Rearrange the following words and phrases into meaningful sentences. One has been done for you as an example.

Beach vacations / was / an attraction / coconut water / long ago / during Example-Long ago coconut water was an attraction during beach vacations.

A. these days / of trade / Delhi / for / has become / but / a centre / tender coconuts /

B. its demand / value / due to / has increased / of the fruit / the food

C. has been fueled / by growing awareness / the demand/health benefits/coconut water’s / of /

Read the passage given below and fill in the blanks by choosing the most appropriate words from the given options.

Today a good (a) ………. varieties of tea and tea brands are available in the market. Green tea is popular (b) ………. China and the Far East. In Japan, the tea ceremony is a traditional way of greeting guests, (c) ……… is a social occasion.

(a) (i) very

(ii) many

(iii) much

(iv) more

(b) (i) on

(ii) at

(iii) in

(iv) for

(c) (i) and

(ii) it

(iii) both

(iv) this

The following passage has not been edited. There is an error in each line against which a blank has been given. Write the incorrect word and the correction in your answer-sheet against the correct blank number as given in the example. Remember to underline the word that you have supplied.

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

“Don’t you want to have a look at the sights, now that you’re here?

“All by myself? Oh, I’d be much too afraid”.

Greatly amused by the girl’s way of speaking, the conductor said, “But you weren’t afraid to come on the bus.”

“Nothing to be afraid of about that,” she answered.

A. Who is the “girl” mentioned in the passage?

B. Why didn’t she get off the bus when she reached her destination?

C. Write the meaning of the word, “amused”.

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

So, I rejoiced one day when they sent me out forty miles in the country, to a town called New Mullion, to serve a summons on a man called Oliver Lutkins.

A. Who is ‘I’?

B. Why was ‘I’ sent to New Mullion?

C. What does the word, ‘rejoiced’ mean?