Bavitha Bhavitha 10.03.2011 TM English

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Part A in Paper I deals with your Reader. There will be 10 ques-

tions of 2 marks each, of which you have to answer only 5 of your

choice. Select the easy ones which you feel confident of writing

without making any grammatical mistakes and write down. There

will be a 5 marks fetching question on reproducing the Poems. So

learn at least 3 poems of the 4, by heart thoroughly and reproduce

the same in examination. There will also be questions to test your

comprehension for 5 marks. Part - B of Paper I begins with a ques-

tion which tests student's knowledge of English such as verbs,

Pronoun,Preposition, Adjective, Adverbs, Conjunctions

Articles. Paper II consists of Short Questions from Supplemen

for 5 marks and one passage to test your reading comprehen

for 5 marks, One letter, and developing story using the hints gi

for 10 marks each. The Objective Paper for 20 marks mainly

your competency in reading and comprehending the seen

unseen passages.

TELUGU MEDIUM

P r e posit i o n s

Ar ticles

P h r asal V e r b s

A c t i v e

& Passi v e V o i c e

R e p o r ted Sp e e c h

V ocabula r y

P a s s a ge Que s t i o n s

I m p o r

t an t Que s t i o n s

L e t t er W r i t i n g

P r e p a r a tio

n S t r a t e g y



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PAPER -1 Matching Exercise

A preposition is a word placed before

Paper - I Part - B

Part - B of Paper I in English begins with a

question which tests students' general knowl-

edge of English such as verbs, Pronoun,

Preposition, Adjective, Adverbs, Conjunctions

and Articles.

Complete the following passage using

appropriate words.I. I usually wake up at 6.30 when the sun ____

(1) and the light begins to shine ____ (2) the

window. If my mother does not hear me get-

ting up, she knocks____ (3) on the door, or

comes in and shakes me. Then I have a

shower and get dressed. I then say prayers

____ (4) my father. By the time we have fin-

ished, my mother has fetched the brown

beans we eat ____ (5) breakfast.

1. a) rises b) rise c) rising d) risen

2. a) in b) at c) from d) through

3.a) louds b) loudly c) loud d) louder

4. a) along b) for c) with d) to

5. a) far b) at c) in d) for

II. Venkatrama's son Shankaram____ (1) in

Mumbai. Shankaram is a musician. Heplays the violin at concerts all over India.

He is married____ (2) Manjula, and they

have two children, Bhaskar and Bharat.

Bhaskar, like____ (3) father, loves music.

He is learning to play the flute. Bharat

,however, is fond____ (4) cricket and hopes

to play____ (5) India some day.

1. a) live b) lives c) liv ing d) lived

2. a) at b) too c) with d) to

3. a) his b) her c) our d) their

4. a) of b) on c) in d) at

5. a) for b) in c) at d) with

III. C.V. Raman____ (1) born on 8 November

1888 near Tiruchirapalli in Tamil Nadu. His

father was a college teacher ____ (2) loved

reading and music.____ (3) Raman too

grew to love books and music. When he was

a child, he would sit and listen____ (4)

hours while his father____ (5) the veena.

1. a) had b) were c) was d) is

2. a ) he b) whose c) whom d) who

3. a) since b) so c) as d) because

4. a) of b) far c) for d) to

5.a) played b) play c) plays d) playing

IV. Today more and more people live____ (1)

cities. As a result, there is a great deal of

traffic and usually not enough roads, and

many of the roads are____ (2) narrow. That

is why there____ (3) a great many acci-

dents. In cities all over the world thousandsof people die____ (4) hurt in traffic acci-

dents. Of course, traffic accidents also____

(5) outside cities in the countryside. But

they are not so many, because there is less

traffic there.

1. a) over b) under c) at d) in

2. a ) because b ) too c) to d) so

3. a) are b) is c) were d) be

4. a) or b) are c) and d) with

5. a ) happening b) happens

c) happen d) happened

V. Dr. Sarabhai was a well-known scientist. He

was____1) at St John's College, Cambridge.

Even as a boy Dr. Sarabhai____ 2) a great

desire to do a lot of research____ 3) sci-

ence. He worked____ 4) and devoted a lotof time to specialize in Nuclear Physics. He

____ 5) to promote industry also.

1. a) educate b) educated

c) educating d) had educated

2. a ) has b) have c) having d ) had

3. a) in b) with c) on d) at

4.a ) hardly b) hards c) hard d) harder

5. a) wants b) wanted c) want d)wanting

VI. Nalilni did her exams____ (1) ____ (2) her

father was angry____ (3) her he did not

scold her____ (4) she was a____ (5) girl.

1. a ) well b) badly c) good d) bad

2. a) as b) though c) since d) because

3. a) on b) with c) at d)upon

4. a) so b) because

c) hence d) as though5. a) good b) bad

c) pleasant d) beautiful

Some more sentences for practice of Questio-

ns on Conjunctions, Preposition and Articles

Conjunctions are words that join other words

and sentences together. Some of the impor-

tant conjunctions that are frequently asked in

the examination are: and, but, or, still, yet,

though, till, while, because, so, as, since,

unless, if, otherwise, else, either_____ or,

neither_____ nor, as well as, so that, as if, as

though, not only-but also, and so on.

1. Kumar plays Cricket and Foot ball.

2. Vinod is slow but sure

3. Though onions are costly people buy them

4. Onions are costly yet people buy them.

5. Since he was tired he went to bed early.

6. He was tired so he went to bed early.

7. I was annoyed, still I kept quite

8. Can you wait till we get home?

9. Ramesh is rich while his brother Suresh is

poor.10.Suhasini is hard-working whereas her sister

Nalini is lazy

11.Rahul passed the exam because he worked

hard.

12.Unless you work hard you can't pass the

exam.

13.I cant tell you a story unless you keep quite.

14. If you take taxi you can catch the train.

15.Pay my bill else I shall call the Police.

16.Take my help otherwise you cant do it alone.

17.Rehan write novels in Telugu as well as in

Urdu.

18.Rehan writes novels in Telugu and Urdu as

well .

19.Mariah worked hard so that she could pass

the examination.

Exercises on Preposition

A preposition is a word placed before a Noun or

Pronoun to show its relation to some other word

in the sentence.

1. The painting is hung on the wall.

2. She reached the theatre at 6.30 p.m.

3. They came by car.

4. Sunitha is angry with her brother

The small words like on, at, by, and, with,

are the prepositions, the other prepositions

are: In into, on, across, among, behind, for,

with, by , of , since, beside, between, among,

during, till, from, to, above, over.

Matching Exercise

Match the parts of sentences under 'A' with

those in 'B'. Write the letter of the sentence Part

in 'B' against the sentences Part in 'A'

I. A 1. If it rains ___

2. Since today is Sunday ___

3. When we were going to School ___

4. It's time ___

5. Do you know ___

B a. how to make coffee? ( )

b. ___ we saw an accident ( )

c. ___ you bought a new watch ( )

d. _ __ we can't play cricket. ( )

e. ___ all shops are closed. ( )

II. A 1. It is easy ___

2. Sudha fell asleep ____

3. Rahman is too honest ____

4. Kamala always carries an umbrella

____

5. Suresh is neither an engineer ____

B a. ___nor a doctor ( )

b. ____to cheat ( )

c. ____so that she won't get wet. ( )

d. ____to criticize others ( )

e. ____while she was watching T.V.( )

III.A 1. Jaya is too young

2. I know the man ____

3. You will miss the train ____

4. The patient had just died ____

5. You'll help me ____B a. ___Who sells stamps of all coun

b. ____ if you don't take a taxi

c. ____to get a driving license

d. ____Won't you?

e. ____When ambulance came.

