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Complete a story in 150-200 words from he outline given below:

Birds lived in a forest- one year hot and dry- the king bird suggested to migrate- a greedy sparrow notices carts with baskets of grain- the sparrow dashed to eat- but warned her friends not to go- owner might kill them- birds scared- the greedy sparrow enjoyed her meal- owner spread a net- was caught

Once in the dark forest, there happened to be a large tree which was the abode of beautiful birds. They chirped, crowed and cawed unanimously in unison. When the summers approached, the weather was tormenting and dry and dreary. Displeased and saddened by the condition of the subjects, the king decided to migrate to some cooler place for shelter. However, they were in need of food and could not find some. A greedy sparrow happened to come across a closed and dilapidated shop where it noticed carts with baskets of grain. Unable to control itself, it rushed to feed on the grain. When the news spread to other birds, they were ready to pounce upon the food. The sparrow, alarmed by the fact that he might lose his share his food, warned his fellow birds that the owner might kill them. This scared the birds. Triumphed in his motive, the sparrow flew to the carts, hopping to dig into the grain for eternity. He was relishing and enjoying his meal, absolutely uncertain that the owner had already spread the net to catch it. No sooner did the sparrow poked at the net did the net close down and caught the greedy bird.


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Raed the passage given below and fill in the blanks by choosing the most appropriate options from the ones that follow:

There are ways and ways (a)……. tackling a problem. But governments all over the world (b)……..only one system (c)………is: the carrot-and-stick one.


A. (i) in


(ii) of


(iii) from


(iv) on


B. (i) prefer


(ii) prefers


(iii) preferred


(iv) preferring


C. (i) who


(ii) which


(iii) what


(iv) whose

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The following passage has not been edited. There is on 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


Summer camps develop a child confidence. e.g. child child’s


They also encourages children (a) __________ ____________


to do things by their own. (b) __________ ____________


The camps is beneficial to (c) __________ ____________


aggressive children as we promote (d) __________ ____________


mutual understanding.