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ANSWER KEY COMPANION 7

Unit 1 acquired: developed graduate:

A. 1. State whether true (T) or not true alumna
(NT). a. NT b. NT c. T B. 2. It is impossible that Jay would have
d. NT 2. The block of marble was been invited to the party. (invite)
damaged when Simone da Fiesole drilled 3. We might have caught the train / We
a hole through its centre and chipped away couldnt catch our train. 4. My
half the marble from the holes front and mother was worried because I couldnt
back. 3. Michelangelo chose to carve call to tell her where I was.
David. (1) David had been da Fiesoles
subject and (2) his chisel marks for C. 2. would visit 3. comes 4. save
the statue were already there. 5. tell 6. lived
4. (a) worthless (b) flaws D. heavy: rain, traffic, sleeper hard:
(c) masterpiece cash, work, labour strong:
B. 3. M 4. M 5. A 6. M swimmer, flavour, coffee
7. M 8. M 9. M 10. M E. 1. dependable 2. renewable
C. 2. besides 3. moreover 3. invincible 4. comfortable
4. also 5. however 5. capable 6. legible
7. avoidable 8. sensible
D. 2. My father told me that I spent too
much time sleeping and watching Unit 3
television. In other words, he told me A. 1. Sohra 2. Land of Oranges
that I was lazy. 3. Elephants are the 3. 11,430 millimetres 4. Guwahati
largest animals on land. By comparison, 5. Koh-ramhah 6. roots of trees
whales are the largest animals in the 7. cane and bamboo
sea. 4. Karthik is very organised. B. 2. compound 3. compound
In other words, he works according to a 4. compound 5. complex
timetable. 6. compound
E. 2. bristled 3. seethed 4. flared C. 2. Renu came home because she wanted
up 5. incensed to see me. 3. He pushed with all
Unit 2 his strength but he could not move the
A. 1. Because Lynn is blind. 2. The fallen book case. 4. I was reading
dogs help her believe that anything and he was cooking. 5. The cat was
is possible with a seeing eye dog by hiding under the bed as he usually does.
her side 3. (a) a physical therapy D. 2. high-rise 3. well-known
clinic (b) sixth 4. Rambo is 4. bright-eyed 5. sugar-free
guiding Lynn live another part of her 6. full-time
life after her fifth guide.
5. competent: capable

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Grammar Revision I C. 2. Nilesh asked if there was enough food

A. 1. M 2. A 3. A 4. A to serve his friends. 3. The teacher
5. M asked Hema what her address was.
B. 1. should have 2. would have D. 2. wound it up 3. wagging his finger
3. could have 4. must have at 4. untangle themselves from
5. shouldnt have 5. took the lid off 6. get a good
grip on
C. 1. Everyone was surprised that the
project failed. 2. Mr Mukherjee E.
educated his nephew and also set up a A B
business for him. 3. Although he is 1. tele d. over a long distance
not a great writer, he is very popular. 2. multi e. many
4. Her parents are not happy that 3. sub c. under / low
she dropped out of college to start a 4. uni b. one / whole / same
business. 5. Priya and Meera went 5. pre a. before
to the concert early and parked their
vehicles in a good spot, so they got
the best seats in the room. 6. I was Unit 5
walking down the road and I saw a family A. 1. The trumpet. Because, he
of ducks crossing the road. and the trumpet have performed
together many a time in the past.
Unit 4 2. The man was very excited when he
A. 1. Herman Melviles fascination with saw his old friend with the boy.
the sea began quite unexpectedly B. 1. My uncle recommended this hotel,
when he signed up as a cabin boy on which turned out to be excellent. Non-
the St. Lawrence that sailed between restrictive
New York and Liverpool. 2. He 2. What do you think of the bicycle
was arrested in Tahiti for abandoning that we saw yesterday? Restrictive
the Acushnet. 3. Melville had many 3. This book will tell us everything
colourful experiences at sea which that we need to know about
he wanted to write about. His friend, English grammar. Non-restrictive
Nathaniel Hawthorne also convinced 4. Mita who works at AVM studios, has
him to use his experiences on whaling quit her job. Non-restrictive 5. The
ships to write a novel. 4. Moby bus that stops here is always late. Non-
Dick. When it was first published, it did restrictive
not excite publishers or readers.
C. 1. This painting was done by Raja
B. 2. Kindly switch off the lights and fans, Ravi Varma who was a Keralite. Non-
the class monitor told us. 3. Sheela restrictive
asked the principal, May I please go on
2. She comes from a beautiful village
an excursion next week? 4. Can I
in Kashmir, a place that is famous for
come late to class tomorrow?, Salman
its scenic beauty.Non-restrictive
asked his teacher. 5. Why havent
3. Do you remember the name
you returned my book?,
of the film that I told you about
I asked him. yesterday?Restrictive 4. I have

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one brother who is a painter. Non- C. Lata: If I had done my homework,

restrictive 5. Sruti Mathur is the the teacher wouldnt have punished
new school captain who joined our me. Leena: If she hadnt punished
school only last year. Non-restrictive you, you could have come to my
house. Lata: Yes, if I had come
D. 2. sniggering 3. tittered
home with you, I could have seen the
4. guffawing 5. chuckled
film-shoot near your house. Leena:
6. giggling
Yes, you could have met the famous
F. 1. The Gafur family has relocated film star! Lata: If I could turn back
to Shimla this year after living in the clock, I would do my homework!
Chandigarh for twenty years. 2. The
D.
beauty of the 200-year-old building
was restored after its renovation. disagree disobey
3. The rain had washed off the actors discontinue disapprove
make-up, but he reapplied it again disinfect disqualify
carefully. 4. William returned to
America because he couldnt adjust to distrust displease
the Indian climate. dishonest discomfort
H. 2. It was a cold day; I had to wrap up disappear disconnect
warmly. 3. Moscow is in Russia; its dishearten disown
the capital of the country. 4. The
horses race around the field; they are Grammar Revision II
very energetic animals. 5. I liked A. 1. Meera asked whether none of you
the book; it was a pleasure to read. will help her. 2. My father asked if
I did not want any breakfast. 3. The
Unit 6 tourist asked how far the Post Office
A. 1. The host is a scientist and inventor. His was from General Bazaar.
latest invention was the Time Machine. 4. I wondered when this boring film
2. He could have been physically would get over. 5. The kind
and mentally strained from working policeman asked the lost girl where she
overtime on his new invention. came from. 6. Mother said that
3. The Time Travellers guest reacted in you must finish your homework before
disbelief to the narrators words. going out to play.
4. The Time Traveller told his guests
that he had been time travelling. B. 1. R 2. NR 3. NR
4. R 5. NR 6. NR 7. R
B. 2. If they had used the map, they
wouldnt have gotten lost. 3. If you C. 1. Rahul would have joined us if he
had remembered the phone number, we had got permission from work.
could have called them to find out their 2. If they had listened to me, they
address. 4. If there were taxis on the wouldnt be in so much trouble
road, I wouldnt have had to wait for now. 3. Tarun wouldnt have been
hours. 5. If he had helped us, we so ill if he had followed the doctors
would have finished the work quickly. advice. 4. If we had known that
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baked a cake. 5. Ellen could have compartment too and wished that the
played with her friends if she had journey were longer than 12 hours.
known how to play Scrabble. 2. He had a large, well-lit and
comfortable compartment with a toilet
Unit 7 and sink in an adjoining room. There
A. 1. Say whether these statements are true was a table, well-upholstered seats and
(T) or not true (NT). a. T b. NT a mirror. 3. The sleeping car is the
c. T 2. The old kudu was curious most painless form of travel because the
and hence did not run. 3. Cursed passenger is ensured complete privacy
himself. He did so because he had and the passenger is not expected to
wasted precious daylight by trying to make friends or have conversations with
follow the old kudu. others. 4. a. After travelling for so
4. The warden found a herd of about 120 long, I could tell on entering a train what
elephants grazing on the mountainside. sort of a journey it would be.
5. Find the words from the passage b. about cars and buses, the less said
which mean the same as i) look the better. 5. The views from the
closely: peer narrators window included a swell of
ii) tempt: lure hills, mountains, a loud metal bridge
B. 2. Is our complaint being looked and the sight of people standing on
into? 3. Was the pizza delivered platforms under yellow lamps.
by the delivery boyon time? 4. The B. 1. The clock could have been repaired
film was given a very good review by in three days. 2. The rules of the
the critic. 5. Will our invitation be school should be obeyed. 3. Those
accepted by them? temples might have been built in the time
C. 2. The invigilator instructed, Students, of Emperor Asoka. 4. Litter must
do your rough work on separate sheets be picked up by those who threw it.
of paper. 5. The police agree that if they had put
3. Siddharth said, I lost all my up the proper warning signs, the accident
belongings at the Salem station this could have been prevented.
morning. 6. Safety precautions will be
4. The headmistress has a surprise demonstrated before the plane takes
planned for you today, the teacher said. off. 7. The bracelet is no longer
5. Roohi exclaimed, I did not know on display so it must have been
about the trip scheduled for tomorrow! sold. 8. The prisoner will be held in
a maximum security prison.
D. 1. bit by bit 2. time and again 9. Mahesh ought to be told that
3. once in a while 4. sooner or later the driver is waiting for him at the
5. to this day station. 10. The roads to Lonavla
E. 1. d 2. f 3. b 4. c may be closed if the rain continues.
5. e 6. a C. 1. No correction. 2. My brother
plays the guitar very well. Many people
Unit 8 feel he is a talented player. 3. The
A. 1. The narrator had everything he needed match will go on for another two
for the trip. He had a very comfortable hours. 4. Our family has dinner at

