COREG. Test Paper-s ERROR (Instructions to students as in the First Test Paper) Question 1 (Do not spend more than 30 minutes on this question.) Write a composition (300 - 350 words) on any one of the following: [20] (a) Write a short story beginning with the following line: “It was a bright sunny day...”. ‘Every family should adopt a pet animal’. Express your views either for or against this statement. (©) A railway platform presents an opportunity to observe human behaviour. Describe your experience when you were early for a train and had to spend some time on the platform with different people. (4) “Look before you leap.” Narrate an incident from your experience which brings out the truth of this statement. (e) Study the picture given below. Write a short story or description or an account of what the picture suggests to you. Your composition may be about the subject of the picture or you may take suggestions from it. Question 2 (Do not spend more than 20 minutes on this question.) Select one of the following: [10] (a) You are going to your grandfather's house in Pune. You need someone to look after yout pet at home. Write a letter to your cousin requesting him to do this favour to you. Give necessary information about your dog and its habits to him. EE ORLA Tot Eagan | ‘Seamed with CamScanner(b) You have left behind your cellphone at a Coffee Shop. Write a letter to the manager to inquire if it has been found. You will have to describe the phone, the time, the place and other circumstances to help the manager trace your phone. Question 3 [5+5] (a) You are the Secretary of the Children’s Wing of the RWA of your Housing Society. You and your team are planning to organise a programme to celebrate Grandparents Day. Write a notice, to be put up outside the RWA Office of your society, giving details of the programme. (b) Write an email to a renowned Sportsperson, who is an octogenarian, but is still quite healthy and active, requesting him to be the Chief Guest on the occasion of Grandparents Day Celebration. Question 4 Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow: Being a ghost is not all fun, especially when you are only a young one. There is so much to learn, and it is easy to make mistakes. I suppose I started off badly so it is my own fault that I have not yet got my ghost’s licence. As a tiny child I used to drink my tea from a saucer while other ghosts used cups. My parents said this was a bad sign—almost human, they said. 5 Somehow things grew worse for me. I failed my entrance examination to the witches’ college but stayed on at school for another eighty years. Meanwhile I had a few small successes but they are nothing to boast about really. Something always seemed to go wrong in the end. I changed into a mouse one day and frightened two small girls but their brother came in and nearly knocked my head off with a broom. 10 Of course, I go to the local ghost-school and my teacher tells me that things have changed; life is harder for ghosts and their future is poor. Sometimes he tells us of the good old days when he could frighten practically anyone. The worst lesson for me is the one on changing shape. Most ghosts find this quite easy but it has always been hard for me. I cannot always pronounce the magic words 15 and sometimes I forget them altogether. In our last examination I had to go out and frighten a small girl who lives near by. I intended to change into a headless chicken but something went wrong and I found I was a kitten. The little girl picked me up and started to cuddle me until I managed to vanish. This was most embarrassing and I failed my test completely. The other pupils in my class saw all this and just laughed at me. 20 Not long after that I had to frighten the dog in the house next to ours. I was going ‘o change into a tiger but something went wrong again. I turned into a rat and the og snapped off half my tail before 1 could escape. For that mistake I was expelled from the youth section of the ghosts’ Magic Circle. QW cuarren > EER °° | RRR ‘Seamed with CamScannerLast night I felt more confident and thought I would try out my powers again. I 35 woke up in the night and found it was too hot to go to sleep. Without bothering to change properly, I slipped on a shirt and a pair of shoes and went down to the river. ‘There I waited by lonely path for at least an hour. I was hoping that an old man might come along but I was disappointed. Two schoolboys passed by on their way home