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ENGLISH (Second Language)

Reading Comprehension (Seen)

1 A. Choose the correct alternative to complete the following sentences:

(i) The Big Half Moon looked lovely during -

(b) summer

(ii) The narrator and his playmates pretended to be -

(d) shipwrecked mariners

(iii) The kite was covered with a lovely -

(iv) The part of the narrator's body that went through the kite was -

(a) elbow

(v) The narrator of the text is -

1B. Complete the following sentences:

(i) The name of the Lighthouse was Big Half Moon Lighthouse.

(ii) A boy on the mainland showed Claude how to make kites.

(iii) On the kite, Claude and the narrator pasted gold tinsel stars.

1C. State whether the following statements are True or False. Provide supporting statements.

(i) In summer, the island is rough and windy.

🔳 False

Supporting statement: "When it is fine, the harbour is blue and calm, with little wind and ripples."

(ii) The names of Claude and Philippa were written on the kite.

🔳 True

Supporting statement: "We had written our names full on it – Claude Leete and Philippa Leete."

2. Read the poem and answer the questions given below:

2A. Write the correct alternative to complete the sentences:

(i) A squirrel can crack a -

(i) nut

(ii) Bun has no doubt about the fact that the mountain is -

(b) big

(iii) The quarrel was between the mountain and the -

(iv) The squirrel is -

(a) spry

2B. Answer the following questions:

(i) What is it that the squirrel does not deny?

The squirrel does not deny that the mountain makes a very pretty track for it.

(ii) What is not a disgrace to the squirrel?

Ans: To occupy his place is not a disgrace to the squirrel.

It is not a disgrace to the squirrel to occupy its own small place in the world.

Reading Comprehension (Unseen)

3A. Choose the correct alternative to complete the sentences:

(i) Bishop College was built in -

(ii) Bishop College was built by -

(iii) Bishop School was converted to -

(b) Bengal Engineering College

(iv) At Bishop College, Madhusudan Dutta was a -

(b) student

(v) Rev Krishnamohan Bandyopadhyay was connected with Bishop College as a -

(a) teacher

(vi) St. Thomas Church had the arrangement of -

3B. State whether the following statements are True or False. Provide supporting statements:

(i) In 1880, the school was changed to a medical college.

🔳 False

Supporting statement: "In 1880, Bishop School was converted to an engineering college."

(ii) Four students were killed during Sepoy Mutiny.

🔳 True

Supporting statement: "The memorials of four students who were killed during Sepoy Mutiny are witness to a glorious past."

(iii) On the lawns of the church, we find the grave of Michael Madhusudan Dutta.

🔳 False

Supporting statement: "We find Rev Krishnamohan Bandyopadhyay's grave on the lawns of the church."

3C. Answer the following questions:

(i) Which institution stands at the site of Bishop College at present?

Bengal Engineering College stands at the site of Bishop College.

(ii) Who was William Jones?

William Jones was the architect of St. Thomas Church.

(iii) Which are witnesses to a glorious past?

The memorials of Bishop Middleton, Haber, Wilson, and the four students who were killed during the Sepoy Mutiny, along with Rev Krishnamohan Bandyopadhyay’s grave, are witnesses to a glorious past.

(iv) What happened in the college during the Sepoy Mutiny?

Four students were killed during the Sepoy Mutiny.

Grammar and Vocabulary

4. Use appropriate forms of the verb given in brackets:

Yoga helps to improve the quality of life, says a recent study, conducted by the Delhi-based AIIMS.

5A. Fill in the blanks with appropriate article or preposition:

James Watt was a Scottish inventor who created the world’s first efficient steam engine. He later manufactured these in Birmingham, England with much success.

5B. Do as directed:

(a) The letter was put in an envelope by him.

(b) The headmaster, whom everyone respects, has retired.

5C. Choose the correct phrasal verbs:

(i) go through

(ii) set up

(iii) look for

6. Find out the words based on meanings:

(i) Preach

(ii) Disciple

(iii) Architect

(iv) Memorial

READING COMPREHENSION (SEEN)

1. Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow :

It is always lovely on the Big Half Moon in summer. When it is fine, the harbour is blue and calm, with little wind and ripples, Every summer we had some hobby. The last summer before Dick and Mimi came, we were crazy about kites. A boy on the mainland showed Claude how to make them. Back on the island we made plenty of kites. Claude would go around to the other side of the island and we would play shipwrecked mariners, signalling to each other with kites.

We had a kite that was big and covered with lovely red paper. We pasted gold tinsel stars all over it and had written our names full on it- Claude Leete and Philippa Leete, Big Half Moon lighthouse.

One day there was a grand wind for kite-flying. I'm not sure how it happened, but as I was bringing the kite from the house, I tripped and fell over the rocks. My elbow went clear through the kite, making a big hole.

A. Choose the correct alternative to compltet the following sentences: 1×5=5

(i) The Big Half Moon looked lovely during - (a) spring (b) summer (c) autumn (d) winter.

(ii) The narrator and his play mates pretended to be - (a) robbers (b) friends (c) captains (d) shipwrecked mariners.

(iii) The kite was covered with a lovely - (a) green paper (b) news paper (c) red paper (d) blue paper.

(iv) The part of the narrator's body that went through the kite was - (a) elbow (b) knee (c) finger (d) ankle.

(v) The narrator of the text is - (a) Dick (b) Mimi (c) Philippa (d) Claude.

B. Complete the following sentence with information from the text :

(i) The name of the Lighthouse was ________

(ii) A boy on the mainland showed ________ (iii) On the kite Claude and the narrator pasted___________.

