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Madhyamik/ Higher Secondary English Grammar Practice

Choose the correct phrasal verbs from the given list below to replace the words underlined. You may have to change the form.
1.i) His plan failed for want of funds.
ii) They stayed in a hotel.
iii) He behaves me very well.
iv) The great leader died last night.

List: deal with, put up, pass away, fall through

Ans: i) His plan fell through for want of funds.
ii) They put up in a hotel.
iii) He deals with me very well.
iv) The great leader passed away last week.

2. i) They are still searching the last key.
ii) The orphan was not reared well.
iii) Our headmaster distributed most of the prizes.
iv) An epidemic suddenly spread in our area last year.

List: bring up, look for, bring out, break out, give away

Ans: i) They are still looking for the lost key.
ii) The orphan was not brought up well.
Iii) Our Headmaster gave away most of the prizes.
iv) An epidemic suddenly broke out in area last night.

3. i) Rina arrives timely.
ii) He was born in a rich family.
iii) The strike was not withdrawn.
iv) My brothers will appear in I.A.S Examination.

List: call up, call off, sit for, come of, turn up

Ans: i) Rina turns up timely.
ii) He was came of a rich family.
iii) The strike was not called off.
iv) My brothers will sit for I.A.S Examination.

1.Replace the underlined words with suitable phrasal verbs:
a) I cannot tolerate such an insult.
b) The old house collapsed last night.
c) I was reared by my grandfather.
d) The strike has been canceled.
e) How did the accident happen?
f) The doctor said the patient would recover in a week.
g) How did you get this nice portrait of Rabindranath?
h) Try to reduce your monthly expense as much as practicable.
i) We should try to abolish all meaningless rituals.
j) The scheme has failed for want of fund.

ANSWER:
a) bear with, b) broke down, c) brought up, d) called off, e) come about f) come round, g) come by, h) cut down, i) do away with, j) fell through.



2. Change the voice of following sentences:
a) Swami changes his tactics.
b) He proposed to send a letter with Swami to the headmaster.
c) ‘What have you written, father?’
d) The teacher was then teaching arithmetic.
e) I was called to Birla house by an urgent telephone.
f) A special train took Gandhiji’s ashes to Allahabad.
g) This used to puzzle Claude to and me.
h) A boy on the mainland showed Claude how to make a kite.
i) Most people think that the cat is an unintelligent animal.
j) This is often spoken as a reproach against cats.

ANSWER:
a) His tactics were changed by Swami.
b) It was proposed by him to send a letter with Swami to the headmaster.
c)’ What has been written by you, father?’
d) Arithmetic was being taught then by the teacher.
e) They called me to Birla House by an urgent telephone.
f) Gandhiji’s ashes were taken to Allahabad by a special train.
g) Claude and I used to be puzzled by this.
h) Claude was shown how a kite was to be made by a boy on the mainland.
i) It is thought by most people that the cat is an unintelligent animal.
j) People often speak this as a reproach against cast.

3) Change the mode of narration:
a) At nine o’clock, Swaminathan wailed, “ I have a headache”.
b) “Tell him you had a headache and so are late,” said Swamis’s father.
c)’’ Don’t ever come to me for help if Samuel scolds you again,” Swami’s father said to him.
d) “Do you want to know what became what became of your kite? He said.
e) We knew, “There was no more red paper”.
f) ‘Do you know where Arun lives?’ The teacher asked the boy.
g) Father asked Swami, “Have you no school today?”.
h) Father said, ‘Loaf about less on Sundays and you will be without a headache on Monday.’
i) Swami said, ‘What will the teacher think if I go so late?’
j) Does he always scold the students?’ asked Swami’s father.

ANSWER:
a) At nine o’clock, Swaminathan wailed that he had a headache.
b) Swamis' father advised his son to tell him(his teacher Samuel) that he had had a headache and so was late.
c) Swami’s father told his son never to go to him(his father) for help if Samuel scolded him(Swami ) again.
d) He required if they wanted to know what had become of their kite.
e) We knew there had been no more red paper.
f) The teacher asked the boy if he knew where Arun lived.
g) Father asked Swami if he had no school that day.
h) Father advised him to loaf about less on Sundays to be without a headache on Monday.
i) Swami wondered what the teacher would think if he wanted to know if he(the teacher) always scolded the students.


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