Question

Fill in the blanks with appropriate words:

(i) Her parents live ________ New Delhi.

(ii) Joe‟s parents are sick ________ his behaviour.

(iii) Colonel Gurmeet congratulated the soldiers _______ their victory.

(iv) The planet was seen ________ the telescope.

(v) The news of his promotion came ________the next day.

(vi) He is not afraid _______ the consequences.

(vii) He rushed ______ the class as he was late.

(viii) The school is famous _______its sports achievements.

(c) Join the following sentences to make one complete sentence without

using and, but or so.

(i) Sonia asked a riddle. I was unable to solve it.

(ii) John helped Thomas. Thomas will always be grateful.

(iii) Rajan is a great Cricketer. He is also popular.

(iv) Adnan sang a wonderful song. It became a hit.

(d) Re-write the following sentences according to the instructions given after

each. Make other changes that may be necessary, but do not change the

meaning of each sentence.

(i) We had not even walked one kilometre when they stopped us.

(Begin: Hardly …………………)

(ii) The memory is so vivid that I will never forget it.

(Use „too‟ in place of „so‟)

(iii) That need not happen.

(Rewrite: using does.)

(iv) Food and sleep were all we cared about.

(Begin: All …………………….)

(v) We sat there face to face with our accuser.

(Begin: There ...............................)

(vi) Herbert consulted his parents before accepting the job offer.

(Begin: Herbert did not ………..)

(vii) Put your tools away, the children may fall over them

(Use: lest………………………)

(viii) It was the last time he saw his wife.

(Begin: Never……………………) ​

Answer 1

in

because

for

from

on

of

to

for

Answer 2

in , by , on, through, on, of ,into ,for
i was unable to solve the riddle asked by sonia
thomas will always be grateful to john as he helped him
beI'llng a great cricketer rajan is popular
adan sang a wonderful song which became hit
hardly had we walked one km when they stopped us
the menory eas too vivid to forget
it does not happen
all we cared about was food and sleep
herbert did not accept the job before consulting tbe parents
put ypur tools away lest the children should fall over them
never after that he saw his wife