SECTION I: LANGUAGE STUDY
. 1. (A)
A1. Do as directed : (Any 4)
[4 Marks]
(1) Pick out the non-finite verb from the following sentence.
It's like learning Maths.
(2) Spot the error in the following sentence and rewrite it :
Sometimes life hit you in the head with a brick.
(3) Complete the following word chain of nouns :
(i) flower (ii) ......... (iii) echo (iv)......... (v)......... (vi) ......
(4) Identify the type of sentence :
I am afraid that the day is not far away ...
(5) Write any two compound words of your own.
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A2. Do as directed : (Any 2)
[4 Marks)
(1) I didn't have a dorm room, so I slept on the floor in friend's room.
(Change to Simple Future tense.) (2)
(2) Make a sentence of your own using the given pair of homophones: (2)
loose, lose
(3) Change the degree of comparison as instructed :
(2)
The shortest way to save your skin is to run away.
Positive : .........
Comparative :
(B) Do as directed : (Any 1)
[2 Marks]
(1) I think that more people should take up sports as a full-time career.
(Identify the clause and state its kind.)
(2) I knew I must tell this man the truth.
(Pick out the modal auxiliary verb and state its function.)
Answers
Answer:
1) learning
2) sometimes life hits you with a brick to the head
(or)
sometimes life hits to your head with a brick
3) ii) radiate
iii) oval
iv) lotus
v)snake
4) imperative
5) ice cream
doorknob
Do as directed
Explanation:
1. It's like learning Maths.
2. Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick
3. flower, rose, echo, oven, nest, table
4. I am afraid that the day is not far away - Complex sentence with a noun clause
5. Fireworks (fire-works), Moonlight (moon-light)
6. I will not have a dorm room, so I will sleep on the floor in my friend's room
7. loose (not firmly or tightly fixed in place): The car seat belt was very loose that it came off
lose (be deprived of or cease to have or retain): I cannot afford to lose any of of my dear friends
8. Positive: A short way to save your skin is to run away
Comparative: To save your skin, the shorter way is to run away/To run away, is the shorter way to save your skin
9. I think that more people should take up sports as a full-time career. (Noun clause)
10. I knew I must tell this man the truth
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