English I End Term: 24 December 2023, Set AEF3 (September 2023 term)

Read the following passage and answer the given subquestions:
Writing in a diary is a really strange experience for someone like me. Not only because I’ve never written anything before, but also because it seems to me that later on neither I nor anyone else will be interested in the musings of a thirteen-year-old school girl. Oh well, it doesn’t matter. I feel like writing, and I have an even greater need to get all kinds of things off my chest.
‘Paper has more patience than people.’ I thought of this saying on one of those days when I was feeling a little depressed and was sitting at home with my chin in my hands, bored and listless, wondering whether to stay in or go out. I finally stayed where I was, brooding: Yes, paper does have more patience, and since I’m not planning to let anyone else read this stiff-backed notebook grandly referred to as a ‘diary’, unless I should ever find a real friend, it probably won’t make a bit of difference.
Now I’m back to the point that prompted me to keep a diary in the first place: I don’t have a friend. Let me put it more clearly, since no one will believe that a thirteen-year-old girl is completely alone in the world. And I’m not. I have loving parents and a sixteen-year-old sister, and there are about thirty people I can call friends. I have a family, loving aunts and a good home. No, on the surface I seem to have everything, except my one true friend. All I think about when I’m with friends is having a good time. I can’t bring myself to talk about anything but ordinary everyday things. We don’t seem to be able to get any closer, and that’s the problem. Maybe it’s my fault that we don’t confide in each other. In any case, that’s just how things are, and unfortunately they’re not liable to change. This is why I’ve started the diary. To enhance the image of this long-awaited friend in my imagination, I don’t want to jot down the facts in this diary the way most people would do, but I want the diary to be my friend, and I’m going to call this friend ‘Kitty’.
Since no one would understand a word of my stories to Kitty if I were to plunge right in, I’d better provide a brief sketch of my life, much as I dislike doing so.
My father, the most adorable father I’ve ever seen, didn’t marry my mother until he was thirty-six and she was twenty-five. My sister, Margot, was born in Frankfurt in Germany in 1926. I was born on 12 June 1929. I lived in Frankfurt until I was four. My father emigrated to Holland in 1933. From the Diary of Anne Frank - Anne Frank

What is the meaning of “listless” ?

Read the following passage and answer the given subquestions:
Writing in a diary is a really strange experience for someone like me. Not only because I’ve never written anything before, but also because it seems to me that later on neither I nor anyone else will be interested in the musings of a thirteen-year-old school girl. Oh well, it doesn’t matter. I feel like writing, and I have an even greater need to get all kinds of things off my chest.
‘Paper has more patience than people.’ I thought of this saying on one of those days when I was feeling a little depressed and was sitting at home with my chin in my hands, bored and listless, wondering whether to stay in or go out. I finally stayed where I was, brooding: Yes, paper does have more patience, and since I’m not planning to let anyone else read this stiff-backed notebook grandly referred to as a ‘diary’, unless I should ever find a real friend, it probably won’t make a bit of difference.
Now I’m back to the point that prompted me to keep a diary in the first place: I don’t have a friend. Let me put it more clearly, since no one will believe that a thirteen-year-old girl is completely alone in the world. And I’m not. I have loving parents and a sixteen-year-old sister, and there are about thirty people I can call friends. I have a family, loving aunts and a good home. No, on the surface I seem to have everything, except my one true friend. All I think about when I’m with friends is having a good time. I can’t bring myself to talk about anything but ordinary everyday things. We don’t seem to be able to get any closer, and that’s the problem. Maybe it’s my fault that we don’t confide in each other. In any case, that’s just how things are, and unfortunately they’re not liable to change. This is why I’ve started the diary. To enhance the image of this long-awaited friend in my imagination, I don’t want to jot down the facts in this diary the way most people would do, but I want the diary to be my friend, and I’m going to call this friend ‘Kitty’.
Since no one would understand a word of my stories to Kitty if I were to plunge right in, I’d better provide a brief sketch of my life, much as I dislike doing so.
My father, the most adorable father I’ve ever seen, didn’t marry my mother until he was thirty-six and she was twenty-five. My sister, Margot, was born in Frankfurt in Germany in 1926. I was born on 12 June 1929. I lived in Frankfurt until I was four. My father emigrated to Holland in 1933. From the Diary of Anne Frank - Anne Frank

According to this passage, how old is Anne Frank?

Read the following passage and answer the given subquestions:
Writing in a diary is a really strange experience for someone like me. Not only because I’ve never written anything before, but also because it seems to me that later on neither I nor anyone else will be interested in the musings of a thirteen-year-old school girl. Oh well, it doesn’t matter. I feel like writing, and I have an even greater need to get all kinds of things off my chest.
‘Paper has more patience than people.’ I thought of this saying on one of those days when I was feeling a little depressed and was sitting at home with my chin in my hands, bored and listless, wondering whether to stay in or go out. I finally stayed where I was, brooding: Yes, paper does have more patience, and since I’m not planning to let anyone else read this stiff-backed notebook grandly referred to as a ‘diary’, unless I should ever find a real friend, it probably won’t make a bit of difference.
Now I’m back to the point that prompted me to keep a diary in the first place: I don’t have a friend. Let me put it more clearly, since no one will believe that a thirteen-year-old girl is completely alone in the world. And I’m not. I have loving parents and a sixteen-year-old sister, and there are about thirty people I can call friends. I have a family, loving aunts and a good home. No, on the surface I seem to have everything, except my one true friend. All I think about when I’m with friends is having a good time. I can’t bring myself to talk about anything but ordinary everyday things. We don’t seem to be able to get any closer, and that’s the problem. Maybe it’s my fault that we don’t confide in each other. In any case, that’s just how things are, and unfortunately they’re not liable to change. This is why I’ve started the diary. To enhance the image of this long-awaited friend in my imagination, I don’t want to jot down the facts in this diary the way most people would do, but I want the diary to be my friend, and I’m going to call this friend ‘Kitty’.
Since no one would understand a word of my stories to Kitty if I were to plunge right in, I’d better provide a brief sketch of my life, much as I dislike doing so.
My father, the most adorable father I’ve ever seen, didn’t marry my mother until he was thirty-six and she was twenty-five. My sister, Margot, was born in Frankfurt in Germany in 1926. I was born on 12 June 1929. I lived in Frankfurt until I was four. My father emigrated to Holland in 1933. From the Diary of Anne Frank - Anne Frank

Read the passage and fill in the blank with the appropriate option.
‘______________ has more patience than people’

Read the following passage and answer the given subquestions:
Writing in a diary is a really strange experience for someone like me. Not only because I’ve never written anything before, but also because it seems to me that later on neither I nor anyone else will be interested in the musings of a thirteen-year-old school girl. Oh well, it doesn’t matter. I feel like writing, and I have an even greater need to get all kinds of things off my chest.
‘Paper has more patience than people.’ I thought of this saying on one of those days when I was feeling a little depressed and was sitting at home with my chin in my hands, bored and listless, wondering whether to stay in or go out. I finally stayed where I was, brooding: Yes, paper does have more patience, and since I’m not planning to let anyone else read this stiff-backed notebook grandly referred to as a ‘diary’, unless I should ever find a real friend, it probably won’t make a bit of difference.
Now I’m back to the point that prompted me to keep a diary in the first place: I don’t have a friend. Let me put it more clearly, since no one will believe that a thirteen-year-old girl is completely alone in the world. And I’m not. I have loving parents and a sixteen-year-old sister, and there are about thirty people I can call friends. I have a family, loving aunts and a good home. No, on the surface I seem to have everything, except my one true friend. All I think about when I’m with friends is having a good time. I can’t bring myself to talk about anything but ordinary everyday things. We don’t seem to be able to get any closer, and that’s the problem. Maybe it’s my fault that we don’t confide in each other. In any case, that’s just how things are, and unfortunately they’re not liable to change. This is why I’ve started the diary. To enhance the image of this long-awaited friend in my imagination, I don’t want to jot down the facts in this diary the way most people would do, but I want the diary to be my friend, and I’m going to call this friend ‘Kitty’.
Since no one would understand a word of my stories to Kitty if I were to plunge right in, I’d better provide a brief sketch of my life, much as I dislike doing so.
My father, the most adorable father I’ve ever seen, didn’t marry my mother until he was thirty-six and she was twenty-five. My sister, Margot, was born in Frankfurt in Germany in 1926. I was born on 12 June 1929. I lived in Frankfurt until I was four. My father emigrated to Holland in 1933. From the Diary of Anne Frank - Anne Frank

What prompted Anne Frank to keep a diary in the first place?

Read the following passage and answer the given subquestions:
Writing in a diary is a really strange experience for someone like me. Not only because I’ve never written anything before, but also because it seems to me that later on neither I nor anyone else will be interested in the musings of a thirteen-year-old school girl. Oh well, it doesn’t matter. I feel like writing, and I have an even greater need to get all kinds of things off my chest.
‘Paper has more patience than people.’ I thought of this saying on one of those days when I was feeling a little depressed and was sitting at home with my chin in my hands, bored and listless, wondering whether to stay in or go out. I finally stayed where I was, brooding: Yes, paper does have more patience, and since I’m not planning to let anyone else read this stiff-backed notebook grandly referred to as a ‘diary’, unless I should ever find a real friend, it probably won’t make a bit of difference.
Now I’m back to the point that prompted me to keep a diary in the first place: I don’t have a friend. Let me put it more clearly, since no one will believe that a thirteen-year-old girl is completely alone in the world. And I’m not. I have loving parents and a sixteen-year-old sister, and there are about thirty people I can call friends. I have a family, loving aunts and a good home. No, on the surface I seem to have everything, except my one true friend. All I think about when I’m with friends is having a good time. I can’t bring myself to talk about anything but ordinary everyday things. We don’t seem to be able to get any closer, and that’s the problem. Maybe it’s my fault that we don’t confide in each other. In any case, that’s just how things are, and unfortunately they’re not liable to change. This is why I’ve started the diary. To enhance the image of this long-awaited friend in my imagination, I don’t want to jot down the facts in this diary the way most people would do, but I want the diary to be my friend, and I’m going to call this friend ‘Kitty’.
Since no one would understand a word of my stories to Kitty if I were to plunge right in, I’d better provide a brief sketch of my life, much as I dislike doing so.
My father, the most adorable father I’ve ever seen, didn’t marry my mother until he was thirty-six and she was twenty-five. My sister, Margot, was born in Frankfurt in Germany in 1926. I was born on 12 June 1929. I lived in Frankfurt until I was four. My father emigrated to Holland in 1933. From the Diary of Anne Frank - Anne Frank

Select true or false for the following statement.
Anne Frank has a sister.

