Shambhulingappa Neelgundad (M.A., B.

Ed) 9741013018

Name: ________________________________________

No: ___________________________________________

Subject: II PU English Grammar

PART-A (10 MARKS)

Passive Voice

This question item has gone through slight change when compared to the previous question paper pattern.
Now the given sentences (context) can be chosen from the text or from outside the text (non-textual). Only
the passive verbs are tested here. It is for three marks and in the form of fill in the blanks.

11. Fill in the blanks with the passive form of the verb given in the brackets. 3x1=3

1. Cycling became popular in Pudukkottai. Banks __________(force) to give loans to women to buy cycles.
Each block in the district __________ (make) to accept duties in promoting the cycling drive and great
personal attention _________ (give) by Sheela Rani Chunkath to this project.

2. Dona Laura said that many stories ___ (tell) by the fishermen about how the ‘Silver Maiden’ ___ (wash)
away by the tide. They affirmed that the name that ____ (write) by her on the sand remained for a long time.

3. The war against the earth began with the idea of separateness. The contemporary seeds of this war
____________ (sow) when the living earth ____________(transform) into dead matter to facilitate the
industrial revolution. Diversity ____________ (replace) by monoculture.

4. A few years ago a murder ________ (commit). The case ________ (try) in the most judicial manner.
The criminal ________ (sentence) to death.

5. A letter ________ (send) to the French government. A prompt reply________ (receive). It said that a
machine and an expert ________ (could supply) but the cost would be 16,000 francs.

7. The guard________ (dismiss). It ________ (decide) to offer the criminal a pension. The pension fixed
was 600 francs. This ________ (announce) to the prisoner.

8. A crime was reported to the Prince of Monaco. The Prince________ (amaze), for a murder ________
(commit) in his toy kingdom. The ministers________ (summon) to discuss the matter.

9. In the toy Kingdom, a council ________ (call) to consider what ________ (could, do).It ________
(decide) to send a letter to the king of Italy.

10. The king of Italy was a brother monarch, and ________ (might, induce) to do the thing cheaper. So the
letter________ (write), and a prompt reply ________ (receive).

11. The Council met again. The General ________ (summon) and he ________ (instruct) to ask his soldiers
if they ________ (prepare) to cut the criminal’s head off.

12. The Prince agreed to this, and the matter________ (arrange). There was a small lock-up where
people________ (keep) temporarily. The young fellow ________ (put) there.

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13. Shantiniketan _______ (start) by Rabindranath Tagore in 1921.Today, it _______ (consider) as one of
the best learning centers in the world. The Earth University _______ (inspire) by Rabindranath Tagore.

14. Navdanya, the movement for bio-diversity conservation and organic farming _____ (start) in 1987. More
than 3000 rice varieties ______ (save). Now bio-diversity intensive form of farming _____ (practice) by
many farmers across the country.

15. Forest plays an important role in shaping a civilization. The culture of Indian civilization _______ (fuel)
by the culture of the forest. This culture _______ (influence) by the diverse processes of renewal of life
which are at play in the forest. Besides, human beings _______ (teach) union and compassion by it.

16. The lessons learnt by Vandana Shiva about diversity ___________ (transfer) to the protection of
biodiversity. Thus Navdanya farm _____ (start) in the Doon Valley and it _______ (locate) at in the lower
elevation Himalayan region.

17. After the duel the gallant lover fled Valencia. Many letters _____ (write) by him to his beloved. Since
no reply ______ (receive), he thought that they ______ (intercept) by her parents.

18. When Gonzalo entered the park, his usual bench _________ (occupy) by the priests. He _________
(annoy) and his servant, Juanito_______ (ask) to rout them out.

19. Once, Tammanna ____________ (appoint) to look after the garden, the workers were happy as their
problems ___________ (solve). The income from the garden improved dramatically. But, an unwelcome
change in the owner’s life style _____________ (notice) by his wife.

20. The Capulets and Montagues lived in Verona. Once a grand supper ________ (arrange) by Lord Capulet
in his palace. Romeo attended it in disguise to see Roseline and saw Juliet there. He _________ (fascinate)
by her beauty and it ___________ (describe) by him with poetic intensity. Note: V1 V2 V3

Expressions and their meanings

This question item has gone through slight change when compared to the previous question paper pattern.
Now the given sentences (context) can be chosen from the text or from outside the text (non-textual). But
the ‘expressions’ are to be chosen only from the course book or workbook. It is for two marks and in the
form of fill in the blanks. Two appropriate expressions must be chosen from the given three expressions.

1. Hard put to something : to find it difficult to do something

2. Rake in : easily earn
3. Reckon something up : calculate
4. Be hanged to someone : not worry about someone
5. Straight out : without hesitating
6. Turn one’s back on somebody: reject
7. Hold up : to use or present sth
8. In broad daylight : in the clear light of day/when it is easy to see
9. Put sth behind : to try to forget about unpleasant experience
10. Go back : consider sth that happened earlier
11. Grow into : to gradually develop
12. Be at play : cause influence on sth
13. Idling time away : spend time doing nothing important
14. Take liberty : be too friendly with sb
15. Resign oneself : accept sth unpleasant
16. Make peace : end an argument
17. Know by heart : know sth using only memory
18. Come to : to reach a bad situation
19. Take refuge : take shelter from trouble
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20. Play havoc : cause damage, destruction or confusion

21. Stay on : to continue working for longer than expected
22. Shy away : to avoid doing sth
23. Get out of hand : difficult or impossible to control
24. Go on : continue
25. Follow suit : to act or behave in the way that sb has just done
26. Suck in : to involve sb in an activity
27. Hit upon : to think of (an idea) suddenly
28. Raison-d’être : the most imp reason for sb’s existence
29. Look after : take care of
30. Give up : stop doing or having
31. Start off : begin to move
32. Pass away : die
33. Flesh and blood : physical body
34. Take for granted : not recognize true value
35. Dawn on : begin to recognize for the first time
36. Set a project : plan an activity
37. Keep in one’s mind : to remember, consider
38. Take place : happen
39. Be one’s castle : private and safe place
40. Clear-cut : definite and easy to see
41. All and sundry : everyone
42. Get into sth : to reach a particular condition
43. Leaps and bounds : very quickly, in large amounts
44. Fair game : considered acceptable to play jokes, criticize etc.
45. Dear life : as hard or fast as possible
46. Cut in : mke sdn sideways mmt to position your car in front of another car
47. Get over : to get better after an illness, unhappy situation
48. Give up : to stop doing having sth
49. En masse : together and at the same time
50. Single out : to choose one person for special attention
51. Give out : stop working
52. Keep a straight face : not laugh or smile in a funny situation
53. Cap sth all : worse than the other bad things
54. Let loose : sth not controlled
55. End up : to find in a situation one does not intend or expect to be in
56. Business-like : working in an efficient way not wasting time
57. Weigh the proposition : consider sth carefully
58. Call out : to ask sb to come
59. Sidle in : to walk in a shy way
60. Far-fetched : very difficult to believe
61. Take to : to begin to do sth
62. Give up : to stop doing or having sth
63. Sweep across : to spread quickly
64. Put up with : tolerate
65. Turn out : be present
66. Brainchild : an idea or invention of one person
67. Cut down : reduce
68. Come up : happen
69. Look up to : to be going on
70. Look down at : to irritate
71. Hold up : to stop others from going ahead
72. Cut down : to reduce the amount of something
73. Put up with : to tolerate
74. Go in for : to enter a competition
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75. Swept across : to move in a continuous manner, esp. quickly or forcibly.

