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Q. 7. Read the dialogue given below and complete the passage that follows. Write the answers in your answer sheet against the correct blank numbers. Do not copy the whole sentences. 1 x 3=3
Gaitri : How did you climb this tall tree?
Pranav : I used a ladder. But someone went off with it while I was cutting this branch.
Gaitri asked Pranav (a) _________ . Pranav replied (b) _________ but that (c) _________ while he had been cutting that branch.

Ans. (a) how he had climbed that tall tree (b) that he had used a ladder (c) someone had gone off with it

Q. 8. 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. 1 x 2=2
Example: sports/building/physical strength/necessary/are/for Sports are necessary for building physical strength.
(a) teach/and/sportsmanship/they/cooperation
(b) bring/sports/man/defi nitely/man/closer to

Ans. (a) They teach cooperation and sportsmanship.
(b) Sports defi nitely bring man closer to man.

Q. 9. 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. 1/2 x 6=3
It is peculiar human trait. e.g. is a peculiar
We careful about our personal hygiene. (a) __________
We take great pride in keeping homes (b) __________
neat clean. But we have no (c) __________
regret when we throw garbage out the (d) __________
windows. We believe once our rubbish (e) __________
is out of our doors, is no longer our concern. (f) __________

Ans. (a) we are careful (b) keeping our homes (c) neat and clean (d) out of the (e) believe that once (f) doors, it is

Q .10. Read the following sentences and complete the paragraph that follows. Write the correct answers in your answer sheet against the correct blank numbers. Do not copy the whole sentences. 1 x 3=3
(a) The Delhi police have issued the description of a man.
(b) People last saw him at the Radish Hotel.
(c) He was wearing a dark suit.
The description of a man (a) __________________ . He (b) __________________ at the Radish Hotel. At that time it is said that a dark suit (c) __________________ .

Ans. (a) has been issued by the Delhi police. (b) was last seen by people (c) was worn by him.

Q. 11. The underlined words in the following passage have been used inappropriately. Replace them with their appropriate forms. Write your answers in your answer sheet with correct numbers. Do not copy the whole passage. 1/2 x 4=2
Food is necessary for children to grow and be (a) health. Their needs for food differ (b) wide from those of adults. Proper nutrition at the (c) rightly time is responsible for good mental, physical and emotional health. A child needs a (d) balance diet to prevent problems like obesity.

Ans. (a) healthy (b) widely (c) right (d) balanced.