Prepare The Model Millionaire Textual Grammar Question Answers for Class 11 1st Semester WBCHSE. These grammar MCQs include Fill in the Blanks, Tense Change, Voice Change, Narration Change, Phrasal Verbs, Prepositions, Clause Identification, Synthesis, Participle, Gerund, and Transformation of Sentences with answers.
Students preparing for WBCHSE Semester I may also read the Bengali Meaning & Summary and practise MCQ & Assertion Reason Questions from The Model Millionaire.
The Model Millionaire Textual Grammar: FILL IN THE BLANKS
Fill in the blanks, choosing the right option,
1. Unless one __ wealthy, there is no use in being a charming fellow. (Fill in the Blank)
(a) will be
(b) were
(c) is
(d) was
Answer: (c) is
2. Romance __ the privilege of the rich. (Fill in the Blank)
(a) were
(b) is
(c) was
(d) are
Answer: (b) is
3. It is better to __ a permanent income than to be fascinating. (Fill in the Blank)
(a) have
(b) has
(c) had
(d) be
Answer: (a) have
4. Hughie __ the first over his looking-glass. (Fill in the Blank)
(a) hang
(b) have hanged
(c) hung
(d) hanging
Answer: (c) hung
5. That __; the sherry was a little too dry. (Fill in the Blank)
(a) had not answer
(b) not answered
(c) did not answer
(d) will not answer
Answer: (c) did not answer
6. The girl he __ was Laura Merton. (Fill in the Blank)
(a) love
(b) will love
(c) loved
(d) have loved
Answer: (c) loved
7. The Colonel was very fond of Hughie, but __ not hear of any engagement. (Fill in the Blank)
(a) will
(b) would
(c) could
(d) had
Answer: (b) would
8. Come to me, my boy, when you have got ten thousand pounds of your own, and we __ see about it. (Fill in the Blank)
(a) will be seen
(b) are seeing
(c) have been seeing
(d) will
Answer: (d) will
9. Indeed, few people __ that nowadays. (Fill in the Blank)
(a) escapes
(b) had escape
(c) escape
(d) is escaping
Answer: (c) escape
10. When he __ up the brush, he was a real master. (Fill in the Blank)
(a) take
(b) takes
(c) took
(d) has taken
Answer: (c) took
The Model Millionaire Textual Grammar: CHANGING THE TENSE
Choose the correct alternatives as directed.
1. Hughie never realised the great truths of modern life. (Change into Present Indefinite Tense)
(a) Hughie never realises the great truths of modern life.
(b) Hughie is realising the great truths of modern life.
(c) Hughie has realised the great truths of modern life.
(d) Hughie will realise the great truths of modern life.
Answer: (a)
2. He was wonderfully good-looking. (Change into Present Indefinite Tense)
(a) He is wonderfully good-looking.
(b) He has been wonderfully good-looking.
(c) He will be wonderfully good-looking.
(d) He was being wonderfully good-looking.
Answer: (a)
3. He had tried everything. (Change into Present Perfect Tense)
(a) He tries everything.
(b) He has tried everything.
(c) He is trying everything.
(d) He will try everything.
Answer: (b)
4. He had gone on the Stock Exchange for six months. (Change into Present Perfect Tense)
(a) He goes on the Stock Exchange for six months.
(b) He has gone on the Stock Exchange for six months.
(c) He is going on the Stock Exchange.
(d) He will go on the Stock Exchange.
Answer: (b)
5. Laura adored him. (Change into Present Indefinite Tense)
(a) Laura adores him.
(b) Laura is adoring him.
(c) Laura has adored him.
(d) Laura will adore him.
Answer: (a)
6. Hughie looked very glum on those days. (Change into Present Indefinite Tense)
(a) Hughie looks very glum on those days.
(b) Hughie is looking very glum.
(c) Hughie has looked very glum.
(d) Hughie will look very glum.
Answer: (a)
7. Trevor was a painter. (Change into Present Indefinite Tense)
(a) Trevor has been a painter.
(b) Trevor is a painter.
(c) Trevor will be a painter.
(d) Trevor was being a painter.
Answer: (b)
8. His pictures were eagerly sought after. (Change into Present Indefinite Passive)
(a) His pictures are eagerly sought after.
(b) His pictures have been eagerly sought after.
(c) His pictures will be eagerly sought after.
(d) His pictures seek eagerly.
Answer: (a)
9. He had been very much attracted by Hughie at first. (Change into Present Perfect Passive)
(a) He is attracted by Hughie.
(b) He has been very much attracted by Hughie.
(c) He was attracted by Hughie.
(d) He will be attracted by Hughie.
Answer: (b)
10. Hughie came in. (Change into Present Indefinite Tense)
(a) Hughie comes in.
(b) Hughie is coming in.
(c) Hughie has come in.
(d) Hughie will come in.
Answer: (a)
11. The old beggar-man was standing on a raised platform. (Change into Present Continuous Tense)
(a) The old beggar-man stands on a raised platform.
(b) The old beggar-man is standing on a raised platform.
(c) The old beggar-man has stood on a raised platform.
(d) The old beggar-man will stand on a raised platform.
Answer: (b)
12. Trevor arrived. (Change into Present Perfect Tense)
(a) Trevor arrives.
(b) Trevor is arriving.
(c) Trevor has arrived.
(d) Trevor will arrive.
Answer: (c)
13. Hughie took his leave. (Change into Present Indefinite Tense)
(a) Hughie is taking his leave.
(b) Hughie takes his leave.
(c) Hughie has taken his leave.
(d) Hughie will take his leave.
Answer: (b)
14. Hughie walked home. (Change into Present Indefinite Tense)
(a) Hughie walks home.
(b) Hughie is walking home.
(c) Hughie has walked home.
(d) Hughie will walk home.
Answer: (a)
15. An old gentleman came into the room. (Change into Present Indefinite Tense)
(a) An old gentleman comes into the room.
(b) An old gentleman is coming into the room.
(c) An old gentleman has come into the room.
(d) An old gentleman will come into the room.
Answer: (a)
The Model Millionaire Textual Grammar: VOICE CHANGE
Choose the correct alternatives as directed in the bracket.
1. Hughie hung the first over his looking-glass. (Change the Voice)
(a) The first was hung over his looking-glass by Hughie.
(b) The first is hung over his looking-glass by Hughie.
(c) The first had been hung by Hughie.
(d) The first hangs over his looking-glass.
Answer: (a)
2. He had tried everything.(Change the Voice)
(a) Everything was tried by him.
(b) Everything had been tried by him.
(c) Everything is tried by him.
(d) Everything will be tried by him.
Answer: (b)
3. Laura adored him. (Change the Voice)
(a) He was adored by Laura.
(b) He is adored by Laura.
(c) He had been adored by Laura.
(d) He will be adored by Laura.
Answer: (a)
4. Hughie loved Laura Merton. (Change the Voice)
(a) Laura Merton is loved by Hughie.
(b) Laura Merton was loved by Hughie.
(c) Laura Merton had been loved by Hughie.
(d) Laura Merton will be loved by Hughie.
Answer: (b)
5. Trevor sought after beautiful people. (Change the Voice)
(a) Beautiful people are sought after by Trevor.
(b) Beautiful people were sought after by Trevor.
(c) Beautiful people had been sought after by Trevor.
(d) Beautiful people will be sought after by Trevor.
Answer: (b)
6. Hughie found Trevor putting the finishing touches to a picture. (Change the Voice)
(a) Trevor was found putting the finishing touches to a picture by Hughie.
(b) Trevor is found by Hughie.
(c) Trevor had been found by Hughie.
(d) Trevor will be found by Hughie.
Answer: (a)
7. He held out his battered hat for alms. (Change the Voice)
(a) His battered hat was held out for alms by him.
(b) His battered hat is held out by him.
(c) His battered hat had been held out by him.
(d) His battered hat will be held out by him.
Answer: (a)
8. Hughie shook hands with his friend. (Change the Voice)
(a) Hands were shaken with his friend by Hughie.
(b) His friend was shaken by Hughie.
(c) No Passive Voice is possible.
(d) His friend had been shaken by Hughie.
Answer: (c)
9. Trevor answered Hughie. (Change the Voice)
(a) Hughie was answered by Trevor.
(b) Hughie is answered by Trevor.
(c) Hughie had been answered by Trevor.
(d) Hughie will be answered by Trevor.
Answer: (a)
10. The servant brought him up a card. (Change the Voice)
(a) A card was brought up to him by the servant.
(b) A card is brought up to him.
(c) A card had been brought up.
(d) A card will be brought up.
Answer: (a)
11. Hughie told the servant to show the visitor up. (Change the Voice)
(a) The servant was told to show the visitor up by Hughie.
(b) The servant is told by Hughie.
(c) The servant had been told by Hughie.
