HSC 2015 grammar questions

Grammar Questions of HSSC Exam 2015

(5)Rewrite the following sentences in the ways instructed.
(i)When I saw the prizes,I was stupefied.(Rewrite the sentence using 'No sooner ...... than)
(i)No sooner did I see the prizes than I was stupefied.

(ii)He was still lagging behind the expected standard of learning ,but it was okay.(Rewrite the sentence using 'Although')
(ii)Although he was still lagging behind the expected standard of learning , it was okay.
(iii )He started developing an all-round interest in craft and sports.(Rewrite the sentence using infinitive form of the word underlined.)
(iii )He started to develop an all-round interest in craft and sports.
B.Grammar :
Do as directed :
(I) One of _____ most common causes of malnutrition is ____ unhealthy lifestyle.(Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles )
(I) One of ___the __ most common causes of malnutrition is __an_ unhealthy lifestyle.

(ii )The police ______ Monday arrested five men _____cheating city businessmen.(Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions.)
(ii )The police ___on ___ Monday arrested five men ___for __cheating city businessmen.

(iii )"How did you enjoy your college picnic ?said Mohini to Meena.
"It was wonderful. I can never forget it."(Change it into indirect speech.)
(iii )Mohini asked Meena how she had enjoyed her college picnic .Meena replied that it had been wonderful .
She added that she could never forget i
Que. 2A 5 Rewrite the following sentences in the ways instructed :
(I) The duck was excellent in swimming.(Frame a Wh-type question to get the underlined part as an answer.)
(I) What was the duck excellent in?


(ii) The duck was better than his instructor.(Change the sentence into positive degree )
(ii) His instructor was not as good as the duck .
(iii) The squirrel was excellent in climbing.(Mention the function of the underlined gerund.)
(iii)The underlined word performs the function noun as it is an object of preposition 'in'.


Que. 3 A 5 Rewrite the following sentences in the ways instructed :
(i ) The gobar gas obtained by by processing dung is used as fuel.(Rewrite the sentence beginning with 'People.....')
(i ) People use the gobar gas obtained by processing dung as fuel.
(ii )The consumption of milk in both urban and rural areas has risen sharply.(Rewrite the sentence using the past perfect tense)
(ii )The consumption of milk in both urban and rural areas had risen sharply.
(iii )The milk processing industry is small one.(Make it a complex sentence.)
(iii )The industry which processes milk is small one.





Set B

Que. 1 A 5 Rewrite the following sentences in the ways instructed :
(i ) He sent a personalized letter offering each a free two-week subscription.
(Rewrite the sentence using the infinitive form of the word underlined.)
(i ) He sent a personalized letter to offer each couple a free two-week subscription.


(ii ) Seeing the hungry market,Dell placed local advertisement.(Make it a compound sentence .)
(ii ) Dell saw the hungry market and placed local advertisement.
(iii ) The improved models found eager buyers.(Change the sentence into present perfect tense.)
(iii ) The improved models have found eager buyers.
Set C

(5)Rewrite the following sentences in the ways instructed.
(I) My little girl can get tasty fruits from some other garden too.(Rewrite the sentence using modal auxiliary expressing 'certainty'.)
I) My little girl will get tasty fruits from some other garden too.


(ii) I had picked some of the lovely tasty fruits.(Identify the tense in the sentence.)
(ii) Past Perfect Tense
(iii )It was a pleasure walking around there.(Rewrite the sentence using infinitive form of the word underlined.)
(iii )It was a pleasure to walk around there.
Set D
Que 1
(5)Rewrite the following sentences in the ways instructed.
(I) Hundreds of these little birds would land on the paddy.(Rewrite the sentence using 'used to')
(I) Hundreds of these little birds used to land on the paddy.
(ii )My main hobby was to wander through paddy .(Rewrite the sentence using the gerund form of the word underlined. )
(ii )My main hobby was wandering through paddy .
(iii)When the paddy is ripe enough to harvest,flocks of parrots would land there.(Rewrite using 'No sooner .....than )
(iii)No sooner is the paddy ripe enough to harvest than flocks of parrots would land there.

