DCEBs KHAMMAM &SURYAPET Test 2

UNIT 2. Wit amd Humour. Dt.21.05.2020

(Q1-5) Read the following passage.

(Q1-3) Now answer the following questions. Each Question has four choices. Choose the correct answer (3X1=3Marks)

1. He went out. Who is ‘he’? (A) Henry (B) Ben ( C) Abel (D) Mr. Slater. ( )

2. “Put up” means (A ) to bear (B) to wear ( C) to bare (D) to bring ( )

3. What type of text is this passage? (A) Play (B) Novel ( C) Story (D) Interview. ( )

(Q4-5) Answer the following questions in two or three sentences each. (2x2=4 Marks)

4. Why did Ben call Abel “The drunken old beggar”?

5. He’s done it on purpose. what is his purpose?

SECTION-B : Vocabulary and Grammar

(Q6-10) Complete the following passage choosing the right words from those given in the box. (5 x ½ = 2 ½ M)

Strike among leaving between will since things )

It didn’t take you long to start dividing my things ...............................(6) you. I’ll tell you what I’m going to do. ....................(7) your mother died, I’ve lived part of the time with you, Amelia, and part with you, Lizzie. Well, I shall make a new ………..(8) , leaving all my bits of ......................(9) to whoever I’m living with when I die How does that ……………….(10) you?

(Q11-15) Some words /sentences in the following passage are underlined. Rewrite them as directed. (5 x ½ = 2 ½ Marks)

On the afternoon of that day, a potter had arrived home after(11) a hard day’s work. He was tired(12) and thirsty. When the storm began the potter sudden(13) remembered that he had left his donkey tied under a tree . He rushed out left his donkey tied under a tree. He rushed out of his hut to take the animal in to the stable (14). You can imagine his anger when he discovered (15) that the donkey was not there anymore –the only thing left was its chain!

(11). Write the opposite of underlined word.

(12). Write the noun form of underlined word.

(13). Replace with right word

(14). Write the meaning of given word.

(15). Write the synonym of the word.

SECTIOIN C : Creative Discourses

Q(16) You have read the play ‘The Dear Departed’ Which is a gentle satire on hollowness of human relations. Now narrate the incidents that led to re-marriage of the old man.(OR) 5 MARKS

Abel, being vexed with his daughter’s behaviour, wanted to marry John Shorrocks. Write an imaginary conversation between them when they were about to get married.

Q(17) Read the following conversation 3 Marks

Abhi: Hello. Rahul

Sunita: I’m sunita......his sister ......he went out .........Anything else?

Abhi: Hi sister...... there is a live play on ‘The Dear Departed’ this evening at 5.30 pm inform Rahul About it. Sunita: Ok

Imagine you are Sunita; send a message to Rahul mentioning the details of the above conversation.

v Children should be sensitized towards COVID-19 and provided with masks, sanitizers.

v Physical distance should be strictly maintained in the classrooms during the interval, the lunch and the brakes must be given class wise.

v Classes must be divided into sections with 15 to 20 students in each section.

v In case of inadequate classrooms, school should be run in shift system with 6^th, 7th and 10^thin the morning and 8^th, 9th and 10^thin the afternoon.

v Primary and Upper Primary Schools should be run half- a -day with all necessary precautions.

v If the high school and the primary school are in the same premises, the high school may use the classrooms of the primary school, if necessary.

v Intervals and the lunch break should be given class wise to maintain physical distance.

Wednesday, August 12, 2020

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