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Reading

(A) Find the lines from the passage which tell you that— 

1. The weather on the afternoon when the narrator set out to post a letter, was cold. 
Ans: One afternoon in January, I set out to post a letter. It was an extremely cold day...

2. The narrator thought a traveller was taking a shortcut. 
Ans: Nobody ever rode in these parts, so I thought it was a traveller taking a shortcut to Millcott.

3. The rider was injured. 
Ans: He felt his foot and leg and found something wrong and sat down. 'If you are hurt, and want help, sir, I can fetch someone.

4. The rider knew about the narrator or was familiar with the fact that she lived in Thornfield Half
Ans: Do you mean that house, Thornfield Hall?' 'Yes, sir. I am the governess,' ... 'Ah! The governess! I had forgotten!

5. The narrator did not like being at Thornfield all day. 
Ans: I did not like the thought of re-entering Thornfield; I was tired of the quiet there.

6. Things were different at Thornfield than usual after the narrator returned.
Ans: But when I entered the hall, it was not dark; there was a warm glow and a cheerful sound of voices.

(B) Find words from the passage which mean the same as these— 

1. a continuous rattling sound of hard objects falling on the ground: ___________
Ans: Clattering

2. to fall down helplessly: ___________
Ans: Tumble

3. the result of hurting a joint in the body: ___________
Ans: Sprain

4. serious and strict: ___________
Ans: Stern

5. a twisted expression on a person’s face expressing disgust, pain and amusement: ___________
Ans: Grimaced 

Grammar

(A) This graph shows the average temperature (in degree Celsius) recorded in April 2018 in four Indian cities.

Study the graph and complete the sentences with the correct degree of adjectives.

1. Delhi recorded the ________ (high) temperature in April.
Ans: Delhi recorded die highest (high) temperature in April.

2. The maximum temperature recorded in Kolkata was ________ (much) than that of Mumbai, but its minimum temperature is _______  (little) than that of Mumbai.
Ans: The maximum temperature recorded in Kolkata was much higher than that of Mumbai, but its minimum temperature is a little than that of Mumbai.

3. Kolkata seems to be _______  (cool) of the four cities shown in the graph.
Ans: Kolkata seems to be the coolest of the four cities shown in the graph.

4. Chennai was _______ (hot) than Kolkata, but _______  (cool) than Delhi.
Ans: Chennai was hotter than Kolkata, but cooler than Delhi.

5. In Mumbai, the difference between the maximum and the minimum temperatures was the_______(little) out of the four cities.
Ans: In Mumbai, the difference between the maximum and the minimum temperatures was the least out of the four cities.

6. According to the graph, it would have been  _____ (pleasant) to visit Kolkata and Mumbai in April than Delhi or Chennai.
Ans: According to the graph, it would have been more pleasant to visit Kolkata and Mumbai in April than Delhi or Chennai.

(B) Complete these sentences with adjectives as directed in the brackets.

1. _______ is the tallest tower in the world? (interrogative)
Ans: Which is the tallest tower in the world ? (interrogative)

2. _______shoes fit me very well, (demonstrative)
Ans: These shoes fit me very well.

3. Nikunj and Akshat have misplaced  _______ trolley bags, (possessive)
Ans: Nikunj and Akshat have misplaced their trolley bags.

4. We had to wait in the queue for  ______ hours in order to get inside the stadium, (numeral)
Ans: We had to wait in the queue for two hours in order to get inside the stadium.

5. The ________ tiger growled at her cubs, (descriptive)
Ans: The fierce tiger growled at her cubs.

6. I gave him _________ money to shop for the picnic. (quantitative)
Ans: I gave him enough money to shop for the picnic.

(C) Rearrange these words to form complete sentences*

1. very / friendly / the / people / who / this / town / live / are / in ________________
Ans: The people who live in this town are very friendly.    

2. the / jacket / that / she / belonged / returned / me / to ________________
Ans: The jacket that belonged to her returned to me.

3. likes / that / about / scientific / inventions / Charu / book / is / any  ________________
Ans: Charu likes any book about scientific inventions.

4. we / belongings / our / missing / where / is / the / box / kept ________________
Ans: Where is the box kept ? where our belongings are missing.

5. meet / who / Jammu / Majid / gone / to / friend / his / has / in / lives ________________
Ans: Majid, who lives in Jammu, has gone to meet his friend.

6. gave / the / person / our / conference / at / who / talk / a / me / helped / yesterday ________________
Ans: The person who helped me yesterday, gave the talk at our conference .

(D) Write the adverb forms of the words in the brackets in the correct places in these sentences. 

1. Watch out! You stepped in the puddle, (near)     ________________
Ans: Watch out! You nearly stepped in the puddle 

2. I will go and meet my kindergarten teacher, (today) _____________________
Ans: I will go and meet my kindergarten teacher today.

3. We like to take a walk in the evenings, (usual) _____________________
Ans: We like to take a walk in the evenings, usually.

4. I had not forgotten to take my tickets, (lucky)  _____________________
Ans: I had not forgotten to take my tickets, luckily.

5. We have been told to stay together while going out on a school trip, (always) _____________________
Ans: We have been told to stay together while going out on a school trip, always.

6. The community members gave us money for the programme, (generous) _____________________
Ans: The community members gave us money for the programme, generously.