Read the following passage and answer the given subquestions:
Writing in a diary is a really strange experience for someone like me. Not only because I’ve never written anything before, but also because it seems to me that later on neither I nor anyone else will be interested in the musings of a thirteen-year-old school girl. Oh well, it doesn’t matter. I feel like writing, and I have an even greater need to get all kinds of things off my chest.
‘Paper has more patience than people.’ I thought of this saying on one of those days when I was feeling a little depressed and was sitting at home with my chin in my hands, bored and listless, wondering whether to stay in or go out. I finally stayed where I was, brooding: Yes, paper does have more patience, and since I’m not planning to let anyone else read this stiff-backed notebook grandly referred to as a ‘diary’, unless I should ever find a real friend, it probably won’t make a bit of difference.
Now I’m back to the point that prompted me to keep a diary in the first place: I don’t have a friend. Let me put it more clearly, since no one will believe that a thirteen-year-old girl is completely alone in the world. And I’m not. I have loving parents and a sixteen-year-old sister, and there are about thirty people I can call friends. I have a family, loving aunts and a good home. No, on the surface I seem to have everything, except my one true friend. All I think about when I’m with friends is having a good time. I can’t bring myself to talk about anything but ordinary everyday things. We don’t seem to be able to get any closer, and that’s the problem. Maybe it’s my fault that we don’t confide in each other. In any case, that’s just how things are, and unfortunately they’re not liable to change. This is why I’ve started the diary. To enhance the image of this long-awaited friend in my imagination, I don’t want to jot down the facts in this diary the way most people would do, but I want the diary to be my friend, and I’m going to call this friend ‘Kitty’.
Since no one would understand a word of my stories to Kitty if I were to plunge right in, I’d better provide a brief sketch of my life, much as I dislike doing so.
My father, the most adorable father I’ve ever seen, didn’t marry my mother until he was thirty-six and she was twenty-five. My sister, Margot, was born in Frankfurt in Germany in 1926. I was born on 12 June 1929. I lived in Frankfurt until I was four. My father emigrated to Holland in 1933. From the Diary of Anne Frank - Anne Frank

What is the meaning of ‘jot down’ ?

Read the following passage and answer the given subquestions:
Writing in a diary is a really strange experience for someone like me. Not only because I’ve never written anything before, but also because it seems to me that later on neither I nor anyone else will be interested in the musings of a thirteen-year-old school girl. Oh well, it doesn’t matter. I feel like writing, and I have an even greater need to get all kinds of things off my chest.
‘Paper has more patience than people.’ I thought of this saying on one of those days when I was feeling a little depressed and was sitting at home with my chin in my hands, bored and listless, wondering whether to stay in or go out. I finally stayed where I was, brooding: Yes, paper does have more patience, and since I’m not planning to let anyone else read this stiff-backed notebook grandly referred to as a ‘diary’, unless I should ever find a real friend, it probably won’t make a bit of difference.
Now I’m back to the point that prompted me to keep a diary in the first place: I don’t have a friend. Let me put it more clearly, since no one will believe that a thirteen-year-old girl is completely alone in the world. And I’m not. I have loving parents and a sixteen-year-old sister, and there are about thirty people I can call friends. I have a family, loving aunts and a good home. No, on the surface I seem to have everything, except my one true friend. All I think about when I’m with friends is having a good time. I can’t bring myself to talk about anything but ordinary everyday things. We don’t seem to be able to get any closer, and that’s the problem. Maybe it’s my fault that we don’t confide in each other. In any case, that’s just how things are, and unfortunately they’re not liable to change. This is why I’ve started the diary. To enhance the image of this long-awaited friend in my imagination, I don’t want to jot down the facts in this diary the way most people would do, but I want the diary to be my friend, and I’m going to call this friend ‘Kitty’.
Since no one would understand a word of my stories to Kitty if I were to plunge right in, I’d better provide a brief sketch of my life, much as I dislike doing so.
My father, the most adorable father I’ve ever seen, didn’t marry my mother until he was thirty-six and she was twenty-five. My sister, Margot, was born in Frankfurt in Germany in 1926. I was born on 12 June 1929. I lived in Frankfurt until I was four. My father emigrated to Holland in 1933. From the Diary of Anne Frank - Anne Frank

Anne Frank calls her diary _____________.

Read the following passage and answer the given subquestions:
Writing in a diary is a really strange experience for someone like me. Not only because I’ve never written anything before, but also because it seems to me that later on neither I nor anyone else will be interested in the musings of a thirteen-year-old school girl. Oh well, it doesn’t matter. I feel like writing, and I have an even greater need to get all kinds of things off my chest.
‘Paper has more patience than people.’ I thought of this saying on one of those days when I was feeling a little depressed and was sitting at home with my chin in my hands, bored and listless, wondering whether to stay in or go out. I finally stayed where I was, brooding: Yes, paper does have more patience, and since I’m not planning to let anyone else read this stiff-backed notebook grandly referred to as a ‘diary’, unless I should ever find a real friend, it probably won’t make a bit of difference.
Now I’m back to the point that prompted me to keep a diary in the first place: I don’t have a friend. Let me put it more clearly, since no one will believe that a thirteen-year-old girl is completely alone in the world. And I’m not. I have loving parents and a sixteen-year-old sister, and there are about thirty people I can call friends. I have a family, loving aunts and a good home. No, on the surface I seem to have everything, except my one true friend. All I think about when I’m with friends is having a good time. I can’t bring myself to talk about anything but ordinary everyday things. We don’t seem to be able to get any closer, and that’s the problem. Maybe it’s my fault that we don’t confide in each other. In any case, that’s just how things are, and unfortunately they’re not liable to change. This is why I’ve started the diary. To enhance the image of this long-awaited friend in my imagination, I don’t want to jot down the facts in this diary the way most people would do, but I want the diary to be my friend, and I’m going to call this friend ‘Kitty’.
Since no one would understand a word of my stories to Kitty if I were to plunge right in, I’d better provide a brief sketch of my life, much as I dislike doing so.
My father, the most adorable father I’ve ever seen, didn’t marry my mother until he was thirty-six and she was twenty-five. My sister, Margot, was born in Frankfurt in Germany in 1926. I was born on 12 June 1929. I lived in Frankfurt until I was four. My father emigrated to Holland in 1933. From the Diary of Anne Frank - Anne Frank

Anne Frank’s sister Margot was born in ____________.

Read the following passage and answer the given subquestions:
Writing in a diary is a really strange experience for someone like me. Not only because I’ve never written anything before, but also because it seems to me that later on neither I nor anyone else will be interested in the musings of a thirteen-year-old school girl. Oh well, it doesn’t matter. I feel like writing, and I have an even greater need to get all kinds of things off my chest.
‘Paper has more patience than people.’ I thought of this saying on one of those days when I was feeling a little depressed and was sitting at home with my chin in my hands, bored and listless, wondering whether to stay in or go out. I finally stayed where I was, brooding: Yes, paper does have more patience, and since I’m not planning to let anyone else read this stiff-backed notebook grandly referred to as a ‘diary’, unless I should ever find a real friend, it probably won’t make a bit of difference.
Now I’m back to the point that prompted me to keep a diary in the first place: I don’t have a friend. Let me put it more clearly, since no one will believe that a thirteen-year-old girl is completely alone in the world. And I’m not. I have loving parents and a sixteen-year-old sister, and there are about thirty people I can call friends. I have a family, loving aunts and a good home. No, on the surface I seem to have everything, except my one true friend. All I think about when I’m with friends is having a good time. I can’t bring myself to talk about anything but ordinary everyday things. We don’t seem to be able to get any closer, and that’s the problem. Maybe it’s my fault that we don’t confide in each other. In any case, that’s just how things are, and unfortunately they’re not liable to change. This is why I’ve started the diary. To enhance the image of this long-awaited friend in my imagination, I don’t want to jot down the facts in this diary the way most people would do, but I want the diary to be my friend, and I’m going to call this friend ‘Kitty’.
Since no one would understand a word of my stories to Kitty if I were to plunge right in, I’d better provide a brief sketch of my life, much as I dislike doing so.
My father, the most adorable father I’ve ever seen, didn’t marry my mother until he was thirty-six and she was twenty-five. My sister, Margot, was born in Frankfurt in Germany in 1926. I was born on 12 June 1929. I lived in Frankfurt until I was four. My father emigrated to Holland in 1933. From the Diary of Anne Frank - Anne Frank

Anne Frank was born on ______________.

