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Q. 8. Shobha is a reporter for The Hindu. She made some notes for a report on an accident. Complete the report by using words or phrases in their suitable form from the box given below. Do not add any new information. Write only the correct answers against the correct blank numbers in your answer sheet.

During the early hours of this morning (a) .......................... speed did not (b) .......................... . The truck (c) .......................... and (d) .......................... . The truck (e) .......................... sleeping children.

Ans. (a) a truck which was at a high (b) stop at the red light
(c) became uncontrollable (d) drove over the footpath (e) killed six

Q. 9. Look at the words and phrases given below. Rearrange them to form meaningful sentences. The first one has been done as an example. Write the answers against the correct numbers. 1×3=3
e.g. on / scribes / Egyptian / papery / scrolls / wrote.
Egyptian scribes wrote on papery scrolls.
(a) were / scrolls / these / made / papyrus / of.
(b) papyrus / that / grew / was / by the / a reedy plant / river Nile.
(c) invented / was / Chinese / by the / in AD 100 / paper

Ans. (a) These scrolls were made of papyrus. (b) Papyrus was a reedy plant that grew by the river N

Q. 10. The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in each line. Write the incorrect word and the correction in your answer sheet against the correct blank number. The first one has been done as an example. 1/2×8=4
Incorrect Correct
Meanwhile to their dismay, we found that their our
after four hour of climbing up the (a) ...................... .....................
wall, we are lost. No torches were allowed. (b) ...................... .....................
Only later another two hours did (c) ...................... .....................
we find themselves on the top. We had four (d) ...................... .....................
hours to sleep. We have to reach the (e) ...................... .....................
next village in daybreak. We were cold. Two (f) ...................... .....................
of the boys produced woollen shawls of their (g) ...................... .....................
bags. There were only two between four of us. (h) ...................... .....................

Ans. (a) hour ... hours (e) have ... had (b) are ... were (f) in ... at (c) later ... after (g) of ... from (d) themselves ... ourselves (h) between ... among

Q. 11. Use the information in the headlines to complete the news items given below. Write the answers in your answer sheet against the correct blank numbers. Do not copy the whole sentences. 1×4=4

(a) CHEST DEEP WATER AFTER DELUGE IN MUMBAI
In order to go to their workplaces people in Mumbai ........................................ after continuously heavy rains. (b) VEGETABLES AND FRUITS COST MORE
The prices of vegetables and fruits ........................................ .
(c) UNLIT STREETS GIVE RISE TO CRIME
Due to lack of proper street lights ........................................ .
(d) INTRODUCTION OF NEW TEXT BOOKS FROM 2010
New text books ........................................ .

Ans. (a) had to wade through chest deep water (b) have risen (c) crime has been on the rise (d) will be introduced from 2010.

English Communicative 2009 Question Papers Class X
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