Omission Type

Exercise 1
(a) A wolf having his meal . A
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(b) bone got stuck his throat.
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(c) Being great pain, he
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(d) went a crane and asked
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(e) her she would take out the
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(f) bone her long beak. If you
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(g) help me this way, I reward
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(h) you well, he said. The crane agreed it.
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Exercise 2
(a) It was small factory, and
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(b) they not have a canteen,
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(c) so workmen brought food their
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(d) homes. They sat together ate it
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(e) at factory midday. One the
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(f) workmen, who 55, always brought
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(g) four sandwiches. Every day ate
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(h) one of them and threw the others.
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Exercise 3
A small boy stood before the smithy
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(a) one day. He watched wonder
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(b) and pity terrible scene that
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(c) went on inside. A man had been
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(d) bitten a mad dog was brought
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to the blacksmith. The blacksmith
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(e) heated an iron rod it was red
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(f) hot. As his assistants held man down
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(g) firmly the blacksmith pushed it the
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(h) wound caused the mad dog.
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Exercise 4
(a) When Lincoln became President
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(b) of the U.S.A., one day a visitor abroad
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(c) saw polishing his shoes. Mr President,
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(d) he said, why you polishing
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(e) your shoes? Our country
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(f) we not polish our own shoes! The
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(g) reply Lincoln was a quick one. Then
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(h) whose shoes you polish? he asked.
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Exercise 5
(a) An old lady an aeroplane
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(b) had a blanket her head and
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(c) she did not want remove it. The
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(d) airhostess spoke her, but the old
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(e) lady said, I have never been an
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(f) aeroplane before, and I frightened.
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(g) I am going keep this blanket
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(h) over my head we are back
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on the ground again.
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Exercise 6

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(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(g)
(h)

The lovely flower, the lotus, opens up the

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sun rises in sky. When the sun sets
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the lotus closes petals. The popular
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belief is that this is the lotus loves
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the sun. But Bose explained strange
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behaviour the lotus saying it opens
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when there is rise in the temperature
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and closes the temperature drops.
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Exercise 7
(a) Harvey discovered that there two
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(b) kinds of vessels carry blood. Blood
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(c) flows out the heart through arteries
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(d) and returns it through veins. Another
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(e) interesting fact found out him is that
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(f) the heart becomes hard first then
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(g) soft alternately. When heart is hard
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(h) it becomes smaller size, and when soft
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it becomes larger. This goes on continuously
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Exercise 8
(a) As the war went, the aeroplanes were used
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(b) more and more and more. A number factories .......... .......... ..........
(c) were set up make aeroplanes. A number
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(d) of air fields also built. Gradually, planes
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(e) began to used for dropping bombs, and
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(f) shooting enemy troops vehicles tanks.
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(g) Planes would also go and find out location
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(h) of enemy troops or important places petrol
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dumps, factories, aerodromes, bridges, etc.
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Exercise 9
(a) A robot is a machine is designed to
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(b) work a human being. A restaurant owner
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(c) once bought a robot a factory which
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(d) produced them sale. During its first trial
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(e) the robot broke set of expensive cups.
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(f) After thirty minutes it went out control. It
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(g) ran around restaurant knocking over
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(h) furniture frightening the customers.
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Exercise 10
For years, villagers believed that Atma Ram farm
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(a) was visited ghosts. The farm was owned by
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two brothers Tulsi Ram and Moti Ram. They
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(b) employed few farm hands, but nobody
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(c) was willing to work there long. Farm labourers .......... .......... ..........
(d) said that they always woke up find that the
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(e) work had done overnight. Hay had been
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(f) cut cowsheds had been cleaned. In time, it
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(g) became accepted fact that the Ram
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(h) brothers employed dutiful ghost that did
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most of their work for them.
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Exercise 11

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(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(g)
(h)

