WEEKLY TEST-IV
Subject: English Max.
Marks: 25
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Roll No. Time:
1 Hour
I. Answer any FIVE questions: 5X1=5
1. How
is the narrator’s Christmas meeting different from that of Francis Randal?
2. In
what way are the two dogs different from their masters?
3. Why
was the conversation between Patel and Gandhi important?
4. What
kind of world does Tagore wish to have?
5. What
made Bassanio change his mind in presenting the ring to the lawyer?
6. What
was the gift that Lorenzo and Jessica got?
II. Complete the poem: 2
Where the clear stream of reason ……………….let my country
awake.
III. Read the following passage:
Thank you for the letter. I would rather have a dog than
you.
Now answer the following questions: 1
a. Who
is the speaker?
b. What
does he mean about his neighbour?
IV. Read the following passage:
“Please run after that lawyer and give him this ring”
Now answer the following questions: 1
a. Who
is the speaker speaking to?
b. Who
is the lawyer really?
V. Read the following passage:
Because the
human body is made up of billions of living cells, death nearly always occurs
in stages. As the heart stops beating and the blood stops circulating, cells in
all parts of the body die. Cells cannot live without the oxygen and the food
that the blood supplies. The time of dying may be measured in minutes, hours,
or even days.
Now answer the following
questions: 1
a.
How does death occur?
__________________________________________________________________________
b. What happens when heart
beating and blood circulation stop?
__________________________________________________________________________
VI. Read the following
passage:
The Boston Tea
Party of 1773 was not a tea party at all, but the first major act of defiance on
the part of the American colonies against their British rulers. The British
parliament had imposed taxes on the colonies. A party of prominent citizens
disguised themselves as Native Americans and secretly boarded the ships that
were laden with tea. They then threw the entire cargo of tea overhead this was
the beginning of the American War if independence.
Now answer the questions: ½
+½+1= 2
1.
The Boston Tea Party was an act of
--------------------------------
2.
A party of citizens -----------------------and boarded-----------------------
3.
Choose the words from List A to match the meaning in
List B and write it in the space provided.
List A:
prominent, entire, defiance,
laden
List B:
i.
Very important-----------------------------
ii.
Non-cooperation----------------------------
VII. Complete the following passage using the appropriate
words give. Each blank is numbered
and for each blank four choices are
given. Write (a),(b),(c) or (d) in each blank. 2 European
slave traders took Africans ------ (1) North America ----- (2) force. They made
them---- (3) as slaves on plantations. Today, black and white people live -----
(4) equal citizens in America.
1. a. than b. for c.
of d. to
2. a. by b. with c. away d.
from
3. a. works b. working c. work d. worked
4. a. like b.
as c. also d.
so
VIII. Match the parts of
sentence under A with those under B. Write the letter of the sentence part
against the sentence part in ‘A’. 1
A B
1. They came by air, ( ) shall
we?
2. Let’s go to the museum, ( ) b.
didn’t they?
IX. Rewrite as directed: ½x4=2
a.
I was very tired. I went to bed early (Combine the two sentences using ‘so
---that’)
b.
The bell rang .All the children rushed out. (Combine
the two sentences using ‘As soon as ’)
c.
They played well. They won the trophy. (Combine the two
sentences using ‘since’)
d.
“Were you able to meet her?” they asked me .( Report
the sentence)
XI. Choose the right word from those given in brackets to
complete the sentences ½x2=1
a.
The old man is suffering from heart problem. He
should see -------
(an ophthalmologist,
a cardiologist, a neurologist)
b.
The meeting ended ----- soon after the departure of the
minister.( speedily, abruptly, nastily)
XII. Completr the following
words by using ‘ie’ or ‘ei’ 1
a. aud—nce b. shr—k
XIII. What do the following
sentences mean? ½
X2= 1
i.
Shall I do it for you?
a. offering
help b. seeking help c. giving permission d. making request
ii. If I were you, I wouldn’t
miss the opportunity.
a. request b.
suggestion c .command d. refusal
XIV. Write a letter to your brother advising him to join NCC. Tell
him the importance of NCC and the value of the certificate in interviews and
other competitive exams. 5
Prepared by
M. Raghuram
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