March 24 English PYQ

Time: 3 Hours                                                                                                                     Total Marks: 80

Q.1 (A) Language Study (8 Marks)

(A1) Do as Directed (any four): (4 Marks)

1. Pick out the infinitive from the following sentence: Every child is free to grow.

2. Write the collocations for the following:

Ticket ……………..

…………….. drizzle.

3. Punctuate the following sentence:

dr kalam sat contemplating deeply

4. Write any two present participles in which the last letter is doubled.

5. Find out any two hidden words of minimum four letters from the given word:

reverberated.

(A2) Do as Directed (any two): (4 Marks)

1. Identify the verb in the given sentence and state whether it’s finite or non-finite:

He gave the reward to none.

2. Make two meaningful sentences to bring out the difference between the given homophones:

ware, wear

3. Rewrite the sentence using ‘as soon as’:

No sooner is the bill passed than it will become an act.

(B) Do as Directed (any one): (2 Marks)

1. Use the given two words in one meaningful sentence:

Rest; routine

2. Change the following sentence into a compound sentence:

I awoke late next morning to find that Anil had already made the tea.

Q.2 (A) Read the following passage and do the given activities: (10 Marks)

(A1) Name the following with reference to the passage: (2 Marks)

1. The company started by the narrator and Woz.

2. The second company started by the narrator.

3. An amazing woman the narrator fell in love with.

4. World’s most successful animation studio.

(A2) Complete the following web diagram: (2 Marks)

Advice given by Steve Jobs

The theme of Jobs’ second story

(A3) Fill in the blanks choosing the correct phrases from the bracket: (2 Marks) (to get fired, devastating, begin to dawn on)

1. On committing persistent mistakes the employee ………… from his post.

2. When the teacher explained the solution to the Maths problems, it ………… the students that the problems were easy.

(A4) Do as Directed: (2 Marks)

1. Identify the tense of the underlined verb:

If you haven’t found yet, keep looking.

2. Identify the main and subordinate clause in the sentence:

I found what I loved to do early in life.

(A5) Personal Response: (2 Marks)

Failure is the key to success. Explain in your own words.

Q.3 (A) Poetry: (5 Marks)

(A1) Identify the stages in man’s life from the given description and complete the table: (2 Marks)

Actions

Stage

Full of strange oaths

……………..

Creeping like a snail

……………..

Sighing like a furnace

……………..

Having a fair round belly

……………..

(A2) Write down the similarities between the first and the 7th (last) stage of man’s life: (2 Marks)

(A3) Choose the correct alternative to identify the figure of speech used in the following line: (1 Mark)

All the world’s a stage...

1. Simile

2. Metaphor

3. Personification

4. Alliteration

Q.4 (A) Non-Textual Passage (10 Marks)

(A1) Complete the following table: (2 Marks)

City

Speciality

Kochi

……………..

Thekkady

……………..

Thiruvananthapuram

……………..

Alleppey

……………..

(A2) Match the words in Column ‘A’ with their meanings in Column ‘B’: (2 Marks)

Column ‘A’

Column ‘B’

Charm

a. throw back light or heat

Craggy

b. enthralling

Reflect

c. magical spell

Spellbinding

d. steep

(A3) Do as Directed: (2 Marks)

1. You can choose a place of your dreams. (Rewrite using a modal auxiliary showing compulsion.)

2. Kerala is the land of magic and ayurvedic massages. (Rewrite using ‘not only … but also’.)

(A4) Personal Response: (2 Marks)

Why is the tourism industry important for the Indian Economy to flourish?

Q.5 to Q.7 - Writing Skills (20 Marks)

Includes Formal/Informal Letter, Information Transfer, Speech Writing, Counterview, Expand the Theme, News Report, Story Writing, and Experience Narration.