BANGALORE PU COLLEGE

UNIT TEST – JUNE (2024-25)

ENGLISH
(Time – 1 hour) Maximum marks – 40

Part – A
I. Add question tags to the given statements. (2×1=2)
1. The farmers have taken to organic farming, ?
2. The children spend more time on games, ?

II. Rearrange the following words/phrases to form meaningful sentences.

(2×1=2)
1. divided/ countries/ continents/ the /is/ into/ and /world.
2. very/ deforestation/ to be/ can prove/ damaging to/ mother earth.

III. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate articles/prepositions. (5×1=5)

1.This book of science fiction is alien who is naughty.
book is also very informative I suggested the book
friend.
IV. Choose the word that agrees with the subject in the following sentences.
(2×1=2)
1.Each of the children (was/were) given a book.
2.Neither he nor his friend (was/were) there.

V. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate form of the verbs given in brackets.
(10×1/2=5)
One day a wolf (be drink) at a stream. He (see) a lamb who
(be) farther down. The wolf made up his mind to eat the lamb, but he
(think) that he (will find) some excuse for doing
so. He (run) up to the lamb and said, “How dare you muddy the water
that I (be drink)”. The lamb replied. “I (do not see) how that
can be, since the water of the stream (be run) from you to me and not
from me to you.”

VI. Rectify the errors in the following sentences: (2×1=2)

1. Nile is an longest river in the world.
2. The Invisible Man’ is a interesting story.
VII. Frame questions to get the underlined words as answers. (2x1=2)
1. Babu’s wife found it very strange.
2. A book is the most astounding invention of man.
VIII. Add suitable question tag: (4x1=4)
1. Adventures fascinate you,
2. The man’s house was demolished,
3. They knew Mr. Suleman,
4.Mrs. Patil donated generously,
IX. Neha Gupta resides at Gandhinagar, Bengaluru. She has passed S.S.L.C. She
writes a letter to the Head master of her school, Swami Vivekananda
Vidyalaya, Gandhinagar, Bengaluru requesting him/her to issue her school
leaving certificate (T.C). (1x4=4)
Part - B
X. Fill in the blanks: (2x1=2)
1. ‘For earth too dear’ suggests that the lady’s beauty is
2. Wings of night means
XI. Answer the following questions: (5×2=10)
1. How is Romeo mesmerised by the beauty of Juliet at first sight?

2. Why does the criminal refuse to escape from the prison in ‘To Dear!’?

3. ‘Your children are not your children.’ How does the poet illustrate this
truth in the poem “On Children”?
4. How does Juliet express her love for Romeo?

5. Describe the efforts of the ministers in carrying out the death sentence ‘To
Dear!’.

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