{ Oo THE ALPHA SCIENCE ACADEMY oo 9 KOT HATHIAL BHARA KAHU, ISLAMABAD Name of student: Class: _10% ‘Time Allowed: 20 minutes Subject: English Date: ‘Total Marks: 18 NOTE: Section- A is compulsory. All parts of the section are to be answered om the question paper itself. It should be completed in the first 20mimutes and handed over to the Centre Superintendent. Deleting/overwriting is not allowed. Do not use lead pencils. Faraz is a giant in his dass, towering a foot i 7) Famklen Faun over his classmates. The sentence means: © Farazs short O Farazistiny O wy O Clock is to time as ruler is to: O Mite CO Lenath © Angle © Space The child is gaining maturity. The underlined Os : Collective Tesch gaia aly © Absttactnoun ©) Conerete noun © Proper noun ©) run “T met him at mosque. Choose eG A On Otte © Maric 4+ correct article To complete the sentence. required mL up every day at five o'clock O Get © Gets © Getting CO Got The young boy _ “the car rashly 7 a 6. yesterday. Choose the correct form of verb (C) Driving © Drove © Driven C Dtived ___to complete the sentence. _ a —_ There is litle time for preparation. The (>) y, 6 ‘ahead fiom 7. undetined word is: Ove Cee One Oo The earth revoh ath The 6 Simpl Compound Comple Sompound! 12 earth revolves around the sun, imple + x ee 8. sentence is an example of Ose, Osentne — Osentence arene o, Alaa Sheisdeed. Which Kind of eerience 6 (> peciremie, -) Present Jepact (Past Petfect 13. Saen used in the given sentence? O petec © PastPertect ©) Simple Past OQ) Continuous 4. Ma tate teeta, boy On) Lucky © twoiest ©) Luekier ©) More lucky 15. hel cs cg ey The underiined’s (> piace O Time O Manner © FrequencyOh THE ALPHA SCIENCE ACADEMY KOT HATHIAL BHARA KAHU, ISLAMABAD ‘Name of student: Subject: English Class: _10% Dat Time Allowed: 2:40 Hours Tot ‘Marks: 60 NOTE: Section- A is compulsory. All parts of the section are to be answered on the question paper itself. It should be completed in the first 20minutes and handed over to the Centre Superintendent. Deleting/overwriting is not allowed. Do not use lead pencils. . a2 Note: ‘SECTION — B (Marks 36) Read the following passage carefully and answer any FIVE questions including Question No. (i) appended to it. Question No. (I) about summary writing is compulsory carrying 06 marks while rest of the question carry 03 marks each. (6+ a= 18) Newspapers do not require us to sit at a place and read the news. Busy people may read the papers anytime of the day. They may read the news that is important to them early in the morning, and carry the paper with them to read in the bus or van. They may also choose to omit ceriain aspects of the news that they are not interested in Television on the other hand, requires its viewers to be at 2 certain place, at a certain time in order to watch land listen to the news. If they are busy people, they will miss the news. They cannot choose to reed it on the ‘move or throughout the day. They cannot even choose which piece of news they wish to skip. One way could be to record it and watch it later. But the point here is that itis not that convenient. Television brings laziness in us. We can view the news with a litte or no effort since itis prectically form of entertainment. If we have the leisure time, we can view the television news anytime of the day and night, it broadcasts the news as it is happening. Much mastery of language is not necessary for the person who prefers to view the news on television because everything is visual and auditory. A person wit a basic knowiedge of the broadcast language will be able to view and understand it. In comparison, the reader of a newspaper needs to be proficient in the language in order to understand it batter. Questions: (i) Summarize the given passage. Also give a suitable title to it. (Compulsory) (i) What are the advantages of reading newspaper? } (ii) What are disadvantages of watching television? (iv) Explain the role of language if you watch television instead of reading newspaper. (Vv) How does television make us lazy? (vl) What do you prefer, reading newspaper or watching television, if you need to gat news? (vil) Write down the synonyms of any three of the undertined words. ‘A. Paraphrase any ONE of the following stanzas: (02) L.‘Tin.alossen yeu shouts heed-— Try again; If at first you don't succeed, Try again; ‘Then your courage should appear For in you wil persevere, You will eonquer, never fer, 2 Try again oR 1. Look them over, the wise and great “They take ther food from @ cemtman date {and similar knives er forks they use, ith similar aces they te tel shoes, “The world consicers, them brave anc smart But you've al they had when they made ther star B. Read the following poem/stanza carefully and answer the questions appended to it: 1 Hold fastto dreams Fort creams de Life is broken.wingee bied ‘That cannot i Hold fat to dreams. For when dreams go ‘he Life is barren fie'd 4 can eae &uostion: a4 as as. az. c. @ (i (iii) (w) w i Questions: , (i i) Write down the theme of the poem. What happens when dreams cie? OR Ml, And when the sun comes out, After this rain shall stop, ‘wondrous light will fil Each derk, round drop: hope the sun shines bright; It will be a lovely sight. () Write down the moral lesson the poet is conveying in the stanza. (i) What happens when the sun comes cut after rain? in blanks with appropriate form of the verbs given in the brackets. () — Theriver (flow) under the bridge, (i) 1 (write) the letter before he arrived. (i) 1 (not go) out iit rains, 4 (iv) He (sleep) for five hours. Change the FOUR bold sentences into indirect speech: (fh. ‘My sons, a great treasure lies in the estate and | am about to leave you"sad the old man ‘Where is it hidden?’ said the sons. ‘!’ m about to leave you,’ said the old man, ‘but you must dig for it’ ad Doas directed (any FOUR) of the following: The headmaster wants to speak to you. She left the school last year. You go into the room The light went out while | was reading. ‘Were we listening to the radio all evening? ‘She seems sad. (Change into negative) (Change into interrogative) (Change into imperative) (Change into negative) 6 (Change into affirmative) (Change into interrogative) ‘SECTION ~ C (Marks 24) Write 2 letter to the editor of a newspaper regrading begging on the road signals. OR Write an application to the managing director of a firm for the post of an accountant. Describe a day at school, using approprate/correct transitional devices (at least six) for connecting your ideas logically in peragraph. Write an essay on any ONE of the following topics: (200-250 words) Choice of Future Career OR The Role of Sovial Media in Our Life Sports and Games OR (02) (02) (02) (02) (04) (04) (04) (08) (08) (10)