SEE 2074 Compulsory English Set "AC" Question Solution:

9.Reproduce the following sentences as indicated in brackets: 6x1=6

a.Don't waste your time, will you? (Supply the correct question tag)

b.Nobody was present. (Change into affirmative)

   Everybody was present  

c.Sona   had gone   (go) out before Goma arrived. (Put the verb in bracket in the correct tense)

d.Shiva asked me, "How long have you been waiting for me?" ( Change into indirect speech)

Shiva asked me  how long I had been waiting for him.

e.You have to go to school daily. ( Change into 'how often' question)

 How often do you have to  go to school? 

f.Did they complete the project work? (Change into passive voice)

 Did the project work was completed by them? 

10.  Choose and copy the best answers to complete the text.    10x0.5=5

A hungry fox in search of a meal, once saw a crow, sitting on ....(1).....(a/an/the) branch of a tree, and holding a large piece of meat in its beak.The fox sat down ....(2).... ( below/beneath/in) the tree and began to talk to ....(3).....( himself  /itself/oneself) aloud. "What a fine handsome bird ....(4).....( this crow was/that crow is /that is crow)," Said he. "But what a pity that it ...(5)..... (could sing/can sing/  can't sing  )". In fact the poor creature is quite dumb. The crow took no notice, ....(6)..... ?(did it/  didn't it  /don't it). The fox continued, "I am aware that some creature cannot even say 'cow'. I fear that this proves that it is really a very poor kind of crow, ....(7)..... (because of/  in spite of /even though) its great beauty. However, if it could utter a single sound. I ....(8)..... ( shall think/should have thought/ should think ) it an excellent crow, if not the finest bird I have ever seen. As it is I can only pity and despise it. "A crow doesn't like ....(9)..... (be insulted/  being insulted  /insulting) in such a way.It made the crow ....(10)..... (to think/thought/   think  ) to caw. Here upon the insulted and vain crow opened its beak to show that it could caw in the best style. The meat dropped from its beak and saying, "Thanks very much", the fox ate it and ran off.