SSC-Textual Grammar Set-5

                         2.4. An Epitome of Courage

✸Choose the correct option for the following sentences:

(1) Dr Stephen Hawking was born in Oxford London.

    (Frame a ‘Wh-Question’ to get underlined part as an answer)        

(a) Where Dr Stephen Hawking was born?

(b) Where was Dr Stephen Hawking born?

(c) Where is Dr Stephen Hawking born?

(d) When was Dr Stephen Hawking born?

 

(2) He is one of the greatest scientists of this century.

   (Rewrite the sentence beginning with ‘Very few……...’)           

 (a) Very few scientists of this century are not as great as he.

 (b) Very few scientists of this century is as great as he.

 (c) Very few scientists of this century are as great as he.

 (d) No other scientists of this century are as great as he. 

(3) Dr Hawking is a very humble man. (Make it exclamatory)     
(a) How Dr Hawking is a humble man!
(b) How a humble man Dr Hawking is!
(c) What a very humble man Dr Hawking is!
(d) What a humble man Dr Hawking is!

(4) Let us salute all those brave people. (Add a question tag)
    (a) shall we?
    (b) will you?
    (c) don't we?
    (d) didn't you?

(5) Science will discover the core secret of the universe. 
 (Rewrite the sentence beginning with ‘The core secret of the universe…’)

   (a) The core secret of the universe will be discover by science.
   (b) The core secret of the universe was discovered by science.
   (c) The core secret of the universe will be discovered by science.
   (d) The core secret of the universe is discovered by science.

(6) He has authored many books. (Identify the tense)
  (a) Past Perfect tense.
  (b) Present Perfect tense
  (c) Simple Past tense
  (d) Simple Future tense

(7) They could not do much. 
  (Rewrite the sentence using ‘unable to’)
 (a) They could unable to do much.
 (b) They unable do much.
 (c) They are unable to do much.
 (d) They were unable to do much.

(8) Stephen decided to continue his research. 
    (Pick out the infinitive from the sentence)
 (a) to continue 
 (b) research
 (c) decided 
 (d) Stephen 

(9) His writing is full of wit and humour. 
    (Rewrite the sentence using ‘as well as’)
(a) His writing is full of wit as well as humour.
(b) His writing is  full of wit  and as well as humour.
(c) As well as his writing is full of wit and humour.
(d) His writing  is as well as full of wit and humour.

(10) His whole body is bound to a wheelchair yet he is one of the greatest scientists of this century. (Rewrite using ‘Though’)
(a) Though his whole body is bound to a wheelchair, he is one of the greatest scientists of this century.
(b) Though his whole body is bound to a wheelchair yet he is one of the greatest scientists of this century.
(c) His whole body is bound to a wheelchair though he is one of the greatest scientists of this century.
(d) Though he is one of the greatest scientists of this century yet his whole body is bound to a wheelchair.