(d) The servant will be told by Hughie.
Answer: (a)
12. An old gentleman addressed Monsieur Erskine. (Change the Voice)
(a) Monsieur Erskine was addressed by an old gentleman.
(b) Monsieur Erskine is addressed by an old gentleman.
(c) Monsieur Erskine had been addressed.
(d) Monsieur Erskine will be addressed.
Answer: (a)
13. The Baron commissioned me to bring you this letter. (Change the Voice)
(a) I was commissioned by the Baron to bring you this letter.
(b) I am commissioned by the Baron.
(c) I had been commissioned by the Baron.
(d) I will be commissioned by the Baron.
Answer: (a)
14. He extended a sealed envelope. (Change the Voice)
(a) A sealed envelope was extended by him.
(b) A sealed envelope is extended by him.
(c) A sealed envelope had been extended by him.
(d) A sealed envelope will be extended by him.
Answer: (a)
15. The Baron made a speech at the wedding-breakfast. (Change the Voice)
(a) A speech at the wedding-breakfast was made by the Baron.
(b) A speech is made by the Baron.
(c) A speech had been made by the Baron.
(d) A speech will be made by the Baron.
Answer: (a)
16. The old gentleman brought a letter. (Change the Voice)
(a) A letter was brought by the old gentleman.
(b) A letter is brought by the old gentleman.
(c) A letter had been brought by the old gentleman.
(d) A letter will be brought by the old gentleman.
Answer: (a)
17. Hughie slipped the sovereign into the beggar’s hand. (Change the Voice)
(a) The sovereign was slipped into the beggar’s hand by Hughie.
(b) The sovereign is slipped by Hughie.
(c) The sovereign had been slipped by Hughie.
(d) The sovereign will be slipped by Hughie.
Answer: (a)
18. Trevor told him all about Hughie. (Change the Voice)
(a) He was told all about Hughie by Trevor.
(b) He is told about Hughie.
(c) He had been told about Hughie.
(d) He will be told about Hughie.
Answer: (a)
19. Hughie gave him a sovereign. (Change the Voice)
(a) He was given a sovereign by Hughie.
(b) He is given a sovereign by Hughie.
(c) He had been given a sovereign by Hughie.
(d) He will be given a sovereign by Hughie.
Answer: (a)
20. The Baron gave me a commission. (Change the Voice)
(a) I was given a commission by the Baron.
(b) I am given a commission by the Baron.
(c) I had been given a commission by the Baron.
(d) I will be given a commission by the Baron.
Answer: (a)
The Model Millionaire Textual Grammar: NARRATION CHANGE
The Model Millionaire Textual Grammar includes important Narration Change questions and answers based on the WBCHSE Class 11 Semester 1 syllabus.
Change the mode of narration as directed:
1. “Come to me, my boy, when you have got ten thousand pounds of your own, and we will see about it,” he used to say. (Change the Narration)
(a) He used to tell his boy to come to him when he had got ten thousand pounds of his own and then they would see about it.
(b) He asked if he had ten thousand pounds.
(c) He said that he had ten thousand pounds.
(d) He ordered him to give ten thousand pounds.
Answer: (a)
2. “What an amazing model!” whispered Hughie. (Change the Narration)
(a) Hughie whispered that it was an amazing model.
(b) Hughie exclaimed in admiration that it was a very amazing model.
(c) Hughie asked whether it was an amazing model.
(d) Hughie said that the model was not amazing.
Answer: (b)
3. “An amazing model?” shouted Trevor. (Change the Narration)
(a) Trevor asked in surprise whether it was an amazing model.
(b) Trevor exclaimed that it was an amazing model.
(c) Trevor ordered Hughie to look at the model.
(d) Trevor said that the model was amazing.
Answer: (a)
4. “Poor old chap! how miserable he looks!” said Hughie. (Change the Narration)
(a) Hughie exclaimed with pity that the poor old chap looked very miserable.
(b) Hughie said that the chap was poor.
(c) Hughie asked whether the chap looked miserable.
(d) Hughie ordered the chap to be happy.
Answer: (a)
5. “Certainly,” replied Trevor. (Change the Narration)
(a) Trevor replied in the affirmative.
(b) Trevor replied negatively.
(c) Trevor asked a question.
(d) Trevor remained silent.
Answer: (a)
6. “How much does a model get for sitting?” asked Hughie. (Change the Narration)
(a) Hughie asked how much a model got for sitting.
(b) Hughie asked how much does a model get for sitting.
