Rayat Shikshan Sanstha's
Special Rehearsal Exam. 1
(2022-23) Subject - English (Activity Sheet)
Std : XII Marks: 80 Pages - 8
Time: 3.00 Hrs.
All Answers are given in BLUE COLOR
Instructions:
1) All questions are compulsory. There may be internal options.
2) Answers are to be written in complete sentences. One word answer or incomplete sentences will not be given credit.
3) Figures/Web-digrams/Charts/Tables etc. should be drown and presented completely with proper answers written as instructed.
4) Use of colour pens/pencils etc. is not allowed. (Blue/Black pens are allowed).
SECTION-I: PROSE
[Reading for comprehension, language study, Summary and mind mapping]
A Read the extract and complete the activities given below:12
At a corner of Sixth Avenue electric lights and cunningly displayed wares behind plateglass made a shop window'attractive. Soapy took a stone and dashed it through the glass. People came running round the corner, a policeman in the lead. Soapy stood still with his hands in his pockets, and smiled at the sight of brass buttons.
"Where's the man that done that?" inquired the officer agitatedly. "Don't you think that I might have had something to do with it?" said Soapy, with a friendly voice, as one greets good fortune.
The policeman refused to accept Soapy even as a clue. Men who smash windows do not remain to chat with the police. They take to their heels. The policeman saw a man half-way down the block running to catch a car. With drawn club he joined in the pursuit. Soapy, with disgust in his heart, drifted along, twice unsuccessful.
On the opposite side of the street was a restaurant of no great pretensions. It catered to large appetites and modest purses. Its crockery and atmosphere were thick: its soup and napery thin. Into this place Soapy betook himself without challenge. At a table he sat and consumed beefsteak, flapjacks, doughnuts and pic. And then he told the waiter the fact that the minutest coin and himself were total strangers.
"Now, get busy and call a cop", said Soapy. "And don't keep a gentleman waiting.""No cop for you," said the waiter, with a voice like butter cakes and an eye like the cherry in the Manhattan cocktail. "Hey, Con!"
Neatly upon his left ear on the callous pavement two waiters pitched soapy. He arose, joint by joint, as a carpenter's rule opens, and dusted his clothes. Arrest seemed now but an elusive dream. The island seemed very far away. A policeman who stood before a drugstore two doors away laughed and walked down the street.
Al) Arrange the following statements in order as the events have occured in the extract.
1] "Where's the man that done that"? inquired the officer agitatedly
2] Soapy took the stone and dashed it through the glass.
3] Soapy smiled at the sight of brass button.
4] People Came running round the corner, a policeman in the lead.
Answer:-
2] Soapy took the stone and dashed it through the glass.
4] People Came running round the corner, a policeman in the lead.
3] Soapy smiled at the sight of brass button.
1] "Where's the man that done that"? inquired the officer agitatedly
A2] Describe soapy's experience at the restaurant
Answer:-
In the restaurant Soapy betook himself without challenge. He ordered beefsteak, flapjacks,doughnuts and pic and told the waiter that he had a minutest coin and himself were total strangers. Two waiters pitched soapy on the callous pavement.
A3 Policeman refused to accept Soapy as a clue?
Answer:-
The policeman refused to accept Soapy even as a clue because policeman thought that men who smash windows do not remain to chat with the police. They take to their heels.
A4] Describe your own experience after seeing policeman approaching towards you?
Answer:-
From childhood I used to frighten policeman. Particularly the policeman with club or gun in their hands. Whenever I saw policeman approaching me I ran away from them.
A5]Language Study:
1] Soapy took a stone and dashed it through the glass.
(Choose the correct form of Simple sentence of the above from the alternatives)
a) Taking a stone, Soapy dash it through the glass .
b) Taking a stone, Soapy dashed it through the glass.
c) Taking soapy stone, he dashed it through the glass,
d) Taking a stone and then Soapy dashed it through the glass.
Answer:-
b) Taking a stone, Soapy dashed it through the glass.
2] They take to their heels
(Choose the correct alternative to identify the tense used in the given sentence)
a) Simple Past Tense
b) Past Perfect Tense
c) Simple Present Tense
d) Present continuous Tense
Answer:-
c) Simple Present Tense
A6|Vocabulary.
Match the following words with their meanings.
A B
a) agitatedly i) to cause oneself go
b) betook ii) tablecloth and napkins.
c) napery iii) a strong desire for something especially food.
d) appetite iv) in trouble or nervous manner.
Answer:-
a) agitatedly i) in trouble or nervous manner.
b) betook ii) to causeoneself to go.
c) napery iii) Table cloth and napkins
d) appetite iv) a strong desire for something especially food.
B) Non textual Grammar.
