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P.A 2 (English P: II) Name: __________________

Grade: 7’O Date: ________/_______/ 2020
Total Marks: /25 Sign of Invigilator: _________

Section A

a. Reading for Idea /3

You would probably recognize Albert Einstein from his photos. Yep, he was the guy with the crazy hair!
But he also had some great ideas. He was more than just a scientist. He was a genius who changed our
lives. He made some of science’s biggest discoveries. He also developed some important theories.
Einstein was not an inventor like Thomas Edison or Alexander Graham Bell. But his theories and
discoveries changed the way we look at things. Some example are time, space, matter, energy, and
gravity. Einstein’s discoveries made things like television, DVD players, and garage door openers
possible. Einstein is best known for his Theory of Relativity. You probably heard of the equation E=mc².
E stands for energy, m stands for mass, and c stands for speed ofHere’s one more example of an
important discovery Einstein made. Along with scientist Satyendra Bose, he discovered a new state of
matter. Regular states of matter are gas, liquid, and solid. Einstein and Bose found another one. Einstein’s
work was and is valuable to the world. This is one of the reasons he eventually won the Nobel Prize in
Physics.

1. Even though Albert Einstein wasn't an inventor, his discoveries paved the way for many
inventions. Name six things that were invented because of Einstein's work in math and science./1
2. In addition to Einstein's Theory of Relativity, describe two other important discoveries Einstein
made during his life. /1
3. What honor was bestowed on Albert Einstein later on in his career? /1

b. Reading for meaning /5

Everybody knows that dinosaurs once roamed the earth. But how do we know that fact? Dinosaurs lived
many millions of years ago and there were no photos taken of them (or any people around to take those
photos!) Yet scientists do have proof of dinosaurs, thanks to fossils. A fossil is what is left of an animal or
a plant a long time after it dies. Fossils are the buried parts of living things that have been preserved from
a different geological time period. You can think of fossils as the ancestors of today’s animals and plants.
To be considered a fossil, the remains must be at least 10,000 years old. The fossil is then just waiting to
be found, perhaps by someone like you digging it up from the ground! There are some other, more
unusual ways for fossils to form. Scientists have discovered skeletons of animals that died instantly when
a volcano erupted, their bones preserved in the ash. Small bugs or insects caught in tree sap can become
fossils when the sap hardens into a golden material called amber. And animals trapped in sticky natural
asphalt or tar can turn into fossils. The most famous example of these fossils can be found right in the
middle of California’s biggest city, Los Angeles. Scientists have uncovered more than three million
fossils from the Ice Age at the La Brea Tar Pits, including saber-toothed cats and mammoths. And
scientists there continue to dig up more fossils all the time! Fossils give us a wonderful window into our
past. Today the science of studying fossils is alive and well. Paleontology (pay-lee-un-tall’-uh-gee) is the
study of the history of life on earth, using fossils as the evidence.

a. Using the information in the article, describe one way a fossil can form. /1
b. In your own words, describe what the La Brea Tar Pits are. ? /1
c. Where are you most likely to discover a fossil? /1

d. Choose the correct meaning of the word: /2

The following terms are vocabulary words from the article. Match the vocabulary word with its
correct definition by writing the corresponding letter on the line.
1. mammoths
a. genus b. dwarf c. pocket
2. preserved
a. save b. damage c. neglect
3. amber
a. fossil b. neutral c. cloth
4. erupted
a. pour b. explode c. down

Section B (Grammar)
Q:2 /7

Change the narration /2

1. she said, “ What a pitiable condition I am in!”
2. “May i come in , madam?” Said she to the principal.
3. You said to him, “Forgive and forget”
4. She said to her, “Try your luck again”
Select a suitable phrasal verb /2
1. I am ___ing ___ smoking as of January 1st. (give up/give by)
2. The man is totally ignorant ____ the facts. (to/of)
3. John remains __________making a difference through politics. (deprived to / deprived
of)
4. __________a favorite pastime – loosing myself in a book (( indulge in/ indulge from)
Insert the missing words /2
 1. Pilot is to plane as ________ is to ship
2. Coal is to scuttle as __________is to cuddy
3. Shell is to nut as __________ is to cheese
4. Author is to book as _________ is to statue
Provide missing word /1
1. Wear and __________
2. Fair and ___________
3. _______ and change
4. _______ and easy