Beavers generally make own ponds. These

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ponds a permanent water level. They
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do this laying a dam of sticks and
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logs some suitable forest stream and young
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beavers learn to repair enlarge it. Some dams .......... .......... ..........
may up to 350 yards long. Another
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even more important piece engineering
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work that the young beaver learns the digging .......... .......... ..........
of canals.
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Exercise 12
(a) Many scientists thought sending
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(b) messages quickly a long distance. However,
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(c) the man did this was not
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(d) scientist a painter. He was Samuel Morse.
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(e) After getting his degree told his father
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(f) of his desire become an artist. His father
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(g) was disappointed this, yet Morse
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(h) became a painter. Famous men and women
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(i) came to him their pictures.
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Exercise 13
(a) A game chess means a battle between
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(b) two armies having 15 pieces. The battle field
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(c) is a board 64 squares. For about 15 centuries, .......... .......... ..........
(d) since its birth India, chess players have done .......... .......... ..........
(e) everything possible win. Chess has been
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(f) given a special place the Soviets. Lenin, a
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(g) good chess player himself, introduced game
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(h) in Soviet school programme.
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Exercise 14
(a) We say that a person good manners,
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(b) if he she behaves politely and is kind
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(c) and helpful others. Everyone likes a person
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(d) with good manners no one likes a person
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with bad manners. Different countries and
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(e) different people have different manners. Malaya,
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(f) before entering a house, it good manners
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(g) to take your shoes. In European countries,
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(h) even shoes sometimes become very muddy, .......... .......... ..........
this is not done.
(o)
Exercise 15
(a) People all the world agree that being
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(b) well-mannered really means kind
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(c) and helpful. Well-mannered person never
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(d) laughs people when they are in trouble.
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(e) Instead he tries help them. He is always
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(f) kind, never cruel either to the people animals. .......... .......... ..........
(g) When people waiting for bus, or in a
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(h) post office, he takes turn.
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Exercise 16
(a) A well-mannered person says Please making .......... .......... ..........

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(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(g)
(h)

a request, Thank you when he receiving

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something. He stands up when speaking a lady,
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or an elder person, and he not sit
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down the other person is seated. He does
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not interrupt other people they are talking. He .......... .......... ..........
does not talk too much himself. He blessed by .......... .......... ..........
all and his presence always welcome.
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Exercise 17
(a) In one of the streets Vienna a blind
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(b) beggar used stand every evening and
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(c) play violin. Beside him sat his dog
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(d) holding a cap his mouth; and the passers-by
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(e) often took pity the blind man and
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(f) dropped coins the cap. But one night
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(g) he had played a long time without
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getting anything; and he began to
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(h) worry his supper.
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Exercise 18
(a) Newton was interested in his scientific
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(b) work that sometimes became rather
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(c) forgetful. Once he invited one his friends
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(d) to dinner and the man arrived the proper
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(e) time Newtons house. But the great scientist
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(f) was not there. The guest sat down wait and
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(g) looked hungrily at dinner table not far
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(h) away. All the food set on the table.
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Exercise 19.
(a) My father would rest after hard
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(b) days work. The evening many friends
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(c) came to visit him. He laugh a lot with
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(d) them. His laugh became famous Allahabad.
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(e) Sometimes I would peep him
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(f) and his friends behind a curtain trying
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(g) to make out those great big people
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(h) said each other.
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Exercise 20
1. I had a feeling great respect for my
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2. father. He far above all other men I
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3. saw. I hoped grow up strong, clever and
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4. full of courage him. I loved him and
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5. feared him too. I seen him getting
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6. angry servants and others. Then he
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7. made me tremble fear. I could never
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8. like way he treated a servant.
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Exercise 21
(a) One day a very old lady travelling in
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(b) a train. She very well-dressed. She
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(c) was sitting a corner, quietly reading
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(d) a book. The travelling examiner came her
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(e)
(f)
(g)
(h)

compartment asked for the ticket. The

old lady looked her bag but could not
find it. She then looked it among her other
things could not find it.
Exercise 22
(a) Man-eaters are tigers have grown
(b) old and cannot run fast more. They
(d) look easy food. They begin to
(e) cattle, they watch the
(e) farmers in field. Slowly they lose
(f) their fear man, and start to attack him.
(g) They will jump on a man, break neck,
(h) and pull away to the forest to eat him peace.
Exercise 23
(a) A hundred years our forests were
(b) full of tigers, but now there less than
(c) two thousand tigers India. That is why
(d) our government has started Project
(e) Tiger to save the tiger. Land kept
(f) especially the tigers and other
(g) wild animals, and men not allowed
(h) to cut down the trees, start farms there.
Exercise 24
(a) Behaviour chess players is often
(b) strange. It not uncommon to see
(c) grown up men weeping defeat.
(d) The Russian chess player Niimzovich very
(e) angry losing a lesser known player.
(f) He leapt the table and scattered
(g) the pieces all directions, saying, Must
(h) I lose this idiot.
Exercise 25
(a) Few Sweedish names better known
(b) throughout the world that of Alfred Noble.
(c) He was the inventor dynamite. Alfred
(d) never attended school or university
(e) and practically self-educated. However,
(f) Nobel stood head and shoulders the boys
(g) of his age. He witty and spoke German,
(h) English and French just fluently as Sweedish.
Exercise 26
(a) Alfred Nobel lived in Paris most the time
(b) and continued his studies Chemistry. Then
(c) he returned home and set a small plant
(d) near Stockholm. This done for manufacturing
(e) nitroglycerine. Production had begun,
(f) when little factory caught fire. Several
(g) lives lost. But Alfred continued his scientific
(h) experiments and went on invent dynamite.