76. Put in : interrupt in a conversation or discussion
77. All and sundry : everyone
78. Leaps and bounds : rapidly or in a fast progress
79. Fair game : a person who is considered a reasonable target
80. Set up : start a business
81. Turn one’s back on sb/sth : to ignore, disregard or exclude someone
82. Full of praise : the act of expressing approval or admiration
83. sworn enemy :who hate each other
84. rake in money - make a lot of money easily
85. try one’s luck - test fortune
86. hitch in something - hurdle
87. ruin character - spoil image/reputation
88. turn one’s back - discard/reject
89. get rid of - escape
90. put something behind - forget unpleasant
91. retired corner - isolated place
92. within calling distance - at near distance
93. idle one’s time away - waste time
94. glued to seat - settle in a place
95. fussy and cross - short tempered
96. between one’s teeth - speak silently/murmur
97. cast indignant glances - see seriously
98. make peace - end enmity
99. know by heart - memorise
100. meet glorious death - martyred
101. prostrated by calamity - ill fated
102. chase butterflies - love lightly(not seriously)
103. murmur eternal threnody - sing elegy
104. take refuge - hide
105. ill natured prelude - ill start
106. play havoc - make things difficult
107. driving force - motivation
108. well versed - expert
109. get out of hand - uncontrollable
110. be in a fix - in confusion
111. fumble for words - find difficult to speak
112. consumed by anger - in anger
113. follow suit - imitate
114. hit upon (an idea) - idea comes to mind
115. raison d’ etre - motto of life
116. look after - take care
117. give up - stop
118. start off - move
119. flesh and blood - physical
120. shrink in humiliation - get insulted
121. vanish in thin air – disappear
122. avenge oneself - take revenge on the self
123. take for granted - fail to see value
124. dawn upon - hit upon
125. set a project - start a project
126. keep in mind - remember
127. split second - quickly
128. all and sundry - all/everyone
129. leaps and bounds - rapid growth
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130. crippling and murderous - very high/heavy

131. ray of hope - hope
132. step off - go out of way/track
133. on look out for – search
134. en masse - all/unanimously
135. give up - leave/stop
136. in order to – because
137. a lot of – much/many
138. in front of - front
139. keep a straight face - be neutral
140. cap something all - finish unpleasant situation
141. weigh the proposition - decide carefully
142. landslide victory - grand victory with majority votes
143. put up with - bear
144. brain child - novel idea/thought

12. Fill in the blanks by choosing the appropriate expressions given in the brackets. 2x1 = 2

1. Sheela Rani Chunkat included mobility ______ the literacy drive. The neo-cyclists _____ to the hostile
remarks from some men. (turn a deaf ear, to come off, as part of)
2. During the past 18 months, over 100,000 rural women _____ bicycling as a symbol of independence. In
the beginning, they had to _____ vicious attack on their character when they brgin.
(put up with, went in for, have taken to)
3. Kannammal had never ________ to cycle earlier. She was sacred of filthy remarks by men. But, she
_________ when Arivoli gave cycling social sanction. (took to it, mustered the courage, put up with)
4. A lot of women, unable to wait for ‘ladies’ cycles, ______ for men’s cycles. For them, the bicycle
_______ on time wasted in waiting for buses. (put up with, cuts down, went in for)
5. Over 1500 female cyclists took Pudukottai ______. The unique for the stunning proportion of women
who ______ to cycling. (by race, have taken to, by storm)
6. The bicycle ____ time wasted in waiting for buses. It gives one so much time _____ selling ones produce.
(to reduce the cast, cuts down, focus on)
7. In the heart of rural Pudukottai, young women ____ the roads on their bicycles. Jameela Bibi, who has
________ cycling told it was her right. (take to, give up, zip along)
8. Now we see a woman doing a four kilometer stretch on her cycle to collect water. She had to _______
vicious attacks on her character when the cycling movement began. But Arivoli encouraged women to
_____________ cycling. (put up with, zip along, take to)

9. Roof was ________ when he was in the voting booth. He was torn between loyalty to Marcus and the fear
of iyi. Then he __________ the idea of tearing the ballot paper into and put each half into the two boxes.
(hard put to, hit upon the idea, in a fix)
10. Marcus knew he would win what the news paper called _____ but he did not even like _____ a single
vote for Maduka. (to be careful, like to throw away, landside victory)
11. Roof had abandoned the village _______. He had ________ of his own free well, a bright future to the
return to his people. (given up, in order to work, in a fix)
12. Roof had not abandoned his village in order to seek work in the towns. People thought that he had to
_________ a bright future for their sake. This made them ____________ Roof as trusted guide in their
difficult times. (give up, call out, single out)

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13. Marcus knew that he would win but he did not want _____________ a single vote. All the while Roof,
weighed down with guilt, pretended ________. (to be in high spirits, to throw away, pass by)

14. In Brazil the number of motor vehicles is growing by __________ almost as if cars were distributed free
of charge to _________. (all and sundry, slow and steady, leaps and bounds)
15. Talking about his mother Borges says, “I feel guilty that I had _____ . it did not _______ till her death.”
(all and sundry, taken her for granted, dawn on me)
16. When she was _______ like this, one day, the old man met her and behaved as though he knew all about
her plight. He smiled at her and ________ an offering of tender coconuts from a nearby tree.
(slipping away, brought down, in a fix)
17. You may know that I _________ a daily. After a particular age, man loses his name. This age becomes
important and his name ________ thin air. (looks after, vanishes into, subside to)
18. The old man ________ “No, his name was not Sangoji, it was Basavaiah”. He expressed his amazement
at how facts_______ such varied guises when they are narrated as fiction. (rose to, take on, went on)
19. Tammanna did not like to _______ unhealthy rivalry. The rivalry started _________ things that were
visible towards invisible, abstract domain. (moving away, put on with, get rid of)
20. Tammanna was ________ in agriculture. So, it was not necessary for the owner to toil hard in the farm
and he _________ from hard work. (shied away, try their luck, well-versed)
21. Tammanna _______ a novel idea of annihilating, Basavaiah. He ________ everything he had and moved
away to a far-off place. (in a fix, gave up, hit upon)
22. Basavaiah acquired two hundred acres of Tammanna’s land forcibly. The quarrel started between the
two and ______ all their supporters. Tammanna’s supporters advised him to ________ to the police.
(to get back, take recourse, sucked in)

23. When Gonzalo does not get any bench for himself, Dona Laura says that it ____ for scaring the birds.
Later, Don Gonzalo is made ____ the bench with Laura. (serves him right, puts on, resign himself to share)
24. The prince would have been _______ maintain his expenses if he had not the income from the gaming
houses. People would come and _______ in this gambling house. Whether they gain or lose, the prince
would get his share of income. (think it over, try their luck, hard put to)
25. 16,000 francs is too much money. People _______. Find a way to _____ him’, said the kinglet.
(get rid of, be hard put, won’t stand it)

Pronouns / Pronominal

This question item has gone through a change when compared to the previous question paper pattern. In the
revised pattern, the question is in the form of Match the Following. A small paragraph of four / five lines is
given with pronouns in it. Five pronouns of the paragraph are marked in bold and numbered (a), (b), (c), (d)
and (e). They are listed under column A and the students are asked to match them with the nouns / noun
phrases given under column B to which the pronouns are referred. Column B shall have an additional noun /
noun phrase (six in number).

(Question number 13. Read the following paragraph and match the pronouns in ‘side A’ with the nouns /
noun phrases in ‘side B’ they refer to.)

