Q.7. Look at the words and phrases given below. Rearrange them to form meaningful sentences. The fi rst one has been done as an example. Write the correct sentences in your answer sheet. Remember to number the answers correctly. 3 x1=3
Example: sky / the / numberless / are / there / stars / in There are numberless stars in the sky.
(a) twinkle/ the / sky / stars / the / in / at night
(b) of the / universe / the size / reveals / the vast sky
(c) twinkling / distance / the stars / of / the / indicates
Ans. (a) The stars twinkle at night in the sky.
(b) The vast sky reveals the size of the universe.
(c) Twinkling of the stars indicates the distance.
Q.8. 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 as shown. 8 X1/2=4
Once there was king who thought e.g. was a king very much himself. He often (a) __________ talked of own personal charms (b) __________ and of his greatness a ruler. (c) __________ He wanted people around him to (d) __________ believe all this and talk his greatness. (e) __________ He liked only who praised him. (f) __________ He was seen only in company of (g) __________ those fl attered him.
(h) __________
Ans. (a) much of himself (b) of his own (c) greatness as a (d) wanted the people (e) talk of his (f) only those who (g) in the company (h) those who fl attered.
Q.9. Read the dialogue given below and complete the passage that follows. Write the correct answers in your answer sheet against the correct blank numbers. Do not copy the whole sentences. 4 x 1=4
Wife : Our domestic help has run away.
Husband : Has she taken away anything?
Wife : Yes, she has taken away my jewellery and the mobile phone which you gave me on my birthday. The wife informed her husband that (a) _________ . The husband asked her (b) _________. She replied that she had and said (c) _________ jewellery and the mobile phone which (d) _________ birthday.
Ans. (a) their domestic help had run away. (b) if she had taken away anything. (c) she had taken away her (d) he had given her on her
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Q.10. Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow: 5
‘He knows that I am lost’, I thought. ‘He’s trying to help me.’ He turned his aeroplane slowly to the north, in front of my Dakota, so that it would be easier for me to follow him. I was very happy to go behind the strange aeroplane like an obedient child.
After half an hour the strange black aeroplane was still there in front of me in the clouds. Now there was only enough fuel in the old Dakota’s last tank to fl y for fi ve or ten minutes more. I was starting to feel frightened again. But then he started to go down and I followed through the storm.
(a) Who does ‘he’ refer to in the passage? 1
(b) Who is ‘he’ trying to help and why? 1
(c) How did he help the pilot of the Dakota? 2
(d) Find out a word from the passage which means the opposite of : ‘insuffi cient’. 1
(e) The word ‘slaughter’ means ‘the killing of animals for their meat’.
