Duff and Dutt Class 10 2024 Chapter 2 Verb and Tense Solution
Madhyamik Grammar Question Bunch Class X – Verb and Tense
Duff and Dutt Class 10 2024 English Chapter 2 Verb and Tense Question Answer Solution for West Bengal Madhyamik Students of 2024 – 25. Here we have given full chapter Answer.
A) Fill in the blanks with appropriate forms of the verb:
1) The west Bengal government has declared a ban on ‘the Kerala story’ in the state and in Tamil Nadu, exhibitors have withdrawn it from theatres but the film has still become a commercial success.
2) The Delhi capitals will take on Punjab kings at the IPL in Dharamshala. Punjab kings had a very tentative and uneven season as they produced some fine performers but also came up with several dismal showings.
3) A poor young artist was asked to paint the portrait of a lady and he did his best to make a good likeness. When the portrait was finished, it was exhibited to the lady’s friends.
4) The term ‘child labour’ is often defined as work that deprives children of their childhood, their potential and their dignity, and that is harmful to physical and mental development.
5) The ‘greenhouse effect’ is just one of the many fundamental changes which is taking place in the environment. Tropical rainforests which took 40 million years to grow are being reduced at the rate of 14 acres per minute.
6) Last Saturday while we were watching a match on television, we heard a loud thud on the door. Before opening the door, the robbers broke into the room.
7) The local women of Sundarbans have taken upon themselves the task of reviving the Sundarbans by planting mangrove saplings alongside the river to ensure that the area around their houses remains safe and secure.
8) PanchananBarmawas the father of Rajbanshi community of undivided north Bengal. He sacrificed his life for the society of the Rajbanshi community. He took many reformation woks to recover the lost dignity of the rajbanshi community.
9) Last summer it was decided that in this summer no excursion would take place but the children have been nagging for the last three months that they are very much willing to go.
10) Mother’s day is dedicated to show appreciation and love for mothers and mother figures. It is the time to honour and respect mothers for raising their children and contributing to their families and communities.
11.) We expected him here yesterday. He did not come till today. No one knows what happened to him.
12) The Egyptians discovered a way of preserving the bodies of people after death. They used herbs and oils to treat the body.
13) Today India is independent, but once India was under British rule. The people of India did not like to remain in bondage. So, some among them started organising revolt against the British and this was discovered by the British rules.
14) Yoga helps to improve the quality of life of the drug users, said a recent study conducted by the Delhi based AIIMS.
15) Kolkata wakes up to an unseasonal thunderstorm and an incessant dizzy which occasionally gets heavier and drenched the city for more than 2 hours on the Friday morning. The gust of a wind plays havoc with flights at the city airport leading to delays and diversions.
16) In the olden days in England, the laws were very cruel. A man could be hanged for a very small offence. The sheriff who were the keepers of law, was ignorant men and would hang a man on little or no evidence.
17) Rabindranath used to sit by the window. He observed nature from the window of his room. His writings were influenced largely by the environment around.
18) Four persons were killed when a matador van collided with a motorcycle last night. The driver of the matador van was going to Kolkata when the accident occurred.
19) Late one evening sir Asutosh Mukherjee was travelling by train. Tired as he was, he lying down on the lower berth reserved for him and dozed off.
20) The ongoing economic crisis in Pakistan has hit the healthcare system where patients have been struggling for essential medicines. These medicines include insulin, dispirin, calpol etc.
2.) Write the correct alternatives to fill in the blanks:
1) Swami went to school feeling that he was the worst boy on earth. His conscience bothered He was not at all sure if his description of Samuel had been accurate.
2.) At birla house, gandhiji’s relatives and followers had gathered round his body. There was silence in the room as gandhijibreathed his last.
3.) Then she began to cackle and I began to quake. She opened up her little bag and I came twice awake.
4.) One day there was a grand wind for kite flying. I’m not sure how it happened but I was bringing the kite from the house, I tripped and fell over the rocks.
5.) To pass the time away, he sometimes watches a mouse-hole for an hour or two, just to keep himself from dying of boredom. People get this idea that this sort of thing is all that holds life for a cat.
6) Mother generously suggested that swami might stay at home. At 9.30, when he ought to have been in the school prayer hall, swami was lying on the bench in mother’s room.