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Exercise 27
(a) Imphal, Feb. 1: Students turned tables on the .......... .......... ..........
(b) faculty a college here when they punished their
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(c) teachers, including the principal, being
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(d) chronic late-comers closing the campus gates .......... .......... ..........
(e) The students' union locked all gates of the
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(f) campus yesterday 10 am and did not allow
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(g) in any of the staff members turned up afterwards.
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(h) The union has now warned the teachers staff .......... .......... ..........
to be at the college by 9.45 failing which
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further action will be taken.
(0)
Exercise 28
(a) One of the basic truths which all Indian
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(b) art is developed is that true art never made to order; .......... .......... ..........
(c) it comes a result of an irresistible inner
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(d) urge. We hear a song Thyagaraja and
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(e) are enthralled; we see majestic temple
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(f) tower and gaze on it wonder; we see
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(g) some of our ancient sculptures feel thrilled.
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(h) Why? Behind all such works art is a great
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spiritual urge.
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Exercise 29
(a) Tansen was a great musican and Akbar very
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(b) fond his music. One day when Tansen
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(c) was particularly good form, Akbar went
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(d) into ecstasy and asked him, What the
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(e) secret of this sweet concord notes
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(f) which takes me out of this world transports
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(g) me Divine regions? I have not heard
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(h) anyone else can thus cast a spell of magic.
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Exercise 30
(a) Today we are living an age of changing
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(b) fashions clothes and hair-style. I think cinema .......... .......... ..........
(c) is storehouse of new fashions. Young boys and .......... .......... ..........
(d) girls borrow fashions there. They copy the
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fashions of their favourite film stars. But how
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(e) can parents comply their wishes? There are
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(f) only a few students are financially better
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(g) off. They come dressed news fashions. They .......... .......... ..........
(h) make fun of those who put out of date dresses.
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Exercise 1
(a) Robert was the king in Scotland. He

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(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(g)
(h)

had made much efforts to free

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his country and in vain. One day he
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was sitting in a cave in a deject mood.
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He was thinking to give in attempts
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to liberate her country. All of a sudden
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his eyes fell upon a spider who was
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trying to reach a ceiling.
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Exercise 2
1. Cataract was the major cause of
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2. blindness. Blindness is also cause by
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3. a damage to a cornea. As one starts
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4. grow old, the lens of the eye hardens,
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5. loses its transparent and becomes
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6. opaque. It obstructed the light rays
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7. to entering the eye. This opaque
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8. lens was called cataract.
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Exercise 3
(a) The onset in cataract blurs the vision.
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(b) Sometimes, the cataract patient see multiple . .
(c) images instead of a single object images.
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(d) Some patients complain for watering in
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(e) eyes. Because of the gradual develop of
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(f) cataract the afflict person loses his/her
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(g) vision but the world become dark to him/her.
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(h) But these development is a complex,
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multifactorial process.
(o)
Exercise 4
(a) Success in life depends largely on better
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(b) health. Keep your body and with cleanliness, . .
(c) fresh air, regular habits but suitable recreations
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(d) make yourself strong to play the games and
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(e) to do it in every senses of the word. Avoid
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(f) anything who will sap your strength. Smoking
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(g) stunts a body and clouds the brain. Be
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(h) temperate in all thing and beware of drink.
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Exercise 5
(a) Your character was a priceless
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(b) possession. Keep them untarnished.
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(c) Be truth in all things, courteous
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(d) and considerate at everybody,
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(e) fair to his rivals, kind and helpful
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(f) to all which are weak and suffering,
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(g) and did not be afraid to have
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(h) the courage to stand up for which is
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good, pure and noble.
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Exercise 6
(a) As people grow older and their body
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(b) and brains deteriorate due to age process,
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(c) the brain became non-functional in
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(d) exact the same way that muscles lose

(e) tone when not used. More of us grossly
(f) under-exploit our physic and mental

powers. A body not exercised regularly

(g) will lost its muscle tone. A brain not used

(h) deteriorate in much the same way.

