Q7 of 11 Page 1

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


(i) It was a dark, scary and stormy night

The starting fragment would be ‘it’ as it forms the subject of the sentence. This is followed by ‘was a dark’ as it adds to the subject. Then it further talked about the quality of the night, thereby forming a logical and coherent sentence.


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


The sentence starts with the subject i.e. ‘the visibility’. It is further followed by a verb i.e. ‘was’. It is further followed by too poor. This fragment is further followed by the preposition ‘to’ and ending with ‘drive on the road’ thereby forming a coherent sentence.


(iii) A fallen tree was obstructing the way


The sentence starts with the subject i.e. ‘a fallen’. The next fragment would be talking about the fallen trees. The next continuing word would be ‘was’ which is then followed by the main verb i.e. ‘obstructing’ and the concluding fragment would be talking about the way that it was obstructing.


(iv) Only an experienced driver would succeed


The sentence starts with the subject i.e. only. This is followed by the article ‘an’. It is further followed by ‘experienced driver’ which is further followed by the verb ‘would’. The continuing fragment would be ‘succeed’. Thus, it forms a logical and coherent sentence.


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5

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


 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.

 8

Read the extract given below and answer the question that follow:

If thou dost bend pray and for him,


I spurn three like a cur out of my way.


(i) Identify the speaker of the above extract.


(ii) Who was bending, praying and fawning?


(iii) In what context have the above words been spoken?


(iv) What do these words reveal about the character of the speaker?


OR


“They will be useful to you, and they can never be to me. But will you do one thing?” ‘What?”


What do you see up there? Said Ali, pointing to be sky.


(i) Identify the person spoken to.


(ii) What does the word ‘They’ refer to?


(iii) Why did Ali say ‘They’ can never be useful to him?


(iv) What opinion do you form of Ali on the basis of the given extract?


 9

Answer any four of the following questions in 30-40 words each:

(i) Why was Nicola not willing to share his ‘Plans’ with the narrator?


(ii) Why was John Hallock eager to burn the Ouija Board?


(iii) In what ways had the nightingale’s life changed after her arrival in the Binge Bog?


(iv) Why did the sailor hail the albatross in ‘God’s name?


(v) Miss Mebbin was a clever opportunist. Substantiate with reference to ‘Mrs. Packletide’s Tiger.’