Here are 20 grammatical questions with answers based on "The Price of Bananas" by Mulk Raj Anand:
1. What is the subject in the sentence: "The vendor sold bananas at a high price"?
Answer: The subject is "The vendor."
2. Identify the main verb in: "The bananas ripened under the sun."
Answer: The main verb is "ripened."
3. What part of speech is "under" in: "The bananas ripened under the sun"?
Answer: "Under" is a preposition.
4. What is the type of sentence: "The vendor raised the price because it was sunny"?
Answer: It is a complex sentence.
5. What is the tense of the verb in: "The bananas were sold yesterday"?
Answer: Past simple tense.
6. Identify the object in the sentence: "The shopkeeper noticed the ripened bananas."
Answer: The object is "the ripened bananas."
7. What part of speech is "noticed" in: "The shopkeeper noticed the ripened bananas"?
Answer: "Noticed" is a verb.
8. What is the function of "because it was sunny" in: "The vendor raised the price because it was sunny"?
Answer: It is a subordinate adverbial clause of reason.
9. Identify the conjunction in the sentence: "The vendor raised the price, but the customers refused to buy."
Answer: The conjunction is "but."
10. What is the mood of the sentence: "The customers complained bitterly"?
Answer: It is indicative mood.
11. What part of speech is "bitterly" in: "The customers complained bitterly"?
Answer: "Bitterly" is an adverb.
12. What is the role of "to buy" in the sentence: "The customers refused to buy bananas"?
Answer: "To buy" is an infinitive acting as the object of the verb "refused."
13. What is the voice of the verb in: "The vendor was blamed for the high prices"?
Answer: The voice is passive.
14. What type of phrase is "at a high price" in: "The vendor sold bananas at a high price"?
Answer: It is a prepositional phrase.
15. Identify the adverb in the sentence: "The vendor sold the bananas slowly."
Answer: "Slowly" is the adverb modifying the verb "sold."
16. What is the function of "under the sun" in: "The bananas ripened under the sun"?
Answer: It is a prepositional phrase acting as an adverb of place.
17. What is the part of speech of "complained" in: "The customers complained bitterly"?
Answer: "Complained" is a verb.
18. What type of clause is: "If the vendor had lowered the price"?
Answer: It is a conditional adverbial clause (third conditional).
19. What is the role of "the price of bananas" in: "The high price of bananas caused a lot of trouble"?
Answer: "The price of bananas" is a noun acting as the subject of the sentence.
20. What is the function of "to lower" in the sentence: "The vendor decided to lower the price"?
Answer: "To lower" is an infinitive phrase acting as the direct object of the verb "decided."
These questions explore grammatical aspects such as parts of speech, sentence structure, verb tenses, clauses, and phrases within the context of "The Price of Bananas" by Mulk Raj Anand.
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