Q121.Choose the correct option, changing the following sentence from direct to indirect speech.
He said to his servant, “Do as I tell you.”
Correct answer: He ordered his servant to do as he told him.
Q122.Supply appropriate modal verb in the given blank.
My grandfather was a very clever man. He .......... speak five languages.
Correct answer: could
Q123.Transform the sentence given in direct speech into indirect speech.
My friends said to me, “Did you have a good trip?”
Correct answer: My friends wondered if I’d had a good trip.
Q124.Read the following sentences and choose the correct option –
(A) It’s time we went.
(B) It’s time for us to go.
(C) It’s time we were leaving.
(D) It’s time we go.
Correct answer: Only (D) is incorrect
Q125.Fill in the blank with the correct option.
You will succeed .......... you work hard.
Correct answer: if
Q126.Choose the appropriate option of direct speech for the indirect speech given below.
He asked if I would mind coming early.
Correct answer: “Would you mind coming early?”, he said.
Q127.Supply the correct determiners for the following sentences –
Who was Tom?
(i) The man .......... was passing underneath or
(ii) The man ........../.......... the mat fell on or
(iii) The man .......... hat was knocked off.
Correct answer: (i) who (ii) that/whom (iii) whose
Q128.Choose the correct indirect speech of the given sentence from the options that follow.
She says, “Coffee is ready.”
Correct answer: She says that coffee is ready.
Q129.Choose the correct active transform of the given sentence from the options that follow –
Not a word was spoken by him.
Correct answer: He did not speak a word.
Q130.Transform the following into indirect speech.
‘Why don’t you play the guitar anymore?’ I asked.
Correct answer: I asked him why he did not play the guitar anymore.
Q131.Complete the sentence by choosing the correct form of tense from the given options –
Seema and Ashok .......... (play) since ten O’clock.
Correct answer: have been playing
Q132.Fill in the blank with suitable phrasal verb from the given options –
In my journey, I .......... two pilgrims.
Correct answer: fell in with
Q133.Transform the following active sentence into passive voice –
They say he was a spy.
Correct answer: He is said to have been a spy.
Q134.Transform the following sentence into passive voice –
Burglars broke into the house.
Correct answer: The house was broken into by burglars.
Q135.Transform the following sentence into active voice –
How is butter made?
Correct answer: How do they make butter?
Q136.Fill in the blank with the correct tense –
I .......... staying here till Sunday.
Correct answer: will be
Q137.Which one of the following sentences means “He has hardly any money”?
Correct answer: He has little money.
Q138.Which one of the following idioms means ‘to do some remarkable or surprising thing’?
Correct answer: He will never set the Thames on fire.
Q139.Complete the sentence by choosing the correct option.
Reena is slow .......... she is sure.
Correct answer: but
Q140.Transform the following sentence into passive voice –
His wife needs tactful handling.
Correct answer: His wife needs to be handled tactfully.