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”.

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.

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 questions given below and answer the questions that follow.

"Do you know that over eighty crore cups of tea are drunk every day throughout the world ?" Rajvir said.

"Whew!" exclaimed Pranjol. ''Tea really is very popular."

The train pulled out of the station. Pranjol buried his nose in his detective book again. Rajvir too was an ardent fan of detective stories, but at the moment he was keener on looking at the beautiful scenery..

(i) What shows the popularity of tea in the world?

(ii) Who liked the detective stories?
(iii) What was Rajvir looking at?

(iv) Which word/phrase in the passage means the same as passionate?

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

Kisa Gotami became weary and hopeless, and sat down at the wayside watching the lights of the .city, as they flickered up and were extinguished again. At last the darkness of the night reigned everywhere. And she considered the fate of men, that their lives flicker up and are extinguished again.

(i) Why did Kisa Goutami lose all hope?

(ii) Why did she sit down at the wayside?

(iii) What did she realize about the fate of men?

(iv) Which word/phrase in the passage means the same as “put out”?