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detective I below / go / written / through the / story
Go through the detective story written below.
(a) can be / two / blamed I persons / the murder / for
(b) to the/ there are / culprit / may clues / real / pointing ,
(c) - the / find / murderer / who / real I out / is cy
Concept: Idioms and Phrases
The school decided (a) _________ withdraw the facility of (b) ______________additional answer sheets during tests to cut __________(c) on expenses.
(a) (i) upon (ii) to (iii) for (iv) on
(b) (i) give (ii) gives (iii) gave (iv) giving
(c) (i) on (ii) upon (iii) down (iv) up
Concept: Make a Sentence
Anup : Where can we meet tomorrow?
Atul : I may not be able to meet you tomorrow.
Anup : Are you going to be busy?
Atul : Yes, I will be travelling tomorrow.
Anup asked Atul (a) _________. Atul replied (b) _________. Anup asked if he was going to be busy. Atul said that he was as (c) _________.
Concept: Direct-Indirect Speech
Rearrange the following words / phrases to form meaningful sentences:
(a) more than / are child workers / the Indian population / five per cent of /
(b) engaged / in agriculture / tens of thousands / are chiefly /
(c) work / in urban areas / many / of industries / in a variety /
Concept: Idioms and Phrases
Read the conversation given below and complete the paragraph that follows:
| Jatin : | Could you lend me your book, David? |
| David : | I would have but I need to finish my revision for class test tomorrow. |
| Jatin : | Give me your notes then. |
Jatin asked David if he could (a) ........................ . David replied that he would have but he needed to (b) ........................ . Jatin then asked (c) ........................ .
Concept: Direct-Indirect Speech
Complete the paragraph given below by filling in the blanks with the help of options that follow:
He is the first to (a) .................... served. He is not a glutton (b) ................... he likes the food. While eating he (c) ......................... a lot.
| (a) | (i) is | (ii) was | (iii) be | (iv) been |
| (b) | (i) if | (ii) while | (iii) where | (iv) but |
| (c) | (i) talk | (ii) talks | (iii) talked | (iv) talking |
Concept: Make a Sentence
Complete the paragraph given below by filling in the blanks with the help of options that follow:
The rapid changes that India (a) .................... over the last few decades have been welcomed by (b) .................... . It is an enthusiasm which (c) .................... .
(a) (i) is enduring
(ii) was endured
(iii) has been enduring
(iv) will endure
(b) (i) most of us
(ii) many of them
(iii) few of people
(iv) the lot of people
(c) (i) should be kept alive
(ii) have been kept alive
(iii) will be keeping alive
(iv) will be enlivened
Concept: Make a Sentence
Rearrange the following words / phrases to form meaningful sentences:
(a) your destiny / it / right hand / is said / your / that / is in /
(b) problems / determines / how / our personalities / with / in life / we deal /
(c) than others / can cope / some people / better / hardships / with /
Concept: Idioms and Phrases
In the passage given below there is an error in each line. Write the error and the correction in your answer sheet as shown in the example.
Ram went up to the basement and find that one of the door was open and the lock broken out.
| Error | Correction | |
| e.g. | up | down |
| (a) | ||
| (b) | ||
| (c) |
Concept: Spotting Errors
Read the conversation given below and complete the paragraph that follows:
Sukrit : When will you go to the market, mother?
Mother : In the evening. What do you want from the market?
Sukrit asked his mother when (a) ______. Mother replied that she (b) ______ and asked (c) ______.
Concept: Direct-Indirect Speech
Complete the paragraph given below by filling in each of the blanks with the help of the options that follow:
The butter (a) __________ melted. Onions and vegetables are (b) __________ in it for 3 minutes. Flour and stock are added. It is brought to a boil while (c) __________ continuously
| (a) | (i) be | (ii) is | (iii) are | (iv) being |
| (b) | (i) fried | (ii) fry | (iii) fries | (iv) frying |
| (c) | (i) stir | (ii) stirring | (iii) stirs | (iv) stirred |
Concept: Make a Sentence
Rearrange the following words and phrases to form meaningful sentences:
(a) one of / that of reading / known to / is / greatest / the / pleasures / man /
(b) a rich variety / adventure and wisdom / the / world of books / has / of /
(c) own / you / book / convenience / can enjoy / a / at your /
Concept: Idioms and Phrases
In the passage given below, one word has been omitted in each marked line. Write the missing word along with the word that comes before and the word that comes after it. Ensure that the word that forms your answer is underlined. The first one is done as an example.
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Kite flying was a popular sport that time and while the girls knitted and sewed we boys climbed over the roofs enter the competition. We limited pocket-money and was not enough to buy all the material needed to make our kites. |
e.g sport | at | that |
| (a)_______ | ______ | _______ | |
| (b)_______ | ______ | _______ | |
| (c)_______ | ______ | _______ | |
Concept: Missing Words
Rearrange the following words/phrases to form meaningful sentences:
(a) standing / a woman / the doorway / was / in /
(b) young / dressed / in red / and was / was / she /
(c) was / hands / my dog / her / licking /
Concept: Make a Sentence
Read the conversation given below and complete the paragraph that follows:'
Ram : Can I help you ?
Sita : I want a book on organic chemistry.
Ram : We have so many written by different authors.
Ram asked Sita (a) ...................... . She replied (b) ...................... . Ram said that (c) ...........
Concept: Direct-Indirect Speech
The life of soldiers stationed .......... Siachen is extremely tough. For drinking water, they have to break ice .......... the glacier, boil it and drink it. There is one person ...............to keep the water warm at all times. The main task of the infantry ................ to hold the ground and man the post. To show their physical presence is important to ............. the enemy at bay.
(a) (i) at (ii) on (iii) up (iv) inside
(b) (i) in (ii) from (iii) upon (iv) away
(c) (i) assign (ii) assigning (iii) assigned (iv) has assigned
(d) (i) be (ii) were (iii) was (iv) it
(e) (i) keep (ii) keeping (iii) keeps (iv) kept
Concept: Make a Sentence
Word Missing Word
Before Word After
Today, Mt. Everest is drawing attention all e.g. attention for all
the negative reasons. The entire route the (a) ____ ____ ____
climbers follow reach the top is littered with (b) ____ ____ ____
rubbish and is in sore need cleaning up. (c) ____ ____ ____
The rubbish strewn along mountain slopes (d) ____ ____ ____
includes oxygen cylinders, bottles food cans. (e) ____ ____ ____
Concept: Missing Words
is / reading / tea / not / books / cup of/ everybody’s.
Concept: Idioms and Phrases
books / them / only / read / those who / will / love
Concept: Idioms and Phrases
long term / on / reading / impact / has / a / one’s personality
Concept: Idioms and Phrases
