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Language Study : (4 marks)B1. Do as directed : (3)(i) “What a melodious performance it is!” Mr. Swami said to his daughter. (Choose the correct alternative showing the Indirect narration of the given sentence.) (1)(a) Mr. Swami said to his daughter t…

Q.1 (B) Language Study : (4 marks)

B1. Do as directed : (3)

(i) “What a melodious performance it is!” Mr. Swami said to his daughter. (Choose the correct alternative showing the Indirect narration of the given sentence.) (1)
(a) Mr. Swami said to his daughter that it was a very melodious performance.
(b) Mr. Swami exclaimed that it was a very melodious performance.
(c) Mr. Swami told to his daughter that it is a very melodious performance.
(d) Mr. Swami surprised to his daughter that it was a very melodious performance.

(ii) The commander rapidly passed on the instructions. (Choose the correct ‘Wh’ question from the given options to get the underlined word as the answer.) (1)
(a) How did the commander pass on the instructions?
(b) Who passed the instructions on the commander?
(c) What does the commander pass on the instructions?
(d) How does the commander pass on the instructions?

(iii) You must attend the classes. You can qualify for the examination. (Choose the correct alternative to transform the sentence into a compound sentence.) (1)
(a) You must attend the classes so as to qualify for the examination.
(b) You must attend the classes but qualify for the examination.
(c) You must qualify for the examination and attend the classes.
(d) You must attend the classes and qualify for the examination.

B2. Spot the error and rewrite the correct sentence : (1)
Dr. Dixit has being practising for twenty years in this city.

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Answer: B1 — (i) (b), (ii) (a), (iii) (d); B2 — Dr. Dixit has been practising for twenty years in this city.

B1. (i) (b) Mr. Swami exclaimed that it was a very melodious performance. An exclamatory sentence takes the reporting verb ‘exclaimed’, ‘What a ...’ becomes ‘very ...’, and ‘is’ changes to ‘was’.
(ii) (a) How did the commander pass on the instructions? (The underlined word is ‘rapidly’.) ‘Rapidly’ is an adverb of manner, so the question begins with ‘How’; the past tense ‘passed’ needs the auxiliary ‘did’ with the base form ‘pass’.
(iii) (d) You must attend the classes and qualify for the examination. Two independent clauses joined by the co-ordinating conjunction ‘and’ make a compound sentence (option (a) is a simple sentence).

B2. Error : ‘has being’. The present perfect continuous tense is formed with ‘has/have been + verb-ing’.
Correct sentence : Dr. Dixit has been practising for twenty years in this city.

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