Model Paper-9

Jr. English Max. Marks : 60

Time : 60Mins

Section – B

6. Read the following passage and answer any four questions given after it.
[4 x 1 = 4M]
After a week, the Mohathemeem arrived . The police didn’t divulge the disgrace they faced. But
they recorded that Panthulu had instigated the villagers to revolt by trying to run a parallel
government. They also mentioned that if the army was not sent, a great danger was looming
large. The Mohathemeem summoned the farmers and inquired with them about the incident.
i. Why did the Mohathemeem come to Ramasagaram?
ii. What did the police hide from the Mohathemeem?
iii. What did the police charge Panthulu with?
iv. What did the police request for?
v. Who did the Mohathemeem call to know more about the incident?
vi. Write the idiom used in the passage that means something very frightening was certain
to happen.
vii. Write the synonym from the passage of called.
viii. Name the part of speech of divulge.
7. Read the following passage and answer any four questions given after it.
[4 x 1 = 4M]
‘GO’ is the single- worded, shortest sentence. What could, then, be the longest sentence? How
many words? Try guessing. The longest sentence has four lakh words. Yes, it’s a thousand page
novel titled Ducks, Newburyport, conceived and composed by Lucy Ellman. This thousand page
novel won this year’s(2020) 10,000 pound Goldsmith’s Prize, for breaking the mould and
extending the novel’s from. “It’s a massive achievement ,” exclaimed a judge. “This gripping,
hypnotic novel remakes the novel…….” Extolled another judge. The ambitious form of the novel
initially invited rejections till Galley Beggar finally published it. The novel is in the form of an
internal monologue of a mother in Ohio as she bakes pies in her kitchen. According to the writer,
this one long run on sentence book makes its readers float around to sink or swim, engulfed in
one woman’s thought.
i. How many words are there in the longest sentence?
ii. Who composed that sentence and in which form?
iii. What does that sentence deal with?
iv. How was the longest sentence honoured in the year of publication?
v. Reproduce the comments on the book by the two judges?

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 vi. Why was book initially rejected by the publisher?
vii. “ This one long run on sentence book makes its readers…………” What does it make
its readers?
viii. Why was this book chosen for Goldsmith’s prize?

Section – C

8. Match any eight of the following words in column A with their meanings in
column B. [8 x ½ = 4M]
Column - A Column - B
i. Appreciate a. Convince
ii. Bring about b. The quality of being kind
iii. Provide c. Beyond hope
iv. Lighten d. Acceptance as true
v. Chasm e. Dismiss, become free
vi. Recognition f. Make something happen
vii. Benevolence g. Gap, wide difference
viii. Get rid of h. Give something to somebody
ix. Persuade i. Value something highly
x. Desperate j. Reduce the amount of worry
9. Identify the parts of speech of any eight of the following underlined words:
[8 x ½ = 4M]
i. Anyway, Papa, do you know (1) I lost that quarter (2) mark that brought about my
fall?(3)
ii. Wake up early (4) so that you can study.
iii. Make hay while (5) the sun shines.
iv. Have you passed? Congratulations.(6).
v. I like salt and (7) pepper.
vi. Eureka!(8) I got it.
vii. Treatment (9) heals wounds (10).
10. Fill in any eight of the blanks with a, an or the. [8 x ½ = 4M]
i. Would you like to be ___1______actor.
ii. Is there ___2___ Bank near here?
iii. ____3______ rabbit runs fast.
iv. I have given____4_____ one rupee coin to_____5___ beggar.
v. ____6_______ moon is _____7_____ symbol of pleasantness.
vi. Panaji is ____8____ capital of Goa state.
vii. ____9_____more you learn_____10___ more you benefit.

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11. Fill in any eight of the following blanks with suitable prepositions :
[8 x ½ = 4M]
i. The train started exactly______1____6o’ clock.
ii. It rained______2___ two days.
iii. Switch____3___ the lights please, it is quite dark here.
iv. The trains are seldom_____4__ time
v. We live_____5_____ the fifth floor.
vi. She is familiar______6_____ computer hardware.
vii. The issue is______7____ you and me.
viii. He jumped______8___ the well.
ix. We open locks _____9____keys.
x. Wealth is inferior_____10_____ learning.
12. Fill in any four of the following blanks with suitable forms of the verb given in
the brackets. [4 x 1 = 4M]
i. Thimmakka not only____1________(plant) those trees but also____2______(fence)
________3_______(water) and______4_____(guard) them.
ii. Although Thimmakka_______5______(not, receive) a formal education, her
work_____6_______(honour) with the National Citizen’s Award of India.
13. Re-Write any four of the following sentences as directed. [4 x 1 = 4M]
i. We have to undergo many formalities for getting a visa.(change to passive voice)
ii. Who could help him?(change to passive voice)
iii. The passenger said to the driver, “Does the bus stops at the cross roads?”(change to
indirect speech)
iv. Neha said, “Mom, please give me your mobile”. (change to indirect speech)
v. LIC is one of the most popular insurance companies in India.(change to positive degree).
vi. English is an interesting language,_________________?(add a question tag).
14. Re-write any four of the following sentences correcting the underlined part.
[4 x 1 = 4M]
i. Please bring your luggages here
ii. This road is more shorter than that
iii. We often chit chat with our friends
iv. Please shut the TV
v. I and my wife went to a movie
vi. Mohan and my self will come.
15. Supply the missing letters to any eight of the following words: [8 x ½ = 4M]
i. Cro_ _ ed ii. Em _ _atic iii. Tr _ _ ble iv. consc _ _ us v. Pl_ _ sant
vi. Dr_ _dful vii. Chi _ _ ey viii. Req_ _ St ix. Enc_ _ nter x. Acq_ _ int

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16. identify the silent consonant letters in any eight of the following words :
[8 x ½ = 4M]
i. Wrist ii. Daughter iii. Receipt iv. Solemn v. Hatter vi. Mnemonic vii. Dumb
viii. Damn ix. Should x. Gnaw
17. Write any four of the following transcriptions using ordinary English spellings.
[4 x 1 = 4M]
i. /əˈkweɪnt/ ii. /ˈætɪk/ iii. /ˌhɒrɪˈzɒntl/ iv. /ˈɡrɪdˌaɪən/ v. /kɜːb/ vi. /ˈvendʒəns/

18. Circle any four of the words that sound different from the other words in that
set with regard to the sounds of the bold letters. [4 x 1 = 4M]
i. Head Bead Lean
ii. Time it I
iii. Way Waste Want
iv. Eye Get Check
v. March Start Nation
vi. Being Stage Morning
19. Mention the number of syllables in any four of the following words.
[4 x 1 = 4M]
i. Popular ii. Today iii. Side iv. Plant v. Rainwater vi. Condition
20. a. Analyse the bar graph given below and write about it in a paragraph
[1 x 4 = 4 M]
Chart Title

MEGHA

MALA

MEENA

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80

ENGLISH MUSIC TELUGU

(or)
b. Read the following passage and transform it into a tree diagram.
The given tree diagram presents the classification of vitamins. Vitamins are broadly of two types.
They are : 1) Soluble vitamin in water and 2) Soluble in fats. Vitamin B and Vitamin C fall in
category of Soluble in water. Vitamin A,D,E and K(four) belong to the group of vitamins soluble
in fat and Vitamin B is sub-divided into B1,B2,B3,B6 and B12(five) types.