SAMPLE PAPER
Question 5. (1)
Fill in each of the numbered blanks with the correct form of the word given in
brackets. Do not the passage but write in correct serial order the word or
phrase appropriate to the blank space.
Example: (0)
The sun (shine) bright outside. Answer: shone
It was hot in the railway compartment and the fan…………………………..(1) (not
work). The elderly lady……………….. (2) (use) up all her water because she had
cheerfully shared it with her fellow passengers. She knew that the train ……………………….(3)
(halt) at the station for only three minutes. Calling a shoes shine boy She
said Will you help me. I …………………(4) (need) a bottle of cold water and here is
the money and she put a twenty rupee note in his hand. The boy snatched the
money and …………………..(5)(disappear) into the crowd on the platform. A fellow passenger…………………………..
(6) (cannot believe) what he had witness. What ……………………………(7) (you do) He said
you …………………(8) (never see)your money
again. Just then the whistle was heard and the train began to move. At that
moment the appeared at the window with the water. Your water,' he gasped, out
of breath. And the change"
(ii) Fill in
the blanks with appropriate words.
(a) We can cut……………………….
this field instead of taking the main road.
(b) Passengers
are advised …………………………………standing on the footboard of a moving bus.
(c) They have
been working on the project……………………… years now.
(d) Ever …………………….the
accident, he has been afraid of boarding buses.
(e) It is a
hard climb………… the hill.
(f) She turned ……………………….the
offer because she did not like the terms and conditions.
(g) I will need
to speak .my parents before I sign up for the school trip.
(h) The sports
teacher was taken………………………… when he heard how enthusiastic the team was.
(iii) Join the
following sentences to make one complete sentence without using and, but or so.
Choos correct option.
1. Stay still.
We cannot take your photograph otherwise.
(a) Stay still,
else we cannot take your photograph otherwise.
(b) Stay still
because we can take your photograph otherwise.
(c) Unless you
stay still we cannot take your photograph.
(d) If you stay
still we cannot take your photograph.
2. Roy's mother
rang up the school office. She wanted to enquire about the swimming classes at
the summer camp.
(a) Roy's
mother rang up the school office as she want to enquire about the swimming
classes at the summer camp.
(b) Roy's
mother rang up the school office to enquire about the swimming classes at the
summer
camp.
(c) Roy's
mother has rang up the school office to enquire about the swimming classes at
the summer camp.
(d) Roy's
mother rang up the school office wanting enquiry about the swimming classes at
the summer camp.
3. I left my
keys somewhere. Do you know where they are? 3
(a) Do you know
where I had left my keys?
(b) Do you know
where my keys were left behind?
(c) Do you know
where I left my keys?
(d) Do you know
where I would have left my keys?
4. The captain
should not be blamed for the team's defeat. The players should not be blamed
for the team's defeat.
(a) The captain
should neither be blamed nor the players should be blamed for the team's
defeat.
(b) Neither the
captain nor the players should be blamed for the team's defeat.
(c) The captain
should not be blamed for the team's defeat as the players should not be blamed
for the team's defeat.
(d) The captain
should not be blamed for the team's defeat but the players too should not be
blamed for the team's defeat.
(iv) Choose the
correct option to rewrite the following according to the instructions given
after each sentence. [8]
1. The audience
broke into loud applause as soon as he finished speaking.(Begin with: No
sooner...).
(a) No sooner
he finished speaking that the audience broke into loud applause.
(b) No sooner
had he finish speaking when the audience broke into loud applause.
(c) No sooner
did he finish speaking than the audience broke into loud applause.
(d) No sooner
the audience broke into loud applause than he finished speaking.
2. The news
surprised everyone in my family.(Begin with: The news took...)
(a) The news
took everyone in my family by surprise.
(b) The news
took everyone in my family with surprise.
(c) The news
took with surprise everyone in my family.
(d) The news
took everyone in my family for a surprise.
