by Debashish Mukherjet.

(iii) My wife Lalitha has given me her uncon tional support. 

Ans. I have been given unconditional support by wife Lalitha  
OR
Unconditional support has been given to me by my wife Lalitha


(text.page no 136)

Present Perfect Continuous Tense

 Write the following sentences using the  Present Perfect Continuous Tense of the verb : 

(i) We had an enjoyable holiday.
Ans. We have been having an enjoyable holiday. 

(ii) I marvelled at what the cellphone revolution has wrought in our country.

Ans. I have been marvelling at what the cellphone revolution has been wreaking in our country.

(iii) India sells four times as many phones as it sold three decades ago.

Ans. India has been selling four times as many  phones as it sold three decades ago.


(iv) Attitudes have also changed.  
Ans, Attitudes have also been changing.




(text.page no 145)



 Degrees of Comparison


Change the degree of comparison .

(i) Very few metals are as precious as gold. 

Ans. Gold is more precious than most other metals.  (Comparative)

  (ii) I have more books than you. 

Ans. You do not have as many books as I have, 
 (Positive)   

(iii) Birbal was the wisest man in the court.

Ans. No other man in the court was as wise as Birbal. (Positive)

Birbal was wiser than any other man in the  court. (Comparative) 

(iv) She looked the happiest woman in the world. 

Ans. No other woman in the world looked as happy  as she did, (Positive) 

 She looked happier than any other woman in the world. (Comparative) 

HSC Board examples of Degree

Degree examples from 1998 to 2017

Oct.1998. 3. Mother is more than the earth. (Use Positive Degree)

 Ans: The earth is not as much as mother.

March.2003. 4. His products are cheaper than somebody elses products.

 Ans: Somebody elses products are not as cheap as his products.

 M.2004. 5. These little worms are the farmers best friends.

Ans: These little worms are better than any other friends of the farmers. (CD)
No other friends of the farmers are as good as these little worms. (PD)

0.2004. 6. Ruchira was the best pupil. (Change the degree of Comparison)

Ans: Ruchira was better than any other pupil. (CD)
 No other pupil was as good as Ruchira. (PD)

M.2005. 7. The food is one of the most essential factors in building and maintaining health. (Change into Comparative degree)

Ans:Food is more essential than many other factors in building and maintaining health.

Very few factors in building and maintaining health are as essential as the food. (PD))

0.2005. 8.  A foolish friend can be more dangerous than awise enemy.

Ans:A wise enemy cannot be so much dangerous as a foolish friend. (PD)

0.2005. 9. The Gangetic plain is one of the most fertile and densely populated regions in the World (Change into CD)

Ans: The Gangetic plain is more fertile and densely populated than many/most other regions in the world.

0.2006. 10. Everest is one of the highest peaks in India.

Ans: Very few peaks in India are as high as Everest. (PD)

Everest is higher than many other peaks in India. (C.D.)

M.2007. 11. These can withstand very low temperatures better than an adult animal or plant.
(Change the Degree)

Ans: No adult animal or plant can withstand very low temperatues as good as these.

M.2007. 12. The rhea is smaller than the ostrich. (Change the degree)

Ans: The ostrich is not as small as the rhea. (P.D.)

M.2007. 13. Deserts are among the most interesting places on the globe.
(Rewrite the sentence beginning with 'Very few

Ans:Very few places on the globe are as much interesting as deserts.

M.2007. 14. His products are better than somebody elses. (Change into positive degree)
 Ans: Somebody elses products are not as good as his product.

M.2008. 15. It is the biggest review of planets life support systems. (Rewrite into Comparative Degree)

Ans: It is bigger than any other review of planets life support systems.

 0.2008. 16. It is one of the oldest railway buildings. (Change into positive degree )

Ans:Very few railway buildings are as old as it.

0.2009. 17. It's the hottest drug in teentown. (Rewrite the sentence beginning with 'No other .......')

Ans:No other drug in teentown is as hot as it.

M.2010. 18. It was the most difficult situation. (Change into Comparative degree)

Ans:It was more difficult than any other situation.

M.2011. 19. The Ganges is one of the longest rivers in India. (Change into Comparative degree)

Ans: The Ganges is longer than many other rivers in India. (C.D.)
 Very few rivers in India are as long as the Ganges. (P.D.)

