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wicker baskets and furniture. There is a black willow tree in Marlboro that is
more than 150 years old. It (g) was also huge. It is 76 feet tall and over 19 feet in
(h) circumstances.

a. (i) sidewise (ii) along (iii) longed (iv) aside
b. (i) preventable (ii) prevented (iii) prevent (iv) as preventing

c. (i) wearing (ii) in wearing (iii) have worn (iv) wear
d. (i) has (ii) have (iii) having (iv) as having

e. (i) and (ii) as (iii) or (iv) of

f. (i) often (ii) always (iii) every day (iv) anytime
g. (i) be (ii) were (iii) is (iv) may

h. (i) circumspect (ii) circle (iii) circumstantial (iv) circumference
10. Chimpanzees (a) exhibits great concern for each other. When chimpanzees meet after
having been (b) parted they greet each other in a very human way by touching each
other or even (c) clasps hands. Chimpanzees have amazing social (d) disciple. When a
dominant male (e) arrive, the rest of the chimpanzees hurry to pay respect to it. The

dominant male is not allowed to (f) wrested food from his (g) lowlies. The members
of a party also (h) spending considerable amount of time grooming each other and
themselves.
a. (i) exhibited (ii) exhibition (iii) exhibit (iv) be exhibiting

b. (i) apart (ii) parting (iii) part (iv) parts
c. (i) clasped (ii) if clasped (iii) unclasp (iv) clasping

d. (i) disciplines (ii) disciplining (iii) discipline (iv) indiscipline
e. (i) arrived (ii) arrives (iii) arrival (iv) has arrive

f. (i) wresting (ii) rest (iii) wrest (iv) be wresting

g. (i) inferiors (ii) colleagues (iii) subordinates (iv) teammates
h. (i) spent (ii) spend (iii) expend (iv) have spent
11. Among the children playing on the beach was a boy with (a) waxy hair and dreamy

eyes. This youngster was Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam who later became
the eleventh President of India. (b) When spending time with his friends, Abdul was
(c) attract by the sound of the birds flying above. He carefully observed that a
(d) baby perched on a boat was trying to take off. It spread its wings, (e) flutter briefly,
and sprang up. The air seemed to give the (f) need thrust for its take off! The bird
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