(c) Hughie said how much a model got.
(d) Hughie exclaimed how much a model got.
Answer: (a)
7. “A shilling an hour,” said Trevor. (Change the Narration)
(a) Trevor said that a shilling an hour was paid.
(b) Trevor replied that a model got a shilling an hour.
(c) Trevor asked for a shilling.
(d) Trevor exclaimed that an hour was a shilling.
Answer: (b)
8. “And how much do you get for your picture, Alan?”(Change the Narration)
(a) Hughie asked Alan how much he got for his picture.
(b) Hughie said that Alan got much money.
(c) Hughie asked whether Alan painted pictures.
(d) Hughie exclaimed that Alan got money.
Answer: (a)
9. “Oh, for this I get two thousand!” (Change the Narration)
(a) Trevor exclaimed that for that he got two thousand.
(b) Trevor asked for two thousand.
(c) Trevor denied getting two thousand.
(d) Trevor ordered Hughie to pay two thousand.
Answer: (a)
10. “Pounds?” said Hughie. (Change the Narration)
(a) Hughie asked in surprise whether they were pounds.
(b) Hughie said that they were pounds.
(c) Hughie denied that they were pounds.
(d) Hughie exclaimed that they were pounds.
Answer: (a)
11. “Guineas,” answered Trevor. (Change the Narration)
(a) Trevor answered that they were guineas.
(b) Trevor asked if they were guineas.
(c) Trevor denied that they were guineas.
(d) Trevor exclaimed that they were pounds.
Answer: (a)
12. “Well, I think the model should have a percentage,” cried Hughie. (Change the Narration)
(a) Hughie cried that he thought the model should have a percentage.
(b) Hughie ordered the model to take a percentage.
(c) Hughie denied giving a percentage.
(d) Hughie asked whether the model had a percentage.
Answer: (a)
13. “Nonsense, nonsense!” (Change the Narration)
(a) Trevor exclaimed with disapproval that it was nonsense.
(b) Trevor asked what nonsense was.
(c) Trevor ordered Hughie to be nonsense.
(d) Trevor denied speaking.
Answer: (a)
14. “Smoke a cigarette, and keep quiet.” (Change the Narration)
(a) Trevor advised Hughie to smoke a cigarette and keep quiet.
(b) Trevor asked Hughie if he smoked.
(c) Trevor said that Hughie smoked.
(d) Trevor wondered whether Hughie smoked.
Answer: (a)
15. “Don’t run away, Hughie.” (Change the Narration)
(a) Trevor requested Hughie not to run away.
(b) Trevor advised Hughie to run away.
(c) Trevor asked whether Hughie ran away.
(d) Trevor said that Hughie ran away.
Answer: (a)
16. “I will be back in a moment.” (Change the Narration)
(a) Trevor said that he would be back in a moment.
(b) Trevor said that he is back in a moment.
(c) Trevor asked whether he would be back.
(d) Trevor exclaimed that he was back.
Answer: (a)
17. “Thank you, sir,” he said. (Change the Narration)
(a) He thanked the gentleman respectfully.
(b) He asked the gentleman to thank him.
(c) He exclaimed against the gentleman.
(d) He ordered the gentleman to thank him.
Answer: (a)
18. “Well, Alan, did you get the picture finished all right?” he said. (Change the Narration)
(a) Hughie asked Alan if he had got the picture finished all right.
(b) Hughie said that Alan got the picture finished.
(c) Hughie ordered Alan to finish the picture.
(d) Hughie exclaimed that the picture was finished.
Answer: (a)
19. “Finished and framed, my boy!” answered Trevor. (Change the Narration)
(a) Trevor answered that it was finished and framed.
(b) Trevor asked whether it was framed.
(c) Trevor denied finishing it.
(d) Trevor ordered Hughie to frame it.
Answer: (a)
20. “My dear Alan,” cried Hughie. (Change the Narration)
(a) Hughie addressed Alan affectionately.
(b) Hughie asked who Alan was.
(c) Hughie denied knowing Alan.
(d) Hughie ordered Alan to come.
Answer: (a)
21. “You don’t mean to say you talked to him about her?” said Hughie. (Change the Narration)
(a) Hughie asked Trevor if he meant to say that he had talked to him about her.
(b) Hughie said that Trevor talked to him.
(c) Hughie denied talking to him.
(d) Hughie ordered Trevor not to talk.
