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At the uncle with the camera. A sweet face,

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My mother’s, that was before I was born
B. A. GENERAL (BAG)
And the sea, which appears to have changed
Term-End Examination
less,
December, 2021
Washed their terribly transient feet.
BEGLA-137 : LANGUAGE THROUGH
Some twenty-thirty years later
LITERATURE
She’d laught at the snapshot.
Time : 3 Hours Maximum Marks : 100
“See betty and Dolly”, She’d say and look how
Note : Attempt all questions.
they

Read the following poem and answer the questions “Dressed us for the beach” The sea holiday

that follow : Was her past, mine is her daughter

Both wry with the laboured ease of loss.

1. A cardboard shows me how it was
(i) Who were the three persons in the
When the two girl cousins went paddling,
photograph and who took the
Each one holding one of my mother’s hands
photograph ? 2
And she the big girl–some twenty years or so.
(ii) What do you understand by transient feet ?

All three stood still to smile through their hair

2

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(iii) Comment on the mood/attitude of the (iv) The water danced across my window.

poet. 2 (v) That story is music to my ears.

(iv) Explain, sea ..... have changed less. 2 4. Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions : 10

(v) Suggest an appropriate title. 2 (i) I was amazed ________ her brilliant

2. Write short notes in about 150 words each on performance.

any two of the following : 10×2=20 (ii) They appealed ________ us for help.

(i) Decorum (iii) I don’t think we can bank ________ him

(ii) Homonym this time.

(iii) Euphemism (iv) Please bear ________ me until I finish this

(iv) Understatement work.

3. Identify and explain the figure of speech in the (v) We want the best candidate to be

following sentences : 10 appointed ________ this post.

(i) Walter wondered where winnie was. (vi) He will always remain grateful ________

his teachers.
(ii) I have told you to stop a thousand times.
(vii) Food was rationed ________ the war.
(iii) Sometimes you have to spend money to
(viii)He divided his property ________ two sons.
save it.
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(ix) He comes ________ a royal family. (b) Fill in the blanks with suitable articles :

(x) He is tall ________ black hair and brown

1×5=5
eyes.

________ men in ________ black, worn out

5. Make sentences with the following phrasal

verbs : 2×5=10 coat, hobbled across ________ street and

(i) Put off stood in front of ________ open door from

(ii) Call off which presently ________ gentle, old lady

(iii) Look into came out.

(iv) Break in
7. (a) Correct the following sentences : 1×5=5
(v) Do away with

6. (a) Add prefixes or suffixes to form nouns : (i) The food is indelible.

1×5=5
(ii) His performance was best than the
(i) Safe
others.
(ii) Honest
(iii) She solved the problem before
(iii) Healthy
the others even understood
(iv) Appear
it.
(v) Dance

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(iv) The manager sued his subordinate for 8. Write a short note on ‘Imagery’ in about

deformation. 150 words. 10

(v) The temperature of Chennai is hotter 9. Define the following giving suitable examples :

than Delhi. 2×5=10

(b) Fill in the blanks with correct form of (i) Symbol

words given in the brackets : 1×5=5 (ii) Metaphor

(i) Rohan’s car ________ (steal) by a thief. (iii) Pun

(iv) Metonymy
(ii) Rakesh ________ (slice) the tomatoes

with a knife. (v) Irony

(iii) The wooden chair was ________ (lay)

in the corner of the room.

(iv) Her parents were not ________

(concern) about her result.

(v) The management has ________ (agree)

to all demands of the employees.

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