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Choose the right word given in brackets:
1. The use of credit cards…..…(has/have) increased
hundredfold in the last decade.

2. Half the students of the class……………………….(was/
Key republished
were) absent yesterday.
3. The number of poisonous snakes……………….....(is/
are) not known accurately.
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4. I…………………………………………..……….(am/is/was)
not hungry now.
5. We……………………………………..(hadn’t/hasn’t/
haven’t) seen him of late.
6. Salim…………………….......………..………(do not/does
not) know how to cook.
Practise writing

Read the information given in the boxes about different
sports. Write in paragraphs using the given information. One
is done for you. (For more information you can consult an
encyclopedia.)

Sl. Sport Description Rules Famous National Cups Mate-
No. of the sport words sports Game organized rials
persons
of…
needed
1. H sticks.to be penalty Dhyanchand INDIA Hockey hockey-
*Two teams
*outdoor
O game, of 11 players corner World stick
C team *The game goal Cup ball
guard
sport.
consists
K
Dhyanchand
Not in to the periods.
etc.,
Cup
of three
E
*Players
hit the ball
20-minute
Y
goal using
2. C *indoor *Play starts check Vishwanathan R World board
Anand,
U
pieces
draw
Chess
with the
game.
S
H
white piece
etc.
Champ
S
E
*the players
*players
S
move the
take turns
S
pieces.
moving one
piece at a I A ionship
time until the
game ends.
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