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READING COMPREHENSION (SEEN)
1. Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:
A month later a letter came for father. After he finished reading it,his eyes looked as if he had been crying. "Do you want to know what became of your kite?" he said. Then he sat down beside us and told us the whole story.
Father had a brother and a sister. He had quarrelled with his brother and left home. Years afterward, he felt sorry and when he went back, he found his brother had died and he couldn't find his sister.
The letter Father had just received was from his sister Aunt Esther, mother of Dick and Mimi. She was a widow who lived hundreds of miles inland. One day when Dick and Mimi were out in the woods, they discovered the kite on the top of a tree and carried it home. When their mother saw the kite patched with the letter, she turned pale. It was the very letter she had once written to her brother. Philippa was her mother's name and Claude was her father's. She knew who we must be. So she sat down and wrote to big half moon and Father received her letter.
A. Tick (V) the correct alternatives : 1×5=5
(i) A month after the drifting of the runaway kite the narrator's father got- (a) a letter (b) a telegram (c) a parcel (d) the runaway kite
Ans: (a) a letter
(ii) The narrator's father went back home - (a) a year later (b) many years later
(c) within a month
Ans: (b) many years later
(iii) Aunt Esther was a/an - (a) unmarried woman (d) very soon (b) married woman (c) widow (d) seperated woman.
Ans:(c) widow
(iv) The runaway kite was discovered by - (a) Aunt Esther (b) Claude (c) the narrator (d) Dick and Mimi
Ans:(d) Dick and Mimi
(v) When she saw the letter on the kite Aunt Esther's face became -
(a) red (b) blue (c) pale (d) flushed.
Ans: (c) pale
B. Complete the following incomplete sentences with information from the text:1×3=3
(i) The narrator's father sat down and told the whole story.
(ii) Both the letters were written by-Aunt Esther.
(iii) Aunt Esther and her children lived hundreds of miles inland.
C. Answer the following questions :2x2=4
(i) Why did the narrator's father go back home years afterwards?
Ans: The narrator's father went back home years afterwards because he felt sorry about his behavior. He wanted to reconcile as he quarreled with his brother.
(ii) Where was the kite found by Dick and Mimi?
Ans: The kite was found on the top of the trees in the woods by Dick and Mimi?
2.Read the following lines and answer the questions that follow :
Once I crept in an oakwood - I was looking for a stag.
I met an old woman there - all knobbly stick and rag.
She said: 'I have your secret here inside my little bag.'
Then she began to cackle and I began to quake.
She opened up her little bag and I came twice awake -
Surrounded by a staring tribe and me tied to a stake,
They said: 'We are the oak-trees and your own true family.
We are chopped down, we are torn up, you do not blink an eye. Unless you make a promise now - now you are going to die'. A. Tick (√) the correct alternatives:
(i) The narrator was looking for - (a) the oakwood (b) a male deer (c) an old woman (d) a tribe
Ans:(b) a male deer
(ii) The woman whom the poet met was - (a) young and beautiful dressed -b) old and fat (c) old and well d) old and wretched
Ans: d) old and wretched
iii) When the old woman opened her bag, the narrator a) became more awake (b) fainted twice (c) fell asleep (d) twice afraid
Ans: a) became more awake
(iv) The oak-trees threatened the narrator with
(a) death (b) banishment (c) sharp (d) foul words
Ans: (a) death
B. Answer the questions in complete sentence :2x2=4
(i) Where did the poet meet the old woman?
Ans: The old woman met the poet in an oakwood.
(ii) By whom did the poet find himself surrounded?
Ans: He found himself surrounded by oak trees.
SECTION-B (GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY)
4. Write the correct alternative to fill in the blanks:1x3=3
Most mental health issues are classified (is classified/are classified/classified) as disorders, not disease. Everybody gets (get/gets/got) upset, feels low or even feels anxiety at some point in their life. But that is (is/ are/was) not a disorder.
5. Do as directed:
A. Fill in the blanks with appropriate article or preposition:1x3=3
Sir Humphry opened __the __door and turned_to Michael. "Don't give _up_hope, Mr. Faraday' he concluded with a gentle smile.
B. (1) Only hard working men deserve success. (Change into a negative sentence)
None but working men deserve success.
(ii) 'Does he always scold the students?' Father said. (Change the mode of narration)
Father asked if he always scolded the students.
(iii) I am poor. I will not low down to the pressure. (Join with an Adverbial Clause).
Ans: Though I am poor, I will not low down to the pressure.
C. Choose the correct phrasal verbs from the list given below to replace the words underlined. Write the correct phrasal verbs in the boxes on the right-hand side changing the form where nenegative
There is one extra phrasal verb in the list:1×3=3
(1) The Government should solve the great problem of unemployment.
work out
(ii) Cholera has appeared in the area gradually.
-broken out
(iii) My brother is recovering
coming round
[List: break out, come round, work out, break into]
6. Given below are the meanings of four words which you will find in the passage in Question No.3. Find out the words and write them in the appropriate boxes on the right-hand side:2×4=8
(i) person who attracts a large audience : entertainer / crowd puller
(ii) humorous:
(iii) primitive : Ancient
(iv) sleep lightly: nap
SECTION-C (WRITING)
7. Write a story with the help of the given points. Give a suitable title to it:10
[Points: A forgetful scientist - arranges a grand feast - decides what food and drink is to be served - waits till midnight - none comes up - finds. invitation cards in the drawer of his table]
8. Write a paragraph on the role of social media in today's life. Use the following hint: 10
[Hints: introduction - what are social networking sites - accessibility - their advantages and disadvantages - conclusion]
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9. The gate-keeper of your school is going to retire soon.
A farewell meeting will be held on that occasion. Write a notice as the secretary of the cultural committee of your school asking contribution from students to conduct the programme well. 10
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