TEST PAPER: 11
TEST PAPER : 12
Question 5
(i) Fill in each of the numbered blanks with the correct form of the word given in brackets, Do not copy the passage but write in correct serial order the word or phrase appropriate to the blank space.
Example: ( could
Frederick the Great, king of Prussia ,y not sleep one night and called the guard in the antechambering him a book. The guard, who 2 (say) up several nights, had fallen asleep on duty. When no one (answer), the king got up and saw that the guard had fallen asleep while (write something. It was a letter to his mother:
"Mother, Heel very sleepy because 15 stand) guard for the last few nights, although it was not my tum. I did this in order to earn more money and send it to you. I and sending you some money now that I rem) this way."
Reading this, the king returned to his room, (tab) a handful of gold coins and put them on the paper without awake the guard.
Ans.
(1) couldn't
(2) stayed
(3) answered
(4) writing
(5) was standing
(6) am sending
(7) this way
(8) took
TEST PAPER : 13
Question 5
(i) Fill in each of the numbered blanks with the correct form of the word given in brackets, Do not copy the passage but write in correct serial order the word or phrase appropriate to the blank space.
Example: (0) dealing
Till 1879, Procter and Gamble were in trouble. Thomas Edison 1 0. (deal) in candles But the company was (invent) the light bulb, and it looked as if candles had become obsolete. Their fears 2 (become) reality when the market for candles plummeted since they were then sold only for special occasions.
However, at this time, it seemed that destiny 3 (play) a dramatic role in 4 (pull) the struggling company out from the clutches of bankruptcy. A forgetful employee at a small factory forgot to turn off his machine when he went for lunch. When he 5 (go) back, there was a 6 (froth) mass of lather filled with air bubbles. He almost threw the stuff away but then he decided to make it into soap. The soap 7 (float) on water Thus, Ivory Floating Soap Gamble Company. 8. (born) and became the mainstay of the Procter and Gamble Company.
(0) dealt
(1) invented
(2) became
(3) played
(4) pulling
(5) returned
(6) frothy
(7) floated
(8) was born
Note:
- (6) "frothy" describes the soap's texture, filled with air bubbles.
- (8) "was born" implies the origin or creation of Ivory Floating Soap.
TEST PAPER : 14
Question 5
(1) Fill in each of the numbered blanks with the correct form of the word given in brackets, Do not copy the passage but write in correct serial order the word or phrase appropriate to the blank space 14
Example: (0) were
Lil and Else 0 (be) the daughters of a washerwoman and a jailbird. Why Mrs Kelvey, their mother, made them so conspicuous was hard 1 (understand). The 2 (true) was that they 3 (dress) in 'bits' given to her by the people for whom she worked. Lil was a stout, plain child, with big freckles. And her little sister, Else, was a tiny wishbone of a child, with 4 (crop) hair and enormous solemn eyes-a little white owl. Nobody 5 (see) her smile; she scarcely ever spoke. She went through life 6. (hold) on Lil, with a piece of Lil's skirt screwed up in her hand. Where Lil went, Else 7. (follow). In the playground, on the road going to and from school, there was Lil 8 (march) in front and Else holding on behind.
Ans.
(0) were
(1) to understand
(2) truth
(3) were dressed
(4) a crop
(5) ever saw
(6) holding
(7) would follow
(8) marching
Note:
- (4) "a crop" refers to a short haircut.
- (7) "would follow" maintains consistency with the narrative's tense.
TEST PAPER : 15
Question 5
(6) Fill in each of the numbered blanks with the correct form of the word given in brackets Do not copy the passage but write in correct serial order the word or phrase appropriate to the blank space [4]
Example: (0) employed
In the olden days, when merchant ships usually 0. (employ) teenage boys as part of the crew, a lad 1 (apply) for one of these jobs. The owner of the 2 (ship) company asked him what he 3 (can) do. "I can do my best," the boy answered, "to do what you are kind enough 4. (let) me try" "What have you done?" asked the owner "I 5 (saw) and split wood for my mother for nearly two years," replied the boy "What have you not done?" asked the employer. After some 6 (think) the boy said, "I have not gossiped in school for over a year" "That is enough," said the merchant, "I 7 (take) you aboard my vessel and I hope some day 8 (see) you as its captain. A boy who can master a wood-pile and control his tongue must have good stuff in him."
Ans.
(0) employed
(1) applied
(2) shipping
(3) do
(4) to let
(5) sawed
(6) thinking
(7) will take
(8) will see
SPECIMEN PAPER: 1
Question 5
(i) Fill in each of the numbered blanks with the correct form of the word given in brackets. Do not copy the passage but write in correct serial order the word or phrase appropriate to the blank space.
Rikki-tikki knew better than to waste time in staring. He looked all round. He chattered with rage. But Nag and Nagaina had already disappeared into the grass. When a snake misses its stroke, it never says anything or gives any sign of what it means to do next. Rikki-tikki did not care to follow them, for he could not manage two snakes at once. So, he trotted off to the gravel path, and sat down to think. He felt sure that he was not mistaken. It was a serious matter for him.
