@ THONDAMANARU THANU PUBLICATIONS @sresrionsrmo sep Qoerfufcad 1] E |! [ General Certificate of Education (Ord. Level) Examination — 2023 (Second Term) seals Gung somsm usslo (ongiyem p97) ufens - 2023 (Oyenmb geueem) ( English Language I One hour + Answer all questions on this paper itself. Test 1 Match the instructions/warnings with the places. Write the letter of the correct place in the bracket against each instruction. The first one is done for you. Instructions/Warnings 8 (1) Leave the plates on the table after taking meal. (2) These seats are for pregnant ladies only. (3) Remove your helmets before using the ATM machine. (4) Do not feed the animals. (5) A maximum of five people can use the elevator at one time. ) ) a ) ) (6) Retum borrowed books within two weeks. ) (1x 5=5 marks) Test 2 G Fill in the following dialogue using the words given in the box. Write the letter of the correct word in the space given. The first one is done for you. (@ climb —(b)temples—(c) return —_(d) yesterday (¢) season oan | Keshav Hi, Mala! I didn’t know you were back in town.When did you a .. from your tour to Nepal? Hi, Keshav! I returned home from Nepal (2) . Mala GCE (O/L) Examination - 2023 (Second Term) English Language! Thondamanaru Thanu Publications <1time for you in Nepal. Am I right? Keshav + I think it must have been a (3)... Mala : Of course, it was. I visited many places in Nepal including some ancient (4)... Keshav : Did you(s) | Mala: No. You can’t just the (6)... for climbing. the Mount Everest? 1b the Mount Everest all the days of the year. The time I was there was (1x 5=5 marks) Test 3 ‘Study the picture and fill in the blanks in the paragraph using the words given in the box. Write the letter-of the correct word in the blank. The first one is done for you. (eymenu (b) restaurant (c) opposite (d) plant (e) waiter (O) tray _. There is a husband and a wife seated (2) .....--. _.. The husband who is holding the menu in his hands is .. in bis hand. There is a This is a picture of a (1) .......P.. other. The wife is looking at the (3). ......- speaking to a (4)... There is another waiter with a (5) .... vase with a (6) ...... in it. (1x 5=5 marks) Test 4 Underline the most suitable word given within each bracket. The first one is done for you. ‘Mia was a young girl from a small village. One day, when she (1) .... _ (were collecting, are collect, was collecting) firewood in the forest,’she (2) .......-----+--- (find, found, will find) lost puppy in the forest. She took the puppy home and (3) : (showing, show, showed) it to her mother. Her mother told Mia to (4) .. (bringing, bring, brought) the dog back to the forest and leave it where it (5). . (will be, was, were). Mia said to her mother, “Please, let me keep the puppy with me. He (6)... sa. (were not, will not be, has not) a trouble to anyone.” (1x 5=5 marks) G.C.E(O/L) Examination - 2023 (Second Term) English Language 1 Thondamanaru Thanu Publications ——(Test Read the following paragraph about Dr. B.R. Ambedkar. Complete the table given below with the information from the parapgraph. The first one is done for you. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar was a remarkable person who was born on April 14, 1891 in a small town called Mihow. Dr. Ambedkar was a brilliant lawyer. He dedicated his life to fighting against unfair treatment of the poor and the unprivileged and discrimination in society. He was married to a wonderful woman named Ramabai, and they had two sons together, Yashwant and Rajratna, Dr. Ambedkar’s most significant achievement was helping to make the Constitution of India, which is like a rulebook that treats all people equally and gives everyone the right to live with dignity and respect. His hard work and determination have inspired millions of people; and he will always be remembered as a great leader and a champion of equality. 