0.2012. 20. Wellness is much more than the absence of illness.

Ans:The absence of illness is not as much as wellness.

0.2013. 21. Leaving Reed college was one of the best decisions I ever made. (Make it positive degree)

Ans: Very few decisions I ever made were as good as leaving Reed college.

0.2013. 22. The most disturbing was a report on the condition of children employed by zari factories.
(Rewrite the sentence beginning with 'No other

Ans: No other report was as much disturbing as a report on the condition of children employed by zari factories.

M.2014,23.Our young people spend more time before their T.V; set than in their classrooms.
(Rewrite it using positive degree.)

 Ans: Our young people do not spend as much time in their classrooms asbeforetheirTVSet.

 M.2015. 24, The duckwas better than his instructor. (Change the sentence intopositive degree.)

Ans:The (duck's) instructor was no as good as the duck.

0.2015. 25. The duck was better in swimming than his instructor.(Change it into positive degree.)

Ans: The (duck's) instructor was not as good swimmer as the duck.

F.2016. 26. The floods  of 1978 were the most destructive.
 (Changethe sentence into the 'positive degree')

Ans:No other floods were as destructive as the floods of 1978.

Would Or Used To

HSC Board Examples


(0.1998.) 1. Forest, jungles and wetlands evoked the admiration of the world.
(Rewrite using 'used to')

 Ans: Forest jungles and wetlands used to evoke the admiration of the world.

(M.2007. ) 2. He would get up before dawn. (Rewrite using 'used to')

Ans: He used to get up before dawn.

(0.2008. ) 3.  We would try to gauge father's mood from the movements of his eyes.

 (Rewrite the sentence using 'used to')

Ans: We used to try to gauge father's mood from the movements of his eyes.


(M.2009).  4. My mother would set up an establishment. (Use 'used to')

 Ans: My mother used to set up an establishment.

(0.2009. )5. This man used to scrape up barely fifty rupees a month.
(Rewrite the sentence using 'would')

Ans: This man would scrape up barely fifty rupees a month.

(o. 2012). 6. I would spend hours under it. (use 'used to')

Ans: I used to spend hours under it.

 (M. 2013 )My father used to get transferred every year. (Rewrite the sentence using 'would')

Ans: My father would get transferred every year.

(o. 2013). 8. He would be on the horns of a dilemma. (use 'used to')
  Ans: He used to be on the horns of a dilemma.
(o. 2013).  9.  I would walk seven miles across town every Sunday night. (Rewrite using 'used to')

 Ans: I used to walk seven miles across town every Sunday night.

(M.2014) 10. I enjoyed so many theatre performances. (Rewrite using 'used to'.)
 Ans: I used to enjoy so many theatre performances.

(M.2015)  11. Hundreds of these little birds would land on the paddy.
(Rewrite the sentence using 'used to')

Ans: Hundreds of these little birds used to land on the paddy.

F.2017. 12. I stood on the shore of that desolate Highland loch.
(Rewrite it using 'used to' .) 

Ans: I used to stand on the shore of that desolate Highland loch.

Modal Auxiliaries

Modal Auxiliaries examples from 1996 to 2017 HSC  Board Exam

M1996. 1. I have to work as hard as I can. (Replace the modal auxiliary showing Obligation)

Ans:I must work as hard as I can.

 0.1996. 2. You should do what your teacher tells you to do. (Use modal  showing obligation)

 Ans:  You must do what your teacher tells you to do.

 M.1997. They need to be protected. (Rewrite using modal auxiliary showing obligation)

Ans:They must be protected.

0.1997. The remaining journey has to be undertaken on foot.
(Rewrite using the appropriate form of modal auxiliary)


 Ans: The remaining journey must be undertaken on foot.

M.1998. 5. You can go to bed early so that you are fresh in the morning.
(Change the modal auxiliary to make it a piece of advice)

You should go to bed early so that you are fresh in the morning.

0.1998. Be prepared always to pay the price. (Rewrite using modal auxiliary showing suggestion)

 Ans: You should be prepared always to pay the price.

M.1999.  7. Dead plants and animals may lie rotting at the bottom.
 (Rewrite using modal auxiliary
showing certainty)

Ans:Dead plants and animals will lie rotting at the bottom.

