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

Error Correction

I went to the pool then

no one e.g. then when

was there. The place

being quiet. (a)——- ——-

A water was still, and

the tiled (b)——- ——-

the bottom was so white

and clean (c)——- ——-

as a bathtub. I was timid

for going in alone. (d)——- ——-

Hari drove fast. He was already late for office. He had got up late and it was his first day of work …………………..

Fill in the blanks choosing the most appropriate options from the ones given below. Write the answers in your answer-sheet against the correct blank numbers.

There are four trees in the garden, (a) branches sway in the breeze. The children

play (b) the trees. Some of the girls (c) sleeping in the shade of the trees.

(a) (i) There (ii) Their (iii) Every (iv) An

(b) (i) under (ii) over (iii) above (iv) in

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

Read the dialogue given below and complete the paragraph that follows. Write the correct answer in your answer-sheet against the correct blank numbers.

Doctor Have you got the tests done?

Kama : No, I have not.

Doctor : Get them done today itself.

The doctor asked Kama (a) ……………… He replied that (b) ………………. The doctor asked (c) ………………..

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

‘Were these people pulling his leg? Was the whole thing a gigantic hoax? A meek harmless man like him and they had to drag him into the middle of the city to make a laughing stock out of him.

(a) Who is the speaker?

(b) Why does he think that he is being made a ‘laughing stock’?

(c) What does the word ‘hoax’ mean?