Unit notes and practice questions
Everything here is for unit 10 of the Grade 10 English textbook: what the chapter covers, the short notes, practice questions with their answers, and the lesson video where one exists.
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After should and must, the plain verb · 4 min · 2 past exam questions worked through
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The cards filed under this chapter on the Grade 10 English page. Open one at a time.
When you use it
Use when constructing sentences with verbs that transfer an object to a receiver or beneficiary.
Watch out
Do not use prepositions like to or for when the indirect object is placed directly before the direct object.
Drafted from Grade 10 English, page 267 onwards, then checked twice before it went up
When you use it
Use should and ought to for giving advice, and must or have to for stating rules and obligations.
Watch out
Do not add s or to after must or should. They are always followed directly by the base infinitive of the main verb.
Drafted from Grade 10 English, page 267 onwards, then checked twice before it went up
10 multiple-choice questions written against this chapter, each with its answer and the reason. Try one before you open the answer.
Question 1
According to the reading, how does cable TV come into your home?
Answer: A Through a wire
Why
The reading says that the big difference is that cable comes into your home through a wire, and satellite comes through the air.
Question 2
When did cable television begin, according to the reading?
Answer: B In the 1940s
Why
The first paragraph says: “When cable began in the 1940s, it provided an analog signal.” The 1990s is when satellite channels began, and 2009 is when all cable systems had changed to digital only.
Question 3
Satellite channels, which began in the 1990s, offer which kind of signal?
Answer: B A digital signal
Why
The text says satellite channels offer a digital signal. This signal includes higher-quality sound and picture.
Question 4
In the phrasal verb list, what does blow up mean?
Answer: A To fill something with air or gas
Why
The unit defines blow up as “to fill (something) with air or gas.” The example is: “Please could you blow up those balloons?”
Question 5
According to the reading, what is true about the one-time cost of satellite TV?
Answer: B It is higher than a cable TV subscription, unless you qualify for a free equipment or installation offer.
Why
Paragraph 5 says satellite TV has a higher one-time cost than cable TV, unless you qualify for free equipment or an installation offer in return for a yearlong commitment contract.
Question 6
Choose the correct sentence.
Answer: B She must do her homework.
Why
We do not add an “s” to must for he or she. We also do not use to after must. The main verb comes straight after it, as in “She must improve her spelling.”
Question 7
Which sentence gives advice correctly?
Answer: B She should get it from the chemist.
Why
After should, we use the main verb without to, and without -ing or an “s”. The correct form is “She should get it from the chemist.”
Question 8
Choose the best connector to complete the sentence.
The economy is strong, ____ there are frequent strikes.
Answer: B yet
Why
The sentences are showing contrast. Yet is a contrast connector, as in “The economy is strong, but/yet there are frequent strikes.” The other three words show comparison.
Question 9
In the sentence “I bought Tirhas some flowers,” which word is the indirect object?
Answer: B Tirhas
Why
The indirect object tells us to whom or for whom the action is done. Here, Tirhas is the person who receives the flowers. Flowers is the direct object, because it is what was bought.
Question 10
Which sentence has an intransitive verb?
Answer: B Her tooth ached.
Why
An intransitive verb does not take an object. In “Her tooth ached,” the verb ached does not need an object. In the other sentences, the verbs read, washing and bought each take an object.
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Unit 10 runs from page 266 to page 311 of the Ministry of Education edition.
Ministry of Education edition, English, 319 pages
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