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I, , wo, , MI, , 1. Answer the following ina word, a, , oo, , aD Oe, , SI, , Il, , blown away and is stripped of|, , ch., Answer the following in a paragraph of 80-100 ane zAd the clory, Narrate the circumstances that led to the dispute Pees verdict? ;, On what grounds did the Commission of Enquiry gve its ee, Why did the man decide to trap the animals? How did he trap :, Answer the following question in about 200 words. eee, The fable critiques colonialism of Africa ina subtle manner. Co, , 2. THE SCHOOL BOY, , phrase or in a sentence as required., , p ; ; r of ‘The school Boy, Name one of the ‘sweet company” mentioned by the speaker of ‘Th Oy",, , according to the speaker?, ‘The cruel eye outwort’ refers to, , a. caring parents., , b., , What drives away all joy,, , unsympathetic teachers,, c. helpless children,, , Where does the little one spend the day in dismay,, , How do the little children spend the day in school?, “How can the bird that is bo, , Sit in a cage and sing?, , In this expression, the bird refers to tl, In the poe:, , according to the speaker?, , rm for joy ,, , he school bo, m, young children are compared to, huntsman and teacher,, , y and the cage refers to, a., , b. summer's joy and winter's blast,, c. tender plant and bird,, , Answer the following ina Paragraph., , How does the poem bring out the contrast between the school boy’s experience, inside the school and outside the school?, , (Ans: develop the given outline into, Singing of the birds, h, thought of going to sch, - sits drooping, spe, , a paragraph), ‘luntsman’s horn-sound, singing skylark :sweet company ~, ool - drives away alljoys ~ the cruelou tworn eye -no freedom, nding many anxious hours - finds no joy in the books, school atmosphere - feels like.a caged bird - spend day in sighing and in dismay compared to tender plants - plant cannot Stow , ifits buds are nipped; blossoms are, Fits leaves -life’s summer does not appear if the joy of, ay,- prepare himself to lead, , a happy life in his old age, hooling destroy joyful days., , - dreary, , the springing day is taken aw, - excessive care and dreary se, , Explore aud Express ~ §

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' :, 7 . the dead of night,, messenger to see who was disturbing him a 1, mes, th. He did not know, , The king sent ___, (a, an, the, with, through) isporsdg!, 26. Fredrick Douglass was born slave be ignorant of, wis, , his birthday. It was, his birthday. (a, an, the, in, near), HARK, , ___ Tuckahoe, Hi ‘, h of the white masters tha’, , Q.No.35 (Tense) : hee lcs, uli i sui f the verbs given 1m ;, , Fill in the blanks with the suitable form of th eine tt Cqutie © took irk, ke the evidence. The, , The Lion instructed the ministers to appoint a C (cid) to.ta, TaN Tee (come) along witha, , dy, the matter. The Commission was set up and, (call). He a, rs. Elephant nave,, , , , (carry), , rty street. I, t labourers. I, , Rt. Hon. Mr Elephant was first L ,, superior air brushing his tusks with a sapling which M, ddresses in English, , , , provide), I stayed in a small city in very small dingy room on a di, ____ (be, teach) to some migra, , on a profession there. I___ 1g, (teach) them to write addresses in English. Writing a, (be, consider) a great education there., om behind a desk, (know) by name. Behind the, , , , Itis a dilapidated concrete structure. Inside in a dark ro, (sit) someone, even the queen of England, office | _~ (be) a gate that _| (open) to Babar’s home., is (ask) him to (give) her, (have) to be built to, , , , The goddess appeared before Mara. She, , message to the king. She (say) that a lake, , the river Veda., , Once upon a time, a man |, , elephant (make) friendship with him. One day,;when it, , . (be, rain) heavily, the elephant » (request) the man to allow to put its trunk in, his hut. , Q ‘, , After pushing the man out of his hut, the elephant said, “My dear man, there, , wi ah aa «ct (be) more, , (be) no room for both of us in your hut. My skin, delicate than yours. You 1! (can) afford to.remain in the rain as your, , skin____(be) harder than mine.”, , The elephant got busy with forming the Commission of Enquiry. The Rt.Hon.Mr., , (be) appointed to act as the chairman. The Commission, (protest) and (ask) to, , (live) in a hut at the outskirts of a forest. An, , Fox, (has) no one from man’s side. So he, , include one from his side., The Commission called the man and he began to '“ (give) his own account of, (confine), (collect), , 8., the dispute. But the Commission cut him short and asked him to, himself to the relevant facts. They said that they had. already, (want) to know was if the hut, , evidences from various sources and all they, was occupied by anyone else before Mr. Elephant assumed his position., , Explore anid Express: ~ 22.

