Section B: WRITING AND GRAMMAR
Q2. (Do not spend more than 60 minutes on this section) mark 6
EITHER
You are AniI/Ameeta and you celebrated your 15"1 birthday last week. Write an e-mail to your friend Praveen explaining all about it as he could not attend your birthday due to some unavoidable circumstances.
Or
You are Sweety/John and you are disturbed to see the problem of traf?c jarn in your city which causes loss of time as well as fuel. You want to draw the attention of traf?c police to find solution of this problem. Write a letter to the Editor of a local newspaper drawing his/her attention to this problem.
Ans E-mail or formal letter writing -General rules are to be followed
EITHER
mark 6
Q3. Polythene carry-bags are harmful for environment in many ways. Students of
your school are not fully aware of their harmful effects. They bring their eatables
in polybags. In order to make them aware. Write an article for your school
magazine.
Or
Describe the scene in about 150-200 words which begins like this: Give a suitable title too.
lt was raining heavily, the street lights had gune off and l was returning
Q4. Read the passage given below and ?ll in the blanks by choosing the most
appropriate word from the given options: 1/2x 8= 4
Nikita a young dancer (a).....................................to give up dancing when both her kidneys
(b) many years ago. This (c)..........................when she (d)...........................to Mumbai on a holiday. All of a sudden she (c).............................to have some severe pain. She (f)....................... to be admitted to the hospital.her mother (g) one of her kidneys and then all (h)..............................well for about ten years.
(a)(i) force (ii) forced (iii) was forced
(iv) to force
Ans (iii) was forced
(b)(i) fail (ii) failing (iii) failed
(iv) had failed
Ans (iii) failed
(c)(i) happen (ii) happened (iii) was happening
(iv) had happened
Ans (iv) had happened
(d)(i) go (ii) went (iii) had gone
(iv) will go
Ans (ii) went
(e)(i) begin (ii) began (iii) was beginning
(iv) had happened
Ans (ii) began
(f)(i) has (ii) have (iii) had
(iv) will have
Ans (iii) had
(g)(i) donate (ii) donated (iii) was donating
(iv) had donated
Ans (ii) donated
(h)(i) is (ii) was (iii) am
(iv) are
Ans (ii) was
Q5.(A) Construct suitable sentences with the following Idioms: (Choose any two)
1x2=2
i. Safe and sound
ii. Palmy days
iii. Herculean task
iv. Happy go lucky
Ans[i]safe and sound (quite uninjured) - the mountaineers returned safe and sound.
[ii]. Palmy days (days of prosperity) - the Gupta age is said to be the palmy in our history
[iii]. Herculean task (difficult task) - it is a herculean task for the government to eliminate poverty from the country
[iv]. Happy go lucky (lucky is he who is happy) - most people see me as a happy go lucky person without a care in the world.
Q5.(B) Fill in the blanks with appropriate Prepositions.
1/2x4=2
i. He was accused..........of..................theft.
ii. I prefer tea.........to.................. coffee.
iii. lt has been a long time....since..............is saw my friend.
iv. Do not laugh..........at..............the poor.
Q6. Rewrite the following as directed:-
1 x 4 = 4
i. He said to her, “Do you want to go home?”
(Begin: He asked........................................
Ans he asked if she wanted to go home
ii. Post this letter.
(End............................................. posted)
Ans let this lettre be posted
iii. The teacher informed the students that he would take them for a picnic the
next day.
(Begin: The teacher.....................................
Ans the teacher said to students,"i well take you to picnic tomorrow."
iv. She is singing a sweet song.
(End............................................... her)
Ans a sweet song is being sung by her.
