Choose the correct option according to the required transformation as stated in the brackets, without changing the meaning.
The bicycle needs oiling. (Passive)
(A)
The bicycle needs being oiled.
(B)
The bicycle needed being oiled.
(C)
The bicycle needs to be oiled.
(D)
The bicycle need be oiled.
Q.42
She is taking the dog for a walk. (Passive)
(A)
The dog was taken for a walk.
(B)
The dog was being taken for a walk.
(C)
The dog is taken for a walk.
(D)
The dog is being taken for a walk.
Q.43
Choose the correct option according to the required transformation as stated in the brackets, without changing the meaning.
The doctor said to me, “Don’t eat sweet things”. (Indirect Speech)
(A)
The doctor advised to me to eat not sweet things.
(B)
The doctor requested me to not to eat sweet things.
(C)
The doctor requested me that I may not eat sweet things.
(D)
The doctor advised me not to eat sweet things.
Q.44
People do not consider the music to be important. (Passive)
(A)
The music is not considered to be important.
(B)
The music was not considered to be important.
(C)
The music has not been considered to be important.
(D)
To be important, the music is not considered by people.
Q.45
She said to him, “Why do you want the job?” (Indirect Speech)
(A)
She asked him why he wanted the job.
(B)
She asked him that why he wanted the job.
(C)
She asked him why he had wanted the job.
(D)
She asked him why you wanted the job.
Q.46
I dislike her. (Negative)
(A)
I don’t like her.
(B)
I like her not.
(C)
She doesn’t like me.
(D)
I doesn’t like her.
Q.47
He said to her, “Can you work on Saturdays?” (Indirect Speech)
(A)
He asked her if you can work on Saturdays.
(B)
He asked her if she worked on Saturdays.
(C)
He asked her if she could work on Saturdays.
(D)
He asked her that if she could work on Saturdays.
Q.48
Nothing succeeds like success. (Interrogative)
(A)
Does everything succeed like success?
(B)
Does something succeed like success?
(C)
Does anything succeed like success?
(D)
Do all things succeed like success?
Q.49
They said, “We shall be delighted to come”. (Indirect Speech)
(A)
They told that they shall be delighted to come.
(B)
They told that they would be delighted to come.
(C)
They told that they are delighted to come.
(D)
They told that we should be delighted to come.
Q.50
Promises should be kept. (Active)
(A)
One must keeps one’s promises.
(B)
One may keep one’s promises.
(C)
One has to keep one’s promises.
(D)
One should keep one’s promises.
Q.51
I said to her, “You look pale”. (Indirect Speech)
(A)
I told her that you look pale.
(B)
I told her that you looked pale.
(C)
I told her that she looked pale.
(D)
I told her that she had looked pale.
Q.52
She keeps saying, “I am a failure”. (Indirect Speech)
(A)
She keeps saying that she was a failure.
(B)
She keeps saying that she had been a failure.
(C)
She keeps saying that she is a failure.
(D)
She keeps saying that she could be a failure.
Q.53
Fill in the blanks with correct option-
Politics ……….. an interesting subject.
(A)
is
(B)
are
(C)
were
(D)
have
Q.54
Fill in the blanks with correct option-
Eighty pounds a week ………. not a good wage.
(A)
are
(B)
is
(C)
were
(D)
have
Q.55
Fill in the blanks with correct option-
The workers ……………. worried about their jobs.
(A)
is
(B)
are
(C)
was
(D)
have
Q.56
Fill in the blanks with correct option-
The jeans you sent to me ……….. fit me.
(A)
doesn’t
(B)
don’t
(C)
wasn’t
(D)
isn’t
Q.57
Fill in the blanks with an appropriate modal auxiliary, keeping in view the meaning given in brackets:
You ……… work this Saturday. (Absence of obligation)
(A)
can’t
(B)
may not
(C)
couldn’t
(D)
needn’t
Q.58
Fill in the blanks with an appropriate modal auxiliary, keeping in view the meaning given in brackets:
I ……….. see you again. (Complete certainty)
(A)
might
(B)
could
(C)
may
(D)
will
Q.59
Fill in the blanks with an appropriate modal auxiliary, keeping in view the meaning given in brackets:
You ……….. use my car. (Permission granted in informal context)
(A)
can
(B)
may
(C)
will
(D)
should
Q.60
Fill in the blanks with an appropriate modal auxiliary, keeping in view the meaning given in brackets:
When I was a baby I ………… put my foot in my mouth. (Past ability)