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Se, , 9., , 10., , fl., , 12., , 13., , 14., , 16., , 17., , 18., , 19., , 20;, , The creeper has small leaves and (bear) fruits in a bunch like grapes. In, rainy season, this plant (come) up and (flower) very quickly puts, forth flowers and fruits and (die). One finds it only in the next rainy season., Mara said that the medicinal creeper (be) cursed by a sage. The curse, was that when someone (need) that plant, they ___— (shall) not find, it. So, when they (find) it, they would tie it to a nearby plant s that it, would be lying there., Mara did not __ (have) any teeth on the right side of his mouth. The author, —_-____. (be) curious to know how he lost his teeth only on one side. He, (wonder) whether it (be) due to his old age or any other reason., The author asks Mara whether he he will be happy if (find) a plant that, will bring back his youth. Mara (reply) that he (do) not even want, it. He says that if he (become) young, he will have to marry again, which, he does not want to. ‘, The author learns that if one (squeeze) the juice of the leaves of the, medicinal creeper into milk, milk (become) hard. The author, (decide) to find out the truth about the statement. He (take) it to his friend, Chandru, a pathologist. :, The author expresses his. concern about the Indian medicinal plants. Once, there, (be) many who (know) about the uses of these medicinal, creepers. But, now-a days, the forests (be, disappear) and even the people, who know about these _: (be, leave) us one by one., , , , , , , , , , 5. The narrator first (meet) Nicola and Jacopo on the outskirts of Verona., , The two boys were selling wild strawberries. The driver, Luigi, tried to (stop), the narrator from buying the berries. But, the narrator (be) strangely, attracted towards them and (buy) their biggest basket., , “Lucia (have, be, suffer) from tuberculosis of the spine for the past twelve, months. During this period she (have, make) a good progress. There, , , , (be) every hope that one day she ___ (will walk) and sing again.”, , Nicola and Jacopo (have) accepted the untimely maturity forced upon, , them with dignity and courage. Their selfless action (bring) anew nobility, , to human life, __\_ (give) promise of a greater hope for human society. The, , narrator was (touch) by their youthful devotion to the betterment, , of their sister. 4 i, , The narrator took the two boys to Poléta in his car. He had (imagine), , that their destination (will) be some humble dwelling. But, when Jacopo, (direct) him to a large red-roofed villa, surrounded by a high stone wall,, , he (be) astonished., , Verona is a lovely city. It (be) rich in history. Romeo and Juliet, , (be, reputed) to (have, live) here. Bombed in the recent war,, it has (lose) its bridges. yee, Douglass and his mother___ (be) separated when he was an infant. It, , Explore and Express - 23, , rh ——

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21., , 22;, , 23,, , 24,, , (reach) it,, jother and the mothe,, , —______ (be) a common custom there. Before the es, twelfth month, it (will) be separated from, would be hired out on some farm at a distant place:, , S, The white children could tell their ages whereas the slave, , (can) not te], , e of their parent,, their ages. The slaves neither____ (have) accurate cir (be) a source a, nor of their birthdays. A want of information of his aac) such enquires on the, unhappiness to Douglass. The masters (consi :, part of a slave to be improper. . : a Mr. Stewart, who, Douglass’ mother was a field hand and___._ (be) ee After completing, (live) about twelve miles away ‘from Douglass ;, , Y ‘ See) hy, her day’s work, she (will) walk all the distance just to _______ (see) her, son., , Babar Ali is from Murshidabad in West Bengal. He is cues He re See, underprivileged. He____(teach) the children the same he is taug| (eoia) a, Some 800students (are-studying) in his school. They # Ali's friends +, school after doing their odd jobs to help their parents. Babar Ali’s ae, (help) him in teaching the underprivileged., , , , The inhabitants had never been __ (know) for the quality of mercy. They, ~ (be) very cruel people. Some (work) in large commercial, , establishments'as watchmen. The narrator (teach) English to the migrant, labourers, there., , Be, , Q.No. 36 (Subject Verb Agreement), , _ Every medicinal plant i (has/have) a healin, , Choose the correct form of the vérb that agrees with the subject. 1X3=3, , Frederick Douglass (wee/were) born in Maryland. Three books Peres a, (was/were) written by him between 1845 and 1881. The autobiography ‘T! » Life of, Frederick Douglass’ (deal/deals) with his experience as a slave., , The lion _. (was / were) the king of the forest. Once it (was /were), disturbed by the quarrel between the elephant and the man. The elephant told the, king ‘I (has / have) only been having’a little discussion with him’., , The boy (loves/love) to rise in a summer morn when the birds, , (sings/sing) on every tree and the distant huntsman (wind/winds) his, horn., , , , Once we (were/was) erecting a bamboo frame fora shade. So Sanna went, and brought some creepers. One of them . (was / were) a medicinal creeper., Mara eagerly said, ‘Come, wo a» (Showi/ shows) me where it is,, , 8 power. But for some strange, , reason, the modern world —-—____ (do/does) not Tecognise this precious, , knowledge. Soit_ (is are) on the verge of extinction., , Explore and Express - 24