1. Match the following identifying the phrase to complete the sentence and mark the correct code:
Column A Column B
(a) The cream Cake is 1. harder and harder
(b) The new sweets are 2. more expensive
(c) The new waiters are 3. so costly
(d) It is getting 4. better
(a) (b) (c) (d)

2. Find out the sentence where gerund is used:

3. 'If you can't be a highway, just be a trail,
If you can't be the Sun, be a Star;
It is not the size that you win or you fail
Be the Best of whatever you are !.....'
The Rhyme Scheme in the above given lines is.....

4. The Giant's final journey was to

5. 'The attainment of a developed status by 2020 does not mean that we can then rest on our laurels'
Laurels mean

6. 'To my immediate right the Nanda Pal glacier slopes down sharply __________ ofcourse for the fact that ends in a cold and menacing snout with icy waters flowing below'.
In the given passage the word menacing means

7. Match the British English words under Column A with their American English equivalents under Column B and choose the correct code.
Column A Column B
(a) chips 1. garbage can
(b) dustbin 2. jelly
(c) jam 3. guy
(d) fellow 4. french fries
(a) (b) (c) (d)

8. The American English equivalent of the word 'washbasin' is

9. The first step in the road to success, according to Edwin C Bliss, is to

10. Gopala Krishna Gokhale was