PREPARATORY TEST – XII STANDARD
SUBJECT : ENGLISH MARKS : 35
I. Answer all questions : 10 x 1 = 10 Marks Choose the correct synonym for the underlined word from the options given :
1. Suffering seems so cruelly prevalent in the world today. (a) common (b) valuable (c) painful (d) interesting
2. These two children had given me a profound lesson ……… (a) shallow (b) deep (c) very great (d) difficult
Choose the correct antonym for the underlined word from the options given :
3. I experienced not only agony and fear……...
(a) strength (b) joy (c) income (d) cure
4. The business of living is the celebration of being alive. (a) lively (b) late (c) dead (d) dislike
5. Choose the correct clipped form of ‘hippopotamus’. (a) hippomus (b) hippopo (c) hippotus (d) hippo
6. Choose the correct blended form of ‘camera + recorder’. (a) camoder (b) camcorder (c) camcord (d) camarec
7. The compound word ‘overstep’ is an example for______. (a) Adverb + Verb (b) Noun + Verb (c) Noun + Noun (d) Verb + Noun
8. Choose the correct meaning of the idiom ‘round the corner’. (a) go around (b) very easy (c) far away (d) vey near
9. Choose the appropriate phrasal verb for ‘postpone’. (a) put down (b) put off (c) put on (d) put up with
10. Fill in the blank with the suitable word:
Camels are seen in the ________ (dessert / desert).
II. Answer the following questions : 3 x 2 = 6 Marks A) Read the following sets of poetic lines and answer the given questions :
11. And shining morning face, creeping like snail
(i) Who is creeping like snail?
(ii) Mention the figure of speech employed in the given line.
12. Arjun had completed the project. (Change into Passive voice) 13. As Mary worked hard, she could win the prize.
(Rewrite as a Compound sentence) III. Answer any THREE the following: 3 x 3 = 9 Marks 14. When and where did the accident take place?
15. What lesson did Dr. Barnard learn from the two boys? Explain the given line with reference to the conext :
16. ‘And one man in his time plays many parts.’
17. ‘Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything.’ IV. Answer any Two of the following : 2 x 5 = 10 Marks
18. Write a paragraph on the various stages of man’s life as picturised in the poem ‘All the World’s a stage’.
19. Write a paragraph on the lesson learnt by Dr. Barnard from the two boys in the Cape Town hospital.
20. Write a paragraph on how Ausable outwit Max as described in the story ‘The Midnight Visitor’.
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