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13. Read the following paragraph and match the pronouns in side A with the nouns/noun phrases in
side B which they refer to (5x1=05)

It was late evening. Everything was getting dark. I, Joesph, was going home and had rarely gone a furlong or
two when I (a) saw a huge glare which (b) was high above the roofs of the houses. I saw that Anna’s house
was on fire. The fire was huge and tremendous. People who (c) were moving here and there, were throwing
sand and water on it (d). Their (e) faces looked ghastly in the yellow flames.

A (Pronouns) B (Nouns/Noun Phrases)

a) I i) huge glare
b) which ii) people
c) who iii) Joseph
d) it iv) people’s
e) their v) fire
vi) sand and water

2. An old man came to the farm. The owner of the farm and i) his wife needed a person like ii) him to look
after their farm iii) which needed a person exactly like him. iv) He was well versed in agriculture v) that was
his passion. So he got appointed. After vi) his arrival the income improved and the farm expanded.
A (Pronouns) B (Nouns/Noun Phrases)
a) his i) owner’s
b) him ii) old man
c) which iii) farm
d) he iv) old man
e) that v) agriculture

3. It was late evening. Everything was getting dark. I, Joesph, was going home and had rarely gone a furlong
or two when I (a) saw a huge glare which (b) was high above the roofs of the houses. I saw that Anna’s
house was on fire. The fire was huge and tremendous. People who (c) were moving here and there, were
throwing sand and water on it (d). Their (e) faces looked ghastly in the yellow flames.

A (Pronouns) B (Nouns/Noun Phrases)

a) I i) huge glare
b) which ii) people
c) who iii) Joseph
d) it iv) people’s
e) their v) fire
vi) sand and water
4. Mobile phones are very useful these days. They (a)are very efficient tools for communication. Youngsters
are experts in using mobile phones. Their (b) skills in using mobile phones are exemplary. They can take a
photo of scenery which(c) they like while travelling. If they like a song, they can record it(d) on their mobile
phone. People who (e) are fond of their mobile phones always keep them in their pockets.

A (Pronouns) B (Nouns/Noun Phrases)

a. They i. Scenery
b. Their ii. Song
c. Which iii. Mobile Phones
d. It iv. Days
e. who v. Youngsters’
vi. People

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PART – C (9 MARKS)

Comprehension of prose passage

This question item assesses the reading comprehension ability of students. The passage is of moderate length
and the students are expected to answer questions set on the passage. The questions set shall not be
sequential and should not encourage copy paste answers. One or two questions shall be set on vocabulary –
antonyms / synonyms / word formation / parts of speech of the words used in the passage. Please note that
the revised pattern has nine questions.

V. 30. A. Read the following passage and answer the questions set on it 9x1=9

Most mother snakes do not tend their off springs. They find a safe place to lay eggs and leave
immediately. If they give birth to live young, they vanish as soon as the last one comes out. New born
snakes face the dangers on their own. Out of 3,400 snake species of snakes in the world, only 150 species
show maternal care.

The King Cobra is the only species to make a nest and guard its eggs. The Indian rock python coils it
complete body around its eggs and incubates them. But both species do not stay with younger ones once
they come out of eggs. One snake goes an extra mile to protect its offsprings. It is Southern African Python.

Graham Alexander studied the behaviour of Southern African Python snakes for the first time.
Graham Alexander was a student of a university in South Africa. He spent seven years studying Southern
African Pythons. He studied thirty-seven Southern African Pythons in Dinokeng Game Reserve near
Pretoria.

Southern African Pythons are easy to trace in the forest. They are the largest snakes of African
continent. They grow up to five metres and weigh sixty kilograms on average. Alexander caught them and
inserted transmitter chips in their bodies. He monitored their movement through these chips. He also
measured their body temperature.

Southern African Pythons lay eggs in burrows created by other animals. The mother Southern
African Python coils her body around the eggs for three months. The mother snake stays with the eggs for
three months. It does not eat anything during these months. It loses 40% of its weight during this period.
After three months, the baby snakes come out of the eggs. The mother snake stays with the baby snakes for
two more weeks before moving out of the burrow. Hence, the Southern African Python is the most caring
snake of all snakes.

a. What is the average weight of a Southern African Python?

b. Which snake prepares a nest for its eggs?
c. ______ snake goes an extra mile to protect its offsprings.
d. Where does the Southern African Python lay its eggs?
e. Where did Alexander study the Southern African Pythons for seven years?
f. What percentage of weight does a mother Southern African Python snake lose in three months?
g. How many snakes did Alexander study to understand the behaviour of Southern African Pythons?
h. The idiom ‘to go an extra mile’ means
i. go more miles ii. put more effort iii. put more pressure iv. go one mile
i. The antonym for the word caring is __________

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V. 30. A. Read the following passage and answer the questions set on it 9x1=9
It may seem like nothing can live in a desert because it's so dry. But most deserts are full of life, with plants
and animals that have adapted to survive without much water. Some plants, like cacti, store enough water in
their stems to last until the next rain.

Tribes that live in deserts are often nomadic, which means that they don't stay in one place for very long,
and instead move around a lot to find new resources. These people also often farm and herd cattle and other
animals which are well adapted to desert life.

Deserts often have harsh conditions, such as high winds, sandstorms and rugged terrain, which can make it
difficult to travel and survive. Fennec foxes are well-adapted for life in African and Arabian deserts. Their
pale fur camouflages them against the sand; it also grows on the bottoms of their feet to give them traction
while running in the sand and protects their feet from the hot desert surface. The Arctic and Antarctic are
referred to as polar deserts. 20% of the total deserts have sand on their surfaces. Cold deserts have a very
low temperature in comparison to hot deserts and are covered with snow or ice. The largest cold desert on
Earth is Antarctica.

The Sahara is a desert spanning across North Africa. With an area of 9,200,000 km2, it is the largest hot
desert in the world and the third-largest desert. The Thar Desert, also known as the Great Indian Desert, is an
arid region in the north-western part of the Indian subcontinent that covers an area of 200,000 km2 in India
and Pakistan.

a. Choose the statement which is wrong according to the given passage.

i. The Thar desert is in India and Pakistan ii. There are cold deserts and hot deserts
iii. Nomadic tribes move searching for new resources iv. Nothing can live in a desert because it is so dry.
b. Name one of the polar deserts.
c. Which is the largest hot desert?
d. What do fennec foxes use to protect their feet?
e. Where do the cacti save their water?
f. What is the area of the Indian desert mentioned in the passage?
g. Name any one of the harsh climate conditions of a desert.
h. The _______ (adapt) of the animals to their habitat is very crucial.
Fill in the blank with the right form of the word given in the brackets.
i. Which term in the passage means ‘disguise’?

OR B. Read the following poem and answer the questions set on it 9x1=9

Home They Brought Her Warrior Dead

by Alfred Tennyson

Home they brought her warrior dead:

She nor swoon'd nor utter'd cry:
All her maidens, watching, said,
"She must weep or she will die."

Then they praised him, soft and low,

Call'd him worthy to be loved,
Truest friend and noblest foe;
Yet she neither spoke nor moved.

Stole a maiden from her place,

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Lightly to the warrior stepped,

Took the face-cloth from the face;
Yet she neither moved nor wept.

Rose a nurse of ninety years,

Set his child upon her knee—
Like summer tempest came her tears—
"Sweet my child, I live for thee."

a. How did the warrior’s wife react when her husband was brought dead?
b. How did the warrior’s wife react when she saw face of her husband?
c. What did the maidens say looking at the warrior’s wife?
d. Where was the warrior brought dead?
e. How old was the nurse?
f. What did the warrior’s wife say at last?
g. What are the warrior’s wife’s tears compared to?
h. Which word in the poem is the antonym of ‘friend’?
i. Complete the analogy: low : foe :: cry : _______

B. Read the following poem and answer the questions set on it 9x1=9

The Road Not Taken

by Robert Frost

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,

And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveller. Long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could,
To where it bent in the undergrowth:

Then took the other as just as fair

And having perhaps the better claim;
Because it was grassy and wanted wear
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same.