0.1999. 8' An animal may alter surrounding. (Rewrite using modal auxiliary showing ability)

 Ans -An animal can alter surrounding.


M.2000. 9. Your young brother is careless about his study.
(Frame a sentence using modal auxiliary giving him advice)

Ans-   You should be careful about your study.

0.2000. 10. We can see certainly that they are not placed in other employments, (Use modal auxiliary showing obligation)

 Ans-We mud see certainly that they are not placed in other employments.

0.2001. 11. You have to study regularly to get success in the examination. (Use modal auxiliary showing advice)

Ans: You should study regularly to get success in the examination.

M.2002. 12. The time might come. (Replace modalaux.showing certainty)

Ans: The time will come.

 0.2002. 13. The labelling of human beings in terms of their interest should not be overdone.

(Use modal aux.showing obligation)

Ans: The labelling of human beings in terms of their interest must not be overdone.

0.2003.  14. I will teach you this lesson next week.
(Rewrite using modal auxiliary showing less certainty)

Ans: I may teach you this lesson next week.

0.2003,  15. You may do just as you like. (Use mod. aux. showing obligation)

Ans: You must do just as you like.

M.2004. 16. One should insist on whole meal flour and whole meal bread.
 (Rewrite using modal auxiliary showing obligation)

Ans: One must insist on whole meal flour and whole meal bread.

 M,2004. 17. You can understand it. (Use modal aux. showing obligation)

Ans: You must understand it.

0.2004. 18. People with intellectual interest will do well in occupation dealing with ideas, rul regulations, facts and figures. (Use modal auxiliary showing less certainty)

Ans:   People with intellectual interest may do well in occupation dealing with ideas, regulations, facts and figures.

M.2005. 19. You can halt at Uttarkashi. (Make less definite)

 Ans:  You may halt at Utterkashi.


0.2005. 20. We should protect and develop our forests. (Use modal auxiliary showing obligations)

 Ans: We must protect and develop our forests.

0.2005. 21. They may again be free. (Make it more definite)

Ans: They Willagain be free.

 M.2006. 22. Deficiencies  can be corrected when all the nutrients are supplied.

(Use modal auxiliary showing certainty)

Ans: Deficiencies be corrected when all the nutrients are supplied.

 M.2006. 23. Their interest may be literary. (Use m. aux. showing certainty)

Ans: Their interest be literary.

M.2006. 24. A skillful advertiser may be able to create a monopoly.
(Rewrite the sentence using a modal auxiliary can)
 Ans- A skillful advertiser can create a monopoly

0.2006. 25, I must go to jail. (Make it less definite)
 Ans: I may go to jail.

0.2006. 26. Do realise your rsponsibility as educated women.

(Use modal auxiliary showing obligation)
Ans: You must  realise your responsibility as educated women.

M.2007. 27. Wind and sun may dry out thesurface(Rewrite using modal auxiliary showing certainty)

Ans: Wind and sun will dry out the surface.
 M.2007. 28. Young people should be considered for employments.
(Rewrite using modal auxiliary showing certainty)

Ans-  Young people will  be considered for employments.

M.2007. 29. The remaining journey has to be undertaken on foot.

(Rewrite using modal auxiliary to make it obligatory)

Ans: The remaining journey must be undertaken on foot.

M.2008. 30. They should be marked out from their youth for the employment of an active type.
(Use modal auxiliary showing obligation)

Ans: They must be marked out from their youth for the employment of an active type .
M.2008. 31.  The Taj will be washed clean with salt free water.

(Rewrite using Modal Auxiliary showing obligation)

  Ans: The Taj must be washed clean with salt free water.

0.2008. 32. We can make the necessary decisions to protect it.

 (Rewrite using Modal Auxiliary showing compulsion)

Ans: We must make the necessary decisions to protect it.

M.2009. 33. We worry about 'junk food'. (Rewrite using Modal Auxiliary showing compulsion)
Ans: We must worry about junk food.

M.2009. 34.  Culture and arts will be strongly supported. (Make it less definite)

Ans: Culture and arts might be strongly supported.

M.2009. 35. Don't be trapped by dogma. (Use modal  showing advice)

Ans: You shouldn't be trapped by dogma.

M.2009. 36. It may intensity some of its woes. (Rewrite using Modal Auxiliary showing certainty)

 Ans: It will intensity some of its woes.

