11 English Model Question Two

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11 English Model Question Two

Compulsory English (Eng.003)

 

Grade:XI                                                                    

Full Marks:75

Time:3hrs.                                                                                                                            

                        

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1.Read the text and do the task. [15 Marks]

             Failure can sometimes become a beautiful. This because it provides us with an opportunity to develop confidence and courage. Remember the proverb; failures are the step stories for success. The beauty lies not in falling but in rising after every fall. One needs to continually rise after being knocked down again and again. When we were infants and were learning to walk we would just get up after each fall.

 

            Our parents encouraged us and brought out the courage that naturally resided in us. Then why do so many of us change? As we grow and experience the jeers instead of cheers of our friends and peers, the courage somehow gets pushed into the corner and we begin to accept failure as an inherent part of our lives. But then do we have to be scared of failing and accepting it for the rest of our lives? How will we get success if we don’t try?

 

            The best way to begin is to realize that failure is an event. Not a person. it is quite natural  to encounter defeat on the way. But one should not get disheartened because the human spirit never finishes when it is defeated until we admit it. Only those people never fail, who never try. we must motivate ourselves to try again and again.” by perseverance the snail reached the ark” is another famous success requires persistence, determination and never-say die approach. Our level of persistence needs to be so high that it does not allow our enthusiasm to be dampened by discouragement. The greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is to try one more time.

 

            Thomas Edison is a good example of success through failures. After 10,000 unsuccessful attempts to develop his electric light bulb, he said, I have not failed; I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work. Edison realised that men do not fail, they give up trying. Edison used discouragement as a stepping stone to achievement.

 

            Failure is also a less. When we learn from our mistakes, we can avoid committing them again. It reminds us that we must take corrective action before we can reach our real goal. Each failure brings us more close to success. Failure is a learning tool. Thomas Edison failed a thousand times before he invented the light bulb. We must tell ourselves that great work are performed not by men of strength but by men of perseverance.

 

 

i] Find the meaning of the following words and phrases from the passage. 5*1=5

A] make fun of [para2]

 

B] continue in spite of failure [para3]

 

C] a loss of confidence [para4]

 

D] delay in achieving success [para5]

 

E] discovered [para5]

 

 

ii] Write ‘true’ for true statements and ‘false’ for the false ones. 5*1=5

A ] Failure provides us with an opportunity to develop confidence and courage.

 

B ] Failure is an inherent part of our lives.

 

C] The human spirit never finishes when it is defeated, it finishes when it surrenders.

 

D] Thomas Edison invented electric light bulb.

 

E] Failure brings us more close to our destination.

 

iii] Answer the questions from the above passage.               5*1=5

A] What happens when we grow?

 

B] Why should one not get disheartened by the failure?

 

C] When are we actually defeated?

 

D] What does our success require? What does our level of persistence need?

 

E] What do we learn from our mistakes and what do they remind us?

 

2] Write short answers to the following questions.                  5*2=10

 

i ] Why do you think spring season never came to the giant’s garden?[The Selfish Giant]

 

ii] What kind of love is expressed in ‘A Red,Red Rose’?

 

iii] What is the theme of the poem ‘All the World’s a Stage’?

 

iv] What is the danger of not passing on information from generation to generation? [Sharing Tradition]

 

V] Which style of speech is used by the speaker to persuade the audience? [How to Live Before You Die]

 

 

3] Write long answers to the following questions.              2*5=10

i]’The Oval Portrait’ suggests that the woman’s beauty condemns her to death. Discuss.

 

ii] How is the title ‘A Sunny Morning’ justifiable? Discuss. [A Sunny Morning]

 

4] Write a paragraph about an interesting event in your life.            7

 

 

5] Argue for or Against students’ ‘Use of Facebook’. Does it have any academic value? Is the use of Facebook beneficial for students?             8

 

 

6] Our country is put on lockwown for nearly three months due to COVID-19 Pandemic. Write a diary entry about the feelings and experience of person who is locked up at home.                       10

 

 

7] Do as indicated in brackets and rewrite the sentences.      10*1=10

 

A] I often watch television. [Underline the adverb in the sentence]

 

B] A number of fools [is/are/have] present here. [Choose one from the bracket to complete the sentence]

 

C] He cut a tree …….an axe. [put the correct preposition in the blank]

 

D] Matthew …….be at home. I can see his bike in front of his home.  [put the correct modal verb in the blank to complete the sentence]

 

E] Hurry up! We …[.wait] for you. [put the verb from the bracket in correct tense to make a meaningful sentence]

 

F] I like [drive/driving] a car.[choose one from the bracket to complete the sentence]

 

G] We go to the the bank……..we can cash the cheque. [put the correct conjunction in the blank to complete the sentence]

 

H] This smartphone takes great photos. I bought it last week. [join the sentences with a relative pronoun]

 

I] Prasanta said to me,”why don’t you work well ?” [use the reporting verb ‘ask’ to change the sentence into indirect speech]

 

J] I like people taking my photograph.[change into passive]

 

8] Do as instructed.                              5*1=5

A] I bought a round table in the supermarket. [classify the underlined words into different word classes]

 

B] Arrange the following words as per the order in a dictionary.

            terminal,terminate,terminology,terms,termite

 

C] I haven’t read the text thoroughly, but given a …….glance. [fast,quick,rapid] [fill in the gap with the correct word from the bracket]

 

D] Some tribes worship their gods before they…..[prey,pray]. [choose the right word to fill in the blank]

 

E] Rupa studied science reluctantly due to her father’s pressure. [choose the correct word which is similar in meaning to the underlined word.

i)eagerly    ii)unwillingly    iii)willingly      iv) enthusiastically