Grade 12 Language Development Unit 14 and 15

 

Language Development

Unit 15

A. Tick the correct one.

a. He has obtained full mark/marks.
b. More than two boys were/was absent.
c. One of the boy/boys was not found there.
d. His wonder knew no bounds/bound.
e. I give you my words/word.
f. He gave me much/many good advice/advices.
g. He gave wrong information/informations.
h. Give me two dozens/dozen eggs.
i. Six miles is/are a long distance.
j. The clock has struck four hours/hour.
k. Would you lend me a ten rupees/rupee note?
l. Nepal government makes five year/years development plan.
m. They went to Singapore on a four days/day trip.

B. Which of the sentence is correct in each pair? Rewrite the correct one.

a. My all books are lost. All my books are lost.

Ans. He has obtained full mark/marks.

b. His both brothers are ill. Both his brothers are ill.

Ans.

c. Give me a hundred rupee. Give a hundred rupees.

Ans.

d. Everybody except me was absent. Everybody except I was absent.

Ans.

e. He was died of fever. He died of fever.

Ans.

f. It is raining for a week. It has been raining for a week.

Ans.

g. I have seen my friend long ago. I saw my friend long ago.

Ans.
h. My friend has gone out before I arrived. My friend had gone out before I arrived.

Ans.

i. He said he has never seen him before. He said he had never seen him before.

Ans.

j. He assured he will come. He assured he would come.

Ans.

 

A. Tick the correct one.

a. He has obtained full mark/marks.
b. More than two boys were/was absent.
c. One of the boy/boys was not found there.
d. His wonder knew no bounds/bound.
e. I give you my words/word.
f. He gave me much/many good advice/advices.
g. He gave wrong information/informations.
h. Give me two dozens/dozen eggs.
i. Six miles is/are a long distance.
j. The clock has struck four hours/hour.
k. Would you lend me a ten rupees/rupee note?
l. Nepal government makes five year/years development plan.
m. They went to Singapore on a four days/day trip.

B. Which of the sentence is correct in each pair? Rewrite the correct one.

a. My all books are lost. All my books are lost.

Ans. All my books are lost.

b. His both brothers are ill. Both his brothers are ill.

Ans. Both his brothers are ill.

a. My all books are lost. All my books are lost.

Ans. All my books are lost.

b. His both brothers are ill. Both his brothers are ill.

Ans.

c. Give me a hundred rupee. Give a hundred rupees.

Ans.

d. Everybody except me was absent. Everybody except I was absent.

Ans.

e. He was died of fever. He died of fever.

Ans.

f. It is raining for a week. It has been raining for a week.

Ans.

g. I have seen my friend long ago. I saw my friend long ago.

Ans.

h. My friend has gone out before I arrived. My friend had gone out before I arrived.

Ans.

i. He said he has never seen him before. He said he had never seen him before.

Ans.

j. He assured he will come. He assured he would come.

Ans.

Unit 14

Grammar

A. Join the following pairs of sentences using when and while

a. Bibha Kumari was doing her homework. The doorbell rang.

Ans. i. Bibha Kumari was doing her homework when the doorbell rang.
Ans.  ii. While Bibha Kumari was doing her homework, the doorbell rang.

b. I heard the telephone ring. I picked it up.

Ans. When I heard the telephone ring, I picked it up.

c. Dil Maya found a thousand rupee note. She was washing her pants.

Ans. 

d. Tenjing gave his measurements to the dressmaker. He was visiting the market yesterday.

Ans. 

e. I was at the butcher’s shop. I met Harikala.

Ans. 
f. The sales agent was dealing with the customer. A thief stole the jewels.

Ans. 
g. My small brother was sleeping. I played chess with my father.

Ans. 

h. The old lady fell down. She was climbing up the stairs.

Ans. 
i. The leader was giving a speech loudly. He lost his voice.

Ans. 

j. Kanchan broke her backbone. She was lifting up the load.

Ans.  

a. My all books are lost. All my books are lost.

All my books are lost.

b. His both brothers are ill. Both his brothers are ill.

Both his brothers are ill.

c. Give me a hundred rupee. Give a hundred rupees.

Give me a hundred rupee.

d. Everybody except me was absent. Everybody except I was absent.

Everybody except me was absent.

e. He was died of fever. He died of fever.

He died of fever.

f. It is raining for a week. It has been raining for a week.

It has been raining for a week.

g. I have seen my friend long ago. I saw my friend long ago.

I saw my friend long ago.

h. My friend has gone out before I arrived. My friend had gone out before I arrived.

My friend had gone out before I arrived.

i. He said he has never seen him before. He said he had never seen him before.

He said he had never seen him before.

j. He assured he will come. He assured he would come.

He assured he would come.

 

Unit 14

Grammar

A. Join the following pairs of sentences using when and while

a. Bibha Kumari was doing her homework. The doorbell rang.

i. Bibha Kumari was doing her homework when the doorbell rang.
ii. While Bibha Kumari was doing her homework, the doorbell rang.

b. I heard the telephone ring. I picked it up.

When I heard the telephone ring, I picked it up.

c. Dil Maya found a thousand rupee note. She was washing her pants.

i. While Dil Maya was washing her pants, she found a thousand rupee note.
ii. Dil Maya was washing her pants when she found a thousand rupee note.
d. Tenjing gave his measurements to the dressmaker. He was visiting the market yesterday.

i. When Tenjing gave his measurements to the dressmaker, he was visiting the market yesterday.
ii. While Tenjing was visiting the market, he gave his measurements to the dressmaker.

e. I was at the butcher’s shop. I met Harikala.

When I was at the butcher’s shop, I met Harikala.

f. The sales agent was dealing with the customer. A thief stole the jewels.

i. While the sales agent was dealing with the customer, a thief stole the jewels.
ii. The sales agent was dealing with the customer when a thief stole the jewels.

g. My small brother was sleeping. I played chess with my father.

i. While my small brother was sleeping, I played chess with my father.
ii. My small brother was sleeping when I played chess with my father.

h. The old lady fell down. She was climbing up the stairs.

i. When the old lady fell down, she was climbing up the stairs.
ii. The old lady fell down while she was climbing up the stairs.

i. The leader was giving a speech loudly. He lost his voice.

i. While the leader was giving a speech loudly, he lost his voice.
ii. The leader was giving a speech loudly when he lost his voice.

j. Kanchan broke her backbone. She was lifting up the load.

i. Kanchan was lifting up the load when she broke her backbone.
ii. While Kanchan was lifting up the load, she broke her backbone.