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1. 1.

   Read this paragraph. Strike out underlined tense errors and write the correct forms.

   Farah is a child actor. She ^1.will have acted  acts / has acted  in different plays. The Tempest, staged last year, ^2.is ______________________ her first play. Currently, Farah ^3. willplay _____________________ Puck in A Midsummer Night's Dream. She ^4. will not take part ______________________ in any play last month since her exams ^5. will begoing ______________________ on. Farah ^6. performs ______________________ in four cities so far. She ^7. will have performed ______________________ in New Delhi last year, and ^8. travelled ______________________ to Bengaluru in her next vacation to act in a children's theatre festival. Her friends ^9. will think ______________________ that by the time  Farah ^10. is growing ______________________ up, she ^11. had become ______________________ a famous celebrity.

2. 2.

   Complete this paragraph with the correct forms of the verbs in brackets.

   It's decided−we ^1. ________________________ (put) up a concert on Annual Day. Malhar, who ^2. ________________________ (learn) many instruments, ^3. ________________________ (play) the guitar. Anushka ^4. ________________________ (think) whether to play  the violin or the cello. Mrinal ^5. ________________________ (opt) for the flute. She ^6. ________________________ (perform) with her flute last year and it was a great success. I will not play an instrument−I ^7. ________________________ (coordinate) everything. The principal ^8. ________________________ (finalise) the programme when we ^9. ________________________ (beg) her to include our concert. We are sure that we ^10. ________________________ (finish) rehearsing by next week.

3. 3.

   Complete these sentences with the correct collocations from the box.

   beauty parlour

   freedom fighter

   large scale

   news agency

   poor quality

   strong taste

   1. Many of us fell sick at the camp because of the ________________________ of the food.
   2. The medicine had a ________________________ which Vinod did not like.
   3. Father has never been to a ________________________ for a haircut.
   4. To build the new road, trees are being cut down on a ________________________.
   5. Our library is named after a ________________________ who lost his life fighting for India's independence.
4. 4.

   Your class will perform a concert when the school opens after the summer vacation. Write a formal letter to the Principal, requesting their permission to use the school auditorium for your rehearsals for a week during the summer vacation.