LD Typist Kerala Water Authority - 1997

1. Punctuate the following sentence:
Are you going to the school today rama said there will be no regular classes
Ans.“ Are you going to the school today” Rama said. “There will be no regular classes ”.

2. Rewrite in indirect speech:
“Will you help me cross the road?” the blind man said to me.

Ans. The blind man asked me whether I would help him cross the road.

3. Rewrite in passive form:
The judge finds him guilty of murder.

Ans. He is found guilty of murder by the judge.

4. Rewrite using the opposite of the words italicized:
A. The book is very costly B. The bridge is not open heavy vehicles

Ans. A. The book is very economical. B. The bridge is not open to light Vehicles.

5. Rewrite using the plural forms of words italicized
A. His grandparent is not in the city B. The circle has one radius

Ans.A. His grandparents are not in the city. B. The circles have radii

Select the correct word from the bracket to fill up the blanks:

6. All pupils ____ Joseph failed in the contest. (expect, except)

Ans. All pupils except Joseph failed in the contest.

7. ___ to the Chief Minister is not easy. (Access, Excess)

Ans.Access to the Chief Minister is not easy

8. It is easy to ___ , but difficult to follow ____, (advice, advise)

Ans. It is easy to advise, but difficult to follow advice. ‘advise’ is the verb form and ‘advice’ is the noun form. Similarly, ‘practise’ is a verb and ‘practice’ a noun.

Combine in to a single simple sentence :


9. He is well- read, but he lacks common sense.

Ans. In spite of being well-read he lacks common sense.

Rewrite using correct preposition:

10. They are fond ___ Music and dancing.

Ans. They are fond of music and dancing.

11. Be ready to put up ___ any difficulty.

Ans. Be ready to put up with any difficulty. ‘ To put up with’ means to ‘tolerate or ‘endure’.

Use question tags correctly:

12. You are running very fast, ___ you?

Ans. aren’t

13. Your sister cooks well, ___ she?

Ans. doesn’t

Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of verb “to be” :

14. No man ___ immortal.

Ans. is

15. All men ___ equal in the eyes of God.

Ans. are

Rewrite using correct forms of the adverbs of those in bracket:

16. He writes ____ (beauty)

Ans. He writes beautifully .

17. They returned home more __ than I expected (quick)

Ans. They returned home more quickly than I expected.

Rewrite using a single word for those italicized

18. To tell truth is not always easy.

Ans. Telling the truth is not always easy.

Correct the mistakes in spelling, if any:

19. A. Stationery B. Quite

Ans. Both the spelling are correct. ‘Stationary ’ – articles used for writing (‘ Stationary’ – not moving – eg. The cyclist crashed in the stationary car). ‘Quite’ – to a certain degree, rather – eg. The film was quite good.


Rearrange the words in these two sentences in the correct order:

20. No there houses are in part this city of the .

Ans. There are no houses in this part of the city

21. Slavery of Lincoln’s abolition is achievement great a :

Ans. Lincoln’s abolitions of slavery is a great achievement.