Grammar Paper 2025

1] Nowadays we have gadgets to monitor blood sugar, blood pressure etc.
(Rewrite using gerund form of the underlined word)
Ans: Nowadays we have gadgets for monitoring blood sugar, blood pressure, etc.
2] I‘m down with flu. (Use Question Tag)
Ans: I’m down with flu, aren’t I?
3] Banking and Finance sector is using Big Data to predict and prevent cybercrimes. (Change the Voice)
Ans: Big Data is being used by the Banking and Finance sector to predict and prevent cybercrimes.
4] It has tremendously helped in improving individual as well as team performance. (Rewrite using infinitive form of the underlined word)
Ans: It has tremendously helped to improve individual as well as team performance.
5] Advertisers are one of the biggest players in Big Data. (Comparative degree)
Ans: Advertisers are bigger than most other players in Big Data .
6] The SEC is using Big Data to monitor financial markets.
(Present Perfect continuous Tense)
Ans: The SEC has been using Big Data to monitor financial markets.
7] Wordsworth was able to gather lessons of wisdom. (Remove be able to)
Ans: Wordsworth could gather lessons of wisdom.
8] But the big cat was not visible. (Make negative)
Ans: But the big cat was invisible.
9] We had to visit ------ USA every few months in those days.
(Rewrite using proper article)
Ans: We had to visit the USA every few months in those days.
10] I used to visit both of these universities. (Use another modal auxiliary)
Ans: I would visit both of these universities.
11] Many animals make alarm calls when they see a predator.
(Rewrite using No sooner --- than)
Ans: No sooner do many animals see a predator than they make alarm calls.
12] Sachin Tendulkar is a Brain Lara of India.
(Spot the error and Rewrite the correct sentence)
Ans: Sachin Tendulkar is the Brain Lara of India. (Error: "a" → use "the")
13] You cannot be successful if you are a loner. (Rewrite using unless)
Ans: You cannot be successful unless you are a loner.
14] After around 50 steps I found a bright red soil trail. (Wh Question)
Ans: When did I find a bright red soil trail?
15] Many animals make alarm calls. (Past Perfect continuous Tense)
Ans: Many animals had been making alarm calls.
16] We stopped ------- a Kusum tree to take a break. (Use proper preposition)
Ans: We stopped under a Kusum tree to take a break.
17] “I will take this route, you go straight,” said Raju to me. (Indirect speech)
Ans: Raju told me that he would take that route and asked me to go straight.
18] I felt like shouting to my heart’s content, but there was no other soul to listen to my sound in this wilderness. (Use Though)
Ans: Though I felt like shouting to my heart’s content, there was no other soul to listen to my sound in this wilderness.
19] I saw a man standing at a distance with a stick in his hand.
(Rewrite using ‘Who’)
Ans: I saw a man who was standing at a distance with a stick in his hand.
20] Walking alone in a jungle needs more alertness than walking with a companion. (Change the degree)
Ans: Walking with a companion does not need as much alertness as walking alone in a jungle.
21] I never studied for scoring marks in any examination. ( Rhetorical Question)
Ans: Did I ever study for scoring marks in any examination?
22] If only he could reach a table in the restaurant unsuspected, success would be his. (Unless)
Ans: Unless he could reach a table in the restaurant unsuspected, success would not be his.
23] Soapy took a stone and dashed it through the glass.
(Make a Simple sentence)
Ans: Taking a stone, Soapy dashed it through the glass.
24] I know a man which is very tall. (Spot the error)
Ans: I know a man who is very tall.
(Error: "which" → use "who")
25] A moving target is quicker when our notions.
(Spot the error and Rewrite the correct sentence)
Ans: A moving target is quicker than our notions.
(Error: "when" → use "than")