Do as directed:

(a) He is so honest that he will not accept a bribe. (Rewrite the sentence using ‘too’ without changing the meaning)

(b) She did not sing a song. (Change the voice)

(c) I finished the work. I went home. (Combine the sentences into one sentence beginning with ‘Having.’)

Look at the words and phrases given below. Rearrange them to form meaningful sentences as given in the example.

Example: dying from cancer / can help / of / eating / cut the risk / flax seeds /

Eating flax seeds can help cut the risk of dying from cancer.

(a) or salads / sprinkled on cereals / can be / they /

(b) kills / contain / flax seeds / cancer cells / a special compound / which /

(c) local general stores / all / obtained / flax seeds / may be / from /

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.

Error Correction

Boys who have never fight e.g.

fight fought

each other in the class is today (a)

bitterly annoyed or fearful. (b)

Even during a Holi festival (c)

the school has been peaceful.

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

Marriage gifts are meaningless without the sweet bread known as the bol, just as a party or a feast loses its charm without bread. Not enough can be said to show how important a baker can be for a village. The lady of the house must prepare sandwiches on the occasion of the daughter's engagement. Cakes and bolinhas are a must for Christmas as well as other festivals. Thus, the presence of the baker’s furnace in the village is absolutely essential.

(a) Why is the baker's furnace essential for the Goan people?

(b) On which occasions are the cakes and bolinhas necessary?

(c) Which word in the passage is the opposite in meaning of ‘absence’?

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

Don’t excite yourself, my precious one. Allow me. Your Guess certainly has his good points. He’s purebred, firm on his feet, has well-sprung ribs, and all that. But, my dear man, if you want to know the truth, that dog has two defects; he’s old and he’s short in the muzzle.

(a) Who is the speaker here? Who is he speaking to?

(b) According to the speaker what is the truth about Guess?

(c) What is the adjectival form of ‘truth’?