TEST 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. [4]
Example: (0) added
A new sensation has been ……0…. (add) to the life of the transatlantic traveller on the steamship, 'La Provence'. The little floating island is now ……1…… (attach) to the world from which it ……2…. (be) once quite free. A bond unites the travellers even in the very heart of the ……3….. (water) wastes of the Atlantic. That bond is the wireless telegraph, by means of which we receive news in the most mysterious manner. We know fully well that the message is not ……4..….(transport) by the medium of a hollow wire. No, the mystery is even more inexplicable, more ……5……. (romance), and we must have recourse to the wings of the air in order to explain this new miracle. During the first day of the voyage, we ……6..….. (feel) that we were being followed, ……7……. (escort), preceded even, by that distant voice, which, from time to time, whispered to one of us a few words from the ……8..….. (recede) world.
Ans. (0) added, (1) attached, (2) was, (3) watery, (4) transported, (5) romantic, (6) felt, (7) escorted, (8) receding
TEST PAPER: 2
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) comfortable
The transatlantic steamship La Provence was a swift and ……0……. (comfort) vessel, commanded by a most affable man. The passengers...…1…… (constitute) a select and delightful society. The charm of meeting new acquaintances along with ……2….. (improvise) amusements help the passengers to stay together. This raises a question - how much ……3…… (original) and spontaneity ……4…… (emanate) from these different individuals who, on the earlier, did not even know each other, and who are now for several days, forced to lead a life of extreme ……5……. (intimate)? They jointly ……6…….(defy) the anger of the ocean, the terrible onslaught of the waves, the violence of the tempest and the……7……… (agonise) monotony of the calm and sleepy water. That is why, perhaps we embark upon that short voyage with ……8………(mingle) feelings of pleasure and fear.
Ans. (0) comfortable, (1) constituted, (2) improvised, (3) originality, (4) emanated, (5) intimacy, (6) defied, (7) agonising, (8) mingled
TEST PAPER: 3
(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) leaving
One week before ……0….. (leave) we…1….. (phone) all the students and ……2….. (tell) them that we would meet at the airport information desk two hours before the plane leaves. We all……3…….. (board) the plane together. Last year one student got……4…….. (lose) and 1 ……5….. (call) the airport's police. It took us two hours to find him, we ……….. (miss) our plane and ……7….. (catch) the next one. So this year we had to be better ……8……… (organise).
Ans. (0) leaving, (1) phoned, (2) told, (3) boarded, (4) lost, (5) called, (6) missed, (7) caught(8) organised
TEST PAPER: 4
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) greedy
1 am very ……0…… (greed), especially for cream cakes, and drastically over-weight. Despite my doctor's advice to go on a diet, I cannot. I have……1…….. (try) hundreds of times. I always ……2…..(start) with good intentions, but when 1 ……3…… (see) something 1 ….4.…… (like), 1 ……5….. (fall) into the trap and indulged again. Much to my sorrow, my wife ……6..…. (book) me into one of those ……7……. (slim) centres. Even she thinks I am too fat. I do not believe they work. She says "you will not know until you have tried." I have to leave tomorrow, I have decided that today I am going to have a binge while my wife is out ……8.….(make) final arrangements with the doctor.
Ans. (0) greedy, (1) tried, (2) start, (3) see, (4) I like, (5) to fall, (6) booked, (7) slimming, (8) to make
TEST PAPER: 5
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: visited
People ……0…(visit) a wise man ……1 ……(complain) about the same problems over and over again. One day, he ……2….(decide) to tell them a joke and they all……3.…..(roar) with …4…..(laugh). After a few minutes, he ……5……(tell) them the same joke and only a few of them ……6..…. (smile). Then he told the same joke for the third time, but no one ……7..….. (laugh) or smiled anymore. The wise man smiled and said, "You cannot laugh at the same joke over and over. So why are you always……8……..(cry) about the same problem?"