IV.A 1. It is better to starve ____

2. You ought to ____

3. You can't pass the exam ____

4. Sheela was listening to music _

5. Its no good ____

B a. ____unless you work hard .

b. ____While Susheel was

clothes.

c. ____asking any body for help

d. ____than to beg.

e. ____respect your elders.V. A 1. They write to each other ____

2. I would be interested in design

building apartments.

3. Kumari speaks so fast ____

4. The old man almost fell ____

5. She dresses ____

B.a. ____if I were an architect.

b. ____as if she is a heroine.

c. ____ that we can't understand h

d. ____though they are neighbour

e. ____while he was getting off th

Phrasal Verbs

Phrasal verb is the combination of

Preposition or Verb +Adverb. It sh

considered as a whole.

Eg: Please look after my child with c

Here "look after" should be consider

whole and understood as =to take car

shouldn't be separated as "look" and "af

Study the following pairs of sentenc

answer the question.

1. a) Fire broke out in the street.

b) My car broke down in the street.

Which phrase gives the meaning:

working a or b? ____

2. a) He called on the Minister.

b) She called off the meeting w

Minister

Who met the Minister he or she? ___

3. a) Sujatha could not carry on alone.

b) Vijetha carried out her duties.

Who is lazy, Sujatha or Vijetha? ___

4. a) Kareem puts on the light to study

b) Raheem puts out the light after st

Who is in the darkness, Kareem or R

____

ANSWERS

I) 1-a 2-d 3-b 4-c 5-d; II) 1-b 2-d 3-a 4-a 5-a;

III) 1-c 2-d 3-b 4-c 5-a; IV) 1-d 2-b 3-a 4-a 5-

c; V) 1-b, 2-d 3-a, 4-c, 5-b; VI) 1-b 2-b 3-b 4-

b 5-a

ANSWERS

I) d e b c a ; II) d e b c a;

III) c a b e d; IV) d e a b c;

V) d a c e b

Prepared by

K.Md.ANWARUL HAQ

PGT in English

Hyderabad



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PAPER -1 Synthesis of Sentences

We can use either 'since' or 'as'..5. a) Mary sent for the nurse.

b) Rosy sent away the nurse.

Who needed the nurse, Mary or Rosy? ____

6. a) Our car skidded and ran into a lamp post.

b. Her car ran out of petrol at the lamp post

Which car can't move?

7. a) The medical shop was closed on Sunday.

b) The wine shop was closed down on

Sunday.

Which shop is likely to open on Monday?

8. a) Sana put away her books and went to bed.

b) Sania put down her books and went to

bed.

Who is tidier?

9. a) Suresh looks up to the actor.

b) Somesh looks down the actor.

Who respects the actor?10.a) Vikky takes after his father.

b) Vinod takes over his father's business.

Who resemble his father?

Active Voice & Passive Voice

Hints: 1. Use "Be"Form (am, is, are, was, were)

2. Past participle or V3 (taken, eaten, broken

seen, done etc.)

Remember: Sub+Be+Vpp+by agent (doer)

Change Simple present and Simple Past into

Passive Voice:

1. Ravi writes stories.

Stories are written by Ravi

2. Kumar gave me a book (Two Objects)

a. A book was given to me by Kumar.

b. I was given a book by Kumar.

3. She repairs T.Vs. and Mobile phones.

T.V.s and Mobile phones are repaired by her.

Note: usually 'doer' or 'agent' is preceded by

"by" However, for the verb "Know" 'to'

should be used. E.g: I know the answer

The answer is known to me.

4. She knew my address

My address was known to her.

Present continuous and Past continuous.

1. The teacher is explaining the lesson

The lesson is being explained by the teacher.

2. She was making coffee.

Coffee was being made by her.

3. Maria is writing letters

Letters are being written by Maria.

Present Perfect and Past Perfect

1. I have written stories.

Stories have been written by me

2. She has done the home-work.

The home-work has been done by her.

3 The boys had played many games.

Many games had been played by the boys.

Modal Verbs

Can could

Will would

Shall should

May Might

Must

Ought to

Need

Passive forms with Modals

1. Rahim will give a lecture on punctuality.

A lecture on punctuality will be given by

Rahim.

2. Children ought to respect the elders.

The elders ought to be respected by children.

3. He should buy a new pen.

A new pen should be bought by him.

4. She can eat twenty idlies and five dosaisTwenty idlies and five dosais can be eaten by

her.

With 'Let' for commands.

1. Close the door

Let the door be closed.

2. Post these letters.

Let these letters be posted.

3. Keep it safe.

Let it be kept safe.

4. Forget the bitter past.

Let the bitter past be forgotten

With Who?

1. Who told you the story?

a. By whom was the story told to you?

b. By whom were you told the story.

2. Who taught you English?a. By whom was English taught to you?

b. By whom were you taught English?

3. Who did this?

By whom was this done?

4. Who took care of the baby?

By whom was the baby taken care of?

Omission Of Subject

Indefinite subject like: we, they, somebody,

someone, anybody, nobody, the people can be

omitted.

1. People speak English all over the world.

English is spoken all over the world.

2. We have won the match.

The match has been won.

3. Someone has done the mischief.

The mischief has been done

4. The Police arrested the thieves.

The thieves were arrested.

Exercise for practice:

1. My grand father built this School building

2. Sudhakar has learnt many tricks

3. Ramesh knew my telephone number

4. Who broke the silence.

5. She can catch a living fish and eat it.

6. Vinod had missed many classes of music

7. You should cover your head with a scarf.

8. Bad weather delays landing of planes.

9. Who has seen an ostrich?

10.Polya was mending the Jacket.

11.Mrs Kumara Swamy teaches usMathematics.

12. Advertise these new posts in Sakshi.

13. They will postpone the match

14.Students must not bring cell phones

15.We should not break promises

16.Y.S.R. started some new and popular

schemes to help the poor.

17.They have appointed a committee on

Telangana.

18.The committee submitted its reports on

Telangana

19.My grand-father had built the bridge over the

river.

20.She painted the parrot black..

Synthesis of Sentences

In this exercise the sentences are to be combined

using the given structural words or phrases,

such as too-to, so…. that, so that, since, as,

because, so, if, unless, Its time,

Using " too-to"

Combine the following sentences using too-to.

1. Rahul is very short. He can't touch the switch

board.

Ans: Rahul is too short to touch the switch

board.

2. Coffee is very hot. I can't drink it.

Ans: Coffee is too hot for me to drink.

Try to do the exercise

1. I am very busy. I can't watch the match.

Ans: ____?

2. She is very tired. She can't cook now.

Ans: ____?

3. The cot is very narrow. Two people can't

sleep on it. Ans: ____?

Using so - thatE.g.: 1. Rahim is very kind. He even forgi

his enemies.

Ans: Rahim is so kind that he even forgi

his enemies.

2. Sheela is very rich. She can spend

holidays in Switzerland.

Ans: Sheela is so rich that she can spend

holidays in Switzerland.

3. I was very tired. So I went to bed at 8 p.

Ans: I was so tired that I went to bed at 8

Using 'So that'

So that introduces purpose of action.

Purpose can be positive or negative.

When purpose is positive,use can/could.

E.g.: 1. Salil is working hard. He wants tofirst class.

Ans: Salil is working hard so that he can

first class.

2. The old man went out. He wanted to buy

newspaper.

Ans: The old man went out so that he co

buy the newspaper.

Sentences for Practice

a. Sailu is learning Kannada. He wants to st

in Bangalore.

b. The teacher speaks slowly and clearly.

wants his pupils to understand him.

c. The driver drove slowly. He wanted to re

the place safely.

d. Mr. Rao left for home early. He wanted

rest.When Purpose is negative use:

____won't in the present.

____Wouldn't in the past

a. Kumari carried an umbrella. She didn't w

to get wet.

