The following passage has not been edited. There is an error in each line against which a blank is 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.

Brazilian culture is verse or

e.g or and.

(a) exotic. It is famous for their

(b) carnivals. Music is a part of

every Brazilian life, a most

(c) popular be Samba. The people

(d) are very friend and are very

(e) curious to knew about you if

(f) you are the foreigner.

Read then passage given below. Fill in the blanks by choosing the most appropriate word/ words from the given options.

In England Gandhiji at first (a) (i) did not give his time entirely to his studies. He tried to (b) (i) copy fashionable gentlemen in every way. He (c) (ii) was attracted by what was new and foreign. He (d) (i) has wasted a lot of money on buying smart English clothes. After three months he suddenly realized (e) (iii) his mistake and began to devote all his time to serious study. From the very childhood whenever Gandhiji found out that he (f) (i) was doing a wrong thing, he at once stopped doing it.

Given below are the notes taken by a reporter regarding a carpet of flowers prepared by a group of children creating a world record. Study the given notes and complete the following paragraph by filling in the spaces from the given options.

•Prepared the world’s largest floral carpet with 12.5 tonnes of flowers

•150 children made 14,400 square foot carpet in 3 hours

•NGO, “Goonj” supported the children

•Would donate money received from the sale to the NGO

A group of children recently celebrated Onam by preparing the world’s largest ‘Pookalaam’ or floral carpet in Kerala. The 14,400 square feet carpet with 12.5 tonnes of fresh flowers (a) (i) has been made by 150 children in 3 hours in the presence of officials from ‘Limca Book of Records’. They (b) (ii) have been supported by an NGO, ‘Goonj’ and employees of Whirlpool works for underprivileged children. The officials of Whirlpool declared that a part of money received from its sale during Onam (c) (iii) would be donated to the NGO.

Look at the words and phrases given below. Rearrange them to form beautiful meaningful sentences as shown. 3

For example:

I/ friends/ my grandmother/ good/ and/ were

My grandmother and I were good friends.

(a) Had/ my parents/ her/ left/ me/ with

(b) To wake/ she/ me up/ used/ morning/ in the

(c) always/ to school/me/ went/ with/ she

Read the following dialogue between a child and God. Complete the dialogue by filling in the gaps appropriately.

Child: How am I going to live on Earth being so small and helpless?

God: I have chosen for you an angel. She will be waiting for you and take care of you.

Child: Please tell me my angel’s name.

God: It is of no importance, you will call your angel: Mummy.

A child asked God (a) ______ on Earth being so small and helpless. God told him that she had chosen for him an angel who (b) _______and take care of him. The child then requested God (c) ______ name. God told him that it was of no importance, he would call her angel, “Mummy”.