7) Swami hoped that with this his father would be made to see why he must avoid school for the day. But father’s behaviour took an unexpected turn.
8) As he entered the school gate, an idea occurred to him. He would deliver the letter to the headmaster at the end of the day.
9) When the bell was rung for the last period at 4.30, swami picked up his books and ran to the headmaster’s room. He found the room locked.
10) When one is faced with the shock of a loved one’s death, one whimpers: “what will become of me now that he has left me?”
11) Thousands silently watched the procession. Bapuwas lying on an open truck wascovered with flowers.
12) People on the train sang People did not weep anymore for they could feelGandhiji’s presence amid the flowers and the songs.
13) But still I felt at sea, I felt I had grown up within a magic circle. With Bapu’spassingaway, I felt the magic circle vanished, leaving me unprotected.
14) Once I crept in the Oakwood, I was looking for a stag, I met an old woman there.
15) The funny part used to be that people always pitied us when the time came for us to return. They said we must be so lonesome over there.
16) Once we asked father about it, but he looked so sorrowful that we wished we hadn’t. He said it was all his fault. Claude and I didn’t understand what he meant.
17) Claude would go around to the other side of the island and we would play shipwrecked mariners signalling to each other with kites.
18) Years afterward, he felt sorry and when he went back, he found his brother had died and he could not find his sister.
19) A month later a letter came for father. After he finished reading it, his eyes looked as if he had been crying. “Do you want to know what became of your kite?”
20) One day when dick and Mimi were out in the woods, they discovered the kite on the top of a tree and carried it home.
21) When the family sits down to tea, the cat will put in appearance to get his share.
22) When the family finishes tea, and gathers round the fire, the cat usually goes out of the room. True life now begins for him.
23) He stretched himself a few times to see if every muscle is in for working order. Then, drooped his head nearly to his paws, he sent across a call to his kindred.
24) Naturally, the cat doesn’t like to leave his country, the land where all his friends are, and where he knows every landmark. Exiled in a new land, he would have to learn a new geography.
25) So, when the family moves, the cat if allowed, will stay at the old house and attach himself to the new tenants. He will give them the privilege of boarding him.
C) fill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of the verb:
1) Post demonetization, the government promoted digital platform to avail banking facilities, including paymentsmade through credit or debit cards.
2) The national green tribunal (NGT) directed the state chief secretary to instruct officers in the district to assist the state power utility in cleaning up a river that was polluted by fly ash.
3) Afterfinishing his paper, the student needs to revise the paper thoroughly before it is submitted.
4) I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. It is the little death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear.
5) A 13 year-old boy was severely injured when he picked up a country made bomb, mistook it for a ball.
6) The air quality in Delhi, the capital territory of Indiais the worst of any major city in the world. It also affects the districts around Delhi. Air pollution in India is estimated to kill about 2 million people every year. In Delhi, poor quality air irreversibly damages the lungs of 2.2 million or 50 percent of all children.
7) It was around ten o’clock in the morning when the incident took place yesterday. We wereeating at that time. But today, the situation is normal.
8) Every citizen has a duty to maintain cleanliness in their surroundings. Next Sunday we shallbe carrying on a cleaning programme in our area. All of us are interested to join this programme.
9) Shakuntala Devi who amazed the world with her speed at mental calculation, at times even beat computers while scientists struggled to explain her ability, died at a Bangalore hospital on Sunday morning, April 2013.
10) Yesterday while I was reading in the library, my friend arrived there. Because of his trouble, he requested me to help him.
D.) Fill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of the verb:
1) When I entered the house, something smeltaweful. Someone was cooking and burnt the meal.
2) Rina who has been ill for a month visited the doctor last Monday. The doctor advised her complete bed rest.
3) When Mrs. Gupta returned home she noticed at once that thieves had entered her house during her absence. The local police station was informed immediately.
4) Although children love outdoor games, their parents consider their interest as harmful and meaningless. A child who spends time and energy in outdoor activities grows up to be healthy and strong.
5) Minara begum, who was coaching national-level gymnasts for 30 years, was surprised to receive a call from a parents soon after Deepa Karmakarfinished fourth in the Olympics.
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