Ans: Kumari carried an umbrella so that

wouldn't get wet.

b. Vinod is leaving home early. He doesn't w

to miss the school bus.

Ans: Vinod is leaving home early so that

won't miss the school bus.

Sentences for practice

1. Sudha got up early. She didn't want to

late to School.

2. Mary works hard. She doesn't want to fa

3. The poor man is working day and night.

doesn't want to beg before others

4. Nalini always eats apples. She doesn't h

to go to a doctor.

Use of Since/as/because for reasons:

Salman failed the exams. He hadn't prepa

well.

We can use either 'since' or 'as' or 'beca

also to tell why Salman failed the exams.

Eg: 1. Salman failed the exams as he ha

prepared well.

2. Salman failed the exams since he ha

prepared well.

ANSWERS

1. a) my car; 2. he; 3. Sujatha; 4. Raheem; 5.

Mary; 6.Her car; 7. The Medical Shop; 8.

Sana; 9.Suresh; 10.Vikky

ANSWERS1. This School building was built by my grand

father.; 2. Many tricks have been learnt by

Sudhakar.; 3. My telephone number was

known to Ramesh.; 4. By whom was the

silence broken.; 5. Aliving fish can be caught

and eaten by her.; 6. Many classes of music

had been missed by Vinod.; 7. Your head

should be covered with a scarf.; 8. Landing of

planes is delayed by bad weather.; 9. Bywhom

has an ostrich been seen?; 10.A jacket was

being mended by Polya; 11. Mathematics is

being taught by Mrs. Kumaraswamy.; 12. Let

these new posts best advertised in Sakshi.; 13.

The match will be postponed.; 14. Cell phones

must not be brought by Students.; 15.

Promises should not be broken; 16. Some newand popular schemes to help the poor were

started by Y.S.R.; 17. A committee on

Telangana has been appointed.; 18. It's report

on Telangana was submitted by the

Committee.; 19. The bridge over the river had

been built by my grand-father.; 20. The parrot

was painted black by her.




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PAPER -1 Using If-Clause

Using a right question tag for a statement3. Salman failed the exams because he hadn't

prepared well

Note: As/since can be used in the beginning or

in the middle. "because' should be used only in

the middle.

Sentences for practice

1. I missed the bus. I reached the bus stop late.

2. She can build a house now. She has won a

lottery.

3. It began to rain. The match had to be called-

off.

4. We slept early. We were tired

5. The dog is very hungry. It is barking.

Using 'so' for result

1. All shops are closed. There is a bundh

Ans: There is a bundh so all shops are closed.

2. The old man is still healthy. He eats goodfood.

Ans:The old man eats good food so he is still

healthy.

The above sentences for practice of Since/As

can also be used for 'So".

Using If-Clause

There are three types of If-clauses.

I Type= Probable: If it rains I will not go out,

II Type = Improbable: If I had money I would

give you.III Type=Impossible. If he had worked hard at

school he would have become an Officer.

Type III is frequently asked in the exam.

Hence given importance.

Combine the following sentences using a if-

clause.

1. Ramesh didn't work hard. So he failed.

If Ramesh had worked hard he would not

have failed.

A sentence of this type can be divided into

two parts as:

If Ramesh worked hard (If-subordinate

clause)

he would not have failed (Main Clause)

Remember to use had+Verb (PP) (done,

seen, gone etc) in the If-subordinate clauseWould + have + Verb PP (done, seen,

written) in the Main clause.

Eg: The Guptas didn't invite me to the party.

I didn't go. If the Guptas had invited me to

the party I would have gone.

Sentences for Practice

1. Mr. Rao reached the station bit late. He

missed the train.

2. He didn't have a degree. He couldn't get a

good job.

3. I didn't know that you were in hospital. Ididn't come to see you.

4. Sudha tried hard. She could dance again.

5. Mr. Sarma polled many votes. So he was

declared elected.

Using It's time:

Hint: Use Simple Past tense of the verb, like

did, went, wrote, saw, had, left etc. Study the

situation and make a sentence using It's time

____ Your friend has been using the same

old dictionary for a long time. Advise him to

buy a new one

Ans: It's time you (he) bought a new

dictionary.

Practice the exercise:

1. Kiran is lazy. He hasn't started studyingserious. You think he should study hard now.

2. The train is supposed to leave now. Its

already 15 minutes late. What do you say?

3. You didn't have a holiday for a long time.

You should have one.

4. The house is supposed to be cleaned. It looks

dirty.

5. Mr. Bhushan is 40 years old, still unmarried.

He should get married.

Question Tag

Using a right question tag for a statement.

Eg: Radha is a nice girl, isn't she?

Hints: Use a shortened form of not as n't

Use a positive tag for a negative statement

and negative tag for a positive statement. Use appropriate pronoun like, I, you, we,

they, it, he and she.

1. Rajesh hasn't seen a kangaroo, has he?

2. Maria doesn't look tired, does she?

3. I don't like going to theatres, do I?

4. I am a writer and a poet, aren't I?

5. You couldn't lift my suit-case, could you?

6. My dog never barks, does it?

7. My friends stay with me, don't they?

8. The twins enjoyed the film, didn't they?

Practice

1. Boys love to play foot-ball _____ ?

2. My mother cooks well _____ ?

3. I am interested in mathematics _____ ?

4. You haven't seen the Taj _____ ?

5. They played well but lost the match_____ ?

6. My cousins will be coming next week____?

7. The film was boring _____ ?

Combining sentences using "When"

Using simple and past perfect together

Eg: Ravi reached the station at 9.30 a.m.

The train left at 9.20.This can be combined into on

written as:

When Ravi reached the station the tr

already left.

Note: Use simple past (went,wrote,saw,

etc) for the action that happened late

Use Past Perfect (had+gone, don

written etc.) for the action happened

than the other

Eg: We reached the theatre bit late. T

picture started.

When we reached the theatre, th

picture had just/ already started.

already can be used appropriately)

Practice:

1. I reached the party late. My friends fthe dinner.

2. The ambulance came late. The patien

3. We reached the stadium. Dho

completed century.

4. The train just moved out of the statio

we reached the station

5. Kavitha did her home-work. Then sh

to bed.

Using Simple Past and Past continuou

Put the verbs in the brackets into correc

Eg: Leela___(sleep) while she___(do) he

Leela slept while she was doing her H

Practice:

1. Kumar_____(fall) down when he

(clean) the fan.

2. We_____(have) dinner when the

_____ (go ) out.

3. Rajini_____(burn) her fingers wh

_____ (cook)

4. They_____ (see) many interesting

when they_____ (cross) the desert.

5. My friend_____(come) when I_____

clothes.

6. The great leader_____ (die) while he

(fight) for the rights

7. The police_____ (catch) the thie

he_____ (try) to escape.

8. Francis Randel_____ (die) While he

(write) his diary.

9. I_____ (meet) an old friend of mine

_____ (wait) for the bus.

ANSWERS

Too -to

1. I am too busy to watch the cricket match.; 2.

She is too tired to cook now.; 3. The cot is too

narrow for two people to sleepSo that for Positive Purpose

a. Salil is learning Kannada so that he can

study in Bangalore.; b. The driver drove slowly

so that he could reach safely; c. Mr. Rao left for

home early so that he could rest.

So that for Negative Purpose

1. Sudha got up early so that she wouldn't get

late to school; 2. Mary works hard so that she

won't fail.; 3. The old man is working day and

night so that he won't beg before others.; 4.

Nalini always eats apples so that she won't have

to go to a doctor.

