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Xi English - Unit 1 - 50 Marks
Xi English - Unit 1 - 50 Marks
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UNIT TEST - 1
STD: XI ENGLISH MARKS : 50
DATE: TIME: 60 mts
Part - I
I. Answer all the questions. 20 × 1 = 20
Choose the correct synonyms for the underlined words from the options given.
1. One hand resting on her waist to balance her stoop and the other telling the beads of her …..
a) walk b)breath c) bent d)dress
2. Her silver locks were scattered untidily.
a) given b)tied c) opened d)spread
3. Her lips constantly moved in inaudible prayer.
a) strong b)meaningful c) careful d)noiseless
Choose the correct antonyms for the underlined words from the options given.
4. She was distressed that there was no teaching about God and the scriptures.
a) dejected b)frustrated c) dismayed d)joyful
5. We had to persuade her to stop overstraining.
a) dissuade b)invade c) assure d)compel
6. …with her sparrows whom she fed longer and with frivolous rebukes.
a) sensible b)playful c) laughing d)wonderful
7. Select the correct expansion of“MRI”
a) Magnetic Resonance Imaging b) Magnetic Resonance Imaginery
c) Magnetic Reasoning Imaging d) Magnetic Reactive Imaging
8. Choose the suitable option to pair it with the word ‘mantel’ to form a compound word.
a) cover b)cloth c) picture d)piece
9. Form a derivative by adding the right suffix to the word‘regular’.
a) - ance b)- able c) - ful d) -ity
10. Choose the clipped form of the word ‘perambulator’.
a) Peram b)ambulator c) pram d)lator
11. Choose the correct plural form of the word bacterium
a) bacteriums b) bacterias c) bacteria d) bacteriaes
12. Add suitable question tag to the following statement.
Many women candidates attended the interview, _________?
a) haven’t they b)shouldn’t they c) don’t they d) didn’t they
13. Replace the underlined word with a phrasal verb.
I couldn’t understand what you meant.
a) Break out b)find out c) iron out d) figure out
14. Add a suitable prefix to the root word -“polite”.
a) im - b)non - c) un - d) anti-
15. One who studies the human mind and behaviour is called a _______
a) physicist b)psychologist c) pathologist d)physiologist
16. Fill in the blank with the suitable preposition.
My I.D. card is _________ my bag. a)into b)in c) at d)to
17. Fill in the blanks with suitable homophone.
Finally, the manager learnt a ______ the hard way. ( lesson / lessen)
18. Choose the mono syllabic word.
a) weight b)institution c) daughter d) particular
19. Substitute the underlined word with the appropriate polite alternative.
The gentleman in the black suit is a barber.
a) hair clipper b)hair remover c) hair splitter d)hair dresser
20. Choose the correct combination for the compound word “turning - point”
a) Noun + Verb b)Noun + Noun c) Verb + Noun d)Gerund + Noun
Part - II
II. Answer the following:
i) Read the following sets of poetic lines and answer the following: 5 × 2 = 10
21. “I have learned to wear many faces like dresses – home face”
a) What has the poet learned? b) Mention the figure of speech.
22. “But now they only laugh with their teeth
While their ice-block-cold-eyes”
a) Who are they? b) Explain: ice-block-cold-eyes.
23. “Most of all, I want to relearn
How to laugh, for my laugh in the mirror
Shows only my teeth like a snake’s bare fangs!”
a) Whom does the poet want to relearn from? b)Mention the figure of speech.
24. “Feel at home,” come again
They say…..”
a) Who are they? b) Do ‘they’ really mean it?
25. “But that’s gone, son
Now they shake hands without hearts”
a) What is gone, according to the speaker? b) Explain the second line.
ii) Answer the following briefly. 3× 3 = 9
26. How did the grandmother spend the last few hours of her life?
27. What was the happiest time of the day for grandmother?
28. What was the daily routine of the grandmother at home?
iii) Identify each of the following sentences with the fields given below. 6×1=6
a) Shakespeare’s plays are read by many people.
b) The yield of wheat has increased.
c) Fast food is a growing health hazard.
d) My brother is planning to go to the U.S.
e) Raina was declared the Man of the match.
f) M.K.Stalin will go to West Bengal for election campaign.
(Nutrition and Dietetics, Travel, Sports, Literature, Agriculture, Politics)
iv) Write a paragraph in about 150 words by developing the following hints. 1×5=5
The appointment – Bob and Jimmy – after twenty years – reunion – Bob – left – New York –
thought to be parted – sentimental agreement – meet the same place – they had desperate life styles
– reflect – their contrasting values – Bob chose- New York – Jimmy – a decent position – different
means take – different ends.