a) Jumped off the bus in front of the old woman’s home

b) It was mid-morning and a very cold, bright day

c) Holding a potted planted before her, a girl of fourteen

d) On the outskirts of town

Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
 Abundant

Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Hit the sack

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Snake in the grass

Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.

The activity of writing dictionaries

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each blank.

The first human beings to control fire gradually learned (1)______ many uses. Not only did they (2)______ fire to keep warm and cook their food; they (3)______ learned to use it in hunting or warfare, to kill insects, to (4)______ berries, and to clear forests of underbrush so that game (5)______ be better seen and hunted. Eventually they learned that the burning of brush produced better grasslands and therefore more game.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 5.

Groups of four words are given. In each group one word is correctly spelt. Find the correctly spelt word and mark it in your Answer-Sheet.