And both that morning equally lay

In leaves no step had trodden black,
Oh, I kept the first for another day,
Yet knowing how way lends on to way
I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh

Somewhere ages and ages hence
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I,
I took the one less travelled by,
And that has made all the difference.

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a. Why did the speaker choose the other road?

b. What did the speaker do at the place where two roads diverged?
c. Where did two roads diverge?
d. What made the difference to the speaker?
e. In the statement, I kept the first for another day, what does the word ‘first’ refer to?
i. Wood ii. Road iii. day iii. Walk
f. What time of the day is indicated in the given poem?
g. Who took the road that was less travelled by?
h. How will be the speaker saying after some ages?
i. The antonym for ‘less’ is ____________

REVERIE OF THE POOR SUSAN

By William Wordsworth

At the corner of Wood Street, when daylight appears,

Hangs a Thrush that sings loud, it has sung for three years:
Poor Susan has passed by the spot, and has heard
In the silence of morning the song of the Bird.

‘Tis a note of enchantment; what ails her? She sees

A mountain ascending, a vision of trees;
Bright volumes of vapour through Lothbury glide,
And a river flows on through the vale of Cheapside.

Green pastures she views in the midst of the dale,

Down which she so often has tripped with her pail;
And a single small cottage, a nest like a dove’s,
The one only dwelling on earth that she loves.

She looks, and her heart is in heaven: but they fade,

The mist and the river, the hill and the shade:
The stream will not flow, and the hill will not rise,
And the colours have all passed away from her eyes!

a) Name any one of the birds mentioned in the poem

b) Where does the river flow?
c) Which phrase in the poem also means that Poor Susan is not alive?
d) What time of the day is mentioned in the poem?
e) What is compared to a nest in the poem?
f) What does Susan carry when she goes down the green pastures?
g) Choose the odd combination out:
i) Mountain and hill ii) Vapour and mist iii) River and stream iv) Earth and morning
h) Complete the analogy: sees: trees :: ______ : shade
i) Which is the antonym of ‘noise’ used in the poem?

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PLAY THINGS
– By Rabindranath Tagore
Child,
Child, how happy you are sitting in the dust, playing with a broken
twig all the morning!
I smile at your play with that little bit of a broken twig.
I am busy with my accounts, adding up figures by the hour.
Perhaps you glance at me and think “What a stupid game to spoil your
morning with!”
Child, I have forgotten the art of being absorbed in sticks and
mud-pies.
I sek out costly playthings, and gather lumps of gold and silver.
With whatever you find you create your glad games.
I spend both my time and my strength over things I can never a obtain.
In my frail canoe I struggle to cross the sea of desire, and forget that I
too am playing a game.

a) Whom is the poet addressing to in the poem?

b) Where is the child sitting?
c) What does the child do in the morning?
d) Give the synonym of the word ‘happy’ from the poem.
e) What is the poet busy with?
f) What has the poet forgotten now?
g) Name the costly things mentioned in the poem.
h) The poet is struggling to cross the _________.
i) Complete the analogy: Child : __________ : : Poet/Adult : Uhappy

THE HUMAN SEASONS

– By John Keats
Four Seasons fill the measure of the year;
There are four seasons in the mind of man:
He has his lusty Spring, when fancy clear
ll beauty with an easy span:
He has his Summer, when luxuriously
Spring’s honied cud of youthful thought he loves
To ruminate, and by such dreaming high
Is nearest unto heaven; quiet coves
His soul has in its Autumn, when his wings
He furleth close, contented so to look
On mists in idleness - to let fair things
Pass by unheeded as a threshold brook.
He has his Winter too of pale misfeature,
Or else he would forego his mortal nature.

a) How many seasons fill a year?

b) Name the seasons mentioned in the poem.
c) ‘Spring’ is described as being
i) very short and happy ii) sad and dreaming iii) idle
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d) Complete the analogy: spring: lusty:: summer : __________ .

e) Give the synonym of the word ‘satisfied’ from the poem.
f) Why is ‘winter’ referred to as ‘pale’?
g) Man’s soul is close and contented in ___________ season.
h) Where are the four seasons, with reference to Man?
i) According to the poet, what will man forgo?

OZYMANDIAS
– By Percy Bysshe Shelley

I met a traveller from an antique land

Who said: two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert. Near them on the sand,
Half sunk, a shatter’d visage lies, whose frown
And wrinkled lip and sneer of cold command
Tell that its Sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on those lifeless things,
The hand that mock’d them and the heart that fed;
And on the pedestal these words appear:
“My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!”
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare,
The lone and level sands stretch far away.

a) Who did the speaker meet?

b) The traveller came from __________________ .
c) The one who read the passions well is the a) speaker b) traveller c) sculptor
d) What did the traveller see standing in the desert?
e) What was the expression on the shattered visage?
f) Give the autonym of ‘hope’ from the poem.
g) ‘King of kings’ refers to _________ .
h) land: sand : : _______ : away (Complete the analogy of rhyming words.)
i) What stretches far away in the end of the poem?

THE CRUTCHES
– By Bertolt Brecht
Seven years I could not walk a step.
When I to the great physician came
He demanded: Why the crutches?
And I told him: I am lame.

He replied: That’s not surprising

Be so good and try once more.
If you’re lame, it’s these contraptions.
Fall then! Crawl across the floor!

And he took my lovely crutches

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Laughing with a fiend’s grimace

Broke them both across my back and
Threw them in the fireplace.

Well, I’m cured now: I can walk.

Cured by nothing more than laughter.
Sometimes, though, when I see sticks
I walk worse for some hours after.

a) For how many years could the speaker not walk?

b) Who did the speaker meet?
b) Why does the speaker use crutches?
d) What the physician ask the lame person to do?
e) The physician threw the broken crutches into the ________ .
f) Which term in the poem means ‘evil’?
g) What can the speaker do ‘now’?
h) How was the speaker cured?
i) When does the speaker walk worse?

Part D
Articles / Prepositions / Subject -Verb Agreement / Tenses / Jumbled words This question 31A of the
revised question paper pattern consists of four questions for one mark each. One question from either article
or preposition; one each on Subject-Verb agreement, tenses, and jumbled words are framed. The questions
could be either textual or non-textual. (Question number 31A. Rewrite as directed)

Articles
1. Rivers are ________ important resource of energy.
2. Siddhartha was born as ______king.
3. Oxygen is _________ basic need of all living beings.
4. Mt. Everest is ________highest peak in the world.
5. My father is _________ musician.
6. Ranjitha got _____ first prize in singing competition.
7. Kalidasa is called ______Shakespeare of India.
8. There is ______owl in the cave.
9. Mr. Manjunath is _______ M.A. degree holder.
10. I need ______cup of tea now.

Prepositions
1. Samarth goes ______ a walk every morning.
2. Concave lens is thicker_______the edges.
3. Bernard Shaw was fascinated ______ Eliza's voice.
4. The young boy was keen to know _______the birds.
5. Rabindranath Tagore won the Nobel Prize ______ Gitanjali.
6. The revised edition of the dictionary comes _________a CD version of it.
7. Charan preferred coffee ______tea.
8. Anand got ______ from the car.
9. Mr. Chandru is arriving ________ the night tomorrow.
10. Nagasaki was bombed ______1945.

Rearrange the segments into a meaningful sentence.

