Functional Grammar

ICSE 2027 sample paper · 4 marks

(i) Fill in each numbered blank with the correct form of the word given in brackets after it. Do not copy the passage. Write the numbers in the correct serial order, and against each, the word/s appropriate to the blank it stands for. Example: (0) was The sun (0) __________ (be) near rising, and at the early hour of the morning all the jungle folk were on the move. Under a nearby tree I (1) __________ (find) a dry spot to which the saturating dew had not penetrated and with Robin (2) __________ (stretch) out at my feet, when suddenly a deer started (3) __________ (call) some sixty yards to our left front. Robin sat up and slowly turning his head looked at me, and, on (4) __________ (catch) my eye, as slowly, turned back in the direction of the calling deer. He (5) __________ (travel) far along the road of experience since that day he had first (6) __________ (hear) the alarm call of a langur and he (7) __________ (know) now, as did every bird and animal within hearing, that the deer (8) __________ (warn) the jungle folk of the presence of a leopard.

ICSE 2027 sample paper · 4 marks

(ii) Fill in each blank with an appropriate word. You are required to write only one word. (a) Our brave soldiers prefer death __________ dishonour. (b) I intend to dispose __________ all my old notebooks after the annual examination. (c) Mrs Ray impressed __________ us the value of discipline. (d) He was sitting __________ his desk writing laboriously when I entered the room. (e) I am sorry I cannot comply __________ your request. (f) The old man was quarrelling with the shopkeeper __________ the price of vegetables. (g) One should not go __________ appearances. (h) The publishers recently brought __________ a new edition of the dictionary.

ICSE 2027 sample paper · 1 mark

(iii) Choose the correct option to make one complete sentence without using and, but or so. 1. The Chief Guest arrived. The school band started playing immediately.

1. Hardly had the Chief Guest arrived than the school band started playing.
2. No sooner did the Chief Guest arrive when the school band started playing.
3. No sooner did the Chief Guest arrive than the school band started playing.
4. The Chief Guest arrived, the school band started playing soon.

ICSE 2027 sample paper · 1 mark

(iii) Choose the correct option to make one complete sentence without using and, but or so. 2. Arjun does not know the rules of the gaming competition. Arif does not know the rules of the gaming competition.

1. Arjun and Arif, both does not know the rules of the gaming competition.
2. Arjun as well as Arif, does not know the rules of the gaming competition.
3. Neither Arjun nor Arif knows the rules of the gaming competition.
4. Neither Arjun nor Arif know the rules of the gaming competition.

ICSE 2027 sample paper · 1 mark

(iii) Choose the correct option to make one complete sentence without using and, but or so. 3. The pupil was impolite. The teacher admonished her.

1. Being impolite the teacher admonished the pupil.
2. The teacher admonished the pupil because she was impolite.
3. Though the pupil was impolite, the teacher admonished her.
4. The pupil was impolite yet the teacher admonished her.

ICSE 2027 sample paper · 1 mark

(iii) Choose the correct option to make one complete sentence without using and, but or so. 4. It was dark and windy. It was getting late.

1. Besides getting late, it was also dark and very windy.
2. Beside being dark and windy, it was getting late.
3. Besides being dark and windy, it was getting late.
4. Not only was it dark and windy but also it was getting late.

ICSE 2027 sample paper · 1 mark

(iv) Choose the correct option and rewrite the sentence according to the instruction given after each. 1. Heena said, ‘Sohini, why did you not reach the office before 8 o’ clock?’ (Begin with: Heena asked Sohini…)

1. Heena asked Sohini that why had she not reached the office before 8 o’ clock.
2. Heena asked Sohini why she had not reached the office before 8 o’ clock.
3. Heena asked Sohini why had she not reached the office before 8 o’ clock.
4. Heena asked Sohini why she did not reach the office before 8 o’ clock.

ICSE 2027 sample paper · 1 mark

(iv) Choose the correct option and rewrite the sentence according to the instruction given after each. 2. The students were discussing the examination results. (Begin with: The examination results …)

1. The examination results were discussed by the students.
2. The examination results were being discussed by the students.
3. The examination results had been discussed by the students.
4. The examination results are discussed by the students.