Read the following passage and answer the given subquestions:
Writing in a diary is a really strange experience for someone like me. Not only because I’ve never written anything before, but also because it seems to me that later on neither I nor anyone else will be interested in the musings of a thirteen-year-old school girl. Oh well, it doesn’t matter. I feel like writing, and I have an even greater need to get all kinds of things off my chest.
‘Paper has more patience than people.’ I thought of this saying on one of those days when I was feeling a little depressed and was sitting at home with my chin in my hands, bored and listless, wondering whether to stay in or go out. I finally stayed where I was, brooding: Yes, paper does have more patience, and since I’m not planning to let anyone else read this stiff-backed notebook grandly referred to as a ‘diary’, unless I should ever find a real friend, it probably won’t make a bit of difference.
Now I’m back to the point that prompted me to keep a diary in the first place: I don’t have a friend. Let me put it more clearly, since no one will believe that a thirteen-year-old girl is completely alone in the world. And I’m not. I have loving parents and a sixteen-year-old sister, and there are about thirty people I can call friends. I have a family, loving aunts and a good home. No, on the surface I seem to have everything, except my one true friend. All I think about when I’m with friends is having a good time. I can’t bring myself to talk about anything but ordinary everyday things. We don’t seem to be able to get any closer, and that’s the problem. Maybe it’s my fault that we don’t confide in each other. In any case, that’s just how things are, and unfortunately they’re not liable to change. This is why I’ve started the diary. To enhance the image of this long-awaited friend in my imagination, I don’t want to jot down the facts in this diary the way most people would do, but I want the diary to be my friend, and I’m going to call this friend ‘Kitty’.
Since no one would understand a word of my stories to Kitty if I were to plunge right in, I’d better provide a brief sketch of my life, much as I dislike doing so.
My father, the most adorable father I’ve ever seen, didn’t marry my mother until he was thirty-six and she was twenty-five. My sister, Margot, was born in Frankfurt in Germany in 1926. I was born on 12 June 1929. I lived in Frankfurt until I was four. My father emigrated to Holland in 1933. From the Diary of Anne Frank - Anne Frank

Anne Frank’s father emigrated to Holland in _____________.

Read the following passage and answer the given subquestions:
Writing in a diary is a really strange experience for someone like me. Not only because I’ve never written anything before, but also because it seems to me that later on neither I nor anyone else will be interested in the musings of a thirteen-year-old school girl. Oh well, it doesn’t matter. I feel like writing, and I have an even greater need to get all kinds of things off my chest.
‘Paper has more patience than people.’ I thought of this saying on one of those days when I was feeling a little depressed and was sitting at home with my chin in my hands, bored and listless, wondering whether to stay in or go out. I finally stayed where I was, brooding: Yes, paper does have more patience, and since I’m not planning to let anyone else read this stiff-backed notebook grandly referred to as a ‘diary’, unless I should ever find a real friend, it probably won’t make a bit of difference.
Now I’m back to the point that prompted me to keep a diary in the first place: I don’t have a friend. Let me put it more clearly, since no one will believe that a thirteen-year-old girl is completely alone in the world. And I’m not. I have loving parents and a sixteen-year-old sister, and there are about thirty people I can call friends. I have a family, loving aunts and a good home. No, on the surface I seem to have everything, except my one true friend. All I think about when I’m with friends is having a good time. I can’t bring myself to talk about anything but ordinary everyday things. We don’t seem to be able to get any closer, and that’s the problem. Maybe it’s my fault that we don’t confide in each other. In any case, that’s just how things are, and unfortunately they’re not liable to change. This is why I’ve started the diary. To enhance the image of this long-awaited friend in my imagination, I don’t want to jot down the facts in this diary the way most people would do, but I want the diary to be my friend, and I’m going to call this friend ‘Kitty’.
Since no one would understand a word of my stories to Kitty if I were to plunge right in, I’d better provide a brief sketch of my life, much as I dislike doing so.
My father, the most adorable father I’ve ever seen, didn’t marry my mother until he was thirty-six and she was twenty-five. My sister, Margot, was born in Frankfurt in Germany in 1926. I was born on 12 June 1929. I lived in Frankfurt until I was four. My father emigrated to Holland in 1933. From the Diary of Anne Frank - Anne Frank

The word ‘emigrate’ is closest in meaning to:

Read the following passage and answer the given subquestions:
Writing in a diary is a really strange experience for someone like me. Not only because I’ve never written anything before, but also because it seems to me that later on neither I nor anyone else will be interested in the musings of a thirteen-year-old school girl. Oh well, it doesn’t matter. I feel like writing, and I have an even greater need to get all kinds of things off my chest.
‘Paper has more patience than people.’ I thought of this saying on one of those days when I was feeling a little depressed and was sitting at home with my chin in my hands, bored and listless, wondering whether to stay in or go out. I finally stayed where I was, brooding: Yes, paper does have more patience, and since I’m not planning to let anyone else read this stiff-backed notebook grandly referred to as a ‘diary’, unless I should ever find a real friend, it probably won’t make a bit of difference.
Now I’m back to the point that prompted me to keep a diary in the first place: I don’t have a friend. Let me put it more clearly, since no one will believe that a thirteen-year-old girl is completely alone in the world. And I’m not. I have loving parents and a sixteen-year-old sister, and there are about thirty people I can call friends. I have a family, loving aunts and a good home. No, on the surface I seem to have everything, except my one true friend. All I think about when I’m with friends is having a good time. I can’t bring myself to talk about anything but ordinary everyday things. We don’t seem to be able to get any closer, and that’s the problem. Maybe it’s my fault that we don’t confide in each other. In any case, that’s just how things are, and unfortunately they’re not liable to change. This is why I’ve started the diary. To enhance the image of this long-awaited friend in my imagination, I don’t want to jot down the facts in this diary the way most people would do, but I want the diary to be my friend, and I’m going to call this friend ‘Kitty’.
Since no one would understand a word of my stories to Kitty if I were to plunge right in, I’d better provide a brief sketch of my life, much as I dislike doing so.
My father, the most adorable father I’ve ever seen, didn’t marry my mother until he was thirty-six and she was twenty-five. My sister, Margot, was born in Frankfurt in Germany in 1926. I was born on 12 June 1929. I lived in Frankfurt until I was four. My father emigrated to Holland in 1933. From the Diary of Anne Frank - Anne Frank

Find an antonym for the word ‘enhance’.

Read the following passage and answer the given subquestions:
Writing in a diary is a really strange experience for someone like me. Not only because I’ve never written anything before, but also because it seems to me that later on neither I nor anyone else will be interested in the musings of a thirteen-year-old school girl. Oh well, it doesn’t matter. I feel like writing, and I have an even greater need to get all kinds of things off my chest.
‘Paper has more patience than people.’ I thought of this saying on one of those days when I was feeling a little depressed and was sitting at home with my chin in my hands, bored and listless, wondering whether to stay in or go out. I finally stayed where I was, brooding: Yes, paper does have more patience, and since I’m not planning to let anyone else read this stiff-backed notebook grandly referred to as a ‘diary’, unless I should ever find a real friend, it probably won’t make a bit of difference.
Now I’m back to the point that prompted me to keep a diary in the first place: I don’t have a friend. Let me put it more clearly, since no one will believe that a thirteen-year-old girl is completely alone in the world. And I’m not. I have loving parents and a sixteen-year-old sister, and there are about thirty people I can call friends. I have a family, loving aunts and a good home. No, on the surface I seem to have everything, except my one true friend. All I think about when I’m with friends is having a good time. I can’t bring myself to talk about anything but ordinary everyday things. We don’t seem to be able to get any closer, and that’s the problem. Maybe it’s my fault that we don’t confide in each other. In any case, that’s just how things are, and unfortunately they’re not liable to change. This is why I’ve started the diary. To enhance the image of this long-awaited friend in my imagination, I don’t want to jot down the facts in this diary the way most people would do, but I want the diary to be my friend, and I’m going to call this friend ‘Kitty’.
Since no one would understand a word of my stories to Kitty if I were to plunge right in, I’d better provide a brief sketch of my life, much as I dislike doing so.
My father, the most adorable father I’ve ever seen, didn’t marry my mother until he was thirty-six and she was twenty-five. My sister, Margot, was born in Frankfurt in Germany in 1926. I was born on 12 June 1929. I lived in Frankfurt until I was four. My father emigrated to Holland in 1933. From the Diary of Anne Frank - Anne Frank

What does ‘confide in each other’ mean?

Read the following passage and answer the given subquestions:
Writing in a diary is a really strange experience for someone like me. Not only because I’ve never written anything before, but also because it seems to me that later on neither I nor anyone else will be interested in the musings of a thirteen-year-old school girl. Oh well, it doesn’t matter. I feel like writing, and I have an even greater need to get all kinds of things off my chest.
‘Paper has more patience than people.’ I thought of this saying on one of those days when I was feeling a little depressed and was sitting at home with my chin in my hands, bored and listless, wondering whether to stay in or go out. I finally stayed where I was, brooding: Yes, paper does have more patience, and since I’m not planning to let anyone else read this stiff-backed notebook grandly referred to as a ‘diary’, unless I should ever find a real friend, it probably won’t make a bit of difference.
Now I’m back to the point that prompted me to keep a diary in the first place: I don’t have a friend. Let me put it more clearly, since no one will believe that a thirteen-year-old girl is completely alone in the world. And I’m not. I have loving parents and a sixteen-year-old sister, and there are about thirty people I can call friends. I have a family, loving aunts and a good home. No, on the surface I seem to have everything, except my one true friend. All I think about when I’m with friends is having a good time. I can’t bring myself to talk about anything but ordinary everyday things. We don’t seem to be able to get any closer, and that’s the problem. Maybe it’s my fault that we don’t confide in each other. In any case, that’s just how things are, and unfortunately they’re not liable to change. This is why I’ve started the diary. To enhance the image of this long-awaited friend in my imagination, I don’t want to jot down the facts in this diary the way most people would do, but I want the diary to be my friend, and I’m going to call this friend ‘Kitty’.
Since no one would understand a word of my stories to Kitty if I were to plunge right in, I’d better provide a brief sketch of my life, much as I dislike doing so.
My father, the most adorable father I’ve ever seen, didn’t marry my mother until he was thirty-six and she was twenty-five. My sister, Margot, was born in Frankfurt in Germany in 1926. I was born on 12 June 1929. I lived in Frankfurt until I was four. My father emigrated to Holland in 1933. From the Diary of Anne Frank - Anne Frank

What does ‘not liable to change’ mean?

