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1. 1.

   Convert these simple sentences into complex sentences.

   1. Everyone knows about Goa's beautiful beaches.
   2. We will have the meeting after lunch.
   3. Rajesh worked hard to pass the exam.
   4. The book fair used to be held at Central Maidan.
   5. Tourists flocked to the overcrowded hill station.
   6. On seeing the police, the theif ran away.
2. 2.

   Make sentences with these common expressions used in dialogue.

   1. are you sure: ____________________________________________
   2. it's all very well : ____________________________________________
   3. now that : ____________________________________________
   4. of course : ____________________________________________
   5. tell me: ____________________________________________
   6. what do you say to: ____________________________________________
3. 3.

   Read this passage carefully and answer the questions.

   Sherlock Holmes learned back in his armchair. "Observation shows me that you have been to the Wigmore Street Post-Office this morning, but deduction lets me know that when there, you dispatched a telegram.

   "Right!" said I. "Right on both points! But I confess that I don't see how you arrived at it. It was a sudden thought, and I have mentioned it to no one."

   "It is simplicity itself," he remarked, chucking at my surprise. "Observation tells me that you have a little reddish mould stuck to your shoe. Just opposite the Wigmore Street Post-Office they have taken up the pavement and thrown up some earth which lies in such a way that it is difficult to avoid stepping on it in entering. The earth is of this peculiar reddish tint which is found, as far as I know, nowhere else in the neighbourhood. So much is observation. The  rest is deduction."

   "How, then, did you deduce the telegram?"

   "Why, of course I knew that you had not written a letter, since I sat opposite to you all morning. I see also in your open desk there that you have a sheet of stamps and a thick bundle of postcards. What could you go into the post-office for, then, but to send a wire? Eliminate all other factors, and the one which remains must be the truth."

   1. Give the meanings of these words as used in the passage. One word answers or short phrases will be accepted.
      1. deduction: _______________________
      2. chuckling: _______________________
      3. eliminate: _______________________
   2. Answer these questions briefly in your own words.
      1. What could Holmes understand about Watson's activities/
      2. Why was a bit of reddish earth sticking to Watson's shoe?
      3. How did Holmes know that Watson had sent a telegram?
   3. In not more than 50 words, describe what you can understand about Sherlock Holmes from this passage.
   4. Give aa title to the passage and give a reason to justify your choice.