1. canals / a well / networked / Chinese /developed.
2. certain / rules and regulations / follow / must / we.
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3. the / fascinating / bats / most / are / animals.

4. the cats / first / domesticated / were / by ancient Egyptians.
5. three/ there/ methods / rice/ of /are / cultivation.
6. changed / rural women / the life of / has / the cycling.
7. living/ nutrition/healthy/and/requires/environment/clean.
8. Ramakrishna Paramahamsa/ the/ disciple/ Swamy Vivekananda/ greatest/of/was.
9. defend/ helps/ blood/ to/against/ the/ body/infection.
10. home / labourers / going / the / have / started.

Subject - Verb Agreement

1. Arunima ______________(have/has) been a national volleyball player.
2. Rakesh and Ramesh ___________(is/ are ) good friends.
3. Everyone ____________(need/needs) education.
4. One of my students _________(was/ were) felicitated in Kannada Sahitya Sammelana.
5. They _________ (plays/play) the flute in an orchestra.
6. My son and his friends _______(do / does) not watch movies every day.
7. My mother’s family _______( go / goes) to pilgrimage every year.
8. The Chief Minister and his cabinet ___________(approves / approve) the budget in January every year.
9. One of my friends _________( runs /run) a hotel in Chennai.
10. The people ________(are/ is) fond of gossips.

Appropriate form of Verbs

1. Chaitanya _________(work) as a project assistant in TCS at present.
2. I __________ (see) a snake in our classroom yesterday.
3. The students ___________ (prepare) well for the exam since last Sunday.
4. The earth ___________ (revolve) around the sun.
5. Our II PUC exam ____________(begin) in March every year.
6. Dr. Man Mohan Singh _______(pass) away on December 26th, 2024.
7. The door bell ______(ring) every day at 9 in the morning.
8. They _______(exhibit) their talent on their college annual day last week.
9. He _____(stand) in the queue to reserve the tickets yesterday.
10. Her son __________(cut) vegetables every day.
OR

PART – D

Linkers

This question item can be either textual or non-textual. But the linkers that are tested here are to be from the
course book or the workbook only.

Linkers are words that connect one idea or sentence with another. A few examples are as under.

Function Link Words

1. Addition - and, also, besides, moreover, similarly, then
2. Time - when, while, as soon as, after, till, until, since, as long as
3. Place - where, wherever
4. Reason- because, as, since
5. Purpose - in order that, so that, lest
6. Result- so, thus, as a result, finally, in conclusion
7. Concession- though, although, even if, however
8. Manner- as, as if, as though
9. Comparison - as, than,
10. Condition - if, unless, supposing

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31 B. Fill in the blanks with the right linker. 4x1=4

1. The special revenue came from a gaming house, _________ people played roulette. Some of the little
German Sovereigns used to keep gaming houses of the same kind _________ some years ago they were
forbidden to do so. The reason they were stopped was_______ these gaming houses did so much harm. A
man would come and try his luck. ______ he would risk all he had and lose it. (because, then, where, but)

2. The criminal refused to go away __________ they had ruined his character _________ people would turn
their backs on him. _________ he had got out of the way of working. He said they might do as they liked,
_________ he would not go away. (but, for, besides, and)

3. The criminal received one third of his pension in advance _________ left the kingdom. _________
crossing the frontier, he settled down on a bit of land. _________ he started market gardening _________
fetched him good profit and he lived peacefully and well. (and, later, after, which)

4. The criminal remained in the prison for a year. _________ when a year had passed, the kinglet was
shocked to see the amount spent for his keep. _________ he summoned his council to consider the matter.
The council considered _________ reconsidered. _________ they decided to dismiss the guard who watched
the criminal. (finally, but, therefore, and)

5. The death sentence was altered to life imprisonment. This would enable the Prince to show his mercy
______ it would come cheaper. _______ there was no strong prison fit for permanent use. _______ they
managed to find a place _________ would serve the purpose. (but, and, which, however)

6. Vandana Shiva started to save seeds from farmers’ fields. ___ she realized that a farm was needed for
demonstration and training. ____ Navdanya farm was started. __ many varieties of seeds were conserved in
this farm __ practice and promote biodiversity intensive form of farming. (as a result, then, thus, in order to)

7. The Earth University teaches Earth Democracy _____is the freedom for all species. ___ we all depend on
earth, it is our duty to respect the rights of other species __ these species have to evolve within the web of
life. ____ Earth Democracy is a shift from anthropocentrism to eco centrism. (as, which, moreover, since)

8. Tagore started Shantiniketan in West Bengal ___ create an Indian cultural renaissance.____ this became a
university_____ received acclaim as the most famous centre of learning. Shantiniketan was started as a
forest school, amidst trees_____ forests were thought to be a source of regeneration. (because, in order to,
which, later on)

9. The gardener started narrating the story of Tammanna and Basavaiah to the owner’s wife. _______
proceeding with the story, he started fumbling for words _______ he had made a mistake. The owner’s wife
was not interested in the story. She felt like going away _______ stayed back _______ she did not want to
hurt the old man. (but, after, as though, as)

10. Rivalry between Tammanna and Basavaiah looked like healthy competition in the beginning. _____ it
rose to such a pitch ____ they started competing in buying each acre of land in the village. ____ no land in
the village was left for buying. Even then Basavaiah was not happy _____ he had 200 acres less than
Tammanna. (because, finally, gradually, that)

11. Basavaiah sent word that he was prepared to buy Tammanna’s 200 acres of land. This made Tammanna
furious. _______ he said he was prepared to buy all the land ____ belonged to Basavaiah. ______ Basavaiah
forcibly acquired 200 acres of Tammanna’s land. _______ the enmity between them became fierce and
sucked in all their supporters. (as a result, in turn, which, instead)
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12. Borges believes that metaphors, _____ they are truly metaphors, exist from the beginning of time. _____
we express them differently, he asserts. In his view, all metaphors can be reduced to five or six ______ seem
to be essential metaphors. He says that the poet’s task is to discover metaphors ______ they may already
exist. (even though, if, which, but)

12. Literature is a dream. Our past is nothing ______ a sequence of dreams. There is no difference between
dreaming _____ remembering the past. Books are the great memory of all centuries. _____ their function is
irreplaceable. _____ books disappear, surely history would disappear, and surely man would disappear.
(If, but, therefore, and)

13. Japanese who live on a hopelessly overcrowded island have to respect one another’s privacy- ___ rather,
would have to ____ they had any privacy. ____ they don’t. ____ courtesy has a double function in Japan.
(but, if, or, so)

14. Japanese are said to be well-mannered ___ they respect each other’s privacy. You can conduct your most
confidential business transactions and love-quarrels in public _____ in perfect privacy. Anybody could listen
in _____ nobody does. _____ a telephone-receiver is a man’s castle in Japan. (yet, therefore, but, because)

15. Nobody hurries in Brazil. The people of Brazil are leisurely ______ they seem to have all the time in the
world _______ decorate the pavements they walk on. ________, the drivers in Brazil drive so fast ______
every tenth of a second is of grave importance. (in order to, and, however, as though)

16. Bowing in Japan is not only quainter but infectious. ___ spending some time in Japan, one starts bowing
_____ he or she has been there forever. ______ when a person bows, it is too deep or not too deep enough
____ the outsider is not familiar with the complexities of bowing. (as though, after, however, because)

17. Motor cars are extremely expensive in Brazil _______ of crippling and murderous import duties. _____
almost everyone owns a car here. ______ the roads in Brazil have heavy traffic. _____ the pedestrian’s life
is becoming more hazardous every day. (thus, hence, yet, because)