Since/As/ Because

1. I missed the bus as I reached the bus stop

late.; As I reached the bus stop late I missed the

bus Since I reached the bus stop late I missed

the bus.; I missed the bus because I reached the

bus stop late.; 2. She can build a house as she

has won a lottery.; She can build a house since

she has won a lottery; She can build house

because she has won a lottery; 3. As it began to

rain the match had to be called-off; The match

had to be called-off because it began to rain.;

The match had to be called-off since it began to

rain.; 4. We slept early as we were tired.; We

slept early because we were tired.; Since we

were tired we slept early.; 5. The dog is barking

as it is hungry.; The dog is barking because it is

hungry; Since the dog is hungry it is barking.

So

1. I reached the bus stop late so I missed the

bus.; 2. She has won a lottery so she can builda house.; 3. It began to rain so the match had to

be called off; 4. We were tired so we slept early;

5. The dog is hungry so it is barking.

If-Clause:

1. If Mr. Rao had reached the station early he

would not have missed the train.; If Mr. Rao

had not reached the station late he would not

have missed the train.; 2. If he had had a degree

he could have got a good job.; 3. If I had known

that you were in hospital I would have come to

see you.; 4. If Sudha had not tried hard she

could not have danced again.; 5. If Mr. Sarma

had not polled many votes he would not have

been declared elected.

Unless

1. Unless you start at once you will be late. or

You will be late unless you start at once.; 2.

Don't call me unless you need my help; 3. I will

call the police unless you pay the money.; 4.

Unless you keep silence I won't tell you a

story.; 5. You will not be allowed in the

examination hall unless you switch-off your

cell phones.

It's time….

1. It's time Kiran studied hard; 2. It's time the

train left.; 3. It's time I had a holiday.; 4. It's

time the house was cleaned; 5. It's time Mr.

Bhushan got married.

ANSWERS

1._____dont they? 2. _____doesn't she? 3.

_____ aren't I? 4._____have you?

5._____didn't they? 6. _____won't they? 7.

_____wasn't it?

ANSWERS

1. When I reached the party my frien

finished the dinner.

2. When the ambulance came the pati

died.

3. When we reached the stadium, Dho

just completed his century.4. When we reached the station the tr

just moved out of the station.

5. When Kavitha went to bed sh

finished her home work.




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PAPER -1 Prepositions

He said, "I have written a letter"10.The plane_____(crash) while it_____(land)

Reported Speech

There are two ways of relating what a person

has said, Direct and Indirect.

Direct: He said, "I have written a letter"

The speaker's original and exact words are

repeated.

Indirect: He said that he had written a letter.

The exact meaning of the remark or a speech

without necessarily using the speaker'swords.

When we change direct speech into in-direct

speech some changes are usually necessary.

They are made considering statements,

questions, commands, advice etc. Certain

other changes are also made like:

This becomes that

These becomes those

here becomes there

today becomes that day

yesterday becomes the previousday

now becomes then

Simple becomes Simple

Present becomes Past

Pre-Continuous becomes Past continuous

Pre-Perfect becomes Past Perfect

Will becomes Would

Shall becomes Should/Would

Certain Pronouns like:

I becomes he/she

We becomes they

Our becomes their

My becomes his/her

Me becomes him/her

Us becomes them

Reporting Statements:

Direct: Kareem said, "I am going to Chennai

tomorrow."

In-Direct: Kareem said that he was going to

Chennai the next day.Direct: Vinod said, " My uncle has come back

to India."

In-Direect: Vinod said that his uncle had come

back to India.

Direct: Juveriah said. "I like egg-sandwich with

coffee."

In-Direct: Juveriah said that she liked egg-

sandwich with coffee.

Interrogatives in Indirect Speech:

Reporting W/H Questions:

Reporting verb "said" changes into "asked,

enquired, wanted to know"

Direct: He said to me, " Where are you going ?"

In-Direct: He asked me where I was going?

Direct: She said to Ravi, " Why are you late?

In-Direct: She asked Ravi Why he was late.Note: The word order in the Reported

Speech changes as:

Aux+Sub----to----Sub+Aux

Are you he was

Direct: I said to her, "How are you?"

In-Direct: I asked her how she was. (since the

word order has changed(?) is omitted in the

Reported Speech

Reporting Yes/ No Questions

Direct: She said to me, "Have you seen a

kangaroo"?

In-direct: "She asked me if I had seen a

kangaroo".

Direct: I said to her,"Do you know the answer"?

In-Direct: I asked her whether she knew the

answer.Note: When reporting yes/no questions use

if/whether after the reporting verb.

Would/Could may also be requests, invita-

tion, offers, commands, hence meaning of the

sentence may be understood in relation to the

function of the sentence rather than the form

Eg: He said to me, "Could you move your

car please?" (the form is interrogative but it is

performing the function of request, hence report

like-wise)

He requested me to move my car.

Rather than.

He asked me if I could move my car.

Change the following into Indirect Speech:

1. Direct: "Will you keep quiet? I said to him.

2. In Direct: I told him to keep quiet.

3. He said to her, "Would you like a lift?" He

offered her a lift.

4. She said to him, "Would you like to have a

cup of tea?"

She invited him to have a cup of tea.

Reporting Commands, Request, Advice,

Suggestions:

He said, "Lie down,Vishnu."

He told Vishnu to lie down.

She said to me, "Please get me a glass of

water.

She requested me to get her a g lass of water.

The Policeman said to the man, "Show me

your license."The Policeman ordered the man to show him

his license.

The doctor said to the patient, "Eat leafy

vegetables.'

The doctor advised the patient to eat leafy

vegetables.

The doctor said to the patient, "Don't

smoke."

The doctor advised the patient not to smoke

Note: when reporting commands, Requests,

Advice, Suggestions etc. the reporting "said to"

is changed into 'commanded, ordered, request-

ed, advised, suggested as the case may be

depending on the function of the sentence .

The other advice and suggestion forms:

Vinod said to Salman, "Why don't you plant

some trees around your house?"

Vinod advised Salman to plant some trees

around his house.

She said to him,: "You'd better take a taxi."

She advised him to take a taxi.

Kiran said, "We shall invite all our old friends to

the party."Kiran suggested that they should invite all their

old friends to the party.

Balu said, "Let's go to the museum."

Balu suggested that they should go the museum.

Or

Balu suggested going to the museum

Change the following into Reported Speech:

1. Veena said to Tina, "Have you taken your

break-fast?"

2. Jyotshna said to Sarma, How did you do

your exams?"

3. The woman said to the stranger, "Could you

kindly look after my child for a few

minutes?"

4. Madhu said, "We shall visit Golkonda Fort

first."

5. "Are you alone?" he said to her.

6. "I have finished my work, so I am free

now."Kumar said.

7. "Can I see your Passport please?" said the

customs officer to the man.

8. The teacher said to the Students, "Read

Sakshi,the Telugu daily."

9. The doctor said to the patient, "You should

avoid oily food to reduce your weight."

10.Sujata said to Ramesh, "Where have you

gone?"

11.She said to him, "Would you kindly lift my

suit-case?"

Prepositions

Fill in the blanks choosing the right wor

from those given in brackets.

1. The cricket match was called_____ due

rain (off, of, on).

2. Do your work now it self. Don't put__

any longer (of, off, out).

3. Subbu, 20 years young girl, died__

cancer (off, with, of).

4. Hearing, the news of his daughter's deathold man burst _____ tears (out, in, into)

5. Irfan left Hyderabad_____Cuddapah (to,

of).

6. Kumari gave _____her bad habit of chew

gum (up, on, to).

7. The people burst_____ laughing at

humorous speech of the leader. (out, on,u

8. A large no. of people have turned _____

the charity Foot Ball match. (Out, on, up

9. His application for the job was turned _

(down, up, out).

10.Only four candidates have turned ____

the interview (Up, on, out).

11.Kiran is mainly interested ____ Phys

(with, in, on).

12.Will you please put _____ the lights. I w

to read. (off, out, on).

