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KSJ 12th ENGLISH FIRST MID TERM TEST

Marks: 50 Time: 1. 30 Hours
PART - I
Answer all the questions. 15X1=15
Choose the most appropriate synonyms of the words underlined in the following sentences.
1. My interest was provoked by their remarkable demeanour.
a. development b. emotions c. sacrifice d. appearance and behaviour
2. One is liable to put in too much milk if one does it the other way round.
a. likely b. certain c. eager d. unlikely
3. They were childish enough and in many ways quite artless.
a. careless b. fearless c. artificial d. innocent
Choose the most appropriate antonyms of the words underlined in the following sentences.
4. China tea has virtues which are not to be despised nowadays.
a. defeated b. liked c. respected d. hated
5. Their devotion had touched me deeply.
a. dedication b. attraction c. loyalty d. disloyalty
6. … but they are sufficient to show how subtilized the whole business has become.
a. enough b. super c. submissive d. inadequate
7. Choose the word that can be placed after the word ‘ice’ to form a compound word.
a. berg b. bug c. book d. shirt
8. Form a new word by adding a suitable prefix to the underlined word.
You should respect your teachers.
a. be b. co c. dis d. en
9. Replace the underlined idiom with its suitable meaning. Mr. Sithiraj is a down-to-earth person.
a. difficult b. rare c. useful d. practical
10. Form a new word by adding a suitable suffix to the word ‘noble’.
a. ish b. ity c. ful d. able
11. Fill in the blank with a suitable preposition. Ramesh is senior ___________ Eswar.
a. than b. too c. to d. over
12. Choose the correct word and complete the sentence. Sathish _________ the book out of the window.
a. though b. through c. thorough d. threw
13. Choose the suitable modal verb to fill in the blank. Kalai __________ not catch the bus yesterday.
a. can b. shall c. will d. could
14. Fill in the blank with a suitable phrasal verb. The firefighters ___________ the fire.
a. put out b. cut off c. called on d. took off
15. Choose the suitable article to fill in the blank. We drove through the foothills of __________ Alps.
a. a b. an c. the d. no article
PART - II SECTION - 1
Read the following sets of poetic lines and answer any two sets. 2x2=4
16. All through the summer at ease we lay, / And daily from the turret wall /
We watched the mowers in the hay
a. Who does ‘we’ refer to? b. What could they watch from the turret wall?
17. The giant wears the scarf, and flowers are hung
In crimson clusters all the boughs among!
a. Who is the giant here? b. Identify the figure of speech used in the lines.
18. A foothold there, no clever trick / Could take us dead or quick, / Only a bird could have got in
a. What was challenging? b. Who could enter the castle?
SECTION - 2
Do as directed. Answer any one of the following. 2x2=4
19. Radha said, “I am very busy now.”(Change into Indirect speech)
20. Murugan and Valli said that they would go shopping the day after. (Change into Direct speech)
21. i) I was angry that I _________ (make) such a mistake. (Use a suitable tense form of the verb)
ii) Vasuki ___________ (get) up at 5 every morning. (Use a suitable tense form of the verb)

PART - III SECTION - 1

Explain any one of the following with reference to the context. 1x3=3
22. I saw thee, in my own loved native clime.
23. The wizened warder let them through.
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SECTION - 2
Answer any two of the following questions in not more than 30 words. 2x3=6
24. Why didn’t the boys disclose their problem to the author?
25. Which tea does the author prefer – China tea or Indian tea?
26. Who did the narrator meet at the outskirts of Verona?
SECTION - 3
Answer any one of the following. 1x3=3
27. Study the pie-chart given and answer the questions that follow.
Ice cream flavours preferred by people in a city

Questions:
i) Which is the most popular ice cream flavour?
ii) Identify the ice cream flavour preferred by very less people.
iii) Which ice cream flavour is liked by 25 % of people?
28. Describe the process of preparing chicken biryani.
PART - IV
Answer the following. 3x5=15
Answer any two of the following in a paragraph of about 150 words.
29. a. What message is conveyed through the story ‘Two Gentlemen of Verona’? (OR)
b. Summarise George Orwell’s distinctive ideas in “A Nice Cup of Tea.
30. a. Human greed led to the mighty fall of the citadel. Explain. (OR)
b. Pi – survived – shipwreck – life boat – got stranded in the Pacific – Bengal tiger – Richard Parker –
on board – Pi searched for water – found stacks of cans – drinking water – elixir of life – gave him
energy – managed to overcome fear – realized that alive – because of Parker – scared him earlier –
brought peace – purpose – helped him survive for 227 days – left Parker in a jungle – reunited –
family.
31. a. You wish to become a pilot. Write a letter to a college enquiring about the details of the pilot training
course offered by the college. Include the following details in your enquiry: duration of the course, fee
structure, scholarships, hostel facilities and placement details. (OR)
b. Write a summary or make notes of the following passage.
There is in every person something that waits and listens for the sound of the genuine
... There is in you something that waits and listens for the sound of the genuine in yourself. Nobody
like you has ever been born and no one like you will ever be born again -- you are the only one.
If you cannot hear it, you will never find whatever it is for which you are searching and if you
hear it and then do not follow it, it was better that you had never been born. You are the only you that
has ever lived; your idiom is the only idiom of its kind in all the existences, and if you cannot hear the
sound of the genuine in you, you will all of your life spend your days on the ends of strings that
somebody else pulls.
The sound of the genuine is flowing through you. Don’t be deceived and thrown off by all the
noises that are part even of your dreams and your ambitions when you don’t hear the sound of the
genuine in you. Because that is the only true guide you will ever have and if you don’t have that you
don’t have a thing ... Cultivate the discipline of listening to the sound of the genuine in yourself.

All the Best…

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