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KSJ ENGLISH GUIDES, NAMAKKAL

THIRD REVISION TEST - 2022

ENGLISH
Standard : 12 Reg No. ………………..
Time : 3.00 Hrs Marks: 90
Part -I
Answer all the questions. 20x1=20
Choose the most appropriate synonyms of the underlined words in the following sentences.
1. A few people from the house of bereavement stood outside.
a) rejoice b) celebration c) grief d) war
2. Individual liberty would have become social anarchy.
a) desire b) rebellion c) law d) risk
3. The end of such liberty would be universal chaos.
a) mystery b) destruction c) confusion d) harmony
Choose the most appropriate antonyms of the underlined words in the following sentences.
4. He greeted me with his usual smile and banter.
a) flattery b) small talk c) chitchat d) repartee
5. There he was sitting in splendour on his chair.
a) magnificence b) pomp c) effulgence d) simplicity
6. The liberties of everybody must be curtailed.
a) lengthened b) interested c) sprinkled d) covered
7. Select the correct expansion of NGO.
a) Non - Government Organization b) National Government Organization
c) Natural Global Office d) Nominal Garden Object

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8. Choose the word that cannot be added after ‘soft’ to form a compound word.
a) copy

a) introduct
b) lashes

b) dis

b) troduct
c) cotton

c) be
10. Choose the clipped form of the word ‘introduction’.
c) intro
d) ware
9. Form a new word by adding a suitable prefix to the base word ‘friend’.
a) im d) in

d) duction
11. Choose the plural form of the given word ‘locus.’
a) locuses b) loci c) locives d) locusies
12. Choose the meaning of the foreign word in the given sentence.
Students should have a bona fide reason for missing class.
a) fake b) clever c) strong d) genuine
13. Choose the American English word for ‘bonnet.’
a) vest b) hood c) fall d) grade
14. Choose the correct question tag for the following statement.
Don’t commit this mistake again, _____?
a) didn’t he b) won’t you c) will you d) shall we
15. Choose the right meaning of the idiomatic expression in the sentence.
With the small income, they find it difficult to make both ends meet.
a) manage b) spend lavishly c) throw away d) affluent
16. Fill in the blank with a suitable preposition.
There was a skirmish _______ my brother and sister.
a) among b) between c) with d) to
17. Choose the correct sentence pattern. They selected her leadr.
a) SVDOIO b) SVIODO c) SVOC d) SVO

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18. Fill in the blank with a suitable relative pronoun.

A novelist is a person _______ writes novels.
a) whose b) which c) who d) that
19. Replace the underlined word with possibly polite form.
Sukumar is unemployed.
a) job seeker b) employed c) working d) professional
20. Identify the correct combination of the compound word ‘headmaster.
a) Noun +Noun b) Noun +verb c) Noun +Adjective d) Noun +adverb
Part -II Section – 1
Read the following sets of poetic lines and answer any four sets. 4x2=8
21.-------Free imaginations
Bringing changes into a world resenting changes
a) How does free imagination help the world? b) Identify the figure of speech used here.
22. Life is hard; be steel; be a rock
a) How should one face life? b) How would the poet’s advice help his son?
23. Tell him time as a stuff can be wasted
Tell him to be a fool every so often
a) Can time be wasted according to the poet? b) What does the poet ask his son to be?
24.The growth of a frail flower in a path up
Has sometimes shattered and spilt a rock
a) Which has shattered and spilt a rock? b) Pick out the alliterated words.
25.Tell him solitude is creative if he is strong
And the final decisions are made in silent rooms
a) Can being in solitude help a strong human being? b) Where are the final decisions taken?
26 Let him have lazy days seeking his deeper motives

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Let him seek deep for where he is born natural
a) Why does the son need lazy days?

Do as directed. Answer any three questions.

27. The little boy said, “Alas! My dog is dead”.
28. If he had studied well, he would have passed.
Section - 2
b) What is the figure of speech used here?

(Change into Indirect speech)

(Begin with ‘Had’)
3x2= 6

29. Though Ganesh is rich, he is not happy. (Change into a Compound sentence)
30. New books were bought by the school for the library. (Change the voice)
Part - III Section - 1
Explain any two of the following with reference to the context. 2x3=6
31.Tell him to be alone often and get at himself
32. Brutes have been gentled where lashes failed
33. Life is a soft loam; be gentle; go easy
Section - 2
Answer any two of the following questions in not more than 30 words. 2x3=6
34.Why did the family find it difficult to make a chair?
35. How would ‘liberty’ cause universal chaos?
36. What does the ‘rule of the road’ mean?
Section - 3
Answer any three of the following. 3x3=9
37. Describe the process of installing a computer in your study room.
38. Build a dialogue of minimum 3 exchanges between a passenger and a conductor.
39. You are Arun / Aruna, Cultural Secretary of your school. Draft a notice inviting the students to
participate in the music competition.