from town. I changed my self into the shape of a forest spirit and leapt out behind them. 3 Unfortunately the boys were eating fruit at the time. When they saw me they stared at my legs and then roared with laughter. I glanced down and saw that I still had my Pyjamas on. I felt a fool. I must admit that a forest spirit in pyjamas is a little unlikely. The boys were not at all worried. One of them even threw something at me and it hit me night in the ear. It was a banana and it was over-ripe. It made quite a mess. 35, As I said before, being a ghost is not all fun. (2) Give the meaning of each of the following words as used in the passage. One word answers or short phrases will be accepted. B) (i) licence (line 4) saucer (line 4) witches (line 7) (b) Answer the following questions briefly, in your own words. ()) What reason did the ghost give for not having a ghost’s licence? Q () Why did the ghost consider changing shapes as a difficult task? 21 HOES SSRI Torna ‘Seamed with CamScannerWhat happened when the ghost tried to change into a headless chicken? 1] What were the two consequences when the ghost tried to change into a tiger? 2) Why were the boys not scared on seeing the ghost? What did they do? (21 (In not more than 50 words state why the ghost said that being a ghost was n¢ fun. = — Qk curren > GRIER < R ‘Seamed with CamScannerQuestion 5 . (a). Fillin each of the numbered blanks with the correct form of the word given inbracke, Donot copy the passage but writen correct serial order the word or phase appropri, to the blank space. OT Example: (0) Processing asus ( Process) of municipal solid waste has more than (double) in urban areas in the past one year, government data ...2.... (show). Till May end, litle (generate) across urban areas ... over ++ (Process) as 54% of municipal solid waste 15.1: (Compare) to about 25% a year back. According to official data, in 17 states, including Punjab, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar ang Uttarakhand, the share of garbage being processed was less than the national average Meghalaya is the (worse) State where only about 4% of the trash ....7.... (collect) was being ....8.... (treat). In Delhi, about 55% of garbage is processed. Answers: (b) Fill in each blank with an appropriate word: i (i) The army stood ... . in case of trouble. (ii) Will you look . this assignment and tell me what you think? (iii) This belt doesn’t go ... .~. those shoes. (iv) Don’t let your enthusiasm carry you . (v) The new government has brought .. many changes. (vi) The traffic was held ... - for four hours. (vii) They have carried ... (viii) The villager asked them to move ... Ce SOIR ton eu a ‘Seamed with CamScanner(9 Join the following sentences to make one complete sentence without using and, but oro. oy (i) Tewas very hot. I could not go out. (ii) The room is small. It can not accommodate all of us. (ii) Itis a good book. I borrowed it from my neighbour. (jv) Aditi was very terrified. She couldn’t speak. (a) Rewrite the following sentences according to the instructions given after each. Make other changes that may be necessary, but do not change the meaning of each sentence. [8] EXAMPLE : He never admitted that he had cheated me. (Begin: At no time...) ANSWER : Atno time did he admit that he had cheated me. (i) Isaid to my sister, “Let us go to the market tomorrow for shopping.” (Begin: I suggested...) (ii) Being poor, he cannot afford such an expensive treatment. (Begin: As...) (ii) He is a rich man but he is not proud. (Begin: In spite of...) (iv) Bina was left with a big fortune by her father. (Use: inherit) RY cuarren > RRR Be ‘Seamed with CamScanner(v) He pleaded that he was ignorant of law. (Lise: ignorance) (v) They believe that he was involved in the crime, (Hegin tis) (vt) Ttisa pity that I did not take my doctor's advice. (Use wish) (vin) Besides passing the examination well, he won the first prize. (Lise not only 1. Alone and Lonely Alone : to be by oneself Lonely : uncomfortably conscious of being alone Hear and Listen Hear: becoming aware of the sound. Listen : hearing willingly with attention. 3. Habit and Custom Habit : an individual's ordinary behaviour Custom : distinctive practices of a society of 4 comin 4. Centre and Middle Centre : the middle point of something Middle : the area around the centre 5. Hinder and Prevent Hinder : put obstacles in others’ path Prevent : stop someone from continuing som RE COOOOCIRSCSIRE roet easy ‘Scanned with Camscanner