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Model Test Paper-1
Model Test Paper-1
(Based on Chapters - 1 to 18)

A. Identify the nouns in apposition and their cases in the following sentences.
1. Timothy, the police watchdog, died of food poisoning.

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2. Nisha kissed my mother, an octogenarian, goodbye.

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3. Ranjan wished Ashok, his friend, a happy journey.
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4. Brijesh, a cripple, won the race for the handicapped.

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B. Circle the pronouns and write the type of each pronoun in the given space.
1. The dog that bit me was not mad. _______________________________

2. Rohan has lost his card and cannot find it. _______________________________
3. Few can do this. _______________________________

4. Many are poor, only a few are rich. _______________________________
5. Those books belong to him. _______________________________

C. Fill in the blanks with the comparative forms of the verbs given in the brackets.
1. In the US, the streets are generally _________________ than in Africa. (broad)

2. My Hindi class is _________________ than my Maths class. (boring)
3. This road is _________________ than that one. (busy)
4. Mansi is _________________ than Arushi by one year. (old)
5. Life is getting _________________ and _________________. (hard)

D. Fill in the blanks with the verbs given in the brackets in the simple past tense or
past perfect tense.
1. They ________ (not / know) where to meet because nobody ________ (tell) them.
2. He ____________ (hear) the news, ____________ (go) to the telephone and
___________ (call) a friend.
3. I ___________ (know) him for a long time before I ___________ (meet) his family.

4. The servant __________ (steal) all the cash before his master _________ home. (return)
5. We ___________ (eat) dinner only after we ___________ our drinks. (finish)

E. Join the two sentences using participles.
1. Suresh received no reply. He send another message.
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