13.Plague broke_____ in Maharashtra (dow

up, into).

14.My car broke _____ on the way. We had

walk. (down, up, into)

15.Please write more clearly. I can't m

_____ your handwriting. (Up, out, into)

16.Father advised his son to cut _____

pocket expenses (down, up, off )

17.They fell_____love at first sight.(on with

18.It has not rained _____ two years. (sin

from, for)

19.Jesse suffered___pneumonia.(with,to fro

ANSWERS

1. Kumar fell down when he was cleaning the

fan.

2. We were having dinner when the power

went out.

3. Rajini burnt her fingers while she was

cooking.

4. They saw many interesting animals when

they were crossing the desert.

5. My friend came when I was washing

clothes.

6. The great leader died while he was fighting

for the rights.

7. The Police caught the thief while he was

trying to escape.8. Francis Randel died while he was writing

his diary.

9. I met an old friend of mine when I was

waiting for the bus.

10.The plane crashed while it was landing.

ANSWERS1. Veena said to Tina whether she had tak

her break-fast

2. Jyotshna asked Sarma how he wrote

exams.

3. The woman requested the stranger to lo

after my child for a few minutes.

4. Madhu suggested that they should v

Golkonda fort first. Or Madhu sugges

visiting Golkonda fort first.

5. He asked her whether she was alone.

6. Kumar said that he had finished his wo

so he was free then.

7. The customs offficer asked the man

show him his passport.

8. The teacher told the students to re

"Sakshi" the Telugu Daily.9. The teacher advised the patient to av

oily food to reduce his weight.

10.Sujata asked Ramesh where he had gon

11.She requested him to lift her suit-case




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PAPER -1 Vocabulary

Opposite word of proud..20.We must fight_____ our rights (with, for,to)21.Some animals live _____ vegetables. (in,

with, on)

22.I am angry_____ my boss. (on, with,at)

23.Never laugh_____the weak. (With, on, at)

Vocabulary

Choose the right words given in the brackets

and fill in the blanks.

1. Ramulu has not learnt to read and write. Heis _____ (an educated, an illiterate, a literate)

2. Neha and Sneha work as teachers in the

same school. They are ____

(Teachers, colleagues, schoolmates)

3. The staff ____ended at 1:30 p.m (Meeting,

conference, seminar)

4. England was ____ to America in the Gulf

war. (A friend, a partner, an ally).

5. An orthopedic specialist treats our _____

(eyes, bones, teeth).

6. A nervous person is likely to be _____

(confident, cool, agitated).

7. When Venu got well he was ____ from the

hospital. (released, discharged, dismissed).

8. Please _____ my T.V. Its not working.

(repair, mend, correct).9. Your shoes are torn, you have to ___ them.

(repair, mend, correct).

10.You are poor in spelling. You must ___ your

spelling. (repair, mend, improve)

11.My aunty complained chest pain. So we took

her to a _____ (Gynecologist, Cardiologist,

neurosurgeon)

12.Mother became more___when her son's

temperature rose steeply. (Curious, anxious,

excited)

13.Can you please _____the volume, I want to

sleep. (reduce, decrease, and increase).

14.Naina is 43 yeas old and unmarried. She is a

_____ (Bachelor, Widow, Spinster).

15.Gandhiji was____ of his book "My

Experiments with Truth" (poet, Biographer

Autobiographer)

16.Dr. Shyam has gone to Delhi to participate in

the_____(meeting, seminar, and committee)

17.I feel _____ in the company of strangers.

(Comfortable, uneasy, patient)

18.A calm person is likely to be _____

(agitated, relaxed, cool )

19.Who_____Telephone? (found, discovered,

invented)

20.My younger sister is very creative. She

_____ a story at short notice. (discovers,

invents, reveals)

21.My application for the job was_____

(denied, refused, rejected)22.Wearing Bangles is a _____ in our country.

(custom, tradition, habit)

23.Why are you late for the class? What is the

_____? (affect, reason, cause)

24.This pen is very _____to me. My grand

father first wrote his SSC Exam. (costly,

expensive, precious)

25.The army _____our borders.(protects, saves,

defends)

26.We wear warm clothes to _____ ourselves

from cold (save, defend, protect)

27.We are a middle class family. We live in a

double-bed room _____ (cottage,flat,hut)

28.The richman___his son's birth-day in a five-

star hotel.(performed,celebrated, conducted)

Opposite Words

Fill in the blanks with words opposite in

meaning to the under lined.

1. In Delhi there are____ monuments and

Modern construction.2. Be regular to school. Bad boys are ____ to

school.

3. I encouraged my neighbor's son to study me-

dicine.But his economic conditions____him.

4. Though my rich uncle is very _____ my

aunty is very proud.

5. Always eat fresh___food spoils your health.

6. The prices of Onions were soaring rapidly in

the market. But they came down_____ after

a few days.

7. It is natural to be upset on the death of his

wife.But he seems to happy, this is quite___.

8. I don't remember her name. I also _____ her

address.

9. God is immortal. Everything is ____ .

10.Electronic goods made in Japan are superior.

While the goods made in China are ____ .

11.She was innocent. The Police could not

prove her ____

12.My pencil is rather____ but this pen is cheap

13.A___sees pains while an optimist sees gains.

14.Swami is____ to win the lottery, but very

unlucky to loose the lottery ticket.

15.Who likes____? None. Everybody enjoys

success

16.This is a private vehicle not for ____.

17.The roads in our state are broad and the

bridges are____

18.Children are generally dependent but

nowadays they want to be ____ .

Other forms or Right forms of words

Fill in the blanks with right forms of the

words underlined.

1. Ram Murthy talks much. He is very ____.

2. Tuten Khamen's Tomb was discovered. It

was an important ____ in the History.

3. It is foolish to question his____. He is anhonest person.

4. Tansen was a famous____ people loved his

music.

5. The bad boy was punished. He deserved the

_____.

6. The Police is yet to solve the mystery of the

____ murder.

7. The theme of the novel is really good, but it

is not written ____.

8. Sudha performs well on the stage. Her ____

is praise-worthy

9. Children are generally curious. Their ____ is

amazing.

10. You can understand the real poor if you have

experienced____.

11.My uncle will inform me as soon as hereceives the _____.

12. Show your exhibits in the _____.

13. If you tell him any ____. He won't maintain

any secrecy.

14.Mr. Shastry some times behaves like a child.

He is ____ in his behaviour.

15.The pilligrims are on their way to their

_____.

16. Trains in India never depart before their

_____ time.

17.Naveena selected this dress. Her ____ is

really good.

18.The telecast was interrupted many times.

But the anchor didn't apologize for ____

19.Your behaviour speaks a lot about you, so

always ____ properly

Putting words under correct headings

1. Palace, Convent, Beggar, Chamber, Soldier,

Nun, Hut, and Spinster

Persons Places1. 1

2. 2

3. 3

4. 4

2. cooker, excavator, mixture, p

biographer, colonel, alabaster, furnitu

Persons Things

1. 1

2. 2

3. 3

4. 4

3. Surgeon, carpenter, blade,chalk,

hammer, musician, violin.