3. Yesterday
was so much fun.(End with a question tag)
(a) Yesterday
was so much fun, would you say?
(b) Was
yesterday much fun?
(c) Yesterday
was so much fun, isn't it?
(d) Yesterday
was so much fun, wasn't it?
4. I wouldn't
eat that food if I was not really hungry.(Use: 'unless')
(a) Unless I
eat that food I will remain really hungry.
(b) I wouldn't
be really hungry unless I ate that food.
(c) I wouldn't
eat that food unless I was not really hungry.
(d) I wouldn't
eat that food unless I was really hungry.
5. It is so hot
and humid that I cannot sleep.(Use: too)
(a) It is hot
and humid too sleep.
(b) It is too
hot and humid to sleep.
(c) It is hot
and humid too, so I cannot sleep.
(d) It is too
hot and humid such that I cannot sleep.
6. I prefer
going out with friends to staying alone at home.(Begin with: I would rather...)
(a) I would
rather go out with friends than stay alone at home.
(b) I would
rather prefer going out with friends than staying alone at ho
(c) I would
rather prefer to go out with friends than stay alone at home.
(d) I would
rather go out with friends to staying alone at home.
7. "Why
were you absent yesterday?" the teacher asked me. (Begin with: The teacher
asked me why...)
(a) The teacher
asked me why was I absent yesterday.
(b) The teacher
asked me why I had been absent yesterday.
(c) The teacher
asked me why I had been absent the day before.
(d) The teacher
asked me why was I absent the day before.
8. Very few
dancers are as graceful as she is.(Begin with: She is ...)
(a) She is one
of the most graceful dancers.
(b) She is the
most graceful dancer.
(c) She is more
graceful than all the other dancers.
(d) She is more
graceful than a few other dancers.
SAMPLE PAPER 2
Question 5. (i)
Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the words provided after the
passage:
Example: I…………(eat)
the cake by the time you came. Answer: had eaten
By the time she
was three, Matilda had (1) ………………………….teach herself to read by (2) ……………………………….(study)
newspaper and magazines that (3)………………………….. (lie) around the house. At the age
of four, she could (4)………………………………. (read) fast and well and she naturally
began (5) …………………………………….(hanker) after books. The only book in the whole of
this enlightened household was something called Easy Cooking which (6)………………(be)
her mother's favourite. When she had read this from cover to cover and had (7)………………….(learn)
all the recipes by heart, she (8)…………….. (decide) she wanted something more interesting.
(ii) Fill in
the blanks with appropriate words.
(a) You cannot
expect respect from him because he has lost his sense……………………..shame.
(b) We have the
habit of exulting………………………………….. the discomfiture of our rivals.
(c) On the eve
of the Prime Minister's visit, Civil Lines area has been cordoned …………………
(d) The Hindus
believe in many rituals to ward ………………the evils
(e) The robbers
not only injured the landlord but also decamped………………..body.
( f) At the
sight of his former wife, he flew ………………a rage.
(g) Dishonesty
is always detrimental………………….progress in life.
(h) The rich
are not inured………………………. manual labour.
(iii) Choose
the correct option to join the following sentences without using 'and', 'but'
or 'so':
1. Rohan does
not like to play cricket. He does not like to play hockey either.
(a) Neither
does Rohan like to play cricket, nor does he like to play hockey.
(b) Rohan does
not like to play cricket since he does not like to play hockey.
(c) Rohan does
not like to play cricket. He also not like to play cricket.
(d) Either
Rohan does not like to play cricket or he does not like to play hockey.
2. Sanía pushed
as hard as she could. The door would not open.
(a) Sania
pushed as hard as she could as the door would not open.
(b) Although
Sania pushed as hard as she could, the door would not open.
(c) Sania
pushed as hard as she could because the door would not open.
(d) If Sania
pushed hard the door would have opened.
3. The school
bus drove through the gate. The clock was striking eight at that moment.
(a) The school
bus drove through the gate when the clock was striking eight at that moment.
