Complete the passage choosing the right words from those given below.
Each blank in numbered and for each blank four choices (A), (B), (C) and (D) in the blanks.
1. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam ....... (1) born in ..........(2) middle-class Tamil family in the island town ...... (3) Rameswaram. He was a short boy with rather ordinary looks ..... (4) his parents were tall and handsome. His father was neither highly educated nor very rich.
1. A) is
B) was
C) being
D) were
2. A) one
B) the
C) a
D) an
3. A) of
B) near
C) by
D) off
4. A) and
B) if
C) though
D) but
2. Ramesh ........ (1) Mohan went .......... (2) the cinema on Saturday ........ (3) was a long queue. It was a cold evening and they ......... (4) to stand in the queue for nearly an hour.
1. A) or
B) and
C) but
D) so
2. A) to
B) for
C) by
D) into
3. A) Their
B) There
C) They
D) The
4. A) have
B) had
C) has
D) will Nave