Read the following passage and answer the given subquestions:
Writing in a diary is a really strange experience for someone like me. Not only because I’ve never written anything before, but also because it seems to me that later on neither I nor anyone else will be interested in the musings of a thirteen-year-old school girl. Oh well, it doesn’t matter. I feel like writing, and I have an even greater need to get all kinds of things off my chest.
‘Paper has more patience than people.’ I thought of this saying on one of those days when I was feeling a little depressed and was sitting at home with my chin in my hands, bored and listless, wondering whether to stay in or go out. I finally stayed where I was, brooding: Yes, paper does have more patience, and since I’m not planning to let anyone else read this stiff-backed notebook grandly referred to as a ‘diary’, unless I should ever find a real friend, it probably won’t make a bit of difference.
Now I’m back to the point that prompted me to keep a diary in the first place: I don’t have a friend. Let me put it more clearly, since no one will believe that a thirteen-year-old girl is completely alone in the world. And I’m not. I have loving parents and a sixteen-year-old sister, and there are about thirty people I can call friends. I have a family, loving aunts and a good home. No, on the surface I seem to have everything, except my one true friend. All I think about when I’m with friends is having a good time. I can’t bring myself to talk about anything but ordinary everyday things. We don’t seem to be able to get any closer, and that’s the problem. Maybe it’s my fault that we don’t confide in each other. In any case, that’s just how things are, and unfortunately they’re not liable to change. This is why I’ve started the diary. To enhance the image of this long-awaited friend in my imagination, I don’t want to jot down the facts in this diary the way most people would do, but I want the diary to be my friend, and I’m going to call this friend ‘Kitty’.
Since no one would understand a word of my stories to Kitty if I were to plunge right in, I’d better provide a brief sketch of my life, much as I dislike doing so.
My father, the most adorable father I’ve ever seen, didn’t marry my mother until he was thirty-six and she was twenty-five. My sister, Margot, was born in Frankfurt in Germany in 1926. I was born on 12 June 1929. I lived in Frankfurt until I was four. My father emigrated to Holland in 1933. From the Diary of Anne Frank - Anne Frank

‘Get something off your chest’ is an idiom. It means:

Read the excerpt given below and fill in the blanks with those forms of the verbs which best fit the passage from the options provided. Your chosen answer should maintain the tense consistency of the excerpt.
A quarrel (i) _____ between the Horse and the Stag, so the Horse came to a Hunter to ask his help to take revenge on the Stag. The Hunter agreed, but said: “If you desire to conquer the Stag, you must permit me to place this piece of iron between your jaws, so that I may guide you with these reins, and allow this saddle to be placed upon your back so that I may keep steady upon you as we (ii) _____ after the enemy.” The Horse agreed to the conditions, and the Hunter soon saddled and bridled him.
Then with the aid of the Hunter the Horse soon (iii) _____ the Stag, and said to the Hunter: “Now, get off, and remove those things from my mouth and back.”
“Not so fast, friend,” said the Hunter. “I (iv) _____ you under bit and spur, and prefer to keep you as you are at present.”
If you allow men to use you for your own purposes, they (v) _____ you for theirs.
Excerpted from: Originally published by Macmillan & Co, 1894. Project Gutenberg.
Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.

Find the appropriate verb form to fill in blank (i).

Read the excerpt given below and fill in the blanks with those forms of the verbs which best fit the passage from the options provided. Your chosen answer should maintain the tense consistency of the excerpt.
A quarrel (i) _____ between the Horse and the Stag, so the Horse came to a Hunter to ask his help to take revenge on the Stag. The Hunter agreed, but said: “If you desire to conquer the Stag, you must permit me to place this piece of iron between your jaws, so that I may guide you with these reins, and allow this saddle to be placed upon your back so that I may keep steady upon you as we (ii) _____ after the enemy.” The Horse agreed to the conditions, and the Hunter soon saddled and bridled him.
Then with the aid of the Hunter the Horse soon (iii) _____ the Stag, and said to the Hunter: “Now, get off, and remove those things from my mouth and back.”
“Not so fast, friend,” said the Hunter. “I (iv) _____ you under bit and spur, and prefer to keep you as you are at present.”
If you allow men to use you for your own purposes, they (v) _____ you for theirs.
Excerpted from: Originally published by Macmillan & Co, 1894. Project Gutenberg.
Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.

Find the appropriate verb form to fill in blank (ii).

Read the excerpt given below and fill in the blanks with those forms of the verbs which best fit the passage from the options provided. Your chosen answer should maintain the tense consistency of the excerpt.
A quarrel (i) _____ between the Horse and the Stag, so the Horse came to a Hunter to ask his help to take revenge on the Stag. The Hunter agreed, but said: “If you desire to conquer the Stag, you must permit me to place this piece of iron between your jaws, so that I may guide you with these reins, and allow this saddle to be placed upon your back so that I may keep steady upon you as we (ii) _____ after the enemy.” The Horse agreed to the conditions, and the Hunter soon saddled and bridled him.
Then with the aid of the Hunter the Horse soon (iii) _____ the Stag, and said to the Hunter: “Now, get off, and remove those things from my mouth and back.”
“Not so fast, friend,” said the Hunter. “I (iv) _____ you under bit and spur, and prefer to keep you as you are at present.”
If you allow men to use you for your own purposes, they (v) _____ you for theirs.
Excerpted from: Originally published by Macmillan & Co, 1894. Project Gutenberg.
Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.

Find the appropriate verb form to fill in blank (iii).

Read the excerpt given below and fill in the blanks with those forms of the verbs which best fit the passage from the options provided. Your chosen answer should maintain the tense consistency of the excerpt.
A quarrel (i) _____ between the Horse and the Stag, so the Horse came to a Hunter to ask his help to take revenge on the Stag. The Hunter agreed, but said: “If you desire to conquer the Stag, you must permit me to place this piece of iron between your jaws, so that I may guide you with these reins, and allow this saddle to be placed upon your back so that I may keep steady upon you as we (ii) _____ after the enemy.” The Horse agreed to the conditions, and the Hunter soon saddled and bridled him.
Then with the aid of the Hunter the Horse soon (iii) _____ the Stag, and said to the Hunter: “Now, get off, and remove those things from my mouth and back.”
“Not so fast, friend,” said the Hunter. “I (iv) _____ you under bit and spur, and prefer to keep you as you are at present.”
If you allow men to use you for your own purposes, they (v) _____ you for theirs.
Excerpted from: Originally published by Macmillan & Co, 1894. Project Gutenberg.
Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.

Find the appropriate verb form to fill in blank (iv).

Read the excerpt given below and fill in the blanks with those forms of the verbs which best fit the passage from the options provided. Your chosen answer should maintain the tense consistency of the excerpt.
A quarrel (i) _____ between the Horse and the Stag, so the Horse came to a Hunter to ask his help to take revenge on the Stag. The Hunter agreed, but said: “If you desire to conquer the Stag, you must permit me to place this piece of iron between your jaws, so that I may guide you with these reins, and allow this saddle to be placed upon your back so that I may keep steady upon you as we (ii) _____ after the enemy.” The Horse agreed to the conditions, and the Hunter soon saddled and bridled him.
Then with the aid of the Hunter the Horse soon (iii) _____ the Stag, and said to the Hunter: “Now, get off, and remove those things from my mouth and back.”
“Not so fast, friend,” said the Hunter. “I (iv) _____ you under bit and spur, and prefer to keep you as you are at present.”
If you allow men to use you for your own purposes, they (v) _____ you for theirs.
Excerpted from: Originally published by Macmillan & Co, 1894. Project Gutenberg.
Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.

Find the appropriate verb form to fill in blank (v).

Read the following telephone conversation and answer the given subquestions: Samrat: Hello, Priya! How are you?
Priya:(i)_______________, and you?
Samrat: I am also fine. By the way,(ii)________________________
Priya: A very good idea indeed. Let us fix up a date and the venue.
Samrat: (iii)___________________________
Priya: Oh, fine! Darjeeling is a very beautiful and historical place.
Samrat: (iv)____________________
Priya: Only your brothers and sisters and mine. When shall we start?
Samrat: We shall start at 6 o'clock from our residence.
Priya:(v)_____________________
Samrat: Biriyani. Don't you like it?
Priya: Of course, but we will cook our food ourselves.

Fill in the blank (i) with an appropriate response?

Read the following telephone conversation and answer the given subquestions: Samrat: Hello, Priya! How are you?
Priya:(i)_______________, and you?
Samrat: I am also fine. By the way,(ii)________________________
Priya: A very good idea indeed. Let us fix up a date and the venue.
Samrat: (iii)___________________________
Priya: Oh, fine! Darjeeling is a very beautiful and historical place.
Samrat: (iv)____________________
Priya: Only your brothers and sisters and mine. When shall we start?
Samrat: We shall start at 6 o'clock from our residence.
Priya:(v)_____________________
Samrat: Biriyani. Don't you like it?
Priya: Of course, but we will cook our food ourselves.