1) Date of birth April 14, 1891 2) Place of birth _ 3) Occupation 4) Wife’s name 5) Children’s names 6) How he will be remembered (1x 5=5 marks) Test 6 The Readers’ Club of your school has decided to hold a book fair soon. As the secretary of the club, write a notice to be put on the notice board informing all students about it. Use about 45-50 words. Include — date, time, and venue (5 marks) Test7 | Read the story given below and answer the questions. ‘An old man was walking along a road. On his way, he saw a young boy trying to ring the doorbell of a house on the road. The old man found that the boy was not tall enough to reach the doorbell switch so the kind old man came near the boy and said, “I will ring the bell for you.” “No uncle, don’t do it”, said the boy. The old man turned a deaf ear to the boy. He pressed the doorbell switch. The doorbell made a G.C.E(O/L) Examination - 2023 (Second Term) English Language I Thondamanaru Thanu Publications - 3 -big sound in the house. Feared, the boy said, “We will run.” without waiting for the man to say anything, the boy ran away. Now the old man who understood about the naughty boy’s prank, stood shocked. Before the man decided what to do, an angry man opened the door of the house and asked the old man, “What do you want?” Underline the correct answers. (1) Why could the boy not ring the doorbell? Because a, he feared to ring it b. there was no power supply to the doorbell c. he was not tall enough to reach the doorbell switch (2) Who said, “We will run”? a. the boy b. the old man c. the boy and the’old man (3) Why was the old man shocked? Because a, the doorbell made a big sound in the house b, the boy said “We will run” and he ran away c. an angry young man asked the old man, “What do you want?” (4) Whom does the word ‘He’ in line 4 refer to? a. the old man b. the boy c. the young man (5) Which sentence is correct according to the story? a. The old man wanted to meet the young man in the house b. The boy wanted to make the old man to be in trouble. c. The boy tried to do a naughty job by ringing the doorbell and running away. (1x 5=5 marks) Test 8 Write a paragraph in any one of the following topics. Use about 50-60 words. (a) Healthy food habits (b) My hobby marks) G.C.E(O/L) Examination -2023 (Second Term) English Language! —‘Thondamanaru Thanu Publications -4~[ ® THONDAMANARU THANU PUBLICATIONS @gsnenr_onsrmg 5p GoueMuneard 31] © | | General Certificate of Education (Ord. Level) Examination — 2023 (Second Term) seals Qungs sors usd (onsen go) uflens - 2023 (Orainmb samen) [ English Language II | Two hours ‘ Ainswer all questions on this paper itself. Test 9 Read the text and underline the most suitable word from the bracket. The first one is done for you. Pollution is a serious problem that occurs when (1) .... sssss+s(harm, harmful, harmfully) ‘substances contaminate the air, water, and soil. Such substances make (2) (environment, environmental, environmentally) dirty and unsafe. Factories and vehicles cause air (3) ..... (pollute, polluted, pollution). (4) .--« (Improper, Improperly, Impropriety) waste disposal and chemicals lead to water and land pollution. Pollution negatively (5)....... Cimpact, impacting, impacts) people, animals and plants affecting their (6) ................-{health, healthy, healthily) and habitats. (1x 5=5 marks) Test 10 Write the correct form of the verbs given in brackets and complete the text. One is done for you. Once there were two frogs living in a marsh. Unfortunately, during one hot summer the marsh (1) sessessnne-ees (dry) up. One frog sorrowfully said to the other, “We (2) see live) in this marsh happily for years but we can’t (3) .. ss-+ (live) here anymore. We have to (4) cocscvccess-sesesee (find) another place to live, So they (5) ....--.++s-s++++ leave) the marsh in order to find a new place to live. After a tiring journey they (6) + (ome) to a deep well, The well (7) voveovs-s:s::++++++1 (Contain) a lot of water. One of the frogs (8) .. . (say) to the other, “This is indeed a good place. Let us jump right in.” But the other frog (9) .... (reply), “I (10) an.. ... (not think) so. How would get out of this well if it sessesese+ (dry) up like the marsh?” (12 «'10=5 marks) G_C.E (OM) Examination - 2023 (Second Term) English Language 1! Thondamanaru Thanu Publications - 1 =Test 11 Fill in the blanks with the words given in the box. There is an extra word. message, school, continue, great, letter, scientist, later, home, son, good, eyes, became, tears, in, read ‘As a small child, Thomas Alwa Edison, came home from school one day and handed over a letter to his _ She wanted only you to .. as she read the - filled with (4)... _.is a genius. This (6). enough to train him. Please keep him at mother. He said, “Mom, my teacher gave me this (1) 2) it” His mother’s (3)....... letter. She read out aloud to her child. “Your (5)... small for him and we don’t have teachers (7) .. is too 8). ... and teach him yourself.” What was readas written (9) the letter was carried out by Edision several years after this. Yes, he (10) ...... _. a great scientist later in his life, Many years (11) ........ . when Edison had become a great (12) .. he happened _..- Written in the letter was “Your son is a great fool to find that letter again. The (13).. _ his studies in this school. Please keep him at home and We cannot allow him to (14) . teach him yourself.” (14 x = 7 marks) Test 12 Here is the extract of a page of a dictionary. Look at it and answer the questions below it. fit nan Woardlng (hsdiol him 278.9 high fonce round crf an wi ling wor ie 3. on neo bro mh ‘aimed ‘the company. had 6: Ust of fires ‘ulboerd Ar ‘ohh i tnaended i clone large advertisements NiLiman f<°/ Wink ep Ane a criminal whos ex- oat fost (fon rin (0) wit. ten Hecdlsbeat “Props of water, esp. nose sean on grass and plant after remiss fi 1 ad) depending on chance; not ‘ght 5 lanned caret de) ruth sure hit ‘parade /*- -/'/'h old fash a lst of popular records Ty eens aciany tha Mol songs) sowie whieh anes eso ot lve’ hay) ta aso beoive™ place weve bres are haps «small hao box & (4 ng 0) the oon bes we rete onal lice (ep ha ptane eve of idastyic: {inky Fhe nedapaer er was Peal oe ai. hives "hve off pir 4 71 (hve gthe =» 0 exp n ines) to separate from a larger group ov orga The gooenfant i planning to feof te more pref Bi setons of he ntlanal ear compar) by seine am ‘an tnd opph market. 2 (1) Wink on Bri le dlsppear ‘reo away without Warning: Where's Jim? 1 suppose fet nlves ote) nfo) «hin eves In we te ada wi Rte sound made im (sound ade wih bp coed doubt, pausing ea 5 (1) Give the name of a skin disease found in the extract. G.C.E (G/L) Examination - 2023 (Second Term) English Language Il _Thondamanaru Thanu Publication> — 22+(2) What is the other word for ‘hive’? (3) What does HMS stand for? (4) What is the meaning of *hit-or-miss”? (5) Give the name of an electric cooker found in the extract. (1x 5=5 marks) Test 13 Choose the correct words from the list below and fill in the blanks in the text by putting the NUMBERS of the words in the blanks. One is done for you. (1) longer (2)leavening (3) bake (4)eggs (5) equipment ©s0 (A) other (8) often (9) rich (10) occasions (11) are Cake is a flour confection made from flour, sugar and (a) ....(7)..... ingredients and is usually baked. The most common ingredients include flour, sugar, (b)............., fat such as butter, margarine, a liquid anda (c) ............... agent such as baking soda or baking powder. Cake is (@) served as a celebratory dish on ceremonial (e) ... such as weddings, anniversaries and birthdays. There (f) ............... countless cake recipes; some are bread-like, some are (B) eessssvsseess and elaborate, Cake making is no (h) ...... a complicated procedure. Baking (i) have been simplified (j) .... .. that even more amateur of cooks may (k) (1/2 x 10 =5 marks) Test 14 Write about one of the following usirig about 100 words. (a) You are the secretary of the Youth Club of your town. The club celebrated the the Elders’ Day recently. Now write a letter to your friend describing about the celebration, Include the following. i *Chief Guest and other guests ‘dramas, songs etc. staged to entertain the elders “how the elders were honoured “speeches made by the guests (b) The following table shows the pass percentages of the subject of English Language of the Grade 11 classes of Welisara Central College in the monthly examinations of March to December, 2022. Study the chart and write a description about it. Use about 100 words. G.C.E(O/L) Examination -2023 (Second Term) English Language I! ‘Thondamanaru Than Publications -3 -‘You may use the following words. higher, highest, less,least, equal, almost equal Month Pass per cent Month | Pass per cent March B0% August 54.0% Apa 465% September 365% May Bil% October S7A% Tune 413% November 565% July 31.6% December 35.6% (10 marks ) Test 15 Read the text and answer the questions below it. ‘Andy Barton was in a bad mood. It was Friday, and at six 0’ clock his favourite progrmme Travel with us, was on TV. Andy liked to get home in good time for that. But then, just as he was leaving the office a little early, a customer