B1] Do as directed:
1] There is........institution working for..... blind.
[Rewrite using suitable articles.]
Answer:- an,the
2] "Where are you going?" She said to Raj. [Choose the correct alternative to get Indirect speech of given sentence]
a) She asked Raj that where he was going.
b) She asked Raj Where is he going.
c) She asked Raj where you are going.
d) She asked Raj where he was going
Answer:-
d) She asked Raj where he was going.
3] I spent my highschool years in Calcutta.
(Choose the correct alternative to get Passive Voice of given sentence.)
a) My highschool years are spent in Calcutta.
b) My highschool years were spent in Calcutta.
c) My highschool years were spend in Calcutta.
d) My highschool years have been spent in Calcutta.
Answer:-
b) My highschool years were spent in Calcutta.
B2] Spot the error and rewrite the correct sentence.
Shakespeare is one of a greatest dramatists.
Answer:-
Shakespeare is one of the greatest dramatists.
Q.2 A Read the extract and complete the activities given below.(12)
Recently I visited the country farm of a friend in Kerala. It was in rural area near the Trivandrum backwaters, some 20 kilometers away from anything you'd consider urban. My friend asked if I wanted fresh coconut water. I said yes, and he pulled out his cellphone and dialed a number. A voice replied "I'm here," We looked up, and there was the local toddy tapper, on top of the nearest coconut tree, with his lungi tied at his knees, a hatchet in one hand and a cellphone in the other. He brought the coconuts down, we had a refreshing drink, and I marveled once again at what the cellphone revolution has brought in our country.
As some readers know, my most recent book is called "The Elephant, the Tiger and the Cellphone'. It is a book about the transformation of India, and two-thirds of the title is perhaps self-explanatory: I begin the book with a Panchatantra-type fable about India as a lumbering, slumbering, ponderous elephant, mired in its own dust and mud, covered in flies, slow to move, slow to change, which in recent years has appeared to be acquiring the stripes of an agile, lithe and sinewy tiger. But the third element of the title comes in because to me the cellphone is the instrument that most epitomizes this change..
I grow up in an India in which telephones were both rare and virtually useless. When I left India in 1975 to go the US for graduate studies, we had perhaps 600 million residents in the country and just two million land-line telephones. Having a telephone was a rare privilege; if you weren't an important government official, or a doctor, or a journalist, you might languish in a long waiting list and never receive a phone. Telephones were such a rarity (after all, 90% of the population had no access to a telephone line) that elected members of Parliament had amongst their privileges the right to allocate 15 to a telephone line) that elected members of Parliament had amongst their privileges the right to allocate 15 telephone connections to whomever they deemed worthy.
Al) Choose the two correct statements and rewrite them.
1) The writer experienced the cellphone revolution in his friend's country farm in kerala.
2) Before 1975, the telephone was common
3) The writer's book "The Elephant, the Tiger and the Cellphone' is about the trasformation of India.
4) Today the local toddy tapper can not afford a cellphone.
Answer:-
1) The writer experienced the cellphone revolution in his friend's country farm in kerala.
3) The writer's book "The Elephant, the Tiger and the Cellphone' is about the trasformation of India.
A2] Complete:
Complete the table with the changes that author experienced before he left India in 1975 and after he returned.
Before the author left India in 1975
i)........................................................
After the author returned to India.
ii).......................................................
Answer:-
Before the author left India in 1975-
Having a telephone was a rare privilege.
90% population had no access to telephone.
After the author returned to India-
Author marveled by telephone revolution. Even a toddy tapper have a mobile phone.
A3]Give reason:
Telephones were a rarity before. 1975 because...
i)..................................................................
ii)........................................................
Answer:- Telephones were a rarity that 90 percent people have no access to telephone line. Elected members of Parliament had amongst their privilege to allocate 15 telephone lines.
A4) Write the benefits of mobile phone in educational field.
Answer:-
- Useful for study material.
- For online classes
- For group discussion
- Contact to teachers and students
A5) Language Study.
i) The telephones were both rare and Virtually useless.
(Choose the correct use of" Not only- but also" from the given alternatives.)
a) The telephones were not only both rare but also virtually useless.
b) The telephones not only were rave but virtually useless also.
c) Not only telephones were rare but Virtually also useless
d) The telephones were not only rare but also virtually useless.
Answer:-
d) The telephones were not only rare but also virtually useless.
ii) Telephones were a rarity.
(Choose the correct use of Rhetoric Question from the given alternatives for the given sentence)
a) Didn't telephones rarity?
b) Aren't telephones a rarity?
c) Weren't telephones a rarity?
d) Are telephones a rarity?
Answer:-
c) Weren't telephones a rarity?
A6] Vocabulary:
Match the words with their meanings.
