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Fill in any four of the following blanks choosing the most appropriate options from the ones given below.

A. Politeness is said to (a) ………………. One of the important characteristics of a civilized person.


B. The (b) …………… enemy of politeness is ego.


C. To be a polite person, you (c) ………….. to sacrifice your ego.


D. It is difficult (d) ……………… an egoist to be polite.


E. Polite actions (e) ………………. fine results.


(a) (i) is (ii) be (iii) are (iv) being


(b) (i) less great (ii) more great (iii) greatest (iv) greater


(c) (i) have (ii) had (iii) has (iv) must


(d) (i) by (ii) of (iii) since (iv) for


(e) (i) give (iii) gave (iii) gives (iv) giving


A. ‘Be’ is the correct form of helping verb to be used in the sentence. Other verbs are incorrect contextually.


B. ‘Greatest’ is the correct form of an adjective to be used in the sentence. This is because one is being compared with all. So, the superlative degree should be used.


C. ‘Have’ is the correct form of the verb to be used in the sentence. This is because the second person always takes the plural verb with it.


D. ‘For’ is the correct form of the preposition to be used in the sentence.


E. Since the subject is plural, so a plural verb is needed in the sentence. ‘Give’ is the correct form of the plural verb to be used in the sentence.


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Write a letter in 100-120 words, to the Editor of The Hindu, Chennai discussing in detail the advantage of ban on crackers. You are Anu/Anuj, 112, Lawrence Road, Kochi.

OR


Write an article in 100-120 words on the topic, ‘Increasing Population in the Cities’. You are Ram/Rama. You may us the following clues: migration from village – more jobs – better educational facilities – effect on living condition – overcrowding -slums – water and power supply – traffic jams.


 4

Write a short story in 200-250 words, with the help of the cues given below. Give a suitable title to the story.

It is not always true that slow and steady wins the race-this was discovered by Rohan/Renu when ……….


OR


Rohan/Renu and his/her pet inseparable – one day – long trek – lost their way – separated from other – used good sense – reunited – retuned safely.


 6

In the following paragraph one has been omitted in each line. Write the missing word along with the that comes before it and the words that follows it. (any four).



Best to save the match.

 7

Rearrange any four of the word clusters to make meaningful sentences.

(i) stormy / scary / a / was / and / night / dark / it


(ii) to / the visibility / road / drive / on the / was / too poor


(iii) way / fallen / obstructing / a / the / three / was


(iv) succeed / only / driver / an / would / experienced