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English Précis &Composition

TEST NO.0075
TIME: 30 MINUTES
1Re-writethe following correctly:
1.0ur only guide were the stars
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2. I wish I was a child again
3. The leader besides his followers were arrested
4. Neither you nor l are guilty
5. Wanted a stool for a lady with three legs
6.Itake your leave now
7. Suffice to say, you are at fault
8. Whom do you think is the best
actor?
9. He is one of those persons who never
shirks work
10. Describe the reason of an
11. Afive men deputation metearthquake
the governor
12.I willdine at my uncle's house today
2.Tick the correct one-word substitution:
1.0ne who cannot be corrected
(a) hardened (b) incurable (c) incorrigible
2.One who does not know how to save money
(a) lavish (b) reckless (c) spendthrift
3. Handwriting that cannot be read
(a) illegible (b) unreadable (c) dim
4. Indifference to pleasure or pain
(a) patience (b) docility (c) stoicism
5.Incapable of being wounded
(a) infallible (b) invulnerable (c) invinçible
6.]oint sovereignty exerci_ed over a coùntry by two or more countries
(a) pandemonium (b)conddminium (c) entente
7.Killing of one's own brother
(a) murder (b) matricidetc) fratricide
8. Aman whose wife has beeniunfathful to him
(a) cuckold (b) dandy (c) bastard
9. Asongsung ataburial
(a) dirge(b) elegy () ballad
10.A ride on someone else's baçk or shoulders
(a) kickback (b) piggyback (c) cuddle
3.Jdentify the followingahyphenated words:
Drop-dead, topsyaturvy run-in, last-ditch, washed-up, fly-leaf, pent-up,cast-off, lock-step,
1. After sudden resignation of CEO, the entire company stood derring-do,
Soldiers marched in
Screaming at the top of your voice is a good way of venting frustration
4. In a ---- attempt to save his party from electoral defeat, he resigned from the leadership
5. They gave him a coat which was too large for him
6.He on the squash court at the age of 35
7.It is high time to give up your attitude and look after family
8. The author gave me her book and wrote favourite texts on the
9.Ihad a with my boss yesterday
10.The tragedy of being an actress in cine-world is that one is all by the time one is 35