(a) Fill in each of the numbered blanks with the correct form of the word given in brackets. Do not copy the passage, but write in correct serial order the word or phrase appropriate to the blank space.
Example:
(0) One morning I (0) … (see) the python curled up on the dressing table.
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saw.
It was (1)… (gaze) at its own reflection in the mirror. I (2) … (go) for grandfather but by the time we (3) … (return) to the room, the python (4) … (move) on. He was seen in the garden and once the cook saw him (5) … (crawl) up the ladder to the roof. Then we (6) … (find) him on the dressing table again (7) … (admire) himself in the mirror. “He’s trying to look better for Aunt Mabel” I said. I (8) … (regret) this remark
immediately because grandmother overheard and held up my pocket money for the rest of the week!
(b) Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word:
(i) He found the key just _______ the front door.
(ii) I could not accompany my cousin _______ the trip because I had fever.
(iii) The noise prevented us _______ sleeping.
(iv) The young man put the flute _______ his lips and began to play.
(v) Ashok leaned ________ the wall tiredly.
(vi) The paper dart went gliding ______ the air.
(vii) The cyclist rode quickly ______ the path.
(viii) The young child carried the heavy bucket ______ the stairs.
(c) Join the following sentences to make one complete sentence without using and, but or so.
(i) He has learnt to cycle. He has yet to learn to swim.
(ii) The child helped her mother to make breakfast. She washed the tomatoes.
(iii) They bought a new car. They can travel long distances.
(iv) Sunita opened her purse. She found the money missing.
(d) Re-write the following sentences according to the instructions given after each. Make other changes that may be necessary, but do not change the meaning of each sentence.
(i) Arun gave Ramesh some excellent advice.
(Begin: Ramesh was………………………………………)
(ii) As soon as Sania sat down to study, the lights went off.
(Begin: No sooner ………………………………………………………)
(iii) Has Alia written to you?
(Begin: Have you ……………)
(iv) As soon as the function got over. The crowd dispersed.
(Begin: Hardly had ………………………………………………..)
(v) The monsoon is the best season in our country.
(Rewrite using ‘good’)
(vi) Harish was so tired that he could not keep his eyes open.
(Begin: Harish was too …………………………….)
(vii) Father said to Sunil, “I can help you with your homework.”
(Begin: Father told Sunil………………………………………..)
(viii) Naresh goes to a school which has over a thousand students.
(Begin: There……………………………………………………)
(a)
- gazing
- went
- returned
- had moved
- crawl/ crawling
- found
- admiring
- regretted
(b)
(i) near/ by/ beside/outside/ behind
(ii) on
(iii) from
(iv) to
(v) against
(vi) through
(vii) down/along/ across
(viii) up/ down
(c)
- Although he has learnt to cycle/cycling, he has not yet learned to swim/swimming. [Though he…./Inspite of his having learnt…./ Despite having learnt…)
- The child helped her mother to make breakfast by washing the tomatoes.
- Since they have bought a new car, they can travel long distances. [ ‘as’/ ‘because’/ Now that they have bought …]
- Sunita opened her purse to find the money missing/When Sunita opened her purse, she found the money missing/ On opening her purse, Sunita found her money missing [ Do not accept – ‘missing money’/As soon as…./No sooner than…../Hardly….when]]
(d)
- Ramesh was given some excellent advice by Arun.
- No sooner did/had Sania sit/sat down to study, than the lights went off.
- Have you heard from Alia?/ Have you had/ received a letter from Alia?
- Hardly had the function got over when the crowd dispersed.
- No other season in our country is as (so) good as the monsoon.
- Harish was too tired to keep his eyes open.
- Father told Sunil that he could help him with his home work.
- There are more than/ over a thousand students in Naresh’s school/ the school that Naresh goes to/ attends.
For Questions 4C and 4D meaning of the sentence must not change.
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