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Exercise 7
(a) Almost a fifth of Indias land are under
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(b) tropical rain, monsoon and another type of
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(c) forests. There is a number of wild life
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(d) sanctuaries also national parks which
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(e) offers the visitors golden chance to
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(f) have a close look on a large variety of birds
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(g) and beasts in its natural habitats. The
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sanctuaries are a great centre of attraction
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(h) for tourists during the year.
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Exercise 8
(a) Elephants eats a wide variety of plant food,
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(b) ranging with grasses to tree bark and
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(c) foliage. They tore off branches and
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(d) uproot trees by their trunks and strip other
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(e) trees of its bark, leaving them to wither
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(f) and died. In this way they are responsible
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(g) for conversion of forests to open woodlands
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(h) and often even to treeless Savana.
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Exercise 9
(a) Travelling in olden days is not only slow
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(b) but wearisome, it was also the great
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(c) adventure. Roads were generally full with
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(d) thieves and robbers which would often
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(e) attacked travellers. Hence people thought
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(f) twice before undertake a journey. If travelling
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(g) over land was full of danger, sea travel
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(h) was double so.
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Exercise 10
(a) We could hard live without sugar,
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(b) so important is it to us like a food
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(c) and the luxury; yet not so very long
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(d) ago, sugar is rarely seen in the
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(e) homes for the poor. But the sugar-growing
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(f) industry have become one of the
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(g) more important in the world, and today
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(h) more sugar is grew than ever was known before.
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Exercise 11
(a) Sugar was found in the sap of many trees,
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(b) especially at that of the maple. It is found
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(c) in all fruits, and in a nectar of thousands
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(d) of flower, but it is from the sugarcane
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(e) and the beetroot that we got our supplies
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(f) for commerce. For ages, the sugarcane is

(g) the only sources of supply, and it is strange

to think that at one time all the sugar came

(h) from a single spot in a world.
Exercise 12
(a) The ibex, known as Kel at Kashmir,
(b) is one the more handsome of the
(c) Himalayan goats. As the ammon
(d) and the bharal, the ibex was also
(e) stockily build. The colour is generally
(f) brown, of shades varying from deep
(g) chocolate to dirty cream. At summer,
(h) any of them acquire a reddish hue.
Exercise 13
(a) In a modern age traveling has
(b) become quick but convenient. Nobody
(c) thinks of traveling by foot. The railway
(d) train and motor car has replaced
(e) the horse and the bullockcart. It was only
(f) in deserts that people still travelled on
(g) the camels back, when the horse
(h) is a only conveyance on hills.
Exercise 14
(a) 15th August, 1947 was a red letter day
(b) in Indian history. In this day, India
(c) has gained freedom from the British
(d) rule. It is call Independence Day. It
(e) is celebrated through the country.
(f) The ramparts of a Red Fort is the centre
(g) of these ceremony. A guard of honour
(h) is presented to him with the three services,
viz army, navy and air force
Exercise 15
(a) Schools are the pillars in the building of
(b) education and education was the means
(c) of nation building. Only those country can
(d) make real progress at the world of
(e) competition today, who has well educated
(f) people. Schools may be ideal places,
(g) for this purpose. An ideal school become
(h) the temple with light and learning.
Exercise 16
(a) My sister is the architect. After graduating,
(b) she took down a job with a multinational
(c) company. The job take her all over the
(d) country and are extremely interesting.
(e) At the moment, however, she is look for
(f) a new job, while the traveling is very
(g) tiring. I advised her not to quitting the

