HSC 2025 English 2nd Paper – Grammar
Practice
1. Prepositions
a) He is good ___ English. (Answer: at)
b) I am fond ___ music. (Answer: of)
c) He died ___ cancer. (Answer: of)
2. Articles
a) He is ___ honest man. (Answer: an)
b) I saw ___ eagle flying. (Answer: an)
c) ___ sun rises in the east. (Answer: The)
3. Right Form of Verbs
a) She (go) to school every day. (Answer: goes)
b) I (complete) the task already. (Answer: have completed)
c) If he (come), we will go. (Answer: comes)
4. Narration
a) The teacher said, "The sun rises in the east." (Answer: The teacher said that the sun rises
in the east.)
b) My friend said, “I will visit you tomorrow.” (Answer: My friend said that he would visit
me the next day.)
5. Voice Change
a) They have done the work. (Answer: The work has been done by them.)
b) The letter was written by her. (Answer: She wrote the letter.)
6. Completing Sentences
a) If I were a king, ___. (Answer: I would help the poor.)
b) Had I known it, ___. (Answer: I would have informed you.)
c) Work hard lest ___. (Answer: you should fail.)
7. Transformation of Sentences
a) He is very rich. (Make it Exclamatory) – How rich he is!
b) No one is free from faults. (Make it Affirmative) – Everyone has some faults.
c) It is too hot to go out. (Make it Negative) – It is so hot that we cannot go out.
8. Use of Phrases and Idioms
a) He passed the exam by dint of hard work. (Meaning: through)
b) He comes of a noble family. (Meaning: belongs to)
c) He hit the nail on the head. (Meaning: said exactly the right thing)
9. Pronoun Reference
a) Rahim and Karim went to the fair. ___ enjoyed it very much. (Answer: They)
b) The boy lost ___ book. (Answer: his)
c) Everyone loves ___ mother. (Answer: his/her)
10. Synonyms and Antonyms
a) Honest (Antonym: dishonest)
b) Brave (Synonym: courageous)
c) Diligent (Antonym: lazy)