Find Errors and Correct the Sentences

1. The patient died before the doctor arrived.
2. I have passed the M. A. in 1992.
3. Every chair and every table in the room were in order.
4. Sushama as well as her mother were honoured by the President.
5. The tale of two cities are an interesting novel.
6. You mistake in thinking that I am against you.
7. Hard work and honesty are needed for success in life .
8.Many a battle were fought on the soil of India.
9.He married his daughter .
10. Mohan is one of  those boys who has expressed his willingness for joining the educational tour .
11. The poet and the philosopher are dead.
12.I know Mr.Sharma for five years .
13.Students as well as teacher was absent
14. The teacher told the boys that the sun and the moon were the lamps of the sky.
15.Not only the mother but also the children was happy .
16. Our teacher will take out our test tomorrow
17. The cattle was grazing.
18.The child with his parents have arrived
19. The entire class have failed in the examination.
20. These news were broadcast by All India Radio.

Answer Key

1. The patient had died before the doctor arrived .
2. I have passed an M.A. in 1992.
3Every chair and every table in the room was in order .
4. Sushama as well as her mother was honoured by the President.
5. The tale of two cities is an interesting novel.
6. You got mistaken in thinking that I am against you .
7. Hard work and honesty is needed for success in life .
8.Many a battle was fought on the soil of India
9.He got his daughter married .
10. Mohan is one of those boys who have expressed their willingness for joining the educational tour .
11. The poet and the philosopher is dead.
12.I have known Mr.Sharma for five years .

13. Students as well as teacher were absent .
14. The teacher told the boys that the sun and the moon are the lamps of the sky .
15.Not only the mother but also the children were happy .
16. Our teacher will give us test tomorrow.
17. The cattle were grazing.
18.The child with his parents have arrived .
19. The entire class has failed in the examination .
20. This news was broadcast from All India Radio yesterday .

Filling the Gaps

STD 12 :Rapid Reading Based Dialogue Writing.

Read the extract and write a short piece of dialogue between Charles and Oliver.
Fredrick had a very famous wrestler................to do his best to kill Orlando.

Charles:Hey. Oliver, would you persuade Orlando to give up the idea of wrestling?
Oliver :Why do you warn?
Charles:I'm professional wrestler . And I must always fight to win.Anyone who fights me runs the risk of being badly hurt.
Oliver :But Orlando is ungrateful and deserve the punishment. I would rather you break his neck than finger.
Charles:You want me to hurt him.
Oliver : Yes, You have my permission to do what you like with the boy.
Charles:I promise you to do my best to kill Orlando.


Read the extract and write a short piece of dialogue between Orlando and Duke.
The Duke Senior and his followers were sitting ...........how sweet and good Rosalind is.

Orlando: Hey, stop and eat no more.
Duke :What? What do you want?
Orlando:Food.I'm almost dying of hunger.
Duke :Oh! Sit down and eat with us.
Orlando:No, I won't eat a bite. My servenat is in the wood dying of hunger.
Duke :Let's bring him here and feed him.
Orlando:Thank you, sir.

Question Paper Std 12 English

Interview Questions

 

New Activity Based Study of Prosecco, poetry and RR Std 12th and 11th
Ms Mable, your teacher, has recently retired after thirty three years of service to the school/college. You have been asked to interview her for the school/college magazine. Prepare a list of questions for the interview. 4 Marks

Scheme of Marking

Questions relevant to the situation 2
Proper sequence of questions 1
Language, style, grammar 1

1. Welcome Ms. Mable Madam. I am Rohini. Best wishes for the retired life ahead. How do you feel retiring after such a long service ?
2. Tell us how did you begin your career?
3. How did you differentiate teaching profession from other profession?
4. What pleasant memories do you have of the school/ college?
5. What changes have come in the school and students in the last 33 years?
6. What do you think about use of technology in education, digital school?
7. Any advice for the young teachers and students?
8. Finally what plans do you have after retirement?