A B
a) Privilege i) Means to reach or get
b) Access ii) Expressing characterized sorrow
c) Epitomizes iii)Special right
d) Woeful iv) is a perfect example of
Answer:-
Privilege = special right
Access = means to reach or get
Epitomizes =is a perfect example of
Woeful = expressing characterized sorrow
BJ Summary Writing:
Write a brief summary of the above extract with the help of the points given below and suggest a suitable title.
[Cellphone revolution- rarity of telephones before 1975-transformation Present condition in rural area]
Answer:-
Progress of Telecommunications in India
Today Cellphone revolution in India is very fast. Common people are using highly mobile phones. Before 1975 telephones were rear only important people have access for mobile. Progress of mobile then was Elephant like slow but nowadays fast like tiger.
C) Mind Mapping:
Develop a Mind Mapping frame/design
Using your idea/thoughts/concepts to illustrate develop on the topic-The Season. we have in our region by giving examples of different activities that we do in different seasons.
Answer:-
SECTION: II: Poetry
(Poetry and Appreciation)
Q.3A Read the extract and complete the activities given below:
The Sun in heaven was shining gay,
All things were joyful on that day.
The sea-birds scream'd as they wheel'd round,
And there was joyance in their sound.
The buoy of the Inchcape Bell was seen
A darker speck on the ocean green;
Sir Ralph the Rover, walk'd his deck,
And he fix'd his eye on the darker speck. He felt the cheering power of spring,
It made him whistle, it made him sing. His heart was mirthful to excess,
But the Rover's mirth was wickedness. His eye was on the Inchcape float:
Quoth he, "My men, put out the boat,
And row me to the Inchcape Rock,
And I'll plague the Abbot of Aberbrothok".
Al) State whether the following statements are True' or 'False' and
rewrite them.
1) The atmosphere in the sea was not joyful.
Answer:- False
2) Sir Ralph fixed his eyes on the Inchcape float.
Answer:- True
3) Sir Ralph's happiness was wickedness.
Answer:- True
4) Sir Ralph did not want to cause trouble to Abbot of Aberbrothok.
Answer:- False
A2] Sir Ralph ordered his men to sail near the Inchcape rock? Give reason
Answer:-
Sir Ralph ordered his men to sail near the Inchcape rock because wickedness came in his heart. His eyes were float on the Inchcape rock. He also wanted to plague Abbot of Aberbrothok.
A3] As you sow, so shall you reap', Explain in your own words.
Answer:-
It is true that, whatever you give to others will come back to you . If you help someone, someone will help in your needs. If you cheat someone, one day you will cheat by others.
A4] It made him whistle, it made him sing' Name and explain the figure of
speech in the given line.
Answer:- figure of speech is "Repetition "
'It made him ' is repeated.
A5] Compose four poetic lines of your own on "Sea".
Answer:-
Oh sea! My sea
Full of beauty and joy
full of life in you lie
give me your joy as a toy.
BJ Appreciation:
With the help of the following points, write a critical appreciation of the given extract.
My father travels on the late evening train
Standing among silent commuters in the yellow light Suburbs slide past his unseeing eyes
His shirt and pants are soggy and his black raincoat
Stained with mud and his bag stuffed with books
Is falling apart. His eyes dimmed by age Fade homeward through the humid monsoon night. Now I can see him getting off the train
Like a word dropped from a long sentence.
He hurries across the length of the grey platform,
Crosses the railway line, enters the lane, His chappals are sticky with mud, but he hurries onward.
About the poem, poet and the title
The theme
Poetic style
Language/Poetic devices.
Message/Values /morals in the poem
Your opinion about the poem.
Answer:-
SECTION-III
(Writing skill)
Complete the activities as per the instructions given below.
A) Attempt any ONE of the following: Drafting a Virtual Message.
Read the following conversation between. Aashna and Mr. Singh.
Aashna : Hello, may I speak to Ranajit, please?
Mr Singh:Ranajit is getting ready for school. May know who is speaking?
Aashna:My name is Aashna. I am Ranajit's classmate. Aashna
Mr. Singh:Hello, Aashna. I am Ranajit's father. Is there any message?
Aashna:Yes. Please ask him to bring his biology notebook to school today. I was absent from school due to illness. I would like to see the notes which our biology teacher gave to the class during my absence.
Mr. Singh: I will definitely do that.
Since Mr. singh had to go for his morning walk the left a message. for Ranajit. Draft that message in 50 words.
-OR-
Statement of Purpose:
There are limited vacancies for getting admission to a well-known music and dance academy in Mumbai. Dancing is your passion and you always wanted to pursue career in music and dance. Prepare a Statement of Purpose' in about 100 to 150 words, which will help you to join the academy.
