Monthly Test - October, 2018 English: Reg. No
Monthly Test - October, 2018 English: Reg. No
Monthly Test - October, 2018 English: Reg. No
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1. memorandum 2. Manager booked after fire in spinning mill.
a) memorandums b) memoranda c) memorandae 3. Scientist discovers new planet.
2. analysis VIII. Read the poetic lines and answer the questions.
a) analyses b) analysises c) analysise 1. ‘O, ye wheels 4x1=4
3. thief Stop ! be silent for today !’
a) thiefses b) thiefs c) thieves a) Why do the children want the wheel to stop and be silent?
IV. Give short answers for any three of the following b) What is their prayer?
questions. Each question should not exceed thirty words. 2. ‘O ye wheels
3x2=6 Stop ! Be silent for to-day!’
1. Why is the world of domestic workers ‘invisible’? a) Name the figure of speech used in the above lines.
2. Which are the states in India that have shown concern for the 3. ‘The reddest flower would look as pale as snow’.
domestic workers?
a) What is the figure of speech employed in this line?
3. What are the causes for the increase in domestic workers?
IX. Quote from the memory : 1x5=5
4. How are some domestic workers’ lives similar to those of
First five lines of the poem, “The Cry of the Children”.
slaves?
X. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate phrases given below
5. Bring out at least two shortcomings in ‘child labour laws’.
to form a complete meaningful paragraph : 5x1=5
V. Answer the following question in a paragraph not
Even thoiugh he had switched the motor off, his speed was
exceeding 120 words. 1x5=5
too fast to stop and the.........(i) caught him under his chin and
1. Describe the sufferings of domestic workers. How do the labour
cut him a flip off the bike. I thought...........(ii) and I raced over
laws affect them?
to help him. I turned him over and he .........(iii) and we began
VI. Rewrite the following sentences using the other voice :
to fight. He ...........(iv) me and asked me why I did not help
2x2=4
him stop. I told him he should have..........(v) it first.
1. The prizes were distributed to the winners by the headmaster.
i) let me ride
2. The teacher has completed the portions and he will conduct a
ii) cursed at
test.
iii) grabbed me
VII. Expand the following headlines : 3x1=3
1. US citizen to be probed for child abuse. iv) he was dead
v) clothes line
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