(b) The school
bus drove through the gate as the clock was striking eight at that moment.
(c) When the
school bus drove through the gate, the clock was striking eight.
(d) The clock
was strike the gate while the school bus drove through the gate.
4. We reached
the port. The storm came on.
(a) We reached
the port so the storm came on.
(b) We reached
the port while the storm came on.
(c) As soon as
we reached the port, the storm came on.
(d) The storm
did not come by the time we reached the port
(iv) Read each
sentence with its instructions. Choose the correct answer from the options
provided beneath each:
1. He is so old
that he cannot remember events of the past.(Begin: He is too ...)
(a) He is too
old to remember events of the past.
(b) He is too
old that he cannot remember events of the past.
(c) He is too
old that he remember events of the past.
(d) He is too
old for remembering the events of the past.
2. As soon as
the bell rings, the children run out to play. (Begin: No sooner...)
(a) No sooner
did the bell rang than the children run out to play.
(b) No sooner
does the bell ring than the children run out to play.
(c) No sooner
does the bell rings than the children run out to play.
(d) No sooner
did the ball rang than the children were running out to play.
3. No other
planet is as big as Jupiter. (Begin: Jupiter....)
(a) Jupiter is
bigger than many other planets.
(b) Jupiter is
very big as a planet.
(c) Jupiter is
the biggest planet.
(d) Jupiter is
the most biggest planet.
4. She was so
tired that she could not stand. (Begin: She was too......)
(a) She was too
tired to stand.
(b) She was too
tired and could not stand.
(c) She was too
tired that she could not stand.
(d) She was too
tired and so she could not stand.
5. I have found
my mobile phone that I had lost.(Begin: I had lost...)
(a) I had lost
my mobile phone that I have found.
(b) I had lost
my mobile phone but I have found it.
(c) I had lost
my mobile phone that I have found it.
(d) I had lost
my mobile phone which I have found it.
6. You are too
young to understand the ways of the world.(Begin: You are so)
(a) You are so
young that you cannot understand the ways of the world.
(b) You are so
young to understand the ways of the world.
(c) You are so
young that understand the ways of the world.
(d) You are so
young, you need to grow up to understand the ways of the world.
7. He is faster
than me. (Begin: 1 am....)
(a) I am not as
fast as him.
(b) I am as
fast as him.
(c) I am faster
than him.
(d) I am not
slower than him.
8. He cleaned
the house and washed the dishes. (Begin: Not only...)
(a) Not only
did he cleaned the house but he also washed the dishes.
(b) Not only
does he clean the house but he also washed the dishes.
(c) Not only
did he clean the house but also washed the dishes.
(d) Not only
did he clean the house and washed the dishes, he completed the other work tooV
SAMPLE PAPER 3
Question 5. (i)
Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the words provided after the passage:
Example: (0)
beginning
Alice was (0)……………..(begin)
to get very tired of (1) ………………….. (sit) by her sister on the bank and having
nothting to do. Once and twice (2)……………….(peep) into the book her sister was
reading, but it ……………………….(3) (have) no pictures or conversations in it,
"and what is the use of a book, (4)………………………………. (think) Alice,
"without pictures or conversations?" Alice wondered whether the
pleasure of (5)………………………………….. (make) a daisy-chain would be worth the trouble
of getting up and picking the daisies when suddenly a White Rabbit with pink
eyes (6)…………………. (run) close by her.
Alice did not think this was very remarkable, until the Rabbit actually
(7)…………………
(take) a watch out of its waistcoat-pocket and
(8) ……………………….(look) at it, and then hurried on.
(ii) Choose the
correct option to fill in the blanks:
(a) The river
flowed…………………. the banks.
(b) He opened
the can…………….. an opener.
(c) She filled
the jug…………….. water.
(d) He was
patient ……………..being very annoyed.
(e) The teacher
finished his class……………….. making corrections in the notebooks.
(f) The doctor………..
examined the medical reports.
