Read the following passage carefully and answer the question that follow.

There was a water plant growing in Egypt that looked like bulrush in our own swamps, only it was much largest and taller. People found that if they cut this plant in thin strips. Laid these strips close together. Placed another layer crosswise over the first one, pressed them all down and then allowed then to dry, they would have something on which they cloud write. This substance looked like our coarse brown paper. This water plant was the papyrus weed, an so the substance was called papyrus and this is the true word from which paper came.

(a) What other plant was like the papyrus?

(b) How was the second layer papyrus placed to make the paper?

(c) The papyrus was like our

(i) Wall paper (ii) Writing paper or (iii) Brown paper

(d) Was papyrus something with which they cloud write?

Rearrange the group of words given below into meaningful sentences.

(a) Wickets, the, Murali, highest, took

(b) Lion, jungle, killed, Ram, in, the, a

(c) The, is, best, honest, policy

(d) Is, name, what, your

(e) Manners, learn, should, you, good

Make your own sentences using the bold words in the following paragraph.

Thomas Edison began his life working by selling newspaper on railway station. One day, he saved a small child from being run over by a train. You should read the story of Edison’s wonderful life for yourself one day.

Rewrite the following sentences changing the gender of the noun and making other changes, if needed.

(a) His mother has come.

(b) She wants to ride a horse

(c) I have met the landlord.

(d) That girl will do it.

(e) I saw a black dog.

Fill in the blanks with the correct from of verb given in brackets

(a) I …………… a letter to you yesterday.                (had written/wrote)

(b) Neither Mohan nor I …………… to blame.            (are/am)

(c) They ……… waiting for you for you five hours.        (were/have been)

(d) Good news ………… expected by us.           (are/is)

(e) The students ………… for discipline.             (was awarded/awarded)

Fill in the blanks with suitable words.

(writing, cycling, smoking, plucking, hitting, parking, digging)

(a) No ……….. of flowers.

(b) You should be sorry for ……………. Me.

(c) ……….. is a popular sport.

(d) I found her ……….. a letter.

(e) It is not easy to give up…………

Fill in the blanks with the adjectives which are opposite to those given in brackets

(a) He is the …… member of the family.               (eldest)

(b) This road is very ………..                                       (wide)

(c) The soldier is not …………..                                   (strong)

(d) The monitor is …………….. to me.                         (junior)

(e) My friend lives very ………… from my house.     (near)

Pair each adjectives with the noun it most suitably describes

(man, apple, wheel, sea, street)

(a) Narrow …………

(b) Vast ………..

(c) Round …………..

(d) Greedy …………

(e) Sour………….

Directions: Choose the one which can be substituted for the given sentence.

A medicine to cure the effect of Poison _____

Directions: Choose the one which can be substituted for the given sentence.

One who dies for a noble cause ______

Directions: Choose the one which can be substituted for the given sentence.

A sound that cannot be heard ______

Directions: Fill in the blanks with the suitable word choosing from given alternatives.

Work hard ………… you will not succeed in life.

Directions: Fill in the blanks with the suitable word choosing from given alternatives.

You will wait …………….  I return.

Directions: Fill in the blanks with the suitable word choosing from given alternatives.

Write the synonym of Annual _____

Directions: Fill in the blanks with the suitable word choosing from given alternatives.

Write the synonym of Knowledge ____

Directions: Fill in the blanks with the suitable word choosing from given alternatives.

Write the synonym of Haste ____

Directions: Fill in the blanks with the suitable word choosing from given alternatives.

Write the Antonym of Borrow _____

Directions: Fill in the blanks with the suitable word choosing from given alternatives.

Write the Antonym of Shallow ____

Directions: Fill in the blanks with the suitable word choosing from given alternatives.

The servant ………. up the mat.

Directions: Fill in the blanks with the suitable word choosing from given alternatives.

The child is ………..  young to go to school alone.

Directions: In each of the following questions, a sentence has been given in Direct speech’ Out of four alternatives suggested, selected the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect speech.

He told her. “I want to meet your father”.

Directions: In each of the following questions, a sentence has been given in Direct speech’ Out of four alternatives suggested, selected the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect speech.

The teacher said, “The earth moves round the sun”‘

Directions: In each of the following questions, a sentence has been given in Direct speech’ Out of four alternatives suggested, selected the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect speech.

Raj said, “where is she going”?

Directions: Rearrange the following sentences and mark the correct option.

Help (A) / My friends (B) / I (C) / with their homework (D)

Directions: Rearrange the following sentences and mark the correct option.

is your (A) / how (B) / best friend (C) / old (D)