18. Roof was a young and energetic man. He never left his village _____ seek work in the towns _____
decided to remain to guide his people. ______ he was very popular. _____ he was an expert in election
campaigning. (moreover, but, in order to, so)

19. Everything was moving according to plan. _____ Roof had received a strange visit from the leader of
POP campaign team. _____ he and Roof were well known _____ might even be called friends, the visit was
business-like. He placed five pounds on the floor before Roof. _____ Roof spoke his eyes never left the red
notes on the floor. (and, although, then, as)

20. Roof was a very popular man in his village. _____ the villagers did not explain it in so many words,
Roof’s popularity was a measure of their gratitude to an energetic young man ___, unlike most of his
fellows nowadays, had not abandoned the village ____ seek work, any work in the towns. And Roof was not
a village lout ___. (who, although, either, in order to)

21. Roof’s heart nearly flew out ___ he saw the iyi ____ he knew the fame of Mbanta well. ___, he was
certain that a single vote would not defeat Marcus. ___ he agreed to swear on the iyi. (hence, when,
however, as)

22. Cycling made women independent _____ it reduced their dependence on men. _________ it gave them
a sense of freedom. ________ they had to put up with vicious attacks on their character. _______ all women
in Pudukottai learnt cycling. (more over, as, even then, but)

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32. A. Rewrite as directed 2x1=2

This question item will have any two of - Question Tag / ‘Do’ question /‘Wh-’ question.

I. Question Tags

i. Abhijith sang the song melodiously, ______________? (Add a question tag)

i. The farmers have taken to organic farming, ____? (Add a suitable question tag)
i. Akash has been trying a lot to get a job, _________? (Add a question tag)

1. I did not attend his concert, _____?

2. They hardly bunk the classes, ______?
3. Neeraj won a silver medal in Olympics, _______?
4. Seema has gone to Malaysia, _______?
5. I am working as a teacher, __________?
6. This machine rarely works, _________________?
7. We can complete the syllabus, ___________?
8. I shall play the role of Shylock, ___________?
9. These people were seldom known to their neighbours, __________?
10. The mother and the child had never come across such a situation, ___________?

II. Change into a question using the right form of ‘Do’

1. Nikita plays the guitar.
2. He and his daughter arrived last night.
3. We celebrate all festivals.
4. Nagesh cut his finger in the morning.
5. My mother puts some snacks in my box.
6. Marcus has two long cars.
7. Waters knows everything.
8. Gonzalo and Laura spoke to each other.
9. His students and my students study together.
10. I like English.

III. Frame a ‘Wh’- question to get the underlined part as answer.

1. Gukesh is the youngest world champion of chess.
2. Laura liked the birds.
3. Ratan was born on 5th October 2012.
4. There were about 7000 inhabitants in Monaco.
5. The next Kannada Sahitya Sammelana will be held at Ballari.
6. He goes to his village to see his parents,
7. The POP campaigner offered five pounds to Roof.
8. I love my leader.
9. Peter's office is 5 km from his house.
10. Gonzalo was about 70 years old.

OR 32 B. Error identification 2x1=2

This question item will have two sentences with errors. Questions need to follow the models presented in the
workbook like errors in use of articles, prepositions, verb forms, redundancy etc.

(Question number 32 B. Rectify errors in the following sentences and rewrite them)
1. Dog is a man’s bestest friend.
2. You can return back this book tomorrow.
3. When you will complete notes?
4. My friend did not went to college today.
5. A sun rises in the east.

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6. I have been working here since 6 years.

7. He invited my teacher for give advice.
8. He asked me where I am going.
9. I am hearing some noise.
10. This house is belonging to the minister.

Note Making
This question item is for two marks. A small paragraph of two/three sentences is given. A flow chart with
four blank boxes is provided that need to be filled in based on the information given in the paragraph.
Students should draw the flow chart and fill the boxes.

33. Read the following passage and make notes by filling the boxes given below. 4x1/2=2

Diabetes is a chronic disease that affects how our body turns food into energy. There are three main types of
diabetes. They are Type-1, Type-2 and Gestational diabetes means diabetes while pregnant. A huge
population of the world are living with diabetes. It usually affects children, teens, adults and aged ones.

Diabetes

Is a types Gestational diabetes means

33. Read the following passage and make notes by filling the boxes given below 4x1/2=2

Trained dogs with their incredible sense of smell help police in tracking criminals and in rescuing buried
people. They also help to find bombs and drugs. They are very good friends of police in general.

Trained dogs

With their incredible

33. Read the following passage and make notes by filling the boxes given below: 4x1/2=2

Convex lenses are thick in the middle and thinner at the edges. A concave lens is flat in the middle and
thicker at the edges. A convex lens is also known as the converging lens as the light rays bend inwards and
converge at a point which is known as focal length. On the other hand, the concave lens is also known as a
diverging lens because it bends the parallel light rays outward and diverges them at the focal point.

Two types of lenses

Concave 11 Is also called2

Is also called

bends the parallel light rays

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Reported Speech

This question item has five sentences in direct speech. Various types of sentences are included. The question
can be either textual or non-textual.

Word Changes in Reported Speech

Direct Reported
Now Then
Thus So
Ago Before
This That
These Those
Hither Thither
Here There
Hence Thence
Today That day
Tomorrow The next day/ the day after/ the following day/ the
coming day
Yesterday The last day/ the day before/ the previous day/ the
gone day
Day after tomorrow Two days after
Day before yesterday Two days before
Last Previous
Next Coming
Tonight That night
Just Then

Usual Tense Changes in Reported Speech/ Indirect Speech

DIRECT REPORTED

Tense Tense Form Examples Tense Tense Examples

Name Name Form
Simple Do/does (V1/ I write/ He writes/ I Simple Past Did I wrote/ He wrote/ I
Present s/es/ies) don’t write / He Tense (V2/V1) didn’t write / He
Tense doesn’t write didn’t write
Present Am/is/are + I am writing / He is Past Was/were + I was writing / He
Continuous ing form writing / We are Continuous ing form was writing / We
Tense writing Tense were writing
Present Have/has + V3 I have written / He Past Perfect Had + V3 I had written / He
Perfect form has written Tense form had written
Tense
Present Have/ has + I have been writing / Past Perfect Had + been I had been writing /
Perfect been + ing He has been writing Continuous + ing form He had been
Continuous form Tense writing
Tense
Simple Past Did (V2/V1) I wrote/ He wrote/ I Past Perfect Had + V3 I had written / He
Tense didn’t write Tense form had written/I hadn’t
written
Past Was/were + I was writing / He Past Perfect Had + been I had been writing /
Continuous ing form was writing / We Continuous + ing form He had been
Tense were writing Tense writing
Past Perfect Had + V3 form I had written / He Past Perfect Had + V3 I had written / He
Tense had written Tense form had written
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Past Perfect Had + been + I had been writing Past Perfect Had + been I had been writing
Continuous ing form Continuous + ing form
Tense Tense
Simple Shall/will + V1 I shall cut/ He will --------- Would + I would cut/He
Future form write V1 form would write
Tense

Future Shall/will + be I shall be writing / --------- Would + be I would be writing /

Continuous + ing form + ing form He would be
He will be writing
Tense writing

Future Shall/will + I shall have written --------- Would + I would have

Perfect have + V3 have + V3 written
Tense form form

Future Shall/will + I shall have been --------- Would + I would have been
Perfect have + been + writing have + been writing
Continuous ing form
Tense