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Exercise 17
(a) In much instances, physically handicapped
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(b) children suffer neglect and is left to
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(c) themselves in their homes. This make their
. .
(d) life extremely sad or lonely. Our first
. .
(e) duty is to make this children more happy
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(f) and less lonely. Secondly, we has to
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(g) get to education these children and
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(h) help him to live useful lives.
. .
Exercise 18
(a) One of a most wide spread of bad
. .
(b) habits are the use of tobacco. Tobacco
. .
(c) is now smoked or chewed with men,
. .
women and even by children, almost all
(0)
(d) over the world. It is brought up to Europe
. .
(e) from America from Sir Walter Raleigh, four
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(f) centuries ago, and have spread
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(g) everywhere. It was extremely difficult to
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(h) get rid with the habit once it has been formed.
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Exercise 19
(a) Stamp collecting is the good hobby.
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(b) I has collected the stamps with different
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(c) countries. It increases our knowledge on different . .
countries. We know about great persons,
(0)
(d) famous buildings, animals, etc by the stamps.
. .
(e) Stamp collecting have great educational value
. .
(f) The countries of the world issues stamps
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(g) time to time for memory of their great men,
. .
events, great works of art and about their
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(h) movements. Pen friends of other countries
. .
can help you exchange stamps.
Exercise 20
(a) Spread across two square kilometers, by over
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(b) three million books at display the Twelfth Book
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(c) Fair, opens in a capital today, promising a
. .
(d) grand week-long feast from book lovers,
. .
(e) publishers and book sellers. It was not merely
. .
(f) the size described as the big in the world
. .
(g) the variety that is bound to come as the
. .
(h) representation of 1,150 publishers who makes it
. .
a worthwhile affair.
Exercise 21
(a) It took great courage and determination to
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(b) cope to a disability. We can make life
. .
(c) easier for the disabled by become sensitive
. .
(d) for their handicap, their needs and their
. .
(e) problems. We can respect them for what
. .
(f) they were. Feelings like pity and undue
. .

(g) sympathy will only shake his confidence.

(h) We needs to understand that they too are

. .
. .

human beings.
Exercise 23
(a) This is the story by twins
. .
(b) whom fate separated or reunited.
. .
(c) Evelyn Rider but Edna Wilde,
. .
(d) two sisters born from England
. .
(e) who were separated in Birth
. .
(f) were reunited year later
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(g) after Edna moved onto a
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(h) house at Australia right next
. .
door to her lost sister
(0)
Exercise 24
(a) Anger is a fact for life. Everyone
. .
(b) experiences this emotion from time and
. .
(c) time. When anger is control it is displayed
. .
according to objective wisdom. It can
(0)
(d) be a positive force which will bring a
. .
correct result. Uncontrolled and selfish
. .
(e) anger destroyed everything. If you have to
. .
(f) understand somebody character, find out
. .
(g) what makes him anger. Anger is not
. .
(h) always a sign of strength. It make
. .
a person look childish.
(0)
Exercise 25
(a) Finding out what you are allergic of is always
. .
difficult, but there is one allergy causing
(0)
(b) substance that is trickiest than others. It can
. .
(c) leave you with a rash the day after your kid have
. .
a ballon-filled birthday party or after the dentist
(0)
(d) works on your tooths. What is the common
. .
(e) factor in such situations? It was the latex in the
. .
(f) natural rubber which goes into the make of balloons. . .
(g) Latex was not even knew as a common allergy
. .
(h) Uptil the late 80s.
. .
Exercise 26
(a) Raman used to visit us one day.
. .
(b) Recently we have not had many news
. .
(c) of him. Either of his brother also
. .
(d) has heard from him. He have been away for
. .
(e) less days now. His parents are old and
. .
they are quite anxious and worried. We
(0)
(f) have been trying to contact any of his
. .
(g) friends to get much information about
. .
(h) him. They have promised to let us knew as
. .
soon as they have some information.
(0)
Exercise 27
(a) When an epidemic breaks out into any
. .
(b) place the civic authorities will be soon in work.
. .
(c) It is important to control the epidemic as
. .

