Question Bank for ENGLISH Unit Test 2016-17. page 1
Fill in the Blanks
1. Both legs of Mark Inglis had to be amputated knee-down because of
severe ______.
2. Mark Inglis is the first double amputee to have reached the summit
of ______and the second double amputee to scale ______.
3. Mark Inglis persuaded a degree in ______was
followed by a ten-year career in wine- making.
4. Mark Inglis says, “The best part of having legs like mine is that you
can ______them on the spot.”
5. Father advised his son, “ Don't make ______decisions .Consider the
alternatives.”
6. Writer bought moon-blind mare for $ ______.
7. Moon Blind means blind for ______.
8.Writer's father advised to ______the mare as she might produce
some good colts.
9. Writer's father offered him to take over the farm with 20 percent of
the gross and it will belike his own ______course.
10.______used the round room beneath the ground to teach boys
about life ..... kind of like horse- buying time.
11. Japanese make it possible to drop ______altogether.
12. The word ' Capitalize' comes from 'Capital ' meaning ______.
13. England is where the capital 'I' first reared its ______head.
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14. Modern ______culture has shown that many english speakers feel
perfectly comfortable dismissing all uses of capitalization.
15. Esther Young was studying ______when the teacher asked about
their favourite memory.
16. I felt the best when I first learned how to ride my ______.
17. The day she taught me how to ride my bike , she ceased to be a
______and became mysister.
18. It was a humiliating realization that in the eyes of ______I had no
individual existence.
19. No one can ______you except yourself.
20. Must you ______further injury on yourself because you lack
courage to cleanse yourown heart.
21. I resented the manner in which my opponents made ______attacks
harmful to India's______and to mine.
22. To Gandhiji, ______were as important as the end.
23. To retain a sense of proportion is as important as being able to keep
one's heart free from______.
24. She says ______methods of parenting are too lax because there is
no pressure on the child to excel.
25. An excerpt from the book, ' Battle ______of the Tiger Mom'
appeared in the Wall StreetJournal under the provocative title
'Why Chinese Moms are Superior'.
Question Bank for ENGLISH Unit Test 2016-17. page 3
Poem
Name and explain the figures of speech:
1. Start where you stand
2. Why, that’s enough, you’redone with it , you’rethrough
3. This is another chapter in the book
4. This is another race that you have planned,
5. The worldwon’t care about your old defeats
6. And there is much of work and strain and stress;
7. Forget the buried woes and dead despairs.
8. The future is for him who does and dares,
9. Oldfailures will not halt , oldtriumphs aid,
10. To-day’s the thing, to-morrow soon will be;
11. And leave the past to ancient history;
12. What has been ,has been; yesterday is dead
13. And by it you are neither blessed nor banned;
14. Take courage , man , be brave and drive ahead,
15. A timid question , a hesitant step,
16. And off you go, and you do not know
17. When the room won’t be dumb and silent so,
18. For shame at your daddy flies over your face
Like the shadow of a wing.
19…And before all the bridges are quite burnt through,
20. And yet you were working, you said!”
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Write the rhyme scheme of the following stanzas:
1. Start where you stand and never mind the past,
The past won’t help you in beginning new,
If you have left it all behind at last
Why, that’s enough , you’re done with it, you’re through;
2. This is another chapter in the book ,
This is another race that you have planned ,
Don’t give the vanished days a backward loo,
Start where you stand.
3. When you are at home I have no peace –
I can’t find a quiet nook;
And time and again you come to me :
“ Daddy , read me a book!”
4. It’s as if I had lied to you, in disgrace,
In the most important thing,
For shame at your daddy flies over your face,
Like the shadow of a wing.
Specimen Questions For English Grammar and Writing Skills Page 5
Tenses
1) She misses you. (use simple past tense)
2) Everyone emptied their sacks of the fruits. { Rewrite using Past Perfect Tense}
3) I have not quarrelled with anyone. (use simple future)
Remove ‘too’
1) It was too wimpy to carry the semantic burden.
2) Mark Inglis is too optimistic to get disheartened.
3) He came up with too great an idea to be ignored.
Use ‘As soon as’
1) They reached home and soon it started raining.
2) The students saw the Principal and ran inside the classes
immediately.
3) The C.M. heard the news and immediately left for Delhi.
Use ‘No sooner... than’
1) As soon as he reached the bus stop, the bus arrived.