Ans. (0) visited, (1) to complain, (2) decided (3) roared, (4) laughter, (5) told, (6) smiled, (7) laughed, (crying)
TEST PAPER: 6
(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. [4]
Example: (0) hid
In ancient times, a king had his men place a boulder on a roadway. He then ……0….. (hide) in the bushes, and watched to see if anyone would move the boulder out of the way. Some of the king's wealthiest merchants and courtiers ……1..….(pass) by and simply walked around it. Many people ……2…(blame) the King for not ……3….(keep) the roads clear, but none of them did anything about ……4……. (get) the stone removed.
One day, a peasant came along ……5….. (carry) vegetables. Upon approaching the boulder, the peasant ……6….. (lay) down his burden and tried to push the stone out of the way. After much pushing and straining, he finally ……7…… (manage) to push aside the boulder.
After the peasant went back to pick up his vegetables, he noticed a purse lying on the road where the boulder had been. The purse contained gold coins and a note from the King ……8..….(explain) that the gold was for the person who removed the boulder from the road.
Ans. (0) hid, (1) passed, (2) blamed, (3) keeping, (4) getting, (5) carrying, (6) laid, (7) managed, (8) explaining
TEST PAPER: 7
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. [4]
Example: (0) lived
An old man……0….. (live) in the village. The whole village was……1….. (tire) of him. He constantly ……2….. (complain) and was always in a bad mood.
One day, when he……3…… (turn) eighty, an incredible thing ……4……. (happen). Instantly everyone started ……5..….. (hear) the rumour: “The old man is happy today, he does not complain about anything; he smiles, and even his face is ……6..…. (fresh) up."
The whole village…7……. (gather) around the man and asked him, "What happened to you?" The old man replied, "Nothing special. Eighty years I've been chasing …………. (happy) and it was useless. And then I decided to live without happiness and just enjoy life. That's why I am happy now."
Ans. (1) tired, (2) complained, (3) turned, (4) happened, (5) to hear, (6), freshened, (7) gathered, (8) happiness
TEST PAPER: 8
(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. (4)
Example: (0) sold
Once, there was a farmer who regularly ………0……..(sell) butter to a baker. One day, the baker ……1……(decide) to weigh the butter to see if he was ……2…….. (gt) the exact amount that he asked for. He ……3…….(find) out that he was not, so he ……4……. (take) the farmer to court.
The judge ……5….. (ask) the farmer if he uses any measure to weigh the butter. The farmer replied, "Your Honor, I am primitive. I do not have a proper measure."
The judge replied, "Then how do you weigh the butter?"
The farmer replied, "Your Honour, long before the baker started……6……. (buy) butter from me, I have been buying a pound loaf of bread from him. Every day, when the baker ……7…….. (bring) the bread, I put it on the scale and ……8……(give) him the same weight in butter. If anyone is to be blamed, it is the baker. If anyone is to be blamed, it is the baker."
Ans. (1) decided, (2) getting, (3) found, (4) took, (5) asked, (6) buying, (7) brings, (8) give
TEST PAPER: 9
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) Dishing
……0……. (Dish) out a……1…….. (perform) for the ages, India's men's badminton team ……2.…. (lift) the Thomas Cup title with a …3……. (command) 3-0 win over powerhouse Indonesia in May 2022, a historic triumph that ……4…….(enhance) country's status in the sport. World Championships medalist Lakshya Sen. Kidambi Srikanth and doubles players Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy delivered when it ……5…….. (matter) most, as they stunned the 14-time champions ……6……..(win) the prestigious team championship for the first time ever.
An incredible week culminated in a fitting manner for Indian badminton as the country..…7……. never (reach) the summit clash of the world's most prestigious team event before. The underdog Indian side had not even reached the last-four stage since 1979. But this time they ended up ……8…… (upset) formidable Malaysia and Denmark en route the summit clash.
