Fill in the blanks choosing the correct words from the list given below:

diary, dairy; quiet, quite; profit, prophet; patrol, petrol, desert, dessert

Cow’s milk is sold at this……………

He likes ……surroundings.

The company has made no ………….this year.

The price of …… …. has gone up.

………….was served soon after the dinner.

Blow, blow thou winter wind Thou art not so unkind As man’s ingratitude.

Rewrite the following sentences using a polite structure. Context/situation is given in brackets:
i Bring all documents to the office. (for the meeting)
ii I can’t come on time. (to the teacher)
iii Open the window. (to a stranger in the train).
iv Pass the salt. (to a guest)
v Gift wrap this for me. (to the shopkeeper)
vi Send me mail on this. (to a junior colleague at work)
vii Lend me your camera for a day. (to your friend)
viii Give me some notes on this topic. (to your teacher)
ix Buy me a drink. (to a colleague)
x What’s your name? (to a new colleague)

Give the meaning of the following idioms:
i to beat a retreat
ii to stick to one’s guns
iii to steal a march on
iv to bare the brunt of
v to know which way the wind blows

The words below have a literal as well as an extended meaning. Write the literal meaning of the words. Use the following words in sentences of your own using the ‘extended’ meaning.

angry, train, mouth, break and brain

Find appropriate homophones of the following. One is done for you: 5
throne - thrown
died, great, gate, bale, heard

Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles a/the.
Last year we went on ……… trekking-holiday near Madurai. While there, we set out to
climb ………highest hill. We borrowed ………map from some fellow trekkers. They told
us to follow ………routes marked on ………map. v