Beaconhouse School System English

Jamrud Campus, Peshawar IXM

Monthly Test October 2021

Name._______________________________________________________Section_________________

Time Allowed: 40mins. Total Marks: 20

Time allowed: 20 minutes SECTION – A Marks: 06

Q-1 Shade the correct option. The correct way to shade is:
i. “to Perch” means___________.
O to eat O to motivate O to sit / to stay O to run
ii. The comparative adjective of “ crazy” is __________
O The craziest O Crazzier O Craziar O Crazier
iii. He bowled this delivery very fast.(The underlined word is____)
O noun O verb O adjective O adverb
iv. He has been watching the TV _____.four hours.
O Since O None of these O With O for
v. Emily Dickinson is the writer of :
O The Old Woman O Abou Ben Adhem O The Daffodils O “Hope” is the Things…
vi. The antonym of “lend” is _______.
O borrow O steal O offer O snatch
 Beaconhouse School System English
Jamrud Campus, Peshawar IXM
Monthly Test October, 2021

SECTION-B Time: 30 mins

Marks: 16

Q2. Answer any two parts. (04)

i. What are Nasir Uddin’s stories famous for?
ii. How were the thieves treated by Nasir Uddin?
iii. What was Nasir Uddin’s explanation to the gardener?

Q3. Paraphrase the following stanza. (4)

I’ve heard it in the chillest land -
And on the strangest Sea -
Yet - never - in Extremity,
It asked a crumb - of me.

Q4. Read the stanza carefully and answer the questions given at the end (4)

“Hope” is the thing with feathers

That perches in the soul
And sings the tune without the words
And never stops at all
Questions:
I. Who is the poet of the poem?
II. What kind of song is the poet talking about?
III. What is the title of the poem?
IV. What do you understand by “That perches in the soul?”

Q5. Translate the following into Urdu. (2)

1. The stories of Nasir Uddin are popular because they deal with the experiences of day to day
life.
2. Nasir-Uddin promised that he would not repeat the mistake.