Answer: (a)
22. “What on earth do you mean?” exclaimed Hughie. (Change the Narration)
(a) Hughie exclaimed and asked what on earth he meant.
(b) Hughie said what he meant.
(c) Hughie ordered him to explain.
(d) Hughie denied understanding.
Answer: (a)
23. “Good heavens! I gave him a sovereign!” cried Hughie. (Change the Narration)
(a) Hughie exclaimed in great surprise that he had given him a sovereign.
(b) Hughie said that he would give him a sovereign.
(c) Hughie denied giving him a sovereign.
(d) Hughie ordered him to take a sovereign.
Answer: (a)
24. “What a duffer he must think me!” said Hughie. (Change the Narration)
(a) Hughie exclaimed sorrowfully that he must think him a duffer.
(b) Hughie asked whether he was a duffer.
(c) Hughie denied being a duffer.
(d) Hughie ordered him to think so.
Answer: (a)
25. “Model millionaires are rare enough; but, by Jove, model millionaires are rarer still!” remarked Alan. (Change the Narration)
(a) Alan remarked that model millionaires were rare enough, but by Jove, model millionaires were rarer still.
(b) Alan asked whether model millionaires were rare.
(c) Alan denied that model millionaires existed.
(d) Alan ordered people to become model millionaires.
Answer: (a)
FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH PREPOSITIONS
The Model Millionaire Textual Grammar includes important Fill in the Blanks with Prepositions questions and answers for WBCHSE Class 11 Semester 1 students.
1. There is no use _ being a charming fellow. (Choose the Correct Preposition)
(a) to
(b) in
(c) from
(d) at
Answer: (b) in
2. What on earth do you mean _ that nowadays? (Choose the Correct Preposition)
(a) over
(b) on
(c) around
(d) by
Answer: (d) by
3. He had every accomplishment _ that of making money. (Choose the Correct Preposition)
(a) except
(b) to
(c) into
(d) from
Answer: (a) except
4. Hughie hung the first _ his looking-glass. (Choose the Correct Preposition)
(a) above
(b) over
(c) upon
(d) along
Answer: (b) over
5. He lived _ two hundred a year. (Choose the Correct Preposition)
(a) with
(b) to
(c) on
(d) in
Answer: (c) on
6. He had been a tea-merchant _ a little longer. (Choose the Correct Preposition)
(a) by
(b) after
(c) for
(d) with
Answer: (c) for
7. He had gone on the Stock Exchange _ six months. (Choose the Correct Preposition)
(a) from
(b) since
(c) for
(d) to
Answer: (c) for
8. He had soon tired _ pekoe and souchong. (Choose the Correct Preposition)
(a) at
(b) in
(c) of
(d) from
Answer: (c) of
9. He was an ineffectual young man _ a perfect profile. (Choose the Correct Preposition)
(a) for
(b) with
(c) about
(d) on
Answer: (b) with
10. He had been very much attracted _ Hughie at first. (Choose the Correct Preposition)
(a) to
(b) by
(c) for
(d) with
Answer: (b) by
IDENTIFY THE UNDERLINED CLAUSE
The Model Millionaire Textual Grammar includes important Identify the Underlined Clause questions and answers for WBCHSE Class 11 Semester 1 students.