C. State whether the following statements are True of False. Write 'T' for true and 'F' for false in the boxes on the right hand side. Provide sentence/phrases/words in support of your answer.

(i) In summer the island is rough and windy. 🔳

supporting statement::

(ii) The names of Claude and Philippa were written on the kite.🔳

supporting statement::

2. Read thd following poem and answer the questions given below :

The mountain and the squirrel Had a quarrel, And the former called the latter 'Little Prig'.

Bun replied, 'You are doubtless very big:

But all sortly of things and weather Must be taken in together, To make up a year And a sphere.

And I think it no disgrace To occupy my place.

If I'm not so large as you, You are not so small as I And not half so sprey.

I'll not deny you make A very pretty squirrel track; Talents differ; all is well and wisely put, If I cannot carry forests on my back, Neither can you crack a nut.'

A.Write the correct alternative to complete the following sentences:

(i) A squirrel can crack a - (i) nut (ii) joke (iii) stone (d) lock.

(ii) Bun has no doubt about the fact that the mountain is - (a) small (b) big (c) noble (d) kind.

(iii) The quarrel was between the mountain and the - (a) cat (b) dog (c) squirrel (d) rat.

(iv) The squirrel is (a) spry (b) blunt (c) fat (d) tall.

B. Answer the following questions :

(i) What is that the squirrel does not deny?

(ii) What is not a disgrace to the squirrel?

Reading Comprehension (Unseen)

3. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:

The place where the Bengal Engineering College now stands, was the site of Bishop College, built in 1824 by Calcutta's first Bishop Middleton for the Missionaries who came here to preach Christianity. Rev Krishnamohan Bandyopdhyay, disciple of Henry Louis Vivian Derozio, taught here for some time. Even Michael Madhusudan Dutta was a student of this college in 1846.

The first church of England was built at the instance of the principal of Bishop College on five bighas of land in the college compound. It was completed in 1831 and consecrated under the name of St. Thomas Church. The architect of this church (which was built in aceordance with Gothic architecture) was William Jones. It has a 130 seating capacity.

In 1880, Bishop school was coverted to an engineering college which is today known as Bengal Engineering college. The memorials of Bishop Middleton, Haber and Wilson and the four 'students who were killed during Sepoy Mutiny, along with Rev Krishnamohan Bandyopadhyay's grave on the lawns of the church, are witness to a glorious past.

A. Choose the correct alternative to complete the following sentences:

(i) Bishop college was built in - (a) 1842 (b) 1834 (c) 1824 (d) 1924.

(ii) Bishop college was built by - (a) Krishnamohan Bandyopadhyay (b) Henry Louis Vivian Deroziao (c) Middleton (d) Michael Madhusudan Dutta.

(iii) Bishop School was converted to (a) Bishop College (b) Bengal Engineering colleg (c) a church (d) the memorials of Bishop Middleton.

(iv) At Bishop college Madhusudan Dutta was a - (a) teacher (b) student (c) preacher (d) staff.

(v) Rev Krishnamohan Bandyopadhyay was conected with Bishop college as a - a)teacher(b) disciple (c) principalb (d) founder.

(vi) St. Thomas Church had the arrangement of - (a) 100 seats (b) 300 seats (c) 130 seats (d) 50 seats.

B. State whether the following statement are true or false. Write 'T' for true and 'F' for false in the boxes given on the right hand side. Provide sientence/phrase(s)/word(s) from the passage in support of your answer: (1+1)×3=6

(i) In 1880 the school was changed to a medical college. 🔳

Supporting statement:

(ii) Four students were killed during Sepoy Mutiny. 🔳

Supporting statement :

(iii) On the lawns of the church we find the grave of Michael Madhusudan Dutta. 🔳

Supporting statement :

C. Answer the following questions :

(i) Which institution stands at the site of Bishop college at present?

(ii) Who was William Jones?

(iii) Which are witness to a glorious past?

(iv)What happened in the college during the Sepoy Mutiny?

(Grammar and Vocabulary)

4. Use appropriate forms of the verb given in brackets :

Yoga____(help/helps/helped) to improve the quality of life,____(says/said/ has been said) a recent study, ______ (conduct/conducted/conducting) by the Delhi based AIIMS.

5. A. Fill in the blanks with approriate article or preposition:

James Watt was a Scottish inventor who created _________ world's first efficient steam engine. He later manufactured these _________ Birmingham, England _________ much success.

5. B. Do as directed :

(a) He put the letter in an envelope. (change the voice)

(b) The headmaster has retired. Everyone respect him. (Join using relative chause)

5. 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 necessary. There is one extra phrasal verb in the list.

(i) *_Read_* the passage carefully.🔳

(ii) Tagore *_established_* a University in Santiniketan.🔳

(iii) My sister is *_searching_* a job. 🔳

[List: set up; go through; put up with; look for]

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 approprate boxes on the right hand side.

(i) semonize🔳

(ii) one who follows the teaching of another.🔳

(iii) a person who designs buildings 🔳

(iv) serving to preserve rememberance🔳

SECTION-C

Writing

7. Write a letter to the Editor of an English daily expressing your concern about recklessness of the drivers who use mobile phones while driving on roads.

[some drivers often voilate traffic rules-use mobile phones while driving accidents on the rise strict measures should be taken - awareness should be created among drivers]

8. As the secretary of the Students' Welfare Committee of your school write a notice for the students requesting them to donate their old books to be distributed among poor but meritorious students.

[date, time, venue to whom the books are to be submitted - which books to be submitted_programme to be organized]

9. Write a paragraph in about 100 words on your visit to a place of tourism. You may use the following points :

[name of the place - persons who accompanied you - time of visit - conveyance availed – things you saw and liked - your feelings]

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