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The following paragraph has not been edited. There is an error in each line. Write the error along with its correction in the space provided. Do any four.



(a) The word before ‘play’ is ‘has’ which indicates past tense. Therefore, the next word should also be in past tense.


(b) The sentence says that he has played for more than 20 years so while referring to the country the use of ‘in’ is more appropriate than ‘on’.


(c) The error here lies in ‘games’. Since the word before is ‘the’ so it should be ‘game’ and not ‘games’.


(d) The correct form of the word ‘know’ that should be used here is ‘known’ because he is already well-known and we are referring to it.


(e) We want to say that he has skills both in batting ‘and’ fielding and not talking about any one of them.

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Write a story in 150-200 words with the help of the following outline. Give it a suitable title also.

Bunya was a foolish boy, who was as attention seeker. He was a woodcutter and would go deep into the jungle to cut trees. One day he wanted to do an act of mischief. He shouted at the top of his voice, “There’s a tiger, there’s a tiger … ….”


OR


On Sunday I was watching TV. Suddenly I heard people shouting outside….


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Fill in any four of the following blanks choosing the most appropriate option from the ones given below. Write the answers in your answer – sheet against the correct black numbers.

Delhi (a) _____ the capital of India. People from all parts (b) _____ the capital and world come to visit Delhi. There (c) _____ many historical building here. Last year I, (d) _____ Delhi. I also watched (e) _____ Commonwealth Games 2010.


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


(b) (i) of (ii) from (iii) for (iv) at


(c) (i) being (ii) are (iii) been (iv) were


(d) (i) visit (ii) visiting (iii) visited (v) some


(e) (i) a (ii) an (iii) the (iv) some

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Rearrange any four of the following words / phrases to make meaning sentences.

1. that life began / centuries ago / scientists think / twenty


2. endless process / the plants and animals / of evolution/ are the products / of an


3. are / their / animals / products of / all the / environment


4. lose / habitat / human / due to/ their / the animals / encroachment


5. the / habitat / regrowth / rate of / is / very slow / of


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

When I casually mentioned this to a friend, the casually replied that I had better get one in the Tigris marshes, for there they were as common as mosquitoes, and were often tamed by the Arabs. We were going to Basra to the Consulate – General to collect and answer our mail from Europe. At the Consulate – General we found that my friend’s mail had arrived but that mine had not.


Questions:


(a) What was ‘they’?


(b) Where could the author get ‘one’?


(c) Find the exact word from the extract which means ‘domesticated.’


(d) What did the author find at the Consulate-General?


OR


(There is a languid, emerald sea,


Where the sole inhabitant is me-


A mermaid drifting blissfully.)


Questions:


(a) Who does ‘me’ stand for?


(b) How does ‘me’ feel?


(c) Who is ‘me’ compared to?


(d) Which word in the extract means opposite of ‘’Sorrowfully’?