English Grammar Practice Question and Answer
8 Q:Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it.
It is generally acknowledged that children learn a lot from their parents. It is not so commonly admitted that parents learn a great deal from their children. As adults, it is easy to assume that we are always right, but the laugh was on me one beautiful day.
My daughter Kashmira knew how much I loved flowers. One day when she was of nine years, she picked some branches from our neighbour's blossoming fruit tree. Realising she intended to please me, I didn't scold her, but chose a different approach. "These are lovely, dear, but do you realise that if you had left them on the tree, each of these blossoms would have become a cherry?" "No, they wouldn't have", she said firmly.
"Oh, yes they would have. Each of these blossoms would have grown into a cherry". "Well okay, mother, if you insist", she finally conceded, "but they were plums last year".
What the daughter picked from the neighbour's garden were-
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608bdb825c992217d5821d33It is generally acknowledged that children learn a lot from their parents. It is not so commonly admitted that parents learn a great deal from their children. As adults, it is easy to assume that we are always right, but the laugh was on me one beautiful day.
My daughter Kashmira knew how much I loved flowers. One day when she was of nine years, she picked some branches from our neighbour's blossoming fruit tree. Realising she intended to please me, I didn't scold her, but chose a different approach. "These are lovely, dear, but do you realise that if you had left them on the tree, each of these blossoms would have become a cherry?" "No, they wouldn't have", she said firmly.
"Oh, yes they would have. Each of these blossoms would have grown into a cherry". "Well okay, mother, if you insist", she finally conceded, "but they were plums last year".
- 1some branches with blossomstrue
- 2some branches with fruitfalse
- 3some branchesfalse
- 4some flowersfalse
- 5None of thesefalse
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Answer : 1. "some branches with blossoms "
Q: Change from assertive to interrogative: It is extremely foolish to waste time in reading trash.
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636d0472d1a5e52b96e55a27- 1Why waste time in reading trash books.false
- 2Why should one waste time in reading trash?true
- 3Why waste time in reading trash?false
- 4Why should we waste time and read trash?false
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Answer : 2. "Why should one waste time in reading trash? "
Q: Choose the correct option:
Notices should be
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63726e2a190e4c3c11c9006cNotices should be
- 1brief and formaltrue
- 2long and wordyfalse
- 3short and informalfalse
- 4indirectfalse
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Answer : 1. "brief and formal"
Q: Choose the correct transformation from assertive to interrogative:
We should not waste time in this fruitless occupation.
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639879d4ffa5c734fedbf4d4We should not waste time in this fruitless occupation.
- 1What should we do of this fruitless occupation?false
- 2Why will we waste time in this fruitless occupation?false
- 3Why should we waste time in this fruitless occupation?true
- 4Why would we waste time in this fruitless occupation?false
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Answer : 3. "Why should we waste time in this fruitless occupation?"
Q: Choose the correct option:
When we begin a letter with 'Dear Sir' or 'Dear Madam' or 'Dear Sir/Madam', we end it with____
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63726ef05c30150185008750When we begin a letter with 'Dear Sir' or 'Dear Madam' or 'Dear Sir/Madam', we end it with____
- 1yours faithfullytrue
- 2your faithfullyfalse
- 3your's sincerelyfalse
- 4yours lovinglyfalse
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Answer : 1. "yours faithfully"
Q: Which one of the following is the correct meaning of -
Killing of self -
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639880ebffa5c734fedc2ff4Killing of self -
- 1murderfalse
- 2killerfalse
- 3self-killerfalse
- 4suicidetrue
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Answer : 4. "suicide"
Q: _______ teachers prefer a class that is fairly consistent in having pupils of the same level.
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63987dfeffa5c734fedc1457- 1Mosttrue
- 2Neitherfalse
- 3Wholefalse
- 4Everyfalse
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Answer : 1. "Most"
Q: Choose the correct transformation from assertive to exclamatory:
I wish I knew more people.
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636d06f75c30150185e6a503I wish I knew more people.
- 1If I could know more people!false
- 2If I would be able to know more people!false
- 3I wish to know more people!false
- 4If only I knew more people!true
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