it spreads. This of course is true anywhere

(0)
(d) but epidemics are especially danger in
. .
(e) cities so many people live below
. .
the poverty line. The poor slum dwellers
(0)
(f) often fall victims of such epidemics.
. .
(g) Unfortunately, medicines meant to them
. .
are misused for the unscrupulous.
(0)
Exercise 28
(a) Shakespeares play The Tempest has set
. .
(b) on an island there the only inhabitants
. .
(c) is Prospero (a magician), his
. .
daughter Miranda, a spirit called
(0)
(d) Ariel, and the monstrous creature
. .
(e) know as Caliban, the son of
. .
(f) the witch. In a particular scene Caliban
(0)
curses Miranda and Prospero, and the
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(g) magician retaliates with listing all
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(h) the torments who will be inflicted
. .
upon the monster.
. .
Exercise 29
The chronicle of Coca-Cola:
(a) The product that is given the world its best
. .
(b) known taste is born in Atlanta, Georgia,
. .
on 8 May 1886. Dr John Styth Pemberton, a local (0)
(c) pharmacist, produced a syrup for the drink,
. .
according to legend, in a pot in his backyard.
(0)
(d) Whether by design and accident, carbonated
. .
(e) water was combine with the new syrup
. .
(f) for produce a drink that was at once
. .
(g) Delicious and Refreshing, a theme is
. .
continues to echo today wherever coca-cola
(g) was enjoyed.
. .
Exercise 30
Dear Luis,
Thank you for your interesting letter. I showed
(a) it to number of my friends at school.
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(b) Three others people in my school
. .
(c) has friends in South America. They sometimes.
. .
(d) gets letters from their South American
. .
(e) friends. One of those lives in Colombia,
. .
(f) another lives in Argentina and the another lives
. .
(g) in Brazil. In my next letter I was going to
. .
(h) write something on my family. Bye for now.
. .
Please write soon.
Sincerely,
Fred

Exercise 1
When I (reach) home, my father (go) for (swim), because a few
days back an old uncle (advise) him that (swim) is good for health.
(follow) his advise sincerely my father tries (be) regular. To see my father
(swim) is a real fun.
(reached, had gone, swimming, had advised, swimming, following, to be, swimming)
Exercise 2
(collect) stamps is an (interest) hobby. Children all over the world
(want) (learn) about different countries. Stamps (carry0
beautiful pictures of sports, nature, wild life, etc. (issue) by different nations
from time to time. The stamps thus help them (know) about the countries.
Children love (collect) them.
(collecting, interesting, want, to learn, carrying, are issued, to know/know, collect)
Exercise 3
(be) sick for a long time, Aruna stopped (take) interest in anything.
She just (keep) on (think) about her illness. She (not
listen) to anybodys advice. She (develop) a habit of (argue)
endlessly. Her (deteriorate) health worried her parents a lot.
(Being, taking, kept, thinking, did not listen, developed, arguing, deteriorating)
Exercise 4
An uncle of mine who used (sit) on the sofa in their living all the time
(begin) to have severe back pain. One of his friends advised him
(consult) a good doctor. The doctor, who (work) for many years in a prestigious
abroad, (examine) my uncle thoroughly. He advised him (use) a sofa
for a long time. My uncle (tell) to avoid (sit) in wrong posture.
Exercise 5
Yesterday, when I (go) out a walk, I (see) a car (come)
from my right (strike) down a cyclist. The cyclist (fall) down
unconscious. A man from the crowd, which (gather) there, (take) the
(injure) cyclist to the hospital.
(was walking, saw, coming, struck, fell, had gathered, took , injured)
Exercise 6
Last night, I (hear) someone (knock) at the door. It (be) no
my habit (keep) someone out for long. It is always descent (give) a
warm welcome to the visitors. Though I (have) some bitter experiences with

