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Reported Questions Q 71–72
71
He said to me, “Where do you live?” Choose the correct indirect speech:Reported Questions
[Choose the correct option]A He asked me where do I live
B He asked me where I lived
C He told me where I lived
D He asked me where did I live
✅ Correct Answer: B
Reported Wh-questions: asked + object + wh-word + subject + verb (no auxiliary, no question mark, normal word order).
“Where do you live?” becomes “He asked me where I lived.” Three changes: (1) ‘said to me’ → ‘asked me’; (2) question word order ‘do you live’ → statement order ‘I lived’; (3) tense ‘live’ → ‘lived’. Never keep auxiliary ‘do/did’ in reported questions.
72
She said to him, “Are you feeling better?” Choose the correct indirect speech:Reported Yes/No Questions
[Choose the correct option]A She asked him if he was feeling better
B She asked him whether was he feeling better
C She told him if he was feeling better
D She asked him are you feeling better
✅ Correct Answer: A
Reported Yes/No questions use ‘if’ or ‘whether’ + subject + verb (statement order, no question mark).
“Are you feeling better?” — a yes/no question uses ‘if’ or ‘whether’ in indirect speech. The word order changes from question to statement: “Are you feeling” → “he was feeling”. Tense changes: ‘are’ → ‘was’. Option B incorrectly keeps question word order after ‘whether’.
Degrees of Comparison Q 73–74
73
“Ali is ________ student in the class.” Choose the correct superlative form:Superlative Degree
[Choose the correct option]A more intelligent
B most intelligent
C the most intelligent
D the more intelligent
✅ Correct Answer: C
Superlative degree always uses ‘the’ before it. Long adjectives (2+ syllables): the most + adjective. Short adjectives: the + adjective + est.
“The most intelligent” is the superlative of ‘intelligent’ (3 syllables — use most). ‘The’ is compulsory before superlatives. “More intelligent” is comparative — used when comparing two people, not comparing one with the whole class.
74
“Iron is ________ than gold.” Choose the correct comparative form:Comparative Degree
[Choose the correct option]A more cheap
B cheaper
C cheapest
D the cheaper
✅ Correct Answer: B
Short adjectives (1 syllable): comparative = adjective + er (cheaper, taller, faster). Never use ‘more’ with short adjectives.
‘Cheap’ is a one-syllable adjective → comparative = ‘cheaper’. “More cheap” is incorrect — ‘more’ is used only with adjectives of two or more syllables (more beautiful, more intelligent). ‘Cheapest’ is superlative, not comparative.
Adverbs Q 75–76
75
“She drives ________ than her brother.” Choose the correct adverb form:Adverb Comparison
[Choose the correct option]A more careful
B carefullier
C more carefully
D most carefully
✅ Correct Answer: C
Adverbs ending in ‘-ly’ always form their comparative with ‘more’ — never with ‘-er’. More carefully, more quickly, more slowly.
‘Carefully’ is an adverb ending in ‘-ly’. Its comparative is ‘more carefully’ — we never add ‘-er’ to adverbs ending in ‘-ly’. ‘More careful’ is incorrect because ‘careful’ is an adjective, not an adverb. ‘Most carefully’ is superlative, not comparative.
76
“He ran ________ the room, panting for breath.” Choose the correct adverb/preposition:Adverbs of Place
[Choose the correct option]A at
B in
C into
D onto
✅ Correct Answer: C
‘Into’ shows movement from outside to inside. ‘In’ shows position/location with no movement. ‘Onto’ shows movement to a surface.
“He ran into the room” — ‘ran’ shows movement, and ‘into’ correctly shows direction of movement from outside entering inside. “He is in the room” — no movement, just position. ‘Into’ = movement inward; ‘in’ = static position inside.
Types of Clauses Q 77–78
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“I live in a house in Hayatabad which is in Peshawar.” The underlined part is:Adjective Clause
[Choose the correct option]A Noun clause
B Adverb clause
C Adjective clause
D Independent clause
✅ Correct Answer: C
An adjective clause (relative clause) modifies a noun or pronoun and is introduced by relative pronouns: who, whom, whose, which, that.
“Which is in Peshawar” modifies the noun ‘Hayatabad’ — it tells us more about the house/Hayatabad. Because it describes a noun using the relative pronoun ‘which’, it is an adjective clause. Noun clause = acts as subject/object. Adverb clause = tells when/where/why/how.
78
“I take a shawl because the night is cold.” The underlined part is:Adverb Clause
[Choose the correct option]A Adjective clause
B Noun clause
C Independent clause
D Adverb clause of reason
✅ Correct Answer: D
An adverb clause of reason answers ‘why?’ and is introduced by conjunctions: because, since, as, for.
“Because the night is cold” answers WHY I take a shawl — so it is an adverb clause of reason. Adverb clause types: reason (because/since), time (when/while/after), condition (if/unless), contrast (although/though), place (where/wherever).
Punctuation Q 79–80
79
Which punctuation mark is generally used before coordinating conjunctions like ‘but’, ‘and’, ‘or’, ‘so’ in a compound sentence?Punctuation
[Choose the correct option]A Exclamation mark
B Semicolon
C Comma
D Colon
✅ Correct Answer: C
A comma is placed before coordinating conjunctions (FANBOYS: For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So) when joining two independent clauses.
Example: “I wanted to go, but the tickets were sold out.” A comma comes before ‘but’. This directly relates to the KPK textbook question: “What punctuation mark is generally used before certain coordinating conjunctions?” — Answer: comma. Semicolons join independent clauses WITHOUT a conjunction.
80
“What a big city Peshawar is!” This sentence is:Sentence Types
[Choose the correct option]A Declarative
B Interrogative
C Imperative
D Exclamatory
✅ Correct Answer: D
Exclamatory sentences express strong emotion or feeling and end with an exclamation mark (!). They often begin with ‘What’ or ‘How’.
“What a big city Peshawar is!” — starts with ‘What’, expresses strong feeling/admiration, ends with ‘!’. It is exclamatory. Declarative = states a fact (ends with ‘.’); Interrogative = asks a question (ends with ‘?’); Imperative = gives a command (“Sit down!”).
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