Questions

Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

It was hard to believe that she (were) dead for three months.

Improve the given sentence if necessary.

No sooner had he completed his first novel than he fell seriously ill.

Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.

We need not
P-order to nurture true cosmopolitanism
Q-burden of loving each other in
R-place on ourselves the unbearable

Improve the bracketed part of the sentence

The priest agreed (to answer on) questions on theology.

Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.

The white American underclass is in thrall

P-and used heroin needles
Q-to a vicious, selfish culture
R-whose main products are misery

Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.

The instructor's rules were simple. Breathe through your mouth, not your nose; else the mask will fog up. Easier said than done; I got it wrong many a time. But once you fought habit and got the hang of it, the panoramic underwater world revealed itself to you with high-definition clarity.

Led by him, I slowly peered through the mask into what till then was crystal-clear water, shimmering in the sunlight. I saw pebbles, sand and my fluid shadow. I was in Nemo's universe. Sea cucumbers, sea anemone, clown fish, star fish, sea horses, parrot fish, butterfly fish and a bevy of colourful salt water fish swam past. A shoal of canary-yellow fish did a merry dance and another with vibrant blue fish followed it. They were oblivious to the snorkelers who struggled to take in the sight of a world so beautiful, so colourful, and resist opening their mouth wide in amazement; the tube would fall off!

What is 'Nemo'?

Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

(Take off) your shoes before you enter the temple.

Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

If you come across new words, you should look (them up) in the dictionary.