Ans. (1) performance, (2) lifted, (3) commanding, (4) enhanced, (5) mattered, (6) winning, (7) had never reached, (8) upsetting
TEST PAPER: 10
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. [4]
Example: (0) launched
Chandi Prasad Bhatt ……0…… (launch) a public campaign, ……1……. (know) as the 'Chipko’ Movement, to protect the trees against the axe. In this movement, village women ……2…..(play) an active role. They took up their positions with each ……3..…. (hug) a tree by enveloping the trunk in their arms. This……4..….. (do) to warn the contractors that if they wanted ……5…… (cut) down a tree, they would have to attack the protestors first. Bhatt himself ……6…….. (surprise) at the success of the movement and at the protectors' positive participation to prevent the felling of trees. This unusual movement was successful as it ………..(base) on the principle of non-violence and ………..(focus) on the sentimental feelings of the local inhabitants who treated trees as their family members.
Ans. (1) known, (2) played, (3) hugging, (4) was done, (5) cut, (6) was surprised, (7) was based, (8) focused
TEST PAPER: 11
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. [4]
Example: (0) made
In recent years, significant progress has been ……0…… (make) in the ……1…. (develop) of electrified roads and wireless charging technology. In 2016, France ……2….. (develop) the world's longest photovoltaic road, ……3…… (cover) a distance of one kilometer and ……4….. (equip) with 2,880 square meters of photovoltaic electric panels. This road had been designed in such a way so as to generate sufficient power to not only charge Electric Vehicles (EVs) but also provide surplus energy for streetlights in nearby towns. However, the test results ……5…… (fall) short of expectations because of ……6……. (reduce) sunlight ……7…….(expose), leaf cover, and the impact of vehicles, including tractors, ……8……... (cause) wear and tear.
Ans. (1) development, (2) developed, (3) covering, (4) equipped, (5) fell,(6) reduced, (7) exposure, (8) causing
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. (4)
Example: could
Frederick the Great, king of Prussia, ……0….not sleep one night and called the guard in the antechamber ……1…….. (bring) him a book. The guard, who ……2…… (stay) up several nights, had fallen asleep on duty. When no one ……3……..(answer), the king got up and saw that the guard had fallen asleep while ……4…….. (write) something. It was a letter to his mother:
"Mother, I feel very sleepy because I ……5…..(stand) guard for the last few nights, although it was not my turn. I did this in order to earn more money and send it to you. I am sending you some money now that I ……6…….(earn) this way."
Ans. (1) to bring, (2) had been staying, (3) answered, (4) writing, (5) had been standing, (6) have earned, (7) took, (8) awakening
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. (4)
Example: (0) dealing
Till 1879, Procter and Gamble were……0…... (deal) in candles. But the company was in trouble. Thomas Edison …1…….(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 ………8…… (born) and became the mainstay of the Procter and Gamble Company.
Ans. (1) invented, (2) became, (3) played, (4) pulling, (5) went, (6) frothy, (7) floated, (8) was born
TEST PAPER : 14
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. (4)
Example: (0) were
Lil and Else ……0……. (be) the daughters of a washerwoman and a jailbird (convict/prisoner). 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 (tils). 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 ……….. (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. (1) to understand, (2) truth, (3) were dressed, (4) cropped, (5) ever saw, (6) holding, (7) followed/would follow, (8) marching
TEST PAPER : 15
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. [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. (1) applied, (2) shipping, (3) could, (4) to let, (5) sawed, (6) thinking, (7) will take, (8) to 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. (4)
(0) Rikki-tikki ………….(know) better than to waste time in staring.
Answer: knew
Rikki-tikki was angry. He sat back on his tail and hind legs, and ……1……. (look) all round him, ……2……(chatter) with rage. But Nag and Nagaina……3..…… (disappear) already into the grass. When a snake misses its stroke, it never……4……..(say) anything or ……5……… (give) any sign of what it means to do next. Rikki-tikki did not care to follow them, for he did not ………6……… (feel) sure that he ………7……… (can) manage two snakes at once. So, he trotted off to the gravel path, and sat down to think. It ………8……. (is) a serious matter for him.
Ans. (1) looked, (2) chattered, (3) had already disappeared, (4) says, (5) gives, (6) feel, (7) could, (8) was
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