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PRE-FINAL EXAMINATION for COEs - 2023 - 2024

INTERMEDIATE FIRST YEAR ENGLISH Time: 2 Hrs Max. Marks:80

SECTION - A
1. Answer any TWO of the following questions in about 100 words each. 2x4=8

a) All great things have humble, small beginnings. Justify the statement based on
the life and work of Thimmakka.
b) What gave Dr Bannister strength in the final spurt?
c) Box and Cox is regarded as the best farce of the nineteenth century. Support
the statement with illustrations from the play.
2. Answer any TWO of the following questions in about 100 words each. 2x4=8
a) It may be near when it seems afar; What seems afar and why?
b) Dr Ammangi Venugopal’s creativity is rooted deeply in the complexities and
contradictions of modern life,” say observers. Explain the statement, taking
The Beggar as a reference point.

c) Explain with example of the lily that size matters not but beauty counts a lot.
3. Answer any TWO of the following questions in about 100 words each. 2x4=8
a) “The years have taught you wisdom…. surely it must be so,” remarks the fairy.
Is she right? Explain.
b) Were the brothers successful in executing their tricks? Support your answer.
c) “A spirited discussion springs up between a young girl and a colonel.” Dis cuss.

SECTION – B
4. Read the following passage carefully and answer any four questions given after
it in a word or a sentence each. 4x1=4
“Choose yet again.” It was the fairy’s voice.
“Two gifts remain. And do not despair. In the beginning there was but one that was
precious and it is still here,”
“Wealth -- which is power! How blind I was!” said the man. “Now at last, life will be
worth the living. I will spend, squander, dazzle. These mockers and despisers will
crawl in the dirt before me, and I will feed my hungry heart with their envy.
i. How many gifts had the man already chosen?
ii. Did the man choose the precious gift before? How do you know?
iii. Who does the word I refer to in the sentence, “How blind I was!”?
iv. How would the man feed his hungry heart?

v. What was the man’s real motive in choosing wealth?

vi. Write the synonym of the word jealousy from the passage.
5. Read the following passage carefully and answer any four questions given after
it in a word or a sentence each. 4x1=4
A tele book is quite different from an ordinary book. In an ordinary book,
words are printed on pages and remain there. A tele book, on the other hand,
consists of words which appear on a screen and keep moving on it. People go
through a tele book by reading words as they appear on the screen. The
advantage of tele books is that a great number of such books can be shown on a
single screen. The disadvantage is that we cannot turn back the page to read
something again.

With the invention of Kindle (an electronic tool, looking like a tablet, that can
be used as a digital book) this problem has now largely been solved. It is time we
learnt to read tele books the same way we have been reading ordinary books.
The day is not far, when ordinary books may become obsolete…..

i) How is an ordinary book different from an unconventional book?

ii) What is the advantage of the new kind of books?
iii) How has the invention of Kindle helped us?
iv) Why should we learn to read tele books the same way we have been
reading ordinary books?
v) Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option from the list given
below:
The passage highlights_____________
a) fast changing technology.
b) the need on our part to change with the times.
c) the way the world is turning into an e-world.
vi) Write the part of speech of the word advantage.

SECTION – C
[Note: Answer of this section must be written at one place in the same serial order]

6. Identify the parts of speech of any eight of the following underlined words.
8x½=4
i. A voice (1) shouting ‘Relax’ (2) penetrated into me (3) above the (4) noise
of (5) the crowd.

ii. Thimmakka (6) could not go to school due to poverty and (7) lack (8) of facilities.

iii. Well (9), wonders will never (10) cease.

7. Fill in any eight of the following blanks with a, an or the. 8x½=4

i. Do you think literacy is …… (1) harbinger of restlessness, fear, frustration?

ii. Thimmakka has been recognized by …… (2) Government of India and was
recently conferred with …… (3) Padma Shri award in 2019, which is ……(4)
fourth highest civilian award in …… (5) Republic of India.

iii. If faltered, there would be no arms to hold me and …. (6) world would be …(7)
cold, forbidding place, because I had been so close. I leap at …..(8) tape
like …… (9) man taking his last spring to save himself from…… (10) chasm
that threatens to engulf him.
 8. Fill in any eight of the following blanks with suitable prepositions. 8 x ½ = 4
i. My first rank is ….. (1) stake, you see.
ii. There is some dispute ….. (6) the boundary line ….. (7) the two neighbours.
iii. As she grew up, she was married ….. (8) Sri Bikkala Chikkayaa ….. (9)
Hulikal village ….. (10) whom she found a purpose in planting trees.

iv. So it seems! Far be it……(2) me, Bouncer, to hurry your movements, but I think
it right to acquaint you …...(3) my immediate intention …… (4) divesting myself
….. (5) my garments, and going …… (5) bed.

9. Fill in any four of the following blanks with suitable forms of the verbs
given in brackets. 4x1=4

i. The moon …… (appear) at night.

ii. A ray of the sun …….. (not, pass) through a wall.
iii. What ….. you …..(do) when your father returned home.
iv. When ….. (be) you born?

10. Rewrite any four of the following sentences as directed. 4x2=8

i. He will make all the arrangements. (Change into Passive Voice)

ii. One should wear the helmet while riding a two-wheeler. (Change into Passive Voice)

iii. Amulya says, “I am learning music.” (Change into Indirect Speech)

iv. Dr.Rahul said, “I will try my best to save the patient,” (Change into Indirect Speech)
v. No other boy in the class is as active as Ashok. (Change into Comparative Degree)
vi. Nobody came to your party, ………. (Add an appropriate Question Tag)

11. Rewrite any four of the following sentences correcting the underlined errors.
4x1=4
i. There were a series of programmes to mark the Telangana Formation Day
on 2nd June.
ii. The box has twelve dozens apples.
iii. The first inning is over.
iv. Many passer-bys observed the accident.
v. We should wash our foots before coming into the house.
vi. Yourself are responsible for your future.

12. Supply the missing letters to any eight of the following words. 8x½=4

i) ang - - sh ii) h - - lthy iii) frus - - ation iv) col - - r v) mu - - le

vi) li - - ten vii) sq - - re viii) su - - ect ix) mi - - ion x) s - - rce
13. Identify the silent consonant letter in any eight of the following words. 8x½=4

i) design ii) almond iii) malign iv) rapport v) precis

vi) thorough vii) talk viii) knead ix) pseudonym x) coup
14. Write any four of the following transcriptions using ordinary English spelling.
4x1=4
i) /əˈkweɪnt/ ii) /ˈætɪk/ iii) /hɒrɪˈzɒntl/
iv) /streɪndʒ/ v) /kɜːb/ vi) /ˈsæplɪŋ/

15. Circle any four of the words that sound different from the other words in that
set with regard to the sounds of the bold letters. 4x1=4

i) public pure tube

ii) arm about aloud

iii) huge honour hungry

iv) cheap chain chaos

v) laughter daughter cough

vi) head bead lean

16. Mention the number of syllables in any fourof the following words.
4x1=4
i) instrumental ii) policy iii) fate
iv) discussion v) amplification vi) English

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