Fill in the blank (ii) with an appropriate response?

Read the following telephone conversation and answer the given subquestions: Samrat: Hello, Priya! How are you?
Priya:(i)_______________, and you?
Samrat: I am also fine. By the way,(ii)________________________
Priya: A very good idea indeed. Let us fix up a date and the venue.
Samrat: (iii)___________________________
Priya: Oh, fine! Darjeeling is a very beautiful and historical place.
Samrat: (iv)____________________
Priya: Only your brothers and sisters and mine. When shall we start?
Samrat: We shall start at 6 o'clock from our residence.
Priya:(v)_____________________
Samrat: Biriyani. Don't you like it?
Priya: Of course, but we will cook our food ourselves.

Fill in the blank (iii) with an appropriate response?

Read the following telephone conversation and answer the given subquestions: Samrat: Hello, Priya! How are you?
Priya:(i)_______________, and you?
Samrat: I am also fine. By the way,(ii)________________________
Priya: A very good idea indeed. Let us fix up a date and the venue.
Samrat: (iii)___________________________
Priya: Oh, fine! Darjeeling is a very beautiful and historical place.
Samrat: (iv)____________________
Priya: Only your brothers and sisters and mine. When shall we start?
Samrat: We shall start at 6 o'clock from our residence.
Priya:(v)_____________________
Samrat: Biriyani. Don't you like it?
Priya: Of course, but we will cook our food ourselves.

Fill in the blank (iv) with an appropriate response?

Read the following telephone conversation and answer the given subquestions: Samrat: Hello, Priya! How are you?
Priya:(i)_______________, and you?
Samrat: I am also fine. By the way,(ii)________________________
Priya: A very good idea indeed. Let us fix up a date and the venue.
Samrat: (iii)___________________________
Priya: Oh, fine! Darjeeling is a very beautiful and historical place.
Samrat: (iv)____________________
Priya: Only your brothers and sisters and mine. When shall we start?
Samrat: We shall start at 6 o'clock from our residence.
Priya:(v)_____________________
Samrat: Biriyani. Don't you like it?
Priya: Of course, but we will cook our food ourselves.

Fill in the blank (v) with an appropriate response?

Match the words in List A with the correct synonyms in List B.

Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.

Synonym of ‘receive’ is ______.

Match the words in List A with the correct synonyms in List B.

Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.

Synonym of ‘assent’ is ______.

Match the words in List A with the correct synonyms in List B.

Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.

Synonym of ‘ascend’ is ____.

Match the words in List A with the correct synonyms in List B.

Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.

Synonym of ‘resent’ is _____.

Match the words in List A with the correct synonyms in List B.

Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.

Synonym of ‘Reprove’ is _____.

Read the following programme brochure and answer the given subquestions.
Konark Dance Festival 2022
The enthralling Konark Dance Festival [Edit i] is held every year, from 1st to 5th December [Edit ii] in Open Air Auditorium, Konark, in the backdrop of the mammoth Sun Temple. Launched in 1989, it is co-organised by the Tourism Department and Odissi Research Centre [Edit iii] to provide a platform for classical dancers in India and as well as [Edit iv] to act as showcase for India’s cultural depth where dance forms are concerned. [Edit v] It also comes as a right opportunity for budding artists who are yet to make their presence felt on the international scale.
Conceived as a festival of the classical dances of India, the objective of the Konark Festival was to promote Konark as well as Odisha as a tourist destination. The Konark Dance Festival showcases the best of the traditional and classical dance forms of India besides offering interesting insights into the rich cultural and dance heritage of the country. The Konark Sun Temple is a solitary splendor par excellence built in the 13th century A.D. Folklore and mythology have created layers of legends shrouding the genesis of this world heritage monument.
The leading exponents and dance enthusiasts of almost all the main classical dance forms of India– including Odissi, Bharatanatyam, Manipuri, Kathakali, Kathak, Kuchipudi and Sattriya– take part in the five-day classical dance carnival [Edit vi] much adding to the appeal of the event that has few parallels elsewhere.
Programme:
01 Dec 2022:
06:30 PM- 07:30 PM: Odissi: Sutra Foundation, Datuk Ramli Ibrahim and Group, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
07:30 PM-08:30 PM: Guru Kundanlal Gangani Foundation, Rajendra Gangani and Group, New Delhi 02 Dec 2022
06:30 PM- 07:30 PM: Manipuri: F Jawaharlal Nehru Manipur Dance Academy, Manipur 07:30 PM-08:30 PM: Odissi: Gunjan Dance Academy- Meera Das and Group, Cuttack
03 Dec 2022:
06:30 PM- 07:30 PM: Kolkata Mayur Lalit Dance Academy- Debamitra Sengupta and Group, Kolkata 07:30 PM-08:30 PM: Mohiniattam: Dasyam Centre for Mohiniattam- Kalaimamani Smt. Gopika Varma and Group, Chennai
04 Dec 2022:
06:30 PM- 07:30 PM: Bharatanatyam: Spanda Dance Company- Leela Samson (Padma Shri Awardee) & Group, Chennai
07:30 PM-08:30 PM: Suravi- Pitambar Biswal & Group, Bhubaneswar
04 Dec 2022:
06:30 PM- 07:30 PM: Odissi: Nrutya Naivedya, Pravat Kumar Swain & Group, Bhubaneswar 07:30 PM-08:30 PM: Kuchipudi: Shivamohanam- Jaikishore Mosalikanty & Group, Chennai Adapted from: Konark Dance Festival 2022. Department of Tourism, Odisha,
https://odishatourism.gov.in/content/tourism/en/experience/event/konark-dance-festival- 2022.html.

How can the part of the sentence given in bold as [Edit i] be changed to improve the brochure? The enthralling Konark Dance Festival [Edit i] is held every year, from 1st to 5th December [Edit ii] in Open Air Auditorium, Konark, in the backdrop of the mammoth Sun Temple.

Read the following programme brochure and answer the given subquestions.
Konark Dance Festival 2022
The enthralling Konark Dance Festival [Edit i] is held every year, from 1st to 5th December [Edit ii] in Open Air Auditorium, Konark, in the backdrop of the mammoth Sun Temple. Launched in 1989, it is co-organised by the Tourism Department and Odissi Research Centre [Edit iii] to provide a platform for classical dancers in India and as well as [Edit iv] to act as showcase for India’s cultural depth where dance forms are concerned. [Edit v] It also comes as a right opportunity for budding artists who are yet to make their presence felt on the international scale.
Conceived as a festival of the classical dances of India, the objective of the Konark Festival was to promote Konark as well as Odisha as a tourist destination. The Konark Dance Festival showcases the best of the traditional and classical dance forms of India besides offering interesting insights into the rich cultural and dance heritage of the country. The Konark Sun Temple is a solitary splendor par excellence built in the 13th century A.D. Folklore and mythology have created layers of legends shrouding the genesis of this world heritage monument.
The leading exponents and dance enthusiasts of almost all the main classical dance forms of India– including Odissi, Bharatanatyam, Manipuri, Kathakali, Kathak, Kuchipudi and Sattriya– take part in the five-day classical dance carnival [Edit vi] much adding to the appeal of the event that has few parallels elsewhere.
Programme:
01 Dec 2022:
06:30 PM- 07:30 PM: Odissi: Sutra Foundation, Datuk Ramli Ibrahim and Group, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
07:30 PM-08:30 PM: Guru Kundanlal Gangani Foundation, Rajendra Gangani and Group, New Delhi 02 Dec 2022
06:30 PM- 07:30 PM: Manipuri: F Jawaharlal Nehru Manipur Dance Academy, Manipur 07:30 PM-08:30 PM: Odissi: Gunjan Dance Academy- Meera Das and Group, Cuttack
03 Dec 2022:
06:30 PM- 07:30 PM: Kolkata Mayur Lalit Dance Academy- Debamitra Sengupta and Group, Kolkata 07:30 PM-08:30 PM: Mohiniattam: Dasyam Centre for Mohiniattam- Kalaimamani Smt. Gopika Varma and Group, Chennai
04 Dec 2022:
06:30 PM- 07:30 PM: Bharatanatyam: Spanda Dance Company- Leela Samson (Padma Shri Awardee) & Group, Chennai
07:30 PM-08:30 PM: Suravi- Pitambar Biswal & Group, Bhubaneswar
04 Dec 2022:
06:30 PM- 07:30 PM: Odissi: Nrutya Naivedya, Pravat Kumar Swain & Group, Bhubaneswar 07:30 PM-08:30 PM: Kuchipudi: Shivamohanam- Jaikishore Mosalikanty & Group, Chennai Adapted from: Konark Dance Festival 2022. Department of Tourism, Odisha,
https://odishatourism.gov.in/content/tourism/en/experience/event/konark-dance-festival- 2022.html.

How can the part of the sentence given in bold as [Edit ii] be changed to improve the brochure? The enthralling Konark Dance Festival [Edit i] is held every year, from 1st to 5th December [Edit ii] in Open Air Auditorium, Konark, in the backdrop of the mammoth Sun Temple.