Frame 8 interview questions you would put to the topper of the HSC Board at the recently held examinations.

1.Congratulation.I would like to ask if you expected that you would be topper of the board
2.Whom do you give credit for your success?
3.What role did your school teachers and parents play in your preparation for the HSC examinations?
4.How much time did you spend a day on studies?
5.What method of study did you adopt?
6.Who helped you to overcome your difficulties?
7.What is your ambition in life?
8.What is your immediate goal?
9.Which career do you propose to choose?
10.Any advice to the present batch of students? Please state.





Prepare a list of questions to interview a disable person who has achieved a unique success.


1. Hello, Sudhaji Good morning. 
Ma’m, we would like to know about your successful journey in life.Will you please tell us? 
2.How did you lose your leg? 
3.How did you overcome that? 
4. Is the film ‘Nache Mayuri’ based on your real life story? 
5. What special efforts did you take to perform in the movie or dance shows?
6. How did you feel when you succeeded in preforming well ?
7. Do you feel any difference in performance of the disable and the abled?
8.What do you like to tell the disable?

General Interview Questionnaire

1. How did you turn to this field?
2. What challenges did you face in the early stage?
3. What fascinated you most ?
4. What helped you to perform to such an extent?
5. Will you tell us any memorable event?
6. What strategies have you adopted to succeed?
7. How did you feel at the zenith of success?
8. What message would you like to share with us?

Imagine you are interviewing a famous writer for a newspaper or a T.V. Channel.Prepare a list of questions you can ask. You can include questions about his work and the difficulties he faced, his inspiration for writing etc.

1. When did you first realize to be a writer?
2. How long does it take you to write a page or chapter?
3. What is your work schedule for writing?
4. What would you do to get ideas?
5. When did you write your first book and how old were you?
6. How was your experience when your first book was published?
7. What does your family think of your writing?
8. What was the most interesting thing you learned in creating your books?
9. How many books have you written? Which is your favourite?
10. Do you have any suggestions to help writers? If so, what are they?

A list of interview question for an actor/actress

1. How do you sustain interest in a movie?

2. What about this movie made you feel so strongly towards?

3. What are the challenges of playing different roles?

4. Do you have to learn new skills to portray the characters? Tell our readers.

5. How do you prepare for a character?

6. How do you devise the method of locating the character?

7. Do you have to become the character even at the expense of your regular life?

8. Do you believe in spending time at the location?

9. How different it is to play contrasting roles like a cop and a don?

10. How do you feel when your film becomes a blockbuster?


New Activities Std 12 English

Std 12 Poems : Activities and Responses

1.1 THE PERSON I AM LOOKING FOR

Activity 1
If you accept counsel without getting sore
And re-assess yourself in the light thereof.
If you pledge not to be obstinate any more
And meet others without any frown or scoff.
You may be the person I am looking for.


If you have the will to live and courage to die
You are a beacon-light for people far and wide.
If you ignore the jeers and, thus, expose the lie
‘That virtue and success do not go side by side’.
You are the person I am looking for.


A.1 Complete the statements :
  1.We  should accept counsel without..............
  2  The poet is looking for the person who has ............
Ans: 1. We should accept counsel without getting sore and irritated.
2. The poet is looking for the kind of person who has the will to live and courage to die.

A2 Fill in the blanks :
The poet is looking for the person who is a ......... for people and ignores ......... and exposes the lie " That ....... and ..... do not go hand in hand.
A3 Name and explain the Figures of speech of following lines
 1. If you have the will to live and courage to die
2. "You are a beacon-light for people far and wide."

