(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) beginning
Alice was (0) ____________ (begin) to get very tired of (1)____________(sit) by her sister on the bank and of having nothing to do: once or twice she had (2) ____________ (peep) into the book her sister was reading, but it (3) ____________ (have) no pictures or conversations in it, “and what is the use of a book,” (4) ____________ (think) Alice, “without pictures or conversations?”
Alice wondered whether the pleasure of (5)___________(make) a daisy-chain would be worth the trouble of getting up and picking the daisies, when suddenly a White Rabbit with pink eyes (6) ____________ (run) close by her. Alice did not think this was very remarkable, until the Rabbit actually (7) ____________ (take) a watch out of its waistcoat-pocket, and (8)____________ (look) at it, and then hurried on.
(b) Fill in each blank with an appropriate word:
(i) The poet’s mother was stung ____________ a scorpion.
(ii) “Please write ____________ what I tell you otherwise you will forget,” the teacher said.
(iii) The dog was hiding ____________ the bed, barking at the stranger.
(iv) Sheila’s grandmother found it difficult to climb ____________ the steep staircase.
(v) The soldier fought bravely ____________ his country.
(vi) There is no use crying ____________ spilt milk.
(vii) I don’t know what they were arguing ____________ but I could hear angry voices.
(viii) The school playground is out ____________ bounds for the pupils of the primary school.
(c) Join the following sentences to make one complete sentence without using and, but
or so:
(i) They have to go to bed early every night. They are allowed to stay up late on
Saturdays.
(ii) The children were delighted. The exams had been cancelled.
(iii) We are not allowed to play in the sun. We are not allowed to play in the rain.
(iv) This is the place. The dog was rescued from its cruel owner.
(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) She laid the table after she had finished the cooking. (Begin: When…………………)
(ii) He is old but still he works hard. (Begin: Despite…………………)
(iii) The delivery boy was requested to bring the parcel the next day. (Rewrite using direct speech)
(iv) I prefer playing a game to watching television. (Begin: I would rather…………………)
(v) Every family has a black sheep. (Begin: There is no…………………)
(vi) I have never worn a more ill-fitting suit. (End: ………………… ever worn.)
(vii) Anil is too fast a runner not to come first in the race. (Begin: Anil is so…………………)
(viii) As soon as the sports meet ended, the children ran on the field. (Begin: Hardly…………………)
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(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.
0. beginning
1. sitting
2. peeped
3. had
4. thought
5. making
6. ran
7. took
8. Looked
(b) Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word:
(i) by
(ii) down
(iii) under
(iv) up / down
(v) for
(vi) over
(vii) about/over
(viii) of
(c) Join the following sentences to make one complete sentence without using and, but or so:
(i) (Although/Though/Even though) they have to go to bed early every night, they are allowed to stay up late on Saturdays. /They have to go to bed early every night, (while/whereas) they are allowed to stay up late on Saturdays.
(ii) The children were delighted (that/as/since/because) the exams had been cancelled. / The exams had been cancelled therefore the children were delighted.
(iii) We are neither allowed to play in the sun nor in the rain. / we are not allowed to play either in the sun or in the rain. / Neither are we allowed to play in the sun nor in the rain.
(iv) This is the place where the dog was rescued from its cruel owner. / The dog was rescued from its cruel owner(in/at) this place
(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) When she had finished the (her) cooking she laid the table.
(ii) Despite being old, he works hard.
(iii) “Please bring (deliver) the parcel, tomorrow” (he/she/I/We/they said to the delivery boy).
(iv) I would rather play a game than watch television.
(v) There is no family that (which) does not have a black sheep.
(vi) This is the most ill-fitting suit (that) I have ever worn.
(vii) Anil is so fast a runner that he (cannot fail to/has to /will/ is sure to/ will surely) come first in the race.
Anil is so fast a runner that he cannot but come first in the race.
(viii) Hardly had the sports meet ended when the children ran on the field.
Hardly did the sports meet end, when the children ran on the field.
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