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You visited the Ganga banks to observe the cleaning operations underway there. You met Mr. Ravi, the incharge of the project. You are Sadhu / Reema a

T.V. Reporter. Using the information given below, write a set of three more exchanges between Mr. Ravi and you.


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 ?


Sadhu/Reema : “I would like to know how many workers from L&T are involved in this task?”


Mr. Ravi : “L&T have sent 250 of their men to complete the job.”


Sadhu/Reema : “And which technologies are you using?”


Mr. Ravi : “We are using the latest technology and are in consultations with Japanese engineers also.”


Sadhu/Reema : “So, in how much time do you think will we have a clean Ganga again?”


Mr. Ravi : “If everything go as per our plan, the mighty Ganga will be back in its stature in the next 2 years.”


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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


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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.


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Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow :

(a) Goodbye.


Incredulously the laced fingers loosen


Slowly, sensation by sensation, from the warm interchange, And stiffen like frosted flowers in the November garden.
(i) What does the word ‘incredulously’ signify ?


(ii) Why do the fingers loosen ?


(iii) Name the figure of speech used in the above lines.


(iv) Which word in these lines is antonym of ‘warm’ ?


(v) Name the poem and the poet.