Rearrange the given six sentences/group of sentences A, B, C, D, E and
Fin a proper sequence so as to form a meaningful paragraph and then answer the given
questions.
A. Anansi was just about to eat them when he noticed smoke in the distance. He learnt from
the cassava that the smoke was from the town of rice.
B. “Rice is much better than cassava!” Saying this Anansi promptly journeyed to the town of
rice. When he reached there he noticed smoke in the distance. So he left the rice village and
headed for the smoke, greedily thinking that he’d get something better.
C. Alas, when he reached there he found it was his own village and he had no food for the
villagers or himself. Greed had got him nowhere.
D. He left his village to find food for his people and himself. After walking miles and miles he
saw smoke from a distant village.
E. Anansi, the spider was very unhappy. There was a drought and all his people were starving.
F. When he reached, the only food he found was cassava. The cassava asked Anansi, “Would
you like us roasted, fried or boiled?” Anansi told them that he did not have a particular choice
and so they roasted themselves.
Read each of the following sentences to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. Select the part with the error as your answer. If there is no error, select `No error’ as your answer. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any)
Whoever covers the longer distancea:/ and returns home before sunsetb:/ will get wealth in proportionate toc:/ the distance they cover.d: No errore:
Shyam realiseda:/ his mistake and b:/ recognised the importancec:/ of practicality in life.d: No errore:
Two little boys were a:/ playing together,b:/ when one them saw/c: a nut on the ground.d: No error e:
Nick’s father wasa:/ a hardworking manb:/ and hardly spend any timec:/ with his son.d: No errore:
