Q.1.

The following passage has jumbled up paragraphs and some grammatical and
spelling mistakes. Rewrite it removing the mistakes and putting the paragraphs in
correct order.
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It was not for such tricks, however, that the Giant Eye was built. It is use to study stars that flame through
the universe at distances almost beyond imagination. The telescope have registered flecks of light from stars
believed to be twelve billion miles away.
The telescope looks not only out into space, but also back into time. Although that may seem hard to
understand at first, it is really quite simple. When a star appears in the sky, the light travel towards us at
186,000 miles a second, but space distances are so grate that much time passes before the same light becomes
visible here. To put it another way, when we gaze up at the night sky, we do not see the stars as they exist now,
but rather the light tracks that the stars have made long ago. The Mount Palomar telescope has seen light
tracks made two million years ago! This means that we see a star as it existed two million years ago and we
are therefore look back into time.
Resting on Mount Palomar in South California is a telescope that has been called the Giant Eye. It is by far
the largest and most remarkable telescope ever built. The most remarkable feature of this telescope is a great
lens, or mirror, which weighs fifteen tons and measures two hundred inches across! It was design and built
with fantastic care. Twenty one highly skilled men worked for eleven years just polishing this mirror to such a
perfect finish that the most powerful magnifying glass could not detect a single flaw. This lens rests in an
immense tube. This is a towering instrument, almost seven stories high, yet so delicately adjusted that it has to
be protected by special shields. A grain of dust or the mere body heat of a visitor could disturb the focus.
How far can one saw with such an instrument? The scientists say they could spot a candle glowing ten
thousand miles away. If the California telescope were pointed towards New York City, and if there were
nothing to block the view, the street scenes across the continent will would appear as clearly as though seen
from a distance of seven foot.
Q.2 Rewrite the following sentences correcting them according to the instructions given:
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Change into active voice:
1. The meeting was attended by twenty people and a discussion was held to discuss if the director could
be convinced by them.
2. Grades of the students will be sent to the parents by the school.
Make coordinate elements parallel (put parallelism)
3. If the staff members are well motivated, they will arrive at work on time, correct their own mistakes
and fewer sick days will be used.
4. Some business professors teach by lecturing unlike the alternative use of the Case Study method.
Eliminate choppiness.
5. The boys will be free in June. They will have no work. They will get together. Then it will be the best
time to travel. They will travel to Kashmir.
6. Taking a driving test is important. The test is run by special instructors. The instructors are briefed by
the SP traffic.
Eliminate There areor any other related form.

7. There are three chairs, four desks and two cupboards that need repair work.
8. There is a white door that is upstairs to which I cannot find the key.
Correct Nominalization.
9. We have increased our work by consideration of two more cities.
Correct the use of You.
10. The operator of the telephone can link you to any number in the country. However, you cant link
sometimes due to busy network.

Q.3. Write an abstract of the following passages and give suitable titles:

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Passage 1
The great advantage of early rising is the good start it gives us in our days work. The early riser has done a
large amount of hard work before other men have got out of bed. In the early morning the mind is fresh, and
there are few sounds or distractions, so that work done at that time is generally well done. In many cases the
early riser also gets time to take some exercise in the fresh morning air, and this exercise supplies him with a
fund of energy that will last until the evening. By beginning so early, he knows that he has plenty of time to do
thoroughly all the work he can be expected to do, and is not tempted to hurry over any part of it. All his work
being finished in good time, he has long interval of rest in the evening before the timely hour when he goes to
bed. He gets to sleep several hours before midnight, at the time when sleep is the most refreshing, and after a
sound nights rest rises early next morning in good health and spirits for the labours of a new day.

Passage 2
The marvel of the machine age, the electronic computer, has been in use only since 1946. It can do simple
computations add, subtract, multiply and divide lightning speed and accuracy. It can multiply two 10-digit
numbers in 1/1000 second, a problem that would take an average person five minutes to do with pencil and
paper. Some computers can work 500,000 times faster than any person can.
Once it is given a program that is, a carefully worked-out set of instructions devised by technicians trained
in computer language a computer can gather a wide range of information for many purposes. For the
scientist it can get information from outer space or from the depths of the ocean. In business and industry the
computer prepares factory inventories, keeps track of sales trends and production needs, mails dividend
cheques, and makes out company payrolls. It can keep bank accounts up to date and make out electric bills. If
you are planning a trip by plane, the computer will find out what route to take and what space is available.

Computers are being used in space travel. Rockets, satellites, and spaceships are guided by computers.
Computers are being used in aviation. They are used in the training of airline pilots. Computers also direct the
flight of planes from one city to another, control their air speeds and altitudes and even land them. Computers
are being used in medicine. They are used in analyzing blood samples, in diagnosing diseases, and in
prescribing medication. They also keep records of the tissue types of patients waiting for organ transplants.
Not only can the computer gather facts, it can also store them as fast as they are gathered and pour them out
whenever they are needed. They computer is really a high-powered memory machine that has all the
answers _ or almost all. No matter what the department of life is, the computer will flash out answers in a
fraction of a second. (Author-ABC, Published on Page 30 in the Magazine XYZ).

Q.4. Apply the principles of writing on the following sentences:

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It was known by Mr. Ahmad that expenses must be reduced by us.

You have certainly forgotten the contract terms.
We pay 5% profit on the money kept with us.
There were a large number of representatives at the meeting.
The picture that is enclosed will give you an idea of the house.

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