untimely guests, I (open) the door and I was surprised (surprise) to see my old
friend (carry) a basket of flowers in his hand.
(heard, knocking, is, to keep, to give, had had, opened, carrying)
Exercise 7
(have) become a saint, Ananda (start) (wear) saffron
robes. The knowledge of philosophy he (acquire) from his university education
(help) (understand) the world more profoundly. (Attract)
by his personality, several young men ((come) to him (become) his
disciples.
(Having, started, wearing, had acquired, helped, understand/to understand, Attracted,
came, to become)
Exercise 8
The (shock) death of Gandhiji (leave) Nehru in a dilemma. He
(learn) many invaluable lessons from Gandhijis life. He (be) a source
of strength for him. Gandhiji (use) (guide) him at every step. In his
address to the nation Nehru (announce) that the light (go) out of the
life of Indian people.
(shocking, left, had learnt, had been, use, to guide, announced, had gone)
Exercise 9
Last year, it (rain) for a week in Maharastra. Many houses (collapse)
while several others (damage) badly. Many trees (uproot) and the
crops (destroy) by the incessant rain. The (collapse) houses and the
(fall) trees (take) a heavy toll of life.
(rained, collapsed, were damaged, were uprooted, were destroyed, collapsed, fallen,
took)
Exercise 10
A large number of housing colonies (come) up these days. It (mean)
(cut) hundreds of trees. This certainly (create) ecological balance.
(Think) that this balance should be preserved, several organizations
(come) (sustain) this green cover by (plant) new trees.
(are coming, means, cutting, creates, Thinking, are coming, to sustain, planting
Exercise 11
A speeding motorist, (catch) by the roadside camera, (try)
(play) a little joke when the police (send) a penalty notice. The notice
(include) a photograph of the car, the date and the speed. It
(demand) a payment of 500 rupees. The motorist (send) back the photo of a
cheque to which the police responded by (send) the photograph of a pair of
handcuffs. The photographer mailed them the cheque promptly.
Exercise 12
An (interest) legend forms the backdrop of the origin of the city of Udaypur.
Udai Singh while (hunt) a rabit one day, (come) upon a
(fascinate) lake (spot) a Sadhu nearby, he (ask) for his blessings. It

is learnt that the king (build) a beautiful city on the banks of the lake after he
(meet) the Sadhu.
Exercise 13

When he reached the forest, Subash Kumar Singh .. (place) his .. (trust)
friendly gently on the ground. It .. (be) time to say goodbye. His friend did not say
anything but the look in his eyes .. (bring) tears to Singhs eyes. .. (Part) from
a close friend .. (be) difficult, even if the .. (happen) to be a cobra.
Exercise 14

Yesterday Mr Kapoor .. (park) his blue Maruti in front of his office at 9 a.m. When he
.. (come) out of his office at 5p.m. he discovered that his car .. (steal).
Fortunately a woman .. (see) Ranga, a thief, .. (drive) away with the car.
.. (Take) down the information .. (give) by her the the police ..
(catch) the thief within a day.
Exercise 15

Exercise 1.
Father
Son
Father
Son

: What are you thinking about?

: About my result.
: When is it expected to be declared?
: Within a week, father.

The father asked his son . . The son replied that

. . The father asked him
.. .. . The son told his father
. .
Exercise 2.
sita
Mohan
Sita

: Mohan, have you brought my book?

: Sorry, I havent. Can I return it tomorrow?
: Please go and bring it now.

Sita asked Mohan . . Mohan apologized

. He asked her .. it ...... . But
Sita requested him .... .
Exercise 3
Teacher
Student
Teacher
Student

: Why didnt you complete your work?

: I forgot to take my home my homework notebooks.
: Its a lame excuse.
: But its the truth, Madam.

The teacher asked the student .. The student replied

that . The teacher remarked that
. The student politely responded that
. .

Exercise 4
Alok
: Where are you going, Mohan?
Mohan
: I am going to Dr Smiths house.
Alok
: Are you inviting him to your marriage?
Mohan
: Yes, I am.
Alok asked Mohan . Mohan told Alok that
.. . Alok asked him
.. . Mohan replied
........... .
Exercise 5
Teacher
Rajesh
Teacher

: Rajesh, why have you torn these pages from this book?
: I am sorry, Madam.
: You must pay the cost of the book. If you do such things next time, youll be given a
more severe punishment.
The teacher asked Rajesh Rajesh said
respectfully . The teacher told him that
.. . He further warned him
. .
Exercise 6
Mother
Rohit
Mother
Rohit

: Rohit, where did you go?

: Mom, I went to my friends house.
: Have you done your homework?
: Ill do it just now.

Mother asked Rohit . . Rohit replied that

.... His mother wanted to know
... . Rohit told her that
. .
Exercise 7
Mohan
: That girl is my sister.
John
: What is her name?
Mohan
: Her name is Kamala.
Mohan
: May I take your photograph, Kamala?
Mohan told John that .. . John asked him
. . Mohan told him
. John asked Kamala
.. .
Exercise 8
Renu
Somu
Renu
Somu

: Our new servant has a tendency to steal things.

: Is anything missing?
: Yes, he has stone one of our blankets.
: Which one?

Renu informed Somu that . . Somu asked her

. Renu replied ........... and added

that . Somu enquired

.. .
Exercise 9
Seema
Renu
Seema
Renu

: Renu, can you give me your notes for a day?

