Grade 12 Model Question

 MODEL QUESTION

Grade :12

Subject: English        Full Marks: 75

Attempt all the questions: 

1. Read the following text and do the tasks that follow.     [15]

Books play an important role in our life. Books are our friends in a real sense. They demand nothing from us. They give us plenty of joy. We also learn a lot from them. They take us into a different world of imagination. Good books improve our standard of living. They tone up our intellectual taste and they make our outlook broad. They console us when we are depressed. 

Books encourage us when we are defeated. They inspire us to work hard with hope and courage. They remove our ignorance and add to our knowledge. Books enrich our experience and sharpen our intellect. Thus, a good book is our true friend. 

A man must avoid reading bad books. They may make our life miserable. We may have to suffer because of bad books. They develop bad habits in us. They mislead and misguide. Bad books ruin our intellect. They spoil our interest in reading good and serious books. We must avoid reading such bad and cheap books because they waste our time and energy.

We should develop a healthy habit of reading books. We must select the books carefully. We should read only good books. Reading good books has many advantages. Bad books spoil our character. They develop unhealthy habits in us. We should follow children and young men to read only good books. They should act upon the lessons they learn from such books. A good book is our ‘friend, philosopher and guide’.

We can get pleasure from various things. Spots, games and films are some of them. But the reading of books gives us the real pleasure of life. When we read a good book, we forget ourselves. We do not remember the care and anxieties of the world. We are sent into a land of beauty, imagination and happiness. So, books are the source of greatest pleasure in life.  Books are of different kinds. Some books deal with topics of general nature. Everybody likes to read those books. There are also some books on certain topics. Such books are written for a particular set of readers. A general reader likes to read books of general nature. They give us knowledge and pleasure. 

We should be very careful while we select books. Good books develop many qualities in us A man of wide reading is a man of culture. Books, magazines and journals do not bore us. They make our life happy. But bad books spoil our taste. Only a sincere reader of good books knows what divine pleasure he gets from reading books. 

1. Fill in the blanks with suitable words or phrases from the text. [5×1=5]

     i.Good books tone up our…….taste. 

     ii.Bad books may make our life…….

   iii.Good books remove our……….. and  add to our  knowledge.

     iv. Bad books mess up our…….

     v. Every one of us should develop a healthy habit of…..     

2. Put these statements in the right order as they appeared in the text above.[5×1=5]

1. The practice of reading books, magazines and journals do not bore the readers.

2. The practice of reading good books sends the readers into the land of beauty, imagination and pleasure.

3. Books inspire the readers to work hard with hope and courage.

4. Bad books spoil the reader’s characters.

5. A good book is our friend, philosopher and guide.

3. Answer these questions based on the text above.[ 5×1=5]   

       i. Why are the books called our real friends?

ii. Why is a good book called our true friend?

iii. Why should a reader avoid the practice of reading bad books?

iv.  How have books become the source of the greatest pleasure in life?

v. What kinds of books give us knowledge and pleasure?    

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

1. How did the neighbors respond to the woman’s pregnancy ? (Neighbors)

2. Describe how Rakes rises in his career. (A Devoted Son)

3. Who are the ‘poor creatures’? Why does the speaker call them ‘poor creatures’?  (Every Morning I Wake)

4. What do you understand by “Soft Storm” ? (Soft Storm)

5. Why  does Monsieur Duran spend money on candles when he doesn’t have money to buy even bread ? (Facing Death)

3. Write long answers to the following questions. (2×5=10)

1. How do we come to know that a Famous Actress is really good at acting and the famous actress and the husband of Earnest Young Woman are in love? ( A Matter of Husbands)

b) What are the differences between ‘knowledge and wisdom’? (Knowledge and Wisdom)

4. Write a couple of paragraphs about an interesting dream that you have had.  [7]

5. “Education empowers a person”. Elaborate this statement giving examples of your personal experience. [8]

6.  Write an essay on the benefits and drawbacks of using mobile phones. [10]

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

 a. By the time I came back, the task ……………(finish). (Rewrite the sentences in the passive voice using the correct form  of verb in the brackets)                                                                                                                   b. The cat enjoys someone tickling him. (Change into passive voice)                 

c. If you sold your stocks, you ……huge amount of money (earn). ( Rewrite the sentences using the correct form of the verb in brackets)                              

d. The teacher said, “ Have you submitted your assignments, students?”. (Change into indirect speech)                                                                                     

e. I am busy today but I was busier yesterday. I am not ………….(Rewrite the sentence with the sentence beginning)                                                                   

f. I think the problem is ………….than it seems. (far/complicated) (use the words from the brackets to complete the sentence)                                        

g. Do you remember if I taught last poem. ( change the indirect question into direct one)                                                                                                            h. He passed the exam although  ……………. . (complete the sentence in an appropriate way)                                                                                                      i. Either the Kantipur or the Republica (be) used for the advertisement. (Rewrite the sentence with the correct form of the verb in the brackets)       

j. Give me……..money I owe you. (which/the/a/an) (choose the best word from the brackets to complete the sentences)                                       

8. Do as instructed.  [5]

a. Which of the following words has a different  sound?                                  

 i.fine        ii. shine    iii. rein        iv. Mine                                                                 

b. The last sound in the word ‘lunch’ is transcribed as                                                           

 i. /ch/          ii. /ʃ /          iii. /cz/           iv. /ʈʃ/                                                  

c. Add two more words that are formed with the following prefix.                   

Hyper-: hyperloop,   ……………………         ……………………………..                                

d. Change these words in to noun.                                                                         

i. open-minded         ii. accommodate      

e. The baby sitter….the girl while her parents were not at home.

      i.looked after  ii.looked at   iii. looked over   iv.looked up

                                       All the best!