OR
Group Discussion:
Imagine that have participated in the inter-college group discussion contest on the Occassion of National Youth Day. There were Other three candidates with you in the final round of the contest and the topic of the discussion was "Paper Books are. Better than the E-Books'. Write suitable dialogues for each. participant giving his/her opinion on the given topic.
BJ Attempt any ONE of the following:
E-mail writing:
Write an Email in a proper format to the Editor of a Newspaper, making the public aware of rising air and noise pollution in your area. Mention the bad air quality index that appears in the Newspaper daily and write about the bad effects of air and noise pollution and suggest some measure to curb it.
OR
Report Writing:
Your college organised a Drive against 'smoking and chewing tobacco' in your town. Prepare a report on event. You may take help of the following points:
*Venue and Time
*Address by Principal
*Taking Oath
*Speech by chief guest
*Vote of thanks.
-OR-
Interview Questions:
Imagine that you have to conduct an interview of a Teacher who recently received the Ideal Teacher Award from the State government with the given points, draft questions for an interview.
(Points: Student life, early interests, Hurdles in education, role model, family support, first achievement, success plan, dream unfulfilled and message)
C)Attempt any ONE of the following:
Speech Writing,
Principal of your college is going to retire after 28 years of service. You have been selected to deliver a speech. at the Farewell Function arranged by College Staff and students. Prepare a speech. to be delivered on this occassion in about 120 words, with the help of the following points:
*Ideal teacher and Principal.
*Your own experience about him/her *Gratitude towards him/her.
Compering.
-OR-
Imagine, you are given an opportunity to compere a program at your college based on English Language Day. As a compere, draft the whole program script deciding the flow of the overall program. You may take help of given points.
• Brief Introduction
lightening of the lamp
* Speech of the chief guest
Speech of the chairperson
Vote of thanks.
-OR-
Expansion of Idea:
Expand the following idea with the help of the points given below. (100-150 words) "Humour is the Spice of Life"
Points:
Problems hurdles /negativities in life Purpose of relaxation.
Benefits of laughter and Humour change in attitude and approach,
D) Attempt any ONE of the following:
Review:
Write a review of a film that you have recently seen. Write your review based
on any four points given below.
• Story/plot
• Music and songs
Special features.
* Characters/cast
*Weak and strong points
My opinion about the film.
OR-
Blog Writing:
Prepare à blog in a proper proper format on Positivity in life' with the help of the following points.
Hurdles/problems in life
Accepting facts and flaws Human instict/fight back
Reorganisation/Restart
Will to win
-OR-
Appeal Writing:
Prepare an appeal on the topic "Avoid Fast Food with the help of followingpoints. (100-150 words):
Attraction of fast food items.
Effects on Body and mind
ways of avoiding the fast food.
Options for fast food,
Appeal to society.
SECTION-IV
(Literary Genre- Novel)
Al Complete the activities given below as per the instructions:
1) Fill in the blanks with correct alternative:
i) The Italian word 'novella 'means.
a) precious c) glamorous b) old d) new
Answer- new
ii) Increase in trade and commerce along with the industrial revolution gave rise to the......
a) elite class b) poor c) middle class. class d) common class
Answer- middle class
iii) The novels" Pamela and clarissa are
a) Historical
c) Epistolary
b) Gothic
d) Allegorical.
Answer- Epistolary novel
iv) A famous satire Gulliver's Travel' is written by.........
b) Jonathan Swift
a) Aphra Behn c) Daniel Defoe
d) John Banyan.
Answer- Jonathan Swift
Match the following
A B
i) Picaresque novel a) include terror, mistery, horror a thriller.
ii) Historical novel b) bears more than one level of meaning
iii) Gothic novel c) set in period erlier than that of writing
iv) Allegorical d) narrates the adventure of the protagonist who isecentric person.
Answer-
i) Picaresque novel d) narrates the adventure of the protagonist who isecentric person.
ii) Historical novel b) set in period erlier than that of writing
iii) Gothic novel a) include terror, mistery, horror a thriller.
iv) Allegorical b) bears more than one level of meaning
BJ Complete the activities given below as per Instructions:
1) Describe in brief the purpose of Organizing the half-yearly report program of student council.
2) Give the character sketch of narrator of the novel 'Ricky Braithwaite'.
CJ Complete the activities given below as per instructions:
1) Describe the theme of 'Time' in novel Around the world in Eighty Days'. 2
2). Money was never concern for Mr. Phileas Fogg, it was for honour. he accepted the wager. Discuss.
DJ Complete the activities given below as per instructions:
1) Narrate the case of Miss Morstan in your words.
2) Write character sketch of major sholto from the extract of the novel
'sign of Four".
