State whether the following statements are True or False :- 

(1) The people of Ratnam woke up very late in the morning.

(2) Rajan had ideas of his own and did not listen to anyone.

(3) Rajan's friends thought he was a very intelligent and clever boy.

(4) Rajan decided about his future only after seeing the footwear of the villagers.

(5) The villagers were too poor to afford the shoes from the city.

(6) Rajan went to the city to buy new shoes and machinery to make shoes.

(7) Rajan made new shoes for his family members so that the villagers could see them.

(8) The shoes that Rajan made for the villagers were cheap and affordable.

(9) Rajan worked alone in his house and made shoes for everyone.

(10) Rajan became a respectable man in his village.

Fill in the blanks with appropriate modals given below. You may use these modals more than once.

 shouldn’t    might     would

  need        should       couldn’t 

i  It’s surprising that the teacher only scolded Rina, she______________ have been punished more severely for doing what she did. 

ii  Why didn’t you tell me that you were eating at your friend’s house, I_____________ have cooked so much food.

iii  You are silly to go to the deep end of the swimming pool, you____________ have drowned.

iv  I__________ have got up so early in the morning.

v  You __________have shouted at him, he is really upset.

vi I________________ have reached the party on time, nobody arrived for a long time. 

vii  Why didn’t you come by the Metro .It_____________ have been easy for me to pick you from the station.

viii  You have taken shelter under a tree; you_____________ have been struck by lightening

. ix  You_____________ have borrowed my book without asking me.

x _______________ you mind passing the salt, please?

Write a composition of about 150 words on any one of the following topics.   Emotional Intelligence

 The Role of Sports in shaping young minds

 Sustainable Development

Look at these words and phrases taken from the reading passage. Match them with the correct meaning given in the box.

05 (1) Tattered footwear (2) Word spread like fire (3) Wrong in the head (4) Dwell (5) Given charge

(a) to work (b) crazy (c) torn shoes (d) live (e) given a battery (f) new shoes (g) news went around (h) give responsibility.

Letter writing (150 words):

 You recently bought a micro-wave oven for your kitchen but it did not work properly. Write a Letter to the shop manager. In your letter, say when you bought the oven, what the problem is and say what you would like the manager to do.

Write a composition of about 150 words on any one of the following topics.   Emotional Intelligence

 The Role of Sports in shaping young minds

 Sustainable Development

 Pick out the sentences where the subject does not agree with the verb and correct them. 

i  Politics play an important part in our lives.

ii  Neither she nor her sister are to blame.

iii  Dombey and Son is an interesting novel by Dickens.

iv  During difficult times the poor suffers more than the rich.

v  Renu and her friends has decided to study through the night.

vi  Nobody has any objections about the new rules.

vii  Either the accused or his cronies have the diamonds.

viii  The committees have unanimously voted for the resolution.

ix  A lot of milk have been wasted in preparing the new recipe.

x  All the books by the author have been sold.