PREPARATORY TEST – XI STANDARD
SUBJECT : ENGLISH MARKS : 35
I. Answer all questions : 15 x 1 = 15 Marks Choose the correct synonym for the underlined word from the options given :
1. She hobbled about the house in spotless white…... (a) jumped (b) walked unsteadily (c) marched (d) ran
2. The greatest disadvantage for me was my loss of appetite. (a) interest (b) balance (c) hunger (d) fitness
Choose the correct antonym for the underlined word from the options given :
3. As years rolled by, we saw less of each other.
(a) more (b) little (c) better (d) much
4. Pennsylvania was cold and beautiful.
(a) lively (b) large (c) polluted (d) ugly
5. Choose the correct clipped form of the word ‘demonstration’. (a) demo (b) demon (c) monster (d) demonstrate
6. Add a suitable prefix to the root word ‘fortunate’.
(a) mis____ (b) dis_____ (c) un______ (d) il____
7. Add a suitable suffix to the root word ‘peace’.
(a) ___ful (b) ____able (c) ____ment (d) ____ly
8. Choose the correct word to form a compound word with ‘eye’. (a) wheel (b) proof (c) lashes (d) piece
9. Choose the correct tense form ; They _________ cricket now. (a) played (b) are playing (c) had played (d) plays
10. Choose the coreect expansion of ‘ITI’.
(a) Information Technology of India (b) Industrial Training Institute (c) Information Technology Institute (d) Indian Training Institute
11. One who studies languages and their structure is _____. (a) seismologist (b) linguist (c) geologist (d) pathologist
12. Fill in the blanks with the suitable word ;
This medicine will _______ (lesson / lessen) your pain.
13. Choose the right article; This is ______ building in our town. (a) an (b) some (c) a (d) the
14. Choose the correct modal verb; I ______ gladly do this for you. (a) might (b) would (c) could (d) will
15. One who studies birds is _______.
(a) sociologist (b) geologist (c) ornithologist (d) pathologist II. Answer the following questions : 2 x 2 = 4 Marks A) Read the following poetic lines and answer the given questions :
16. While their ice – block cold eyes / Search behind my shadow (i) Explain ice – block cold eyes.
(ii) Mention the figure of speech employed in the given lines.
17. With all my heart I do admire/ Athletes sweat for fun and hire (i) Whom does the poet admire?
(ii) Pick out the rhyming words from the given lines. III. Answer any TWO of the following: 2 x 3 = 6 Marks
18. Describe the grandfather as seen in the portrait. 19. How was Mary Kom felicitated on her return to India?
Explain the given line with reference to the context : 20. I have learned to wear many faces / Like dresses --
IV. Answer any Two of the following : 2 x 5 = 10 Marks
21. Write a paragraph on ‘The Portrait of A Lady’. . 22. Write a paragraph on ‘Once Upon A Time’.
23. Write a paragraph on the story ‘The First Patient’.