Practice Paper - 8

(A) 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 to the blank space.

Example: (0) named

Specific real life objects and activities like your television set or a game of football can be your thought starters and luck makers. There was once a famous writers ____0____ (name) Arthur J. Burks who ____1____ (boast) that he could take any object and make a story out of it. An interviewer for Reader's Digest once tested him by ____2____ (point) to a door knob. Burks went into a trance and ____3____ (come) up with the plot for a ____4____ (detect) story ____5____ (feature) a cache of stolen diamonds ____6____ (hide) in hollow interior of the knob. The ____7____ (interview) tiptoed away as the slow tap-tap of Burks' typewriter became ____8____ (increase) noisy, high speed clatter.

(B) Fill in each blank with an appropriate word:

1. He bore _________ the first prize in the competition.

2. He did not comply ________ the wishes of his father.

3. The bus broke ________ on the highway.

4. The old man was run _________ by a truck.

5. After the modifications, things are looking ________.

6. The Major agreed to carry ________ the Commander's orders.

7. We look ________ to our teachers as our guide.

8. The family always failed _________ want of help.

(C) Join the following sentences to make one complete sentence without using and , but or so.

1. He may run away anywhere. The police will arrest him.

2. When will you face the interview? Your selection depends on it.

3. We went to the market. We bought some biscuits.

4. The boy is still very weak. He must not play football yet.

(D) Rewrite the following sentences according to the instructions given after each. Make other changes that may be necessary, but do not change the meaning of each sentence.

Example :- He said to me, "Let us have breakfast". (Use: suggested)

Answer :- He suggested to me that we should have breakfast.

1. The children got lost because they did not have a map. (Begin: If the children ...)

2. I could not but feel sorry for her mother. (Begin: I could not help ...)

3. It looks as if Tanya has applied for the wrong job. (Begin: Tanya seems ...)

4. "I am sorry I gave you the wrong number," said Ritu to Ramesh. (Begin: Ritu apologized ...)

5. Gopi was left with a big fortune by her father. (Use: inherit)

6. There are eleven players in a football team. (Begin: A football team comprises ...)

7. He's getting so absent-minded; he can't go on working much longer. (Begin: He's getting too...)

8. When their parents died their uncle took care of them. (Use: brought up)