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1. 1.

   Complete this conversation by choosing the correct answers.

   Father: I came ¹____________ I heard the news. Has the house been badly damaged?

   Uncle: Thank goodness, no! I called both the police and the fire brigade, and the fire brigade arrived ²_____________ than the police.

   Father: How did the fire start?

   Uncle: The wiring was ³_____________ and there was a spark. The fire people were ⁴______________. If they had been ⁵_______________, the damage could have been ⁶_______________.

   Father: Things like electrical wiring should be done ⁷________________.

   1.	soon	sooner	as soon as
   2.	early	earlier	earliest
   3.	bad	worse	worst
   4.	quick	quicker	quickest
   5.	slow	slower	slowest
   6.	bad	worse	worst
   7.	carefully	more carefully	most carefully

    

2. 2.

   There is an error in each line. Write the incorrect word and the correction in the space provided.

   1. Yesterday, Professor Dey get up at 7 o'clock.               _________________
   2. He is late. Hurriedly, he got out of bed and ran             _________________
   3. into the bathroom. He cutting his chin while                  _________________
   4. shaving. He eats his breakfast in a great hurry.             _________________
   5. A piece of toast sticks in his throat and he coughed      _________________
   6. and coughed. Next, he burns his tongue drinking          _________________
   7. very hot coffee! He go to put on his clothes.                  _________________
   8. Because he was late, he do not look at the socks          _________________
   9. he pulled out of the cupboard. He wears an                   _________________
   10. unmatched pair, one blue and one red. He putting         _________________
   11. on his shoes next, but do not tie his laces. As he           _________________
   12. hurrying out of the front door, he tripped and fell.        _________________
3. 3.

   Compleie these sentences by using the correct forms of the verbs in brackets Use them in the simple present, present continuous, simple past or past continuous forms approprialely.

   1. The work _____________ (go) well. But, it ______________ (take) much longer than I expected.
   2. He always ______________ (take) the effort to help others.
   3. Manas ______________ (hurt) his hand while he (chop) ______________ the vegetables.
   4. We _______________ (meet) regularly to practise for the play.
   5. The water ______________ (boil). Do you ______________ (want) me to turn the stove off?
   6. Your opinion _______________ (be) always very important to me.
   7. I ______________ (join) the school choir next month.
4. 4.

   Rearrange these words and phrases to make meaningful sentences.

   1. has / a lot of / the subject / she / lately / read / material / on
   2. understand / is trying / he / us / cannot / what / to tell / we
   3. to visit / I / in New Delhi / next week / am / my cousins / planning
   4. talk / about / you / to him / what / you / is troubling / should
   5. her / I / help / an apartment / could / to rent / find
   6. we / to be / tell / by 5a.m. / didn't / them / here
5. 5.

   Circle the correct modal auxiliaries to complete these sentences.

   1. May/Must he come with us to the film?
   2. May/Can you help me solve this crossword?
   3. He can/can't come to the phone right now. Can/May you call back, please?
   4. We must/may not forget to invite them to the show.
   5. Must/May I suggest something?
   6. You can/must always be punctual to school.
6. 6.

   Rewrite these sentences using the adverbs in brackets in the correct places.

   1. The bell rang. (loudly)
   2. You may hang your coat. (there)
   3. I am alone at home. (rarely)
   4. She has forgotten the dialogues. (completely)
   5. We plan to go there. (soon)
   6. The days are warm. (very)
   7. I hear the songs of birds. (outside)
   8. You must have left your bag. (downstairs)