Professionals Tools

1. 1

2. 23. 3

4. 4

4. Scissors, Butcher, Scientist, H

Barber, Test-tube, Knife, Mason

Professions Tools they use

1. 1

2. 2

3. 3

4. 4

5. laziness, gambling, honesty, stealing

ulness, exercises, preaching, quarrell

Good qualities Bad qualities

1. 1

2. 2

3. 3

4. 46. Orthopaedic, heart, eyes, card

kidney,ophthalmologist.bones,urolog

Professionals Diseases they cure

1. 1

2. 2

3. 3

4. 4

ANSWERS

1. off; 2. off; 3. of; 4. into; 5. for; 6 . up; 7. out;

8. out; 9. down; 10. up; 11. in; 12. on; 13. out;

14. down; 15. out; 16. down; 17. in; 18. for;

19. from; 20. For; 21. on; 22. With; 23. At

ANSWERS

1. an illiterate; 2. colleagues; 3. meeting; 4. an

ally; 5. bones; 6. an agitated; 7. discharged; 8.

repair; 9. mend; 10. improve; 11. cardiologist;

12. anxious; 13. reduce; 14. Spinster; 15. Auto

Biographer; 16. Seminar; 17.uneasy; 18. cool;

19. invented; 20. invents; 21. rejected; 22. tra-

dition; 23. reason; 24. precious; 25. Defends;

26. Protects; 27. Flat; 28. celebrated

ANSWERS

1. ancient; 2. irregular; 3. discouraged; 4. sim-

ple/humble; 5. stale; 6. gradually; 7. unnatu-

ral; 8.forgot; 9. mortal; 10. inferior; 11. guilt;

12.precious; 13. pessimist; 14. lucky; 15. Fail-

ures; 16. Public; 17. Narrow; 18. Independent.

ANSWERS

1. talkative; 2. discovery; 3. honesty; 4. musi-

cian; 5. punishment; 6. mysterious; 7. well; 8.

Performance; 9. Curiosity; 10. poverty; 11.

information; 12. Exhibition; 13. secret; 14.

Childish; 15. pilgrimage; 16. Departure; 17.

selection; 18. interruption; 19. behave.

ANSWERS

1. Persons: beggar, soldier, nun, spins

Places: palace, convent, chamber, h

2. Persons: excavator, peasant, biogr

Colonel Things: cooker, m

alabaster furniture

3. Professionals: Surgeon carpenter t

musician

Tools: Blade, chalk Hammer Violin

4. Professionals Tools they used.

Butcher - Knife; Scientist - Tes

Barber - Scissors; Mason - Hammer

5. Good qualities: honesty, truthf

exercises, preaching

Bad qualities: laziness, gam

stealing, quarreling

6. Professionals: Orthopaedic, cardio

Opthalmologist, urologist

Diseases they cure: bones, heart

kidney




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PAPER -1 Pronounciation

Different ways of giving advice..Syllables

Fill in the blanks using ei ie ea ae ee ia ai.

1. V_ _ n 2. S _ _ ze

3. Shr _ _ k 4. Part_ _l

5. P_ _sant 6. Spec_ l

7. St _ _m 8. maint_ _ n

9. marr_ _ge 10. e_ _ ting

11. l _ _ utenant 12. Vis_ _on

13. Aud_ _nce 14. exper_ _nce

15. carr_ _ ge 16. Ch_ _ ky

17. Sl _ _ve. 18. rel- - f

19. rel---se 20. committ---

21. million -- -- re

Complete the following words with the letter

given in the brackets.

1. Invent___ (or/er)

2. emper___ (or/er)

3. Hands____ (some/sum)

4. mali___ (cious/tious)

5. Musi ___ (cian/tian)

6. compan____ (ion/ian)

7. igno___ (rent/rant)

8. anniver ___ (sery/sary)

9. confer___ (ence/ance)10.import____ (ant/ent)

11.influ____ (ence/ance)

12.account___ (ant/ent)

13.profes___ (sion/tion)

14.deci___ (sion/tion)

15.audi____ (ence/ance)

16.curio___ (city/sity)

17.mulbe___ (ry/rry)

18.secret___ (ary/ery)

19.Doll____ (or/ar)

20.restaur____ (ent/ant)

21.independ____ (ence/ance)

22.revolution____ (ary/ery)

23.electri____ (city/sity)

Spelling

Find out the wrongly spelt word.

1. Success resident nasion accident

2. moustace business malicious message3. Pleasant excess resident asistant

4. Impossible incurable iregular illogical

5. Physics optics graphics politiks

6. Immagine immortal addit ion immoral

7. Electrisity electric essential discipline

8. cheque success chemiestry kerosene

9. insident acc ident confident resident

10. courteer alabaster rumour barber

11.auditorium abroad abcorb adolescent

12.commercialcostume cupboard controll

13. talketive tour tradition treasure

Pronounciation

In the sets of four words given below the ital-

ic parts of two words are pronounced in the

same way. Find the words and copy them out.

1. Doubt Should Wood Youth

2. Cousin Cushion Z oo J ew

3. Tell Trail Tale tall

4. Mixture X erox Giraffe cheque

5. hug huge gangrene enough

6. People Leave Fail Leisure

7. Courage J ury Z oo Gaze

8. Machine Chemist Change Cash

Alphabetical Order

Put the following words in alphabetical order

1. Syllable syllabus stocking symbol

2. unwell universal university urge

3. salary scented seize sentence

4. confess control courtier confident

5. responsible reason remember reported

6. mysterious mummify marathon movement

7. tour trousers tear teach

8. soldier spinster spirit rustling

9. mongrel mood mixture miracle

Language Functions

These question test students' ability to use the

language in the day to day life. They need to

make requests politely, seek permission, ask for

information, offer help, express apology, give

advice, suggestion, greets and express wishes

on different occasion.

Asking for help or things by making polite

request.

There are different ways of making polite

requests. The commonly used are:

Can you please ____

Could you please ____

Would you please ____

I wonder if you could please ____

Would you mind ____( ____ing) me

Eg: Change the following into a politerequest.

You to your friend," lend me your bicycle.

You can use any one of the above expression

and make a polite request as:

Can you please lend me your bicycle?

Could you please lend me your bicycle?

Would you please lend me your bicycle?

I wonder if you could lend me your bicycle?

Would you mind lending me your bicycle?

Note: The first one is less polite, the second and

the third are more polite while the fourth

and the fifth are polite but more formal.


son to mother: give me a sweet.

son to father: buy me a new bicycle

you to a man: move my caryou to a stranger: lift my suitcase

you to your friend; give me your diary.

you to your friend: lend me your dictionary/

Rs.100/- / your camera/ laptop etc.

you to a shop keeper: give me the other note.

you to a stranger: donate to the flood victims.

Seeking Permission:

Different ways of seeking permission to use

things or to do things

Can I….. May I …… Could i…….

Would you mind If I …..(past tense)…..

Would you mind my (doing something)….

Eg: You want to see your friend's diary?

1. Can I see your diary?

2. May I see your diary?

3. Could I see your diary?

4. Would you mind if I saw your diary?

5. Would you mind my seeing your diary?


1. You want to go home early.

2. You want to leave the class-room

3. You want to park your car there

4. You want to shut the window.

5. You want to read your neighbour's

newspaper.

Making an offer/ Offering help

Ways of offering help:

Can I …… May I …….. Shall I …..

Let me help you/let me give a hand…..

Eg:A: My mother is serious.B: May I call the doctor?/

Shall I call the doctor?/

Can I call the doctor?

1. An old lady in bus station struggling wi

big suitcase. You may say:

May I help you? Or Let me help you or

me give you a hand>

Practice the Exercise:

Your friend says, "I am getting late to

School"

You can give him a lift on your bike. What w

you say?

Your sister is feeling difficulty in doing so

maths problem.

You can do the sum for her. What will you

to her?Your teacher is suffering from head-ache.

You can get him some aspirin/ coffee/tea?

An old man in the bus trying to shut the w

dow, but the window is struck up.

You can open it because you are young

strong. What will you say.

Giving Advice:

Different ways of giving advice:

By using Must/Should/Ought to/

You had better……. It's time…………

Why don't you……….

If I were you…….I would do…

Eg: Your friend has put on a lot of weig

Advice him to reduce his weight.