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8 pm. 5. How long will I have to be 18 August 1980. Within minutes, the
in the hospital?, she asked the doctor. snow-bridge over a crevasse that he
D. Passenger: Id like to purchase a ticket was crossing fell taking him with it. He
to go from Delhi to Lucknow tomorrow survived and climbed out of the crevasse
morning. and reached 7800 meters where he
Ticket agent: Would you like to take the pitched his tent for the night in winds
Shatabdi Express, which blowing at 80kmph.
leaves at 6:15 am? 3. He was exhilarated. 4. a. disaster
Passenger: Oh! Thats very good. b. surfaced c. anchored
What is the fare?
B. 2. will not tell 3. can teach
Ticket agent: A seat in the air-conditioned
4. will see 5. will be leaving
compartment costs seven
hundred and eighty five C.
rupees. formal informal
Passenger: All right. Please book a 1. wander a. loaf
seat for me. 2. steal b. filch
Ticket agent: Okay. Your ticket has been 3. wager c. bet
booked. You must be on 4. study d. cram
the platform on time. 5. food e. grub
Passenger: Thank you. Is there a 6. fail f. flunk
pantry car on the train? 7. insane g. crazy
Ticket agent: Yes there is. 8. hit h. bash
Passenger: Thank you very much.
Ticket agent: Youre welcome. Enjoy
D. 2. disappointed 3. elated
your journey. 4. stressed 5. impatient
F. 1. Hands up! This is a hold-up. 6. bewildered
CORRECT 2. Could you hold-up
E. 2. burglary 3. oratory
the picture for me? WRONG 3. He 4. sanctuary 5. anniversary
was fascinated by eighteenth-century 6. bribery 7. auditory
history. CORRECT 8. butchery 9. complimentary
4. It was clearly a case of self-defence. 10. temporary
CORRECT 5. Could you take my coat
off-the-peg? WRONG 6. The traffic Grammar Revision III
was slowly building-up. WRONG A. 1. It was asked if the arrangements for
the general elections were complete.
Unit 9 2. In the past, tigers may have been
A. 1. All living things have a natural killed for sport. 3. The new cancer
tendency or drive to fight against death drug could be sold by pharmacies
or run away from things that hurt them. soon. 4. Mohan said to his mother
It is known as the survival instinct. that he was not responsible for breaking
When the narrator was falling down a the window.
crevasse, his natural tendency to save
himself arose. 2. The narrator B. 1. The Twenty-Twenty World Cup
started on his adventure at 5 am on begins on 1st April. 2. Everyone

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will be driving electric cars in the films; he does not. 5. The following
future. 3. Im sorry I cant meet cars are the most popular: Hyundais,
with you this evening. I am visiting my Fords and Toyotas.
grandparents. 4. The train is going 6. Meher wanted one thing from her
to leave. 5. When she left school, vacation: to get lots of rest. 7. To get
she promised herself that she would ready for the camping trip, we needed
return. to buy the following items: medicines,
candles, matches, bottled water and
C. wrote, came, has written, have been
energy bars.
translated, reaches, will have

Unit 10 Unit 11
A. 1. a, c 2. c 3. c 4. a. genius A. 1. a radio broadcast alerted listeners
b. solution c. legend to a Martian landing in Grovers Mill,
New Jersey.2. the foggy weather that
B. 1. became, visited 2. arrived, had evening. 3. many people had missed
already left 3. missed, didnt go the introduction to the broadcast.
off 4. knew, had met 5. got, 4. American audiences had become used
had lost 6. arrived, had already to the breaking news format of the war-
C. 2. (1) we had not booked one in time. 5. a. concern
advance. (2) We were not able to b. knowledge c. mislead
get a hotel room 3. (1) We had B. 1. had been living 2. had been
owned that car for ten years going 3. had been planning
(2) before it broke down 4. had been trying 5. had been
4. (1) he had visited the city several organising 6. had been staying
times (2) Tony knew Jaipur well
5. (1) they had lived near each other for C. 1. had been training 2. had been
years (2) They found out flying 3. had the children been
6. (1) She had just entered the doing 4. had been sleeping
house (2) when she got a call from 5. had been raining (OR) hadnt been
her friend raining
D. 2. coast 3. edge, brink 4. frill
5. rim 6. fringe D. 1. cold freezing
E. 2. pleased delighted
3. frightened terrified
Courageous Cowardly
4. tired exhausted
heroic timid 5. sure positive
daring (INFORMAL) fearful 6. surprised amazed
plucky (INFORMAL) nervous
valiant spineless E. 1. memorise BRITISH 2. dialog
(INFORMAL) 3. skilful BRITISH 4. criticize
F. 2. You have only one choice. Leave 5. licence BRITISH 6. colour
now while you can. 3. In the bag BRITISH 7. honour BRITISH
were a pair of scissors, a comb and, a 8. centre BRITISH 9. jewelry
notebook. 4. She likes watching 10. tyre BRITISH

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Unit 12 Grammar Revision IV

A. 1. the Globe Theatre 2. c 3. the A. 1. got, had been working 2. rested,
architecture and style of construction had left 3. failed, he had not given
and seating arrangements in the Globe 4. lived, moved 5. had been
Theatre 4. b 5. a working, took
B. 1. is 2. has 3. appear B. 1. has been sitting 2. have been
4. are 5. organises playing 3. has been raining
C. 1. seem 2. are 3. presents 4. have been painting 5. have been
4. are 5. have doing
D. 1. not usable / broken 2. not tidy / C. 1. has 2. is 3. was 4. is
dirty 3. not available / absent 5. are 6. was
4. not aware / oblivious 5. remove /
disconnect

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