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Rearrange the following words / phrases to form meaningful sentences: (3)

1. is its / remarkable feature / preciousness / the most / of time


2. opportunities /of golden / every moment / thousands / brings with it


3. slip away / not allow / we must / time to / such precious

1. The most remarkable feature of time is its preciousness.

The sentence starts with ‘the most’ which emphasises on the subject of the sentence that is ‘time’. The next fragment would be ‘remarkable feature’ as it gives a hint of what we are talking about, followed by ‘of time’ which is the subject then ‘is its’ used to indicate time and lastly the adjective i.e. ‘preciousness’. It talks about the value of time. Thus it forms a logical and coherent sentence.


2. Every moment brings with it thousands of golden opportunities.


The starting fragment would be ‘every moment’ as it forms the subject of the sentence. It is followed by ‘brings with it’ as it adds to the subject. Then it further talked about the thousands of golden opportunities that each moment offers thereby forming a logical and coherent sentence.


3. We must not allow such precious time to slip away.


The sentence starts with ‘we must’ making it a suggestion for us followed by ‘not allow’ and ‘such precious’ showing the value of the subject i.e. time. This is followed by ‘slip away’ making the sentence logical and coherent emphasising that we should make use of each moment and not let any moment slip away.


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Complete the following passage by filling in one or two words each:

Most of us fail in our efforts (a) __________self improvement because our schemes are too ambitious and we never have time (b) ________ carry them out. We also make the fundamental error of announcing our resolution to everybody so that we look even more foolish when we slipback (c) __________ our bad old ways. Aware of these pitfalls, this year I attempted (d) _________ keep my resolution to myself. I limited myself to two modest ambitions, to do physical exercise every morning and to read more (e) ________ the evening. An overnight party on New year’s eve provided me with a good excuse (f) _________ not carrying out either of these new resolutions on the first day of the year, but on the second, I applied myself assiduously to the task.

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In the passage given below, one word has been omitted in each line. Write the missing word along with the word that comes before and the word that comes after it in your answer sheet. Ensure that the word that forms your answer is underlined. The first one has been done as an example for you:

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Read the extract and answer the following questions briefly:

And these does she apply for warnings, and portents, And evils imminent; and on her knee Hath begg’d that I will stay at home today.


(a) Which word in the above passage means ‘forthcoming’?


(b) Who speaks these lines and to whom?


(c) Why should the speaker stay at home?


OR


And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command, Tell that its sculptor well those passions read Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things, The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed;


(a)What do wrinkled lip and sneer of cold command tell?


(b) Whose hand mocked them?


(c) How do these passions still survive?

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Answer any four of the following questions in about 30-40 words: (8)

(a) Who was Gogon Pakrashi? What did he preach Patol Babu?


(b) What prophecy does Antony make by the side of Caesar’s body?


(c) What did Jenkins want Hallock to do?


(d) Why do you think Patol Babu went away without taking any payment for his role?


(e) What message is conveyed through the poem Ozymandias?