: You may take them tomorrow as I have not brought any today.
: May I come to your house to collect?
: You are always welcome.

Seema asked Renu .. . Renu told her that

.. Then Seema politely asked her
... . Renu replied that
. .
Exercise 10
Arun
Ashima
Aruna
Ashima

: When are you leaving for Delhi?

: Ill leave right after the examination.
: I can drop you at the station.
: Thanks, it will really help me.

Arun asked Ashima .. . Ashima told him that

.. Arun told her that
. Ashima .. him and said that
. .
Exercise 11.
Teacher
Alok
Teacher
Alok

: Alok, where do you want to go?

: Sir, I have to attend the marriage of my brother.
: Give a leave application for that.
: I have already given it to the monitor, Sir.

The teacher asked Alok .. . Alok politely

replied that . The teacher advised him
. Alok respectfully replied that
.
Exercise 12
Vipul
Sumit
Vipul
Sumit

: How are you?

: I am well, thank you?
: Have you come to this place recently?
: Yes, we moved in here only a few days ago.

Vipul asked Sumit . Sumit . him and said that

.. . Vipul wanted to know .
. Sumit replied . And added that
. .
Exercise 13

Mohan
Sohan
Mohan
Sohan

: Sohan, when will you return from Singapore?

: After a fortnight.
: Why are you going there?
: I am attending an interview.

Mohan asked Sohan . Sohan replied that

... . Mohan wanted to know
. . Sohan told him that
. .
Exercise 14
Teacher
Rima
Teacher
Rima

: Why didnt you do your homework?

: Sir, my mother had fallen ill.
: Did you take her to a doctor?
: Yes, Sir. The doctor advised her to have rest for a week.

The teacher asked Rima . . Rima politely replied

that ... . The teacher inquired
.... . Rima answered
. and added that . .
Exercise 15
Praveen
Anupam
Praveen
Anupam

: Is your brother returning from the USA?

: I dont know about it.
: Your father has told me he is expecting him soon.
: But he hasnt sent any communication in this regard.

Praveen asked Anupam . . Anupam informed

him that .. Praveen told him that
. But Anupam made it clear
.
Exercise 16
Teacher
Student
Teacher
Student

: Im surprised that you did not do this work.

: Im sorry, Sir. I was very busy last night.
: Ill keep you very busy now.
: I do not understand you, sir.

The teacher told the student that . The student

replied that . and added that he
. . The teacher told him
. . The student wondered and said
that. .
Exercise 17
Amita
Leena
Amita

: Where has Ashok gone?

: I do not know. What is the matter?
: Can you convey my message to him if you see him?

Amita asked Leena .. . Leena answered that

.... and asked concernedly
.. . Amita asked Leena
. .
Exercise 18
Doctor
Patient
Doctor
Patient

: Your blood pressure is dangerously high.

: What precautions should I take, doctor?
: Youll have to have just furits and salad diet for two weeks.
: Fine! I can announce that I have started a protest
against corruption in politics.
The doctor told the patient that . The patient asked
.. . The doctor
.. ... . The patients wittily remarked that
. .
Exercise 19
Judge
Accused
Judge
Accused

: Do you have anything to say in your defence?

: God knows I am innocent, My Lord.
: Well, you are lucky because I am sending you to Him right away.
: What did you mean, My Lord?

The judge asked the accused if . . The accused

.. . The judge told
as he .
. The confused accused asked the judge . .
Exercise 20
10. Rekha :
Amrit
Rekha
Amrit

: Hello! Amrit. What bus are you waiting for?

: I am waiting for No.14
: Dont you usually go by car?
: Yes, but my brother is using it today to take my mother to the
dentist.
Rekha greeted Amrit and asked him .
Amrit said that . . Rekha asked him further
. by car. Amrit replied that he did and said that
.. .
Exercise 22
11. Doctor
Sher Singh
Doctor
Sher Singh

: Where have come from boy?

: Haldwani.
: How did you carry your brother across the river in flood?
: I carried him on my back and waded through the water.

The doctor asked Sher Singh . Sher Singh replied that

. Then the doctor asked him
.. . Sher Singh answered that
.. .

Exercise 22
Hotel Keeper: Good evening, Sir. Would you like a single room?
Guest : Yes, I would like one facing the sea.
Hotel Keeper. We have Room 103, Sir. It has a beautiful view.