Read the following programme brochure and answer the given subquestions.
Konark Dance Festival 2022
The enthralling Konark Dance Festival [Edit i] is held every year, from 1st to 5th December [Edit ii] in Open Air Auditorium, Konark, in the backdrop of the mammoth Sun Temple. Launched in 1989, it is co-organised by the Tourism Department and Odissi Research Centre [Edit iii] to provide a platform for classical dancers in India and as well as [Edit iv] to act as showcase for India’s cultural depth where dance forms are concerned. [Edit v] It also comes as a right opportunity for budding artists who are yet to make their presence felt on the international scale.
Conceived as a festival of the classical dances of India, the objective of the Konark Festival was to promote Konark as well as Odisha as a tourist destination. The Konark Dance Festival showcases the best of the traditional and classical dance forms of India besides offering interesting insights into the rich cultural and dance heritage of the country. The Konark Sun Temple is a solitary splendor par excellence built in the 13th century A.D. Folklore and mythology have created layers of legends shrouding the genesis of this world heritage monument.
The leading exponents and dance enthusiasts of almost all the main classical dance forms of India– including Odissi, Bharatanatyam, Manipuri, Kathakali, Kathak, Kuchipudi and Sattriya– take part in the five-day classical dance carnival [Edit vi] much adding to the appeal of the event that has few parallels elsewhere.
Programme:
01 Dec 2022:
06:30 PM- 07:30 PM: Odissi: Sutra Foundation, Datuk Ramli Ibrahim and Group, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
07:30 PM-08:30 PM: Guru Kundanlal Gangani Foundation, Rajendra Gangani and Group, New Delhi 02 Dec 2022
06:30 PM- 07:30 PM: Manipuri: F Jawaharlal Nehru Manipur Dance Academy, Manipur 07:30 PM-08:30 PM: Odissi: Gunjan Dance Academy- Meera Das and Group, Cuttack
03 Dec 2022:
06:30 PM- 07:30 PM: Kolkata Mayur Lalit Dance Academy- Debamitra Sengupta and Group, Kolkata 07:30 PM-08:30 PM: Mohiniattam: Dasyam Centre for Mohiniattam- Kalaimamani Smt. Gopika Varma and Group, Chennai
04 Dec 2022:
06:30 PM- 07:30 PM: Bharatanatyam: Spanda Dance Company- Leela Samson (Padma Shri Awardee) & Group, Chennai
07:30 PM-08:30 PM: Suravi- Pitambar Biswal & Group, Bhubaneswar
04 Dec 2022:
06:30 PM- 07:30 PM: Odissi: Nrutya Naivedya, Pravat Kumar Swain & Group, Bhubaneswar 07:30 PM-08:30 PM: Kuchipudi: Shivamohanam- Jaikishore Mosalikanty & Group, Chennai Adapted from: Konark Dance Festival 2022. Department of Tourism, Odisha,
https://odishatourism.gov.in/content/tourism/en/experience/event/konark-dance-festival- 2022.html.

How can the part of the sentence given in bold as [Edit iii] be changed to improve the brochure? Launched in 1989, it is co-organised by the Tourism Department and Odissi Research Centre [Edit iii] to provide a platform for classical dancers in India and as well as [Edit iv] to act as showcase for India’s cultural depth where dance forms are concerned.

Read the following programme brochure and answer the given subquestions.
Konark Dance Festival 2022
The enthralling Konark Dance Festival [Edit i] is held every year, from 1st to 5th December [Edit ii] in Open Air Auditorium, Konark, in the backdrop of the mammoth Sun Temple. Launched in 1989, it is co-organised by the Tourism Department and Odissi Research Centre [Edit iii] to provide a platform for classical dancers in India and as well as [Edit iv] to act as showcase for India’s cultural depth where dance forms are concerned. [Edit v] It also comes as a right opportunity for budding artists who are yet to make their presence felt on the international scale.
Conceived as a festival of the classical dances of India, the objective of the Konark Festival was to promote Konark as well as Odisha as a tourist destination. The Konark Dance Festival showcases the best of the traditional and classical dance forms of India besides offering interesting insights into the rich cultural and dance heritage of the country. The Konark Sun Temple is a solitary splendor par excellence built in the 13th century A.D. Folklore and mythology have created layers of legends shrouding the genesis of this world heritage monument.
The leading exponents and dance enthusiasts of almost all the main classical dance forms of India– including Odissi, Bharatanatyam, Manipuri, Kathakali, Kathak, Kuchipudi and Sattriya– take part in the five-day classical dance carnival [Edit vi] much adding to the appeal of the event that has few parallels elsewhere.
Programme:
01 Dec 2022:
06:30 PM- 07:30 PM: Odissi: Sutra Foundation, Datuk Ramli Ibrahim and Group, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
07:30 PM-08:30 PM: Guru Kundanlal Gangani Foundation, Rajendra Gangani and Group, New Delhi 02 Dec 2022
06:30 PM- 07:30 PM: Manipuri: F Jawaharlal Nehru Manipur Dance Academy, Manipur 07:30 PM-08:30 PM: Odissi: Gunjan Dance Academy- Meera Das and Group, Cuttack
03 Dec 2022:
06:30 PM- 07:30 PM: Kolkata Mayur Lalit Dance Academy- Debamitra Sengupta and Group, Kolkata 07:30 PM-08:30 PM: Mohiniattam: Dasyam Centre for Mohiniattam- Kalaimamani Smt. Gopika Varma and Group, Chennai
04 Dec 2022:
06:30 PM- 07:30 PM: Bharatanatyam: Spanda Dance Company- Leela Samson (Padma Shri Awardee) & Group, Chennai
07:30 PM-08:30 PM: Suravi- Pitambar Biswal & Group, Bhubaneswar
04 Dec 2022:
06:30 PM- 07:30 PM: Odissi: Nrutya Naivedya, Pravat Kumar Swain & Group, Bhubaneswar 07:30 PM-08:30 PM: Kuchipudi: Shivamohanam- Jaikishore Mosalikanty & Group, Chennai Adapted from: Konark Dance Festival 2022. Department of Tourism, Odisha,
https://odishatourism.gov.in/content/tourism/en/experience/event/konark-dance-festival- 2022.html.

How can the part of the sentence given in bold as [Edit iv] be changed to improve the brochure? Choose the single most fitting answer from the options given below keeping the tone, theme and purpose of the brochure in mind.
Launched in 1989, it is co-organised by the Tourism Department and Odissi Research Centre [Edit iii] to provide a platform for classical dancers in India and as well as [Edit iv] to act as showcase for India’s cultural depth where dance forms are concerned*.*

Read the following programme brochure and answer the given subquestions.
Konark Dance Festival 2022
The enthralling Konark Dance Festival [Edit i] is held every year, from 1st to 5th December [Edit ii] in Open Air Auditorium, Konark, in the backdrop of the mammoth Sun Temple. Launched in 1989, it is co-organised by the Tourism Department and Odissi Research Centre [Edit iii] to provide a platform for classical dancers in India and as well as [Edit iv] to act as showcase for India’s cultural depth where dance forms are concerned. [Edit v] It also comes as a right opportunity for budding artists who are yet to make their presence felt on the international scale.
Conceived as a festival of the classical dances of India, the objective of the Konark Festival was to promote Konark as well as Odisha as a tourist destination. The Konark Dance Festival showcases the best of the traditional and classical dance forms of India besides offering interesting insights into the rich cultural and dance heritage of the country. The Konark Sun Temple is a solitary splendor par excellence built in the 13th century A.D. Folklore and mythology have created layers of legends shrouding the genesis of this world heritage monument.
The leading exponents and dance enthusiasts of almost all the main classical dance forms of India– including Odissi, Bharatanatyam, Manipuri, Kathakali, Kathak, Kuchipudi and Sattriya– take part in the five-day classical dance carnival [Edit vi] much adding to the appeal of the event that has few parallels elsewhere.
Programme:
01 Dec 2022:
06:30 PM- 07:30 PM: Odissi: Sutra Foundation, Datuk Ramli Ibrahim and Group, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
07:30 PM-08:30 PM: Guru Kundanlal Gangani Foundation, Rajendra Gangani and Group, New Delhi 02 Dec 2022
06:30 PM- 07:30 PM: Manipuri: F Jawaharlal Nehru Manipur Dance Academy, Manipur 07:30 PM-08:30 PM: Odissi: Gunjan Dance Academy- Meera Das and Group, Cuttack
03 Dec 2022:
06:30 PM- 07:30 PM: Kolkata Mayur Lalit Dance Academy- Debamitra Sengupta and Group, Kolkata 07:30 PM-08:30 PM: Mohiniattam: Dasyam Centre for Mohiniattam- Kalaimamani Smt. Gopika Varma and Group, Chennai
04 Dec 2022:
06:30 PM- 07:30 PM: Bharatanatyam: Spanda Dance Company- Leela Samson (Padma Shri Awardee) & Group, Chennai
07:30 PM-08:30 PM: Suravi- Pitambar Biswal & Group, Bhubaneswar
04 Dec 2022:
06:30 PM- 07:30 PM: Odissi: Nrutya Naivedya, Pravat Kumar Swain & Group, Bhubaneswar 07:30 PM-08:30 PM: Kuchipudi: Shivamohanam- Jaikishore Mosalikanty & Group, Chennai Adapted from: Konark Dance Festival 2022. Department of Tourism, Odisha,
https://odishatourism.gov.in/content/tourism/en/experience/event/konark-dance-festival- 2022.html.