Ans: 1. Antithesis : The opposite words ' live' and 'die' are used effectively.
2.Metaphor: A man is implicitly compared to a beacon-light.
A.4 Rewrite the first stanza changing one word in each line.

If you accept advice without getting sore
And re-examine yourself in the light thereof.
If you promise not to be obstinate any more
And meet others without any anger or scoff.
You may be the person I am seeking for.

Activity 2

If you crave not for praise when you win
And look not for sympathy while you lose
If cheers let not your head toss or spin
And after a set back you offer no excuse
You may be the person I am looking for.

A.1 Complete the statement :  When you win you should not............
Ans :You should not crave for praise.
A.2 Write your idea of an idol or role model in society .
Ans : My role model should neither look for sympathy when he loses nor crave for praise when he wins.
A.3 Find an example of Alliteration from the extract.Write down the rhyme scheme
Ans:And look not for sympathy while you lose. The consonantal sound 'l' is repeated pleasingly.
Rhyme scheme :ababc
A4 : Compose a poem with the title ' The student I am looking for'
Ans :
If you hope not for marks but for knowledge
And look not for rank in the college
If success let not your collar tight
And after a failure you quit not. Right
You may be the student I am looking for.

2.1 I RAN INTO A STRANGER

I ran into a stranger as he passed by,
"Oh, excuse me Please" was my reply.
He said, "Please excuse me too;
Wasn't even watching for you."
We were very polite, this stranger and I.
We went on our way and we said good-bye.

But at home a different story is told,
How we treat our loved ones, young and old.
Later that day, cooking the evening meal,
My daughter stood beside me very still.
When I turned, I nearly knocked her down.
"Move out of the way," I said with a frown.
She walked away, her little heart was broken.
I didn't realize how harshly I'd spoken.

A.1 Match the column A with column B
                     A.                                      B.                1. Behaviour with stranger.           harsh.
  2. Behaviour with daughter.         polite
A2 Write four pairs of rhyming words along with rhyme scheme
Ans: Rhyming words : by-reply ; told-old ; meal-still ; down-frown
Rhyme scheme : aabbcc

A.3 Arrange the following sentences in order as they occur in the story.

1. They went on their way.
2. Daughter stood beside her.
3. Mother ran into a person.
4. Mother knocked her down.

A4. Compose following lines as if daughter is the speaker


that day, cooking the evening meal,
My daughter stood beside me very still.
When I turned, I nearly knocked her down.
"Move out of the way," I said with a frown.

Mother was cooking the evening meal,
I stood beside her very still.
When she turned, she nearly knocked me down.
"Move out of the way," she said with a frown.

3.1 Suburbs

"I celebrate the virtues and vices
of suburban middle-class people
who overwhelm the refrigerator
and position colorful umbrellas
near the garden that longs for a pool:
for my middle-class brother
the principle of supreme luxury:
what are you and what am I, and we go on deciding
the real truth in this world.
A1 Complete the statement:  A middle-class man's principle of luxury is ............
Ans:A middle-class man's principle of luxury is to have refrigerator, a big garden with swimming pool.

A2 Show the differences you see between rich class and middle class.
Ans: The rich class can enjoy the luxuries of life easily. But middle class people have to just dream about it.

A3 Symbolic use of words makes the expression pointed. Give one example.
Ans: The poem has many symbolic words such as refrigerator, colourful umbrellas,granaries, shy hotels,endless track.Refrigerator, colourful umbrellas stand for luxuries of life.Granaries symbolise shabby workplaces.

A4  Add two lines of your own with rhyme scheme aabb or abab.
I celebrate the virtues and vices
_________________________________

who overwhelm the refrigerator
___________________________________

I celebrate the virtues and vices
Though goods are of high prices
People who overwhelm the refrigerator
Will buy on loan the generator.

4.1 Old Women

They whisper like drizzles
as they roam the street
with a lost gaze as though
something they had thrown up
never returned to earth

They shiver like December nights
in their dreamless sleep on shop verandahs.