Can + V1 form - Could + V1 form - Could + have + V3 form

can write - could write – could have written

May + V1 form -Might + V1 form -Might + have + V3 form

may write - might write – might have written

Must + V1 form -Had to + V1 form -Had + have + V3 form

must write – had to write – had to have written

Have to + V1 form -Had to + V1 form

Have to write -had to write - had to have written

Should + V1 form -should + have + V3 form

should write – should have written

STATEMENTS (DAS/DNS)
Q No 34 Report the following.
1. “You must find some cheaper way of dealing with this rascal” Prince to the ministers.
2. “You have ruined my character by your sentence and people will turn their backs on me”. Criminal to the
ministers.
3. “I don’t mind as long as you undertake to pay it regularly. On that condition I am willing to go”. Criminal
to the ministers.
4. “My ecological journey started in the forest of Himalaya”. Vandana to the readers.
5. “I am so glad to be here. I feared my seat would be occupied”. Laura to Petra
6. “I feel more tired today than usual”. Laura to Petra.
7. “I see him over there waiting for me”. Petra to Laura.
8. “I don’t know what the matter with me is”. Petra to Laura.
9. “You can sit here”. Juanito to Gonzalo.
10. “That one over there is mine”. DG to Juanito.
11. “There are three priests sitting there”. Juanito to DG.
12. “You have scared away the birds who were feeding on my crumbs”. Laura to Gonzalo.
13. “We have not met. I cannot imagine why you take the liberty of addressing me”. DG to Laura.
14. “The authorities should place more benches here for these sunny mornings”. DG to Juanito.
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15. “I was responding to your solute”. Laura to DG

16. “Good morning should be answered by good morning, and that is all you should have said”. DG to
Laura.
17. “I generally say what I think”. Laura to Gonzalo.
18. “I thought you were taking out a telescope”. Laura to Gonzalo.
19. “My cousin waited under her window to hear her sing, this other person presented himself
unexpectedly”. DG to Laura.
20. “I have explained that a friend repeated it to me”. Laura to Gonzalo.

QUESTIONS (YES/NO, IAS/INS)

1. “Can’t you find a soldier who could cut the man’s head off”? The ministers to the General.
2. “Don’t you run away?” Ministers to Criminal.
3. “Do you want to meet your guard?” Laura to Petra.
4. “Have they gone”? DG to Juanito.
5. “Are you speaking to me, senora?” DG to Laura.
6. “Do you use a shoe brush as a handkerchief”? Laura to DG.
7. “Do you use your handkerchief as shoe brush”?
8. “Do you sneeze”? Laura to DG.
9. “Can you read without any”? DG to Laura.
10. “Did you hear of it”? Laura to DG.
11. “Can we talk about your mother, Dona Leonor”? Alifano to Borges.

WH-Questions (wh-ias/wh-ins)

12. “Why do you not run away”? The minister to the criminal.
13. “What does the senora wish?” Petra to Laura.
14. “What do you wish?” DG to Laura.
15. “What do I care about the birds”? DG to Laura.
16. “Why do you complain that the priest have taken your bench?” Laura to Gonzalo.
17. “What right have to criticize my actions?” DG to Laura.
18. “What are you doing, senor?” Juanito to DG.
19. “What was your first literary reading, Borges?” Said Alifano.
20. “What did you learn in Amma Tutorial yesterday”? Sudha to Lata.
21. “When has your father met the principal?” Laxmi tto Taskin Taj.
22. “How have you solved all the sums”? Meghana to Bharati.
23. “Where did she live yesterday”? Deepa to Bharati.

Imperatives (im-as/im-ns)
24. “Speak to us of children.” A woman to the Prophet.
25. “Don’t cut these trees.” Women to the loggers.
26. “Do not remain more than ten minutes.” Laura to Petra.
27. “Wait a moment.” Laura to Petra.
28. “Give me the crumbs.” Laura to Petra.
29. “Rout them out.” DG to Gonzalo.
30. “Don’t grumble anymore.” Laura to DG.
31. “Juanito, wait.” Said Gonzalo.
32. “Take down this book and slowly read.” Speaker to his beloved.
33. “Please forgive me, Borges, for asking you this.” Said Alifano.
34. “Study well and get good success.” English Sir to the students.
35. “Don’t bunk the classes and try until get success.” Shambhu Sir to all the Students.

Short answers (yes/no)

Yes. Of course. Why not? You are right. Yeah. Yea. Certainly. Indeed. (Replied positively)
No. I don’t think so. Sorry. Impossible. No, I don’t. Sorry she hasn’t. (Replied negatively)

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34. Report the following conversation. 5x1=5

1. Minister : Why do you not run away? There is no guard to keep you. The Prince will not mind.
Criminal : I know it. But I have nowhere to go.

2. Minister : The cost of execution will be 16,000 Francs.

Prince : The wretch is not worth the money. Can’t it be done, somehow cheaper? 16,000 francs is
more than two francs a head on the whole population. The people will not stand it.

3. Prince : You must find some cheaper way of dealing with this rascal. The present plan is too
expensive. 1st
Minister : In my opinion we must dismiss the guard.
2nd Minister : Then the fellow will run away.
1st Minister : Let him run away.

4. Petra : I see him over there waiting for me.

Dona Laura : Do not remain more than ten minutes.
Petra : I will be back soon.
Dona Laura : Wait a moment.
Petra : What does the senora wish?

5. Don Gonzalo : I want a bench to myself.

Juanito : There is none.
Don Gonzalo : That one over there is mine.
Juanito : There are three priests sitting there. Don Gonzalo: Rout them out.

6. Dona Laura : Do you use a shoe brush as a handkerchief?

Don Gonzalo : What right have you to criticize my actions?
Dona Laura : A neighbour’s right.
Don Gonzalo : I do not care to listen to nonsense.
Dona Laura : You are very polite.

7. Don Gonzalo : Do you mind my reading aloud?

Dona Laura : You can read as loud as you please.
Don Gonzalo : Can you read without glasses?
Dona Laura : I can.
Don Gonzalo : I envy your wonderful eyesight.

8. Dona Laura : Will you go to your bench tomorrow?

Don Gonzalo : I will come to your bench.
Dona Laura : Do bring something for pigeons.
Don Gonzalo : I will surely bring the crumbs.
Dona Laura : Thank you.

9. Dona Laura : Have you been in America?

Don Gonzalo : Several times.
Dona Laura : You must have gone with Columbus.
Don Gonzalo : I am old. But I did not know Ferdinand and Isabella.

10. Alifano : What is your first literary reading?

Borges : My first reading is Grimm’s Fairy tales in an English version.
Alifano : Where did you read it?
Borges : I read it in my father’s library. It taught me more than any high school.

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35. Complete the following conversation. 3X1=3

This question item has three blanks to complete. The language function is to be clearly mentioned in the
brackets.

