SSC English HL Language Study

English Language Study

Q1. A1. Do as directed: (Any 4 out of 5 questions) – 4 Marks

Simple level Activities:

1. Make meaningful sentence by using the given word/phrase: astonished

We all were astonished by the vastness and majesty of the fort.

2. Write the present participles of which the last letter is doubled.

Present Participle: Drop-Dropping, Rob-Robbing, Put-Putting

3. Write the past participles of which the last letter is doubled.

Past Participle: Drop-Dropped, Rob-Robbed, Tap- Tapped, Clap- Clapping

4. Pick out the infinitive from the sentence:

I want to work for you.

Infinitive: to work

5. Write two compound words of your own.

Kind hearted, moonlight, blackboard, drop-box

7. Spot the error and rewrite the correct sentence.

Perhaps I had misjudge my man.

Perhaps I had misjudged my man.

8. Find out two hidden words from the given word. ‘Purpose’

Purpose: Purse, pose, pure, rose, pore.

9. Write the following words in alphabetical order.

purpose, police, perhaps, person

Perhaps, person, police, purpose.

10. Find the odd man out from the following words.

Blanket, magazine, maintain, mattress.

Maintain: It’s a verb & others are nouns.

11. Identify the type of the sentence.  

It’s difficult to rob a careless man.

Simple sentence/ Statement.

12. Prepare a word chain of nouns/verbs/adjectives.

Noun: Elephant; ______; ______; _____

Noun: Elephant, Tree, Earth, House

15. Write the collocation for the followings:  

a. ______dog,  b. ticket _____

a. Street dog, b. ticket office

 

Q1. A2. Do as directed: (Any 2 out of 3 questions) – 4 Marks

Medium level Activities

1. Write a word register / related words of : Military

Military: army, soldiers, war, tanks, trenches, guns

2. Use the given word as a noun or as a verb: train

Noun: The train left before we reached the station.

Verb: Parents should train their children to be polite.

3. Tense conversion: Rewrite into perfect past continuous tense:

I did it for him.

I had been doing it for him.

4. Change the voice: (Begin the sentence by ‘___’):

We have completed our task.

Our task have been completed by us.

5. Pick out the modal auxiliary and state its function:

If we did we could send a message for the new spear.

Could– Indicates ‘ past ability’.

 

Q1. B. Do as directed: (Any 1) – 2 Marks

Challenging level Activities

1. Change the following sentence into simple sentence.

The stranger man looked at the picture and nodded very hard.

Nodding very hard the stranger man looked at the picture.

2. Change the following sentence in indirect narration.

I always thought that mathematics were an easy subject.

I always thought that mathematics was an easy subject.

3. Change the degree.

Black Robin of Chatham Island is one of the rarest birds in the world.

Very few birds in the world are as rare as Black Robin of Chatham Island.

Black Robin of Chatham Island is rarer than many other birds in the world.

4. Analyse the sentence: I asked my teacher why he was working outside.

Type of Sentence: Complex Sentence

Main Clause: I asked my teacher

Subordinate Clause: why he was working outside.

Kind of Clause: Noun Clause

 

English Language Study Set- 1

Q.1. A1. Do as directed (Any 4): 

i. Identify the type of sentence:

Don’t lose faith.

Simple Sentence / Imperative Sentence

ii. Punctuate the given sentence:

are you still hungry I asked faintly

‘Are you still hungry?’ I asked faintly.

iii. Find out minimum four letter words from the given word:

Conversation, convert, version, nation, notion

iv. Complete the following word chain for verbs:

Change- engage, earn, nod, dance

v. Arrange the given words in the proper alphabetical order.

 Solution, security, sleep, suddenly

Security, sleep, solution, suddenly

 

A2. Do as directed (Any 2):  

i. Rewrite in Indirect narration:

 “Now young man” he said, “We’re ready to listen to Bach.”

He told the narrator that they were ready to listen to Bach.

ii. Make meaningful sentences of your own to show the difference in homophones:

blue: I like blue colour.                   

blew: The coach blew the whistle.

iii. Rewrite in the past perfect continuous tense:

The marlin fights for its life desperately.

The marlin had been fighting for its life desperately.

 

B. Do as directed (any one): 

i. Change the following sentence into positive and comparative degree:

 The biggest challenge knocking at the doors of humankind is fear and intolerance.

Positive Degree:

No other challenge knocking at the doors of humankind is as big as fear and intolerance.

Comparative Degree:

Fear and intolerance is bigger than any other challenge knocking at the doors of humankind.

 

ii. Pick out the Modal Auxiliary and state its function:

a. He would borrow one week, lend the next.

Would: Possibility

b. I knew, I could not afford caviar.

Could- Ability

 

 

English Language Study Set- 2

Q.1. A1. Do as directed (Any 4):  

i. Spot the error in the following sentence and rewrite it:

 When I took the note, I saw it were still wet from the nights rain.

When I took the note, I saw it was still wet from the nights rain.

ii. Form two present participles in which the last letter is doubled.

Tap- Tapping, Dub- Dubbing, Rub-Rubbing, Put-Putting

iii. Write any 2 compound words of your own.

Butterfly, caretaker, doorbell, ear-ring

iv. Identify the type of sentence:  How utterly we have failed our children!

