Question 4
a) Rewrite the following sentences correctly according to the instructions given after each. Make other changes that may be necessary without changing the meaning of any sentence. [5]
1. The teacher could not understand the reason for his absence.
[Use absent in stead of absence.]
2. One should keep one’s promises.
[Begin: Promises…]
3. In the heavy rain, I had no company other than from a wet cat
[Begin: Apart…]
4. The mother asked, “Are you the hero who saved my child?”
[Change into reported speech]
5. Sheila wrote a letter of apology to Stephen, but not even that removed his anger.
[Begin: Not even …]
b) Fill in the blanks with the appropriate prepositions. [5]
I have reconciled myself …my fate.
Lana is too miserly to part…. her money.
It is advantageous … study regularly.
There is always a demand …. good books.
Please contact me ….. 9.00. a.m. and 12.00.noon.
c) In the following passage fill in each of the numbered blanks with the correct form of the word given in brackets. [5]
The flight, after …..1…. [check] all the things,….2…… [take]off. It had hardly ......3… [go] a little far, when there ….4….[be] a big blast and the airplane ……5…..[break] into pieces. All the passengers and the crew …..6……[be] killed. Later on we ……7……[come] to know that the new passenger …..8…[be] a living bomb and the remote was with the man ….9…...[stand] away from that pace. He was arrested by the police and through him the entire story…….10….. [come] to light.
d) Rewrite each of the following sentences given below using the correct form of the word given in brackets. [5]
The sudden noise …….. him [fright]
Life in a slum ….. his heart. [hard]
He suffered a ….. of fortune. [reverse]
The boxer received a …… blow on the face. [pain]
The boy saw a ………….scene. [beauty]
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