1. My dear friend you must reduce yweight.

2. You should reduce your weight.

3. You ought to reduce your weight.

4. You had better reduce your weight.

5. Its time you reduced your weight.

6. If I were you I would reduce my weight.

7. Why don't you reduce your weight..


Advice your friend/brother/sister/cousin/nei

bour to …….

1. Apply for that job.

2. Stop smoking

3. Plant some trees around his house

4. Stop taking those harmful pills

5. See the dentist.

Giving ideas or Suggestion:

Different ways of giving suggestion

We shall/shall we/ we should…………

Lets……. Why don't we…….

What about……..(….ing)

How about……..(….ing)

Eg: Your friend is in need of money to pay

school/college fee, give your Ideas a

suggestion as how to raise the mon

arrange the money

You will/can say like this:

1. We shall collect some money from all

class-mates

ANSWERS

1. Inventor; 2. emperor; 3. handsome; 4. mali-

cious; 5 musician; 6 companion; 7. Ignorant;

8. anniversary; 9. conference; 10. important;

11. influence; 12. accountant; 13. profession;

14. decision; 15. audience; 16. curiosity; 17.

mulberry; 18. Secretary; 19. Dollar; 20.

restaurant; 21. independence; 22. revolution-

ary 23. electricity

ANSWERS

1. stocking, syllable, syllabus, symbol;

2. universal, university, unwell, urge;

3. salary, scented, sentence, seize;

4. Confess, confident, control, courtier;

5. reason, remember, reported, responsible;

6. marathon, movement,mummify,movement;

7. teach, tear, tour, trousers;

8. Spinster, spirit, soldier, rustling;

9. miracle, mixture, mongrel, mood

ANSWERS

1. Vain; 2. Seize; 3. shriek; 4. Partial; 5.peas-

ant; 6.special; 7. steam; 8. maintain; 9. mar-riage; 10. eating; 11. lieutenant; 12. vision; 13.

audience; 14. experience; 15. carriage; 16.

Cheeky; 17. sleeve; 18. relief; 19. release; 20.

committee; 21. millionaire

ANSWERS

1. nasion; 2. moustace; 3. asistant; 4. iregular;

5. politiks; 6. immagine; 7. electrisity; 8.

Chemistry; 9. insident; 10. courteer; 11.abcorb; 12. controll; 13. talketive

ANSWERS

1. should-wood; 2. cousin-zoo; 3. trail-tale; 4.

Mixture-cheque; 5. huge-gangrene; 6. people-

leave; 7. courage-jury; 8. chemist-cash




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PAPER -2 Comprehension Passages

Why do some plays run for years?2. Shall we borrow from some money from the

bank?

3. Let's ask our teachers?

4. Why don't you request your rich uncle to

help you?

5. What about asking Ramesh?

6. How about requesting the Principal for

exemption of fee?


There is a meeting in your school, teachers and

students are discussing how to raise money to

help the flood victims of coastal Andhra. Give

your ideas by using the below expressions;

1. Play a charity cricket-match

2. Enact a drama

3. Organize a Puppet-Show

4. Collecting donation in cash and kind2. Your friend says, I am bored I want to

have some fun.

You can say: go to a film, go out and see a

circus, go to a nice hotel and have dinner.

3. Your cousin visits you from Bangalore and

wants to see some interesting places in your

town or city

You can suggest some places:

1. Go to Birla temple.

2. Visit uncle's house

3. Go to the beach/lake/river etc

Apologizing or Saying Sorry:

Ways of apologizing:

I am sorry/ I am so sorry/ I am extremely

sorry/I am awfully sorry.

You must excuse me/ You must pardon meEg:You lost the pen which you borrowed from

your friend. How will you apologize him

I am extremely sorry to say that I lost your

pen. But I will get you a new one.

Practice the exercise

1. You damaged your friend's bicycle/camera/

watch. How will you apologize him

2. You forgot to invite your class-mate to your

birth-day party.

3. You step on somebody's foot in the bus.

4. You tore the newspaper while reading which

you have borrowed from a person in the

train.

5. Your friend invited you to attend his sister's

marriage, but you could not attend due to

some work.

Responding:

1. When someone helps you/ gives something

asked for/gives you a gift.

1. Thank you! 2. Thanks! 3.Thanks a lot! 4.

Its very kind of you! 5. Its very nice of you

2. When someone says Thank you/Thanks you

1. You're Welcome! 2. Its my pleasure

3. When someone says sorry or apologize

you:

1. Don't worry! 2. Never mind! 3. Take it

easy 4. Thats all right 5. It doesn't matter

Greetings:

Friend's birth-day: 1. Happy birth-day to you! 2.

Many Happy Returns of the Day!1. To friends going on excursion or for a

pleasant trip or picnic: " Have a nice time!"

2. To somebody going on a long journey: Wish

you happy and safe journey!

3. To somebody going to write an exam/attend

an interview: Wish you Best of Luck! Or All

the Best"!

4. To somebody who has passed an important

exam/interview won an election/done some

thing great etc. "Congratulations!"/ Hearty

Congratulations!/ Congratulations on your

success!

5. To somebody who is in hospital for some

treatment: "Wish you a speedy recovery!

6. To someone who has lost his dear ones "My

deep condolences!7. To someone who is going abroad/ to a

foreign country. "Bon Voyage!"

Expressing Possibility:

"May or Might" is used to talk about possible

actions or happenings in the future.

Eg: Your principal has gone to Hyderabad.

Perhaps he/she will come tomorrow. You can

say "Our Principal may come back from

Hyderabad tomorrow."

Practice:

1. You see black clouds in the sky. Perhaps it

will rain.

2. Your friend is unwell. Perhaps he will not

come to the party.

3. Be careful of the dog. Perhaps it will bite

you.4. Ask for help. Perhaps Sujatha will help you.

5. I haven't decided yet. Perhaps I will go to

Simla for vacation.

Paper-II Part-B

The Part - B of Paper II in English(T.M.) main-

ly consists of Comprehension passages from

Prescribed Work-Book and two unseen pas-

sages. This,tests students' ability to read and

comprehend given passage and answer the short

questions that follow. Students are advised to

read the passages twice or thrice and answer the

question using simple language.

I. Read the following passage carefully:

There is one thing that is yours alone which no

one else can have, and that is the pattern of your

fingerprints. You leave your fingerprints behind

when you touch anything. The Chinese were the

first people to realize this. So they used a

thumb-print instead of a signature on very

important documents. Asignature can be copied

but a thumb-print can't be. In the late nineteenth

century, the real importance of fingerprints

became known. A man called Francis Galton

began to study the ridges on the finger-tips. He

found that no two people had the same pattern

of ridges. He also learn that the pattern does not

change as a person grows older. The police saw

at once how fingerprints could help them. Theybegan to keep records of fingerprints of people

who were known to be criminals.

Now answer the question in a word orphrase

each: "A"

1. What is the only the thing that belongs to

you?

2. What do you leave behind when you touch

anything?

3. What did the Chinese realize?

4. What is a document?

5. What did they take on the important

document?

"B"

1. Why did the Chinese use a thumb-print on

the documents?

2. In what way is the thumb-print superior toSignature?

3. Who studied the ridges on the finger-tips?

4. What did Galton find out?

II. Read the following passage carefully"

Some plays are so successful that they run for

years In many ways, this is unfortunate for the

poor actors who have to go on repeating the

same lines night after night. One would expect

them to know their parts by heart and never for-

get them while on stage. Yet this is not always

the case.

Now answer the question in a word/phrase each:

1. Why do some plays run for years?

2. ..this is unfortunate. What is unfortunate?

3. To whom it is unfortunate? Why?

4. What would one expect from the actors?

5. Yet this is not always the case. What is "this'

a reference to?

III. Read the following passage carefu

Ruth, who lives in Hudders field, ha

been to School. Her father Harry Lawr

computer consultant, gave up his job wh

was five to educate her at home. Her

Sylvia, who also works in computers,family breadwinner.

