Exercise-3 Grammar Section PYQ-2026 Main Exam

Exercise-3 Grammar Section PYQ-2026 Main Exam

GRAMMAR-Class-X

Question: Complete ANY TEN of twelve of the following tasks, as directed: (10×1=10)

I. Fill in the blank with correct option to complete a message from Yogita to her friend Shobit:

Dear Shobit, Let’s meet at 5 p.m. for the rehearsal but I need to go home first as I _____________ anything since morning.
(A) did not eat (B) had not eaten (C) have not eaten (D) am not eating

II. Read the given sentence from a self-help book. Identify the error and supply the correction in the given format:

To identifying your goal is the biggest step in your success story.

III. Yamini asked her friend Shifa, “Would you like to come for my birthday party tomorrow?”
Report Yamini’s question correctly.

IV. Fill in the blank by choosing the correct option to complete a newspaper clipping:
The verdict is yet to come since the members of the jury _____________ (is/are) divided in their opinion.

V. Read Somil’s request to his mother:
“Can you teach me to swim?”
Report Somil’s request by completing the following sentence correctly:
Somil asked his mother _____________

VI. Identify and correct the error in the given line taken from a critical review of a recently staged play :
‘As an actor, Ravi Raj, is superior then any other contemporary actor.’

Options	Error	Correction
(A)	an	the
(B)	is	were
(C)	then	to
(D)	other	another

VII. Complete the given line from ‘Rules and Regulations’ section of a school diary:
Minimum 75% attendance is _____________ to appear for the final examinations.
(A) recorded (B) mandatory (C) secured (D) obtained

VIII. Detect the error and supply the correction for the given newspaper report on a proposal by a Member of Advisory Board :
After the meeting it was obvious that most stakeholders would not support _____________ proposals.
(A) this (B) that (C) the (D) these

IX. Report the dialogue between a flight attendant and a passenger by filling in the blank:
Attendant: Did you have your dinner, sir?
Passenger: Yes, thank you! The flight attendant asked the passenger _____________.
The passenger replied in affirmation and thanked him.

X. Select the correct option to complete the given sentence from the memoir of your grandparent:
‘When I was the team Captain, I _____________ often organise get-togethers to develop bonding among the team mates.’
(A) could (B) will (C) shall (D) would

XI. Complete the given sentence about the reaction of a tourist to another, by selecting the correct option: Yesterday you loved the spicy Indian curry, _____________ you?
(A) hasn’t (B) weren’t (C) did (D) didn’t

XII. Read the conversation between a professional writer and a school student:
Student: What prompted you to become a professional writer?
Writer: My childhood library housed books of all kinds. I was fascinated with the compelling stories and wanted to create my own.
Report the student’s question.

Here are the official answers for SECTION – B: GRAMMAR (Question 3, Parts I–XII) from the official CBSE Marking Scheme for Question Paper Code 2/1/1:

SECTION – B: GRAMMAR (Answers)

• I. (C) have not eaten
• II.
  • Error: identifying
  • Correction: identify
• III. Yamini asked her friend Shifa if/whether she would like to come for her birthday party the next day (or: the following day / the day after).
• IV. are
• V. if/whether she could teach him to swim (or: if/whether she could teach him how to swim)
  
• VI. (C) then → to
• VII. (B) mandatory
• VIII. (C) the or (D) these
• IX. whether / if he had had his dinner
• X. (D) would
• XI. (D) didn’t
• XII. The student asked the writer (or: him / her) what had prompted him/her/the writer to become a professional writer.