The night was cold and dark. There was a great storm, thunder and lightning also. Most men and animals, adequately protected, were asleep in their homes. They were warm and happy. But some monkeys were running through the forest. They had no warm home and there was cold. Worried monkeys looked everywhere for shelter. They had almost resigned themselves to be flattened out by the cold. Suddenly they saw some fireflies. Now, fireflies have a light in their tails, as all our children know. The monkeys took the light for fire. Poor things, they did not know any better. They said, 'We will go near the fire and warm ourselves.' There was a flock of birds in a tree nearby. One bird had a kind heart, and it felt sorry for the monkeys. It called out,
'That is not fire, my friends! Those are fireflies. They give no heat. It is futile to run after them.'
Then monkeys got furious and their rage knew no bounds. They did not thank the bird. One monkey said rudely, 'Is it so? We do not want unsolicited advice. I will teach you to say there is no fire.' He jumped up the tree and pulled the poor bird out of its nest. 'Alas!' said the poor bird. 'Why did I try to help a fool?'
For the following questions answer them individually
Pick out the correct sentence from the following sentences.
Pick out the part of sentence which has an error. If there is no error, mark the option “No Errorˮ.
A) Writing the letter, B) is often cheaper, C) than telephoning.
This question has a word followed by four choices. From the choices, identify the one that is opposite in meaning (antonym) to the given word.
CONSIDERATE
Pick out the correct sentence in indirect narration of the following sentence:
He said, "Let us wait for the award."
Fill in the blank with a suitable form of verb. 'Time and tide _______ for none.'
Read the following sentence and choose the best definition for the underlined word by searching for context clues in the sentence:
The attorney wanted to expedite the process because her client was becoming impatient.
Arrange the following parts of a sentence to make a meaningful sentence.
P: around the town
Q: when I was young,
R: delivering food to customers
S: shopkeepers would cycle