1. Fill in the blanks:
   Principal: Why were you absent last week?
   Student: I was absent because I was not well.
   Principal: What will happen to your studies now?
   Student: I will work hard to complete them.
   Complete: The Principal asked the student (a)…………. The student replied (b)…………….
2. Choose the correct options to complete the narration:
   Ram : What a cold day it is! I think this must be the coldest day of the season.
   Shyam: I don’t mind the cold. It is the summer that bothers me.
   Ram: Well! I am only worried about my mother.
   Complete: Ram explained that (i)__________and was positive that (ii)__________.
3. Sachin Interview – Complete narration:
   Reporter : Congratulations Sachin! You have now another world record your credit.
   Sachin : God is great. I only enjoy my cricket.
   Reporter : After 200 not out in an ODI, what next? Can we hope for 400 plus innings in a test match?
   Sachin : The love of my countrymen is my greatest strength. I hope I will not disappoint them.
4. Rita & Mother conversation – Complete paragraph:
   Mother told Rita (a)………………Rita replied that (b)………………
5. Ranbir & Policeman conversation – Complete narration:
   Ranbir asked the policeman standing there (i)__________. The policeman replied that (ii)__________.
6. Ram & Peon conversation – Complete narration:
   Ram went to the Principal’s office and told the peon (i)__________ the Principal. Respectfully the peon told him that (ii)_________.

1. a. why he had been absent the previous week.
b. that he had been absent because he had not been well.

2. i. it was a very cold day
ii. it must be the coldest day of the season

3. i. he had another world record to his credit
ii. he only enjoyed his cricket

4. a. to finish her food.
b. she did not want to have that food

5. i. where his car was and added that he remembered parking it there.
ii. his car had been towed away as he had parked in a ‘no parking zone’

6. i. that he wanted to meet
ii. he was not in his office