Part A :
Grammar (40 Marks)
1.
Complete the
passage with suitable verbs from the list. Put them in the correct tense. Use
the negatives where necessary.
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need
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Learn
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Go
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do
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modify
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revise
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design
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Communicative competence in English is
urgently (a) ______ in our country. The present world (b) ______ fast and
developing by leaps and bounds. In order to keep pace with the present world,
we cannot help (c) _ _____ English, but the present system of teaching English
is not upto the mark. The textbooks (d) ______ for the Classes XI & XII
have to (e) __ ____ and made updated.
2.
Read the
following passage and fill in the blanks with appropriate prepositions.
Honesty is a noble quality. A man
bereft (a) ______ honesty is hated by all. His memory goes (b) ______ oblivion.
People nourish hatred (c) ______ him. People don’t mourn (d) ______ his death.
He does not hesitate to do anything (e) ______ humanity.
3.
Use articles
where necessary. Put a cross (x) where an article is not needed.
(a) ______ morning walk is a good
habit for all classes of people. It is (b) ______ simple exercise and good for
health and (c) ______ mentality. In the morning (d) ______ air is fresh and
free from any king of noise and pollution. This pure (e) ______ environment
makes an effect on (f) ____ walker’s health and mind, when (g) ______ man
enjoys (h) ______ beauties and solemnity of (i) ______ nature in (j) ______
morning.
4.
Fill in the
blanks with suitable linking words from the list.
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Only though
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highly
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besides
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why
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mainly
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because
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only
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The greatness of a book depends (a)
______ on the acceptability among the readers. If we read a book (b) ______
once, we can discover many things in it. But basing on one reading, we cannot
judge the standard of a book. When a book is praised (c) ______, we have no
doubt about the greatness of the book. (d) _____ the first reading we may not
understand a book but if is read more than once, we will see (e) ______ it was
read and praised. So, the great books are those that have passed the test of
time.
5. Make meaningful sentences with the following idioms (any
five).
at the eleventh hour,
a fool’s paradise, black and blue, bell the cat, cats
and dogs, laughing
stock, white elephant.
6.
Rewrite the
following passage in the reported speech.
He said, “I can chop some wood today.”
I said, “But I have a boy coming from the orphanage.” “I am the boy.” “You? But
your are small.” “Size doesn’t matter chopping wood,” he said,” I have been
chopping wood at the orphanage for a long time.”
7.
Read the
following passage and transform the sentences as directed.
(a) Man wants to know the unknown
(Complex). (b) A man can do many things to fulfil this indomitable desire
(Passive). (c) A person usually tries to find out the things and beings
surrounding him (Interrogative). (d) When a person sees a beautiful thing, he
becomes excited (Compound). (e) The creation of the world is one of the most
mysterious matters (Positive).
8.
Fill in the
blanks with tag questions.
a) How nervous I
look, ______?
b) We used to
walk in the morning, ______?
c) I am a
student, _______?
d) Never tell a
lie, ______?
e) The dog is
faithful, ______?
ANSWER
Part
A : Grammar
- Right form of verbs
(a) needed; (b) is going; (c)
learning; (d) designed; (e) be modified.
- Appropriate prepositions
(a) of; (b) into; (c) for; (d) for;
(e) against.
- Use of articles
(a) x; (b) a; (c) x; (d) the; (e) x;
(f) the; (g) a; (h) the; (i) x; (j) the.
- Use of linking words
(a) mainly; (b) only; (c) highly; (d)
Only through; (e) why.
- Making sentences with phrases & idioms
At
the eleventh hour : I reached the station at the eleventh hour.
A
fool’s paradise : The man still lives in a fool’s paradise.
Black
and blue : The thief was beaten black and blue by the police.
Bell
the cat : Everyone gave suggestion but there was none to bell the cat.
Cats
and dogs : It was raining cats and dogs yesterday.
Laughing
stock : A joker is a laughing stock to others.
White
elephant : The new project is expensive that it his become a white
elephant for the government.
- Changing the form of speech
He told me that he could chop some
wood that day. I told him that I had, however, a boy coming from the orphanage.
He replied that he was the boy. I asked him if he was the boy and added that he
was, however, small. Then he replied that size did not matter chopping wood and
further said that he had been chopping wood at the orphanage for a long time.
- Transformation of sentences
a) Man wants to
know what is unknown.
b) Many things
can be done by a man to fulfil his indomitable desire.
c) Doesn’t a
person usually try to find out the things and beings surrounding him?
d) A person sees
a beautiful thing and therefore, he becomes excited.
e) Very few
matters are as mysterious as the creation of the world.
- Tag questions
a) How nervous I
look, don’t I?
b) We used to
talk in the morning, didn’t we?
c) I am a
student, aren’t I / ain’t I?
d) Never tell a
lie, will you?
e) The dog is
faithful, isn’t it?
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