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Question 3 Answer sections (a), (b) and (c). In each of the following items, a sentence is given…
Question 3
Answer sections (a), (b) and (c). In each of the following items, a sentence is given. Select the most appropriate transformation of the given sentence out of the given options: [10]
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1. As soon as it starts to rain, the umbrellas go up.
- (a)No sooner does it starts to rain than the umbrellas go up.
- (b)No sooner does it start to rain than umbrellas go up.
- (c)No sooner did it started to rain than the umbrellas go up.
- (d)No sooner does it start to rain than the umbrellas go up.
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2. Save for the old man’s help, Johny would have drowned.
- (a)If Johny had not helped, the old man would have drowned.
- (b)Thank God! Johny helped the old man.
- (c)Were it not for the old man’s help, Johny would have drowned.
- (d)If the old man had helped, Johny would have drowned.
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3. My aunt said to me, "Will you be able to deliver groceries at my place?"
- (a)My aunt asked me that will I be able to deliver the groceries at her place.
- (b)My aunt asked me whether I would be able to deliver the groceries at her place.
- (c)My aunt asked me whether I would be able to deliver groceries at her place?
- (d)My aunt asked me whether I would be able to deliver groceries at her place.
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4. No other metal is as expensive as gold.
- (a)Only gold is an expensive metal.
- (b)Gold is the most expensive of all metals.
- (c)Gold is more expensive than many other metals.
- (d)Gold is very expensive as a metal.
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5. Let him see the picture.
- (a)Let the picture be seen by him.
- (b)He must see the picture.
- (c)The picture is seen by him.
- (d)He was allowed to see the picture.
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6. With my father’s permission, I will go for an excursion.
- (a)If my father permits, I will not go for an excursion.
- (b)If my father permits, I will go for an excursion.
- (c)Unless my father permits, I will go for an excursion.
- (d)Unless my father does not permits, I will not go for an excursion.
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7. They had to spend a night at the platform because the train was delayed.
- (a)If the train were delayed, they had to spend a night at the platform.
- (b)If the train had not been delayed, they would not have had to spend a night at the platform.
- (c)If the train is delayed, they will have to spend a night at the platform.
- (d)If the train had been on time, they would not have to spend a night at the platform.
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8. Walking is the healthiest exercise for the elderly.
- (a)Walking is healthier than many other exercises for the elderly.
- (b)Walking should be made mandatory for the elderly as an exercise.
- (c)No other exercise for the elderly is as healthy as walking.
- (d)Few other exercises for the elderly are as healthy as walking.
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9. You can see the lake from here only on a clear day.
- (a)Only the lake can be seen from here on a clear day.
- (b)Only on a clear day, you can see the lake from here.
- (c)Only on a clear day can you see the lake from here.
- (d)Only if the day is clear, you cannot see the lake from here.
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10. He regrets not taking up that job.
- (a)He wishes to take up the job now.
- (b)He wishes he should take the job now.
- (c)He wished to have taken up the job.
- (d)He wishes he had taken up that job.
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From ISC 2022 Specimen English Language Paper 1, question 3(a).