How can the sentence given in bold as [Edit v] be changed to improve the brochure? Choose the single most fitting answer from the options given below keeping the tone, theme and purpose of the brochure in mind.
It also comes as a right opportunity for budding artists who are yet to make their presence felt on the international scale.
i. Change ‘a right opportunity’ to ‘the right opportunity’
ii. Change ‘on the international scale’ to either ‘on an international scale’ or to ‘on the international stage’

Read the following programme brochure and answer the given subquestions.
Konark Dance Festival 2022
The enthralling Konark Dance Festival [Edit i] is held every year, from 1st to 5th December [Edit ii] in Open Air Auditorium, Konark, in the backdrop of the mammoth Sun Temple. Launched in 1989, it is co-organised by the Tourism Department and Odissi Research Centre [Edit iii] to provide a platform for classical dancers in India and as well as [Edit iv] to act as showcase for India’s cultural depth where dance forms are concerned. [Edit v] It also comes as a right opportunity for budding artists who are yet to make their presence felt on the international scale.
Conceived as a festival of the classical dances of India, the objective of the Konark Festival was to promote Konark as well as Odisha as a tourist destination. The Konark Dance Festival showcases the best of the traditional and classical dance forms of India besides offering interesting insights into the rich cultural and dance heritage of the country. The Konark Sun Temple is a solitary splendor par excellence built in the 13th century A.D. Folklore and mythology have created layers of legends shrouding the genesis of this world heritage monument.
The leading exponents and dance enthusiasts of almost all the main classical dance forms of India– including Odissi, Bharatanatyam, Manipuri, Kathakali, Kathak, Kuchipudi and Sattriya– take part in the five-day classical dance carnival [Edit vi] much adding to the appeal of the event that has few parallels elsewhere.
Programme:
01 Dec 2022:
06:30 PM- 07:30 PM: Odissi: Sutra Foundation, Datuk Ramli Ibrahim and Group, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
07:30 PM-08:30 PM: Guru Kundanlal Gangani Foundation, Rajendra Gangani and Group, New Delhi 02 Dec 2022
06:30 PM- 07:30 PM: Manipuri: F Jawaharlal Nehru Manipur Dance Academy, Manipur 07:30 PM-08:30 PM: Odissi: Gunjan Dance Academy- Meera Das and Group, Cuttack
03 Dec 2022:
06:30 PM- 07:30 PM: Kolkata Mayur Lalit Dance Academy- Debamitra Sengupta and Group, Kolkata 07:30 PM-08:30 PM: Mohiniattam: Dasyam Centre for Mohiniattam- Kalaimamani Smt. Gopika Varma and Group, Chennai
04 Dec 2022:
06:30 PM- 07:30 PM: Bharatanatyam: Spanda Dance Company- Leela Samson (Padma Shri Awardee) & Group, Chennai
07:30 PM-08:30 PM: Suravi- Pitambar Biswal & Group, Bhubaneswar
04 Dec 2022:
06:30 PM- 07:30 PM: Odissi: Nrutya Naivedya, Pravat Kumar Swain & Group, Bhubaneswar 07:30 PM-08:30 PM: Kuchipudi: Shivamohanam- Jaikishore Mosalikanty & Group, Chennai Adapted from: Konark Dance Festival 2022. Department of Tourism, Odisha,
https://odishatourism.gov.in/content/tourism/en/experience/event/konark-dance-festival- 2022.html.

How can the part of the sentence given in bold as [Edit vi] be changed to improve the brochure? Choose the single most fitting answer from the options given below, keeping the tone, theme and purpose of the brochure in mind.
The leading exponents and dance enthusiasts of almost all main classical dance forms of India– including Odissi, Bharatanatyam, Manipuri, Kathakali, Kathak, Kuchipudi and Sattriya– take part in the five-day classical dance carnival [Edit vi] much adding to the appeal of the event that has few parallels elsewhere*.*

Read the following programme brochure and answer the given subquestions.
Konark Dance Festival 2022
The enthralling Konark Dance Festival [Edit i] is held every year, from 1st to 5th December [Edit ii] in Open Air Auditorium, Konark, in the backdrop of the mammoth Sun Temple. Launched in 1989, it is co-organised by the Tourism Department and Odissi Research Centre [Edit iii] to provide a platform for classical dancers in India and as well as [Edit iv] to act as showcase for India’s cultural depth where dance forms are concerned. [Edit v] It also comes as a right opportunity for budding artists who are yet to make their presence felt on the international scale.
Conceived as a festival of the classical dances of India, the objective of the Konark Festival was to promote Konark as well as Odisha as a tourist destination. The Konark Dance Festival showcases the best of the traditional and classical dance forms of India besides offering interesting insights into the rich cultural and dance heritage of the country. The Konark Sun Temple is a solitary splendor par excellence built in the 13th century A.D. Folklore and mythology have created layers of legends shrouding the genesis of this world heritage monument.
The leading exponents and dance enthusiasts of almost all the main classical dance forms of India– including Odissi, Bharatanatyam, Manipuri, Kathakali, Kathak, Kuchipudi and Sattriya– take part in the five-day classical dance carnival [Edit vi] much adding to the appeal of the event that has few parallels elsewhere.
Programme:
01 Dec 2022:
06:30 PM- 07:30 PM: Odissi: Sutra Foundation, Datuk Ramli Ibrahim and Group, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
07:30 PM-08:30 PM: Guru Kundanlal Gangani Foundation, Rajendra Gangani and Group, New Delhi 02 Dec 2022
06:30 PM- 07:30 PM: Manipuri: F Jawaharlal Nehru Manipur Dance Academy, Manipur 07:30 PM-08:30 PM: Odissi: Gunjan Dance Academy- Meera Das and Group, Cuttack
03 Dec 2022:
06:30 PM- 07:30 PM: Kolkata Mayur Lalit Dance Academy- Debamitra Sengupta and Group, Kolkata 07:30 PM-08:30 PM: Mohiniattam: Dasyam Centre for Mohiniattam- Kalaimamani Smt. Gopika Varma and Group, Chennai
04 Dec 2022:
06:30 PM- 07:30 PM: Bharatanatyam: Spanda Dance Company- Leela Samson (Padma Shri Awardee) & Group, Chennai
07:30 PM-08:30 PM: Suravi- Pitambar Biswal & Group, Bhubaneswar
04 Dec 2022:
06:30 PM- 07:30 PM: Odissi: Nrutya Naivedya, Pravat Kumar Swain & Group, Bhubaneswar 07:30 PM-08:30 PM: Kuchipudi: Shivamohanam- Jaikishore Mosalikanty & Group, Chennai Adapted from: Konark Dance Festival 2022. Department of Tourism, Odisha,
https://odishatourism.gov.in/content/tourism/en/experience/event/konark-dance-festival- 2022.html.

State true or false.
The sentence given below is the topic statement in this brochure:
The leading exponents and dance enthusiasts of almost all main classical dance forms of India– including Odissi, Bharatanatyam, Manipuri, Kathakali, Kathak, Kuchipudi and Sattriya– take part in the five-day classical dance carnival [Edit vi] much adding to the appeal of the event that has few parallels elsewhere.

Read the following programme brochure and answer the given subquestions.
Konark Dance Festival 2022
The enthralling Konark Dance Festival [Edit i] is held every year, from 1st to 5th December [Edit ii] in Open Air Auditorium, Konark, in the backdrop of the mammoth Sun Temple. Launched in 1989, it is co-organised by the Tourism Department and Odissi Research Centre [Edit iii] to provide a platform for classical dancers in India and as well as [Edit iv] to act as showcase for India’s cultural depth where dance forms are concerned. [Edit v] It also comes as a right opportunity for budding artists who are yet to make their presence felt on the international scale.
Conceived as a festival of the classical dances of India, the objective of the Konark Festival was to promote Konark as well as Odisha as a tourist destination. The Konark Dance Festival showcases the best of the traditional and classical dance forms of India besides offering interesting insights into the rich cultural and dance heritage of the country. The Konark Sun Temple is a solitary splendor par excellence built in the 13th century A.D. Folklore and mythology have created layers of legends shrouding the genesis of this world heritage monument.
The leading exponents and dance enthusiasts of almost all the main classical dance forms of India– including Odissi, Bharatanatyam, Manipuri, Kathakali, Kathak, Kuchipudi and Sattriya– take part in the five-day classical dance carnival [Edit vi] much adding to the appeal of the event that has few parallels elsewhere.
Programme:
01 Dec 2022:
06:30 PM- 07:30 PM: Odissi: Sutra Foundation, Datuk Ramli Ibrahim and Group, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
07:30 PM-08:30 PM: Guru Kundanlal Gangani Foundation, Rajendra Gangani and Group, New Delhi 02 Dec 2022
06:30 PM- 07:30 PM: Manipuri: F Jawaharlal Nehru Manipur Dance Academy, Manipur 07:30 PM-08:30 PM: Odissi: Gunjan Dance Academy- Meera Das and Group, Cuttack
03 Dec 2022:
06:30 PM- 07:30 PM: Kolkata Mayur Lalit Dance Academy- Debamitra Sengupta and Group, Kolkata 07:30 PM-08:30 PM: Mohiniattam: Dasyam Centre for Mohiniattam- Kalaimamani Smt. Gopika Varma and Group, Chennai
04 Dec 2022:
06:30 PM- 07:30 PM: Bharatanatyam: Spanda Dance Company- Leela Samson (Padma Shri Awardee) & Group, Chennai
07:30 PM-08:30 PM: Suravi- Pitambar Biswal & Group, Bhubaneswar
04 Dec 2022:
06:30 PM- 07:30 PM: Odissi: Nrutya Naivedya, Pravat Kumar Swain & Group, Bhubaneswar 07:30 PM-08:30 PM: Kuchipudi: Shivamohanam- Jaikishore Mosalikanty & Group, Chennai Adapted from: Konark Dance Festival 2022. Department of Tourism, Odisha,
https://odishatourism.gov.in/content/tourism/en/experience/event/konark-dance-festival- 2022.html.

Which of the following assertions is true?

