Rearrange the following words / phrases to form meaningful sentences. The first one has been done as an example.

E.g. poverty /the village people / from / most / suffer / of

Most of the village people suffer from poverty.

A. in rural areas/ is / employment opportunities / there / of / lack/

B. come to cities / in / people / so / of work / search /

C. appalling conditions / cities / they / in / live / in /

Complete the following paragraph by filling in the blanks with the help of the given options:

During (a) ________ hottest part of the year, many of our city streets seem to on fire (b) ________ masses of Gulmohar flowers. This (c) _________ one of the most beautiful trees.

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

(b) (i) from (ii) by (iii) with (iv) over

(c) (i) is (ii) was (iii) are (iv) be

The following paragraph has not been edited. There is one error in each line. Write the error and its correction as shown in the example.

Neil Armstrong was the commander for Apollo 11 E.g. for of

He was the first to walk over (a) __ __

the moon. What many people do not knew (b) __ __

is that unlike most of their fellow (c) __ __

astronauts, he was the civilian (d) __ __

and not part of the military.

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

It all started a month ago. Dad and I had spent the entire Saturday afternoon at the Computer Fair.

A. Who is the speaker?

B. Why had the speaker and his father gone to the Computer Fair?

C. What does the word, ‘entire’ mean?

OR

Ah! Well-a-day! What evil looks

Had I from old and young!

Instead of the cross, the Albatross

About my neck was hung.

A. Why did the speaker have evil looks from the mariners?

B. Why did they hang the albatross around the speaker’s neck?

C. What does the word ‘evil’ mean?

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

A. How did Patol Babu initially react to the role allotted to him?

B. What kind of woman is Lavinia?

C. What was the aim of the game Dragonquest?

D. How does Decius Brutus interpret Calpurnia’s dream?

E. What do the expressions on Ozymandias’ face reveal about him?