M.2010. 37. He may have laughed in the company of his friends.
(Use modal.auxiliary showing certainty)

Ans: He will have laughed in the company of his friends.

M.2010. 38. Our teachers could grow enormously by learning from their students.
(Use modal auxiliary showing advice)

Ans: Our teachers should grow enormously by learning from their studens.

0.2010.  39. Irrigation may be the most obvious response to drought.
 (Use modal auxiliary showing certainty)

 Ans: Irrigation will be the most obvious response to drought.

M.2011. 40. That may sound totally global. (Use modal auxiliary showing 'certainty')

Ans: That will sound totally global.

M.2012. 41.Our society must weed this malaise out from the root. (Use modal auxiliary showing less certainty)

Our society may weed this malaise out from the root..

0.2012. 42. We must be healthy in order to be happy.
(Replace the modal auxiliary without changing the meaning)

Ans- We ought to be healthy in order to be happy.

 M. 2013. 43. She had to die in the end after all. (Use modal auxiliary showing obligation)


Ans: She must die inthe end after all.

M. 2014. 44. You could pay eight times the going rate for a 'lightning call'.
(Rewrite it using modal auxiliary showing 'Compulsion'.)

  Ans: You must pay eight times the going rate for a 'lightning call'.

M. 2014.45. We can accept our life gracefully.
 (Rewrite it using the modal auxiliary showing 'Compulsion.')

Ans: We must accept our life gracefully.

M.2014. 46. This practice does lead to certain oddities.    (Rewrite it using modal auxiliary showing 'probability'.)

Ans:   This practice may lead to certain oddities.

0.2014. 47. They should be updated frequently.
(Rewrite it using the modal auxiliary showing compulsion)
Ans: They must be updated frequently.

 0.2014. 48. I have to sell the sacks.
(Rewrite it replacing the underlined part with the modal auxiliary showing'compulsion'.)

 Ans: I must sell the sacks.

0.2014. 49. Moreover, human population will stabilize at about 11.5 billion, (Make it 'less definite')
  Ans:  Moreover, human population may stabilize at about 11.5 billion.

M.2015, 50. My little girl can get tasty fruits from some other garden too!  (Rewrite the sentence using modal auxiliary expressing certainty)

 Ans: My little girl will get tasty fruits from some other garden too!
51. He had to stay after school .(use the modal auxiliary showing compulsion )
Ans-he must stay after school



Ans: 52. The earth could withstand upto 200,000 times the current population. (Rewrite the sentence using the modal auxiliary showing 'certainty'.)
Ans- The earth will withstand upto 200,000 times the current population.

53. "I will try." (Rewrite the sentence using another modal auxiliary showing 'obligation')
 I must try.                             
54. You can sell waste to the raddi-wallah and give him a small token of appreciation.
(Replace the modal auxiliary by another showing 'obligation'.)

You must  to sell waste to the raddi-wallah and give him a small token of appreciation.


 

Rhetorical Question

Rhetorical Questions Examples
From Board Exam 1998 to 2017


 O.1998.Copying the west is not the answer to our problem.
(frame a rhetorical question)

 Is copying the West the answer to our problem?

2. I cannot use your telephone without your permission.

 (Frame a rhetorical question)

  How can I use your telephone without your permission?

 3.There is no room for secrecy or hiding under Bapuji's leadership.

(Frame a rhetorical question)

Is there any room for secrecy or hiding under Bapuji's leadership ?

4. Is that fair? (Rewrite the rhetorical question as a statement)


That is not fair.

5. It is true that a player does much for the country.
(Rewrite using a rhetorical question)
 
Isn't it true that a player does much for the country?

6. Is he then to be denied opportunities to educate himself ?
(Make it assertive)
He is then not to be denied opportunities to educate himself.

7.It was an immediate sensation.

(Make it a rhetorical ques.)

Ans:Was't it an immediate sensation ?

8. Have they brought about much of a change in our social thinking and in our living?

(Remove the rhetorical question)

Ans:They have not brought about much of a change in our social thinking and in our living.

M.2007. 9. Is it wise to quarrel on the festive day ?

(Make it assertive)

Ans:It is not wise to quarrel on the festive day.

M.2008. 10. It was their stronghold.

