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4. Fill in the blanks with suitable articles and prepositions :
The city reeled_______ the impact of incessant rain yesterday. Life came_____ a standstill as _____public transport system was thrown into utter disarray.
5. Do as directed:1×4=4
(i) They were proud of their ancestors.
[Rewrite using the verb form of 'proud"]
(ii) Where did you go? Please tell me.
[Join using noun clause]
(iii) Mr Sen said to his son, "Did you finish your homework?"
[Change the mode of narration)
(iv) That night an earthquake hit the town.
[Change the voice]
6. Choose the correct phrasal verbs from the list given below to replace the words underlined. Write the correct phrasal verbs in the boxes on the right-hand side changing the form where necessary. There is an extra phrasal verb in the list given below :
'i) The evening starts early in winter.
ii) Two friends quarrelled for nothing.
(iii)Smoking affects our health.
[List: call up, tell upon, set in, fall out]
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4. Write the correct alternative to fill in the blanks:
When I entered the house something____smelling / smells / smelt) awful. Someone ______(had been cooking/has cooked / was cooking) and ______ (burn/burnt/has burnt) the meal.
5. Replace the underlined words with suitable phrasal verbs from the list given below :
(i) The girl could not understand what the teacher said.
(ii) I could not tolerate that rude behaviour.
(iii) They investigated the matter carefully.
[List: look into, look for, put up with, make out]
7. Do as directed:
(i) A lost moment is lost forever
[Turn into a complex sentence]
(ii) They will surely do this.
[Change the voice]
(iii) Can anyone hope to live forever ?
[Make it an assertive sentence]
(iv) Seeing a snake, the boy shouted.[Change into a compound sentence]
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3. Do as directed:
(i) A man of wisdom is respected by all.[Make it a complex sentence]
(ii) Time which is once lost is lost forever.
[Make it a simple sentence]
(iii) If you do not work hard, you will not pass.
[Make it a compound sentence]
iv) On reaching his office, he called his wife. ([Rewrite the sentence with 'As soon as......']
(v) Nobody will deny that your friend did his best.
[Turn into an affirmative sentence]
(vi) If you water these plants, they will not wither.
[Rewrite using 'unless']
(vii) This is not the way to behave.
[Make it interrogative]
(viii) She said, "May God be with you!"
[Change the mode of narration]
(ix) I met my friend by chance on the way.
[Replace the underlined word with a phrasal verb with 'come']
(x) We haven't met in ages, lets' catch___sometime soon.
[Fill in the blank with an appropriate preposition ]
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4. Fill in the blanks with proper forms of verbs given in the brackets:
He _______(ask) me to come early but he came late. When everyone______(wait) for him, the light suddenly______(go) off.
5. Do as directed:
(i) I offered him a job.[Change the voice]
(ii)As soon as he reached home, it started raining heavily.[Change into a negative sentence]
(iii) The man was too tired to carry the load.[Omit 'too' and rewrite]
6. Use the phrasal verbs given below in the place of the underlined words :
(i) Read the book carefully.
(ii) He rejected my proposal.
(iii) The child resembled his mother.
List: turn down, take after, put on, go through]
7. Find out words from the unseen passage in question no 3 which mean the following:
(i) brothers or sisters:
(ii) esteemed:
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