SSC (English Medium) १० वीं कक्षा - Maharashtra State Board Question Bank Solutions for English

Identify whether the following sentence is Simple (One Subject + One Predicate or Complex (One Main Clause + One or more Dependent Clauses) or Compound (Combination of 2 or more Independent/Co-ordinate Clauses).

The project cost about US \$ 80 million and $ 40 million came from 50 different countries.

Write two compound words:

Change the given simple sentence into a complex sentence:

He took me to a gramophone room.

Simple sentence: subject + verb + object/complement/adverbial: Analysing a simple sentence is done by separating the subject and the predicate. The predicate is further analysed into -

1. verb + object as in ‘A doctor treats patients’./‘He greeted the teacher.’
2. verb + complement as in ‘They are very tired.’/‘I have a cold.’
3. verb + adverbial as in (He walks slowly./Raj arrived late./The thief is hiding there.)

Say whether the predicates in the following sentence have an object/a complement/an adverbial.

There was silence.

Simple sentence: subject + verb + object/complement/adverbial: Analysing a simple sentence is done by separating the subject and the predicate. The predicate is further analysed into -

1. verb + object as in ‘A doctor treats patients’./‘He greeted the teacher.’
2. verb + complement as in ‘They are very tired.’/‘I have a cold.’
3. verb + adverbial as in (He walks slowly./Raj arrived late./The thief is hiding there.)

Say whether the predicates in the following sentence have an object/a complement/an adverbial.

Alexander Bell invented the telephone.

Simple sentence: subject + verb + object/complement/adverbial: Analysing a simple sentence is done by separating the subject and the predicate. The predicate is further analysed into -

1. verb + object as in ‘A doctor treats patients’./‘He greeted the teacher.’
2. verb + complement as in ‘They are very tired.’/‘I have a cold.’
3. verb + adverbial as in (He walks slowly./Raj arrived late./The thief is hiding there.)

Say whether the predicates in the following sentence have an object/a complement/an adverbial.

They have a holiday.

Simple sentence: subject + verb + object/complement/adverbial: Analysing a simple sentence is done by separating the subject and the predicate. The predicate is further analysed into -

1. verb + object as in ‘A doctor treats patients’./‘He greeted the teacher.’
2. verb + complement as in ‘They are very tired.’/‘I have a cold.’
3. verb + adverbial as in (He walks slowly./Raj arrived late./The thief is hiding there.)

Say whether the predicates in the following sentence have an object/a complement/an adverbial.

The dancer danced gracefully.

Simple sentence: subject + verb + object/complement/adverbial: Analysing a simple sentence is done by separating the subject and the predicate. The predicate is further analysed into -

1. verb + object as in ‘A doctor treats patients’./‘He greeted the teacher.’
2. verb + complement as in ‘They are very tired.’/‘I have a cold.’
3. verb + adverbial as in (He walks slowly./Raj arrived late./The thief is hiding there.)

Say whether the predicates in the following sentence have an object/a complement/an adverbial.

The milkman comes daily.

Simple sentence: subject + verb + object/complement/adverbial: Analysing a simple sentence is done by separating the subject and the predicate. The predicate is further analysed into -

1. verb + object as in ‘A doctor treats patients’./‘He greeted the teacher.’
2. verb + complement as in ‘They are very tired.’/‘I have a cold.’
3. verb + adverbial as in (He walks slowly./Raj arrived late./The thief is hiding there.)

Say whether the predicates in the following sentence have an object/a complement/an adverbial.

The hostess served tea.

Simple sentence: subject + verb + object/complement/adverbial: Analysing a simple sentence is done by separating the subject and the predicate. The predicate is further analysed into -

1. verb + object as in ‘A doctor treats patients’./‘He greeted the teacher.’
2. verb + complement as in ‘They are very tired.’/‘I have a cold.’
3. verb + adverbial as in (He walks slowly./Raj arrived late./The thief is hiding there.)

Say whether the predicates in the following sentence have an object/a complement/an adverbial.

The kite soared upwards.

Change the following sentence in Indirect narration.
Robert said to Joan, “Have you ever seen English soldiers fighting ?’’

Change the following sentence in Indirect narration.
“I’d like to understand music so that I could understand Bach,’’
said the writer.

Rewrite in indirect speech.
“Did you enjoy the music, today?” he said to me.

Change the following sentences in indirect narration: 
He asked, “Can you cook?” 

Rewrite the following in indirect narration.

“You are not tone-deaf”, he said to me.

Rewrite the following in indirect narration.

“Could you have done it?”, said Einstein.

Rewrite the following in indirect narration.

“Sing that back”, he ordered me.

Rewrite the following in indirect narration.

He said, “What kind of music do you like?”

Rewrite the following in indirect narration.

“I’m so sorry, Dr. Einstein”, she said.

Rewrite in Indirect speech.

“Please”, she begged him, “Please come”.