Choose the appropriate options from the ones given below to complete the following passage. Write the answers in your answer sheet against the correct blank numbers.

(a) (i) on (ii) within (iii) over (iv) around
(b) (i) from (ii) under (iii) at (iv) for
(c) (i) away (ii) side (iii) nearer

(iv) beside
(d) (i) of (ii) in (iii) off (iv) to
(e) (i) it (ii) we (iii) those (iv) they
(f) (i) from (ii) around (iii) to (iv) at

The tiny hand of my son, held tightly (a)……………. mine a minute ago was now clenched tight. I looked down (b)……………. the curly head of the sturdy boy aged three. He stood

(c) ……………… me, seriously watching the antics

(d)……………….. the green parrots as

(e) ……………. jumped (f)………… the perch to the floor of the cage and climbed up to the roof. The parrots had wicked black eyes and tiny tongues that fascinated us.

Develop the following into a readable story of 150-200 words:

It was a cold and windy night. My friend and me met after a long time and were chatting for hours. We did not notice that time flew away and it was close to ten. We decided to take an auto rickshaw to go to our room. It started raining and ……………..

A young boy was travelling by train for work from Delhi to Chandigarh. He was all of twenty years and had recently joined his father’s business. He was on his maiden work trip. He was carrying a briefcase….

The following passage has not been edited. There is an error in each line. Identify the error in each line and write it along with the word that comes after in your answer sheet. Underline the correct word supplied by you. The first one has been done for you as an example.

One day as the girl was played in the courtyard,

e.g was playing in

the ball bounced very high that it flew through the

(a) _ _ _
neighbour’s window. Unfortunately, a ball

(b) _ _ _
fell on a crystal vase right over the window sill

(c) _ _ _
and shattered it from pieces. An old lady stormed

(d) _ _ _
out and complaining so long and loud that the

(e) _ _ _
other neighbours began to come from of their houses

(f) _ _ _
and the little girl was so frightened that she hidden in

(g) _ _ _
a nearby shed. Only then the old man came out did

(h) _ _ _
the lady shut up.

Read the conversation below and complete the passage that follows:

Interviewer: What are your qualifications?

Candidate: I have done Hotel Management from The National Institute of Hotel Management. Interviewer: Do you have any work experience? Candidate: I have worked in a hotel reception for a year,

Interviewer: Can you speak any foreign language?

Candidate: I can speak English fluently. I also know French and German.

The interviewer asked the candidate what his qualifications were . The candidate replied that (a) …………… the National Institute of Hotel Management. To the interviewer’s enquiry as the whether he had experience the candidate said that (b) ……………… in a hotel reception
for one year. The interviewer then wanted to know whether he could speak any foreign language and the candidate informed him that (c)…………. French and German.