Language Functions with examples:-

1. Start conversation - Hello...good morning/ Excuse me
2. Introducing - Meet my.....This is.....
3. Wishing -Happy Birthday/anniversary/festival
4. Leave taking - Bye/ see you...
5. Make request - May I have your pen? Will you come with me?
6. Express Gratitude - Thank you/ I am grateful to you.
7. Complimenting - Your dress/watch is beautiful. You are looking smart today
8. Congratulating - Well done/ Congratulations on...
9. Apologising - I am sorry/ I regret.... / sorry for that mistake
10. Express sympathy – How sad/ So pity
11. Seeking permission - May I take your pen?
12. Seeking information - May I know this address?
13. Agreeing - Ok/Fine/Sure...
14. Disagreeing -No/ Never/ I am sorry... Nope/ I don’t think so
15. Asking for preference - what would you prefer, beach or park?
16. Offering help -May I carry the baby?
17. Greeting - Good Morning
18. Gratitude - Thank you.
19. Offering Help - Can I ……?
20. Asking for the price - How much does _____ cost?
21. Giving Information - This is______/ It is ______
22. Preference - Which one is better?
23. Accepting - Okay/ I’ll
24. Asking for Distance - How far is _____ from here?
25. Requesting - Would/could you please _________?
26. Introducing - I am _________/ This is ______
27. Sympathy - How sad! / What a pity!
28. Making Enquiry - Can I know about/ Shall I __?
29. Congratulating - Congrats/ Congratulations on your success.
30. Leave taking - Ok bye/ See you/ Thank you. Bye

35. Complete the following dialogue. 4x1=4

1. (At a store)
Chandru : ______________ , do you work here? (Starting conversation with stranger)
Assistant : Yes, I do. ______________________ ? (Offering help)
Chandru : Do you have children’s sweaters?
Assistant : Yes, they are over there by the wall.
Chandru : ____________________ (Asking for price)
Assistant : It’s 300 rupees.
Chandru : Here you are.
Assistant : _____________ (Expressing gratitude)

2. (In a library)
Librarian : Hi, ________________? (Offering help)
Student : I am looking for a book, but I could not find it.
Librarian : _______________ (Asking for book name)

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Student : God of Small Things.

Librarian : Do you remember the author?
Student : __________________ (Giving author name-Arundhati Roy)
Librarian : The book is on the second floor in Indian literature section.
Student : _____________ I will go there. (Expressing gratitude)

3. (Two friends at a hotel)

Ravi : John, ___________ for breakfast? (Enquiring)
John : What ____________ ? (Asking for preference)
Ravi : I prefer dosa. Shall ______________ ? (Offering choices)
John : I don’t like masala dosa. I would prefer set dosa.
Ravi : __________ I will order set dosa. (Accepting)

4. (Two friends at college)

Mohan : Hi Ramesh. Good morning.
Ramesh : ____________________ (Responding to greeting)
Mohan : ____________ your cell phone for a moment? (Requesting)
Ramesh : Sure, no problem. ______________ (Offering)
Mohan : It will only be a minute or two.
Ramesh : Take your time. No rush.
Mohan : _____________ (Expressing gratitude)

5. (Two friends discussing homework)

Rama : Hey, _____________ with the homework? (Requesting)
Susan : I'd be glad to help out. ________________ (Enquiring about difficulty)
Rama : I don't understand this equation. Would you mind explaining it to me?
Susan : _____________ Don’t worry. (Assuring help)
Rama : __________________ (Expressing gratitude)

6. (Two friends talking about an unpleasant event)

Vinay : Hi, Shankar.
Shankar : _______________ (Responding to greeting)
Vinay : Shankar, our friend Mahesh had an accident this morning.
Shankar : ____________ Where did it happen? (Expressing sympathy)
Vinay : _________________ (Giving information)
Shankar : Shall we go and see him this evening?
Vinay : _________________ (Accepting)

7. (Between a son and mother)

Mother : What about your day at college, son?
Son : It was great, mom. I have been selected captain of the college Hockey team.
Mother : ___________________ (Congratulating)
Son : ________________ (Expressing gratitude)
Mother : By the way, did you pay the electricity bill on your way home?
Son : _______________ (Apologizing)
Mother : It’s OK. Don’t forget to pay it tomorrow.
Son : ___________________ (Accepting)

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8. (Dialogue between two friends)

Mayura : Hi Madhura, you are _________ (complementing)
Madhura : ____________________ (expressing gratitude)
Mayura : Is today a special day for you?
Madhura : Yes, _____________ (responding)
Mayura : Many more happy returns of the day Madhura.
Madhura : Thank you, Mayura.

9. (At a Showroom}
Sales manager : Hello sir. ___________ (offering help)
Customer : I want to buy a scooter
Sales manager : ___________________(asking about model)
Customer : I want to buy Honda Activa.
Sales Manager : _____________________(asking for colour selection)
Customer : I’ll go for Royal blue colour.

10. (Two friends at the campus)

Anagha : Hello Jaswanth, good morning. How are you?
Jaswanth : __________________________ (responds to greeting)
Anagha : You played very well in the volleyball match yesterday. It was a treat to watch.
Jaswanth : Thanks for the complement.
Anagha : _________________________(enquires about the next match)
Jaswanth : ________________________( gives information)
Anagha : Best of luck. Play well. See you later. Bye.

11. (Two friends meet at a book shop)

Vinay : ……………, how are you? (Greeting)
Vincent : Fine. Are you buying books?
Vinay : …………………………….. (responding)
Vincent : Did you find them?
Vinay : ………………………...(giving information)

12. (Two friends at the campus )

Anagha: Hello Jaswanth, good morning. How are you?
Jaswanth: __________________________ (responds to greeting)
Anagha : You played very well in the volleyball match yesterday. It was a treat to watch.
Jaswanth: Thanks for the complement.
Anagha : _________________________(enquires about the next match)
Jaswanth: ________________________( gives information)
Anagha: Best of luck. Play well. See you later. Bye.

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Letter Writing – Job Application

This question item has an extract of an advertisement containing a call for job. It has the details of required
qualification and other preferences like computer literacy, languages known, experience etc.,

PART – E
36. A. Write a letter of application in response to the following advertisement that appeared in The
Times of India dated 11th March 2025. 5
Wanted
English lecturers
Qualification: M.A., B.Ed.
Apply to
The Principal
Govt Boys Junior PU College, Bagalkot 587101

(Write XXXX for name and YYYY for your address)

XXXX
YYYY

12th March, 2025

The Principal
Govt Boys Junior PU College
Bagalkot 587101

Dear Sir/Madam,

Sub : Application for the post of an English lecturer.

Ref : Your advertisement in The Times of India dated on 11th March 2025
In response to your advertisement mentioned above, I would like to apply for the post of English
lecturer in your college.

I have got through my B.A. with a first class from KUD. I also have passed my B.Ed. with a
distinction in SKCE College, Hangal. And also I have passed my M.A. in English with a gold medal in
Karnataka University, Dharwad. I can speak both English and Kannada very well. And I also have fair
knowledge in computer. I feel I have all the necessary qualification needed for the above post.
I have enclosed my resume herewith. If I am given an opportunity I would try to render my service
with the best of the abilities.

Thank you.
Yours faithfully,
(XXXX)

Encl: Resume

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RESUME/BIO-DATA/CURRICULUM VITAE

Name : XXXX

Father’s Name : Ravikumar

Mother’s Name : Suma

Date of Birth : 01-05-1995

Nationality : Indian

Permanent Address : YYYY

Educational Qualification : MA B.ED (English)

SN Name of Exam Board/University Year of Passing % of marks

1 B.A. K.U.Dharwad 2020 85%
2 M.A. K.U.Dharwad 2022 75%
3 B.Ed. K.U.Dharwad 2023 90%

Languages Spoken : English, Kannada and Hindi

Experience : 2Years

Other Hobbies : Reading, Playing chess and watching TV

Date: 12-03-2025 (XXX)

Place: Haveri Signature of the candidate

36. A. Write a letter of application in response to the following advertisement which appeared in
DECCAN CHRONICLE dated 10th January 2025. 5

Fortis Hospitals, Bengaluru invites application for the post of

Orthopaedic surgeon.
Qualification: MS in Orthopaedics,
4 to 5 years of experience in any reputed hospital
Knowledge of English and Regional language is desirable
Salary and additional perks: No constraint for extraordinary candidates
Apply within 10 days to: The Chairman (HR),
Fortis Hospitals,
Cunningham road,
Vasanta Nagara,
Bengaluru-560054.
[Use XXXX for your name and YYYY for your address]

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