Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions based on that. Our house is filled with photos. They cover the walls of my kitchen, dining room and den. I see our family’s entire history, starting with my wedding, continuing through the births of both sons, buying a home, family gatherings and vacations. When my sons were little, they loved to pose. They waved, danced, climbed trees, batted balls, hung upside down from the jungle gym and did anything for a picture. But when they reached adolescence, picture-taking changed into something they barely tolerated. Their bodies were growing at haphazard speeds. Reluctantly they stood with us or with their grandparents at birthday celebrations and smiled weakly at the camera for as short a time as possible. I am the chronicler of our photographs. I select those to be framed and arrange the others in albums. The process is addictive, and as the shelves that hold our albums become fuller and fuller, I wonder what will become of them. Will anyone look at these photographs in future years? If my sons look at them, what will they think of us and of themselves? One bright afternoon, I took some photographs of my father with my husband as they fished in a lake near our vacation house. As my sons and I sat on the shore and watched them row away, I picked the camera up and photographed the beautiful lake surrounded by green trees. The two men I loved gradually grew smaller until all I could see were my father’s red shirt, and the tan and blue caps on their heads. l My father died a week later, and suddenly those photos became priceless to me. I wept when I pasted them in our album. I wept again afterwards when I saw my younger son looking at them. It was a few days before he went away to college. He had taken all our albums down from the bookshelves in the den and spread
them out on the carpet. It had been a very long time since I had seen him doing this. Once he stopped posing for pictures, he seemed to lose interest in looking at them. But now he was on the verge of leaving home. This was his special time to look ahead and look back. I stood for a moment in the hall by the den, and then tiptoed away. I didn’t take a photo of my son that afternoon, but I will remember how he looked for as long as I live. Some pictures, I learned, don’t have to be taken with a camera. 1. Fill in the summary using one word only The author was (a) _____________about taking photographs and framing them. But she always (b) ___________ whether her sons would ever look at them. She was full of (c) ___________ when she pasted the pictures of her father’s last days in the album. She learnt that some pictures always (d) _________in one’s mind without a camera. 2. Two examples that show that the author’s sons were averse to taking photographs are: (a) _______________________ (b) _______________________ 3. Give words that mean the same as 1. not organized or planned (para 1) 2. one who records events in order (para 2) 3. very valuable (para 3) 4. continued engagement with an activity (para 2)
4. The following passage has not been edited. There is an error in each line. Write the incorrect word and the correct word in the answer sheet against the correct blank number. Wrong correct “Either you or your friend Shalu have stolen my note (a) ...………. ..…..…… book”, shouted Shreya. Neither I nor my friend were (b)…………….. ………… your culprit, said Shalu. We both are not in the class since (c)…………….. ………… morning. We are out for the annual day function. (d)…………… ………… But who are the culprit then? asked Shreya. (e)…………….. ………… I don’t know that but we both were not guilty. (f)…………….. …………
5. In the passage given below, some words are missing. Choose the correct word from the given options to complete the passage meaningfully. (½x8=4 marks) The first test tube baby turtle (a) ___________ born last month in California. The story began (b) _________ a broken turtle egg (c) _________ on the seashore. Scientists (d) __________ to work carefully bringing up (e)
___________ baby turtle which has now (f) ___________. this winter the turtle (g). ___________ be returned (h) ___________ the sea. (a) (i) was born (ii) were born (iii) is born (iv) are born (b) (i) where (ii) which (iii) when (iv) who (c) (i) is find (ii) was found (iii) are finding (iv) found (d) (i) get (ii) are getting (iii) gets (iv) have got (e) (i) a (ii) an (iii) are (iv) the (f) (i) have grown (ii) is grown (iii) grown (iv) are grown (g) (i) might (ii) could (iii) must (iv) would (h) (i) to (ii) at (iii) in (iv) into
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Answer :
1. The author was (a) crazy about taking photographs and framing them. But she always (b) wondered whether her sons would ever look at them. She was full of (c) emotions when she pasted the pictures of her father’s last days in the album. She learnt that some pictures always (d) remain in one’s mind without a camera.
2. Two examples that show that the author’s sons were averse to taking photographs are:
a) They stood with other members for the photographs reluctantly.
b) They smiled weakly at the camera.
The answer can be found in the lines 'Reluctantly they stood with us or with their grandparents at birthday celebrations and smiled weakly at the camera for as short a time as possible.'
3.1 The word from the passage that means the same as 'not organized or planned' is 'haphazard.'
Cambridge English Dictionary defines 'haphazard' as 'not having an obvious order or plan.'
3.2 The word from the passage that means the same as 'one who records events in order' is 'chronicler.'
Oxford Dictionary defines 'chronicler' as 'A person who writes accounts of important or historical events.'
3.3 The word from the passage that means the same as 'very valuable' is 'priceless.'
Cambridge English Dictionary defines 'priceless' as ' A priceless object has such a high value, especially because it is rare, that the price of it cannot be calculated.'
3.4 The word from the passage that means the same as 'continued engagement with an activity' is 'addictive.'
Cambridge English Dictionary defines 'addictive' as 'An addictive activity or food is one that you cannot stop doing or eating once you have started.'
4. Cambridge English Dictionary defines "edit" as "to make changes to a text, film, etc., correcting mistakes or removing some parts, especially in order to prepare it for being printed or shown."
The purpose of editing exercises is to make students proficient in proof reading by helping them to identify and correct errors in a text.
The errors in the given passage along with their corrections are as follows :
Incorrect Correct
(a) have has
(b) were is
(c) are were
(d) are were
(e) are is
(f) were are
5. Cambridge English Dictionary defines "edit" as "to make changes to a text, film, etc., correcting mistakes or removing some parts, especially in order to prepare it for being printed or shown."
The purpose of editing exercises is to make students proficient in proof reading by helping them to identify and correct errors in a text.
The correct passage is :
The first test tube baby turtle (a) was born last month in California. The story began (b) when a broken turtle egg (c) was found on the seashore. Scientists (d) have got to work carefully bringing up (e) the baby turtle which has now (f) grown. This winter the turtle (g) would be returned (h) to the sea.