Choose the appropriate options from the ones given below to complete the following passage. Write the answers in your answer sheet against the correct blank numbers.  
As a young boy I (a) ……… …….. to play on the ground near my home. At the (b)……………...end of the ground was a library. I had often seen people walk in and out of it (c)………………..books in their hands. One evening, I walked in and politely asked the librarian (d)……………..a book.

(a) (i) was (ii) used (iii) are (iv) had
(b) (i) far (ii) near (iii) off (iv) hind
(c) (i) carried (ii) carrying (iii) carries (iv) carry
(d) (i) for (ii) him (iii) about (iv) to

Rearrange the following words/phrases to form meaningful sentences. The first one has been done for you.
watching TV / on exercise / while you are / the following ways / The American Council /suggests / to exercise
The American Council on exercise suggests the following ways to exercise while you are watching TV.

(a) the remote / the channel / to change / get up / from the couch / instead of using
(b) the room during / Walk up / the stairs / or around / and down / commercial breaks
(c) a treadmill / use / you watch / while / you can / TV
(d) resistance band / while watching / use a / television

Study the notes given below and complete the paragraph that follows by filling in the blanks suitably.
NOTES
-Octopush – underwater hockey game
- created by a group of English divers
- aim was to keep scuba diving club busy in winter
- each team – 8 players – battle for a lead puck with a pusher
Octopush(a)…………. hockey game. It (b)………….. a group of English divers.
The game (c)…………. keeping the local scuba club busy during the winter months. The original rules required 8 players (d)……………… a lead puck with a small stick called pusher.

The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in each line. Write the incorrect word and the correction in your answer sheet against the correct blank number. Underline the correct word supplied by you. The first one has been done for you as an example.
                           

	Incorrect	Correct
One morning I finished one business at the bank	one	some
and was returning in pick my motorbike which I had left	(a)
in the parking lot outside, Suddenly he realised that I had	(b)
lost the bike key. Upset I searched about it in the bank. A bank	(c)
employee tried to help me find it, and in vain	(d)

Read the conversation given below and complete the paragraph that follows:     
Reena: I called you yesterday. Where were you?
Arya: I went to visit my grandmother. Why did you call?
Reena: I called to tell you that our results will be out next week.
Arya: Are you sure?
Reena: I saw the news in yesterday’s newspaper.
Reena told Arya that (a)…………… and asked her where she had been. Arya told her that (b)………………grandmother and enquired why she had called. Reena told her that she (c)………….results would be out next week. When Arya asked whether she was sure Reena told her (d) ……….…newspaper.