Q1.Read the extract and answer the following questions
I indulge myself mindlessly, buy a bar of marzipan, a corn-on-the-cob roasted in a charcoal brazier on the pavement (rubbed with salt, chilli powder and lemon); a couple of love story comics, and even a Reader's Digest. All this I wash down with Coca Cola and a nauseating orange drink, and feel much the better for it. 4m
(a) The author indulges himself by buying
(i) a bar of marzipan
(ii) a couple of love stories
(iii) a Reader's Digest
(iv) all of these
(b) The author washes down the food with
(c) He feels nauseating after having the orange drink.
(True/False)
(d) Find a word from the passage which means 'disgusting'.
Q2.Q1.Read the extract and answer the following questions 4m
It takes much time to kill a tree, Not a simple jab of the knife Will do it. It has grown Slowly consuming the earth, Rising out of it, feeding Upon its crust, absorbing Years of sunlight, air, water, And out of its leprous hide Sprouting leaves.
(a) A tree absorbs........
(b) 'Slowly consuming the earth' means....,...
(c) 'Leprous hide' means.........
(d) Choose the word from the stanza which is a synonym of 'soaking'.
(i) Consuming
(ii) Absorbing
(iii) Feeding
(iv) Sprouting
Q3.Read the extract and answer the following questions 4m
They, too, aware of sun and air and water, Are fed by peaceful harvests, by war's long winter starv'd. Their hands are ours, and in their lines we read A labour not different from our own.
(a) 'They' refers to..........
(b) We all enjoy the same sun, air and water.
(True/False)
(c) 'Are fed by peaceful harvests' means.....
(d) "War's long winter starv'd" is an example of:
(i) Simile (ii) Repetition
(iii) Metaphor. (iv) Personification
Q4.Answer the following questions (any four)
2x4=8
A..whenever we are told to hate our brothers..." When do you think this happens? Why? Who 'tells' us? Should we do as we are told at such times? What does the poet say?
B.How does the poet suggest that all people on earth are the same?
C.Can a "simple jab of the knife" kill a tree? Why not?
D.What does the poet mean by 'the strength of the tree exposed'?
E.What is the belief at Pashupatinath about the end of Kaliyug?
F.What does Vikram Seth compare to the quills of a porcupine?
Q5.As Johnsy from ‘The last Leaf’, make a diary entry expressing your feelings after you came to know about Mr. Behrman’s death and his masterpiece . 5m
Q6.Rearrange the following words/phrases to form meaningful sentences. Do any five. 5m
1-is a / of time / they / waste / think / that playing
(2) important/games / studies / are as / as. (3) a student / to both / proper / should / attention / pay
(4) can./ life / only / succeed / he / in / then
5) beautiful / Masha / dog / is a /young.
(6) praised / she / be / to / likes.
(7) policemen / group / works / of /with a / she
English Confluence by CLGautam
Wednesday, 28 December 2022
10 PM
Greenwich
Dear Diary,
I found out today that Mr. Behrman passed away following a severe pneumonia attack. I couldn’t understand why he would risk his health by going outside in the rain in the middle of the night.
I had been waiting for the last leaf on the vine to fall, but it never did. I then realised that the leaf on the vine had long fallen off but Mr. Behrman had painted the leaf and put it up there during the night.
It was Mr. Behrman’s masterpiece responsible for my survival. This friend of mine lost his life while trying to save mine.
Therefore,I decided not to give up, and eventually I was able to slowly recover. Thanks to an elderly man. May his soul rest in peace.
Johnsy
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