1. Unless one is wealthy, there is no use in being a charming fellow. (Identify the Underlined Clause)
(a) Adjective Clause
(b) Noun Clause
(c) Adverbial Clause
(d) Prepositional Clause
Answer: (c) Adverbial Clause
2. These are the great truths of modern life which Hughie Erskine never realised. (Identify the Underlined Clause)
(a) Adjective Clause
(b) Noun Clause
(c) Adverbial Clause
(d) Prepositional Clause
Answer: (a) Adjective Clause
3. After he got to know Hughie better, he liked him quite as much. (Identify the Underlined Clause)
(a) Adjective Clause
(b) Noun Clause
(c) Adverbial Clause
(d) Prepositional Clause
Answer: (c) Adverbial Clause
4. With one hand he leant on a rough stick, while with the other he held out his battered hat for alms. (Identify the Underlined Clause)
(a) Adjective Clause
(b) Noun Clause
(c) Adverbial Clause
(d) Prepositional Clause
Answer: (c) Adverbial Clause
5. We must admit that he was not of much importance. (Identify the Underlined Clause)
(a) Adjective Clause
(b) Noun Clause
(c) Adverbial Clause
(d) Prepositional Clause
Answer: (b) Noun Clause
6. Hughie whispered as he shook hands with his friend. (Identify the Underlined Clause)
(a) Adjective Clause
(b) Noun Clause
(c) Adverbial Clause
(d) Prepositional Clause
Answer: (c) Adverbial Clause
7. He was as popular with men as he was with women. (Identify the Underlined Clause)
(a) Adjective Clause
(b) Noun Clause
(c) Adverbial Clause
(d) Prepositional Clause
Answer: (c) Adverbial Clause
8. He looked so forlorn and wretched that Hughie could not help pitying him. (Identify the Underlined Clause)
(a) Adjective Clause
(b) Noun Clause
(c) Adverbial Clause
(d) Prepositional Clause
Answer: (c) Adverbial Clause
9. He lived on two hundred a year that an old aunt allowed him. (Identify the Underlined Clause)
(a) Adjective Clause
(b) Noun Clause
(c) Adverbial Clause
(d) Prepositional Clause
Answer: (a) Adjective Clause
10. Laura Merton was the daughter of a retired Colonel who had lost his temper and his digestion in India. (Identify the Underlined Clause)
(a) Adjective Clause
(b) Noun Clause
(c) Adverbial Clause
(d) Prepositional Clause
Answer: (a) Adjective Clause
JOINING OR SYNTHESIS OF SENTENCES
The Model Millionaire Textual Grammar includes important Joining or Synthesis of Sentences questions and answers based on the WBCHSE Class 11 Semester 1 text. The Model Millionaire Textual Grammar helps students practise sentence synthesis using Noun, Adjective, and Adverb Clauses for examinations.
Join the following sentences as directed:
1. The Colonel was very fond of Hughie. He would not hear of any engagement. [Adverb Clause]
(a) Though the Colonel was very fond of Hughie, in spite of that he would not hear of any engagement.
(b) The Colonel was very fond of Hughie and he would not hear of any engagement.
(c) Though the Colonel was very fond of Hughie, he would not hear of any engagement.
(d) If the Colonel was very fond of Hughie, he would not hear of any engagement.
Answer: (c)
2. Laura was the daughter of a retired Colonel. He lost his temper and digestion in India. [Adjective Clause]
(a) Laura, the daughter of a retired Colonel that lost his temper and digestion in India.
(b) Laura was the daughter of a retired Colonel who lost his temper and digestion in India.
(c) As Laura was the daughter of a retired Colonel, so he lost his temper and digestion in India.
(d) The Colonel was retired who lost his temper and digestion in India.
Answer: (b)
3. You may have got ten thousand pounds. Come to me then. [Adverb Clause]
(a) You may have got ten thousand pounds, then come to me.
(b) If you have got ten thousand pounds, you don’t come to me.
(c) Unless you have got ten thousand pounds, you don’t come to me.
(d) Come to me when you have got ten thousand pounds.
Answer: (d)
4. He was a real master. His pictures were eagerly sought after. [Adverb Clause]
(a) He was a real master though his pictures were eagerly sought after.
(b) He was a real master whose pictures were eagerly sought after.
(c) His pictures were eagerly sought after because he was a real master.
(d) He was a real master because pictures are eagerly sought after.
Answer: (c)
5. He had been very much attracted by Hughie at first. It must be acknowledged. [Noun Clause]
(a) He had been very much attracted by Hughie at first that must be acknowledged.
(b) It must be acknowledged that he had been very much attracted by Hughie at first.
(c) He had been very much attracted by Hughie at first because it must be acknowledged.
(d) He had been very much attracted by Hughie at first and it must be acknowledged.
Answer: (b)
6. Some men are dandies. They rule the world. [Adjective Clause]
(a) Some men are dandies which rule the world.
(b) Some men are dandies because they rule the world.
(c) Some men which rule the world are dandies.
(d) Some men who are dandies rule the world.
Answer: (d)
7. Hughie had done something. He took his leave blushing at that. [Noun Clause]
(a) When Hughie had done something, he took his leave blushing at that.
(b) Hughie took his leave blushing at what he had done.
(c) Hughie had done something which he took leave blushing at.
(d) As Hughie had done something, he took his leave blushing at that.
Answer: (b)
8. It seems poverty to you. It is picturesqueness to me. [Noun Clause]
(a) What seems poverty to you is picturesqueness to me.
(b) It seems poverty to you which is picturesqueness to me.
(c) Though it seems poverty to you, it is picturesqueness to me.
(d) It is picturesqueness to me because it seems poverty to you.
