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PA2: MARCH 2015

Subject
Max.
Marks
Time

Name
50

Year

2 hrs

Date

Roll no.:

Instructions:
Answer all questions.
Only answer the questions in the spaces provided for each.
mark is awarded for handwriting.
FICTION
SECTION A.1: READING
[1-8] Read the following passage from The war of the worlds and answer the
following questions.
A sudden chill came over me. There was a loud shriek from a woman behind. I half
turned, keeping my eyes fixed upon the cylinder still, from which other tentacles were
now projecting, and began pushing my way back from the edge of the pit. I saw
astonishment giving place to horror on the faces of the people about me. I heard
inarticulate exclamations on all sides. There was a general movement backwards. I
saw the shopman struggling still on the edge of the pit. I found myself alone, and saw
the people on the other side of the pit running off, Stent among them. I looked again
at the cylinder, and ungovernable terror gripped me. I stood petrified and staring.
A big greyish rounded bulk, the size, perhaps, of a bear, was rising slowly and
painfully out of the cylinder. As it bulged up and caught the light, it glistened like wet
leather. Two large dark-coloured eyes were regarding me steadfastly. The mass that

framed them, the head of the thing, was rounded, and had, one might say, a face.
There was a mouth under the eyes, the lipless brim of which quivered and panted,
and dropped saliva. The whole creature heaved and pulsated convulsively. A lank
tentacular appendage gripped the edge of the cylinder, another swayed in the air.
1. Who wrote the novel The war of the worlds?
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2. Pick out the word which means an unpleasant feeling of coldness.

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3. Which paragraph gives the description of the Martian?

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4. Find out a word or phrase which tells the reader that the place described in the
passage was crowded.
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5. Who is the narrator in this extract?

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6. What does the word ungovernable mean?
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7. Write the prefix, root and suffix of ungovernable.

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SECTION A.2: WRITING
8. How would you have felt if you were there? Explain in detail.
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SECTION A.3: GRAMMAR
Read the following sentences from and decide which are simple, which are
compound and which are complex sentences. Write S, Co or Cx next to each.

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9. This is what happened.
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10.It was raining.
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11.It was raining and we stayed indoors.
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12.Alberta is famous for the Calgary Stampede,

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but it is also known for its oil

reserves.
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13.Motorists must be careful they drive, moose are often on the road.

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Read the following extract and rewrite it by using compound and complex
sentences.
14.

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The meeting starts at two. The meeting is in the usual room. The speaker is
arriving at half past one. She will need an overhead projector for the meeting.
Our overhead projector is broken. Get another one from Sally. John will start
the meeting. You will introduce the speaker. The speaker is going to talk for
about half an hour. You need to register any guests. Someone from staffing will
do the displays. John will organise coffee and biscuits for afterwards.
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Join the underlined word to the correct part of speech. The first one has been
completed for you.
15.She came to a gate.
16.It was made of iron, worked into
curly patterns.

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17.The gate opened by
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18.The Keep of Sleep, whispered

Preposition

the voice.

Verb

19.She whimpered helplessly

Adverb
Adjective

Reflexive pronoun
POETRY
SECTION B.1: READING
[20-] Read the following poem The land of counterpane by Robert Louis
Stevenson and answer the following questions.
When I was sick and lay a-bed,

And sometimes sent my ships in fleets

I had two pillows at my head,

All up and down among the sheets;

And all my toys beside me lay

Or brought my trees and houses out,

To keep me happy all the day.

And planted cities all about.

And sometimes for an hour or so

I was the giant great and still

I watched my leaden soldiers go,

That sits upon the pillow-hill,

With different uniforms and drills,

And sees before him, dale and plain,

Among the bed-clothes, through the hills;

The pleasant land of counterpane.

a-bed = in bed; leaden = made out of the metal lead; drills = training in military
exercises; fleets = groups of ships; dale = a valley
20.Why was the poet in bed?

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21.Why did the poet want all his toys beside him?

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22.What does the poet mean by the pleasant land of counterpane?

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23.Write the rhyme scheme of the poem.

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SECTION B.2: WRITING
24.Compare the situation of the poet with a similar instance you have learnt in your
Essential Fiction.
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Read the given lines from The bully asleep and answer the following questions.
Look, hes gone sound asleep, Miss,

Stand away from him children.

Said Jimmy Adair;

Miss Andrews stooped to see.

He stays up all the night, you see;

Yes, hes asleep; go on

His mother doesnt care.

With your writing, and let him be.

25.Suppose you were Bill Craddocks teacher, what you would have done? (2)
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26.Stick him with pins! muttered Roger.
Ink down his neck! said Jim.
But Jane, tearful and foolish,
Wanted to comfort him.
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NON-FICTION
SECTION C.1: WRITING
27.Prepare a safety notice for your school.

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28.Prepare an official constitution for the English club in your school.

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