Read the paragraph given below and fill in the blanks with the help of options that follow:
A strong desire to (a)....... (travels / travel / travelling / travelled) beyond the blue, to fly (b) ....... (in / into/ on
/ above) the heavens and touch the stars was what Kalpana dream (c) ....... (in/about / for / of). Determined
to the core, she finally (d) ........ (succeed/ succeeds/ succeeded / succeeding) in making her vision (e) ......
(a/ the / that / an) reality. For this first India-born female, astronaut, (f) ....... (their/her/ his / your) castles in
the air had their foundation firmly embedded in reality.
In the passage given below, one word has been omitted in each line. Write the missing word
along with the word that comes before and the word that comes after it in your answer sheet.
Before Missing After
English is / useful language. The people is a useful
who speak English today make the a) ....... ......
largest speech community the world. b) ....... ......
A speech community is similar other c) ....... ......
kinds communities. The people who d) ....... ......
form speech community share a common e) ....... ......
language. Often they live side side as f) ....... ......
they in a neighbourhood, a village or a city. g) ....... ......
More often form the whole country. h) ....... ......
Read the dialogue and complete the passage given below.
Meenu : How did you get up that tree?
Rohan : I used a ladder of course. But someone went off with it while I was cutting this branch. Go and get
another one instead of just standing here asking silly questions.
Meenu asked Rohan (a) .......................... Rohan snapped angrily that (b) .......................... He added
that (c) ................... ................... He ordered Meenu (d) .....................................
Answers
A strong desire to travel beyond the blue, to fly into the heavens and touch the stars was what Kalpana dream about. Determined to the core, she finally succeeds in making her vision a reality. For this first India-born female, astronaut, her castles in the air had their foundation firmly embedded in reality.
Answer :
The correct paragraph, with the blanks duly filled in, is as follows :
A strong desire to (a) travel beyond the blue, to fly (b) into the heavens and touch the stars was what Kalpana dream (c) of. Determined to the core, she finally (d) succeeded in making her vision (e) a reality. For this first India-born female, astronaut, (f) her castles in the air had their foundation firmly embedded in reality.
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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.
Word Before Missing Word Word After
a) make up the
b) community in the
c) similar to other
d) kinds of communities
e) form a speech
f) side by side
g) they do in
h) often they form
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The passage as converted to indirect speech is :
Meenu asked Rohan (a) how he had got up that tree. Rohan snapped angrily that (b) he had used a ladder . He added that (c) someone had gone off with it while he was cutting that branch . He ordered Meenu (d) to go and get another one instead of just standing there asking silly questions .
Cambridge English Dictionary defines "indirect speech" as "the act of reporting something that was said, but not using exactly the same words."