Question 1.

Rearrange the following words and phrases to form meaningful sentences. The first
one has been done as an example:

other species/ human species/the/of/ many/ the/ very existence/ is threatening.

The human species is threatening the very existence of many other species.

1. of nature/biodiversity/the/is/variety of life forms/interact to support/ that/

and sustain/ balance/ the
____________________________________
2. consumed/as/grows,/ more and more of / Earth’s/ the / resources/ are/
human population/the
____________________________________
3. extinction/ crisis / explosive/ an/ consumption / had led / growth and / an
____________________________________
4. that have/ Earth’s history/ mass extinctions / the/ threatens/ periodically
during/ occurred/ the/and to surpass
____________________________________
5. one everyday/ scientists/ that/ estimate/ rate off species are
disappearing/ the / at

Question 2:

Edit the following narrative by choosing the appropriate word from the options
given at the end of the paragraph.

6. (a) Wander along the streets of New York City, my daughters and (b) me stop
at shoe stores wherever we (c) happens to be. This is their choice. These
women, who as little (d) girl, teetered around the house (e) balances like
cranes in my mother’s high heels. I (f) sits on the bench and wait while they
try on shoe (g) on shoe readjusting their positions in (h) a mirror, eyes
downcast considering their feet. “So?” one of them (i) will ask me. “What do
you think of these?” “I love them,” I say about (j) a pairs.

7. (a) (i) wandered

(ii) wandering
(iii) were wandering
(iv) was wandering

8. (b) (i) they

(ii) I
(iii) we
(iv) us
9. (c) (i) happen
(ii) happened
(iii) are happening
(iv) are happened
 10. (d) (i) girls
(ii) woman
(iii) boys
(iv) people
11. (e) (i) are balancing
(ii) is balancing
(iii) balanced
(iv) balance
12. (f) (i) sit
(ii) am sitting
(iii) sat
(iv) was sitting
13. (g) (i) after
(ii) before
(iii) in
(iv) by
14. (h) (i) that
(ii) the
(iii) their
(iv) x
15. (i) (i) is asking
(ii) asks
(iii) are asking
(iv) asked
16. (j) (i) very
(ii) few
(iii) some
(iv) all

Question 3: On the basis of the newspaper headlines given, complete the

sentences with the options give below each.

(a) China Develops Medical Robot

A Polytechnic University in China ………………… that can conduct
surgeries.

i) have developed a medical robot

ii) has developed a medical robot
iii) is developing a medical robot
iv) will be developing a medical robot

(b) Bomb Blast Kills 17 Soldiers

A bomb blast in the cantonment area of Islamabad ……………………

i) killed 17 soldiers
ii) has killed 17 soldiers
iii) had killed 17 soldiers
iv) have killed 17 soldiers
(c) Suchitra Sen in Hospital
Bengali actress, Suchitra Sen …………………. with high blood pressure
and fever.

i) was admitted into hospital

ii) is admitted into hospital
iii) had been admitted into hospital

iv) has been admitted into hospital

Question 4
The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in each of
the lines. Write the incorrect word and the correction in your answer sheet
as given below against the correct blank number. Remember to underline
the word you have supplied.

Newton had a little dog name Diamond

name (incorrect) / named (correct)
One day when he is fifty
years (a)
old, he went out of his room, left
the (b)
dog asleep. On the table lie
his (c)
papers. They contained all the discovery
which (d)
he had made while the last twenty years.
When (e)
he was gone, down rose little Diamond.
He (f)
jumped upon the table and overthrow the
lighted (g)
candle. The papers caught fire. They were
reduce (h)
to a heap of ashes.

Question 5

Read the following conversation carefully and complete the following

passage.
Ruby: Raj, how is your knee today? Is it still giving trouble?
Raj: No. It feels a lot better today. I went to a doctor and he told me it was
only a pulled ligament. I should be fine for Saturday’s game.
Ruby: Great. But why don’t you take it easy today? Maybe just practice
throwing. Don’t do any running.
Raj: OK.

Ruby asked Raj (a) ……………… and if it was still giving him trouble. Raj
replied that (b) ……………. He told him that he had gone to the doctor, who
(c) …………….. that it was only a pulled ligament. He (d) …………….. for
Saturday’s game. Ruby then suggested that he should take in easy that
day and just practice throwing and not do any running.