Grammar , vocabulary and poetic devicesstd IX

1. 1. Transform the following direct speech into reported speech.

2. I said to him," Where have you lost the pen I brought for you yesterday?"

• A.I told him where had he lost the pen I brought for him the previous day.

• B. I asked him where had he lost the pen I had brought for him yesterday.

• C. I told him that where he had lost the pen I had brought for him the previous day.

• D. I asked him where he had lost the pen I had brought for him the previous day.

2. 2. Select the option that identifies the error and supplies the correction for the following line, from an academic report.

   It is quite clear that those students who are research for a Ph.D. read more articles than either junior

   lecturers or other students.

• A. Quite /. Quiet

• B. Those/. These

• C. Research/ Researching

• D. Than / Then

3. 3. Fill in the blank by choosing the correct option

4. John, with his members, _______ really well.

• A. Sing

• B. Sings

• C. Singing

• D. Have sung

4. 4. Select the correct option to fill in the blank for the given line.

5. He ____give that money he found in the street to charity.

• A. Has to

• B. Need not

• C. Ought to

• D. Could

5. 5. The brothers as well as their sister_____ up early in the morning.

• A. Gets

• B. Get

• C. Is getting

• D. Has got

6. 6. Choose the correct indirect speech of the following sentence.

7. He said to her," How much time did you spend at the war memorial?"

• A. He asked her how much time she had spent at the war memorial.

• B. He asked her how much time he had spent at the war memorial.

• C. He asked her how much time had she spent at the war memorial.

• He asked her how much time he had spent at the war memorial.

7. 7. Select the option that identifies the error and supplies the correction for the following line.

8. Selfishness means thinking of one's own interests, needs and suffering, without any concern of others.

• A. Means/ Mean

• B. Of/ For

• C. Any/ many

• D. One's/ once

8. 8. When life is uncertain, our usual responses and copying strategies _____ not always work.

• A. Might

• B. Can

• C. May

• D. Could

9. 9. Time and again, I have seen men and women ______ and give their lives for an idea.

• A. Risk

• B. Have risked

• C. Are risking

• D. Risking

10. 10. They ____ living here since 1981.

• A. Are living

• B. Have been living

• C. Were living

• D. Has been living