Answer: (a)
9. You saw an old man in the studio. He was Baron Hausberg. [Adjective Clause]
(a) You saw an old man in the studio and he is Baron Hausberg.
(b) You saw an old man who was Baron Hausberg in the studio.
(c) The old man whom you saw in the studio was Baron Hausberg.
(d) The old man that you saw in the studio was Baron Hausberg.
Answer: (c)
10. Hausberg might not like his name mentioned. I didn’t know that exactly. [Noun Clause]
(a) I didn’t know exactly whether Hausberg would like his name mentioned.
(b) Though I didn’t know exactly, Hausberg might not like his name mentioned.
(c) Hausberg might not like his name mentioned for I didn’t know that exactly.
(d) I didn’t know that exactly so Hausberg might not like his name mentioned.
Answer: (a)
The Model Millionaire Textual Grammar: Participle & Gerund
The Model Millionaire Textual Grammar includes important Participle and Gerund questions with answers for WBCHSE Class 11 Semester 1 students. The Model Millionaire Textual Grammar helps students identify and practise Participle and Gerund forms through text-based grammar exercises.
1. Hughie could not help pitying him. (Identify the Participle)
(a) could
(b) help
(c) pitying
(d) him
Answer: (c) pitying
2. There is no use in being a charming fellow. (Identify the Gerund)
(a) use
(b) charming
(c) being
(d) fellow
Answer: (c) being
3. The old beggar-man took advantage of Trevor’s absence to rest for a moment, smiling faintly. (Identify the Participle)
(a) absence
(b) rest
(c) smiling
(d) moment
Answer: (c) smiling
4. He had tried selling dry sherry. (Identify the Gerund)
(a) tried
(b) selling
(c) dry
(d) sherry
Answer: (b) selling
5. Hughie took his leave, blushing at what he had done. (Identify the Participle)
(a) leave
(b) blushing
(c) done
(d) what
Answer: (b) blushing
6. How much does a model get for sitting? (Identify the Gerund)
(a) model
(b) get
(c) sitting
(d) much
Answer: (c) sitting
7. Trevor was putting the finishing touches to a wonderful life-size picture. (Identify the Participle)
(a) putting
(b) finishing
(c) wonderful
(d) picture
Answer: (b) finishing
8. Hughie could not help pitying him. (Identify the Gerund)
(a) could
(b) help
(c) pitying
(d) him
Answer: (c) pitying
9. A withered old man was standing on a raised platform. (Identify the Participle)
(a) standing
(b) raised
(c) withered
(d) platform
Answer: (c) withered
10. Trevor laughed at Hughie’s giving the beggar a sovereign. (Identify the Gerund)
(a) laughed
(b) Hughie’s
(c) giving
(d) sovereign
Answer: (c) giving
The Model Millionaire Textual Grammar: TRANSFORMATION OF SENTENCES
1. Hughie never realised the great truths of modern life. (Turn into an Affirmative Sentence)
(a) Hughie realised the great truths of modern life.
(b) Hughie always realised the great truths of modern life.
(c) Hughie failed to realise the great truths of modern life.
(d) Hughie realised no truths of modern life.
Answer: (c)
2. He was wonderfully good-looking. (Make it Negative)
(a) He was not wonderfully good-looking.
(b) He was not bad-looking at all.
(c) He was not ugly-looking.
(d) He was not handsome.
Answer: (c)
3. They were the handsomest couple in London. (Change into Comparative Degree)
(a) They were more handsome than any other couple in London.
(b) No other couple was handsome.
(c) They were very handsome.
(d) They looked handsome.
Answer: (a)
4. They were the handsomest couple in London. (Change into Positive Degree)
(a) No other couple in London was as handsome as they were.
(b) Very few couples were handsome.
(c) They were handsome.
(d) They looked handsome.
Answer: (a)
5. The Colonel was very fond of Hughie, but would not hear of any engagement. (Turn into a Complex Sentence)
(a) Though the Colonel was very fond of Hughie, he would not hear of any engagement.
(b) The Colonel was fond and would not hear.
(c) Because the Colonel was fond, he refused.
(d) The Colonel was fond of Hughie and refused.
Answer: (a)
6. The girl he loved was Laura Merton. (Turn into a Simple Sentence)
(a) Laura Merton was loved.
(b) He loved Laura Merton.
(c) Laura loved him.
(d) Laura Merton was a girl.
Answer: (b)
7. Romance is the privilege of the rich. (Turn into a Negative Sentence)
(a) Romance is not the privilege of the rich.
