Q7 of 14 Page 1

Rearrange the following words and phrases into meaningful sentences :

(i) formal / education / guarantee / success / no / is / of


(ii) focus / be / not memorizing / learning / on / should / the


(iii) not / success / to / heads / our / go / let / should / we


(i) Formal education is of no success guarantee.
This is because it has no long-term benefits.


(ii) The focus should be on learning not on memorizing.
This is because it is not true knowledge and works only for passing exams.


(iii) We should not let our success go to heads.
‘go to heads’ means to be proud or confident, which we should not do for our success.


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e.g : Sadhu/Reema : “Good Morning, Sir. How important do you think is the cleaning of Ganga for us ?”


Mr. Ravi : “It is very important as the Ganga is part of our culture.”


• People involved in the operation


• Steps being taken


• how much time ?


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The following paragraph has not been edited. There is one error in each line. Write the error and the correction in your answer book against the correct blank number.