2) As soon as I answered, all my classmates started giggling.
3) As they heard the joke, they burst into laughter.
Use ‘Not only.... but also’
1) I stopped to impress her and learnt to be indifferent .
2) The growing “I” became prevalent in the 14th and 15th century.
3) I had proved to be a panicky and frustrating student.
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Affirmative to negative
1)Rahul passed in all the exams.
2)His parents were interested in continuing his education.
3) He failed to notice me when I came in.
Assertive to exclamatory
1)My knees felt too weak to support me.
2)This is a lovely flower
3)It is very kind of you to help him like that.
Negative to affirmative
1)If you don't spend four years in vocational courses,you have a choice
about college.
2)I shall never forget you.
3)Here nobody is an employer and none are employees.
Assertive to interrogative.
1)The ranch was exactly what I had in mind for myself
2)My sister and I shared a typical sisterly relationship.
3)No one can do this.
Interrogative to assertive
1) What a strange coincidence!
2) How stupid of you to forget your name!
3) Had I come one hour sooner !
Exclamatory to assertive.
1) How lazy he was!
2) Oh! that I were young again !
3) What a horrible night it is!
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Articles
1. ____ Ramayana ia ___ holy book of ______Hindus.
2. ______Himalayas lie in ___ northern India
3. ______car stopped in front of our gate . ____ old man and ______
girl opened back doorand got out.
Preposition
1. I shall start ______six ____the morning.
2. Shireen dealt in hardware ____ April ___ June.
3.The servant was punished ______his master ____ stealing.
Writing Skills:
Verbal to Non Verbal
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Q) Prepare a paragraph of the above information about the favorite genre of movie liked by young viewers. The paragraph should be in 10 lines. Give a suitable title.
Mode of travelling:
BUS:35%
CAR:22%
WALK:17%
CYCLE: 16%
TAXI:10%
Q) Prepare a paragraph of the above information about the types of means of transportation used by students of TPB College. The paragraph should be in 10 lines. Give a suitable title.
INTERVIEW QUESTIONS
Below given are the specimen interview questions asked to the cricketing icon SachinTendulkar.
(in exam prepare 8 such questions)
‘I’ve Got to Be Myself’: The Sachin Tendulkar Interview
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1) What is your reaction to people calling you GOD?
2) Do you regret not passing 16000 runs in tests or not passing 20000 in ODI?
3) Are you training your son, Arjun, to become a world class cricket player?
4) Do you regret not playing many T20's now that's it a huge success?
5)
6) What are some of your superstitions before going in to bat?
7) How were you in school?
8) If not a cricketer, then what?
9) Who is your idol apart from the field of cricket?
10) Who was your favourite Music band, I heard that you used to listen to some American songs, any
favourites?
11) Do you regret not completing school?
12) If you magically became young again, what you would have done different, assuming you would want to became a cricket player again?
13) How do you manage sledging?
14) Which bowler were you most scared of?
SPECIMEN INTERVIEW QUESTIONS TO SHAHRUKH KHAN.
1)What made you choose a period film like Asoka as your first production?
2)So do you see Devdas as a very special film?
3)Today you are known as a romantic rather than a psychotic or an action hero. Does that make you happy?
4)Don't you think your career is going into a new phase?
5)What happens when you interact with other celebrities?
6) What is acting to you?
7) What's the reality about something as make-believe as acting?
8) Do you ever actually intend to fade out into the sunset?
9) Actors often say that competition makes them more responsible. What does it mean to you?
10) When something good happens to you, who do you share it with first?
11)When does SRK the star sleep and when does the man wake up?
12) Tell us about your forthcoming films?
13) What job you play for your Calcutta knight rider team?
14) The World audience is eager to see you,Amir and Salman in one film? When will we have it on silver screen?
Q) LETTER WRITING
1) Write an application in response to the following advertisement .
SITUATION VACANT
Wanted smart,English speaking salesman for an electronic showroom.
Good salary offered. Experienced candidate will be preferred.
Write in detail to:
The Proprietor,
Ganesh Electronics,M.G.Road,Solapur.
2) Write an application in response to the following advertisement .
SITUATION VACANT
Wanted smart,young computer operators/cum data operators having good knowledge of English and Marathi.
Write to:
The Manager, Vision Infotech, D.N Road, Ghansoli,Vashi:400089.
Please note that Resume or Curriculum Vitae will be given in the question.