I. Read the following passage. Fill in the blanks by choosing the most appropriate options from the ones given below. Write the answer in your answer sheet against the correct blanks. Do not copy the whole passage.
1. Thinking negatively will get negative results because your thoughts create a negative
atmosphere which is hospitable (a) ____________ negative results. On the contrary, (b)
_____________ thinking positively you can create a positive atmosphere which makes
positive results a certainty. To cultivate positive thinking, you should speak hopefully
(c)__________ everything.
(a) (i) of (ii) on (iii) to (iv) in
(b) (i) at (ii) by (iii) on (iv) of
(c) (i) among (ii) over (iii) across (iv) about
2. The naughty children walked (a) ____________ flower beds, climbed the fruit trees (b) _____________ plucked unripe fruits and they (c) __________ pits on the garden path.
(a) (i) among (ii) over (iii) across (iv) about
(b) (i) and (ii) but (iii) therefore (iv) since
(c) (i) dig (ii) digging (iii) digs (iv) dug
3. Reading a novel or a short story (a) ____________ second language could dramatically
(b) _____________ physiological responses to emotions such (c) __________ smiling.
(a) (i) of (ii) in (iii) from (iv) in
(b) (i) reduce (ii) reduces (iii) reduced (iv) reducing
(c) (i) like (ii) similar to (iii) as (iv) alike
II. The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in each line against
which a blank has been given. Write the incorrect word and the correction in your
answer sheet against the correct blank number given in the example. Remember to
underline the word that you have supplied.
1. Error Correction
INCORRECT CORRECT
The road to success is no a bed of roses. e.g.: no not
Only those who wade on hazards and hurdles _________ _________
can achieve successful. Set yourself clear goals _________ _________
and define precisely what you wants to do. _________ _________
Goals provide direction for your behaviour _________ _________
or guide your actions or thoughts. Specific goals _________ _________
are better than general ones. Every parts _________ _________
of your body is full of that idea. Winners do not _________ _________
do different things, they does things differently. _________ _________
2. Error Correction
Her duties for the day were over. e.g.: for of
She had scrub the floor of the kitchen,
washed the vessels and put them on a
shining row on an wooden shelf, returned
the short scrubbing broom to it’s corner
and close the kitchen window.
3. Error Correction
If there is a perfect mountain valley of the world e.g.: of in
it is certainly the magnificence valley of Kashmir.
It is surrounded by a snow-capped, lofty
mountains which make it a land for springs
and beautiful lakes. For the past hundreds
years the beauty of Kashmir have held the
visitors spellbound. Srinagar, the chief cities
of the valley or the summer capital of
Jammu and Kashmir lying on the banks of the river
Jhelum.
III. Rearrange the following words and phrases to form meaningful sentences :
(a) coloured bus / children / we saw / full of / a yellow / excited / _______________________________________________________________________
(b) they were / we guessed / on the / planetarium / way / to the / _______________________________________________________________________
(c) part / this / study tour / of their / was / _______________________________________________________________________
(d) 12,000 species / all over / there are / of ants / the world / more than
_______________________________________________________________________
(e) or groups / who live in / social insects / they are/ small colonies _______________________________________________________________________
(f) of millions / ant colonies / of ants / can consist _______________________________________________________________________
(g) dormant volcano /a / in/ Mount Kilimanjaro/ Tanzania / is _______________________________________________________________________
(h) highest /Africa/ it is / mountain/ in / the
_______________________________________________________________________
(i) has been / many / it / the subject of / studies / scientific _______________________________________________________________________
1. Thinking negatively will get negative results because your thoughts create a negative
atmosphere which is hospitable (a) ____________ negative results. On the contrary, (b)
_____________ thinking positively you can create a positive atmosphere which makes
positive results a certainty. To cultivate positive thinking, you should speak hopefully
(c)__________ everything.
(a) (i) of (ii) on (iii) to (iv) in
(b) (i) at (ii) by (iii) on (iv) of
(c) (i) among (ii) over (iii) across (iv) about
2. The naughty children walked (a) ____________ flower beds, climbed the fruit trees (b) _____________ plucked unripe fruits and they (c) __________ pits on the garden path.
(a) (i) among (ii) over (iii) across (iv) about
(b) (i) and (ii) but (iii) therefore (iv) since
(c) (i) dig (ii) digging (iii) digs (iv) dug
3. Reading a novel or a short story (a) ____________ second language could dramatically
(b) _____________ physiological responses to emotions such (c) __________ smiling.
(a) (i) of (ii) in (iii) from (iv) in
(b) (i) reduce (ii) reduces (iii) reduced (iv) reducing
(c) (i) like (ii) similar to (iii) as (iv) alike
II. The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in each line against
which a blank has been given. Write the incorrect word and the correction in your
answer sheet against the correct blank number given in the example. Remember to
underline the word that you have supplied.
1. Error Correction
INCORRECT CORRECT
The road to success is no a bed of roses. e.g.: no not
Only those who wade on hazards and hurdles _________ _________
can achieve successful. Set yourself clear goals _________ _________
and define precisely what you wants to do. _________ _________
Goals provide direction for your behaviour _________ _________
or guide your actions or thoughts. Specific goals _________ _________
are better than general ones. Every parts _________ _________
of your body is full of that idea. Winners do not _________ _________
do different things, they does things differently. _________ _________
2. Error Correction
Her duties for the day were over. e.g.: for of
She had scrub the floor of the kitchen,
washed the vessels and put them on a
shining row on an wooden shelf, returned
the short scrubbing broom to it’s corner
and close the kitchen window.
3. Error Correction
If there is a perfect mountain valley of the world e.g.: of in
it is certainly the magnificence valley of Kashmir.
It is surrounded by a snow-capped, lofty
mountains which make it a land for springs
and beautiful lakes. For the past hundreds
years the beauty of Kashmir have held the
visitors spellbound. Srinagar, the chief cities
of the valley or the summer capital of
Jammu and Kashmir lying on the banks of the river
Jhelum.
III. Rearrange the following words and phrases to form meaningful sentences :
(a) coloured bus / children / we saw / full of / a yellow / excited / _______________________________________________________________________
(b) they were / we guessed / on the / planetarium / way / to the / _______________________________________________________________________
(c) part / this / study tour / of their / was / _______________________________________________________________________
(d) 12,000 species / all over / there are / of ants / the world / more than
_______________________________________________________________________
(e) or groups / who live in / social insects / they are/ small colonies _______________________________________________________________________
(f) of millions / ant colonies / of ants / can consist _______________________________________________________________________
(g) dormant volcano /a / in/ Mount Kilimanjaro/ Tanzania / is _______________________________________________________________________
(h) highest /Africa/ it is / mountain/ in / the
_______________________________________________________________________
(i) has been / many / it / the subject of / studies / scientific _______________________________________________________________________
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