rang up with a few complaints. The customer complained steadily for the next fifteen minutes! “I can still get home in time if I hurry.” Andy told himself as he dashed out of the office. But then, as he drove off in his car, he noticed that he was almost out of petrol. “I'll have to stop at Fenton's,” Andy thought. He hated Fenton’s because it was a self-service petrol station. “You do all the work yourself, but you pay the same for the petrol,” he used to grumble. But at Fenton’s things went wrong again! The pump was not working properly and it took ages to get petrol, It was four minutes to six by the time Andy jumped back into his car and drove off, But at (wo minutes past six he was sitting in front of the television, watching Travel with us. He was on his way to Japan! G.C.E (ML) Examination 2023 (Second Term) English Language 1 Thondamanaru Thanu Publicaions 4Then the phone rang. “Shall I answer it?” Andy thought. He tried to concentrate on Japan and forget the phone. But it kept on ringing and finally he picked it up. “Mr Barton?” a voice said. “Fenton’s Garage here.” “Fenton's?” said Andy. "Why, I was at your place only a few minutes ago, getting some petrol. Did I leave something bebind or what?” “No, you didn’t, Mr Barton,” the voice went on, “That's just the trouble! You didn’t leave anything behind! You went off without paying for your petrol, you see! Now normally, when that happens, we ring up the police. But luckily I recognized you because | live in the same street as you, and knew it was a mistake.” “Lm really very sorry,” Andy said. “Oh, that’s all right, Mr Barton. These things happen! But could you come round now and pay for your petrol? Please hurry! We close at half past six!” (1) Say whether the following sentences are true or false according to the text. Put a tick ( “) in the correct column against each sentence. Sentence Tyme =| Nalse! (@) _ |_ Andy went to the petrol station on his way home. ©) | A customer delayed Andy an hour from leaving the office. i (© _ | There was a phone call for Andy from his office while he was watching his favourite TV programme. ® | The phone caller asked Andy to pay for petrol the following day. (12 x4=2 marks) Underline the correct answers for the questions 2,3 and 4. (2) Why was Andy in bad mood? Because () it was a Friday. (b) his car needed repair. ; (c) he wanted to be home in time to watch his favourite programme on TV. (3) When did Andy come to know that his car had run out of petrol? (a) when he got his office in the morning (b) as he drove off in his car towards home (©) when the car stopped all of a sudden Sriag G.C.E(OVL) Examination -2023 (Sccond Term) English Language I Thondamanaru Thanu Publications(4) Why was there a call for Andy from the petrol station? Because (@) Andy had not paid for petrol (b) Andy had left behind his bag there (©) Andy had failed to take his balance there (1x3 =3 marks) (5) Find a word from the passage that is closest in meaning to each of the following. Write them below. (a) a person who buys goods or services from a shop or businesses (b) to identify a person or thing known or experienced before (1x2=2 marks) (6) Find the most suitable sentence from the passage that gives the idea that Andy wanted to watch his favourite television programme without being disturbed. Write the sentence in the space. ie (01 mark) Test 16 Write on one of the following topics. Use about 200 words. (@) Write a speech on “The Importance of Extra-Curricular Activities in School” to be delivered on the literary association meeting, Include the following: — how extra-curricular activities can be defined — examples for extra-curricular activities —why many students do not participate much in extra curricular activities — how extra-curricular activities are beneficial to the student — how extra-curricular activities are beneficial to school/society —how to make students get. involved more in extra-curricular activities (b) Write an essay on “The Dangers of Mobile Phone Addiction among Teenagers”. Include the following —why teenagers get addicted to mobile phone —how mobile phone addiction causes health problems —how mobile phone addiction affects students how to minimize mobile phone addiction among students (15 marks) G.C. E(O/L) Examination -2023 (Second Term) English Language If Thondamanaru Thanu Publications = 6 -