English V 1st Term 2014-15703689
English V 1st Term 2014-15703689
English V 1st Term 2014-15703689
INSTRUCTIONS
1. You are required to utilize the first ten minutes for reading the
question paper.
2. You will not be allowed to write during this time
3. Write the main question number and the sub-question numbers
correctly.
I) ‘The next day I went back across the sea and brought more stores from the
ship .’
a) What did Robinson Crusoe take from the ship when he went there for the
second time? (2)
b) What were the things that did not prove useful to him? (2)
II) He curled his nose and said “Dear me, I would not waste an hour upon
such mean and common fruit. I’m sure those grapes are sour!”
a) Why did the fox curl his nose? (2)
b) Why did he term them as “mean and common” fruit? (2)
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Q2. Answer the following questions: [12]
Q3. Answer the following with reference to the extract given: [7]
I) “What use are you to me”? I asked. ‘Everyone in the world desires you
but me.’ (2)
i) Sachin Tendulkar
ii) Robinson Crusoe
iii) Dennis Lillie
iv) Valentin
b) What had the speaker found after which he said the above lines
i) ammunition
ii) gold and silver coins
iii) clothes
iv) food items
II) A stage below, in gay accord, white butterflies danced on the wing. (3)
i) Sour Grapes
ii) Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening.
iii) The Skylark
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b) Identify the poet of this poem.
i) William Wordsworth
ii) Robert Frost
iii) Christina Rossetti
iv) Stephen Spender.
i) dot
ii) slide smoothly
iii) in harmony with
iv) remain in one place
a) despondent
b) persuaded
c) resolved
d) distinguish
e) speck
f) avoid
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SECTION B (17 marks)
Q5. Identify the adverbs in each of the following sentences and state its
type. [5]
Q6. Identify the pronouns in the following sentences and state its type: [3]
Q8. Fill in the blanks with the suitable adverbs using the words
provided: [5]
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SECTION C (30 marks)
Q9. Read the passage carefully and look at the words highlighted and
underlined. Correct the words for spelling or/and grammar. [4]
Richard (1) live in a flat opposite the East Coast Park. Every evening at around
six o’clock, Richard used to (2) cycles in the park. One day, when Richard (3) is
cycling in the park, he witnessed a (4) robery. He saw an old lady was lying on
the ground and shouting after a young man who is running from her.
“Help! Thief!” (5) screemed the old lady. Richard (6)quick cycled after the
thief and (7) catch the young man. Richard’s act of (8)bravry was in the
newspaper the next day.
Q10. Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow. [10]
Once there was a little boy who had a very bad temper. His father gave him a
bag of nails and told him to hammer a nail into the back of the fence, every time
he lost his temper. The first day the boy drove thirty-seven nails into the fence.
Over the next few weeks, as he learnt to control his anger the number of nails
hammered daily gradually reduced. He discovered it was easier to hold his
temper than to drive those into the fence.
Finally the day came when the boy did not lose his temper at all. He told his
father about it. His father suggested to his son to pull out one nail for each day
when he was able to hold his temper. The days passed and the young by was
finally able to tell his father that all the nails were gone. The father took his son
by the hand and led him to the fence. He said, “You have done well my son, but
look at the holes in the fence. The fence will never be the same. When you say
things in anger, they leave a scar just like this one. You can put a knife in a man
and draw it out. It will not matter how many times you say I am sorry, the
wound is still there.”
Q1. What did the boy’s father tell him to do? (2)
Q2. How did the little boy get hold of his anger? (2)
Q3. Which word in the passage means a ‘state of mind in anger
or calmness?’ (1)
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Q4. What is the moral of this story? (2)
Q5. Write the synonyms of the following words from the passage. (2)
a) slowly
b) displeasure
Q6. Give a suitable title to this passage. (1)
Q11. Write a letter to the Principal of your school requesting him to remit
your fine on account of absence from school for three days without leave.
[8]
Q12. Read the picture carefully and analyse it well. Write a composition
based on your understanding of the picture given below. [8]
You may use the points given below for your composition.