(g) Always aim………….
high
(h) The deaf
man lost his hearing ……………..an accident.
(iii) Choose
the correct option to join the following sentences without using 'and', 'but'
or 'so':
1. The cat ran
out of the door. The dog chased the cat.
(a) Since the
cat ran out of the door, the dog chased it.
(b) The cat ran
out of the door because it was chased by the dog
(c) Having been
chased by the cat, the dog ran out of the door.
(d) The cat ran
out of the door, the dog chased it.
2. Smitha is
usually calm and peaceful. She doesn't lose her temper easily.
(a) She loses
her temper easily, therefore, Smitha is calm and peaceful.
(c) Since
Smitha is usually calm and peaceful, she doesn't lose her temper easily.
(b) Smitha is
usually calm and peaceful or she loses her temper easily.
(d) Being calm
and peaceful Smitha never lost her temper.
3. She did such
intricate embroidery. Her eyesight was affected.
(a) Since she
did such intricate embroidery, her eyesight was affected.
(b) For she did
such intricate embroidery her eyesight was affected.
(c) Her
intricate embroidery resulted in her bad eyesight.
(d) She did
such intricate embroidery so her eyesight was affected.
4. The apples
were delicious. The children relished them.
(a) The
children having relished the apples they were delicious.
(b) Since the
children relished the apples were delicious.
(c) The
children relished the apples as they were delicious.
(d) The
children did not relish the delicious apples.
(iv) Read each
sentence with its instructions. Choose the correct answer from the options
provided beneath each:
1. It was a hot
day. Everyone bought ice-cream. (use: being)
(a) As everyone
bought ice cream, it was a hot day.
(b) It being a
hot day everyone bought ice-cream.
(c) Being a day
that was cold, everyone bought ice-cream.
(d) Even being
a hot day, everyone did not buy ice-cream.
2. He suffered
from unemployment. He has health problems.(use: owing)
(a) Owing to
suffering he suffered health problems.
(b) Owing to
health problems, he suffered from unemployment.
(c) On account
of his health problems he faced unemployment.
(d) Owing to
unemployment he has to suffer from health problems.
3. It was
raining heavily. People opened their umbrellas. (use: since)
(a) Since it
was raining heavily, people opened their umbrellas.
(b) Since
people opened their umbrellas, it was raining heavily.
(c) Since the
umbrellas were opened by the people, it was raining heavily.
(d) Since
people were opening their umbrellas therefore it rained heavily.
4. She missed
the bus. The dog bit her. (use: not only)
(a) Not only
did she miss the bus, but also the dog bit her.
(b) The dog bit
her, not only did she miss the bus.
(c) The bus was
missed, not only did the dog bite her.
(d) Not only
the dog bit her and she missed the bus.
5. The fever
left him. He got up and worked. (use: No sooner-than)
(a) As soon as
he got up and worked, the fever left him.
(b) No sooner
had he got up and worked than the fever left him.
(c) No sooner
had the fever left him than he got up and worked.
(d) The fever
left him when no sooner he had got up and worked.
6. He should
have studied hard. He would have passed his exams. (use: if only)
(a) If only he
had passed his exams, he would have studied hard.
(b) If only he
had studied hard, he would have passed his exams.
(c) Had he only
studied hard, he would not have failed.
(d) If only he
passed his exams he would have studied hard.
7. He took part
in sports. He had an athletic physique.(use: on account of)
(a) On account
of sports, he also had an athletic physique.
(b) On account
of his athletic physique, he took part in sports.
(c) On account
of his physique, he loved sports.
(d) On account
of sports he participated an athletic physique.
8. She was
considered a dare devil. She loved adventure sports.(use: as a result)
(a) As a result
of loving adventure sports, she was considered a dare devil.
(b) As she
loved adventure sports, she was a dare devil
(c) As a result
of loving adventure sports, she was not a dare devil.
(d) She loved
adventure sports as a result she was a dare devil