Read the following programme brochure and answer the given subquestions.
Konark Dance Festival 2022
The enthralling Konark Dance Festival [Edit i] is held every year, from 1st to 5th December [Edit ii] in Open Air Auditorium, Konark, in the backdrop of the mammoth Sun Temple. Launched in 1989, it is co-organised by the Tourism Department and Odissi Research Centre [Edit iii] to provide a platform for classical dancers in India and as well as [Edit iv] to act as showcase for India’s cultural depth where dance forms are concerned. [Edit v] It also comes as a right opportunity for budding artists who are yet to make their presence felt on the international scale.
Conceived as a festival of the classical dances of India, the objective of the Konark Festival was to promote Konark as well as Odisha as a tourist destination. The Konark Dance Festival showcases the best of the traditional and classical dance forms of India besides offering interesting insights into the rich cultural and dance heritage of the country. The Konark Sun Temple is a solitary splendor par excellence built in the 13th century A.D. Folklore and mythology have created layers of legends shrouding the genesis of this world heritage monument.
The leading exponents and dance enthusiasts of almost all the main classical dance forms of India– including Odissi, Bharatanatyam, Manipuri, Kathakali, Kathak, Kuchipudi and Sattriya– take part in the five-day classical dance carnival [Edit vi] much adding to the appeal of the event that has few parallels elsewhere.
Programme:
01 Dec 2022:
06:30 PM- 07:30 PM: Odissi: Sutra Foundation, Datuk Ramli Ibrahim and Group, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
07:30 PM-08:30 PM: Guru Kundanlal Gangani Foundation, Rajendra Gangani and Group, New Delhi 02 Dec 2022
06:30 PM- 07:30 PM: Manipuri: F Jawaharlal Nehru Manipur Dance Academy, Manipur 07:30 PM-08:30 PM: Odissi: Gunjan Dance Academy- Meera Das and Group, Cuttack
03 Dec 2022:
06:30 PM- 07:30 PM: Kolkata Mayur Lalit Dance Academy- Debamitra Sengupta and Group, Kolkata 07:30 PM-08:30 PM: Mohiniattam: Dasyam Centre for Mohiniattam- Kalaimamani Smt. Gopika Varma and Group, Chennai
04 Dec 2022:
06:30 PM- 07:30 PM: Bharatanatyam: Spanda Dance Company- Leela Samson (Padma Shri Awardee) & Group, Chennai
07:30 PM-08:30 PM: Suravi- Pitambar Biswal & Group, Bhubaneswar
04 Dec 2022:
06:30 PM- 07:30 PM: Odissi: Nrutya Naivedya, Pravat Kumar Swain & Group, Bhubaneswar 07:30 PM-08:30 PM: Kuchipudi: Shivamohanam- Jaikishore Mosalikanty & Group, Chennai Adapted from: Konark Dance Festival 2022. Department of Tourism, Odisha,
https://odishatourism.gov.in/content/tourism/en/experience/event/konark-dance-festival- 2022.html.

In the context of a brochure, which of the following is true?

Read the following programme brochure and answer the given subquestions.
Konark Dance Festival 2022
The enthralling Konark Dance Festival [Edit i] is held every year, from 1st to 5th December [Edit ii] in Open Air Auditorium, Konark, in the backdrop of the mammoth Sun Temple. Launched in 1989, it is co-organised by the Tourism Department and Odissi Research Centre [Edit iii] to provide a platform for classical dancers in India and as well as [Edit iv] to act as showcase for India’s cultural depth where dance forms are concerned. [Edit v] It also comes as a right opportunity for budding artists who are yet to make their presence felt on the international scale.
Conceived as a festival of the classical dances of India, the objective of the Konark Festival was to promote Konark as well as Odisha as a tourist destination. The Konark Dance Festival showcases the best of the traditional and classical dance forms of India besides offering interesting insights into the rich cultural and dance heritage of the country. The Konark Sun Temple is a solitary splendor par excellence built in the 13th century A.D. Folklore and mythology have created layers of legends shrouding the genesis of this world heritage monument.
The leading exponents and dance enthusiasts of almost all the main classical dance forms of India– including Odissi, Bharatanatyam, Manipuri, Kathakali, Kathak, Kuchipudi and Sattriya– take part in the five-day classical dance carnival [Edit vi] much adding to the appeal of the event that has few parallels elsewhere.
Programme:
01 Dec 2022:
06:30 PM- 07:30 PM: Odissi: Sutra Foundation, Datuk Ramli Ibrahim and Group, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
07:30 PM-08:30 PM: Guru Kundanlal Gangani Foundation, Rajendra Gangani and Group, New Delhi 02 Dec 2022
06:30 PM- 07:30 PM: Manipuri: F Jawaharlal Nehru Manipur Dance Academy, Manipur 07:30 PM-08:30 PM: Odissi: Gunjan Dance Academy- Meera Das and Group, Cuttack
03 Dec 2022:
06:30 PM- 07:30 PM: Kolkata Mayur Lalit Dance Academy- Debamitra Sengupta and Group, Kolkata 07:30 PM-08:30 PM: Mohiniattam: Dasyam Centre for Mohiniattam- Kalaimamani Smt. Gopika Varma and Group, Chennai
04 Dec 2022:
06:30 PM- 07:30 PM: Bharatanatyam: Spanda Dance Company- Leela Samson (Padma Shri Awardee) & Group, Chennai
07:30 PM-08:30 PM: Suravi- Pitambar Biswal & Group, Bhubaneswar
04 Dec 2022:
06:30 PM- 07:30 PM: Odissi: Nrutya Naivedya, Pravat Kumar Swain & Group, Bhubaneswar 07:30 PM-08:30 PM: Kuchipudi: Shivamohanam- Jaikishore Mosalikanty & Group, Chennai Adapted from: Konark Dance Festival 2022. Department of Tourism, Odisha,
https://odishatourism.gov.in/content/tourism/en/experience/event/konark-dance-festival- 2022.html.

The tone of this brochure is:

Read the passage given below and fill in the blanks with the appropriate form of adjectives in the given subquestions.
"Rush hour crowds jostle for position on the underground train platform. A (1)________ girl, looking(2)_________ than her seventeen years, was nervous yet excited as she felt the vibrations of the (3)__________train. It was her first day at the(3)_________ Royal Academy of Music in London and daunting enough for any teenager fresh from a Scottish farm. But this aspiring musician faced a (4)_________ challenge than most: she was profoundly deaf."
(Source: Cowley, Deborah. “The Sound of Music.” Beehive, National Council Of Educational Research And Training, 2022, p. 17.)

Choose the correct option for blank (1)

Read the passage given below and fill in the blanks with the appropriate form of adjectives in the given subquestions.
"Rush hour crowds jostle for position on the underground train platform. A (1)________ girl, looking(2)_________ than her seventeen years, was nervous yet excited as she felt the vibrations of the (3)__________train. It was her first day at the(3)_________ Royal Academy of Music in London and daunting enough for any teenager fresh from a Scottish farm. But this aspiring musician faced a (4)_________ challenge than most: she was profoundly deaf."
(Source: Cowley, Deborah. “The Sound of Music.” Beehive, National Council Of Educational Research And Training, 2022, p. 17.)

Choose the correct option for blank (2)

Read the passage given below and fill in the blanks with the appropriate form of adjectives in the given subquestions.
"Rush hour crowds jostle for position on the underground train platform. A (1)________ girl, looking(2)_________ than her seventeen years, was nervous yet excited as she felt the vibrations of the (3)__________train. It was her first day at the(3)_________ Royal Academy of Music in London and daunting enough for any teenager fresh from a Scottish farm. But this aspiring musician faced a (4)_________ challenge than most: she was profoundly deaf."
(Source: Cowley, Deborah. “The Sound of Music.” Beehive, National Council Of Educational Research And Training, 2022, p. 17.)

Choose the correct option for blank(3)

Read the passage given below and fill in the blanks with the appropriate form of adjectives in the given subquestions.
"Rush hour crowds jostle for position on the underground train platform. A (1)________ girl, looking(2)_________ than her seventeen years, was nervous yet excited as she felt the vibrations of the (3)__________train. It was her first day at the(3)_________ Royal Academy of Music in London and daunting enough for any teenager fresh from a Scottish farm. But this aspiring musician faced a (4)_________ challenge than most: she was profoundly deaf."
(Source: Cowley, Deborah. “The Sound of Music.” Beehive, National Council Of Educational Research And Training, 2022, p. 17.)

Choose the correct option for blank (4)

Read the passage given below and fill in the blanks with the appropriate form of adjectives in the given subquestions.
"Rush hour crowds jostle for position on the underground train platform. A (1)________ girl, looking(2)_________ than her seventeen years, was nervous yet excited as she felt the vibrations of the (3)__________train. It was her first day at the(3)_________ Royal Academy of Music in London and daunting enough for any teenager fresh from a Scottish farm. But this aspiring musician faced a (4)_________ challenge than most: she was profoundly deaf."
(Source: Cowley, Deborah. “The Sound of Music.” Beehive, National Council Of Educational Research And Training, 2022, p. 17.)

Choose the correct option for blank (5)

Choose the word without an ‘ai’ sound from the following.

Pick the odd one out on the basis of the similarity of vowel sounds:

Identify the nouns in the following sentence.
Riya visited the Gateway of India in Mumbai.

Select the word in the sentence below that contains a grammatical error.
She is better than him.

The team members hugged _______ after they had won the competition.

Select the option that will improve the underlined part of the given sentence.
One should try to make the most optimum use of resources.

Fill in the blank with the appropriate option.
Don’t trust him, he always ________ his word.

Choose the correct option.
It is a legal rule and you _______ obey it strictly.

How many syllables are there in the word ultimate?

How many syllables are there in the word staple?

In the plural noun boxes, the plural marker sounds as ________.

The word justify is stressed as ___________ (stress is indicated in bold).

Identify the grammatically correct sentence from the options given.

Identify the grammatically correct sentence from the options given.

Which of the following sentences makes use of a phrase that means ‘to be difficult to understand’? Focus on the underlined parts of the sentence.