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40. Complete each of the following proverbs with the right option.
a) When one door shuts, another__________(closes, opens, locks)
b) Where there is a will, there is a________ (fear, fight, way)
c) Fools rush in where _____ fear to tread. (devils, intellectuals, angels)
Part - IV
Answer the following. 7x5=35
41. Answer the following in a paragraph of 150 words.
a) What do you infer from Gardiner’s essay ‘On the Rule of the Road’? (OR)
b) Write the character sketches of Maamanaar and Pedanna.
42. Answer the following in a paragraph of 150 words.
a) Explain how the poet guides his son to face the challenges of life. (OR)
b) How is it possible for the poet’s son to bring changes into a world that resents change?
43. Answer the following in a paragraph of 150 words by developing the hints.
a) Group of school children - planet Venus - raining for seven years - predicted sun - for two hours -
children in activity - Margot thin girl - not mingling - children locked her in a closet - sun appeared -
children played - rain clouds appeared - unlocked the closet - Margot came out - power of sun. (OR)
b) Life on Venus - other planet - raining for seven years - school children - nine years old - forgotten the
sun - appeared once in 7 years - Margot form Earth - came five years before - children hated her - locked
her in a room - sun came - only for two hours - rained again - unlocked the door - let Margot out - missed
the chance.
44. a. Write a summary or make notes of the following passage.
Laughing is an excellent way to reduce stress in our lives; it can help you to cope with and survive
a stressful life. Laughter provides full-scale support for your muscles and unleashes a rush of stress busting
endorphins. Since our body cannot distinguish between real and fake laughter, anything that makes you
giggle will have a positive impact. Laughter therapy aims to get people laughing in groups and individual

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sessions and can help reduce stress, make people and employees happier and more committed, as well as
improve their interpersonal skills. Laughter yoga known or Hasya yoga is a practice involving prolonged
voluntary laughter. It aims to get people laughing in groups. It is practised in the early mornings in open
parks. It has been made popular as an exercise routine by Inidan physician Madan Kataria, who writes
about the practice in his 2002 book ‘Laugh for no reason’. Laughter yoga is based on the belief that
voluntary laughter provides the same physiological as well as psychological benefits as spontaneous
laughter. A handful of small scale scientific studies have indicated that laughter yoga has some medically
beneficial effects, including cardiovascular health and mood. This therapy has proved to be good for
depressed patients. This laughter therapy also plays a crucial role in social bonding.
(OR)
b. Write a paragraph of about 150 words on the hazards of using mobile phone.
45. a) Read the following advertisement and prepare a Resume / Bio-Data fulfilling the conditions
specified. Wanted
Accountant - Graduate with computer knowledge, fluency in English with excellent communication skill.
Minimum 3 Years of experience.
Apply to: Post Box No.2371, C/o, The Hindu, Chennai - 2.
(OR)
b)Write a letter to the Editor of a newspaper about the nuisance created by the roadside vendors
blocking the pavement and occupying the parking zone.
46. a. Read the following sentences, spot the errors and correct them.
i. We saw an European yesterday.
ii. As we were late so we apolozied.
iii.You, who is my friend, should help me.
iv.Mithra as well as her daughters enjoy singing.
v. Ram is suffering with fever. (OR)
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b. Fill in the blanks appropriately.

i. He is a ______ actor from a _______country. (populous / popular)
ii. Yusuf ______ (go) to the movies once in a while. (Use the verb in correct tense form)
iii. When Koushik was a child, he _____ play in the street. (Use a semi modal verb)
iv. We fail to harness the rain water; _____ we suffer. (Use an appropriate linker)
47. a. Identify each of the following sentences with the fields given below.
a. Our Chief Minister has inaugurated Naan Mudhalvan Scheme for students.
b. The hybrid variety of paddy was a great success.
c. Nowadays people communicate through e-mail.
d. The price of petrol goes up day by day.
e. Indian women cricket team missed a chance to qualify for the semi-final.
(Commerce, Economics, Education, Computer, Sports, Agriculture, Religion) (OR)
b. Read the following passage and answer the questions given below.
Discipline is the most essential virtue you should acquire when you are young. It is a complex quality.
It shapes your mind to religious, social and economic patterns when you grow up to be an active citizen. At a
young age, we do not realize the value of discipline. An athlete disciplines himself and keeps himself fit. He
refrains from smoking, observes good food habits and keeps good health. Discipline increases the human
energy and implies control, resistance and adjustment. Our energy is saved and made vital for a good output.
Questions:
i) When should we acquire discipline?
ii) How does discipline help you?
iii) Do we realize the value of discipline at a young age?
iv) How does an athlete discipline himself?
v) What does discipline increase?

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