Question Paper
Class / Subject: Class 8 (SSC) · English (Second Language)
Chapter: Chapter 1 — Chapter 1: Advanced Grammar
Time Allowed: 32 minutes
Max Marks: 16
1. What does direct speech use? [1]
(A) Quotation marks for exact words
(B) No punctuation
(C) Only questions
(D) Only exclamations
2. What does indirect speech do? [1]
(A) Reports meaning without exact quotes
(B) Quotes exact words
(C) Ignores the speech entirely
(D) Uses only questions
3. What often changes in indirect speech? [1]
(A) Pronouns and tense
(B) Only punctuation
(C) Nothing changes
(D) Only the speaker's name
4. Convert to indirect: She said, "I am happy." [1]
(A) She said that she was happy.
(B) She said I am happy.
(C) She said, she is happy.
(D) She said that I am happy.
5. What tense shift often occurs in indirect speech? [1]
(A) Present to past
(B) Past to present
(C) Future to present
(D) No shift occurs
6. Why learn about direct and indirect speech? [1]
(A) To report conversations accurately
(B) No reason
(C) It's not useful
(D) Only for tests
7. What is an example of direct speech? [1]
(A) He said, "I am late."
(B) He said he was late.
(C) He said that he is late.
(D) He mentioned lateness.
8. What is an example of indirect speech? [1]
(A) He said that he was late.
(B) He said, "I am late."
(C) "I am late," he said.
(D) He said: I am late.
9. What becomes the subject in passive voice? [1]
(A) The original object
(B) The original subject
(C) Neither changes
(D) The verb
10. What form does the verb take in passive voice? [1]
(A) Be + past participle
(B) Base form only
(C) Will + verb
(D) Verb + ing
11. How is present simple passive formed? [1]
(A) Is/am/are + past participle
(B) Was/were + past participle
(C) Will be + past participle
(D) Has/have + past participle
12. How is past simple passive formed? [1]
(A) Was/were + past participle
(B) Is/am/are + past participle
(C) Will be + past participle
(D) Has/have + past participle
13. What type of verb can be made passive? [1]
(A) A transitive verb (with an object)
(B) Any verb regardless of object
(C) Only intransitive verbs
(D) No verbs can be passive
14. What does passive voice emphasise? [1]
(A) The action itself
(B) Always the doer
(C) Neither the action nor the doer
(D) Random emphasis
15. What does active voice typically emphasise? [1]
(A) The doer of the action
(B) The action alone
(C) Neither
(D) Random emphasis
16. Why learn detailed active-passive conversion? [1]
(A) To master sentence construction across tenses
(B) No reason
(C) It's not useful
(D) Only for tests