INFANT JESUS ANGLO INDIAN HSS, TANGASSERI.

FIRST MODEL EXAMINATION, DECEMBER 2020.

Std XII ENGLISH PAPER 1

(LANGUAGE)

(Maximum Marks: 80)

(Time allowed: Three hours)

(Candidates are allowed additional 15 minutes for only reading the paper.

They must NOT start writing during this time.)

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Attempt all four questions.

The intended marks for questions or parts of questions are given in brackets [ ].

(You are advised to spend not more than 45 minutes on Question 1, 55 minutes on
Question 2, 30 minutes on Question 3 and 50 hour on Question 4.)

(You should begin each answer on a fresh page.)

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Question 1

Write a composition (in approximately 400 – 450 words) on any one of the
following subjects: [20]

(You are reminded that you will be rewarded for orderly and coherent presentation
of material, use of appropriate style and general accuracy of spelling, punctuation
and grammar.)

a. You have been one of the volunteers who had taken part in rescue operations
in a flood affected area. Describe vividly the scene of devastation caused by
the floods and narrate how you tried to help the victims of the flood.
b. Narrate an incident when fear caused you to behave in a manner which you
now regret.
c. ‘The real trouble today is that we do not enjoy our work’. Write for or
against this proposition.
d. Write an original short story which begins “I don’t believe we have met
before……”.
e. Ambition.
f. ‘Academics and extra-curricular activities must be given equal importance in
school’. Express your views on the given statement.

Question 2

a. Write a review of a film for a popular magazine. The film has aroused great
public interest. The review should be approximately 300 words. Use the
 notes given below as a guideline. You may include any other relevant
details: [15]
Name of the film – plot – the actors – cinematography – description of the
scenes and incidents that you thought particularly effective – unusual
features – final assessment.
b. As the head of the Environmental Club of your school, you have been given
the responsibility of conducting an Inter- House Quiz Competition. Write a
proposal in about 150 words, stating the steps required to organize this
competition. [10]

Question 3

Answer sections (a), (b) and (c).

(a) In each of the following items, sentence A is complete, while sentence B is not.
Complete sentence B, making it as similar as possible to sentence A. Write
sentence B in each case. [5]
Example: (0) (A) This fact is too evident to require proof.
(B) This fact is so --------------------------------
Answer : (0) This fact is so evident that it does not require proof.
(1) (A) Although he had high fever, he attended the meeting.
(B) Despite -------------------------------------------------------

(2) (A) They showed a video of ‘My Fair Lady’.

(B) A video ---------------------------------------------------------

(3) (A) This sum is so hard that I cannot solve it.

(B) This sum is too --------------------------------------------------

(4) (A) To think of our meeting here!

(B) It is ---------------------------------------------------------------

(5) (A) Sheila runs faster than Mary.

(B) Mary ----------------------------------------------------------------

(b) Fill in each blank with a suitable word. (Do not write the sentence.) [5]
1. The thief could not get -------------with the necklace.
2. He will soon get ------------------ the difficulties.
3. How did you come ----------------this rare book?
4. The result will come ------------------ soon.
5. Try to look --------------the word in the dictionary.
6. I have looked ----------------the matter carefully.
7. He was advised to give---------------- smoking.
8. The chief guests gave ------------ the prizes at the function.
9. Turn ---------------the tap, please.
10.His application was turned ------------by the bank.
(c) Fill in the blanks in the passage given below with the appropriate form of the
verb given in brackets. Do not write the passage, but write the verbs in the
correct order. [5]
The other day we ----1---(discuss) the setting up of a debating Club in our
school. We ---2---(talk) about the club and how many students ---3----(be)
interested in it. Then we ---4---(begin) to talk about the rules and regulations ---
5----(govern) the club. None of us could ---6---(agree) and we began ----7---
(argue). Finally, our English teacher ---8---(have) to be informed and she ----9--
-(come) and ----10---(break) up the meeting.

Question 4
Read the passage given below and answer the questions (a), (b) and (c) that
follow:
(1) The facts of the burglary at the vicarage came to us through the vicar and his
wife. Mrs. Bunting, woke up suddenly in the stillness that comes before the
dawn, with the strong impression that the door of their bedroom had opened.
She distinctly heard the sound of bare feet coming out of the adjoining
dressing-room.
(2) As soon as she felt assured of this, she aroused the Rev. Mr. Bunting as
quietly as possible. He did not strike a light, but putting on his spectacles,
his dressing- gown and his bath slippers, he went out on the landing to
listen. He heard quite distinctly a fumbling going on at his study desk down-
stairs, and then a violent sneeze.
(3) At that he returned to his bedroom, armed himself with the most obvious
weapon, the poker, and descended the staircase as noiselessly as possible.
The hour was about four, and the ultimate darkness of the night was past.
There was a faint shimmer of light in the hall. Everything was still except
the faint creaking of the stairs under Mr. Bunting’s feet, and the slight
movements in the study.
(4) Then something snapped, the drawer was opened, and there was a rustle of
papers. Then a match was struck and the study was flooded with yellow
light. Through the crack of the door Mr. Bunting could see the desk and the
open drawer and a candle burning on the desk. But the burglar he could not
see.
(5) The couple heard the chink of money, and realized that the robber had found
the housekeeping reserve of gold coins. At that sound Mr. Bunting was
moved to abrupt action. Gripping the poker firmly, he rushed into the room,
closely followed by Mrs. Bunting. “Surrender!” cried Mr. Bunting, fiercely,
and then stooped amazed. Apparently the room was perfectly empty.
(6) Yet their conviction that somebody was moving in the room had amounted
to a certainty. For half a minute, perhaps, they stood gaping, then Mrs.
Bunting went across the room and looked behind the screen, while Mr.
Bunting, peered under the desk. Them Mrs. Bunting turned back the
window- curtain, and Mr. Bunting looked under the chimney and probed it
with the poker. Then Mrs. Bunting scrutinized the wastepaper basket and
 Mr. Bunting opened the lid of the coal- scuttle. Then they came to a stop and
stood with eyes interrogating each other
(7) There was a violent sneeze in the passage. They rushed out, and as they did
so the kitchen door slammed. As he opened the kitchen door, the place was
empty. They refastened the back door, examined the kitchen, pantry, and
scullery thoroughly, and at last went down into the cellar. There was not a
soul to be found in the house.
(a) (i) Given below are four words and phrases. Find the words which have a
similar meaning in the passage: [4]
1. Being next to something.
2. Awkward action using the hands.
3. Came down.
4. Belief.
(ii) For each of the words given below, write a sentence of at least ten
words using the same word unchanged in form, but with a different meaning
from that which it carries in the passage: [4]
1. Feet.
2. Strike
3. Crack
4. passage
(b) Answer the following questions in your own words as briefly as possible:
i. What made Mr. and Mrs. Bunting suspect the presence of the
burglar? [2]
ii. What abrupt action did Mr. Bunting take after he heard the chink of
money? [1]
iii. When the couple was convinced that somebody was moving in the
room what did they do? [1]
(c) In not more than 100 words, state how Mr. Bunting prepare himself to face
the intruder once he was roused from deep slumber (Paragraphs 2 to 5).
Failure to keep within the word limit will be penalized. You will be required
to write your points in the form of a connected passage. [8]
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