Exclamatory Sentence

v. Pick out the gerund from the following sentence:  The attitude of taking destroys families.

Gerund- Taking

 

A2. Do as directed (any 2):  

i. Write a word register of 8 words related to: ‘Music’.

Music- Ustad, Tabla, Tunes, Concerts, Performance, Notes, Orchestra, Theatre

ii. Change the voice: 

Anil had already made the tea.

The tea had been already made by Anil.

iii. Change the following sentences into indirect speech:

Robert asked, “Joan, how old are you?” “I am 13 years old,” she replied.

Robert asked Joan how old she was. Then she replied that she was 13 years old.

 

B. Do as directed (Any 1): 

i. Make two sentences by using the given word as a noun and as verb:  dream

Noun: Ramesh had a dream to be an artist.

Verb: Children dream of fairies and chocolates.

ii. Begin the sentence with ‘No sooner ……

 As soon as the thief escaped the family informed the police………………

No sooner did the thief escape than the family informed the police.

 

English Language Study Set- 3

Q.1. A1. Do as directed (Any 4):  

1. Frame two compound words.

bodyguard, blueberry, waterway, teapot, newspaper, keyhole, haircut

2. Punctuate the following sentence:

 every tuesday we go to the swimming pool at 3 pm

Every Tuesday we go to the swimming pool at 3 pm.

3. Find out two hidden words of minimum four letters from- ' arithmetic ‘

earth, them, meat, teach, that

4. Complete the following word chain of verbs:

begin , ---------- , ----------- , ------------ , --------------

Verb: Begin, nod, dance, enjoy, yell

5.Spot the error in the following sentence and rewrite it.

Chairs was being arranged .

Chairs were being arranged.

 

Q.1. A2. Do as directed (Any 2):   

1. Make two sentences of your own using the word ‘train’

I always travel by train.

We train dogs for dog shows.

2. Begin with The buttons ...................................

The judges were not pressing the buttons.

The buttons were not being pressed by the judges.

3. Rewrite in Indirect Speech

He said , " What shall we do , Ustad Saheb?“

He asked Ustad politely what they should do.

B. Do as directed (Any 1):   

1. Change the degree:

Sahara is the biggest desert in Africa.

Positive Degree: No other desert in Africa is as big as Sahara.

Comparative Degree: Sahara is bigger than any other desert in Africa.

2. Make the following sentence complex.

Her eyes were shining brilliantly, but her face had lost its colour.

Though her eyes were shining brilliantly, her face had lost its colour.

English Language Study Set- 4

Q.1. A1. Do as directed (Any 4):  

1. Make meaningful sentence by using the given phrase:-‘a quest of freedom’

There was a quest for freedom in the hearts of all Indians during pre-independence.

2. Form two Present Participles in which the last letter is doubled.

Tap: Tapping,  Clap : Clapping,  Rub: Rubbing, Run: Running

3. Pick out the Gerund: - He enjoys painting during his spare time.

Gerund: painting.

4. Identify the kind of sentence:-Summon the police.

Imperative Sentence

5. Spot the error/ errors and rewrite the sentence:-

She give me the impression of having more teeth.

She gave me the impression of having more teeth.

Q.1. A2. Do as directed (Any 2):  

1.  Identify the clause

I found that I had only enough for a small tip.

Main Clause: I found

Subordinate Clause: that I had only enough for a small tip (Noun Clause)

2.  Write in indirect speech

Robert said to Joan, “Have you ever seen English soldier fighting?”

Robert asked Joan if she had ever seen English soldier fighting.

3. Change into past perfect continuous

He shared his room with a boy suffering from leukemia.

He had been sharing his room with a boy suffering from leukemia.

B. Do as directed (Any 1):  

1. Analyse the sentence.

Sitting beside her father in the gallery, Smita heard the thundering welcome.

Type of sentence: Simple Sentence

Verb: heard

2. Change the degree

 He is one of the most intelligent persons in the group.

Comparative Degree: He is more intelligent than many other persons in the group.

Positive Degree: Very few persons in the group are as intelligent as him.

 

English Language Study Set- 5

Q.1. A1. Do as directed (Any 4):  

1. Write two compound words.

Blackboard, lamp post, street light, table tennis, ice-cream

2. Pick out two hidden words of minimum 4 letters from – Championship

Champion, champ, ship, piano, shop

3. Pick out the infinitive.

I just had to do it .

Infinitive: to do

4. Punctuate the following sentence

did you hear him he whispered

‘Did you hear him?’ he whispered.

5. Spot the error in the following sentence and rewrite it .

His life story was depicting in 2014 .

His life story was depicted in 2014.

Q.1. A2. Do as directed (Any 2):  

1. Rewrite the sentence using the future perfect tense.

Your father will take you.

You will be taken by your father.

2.  Begin with The Spade ..................

The king stuck the spades into the ground.

The spade was stuck into the ground by the king.

3. Write in present perfect tense

It withers completely.

It has withered completely.

B. Do as directed (Any 1):

1. Identify the modal Auxiliary and state its function.

You must complete it today.

Must: compulsion

2. Change the degree.

Daulatabad is one of the most preserved forts in Maharashtra.

Positive Degree: Very few forts in Maharashtra are as preserved as Daulatabad.

Comparative Degree: Daulatabad is more preserved than many other forts in Maharashtra.

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