(Make it rhetorical question)

 Ans:Wasn't it their stronghold ?

M.2009. 11. Shouldn't we be just as worried by the low grade food ?

(Make it assertive)

Ans:We should be just as worried by the low grade food.

12.Have we become mute witness to a taciturn Tamasha.

 (Rewrite it as an assertive sentence)

Ans: We have not become mute witnesses to a taciturn tamash.

 0.2009. 13. The poor chap was always sulking.

(Make it rhetorical question)

Ans:Wasn't the poor chap always sulking ?

 M.2011. 14. How could he give a flat no to a boy like Dave ?

(Makeit assertive))

 Ans:He could not give a flat no to a boy like Dave.

M.2012.  15. Kolhapur is a gourmet's paradise.
(Make it rhetorical question)

 Isn't Kolhapur gourmet's paradise ? 

0.2012. 16.  The engagement with a scientific problem is the most meaningful aspect of a scientist.

(Rewrite as a rhetorical question)

Ans:Isn't the engagement with a scientific problem the most meaningful aspect of a scientist?

 M.2014. 17. Telephones were a rarity.

(Make it a rhetorical question.)

  Ans-Weren't telephones a rarity ?

M.2014. 18. Why do normal people feel that they are 'full' and others like Chaitanya are half or incomplete ?

(Change it in a assertive sentence)

Ans: Normal people should not feel that they are "full" and the others like Chaitanya are half or incomplete.

 0.2014. 19. She felt terrible about this tendency.
 (Rewrite it as a rhetorical question)

Ans:Didn't she feel terrible about this tendency ?

F.2016. 20. I didn't stick at anything for long.

(Rewrite the sentence as a rhetorical question)
 Ans:Did I stick at anything for long ?

2016. 21.  It   is extensive.
(Make it Rhetorical question)
Ans: Isn't it extensive ?

F.2017. 22. He was delighted to see the prosperity of his kingdom.
(Make it a rhetorical question.)

 Ans: Wasn't he delighted to see the prosperity of his kingdom ?

Model Answers Rayats First Semi.Exam.12th

         
English 12th Model Answers

1. Q.a)

1. The extract is about how the writer become successful novelist.
2. Writer go to see his friends because he want to say goodbye to the simple folk who had become writers friend.
3. The book society dramatized and serialized, translated into 19 languages and bought by Hollywood.It has sold millions of copies.
4. I think for achieving success we need following qualities -hard work,perseverance,strong determination,and many more.
5. I) Having dispatched the completed manuscript ,I promptly forgot about it. 

               Or

    I) Dispatching the completed    manuscript ,I probably forget about it

II) The book society choose the novel I had thrown away.

III) Didn't it altered my life radically.

6. I) become impatient = chafe

   II) continuation in a course of            action= in harness

B)    Grammar

1. In the last decade the hype was for the BRICS an acronym for Brazil Russia India China and South Africa.
2. The minimum wage act came into effect in 1940 and has remained the Bedrock for the workers right.
3. The interviewer asked whether winning award was important for him then actor replied that they were immaterial for him.

Q.2 a)

1. The passage told us about the Henry David Thoreaus views on importance of saving the planet.
2. Writer love music and fine arts he also fond of classical dance and theatre and have deep respect for the beneficial accomplishment of science.
3. Writer gave a secondary plus two science music and fine arts because he thought that if you don't have a good planet to put it on what is the use of having the best western home in California.
4. I think it is essential to protect the earth because if you don't have a good planet no other things are important to us. Without Earth all other things are unimportant.

5.

    I) you have feel this way of having contributed.

    II) it is not easy to answer.

    III) Thoreau raised a provocative question, didn't he?

6. I) advantageous= beneficial   

         II)bearable=tolerable

B.Summary

         SAVE THE PLANET

Saving our planet is important to us. all the other things like music arts classical dance and many other things are useless if we don't have a good planet to put it on. So change our mode of living and do some activities. change your habits for this no one will give you Oscar or Nobel but you feel happy about your work. help to protect the earth.



Q.3 Poetry

1. Poet greet The Stranger with very politely.
2. I think daughter is sensitive minded girl also she is very loving.
3. We went on our way and we said goodbye. (repeatation of the sound of 'w'.
4. By -reply ,I -bye,told -old ,Down-frown,broken -spoken.