(b) Romance is never the privilege of the poor.
(c) Romance is not the privilege of the poor.
(d) Romance belongs to nobody.
Answer: (c)
8. The poor should be practical and prosaic. (Turn into an Imperative Sentence)
(a) The poor are practical and prosaic.
(b) Let the poor be practical and prosaic.
(c) The poor must practical.
(d) Practical people are poor.
Answer: (b)
9. Few people escape that nowadays. (Turn into an Affirmative Sentence)
(a) Many people escape that nowadays.
(b) A few people do not escape that nowadays.
(c) Only a few people escape that nowadays.
(d) Nobody escapes that nowadays.
Answer: (c)
10. He had every accomplishment except that of making money. (Turn into an Affirmative Sentence)
(a) He lacked the accomplishment of making money.
(b) He had no accomplishment.
(c) He disliked money.
(d) He had little accomplishment.
Answer: (a)
11. What an amazing model! (Turn into an Assertive Sentence)
(a) It is an amazing model.
(b) Is it an amazing model?
(c) How amazing the model is!
(d) The model is not amazing.
Answer: (a)
12. Poor old chap! How miserable he looks! (Turn into an Assertive Sentence)
(a) The old chap looks very miserable.
(b) The old chap is poor.
(c) The old chap does not look miserable.
(d) He looks old.
Answer: (a)
13. Trevor was a painter. (Turn into an Interrogative Sentence)
(a) Did Trevor a painter?
(b) Was Trevor a painter?
(c) Trevor was a painter?
(d) Is Trevor painter?
Answer: (b)
14. Men who are dandies and women who are darlings rule the world. (Rewrite using a Participle)
(a) Dandy men and darling women rule the world.
(b) Men and women rule the world.
(c) Dandies and darlings are rulers.
(d) Men ruling the world are dandies.
Answer: (a)
15. You may have got ten thousand pounds of your own. Come to me then. (Join into a Complex Sentence)
(a) Come to me if you have ten thousand pounds.
(b) Come to me when you have got ten thousand pounds of your own.
(c) Though you have ten thousand pounds, come to me.
(d) Because you have ten thousand pounds, come to me.
Answer: (b)
16. He was as popular with men as he was with women. (Change into Positive Degree)
(a) He was equally popular with men and women.
(b) He was more popular with women.
(c) He was less popular with men.
(d) He was popular only with women.
Answer: (a)
17. It seems poverty to you. It is picturesqueness to me. (Join into a Noun Clause)
(a) Though it seems poverty to you, it is picturesqueness to me.
(b) What seems poverty to you is picturesqueness to me.
(c) It seems poverty because it is picturesqueness.
(d) It is picturesqueness and poverty.
Answer: (b)
18. Some men are dandies. They rule the world. (Join using an Adjective Clause)
(a) Some men who are dandies rule the world.
(b) Some men are dandies because they rule the world.
(c) Dandies rule the world.
(d) Some men rule the world.
Answer: (a)
19. He was a real master. His pictures were eagerly sought after. (Join into a Complex Sentence)
(a) Though he was a real master, his pictures were eagerly sought after.
(b) His pictures were eagerly sought after because he was a real master.
(c) He was a real master and his pictures were eagerly sought after.
(d) His pictures were sought after.
Answer: (b)
20. The old man whom you saw in the studio was Baron Hausberg. (Turn into a Simple Sentence)
(a) You saw Baron Hausberg in the studio.
(b) The old man was Baron Hausberg.
(c) The old man seen in the studio was Baron Hausberg.
(d) Baron Hausberg was old.
Answer: (c)
FAQs on The Model Millionaire Textual Grammar Question Answers
Ans: The most important textual grammar topics from The Model Millionaire are Fill in the Blanks, Tense Change, Narration Change, Voice Change, Phrasal Verbs, Prepositions, Clause Identification, Synthesis of Sentences, Participle, Gerund, and Transformation of Sentences. These questions are frequently asked in WBCHSE Class 11 Semester examinations.
Ans: Students should practice grammar questions directly from the textbook and previous WBCHSE question patterns. Special attention should be given to Narration, Voice Change, Prepositions, Phrasal Verbs, Clauses, and Transformation of Sentences, as these areas carry significant marks in the examination.
Ans: Yes. The textual grammar questions from The Model Millionaire are highly important for the WBCHSE Class 11 1st Semester Examination. Many MCQs and grammar-based questions are set directly from the lesson, making regular practice essential for scoring good marks.
