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c) What is the present participle/gerund of the word ‘proved’ (para 2)?
i) prove ii) proven iii) proving
c) What word in the passage means ‘to make someone think about something again’ (para 4)?
i) reminded ii) released iii) realized
SECTION B – WRITING AND GRAMMAR (30 Marks)
3. Write a letter to the Municipal Commissioner, Yelahanka, Bangalore, complaining about the
accumulation of garbage outside your building. You are Prashant Sharma/Preethi Sharma,
residing at Prestige Gardens, Avalahalli, Yelahanka. (8)
4. Complete the story in about 150 – 200 words, providing an appropriate title to it. (10)
It was raining heavily, the street lights had gone off and I was returning home after watching
the late night show of a movie. Suddenly.........
5. Fill in the blanks with appropriate form of verbs given in the bracket: (4)
Corn, which is also (a) __________ (know) as maize, is often used in western as well as Chinese
cooking. Corn on the cob is delicious when it is (b) __________ (steam) and (c) __________
(eat) hot with butter and salt (d) __________ (rub) on it. It can also be made into corn syrup
and included in a (e) __________ (various) of desserts and local cakes. This cereal was first (f)
__________ (grow) by the Indians in Mexico. It has now gained popularity and grown (g)
__________ (extensive) in other countries. It is also (h) __________ (relative) easy to grow.
6. The following sentences have not been edited. There is an error in each sentence against
which a blank is given. Write the incorrect word and the correction in the space provided. (4)
Incorrect
Correct
7.
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The Sun rise in the east.
Nobody knows how many stars are on space.
An full NASA space suit costs $12,000,000.
Neutron stars can spin 600 time per second.
a)
b)
c)
d)
7. Rearrange the following words in the proper sequence to form meaningful sentences and
punctuate the sentences. (4)
a) inventions/our/life/easier/made/many/have
b) time/inventions/our/effort/save/and
c) fire/wheel/are/and/some of the/inventions/man/of/greatest
d) is/invention/of/necessity/mother/the
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a) Many inventions have made our life easier . b) inventions save our time and effort . c)Some of the greatest inventions of man are fire wheel.
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