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Complete the text with suitable prepositions.

Camels are one of the few animals that can live in a desert. Camels have humps (a) ______ their backs. They store fat (b) ______ these humps. The fat gives them energy. Because camels do not store water, fat helps produce water when camels move (c) ______ the dry desert. They can go (d) ______ several months without water. Camels eat grass to get moisture. The camels are as useful (e) ______ the people of the desert as the buffalo are (f) ______ the grasslands. The meat of the camel is good to eat. People make cloth (g) ______ of camel hair. Shoes are made (h) ______ the hides. The camels are also good (i) ______ travel in the desert. Some people travel the desert (j) ______ camels to make a living.

Complete the sentences with suitable phrase/words given in the box:

(a) We have not decided yet where we are going, ______ booked the tickets. (b) I ______ lead a simple life than earn a lot of money illegally. (c) ______ has been many years since I saw him. (d) Have you ever seen an octopus? ______ it ______ ? (e) Socrates was a great Greek philosopher. He ______ in 469 BC. (f) The sailors were terrified. ______ were no birds or animals in that snow covered country. (g) He is not at home now. ______ he returns, I will ring you. (h) I hear you have joined a new job. ______ your new boss ______? (i) You are always late in attending class. You ______ be on time. (j) I ______ get to the railway station by five or else I may miss the train.

Complete the sentences using suitable clauses/phrases.

(a) I could not recognise you at first. It was many years since we ______.

(b) Water is polluted in different ways. It is high time we ______.

(c) I think you are not regular in studies. Be attentive lest ______.

(d) Birds fly in the sky freely. Had I the wings of a bird ______.

(e) There are many obstacles in our way to success. We must work hard so that ______.

Read the text and fill in the gaps with the correct form of verbs and subject-verb agreement as per context.

When I was a child, I (a) ______ (be) afraid of the dark, and I always (b) ______ (go) to sleep with a light on. Even then, I feared that monsters (c) ______ (climb) in through my bedroom window and kill me. And every sound I (d) ______ (hear) struck fear into me. Often, I ran away from the room and (e) ______ (sleep) on the floor at the foot of my parent's bed. Now that I (f) ______ (be) almost twenty years old, I obviously do better than what I (g) ______ (do) as a child. However, I (h) ______ (be) still scared of bedtime. I dislike (i) ______ (sleep) alone, and I still keep a tiny night light on. And before I go to bed, I double-check every door and every window to make sure that they (j) ______ (be) locked. Indeed, imaginary beings do not invade from outside, they exist in our superstitious beliefs.