Q.1 Give reason: The old women are seen roaming aimlessly because..............
Ans: The old women are seen roaming aimlessly because they are not taken care of by their children. They had thrown something which didn't return.
Q. 2 Find out tow examples of Simile
Ans: "They whisper like drizzles" "They shiver like December nights"
Q. 3 Pick out the lines that reveal the loneliness of the old women.
Ans: "as they roam the street with a lost gaze
Q. 4 Write two metaphorical lines about grandmother.
  Ans :  " My grandmother is my lifeboat
   Her treasure of stories made me float."



Some more questions

1 What role do your grandparents play in your life?
Ans: Our grandparents play a vital role in our life.They keep family united.They take care of us.

2. Identify the figures of speech of the following line and explain.
Ans : "dreamless sleep"

5.1 The Felling Of The Banyan Tree

My father told the tenants to leave
Who lived in the houses surrounding our house on the hill
One by one the structures were demolished
Only our own house remained and the trees
Trees are sacred my grandmother used to say
Felling them is a crime but he massacred them all
The sheoga, the oudumber, the neem were all cut down
But the huge banyan tree stood like a problem
Whose roots lay deeper than all our lives
My father ordered it to be removed.

A1 . List the names of trees .
Response : The sheoga, the oudumber, the neem , the huge banyan tree

A2. 'But the huge banyan tree stood like a problem'. Identify and explain the figures of speech.
Ans : Simile :The banyan tree is compared to problem.
A3. Write down what the poet's father did with the trees.
Ans: The poet's father massacred all the trees as he was leaving the place to settle in city. He did not leave any tree.
À4 Compose four lines telling importance of trees.

Some more activities

A1. Explain why  the tenants were asked to leave their houses.
The tenants were asked to leave their houses because the poet's was about to leave the place and settle in city.
À 1 Complete the statement: According to the grandmother a crime is......
According to the grandmother felling the trees is a crime.

6.1 A Nation's Strength

What makes a nations pillars high
And its foundation strong?
What makes it mighty to defy
The foes that round it throng?

It is not gold. its kingdoms grand
Go down in battle shock :
Its shafts are laid on sinking sand
Not on abiding rock.

A 1 Describe the foundation and pillars of nation.
Ans The foundation of nation should be strong. The pillars should be high enough to defy the attack.
A2. What figure of speech is used in "it is not gold"?
Ans: Metonymy: The word "gold" is used to mean wealth.
A3. Suggest how we can make our nation strong.
Ans:Neither wealth nor strength makes the nation strong. Hard work with honesty and devotion can make our nation strong.
A4. Write an imaginary next stanza that suits to the poem.

Some more activities
A2. Write rhyming words and the rhyme scheme followed in the poem.

Ans:  Rhyming words : high-defy; strong-throng ; grand- sand; shock-rock

Rhyme scheme:  abab

7.1 Peace Is A Woman And A Mother

How do you know
Peace is a woman?
I know, for
I met her yesterday
on my winding way
to the world's fare,
She had such a wonderful face
just like a golden flower faded
before her prime.

A1 . Prove how does the poet know that peace is a woman.
Ans :Peace has a wonderful golden face and symbolizes a woman.

A2. a) Name and explain the figure of speech in the following line : ‘on my winding way’
b) Find an example of metaphor
Ans: a)Alliteration as the sound ‘w’ is repeated.
b) Peace is a woman
A3. Do you think a mother can be a symbol of destruction or evil? How?
Ans: No, she can’t be a symbol of destruction or evil as she gives birth to mankind and loves humanity.
A4. Arrange the words in last three lines differently.
Ans : Such a wonderful face she had
           Just like a faded golden flower
           her prime before

Some more activities

A3.Pick out the lines from the extract that describe the face of peace.
Ans: She has a wonderful face just like a golden flower faded before her prime.

Concrete Jungle