Answers of the grammar portion, gap-filling, of the class 10 English Paper of CBSE Board held on 27 February 2023.
Q. Attempt any ten of the following:
(i) Fill in the blanks by choosing the correct option.
The electricity department will ……….. the power for two hours this evening.
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Ans. shut down
(ii). Read the conversation between the coach and the student:
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Ans. The coach reminded the student that he must attend morning practice regularly, to which the student replied in yes/agreed and added/confirmed that he would as he was feeling stronger then.
(iii) Select the correct option to fill in the blank for the given line, from a newspaper report. The report read, “there ________ traffic diversion due to the student parade on the main street.”
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Ans. must be
(iv) Select the option that identifies the error and supplies the correction for the following line from the health report:
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Ans. b. error – have, correction – has
(v) Complete the given narrative by filling in the blank with the correct option
The attendant _________ several guests at the same time to ensure prompt service.
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Ans. a. waited on
(vi) Fill in the blank by using the correct form of the word in brackets for the given portion of the letter.
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Ans. have to
(vii) Report the dialogue between two friends by completing the sentence:
Rahu: Saheb, what did you like most about your visit to the village?
Saheb: The sense of joy in the simple things of life.
In response to the question about what he liked about his visit to the village Saheb says ____________
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Ans. that he likes the sense of joy in the simple things of life. (Full sentence: In response to the question about what he liked about his visit to the village Saheb says that he likes the sense of joy in the simple things of life.
(viii)
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Ans. error (exciting), Correction (excitement)
(ix)
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Ans. Mathew asked if she (Maria) was (or had been) nervous on her (Maria’s) first flight
(x)
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Ans. b. Would
(xi)
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Ans. d. he was going in that direction
(xii)
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Ans. error (destination), correction (destinations)