1. Complete the following passage with suitable verbs from the list. Put them in correct tense. Use the negatives where necessary. 1×5=5 Stop be condemn call get tell Once upon a time there (a) _____a king who was very fond of knowing his future from the astrologers. A famous astrologer happened to (b) _____at his capital on his way to Benares. The king (c) _____on him to know about his future and the astrologer (d) _____him something unpleasant. At this the king got furious and (e) _____him to death. Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions. 1×5=5 Einstein was very simple (a)– his ways of life and indifferent (b) – his astounding fame. Once the Queen of Belgium invited him (c)-Brussels. When he got down (d)-the train at Brussels, he could not think that there were actually many gorgeously dressed officials to receive him (e)-the station. 3. Use articles where necessary. Put a cross (x) where an article is not needed. .5×10=5 Adnan is a brilliant student. He is (a) —— asset. One he may be (b)-engineer or (c)-doctor. He makes (d)-best use of his time He makes a proper division of his time and does his duties accordingly. He knows that youth is (e) –golden period of (f)-life. He has (g)-aim in life. He knows that life without (h)-aim is like (i)-ship without (j)-rudder. 4. Fill in the blanks with suitable linking words from the list. 1×5=5 before or by means of when unless therefore and We communicate our thoughts to others (a) _____speech or writing, (b) _____beginning to speak (c) _____write, (d) _____, we should be sure about what is in our mind. We cannot expect to make others understand our meaning (e) _____ourselves. We are quite clear about it. 5. Make meaningful sentences with the following idioms (any five). 1×5=5 on the sly, Pandora’s box; suitable for; in a nutshell; fast life; bid adieu; hard up. 6. Rewrite the following passage in the reported speech. 1×5=5 The teacher said to the boy, “Do you think that honest}’ is the best policy?” The boy said, “Yes, sir, I think so.” “Then learn to be honest from your boyhood.” said the teacher. “Thank you, sir.” said the boy. “May Allah grant you a long life.” said the teacher to the boy. 7. Read the following passage and transform the underlined sentences as directed. 1×5=5 (a) The old sailor shot the Albatross (Passive). (b) At this the sailors were very angry with him. (Negative) (c) Their throats were dry and they could not speak(Complex). (d) Since the old sailor killed the bird, he brought bad luck to the sailors(Simple). (e) It was a very unlucky day (Exclamatory). 8. Fill in the blanks with tag questions. 1×5=5 (a) None of them knew the answer, _____? (b) You should not tell a lie, _____? (c) Teachers teach, _____? (d) I am writing to my mother, _____? (e) Blind men cannot read, _____? 9. Complete the following sentences. 1×5=5 (a) I am so tired that _____. (b) It is high time we-the place. (c) Though it was quite dark ——. (d) He learns much so that_____. (e) If the weather is good_____.
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