Read the passage and then write the antonym or synonym of the words as directed below.

 (a) tradition (synonym) (b) elders (antonym) (c) wedding (synonym) (d) pleasant (antonym) (e) protest (antonym) (f) if possibly (synonym) (g) company (synonym) (h) presence (antonym) (i) polite (synonym) (j) behave (antonym)

Fill in the blanks with appropriate words in each gap:

Language plays a very important (a)---- in our life. We use language from the (b)---- we wake up in the morning (c)--- we go to bed at night. We use language to express what we (d)--- and to say what we like or (e)We also use language to (f) — information. In short language is (g)---present in our life. It is an (h)--- part of what we do and believe.

The following sentences are jumbled. Rearrange them in a proper sequence:

(a) A number of people applied for the job. 

(b) They came through a passage where gold coins were kept..

(c) Once there lived a Sultan in a country.

(d) Then he invited applications.

(e) When they all arrived, the Sultan asked them to dance.

(f) He wanted to appoint an honest man as his tax collector.

(g) The applicants were asked to meet the Sultan one by one.

(h) So, he asked for the wise counsellors advice

Write a paragraph on 'Price Hike' based on the answers to the following questions: 

(a) What is price hike? 

(b) Why does price of things increase? 

(c) How do people suffer for

price hike? 

(d) How can we control it? 

(e) What should we do to stop it?

The following is the beginning of a story. Complete it in your own words:

One day I was going to college to take my final exam at 10 am. At 9 when I was 20 minutes away from my college, suddenly a sick old man fell down

Write a summary of the following text:

My name is Amerigo. I am 13 years old and I live on the street, alone. My mother, who is separated from my father, doesn't want me. She told me to go away. Now she is married to another man. My father lives very far away. I want to go to him, but he won't take me either. I begged him to send me some money so that I could buy a bus ticket. I am still waiting. He hasn't answered. The streets are now my home. Sometimes I find work. I used to collect trash and sell it to a vendor. I stopped doing that after I had a serious infection and a doctor told me to stay away from the trash dump. Once I worked for an ice cream shop owner and sold ice cream on the beach. But I got no money in return. The owner of the shop gave me something to eat, and let me sleep in his hut at night. The work was difficult and painful. The ice cream box is quite heavy when it is full. I had to walk for hours, offering my ice cream whoever wanted to buy. There were days when I could not even sell one ice cream. In a way, I am lucky because I am alive. My friends who work sorting rubbish in dumps often suffer from serious diseases. One of them was recently killed after he fell into a hole that opened up in the pile of trash. Many of us work for 10 to 12 hours, and get so little in return that we can't even buy food.