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I. Replace the underlined word with its equivalent American English word:
1) The water is flowing from the tap.
2) This fellow is 15 years old.
3) Paraffin costs Rs. 40 per liter.
XI. Read the following sets of poetic lines and answer the following:
1) Softly, In the dusk, a woman is singing to me;
Taking me back down the vista o f years, till I see
a) What is the woman doing?
b) When is the woman singing?
c) What does the word 'vista' mean?
2) I weep like a child for the past
a) Who does 'I' refer to?
b) What is the figure of speech used in this line?
XII. Read the poem given below and complete its paraphrase with
suitable phrases in the given blanks:
The Brook
I come from haunts of coot and hern,
I make a sudden sally
And sparkle out among the fern,
To bicker down a valley.
The brook starts from the place where 1)____congregate. The brook 2)___in the hilly area.
It 3)___ the ferns (a flowerless plant which has feathery or leafy fronds and reproduces by spores
released from the undersides of the fronds), and sparkles when the 4)___ the crystal clear water. And
when the brook moves it creates a lot of noise. The brook is flowing by thirty hills, slipping between
ridges (long narrow hills), 5)___ villages, a little town and fifty bridges.
XIII. George wants to console his friend John who lost the athletic championship by just 1 point. George
could not complete the letter. Complete the content of his letter in about 100 words.
12A 2nd Street
KC Nagar, B City
15th April 2018
Dear John,
.....................................................................................................................................
Your loving friend
George. A
To
A. John
No.3 SK Road
B city, Pin xxxx