Harry Lawrence explained that

Mathematics, Ruth also enjoyed E

History, Geography, Nature Study an

subjects. She began to read at four and

academic subjects at five. "We didn't s

with the thought that she would not

school", he said, "but we enjoyed teach

so much and we seemed to be making

good job of it, so e just carried on",

Now answer the following questions.

1. Who was Ruth's father? What was h

2. Why did he give up his job?

3. Why do you think Sylvia earned he b

the family?4. What did Ruth enjoy besides Mathem

5. Do you think Harry enjoy teaching R

IV. Read the passage carefully.

Twenty-three years after the Titanic wen

a young sailor called William Reeves wa

ing on a ship traveling from England to C

The water was calm and there was no

any icebergs. But Reeves could not help

about what had happened to the Titanic

had gone down in similar circumstance

he wanted to shout a warning. The onl

that stopped him from doing so was the

that his shipmates would make fun o

Suddenly he remembered the date, 14th A

was his birthday, not only that, but it w

ANSWERS

'A' 1. Finger-prints 2.Finger-prints 3. The Ch-

inese realize that we leave behind our finger-

prints when we touch any anything. 4. A doc-

ument is an important paper 5. a thumb-print

'B' 1. because signature can be copied but a

thumb-print can't be. 2. A thumb print can't be

copied. 3. Sir Francis Galton 4. He found that

no two people have (had) the same pattern of

ridges, he also found that the pattern doesn't

change as the person grows older.

ANSWERS

1. Harry Lawrence was Ruth's father. H

a computer consultant.; 2. To educate R

home; 3. Sylvia, Ruth's mother, earn

bread for the family because her h

Harry Lawrence gave up his job to e

Ruth.; 4. Ruth enjoyed English, h

Geography, Nature Study and other s

besides Mathematics.; 5. Yes Harry La

enjoyed teaching Ruth, because she wa

a genius.

ANSWERS1. Some plays run for years because th

successful.; 2. Running of plays for y

unfortunate.; 3. It is unfortunate for the

they have to go on repeating the sam

night after night.; 4.One would expect o

to remember the parts by heart and nev

get on the stage.; 5.Remembering their

heart and never forgetting them on the




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PAPER -2 Unseen Passages

date that the Titanic sank-the very day thatReeves had been born. Unable to stop himself

he shouted a warning and the ship came to a halt

a few meters away from a huge iceberg that

loomed high above the ship. The Ship's name?

The Titanian.

Now answer the following questions:

1. Where was Reeves standing?

2. The water was calm and there was no sign of

any iceberg. But why couldn't Reeves stop

worrying?

3. Why couldn't Reeves shout a warning?

4. When was Reeves born? What other event

took place on that date?

5. Did the ship 'Titanian" also hit an iceberg?

V. Read the passage carefully.

I started playing cricket when I was a small boy.

I remember how once I almost broke my moth-

er's nose. She used to bowl to me in the smallroom in our house where we played our 'daily

match' with a tennis ball. There was very little

space, so she would kneel and throw the ball

gently to me. Once I hit one straight back at her

and it hit her on the nose, which started bleed-

ing. Although it was only a tennis ball, she was

very near me when I hit it. This was why the

ball hit her with such force. I was frightened,

but she said it was nothing. She washed her face

and, as the bleeding had stopped, we went on

with the game. But for the rest of the day I

played more carefully-forward defence only,

and no attacking shots.

Now answer the following questions.

1. Who did the speaker play cricket with?

2. Where did they play?

3. Why do you think she would kneel to bowl?

4. Did they stop playing cricket after he hit her

nose?

5. How did the speaker play after that incident?

VI. Read the passage carefully and answerthe questions that follow?

Long ago, people had the idea that death was

like a long sleep. But a sleeping person

breathes, his heart beats, he moves, he dreams

and he reacts to a touch or a poke. A dead per-

son does none of these things.

When a person dies, his heart stops beating,

breathing stops and the dead person no longer

reacts or responds. After death, body tempera-

ture drops quickly and the skin feels cold to the

touch. The blood settles and may appear as

bluish patches under the skin. Several hours

later the muscles contract and the body stiffens-

this condition known as rigor mortis. Later still,

the death muscles relax and the body becomes

limp again.1. How is a sleeping person different from a

dead person?

2. What happens when a person dies?

3. Why does the skin feel cold to touch?

4. What is rigor mortis?

5. When does the body become limp again?

Unseen Passages for comprehension

1. Read the passage carefully.

In a lonely cottage near a forest there once lived

a wood cutter and his wife. They were very old

and had no children. The man went to the forest

every day to cut wood. The woman stayed at

home.

One day the old man went very far into the

forest, and began to feel thirsty. He went look-

ing for water and soon found a spring which he

had not seen before. The water in it was cool

and clear. He eagerly knelt down, lifted the

water in his cupped hands and drank. The water

made him feel fresh, and even seemed to give

him a new strength.

He bent down again to drink. As he did so,

he saw his face in the water and started back. It

was certainly his own face, but now it was the

face of a very young man- smooth like a boy's.

His bald head was now covered with thick black

hair! And his limbs, which had been weak with

age, were now hard and strong, like those of a

youth.

Unknowingly he had drunk at the Fountain

of Youth, and the water had brought about awonderful change in him! He ran home joyful-

ly. His wife thought that he was a stranger

because he was now a young man. He told her

of the wonderful change that had come over

him. At first she would not believe him, but

soon however, she realized that he was really

her husband.

Now his wife said, "You are now so young

and handsome, and you won't love an old

woman. Let me also go to that spring and drink

some of that water and become young again. Do

wait here while I go. It is not safe for both of us

to be away from the house. I shall be back soon.

She ran to the wood and found the spring.

She knelt down and began to drink the water.

Oh, how cool and sweet it was! She drank, anddrank stopped for breath, and began again.

Her husband was waiting for her at the cot-

tage. He expected to see her come back changed

into a pretty young man. But she did not come

back at all. Getting anxious he set out to look for

her. He looked for her at the fountain and

around it. But he could not find her anywhere.

He was about to return, when he heard a little in

the high grass near the spring. He looked in

there. And what he saw was not his wife, but a

very small baby lying on the ground in baby

clothes.

"A" Each of the following question has

four choices. Choose the best from among

them and put a (?) mark against it.

1. The wood cutter's cottage was lonely one,because

a. The wood cutter had no friends.

b. There was no other cottage or house near

by

c. It was near a forest.

d. There were no children in it.

2. The water of the spring brought about a

wonderful change in the woodcutter. What

was the change?

a. It took away his thirst.

b. He became young and strong again.

c. He became a stranger to his wife.

d. He felt fresh after drinking the water.

3. The woodcutters' wife went to drink at the

spring, because

a. She was jealous of her husband having

become young.

b. She wanted to taste the water.

c. She too wanted to drink its water and

become young.

d. Her husband wanted her to go and drink

the water.

4. The woodcutter could not find his wife at the

spring because

a. She had already left for the cottage.

b. She had lost her way in the forest.

c. She was hiding in the bushes.

d. She had drunk too much of the water and

become a baby.

"B" Given below are SIX statements. Thof them are true. Find the true stateme

and write (T) in the brackets.

1. The wood cutter found the spring by chan

( )

2. The spring was called The Fountain of Yo

because young people enjoyed drinking

water ( )

3. When the woodcutter saw his face in

water, he was suddenly surprised. ( )

4. When the woodcutter reached home fr

the spring his wife was happy to see him

5. The woodcutter's wife also became yo

and pretty. ( )

6. The woodcutter did not go with his wif

the spring, as he had to stay and look af

the cottage ( )

Unseen comprehension passages

Hibernation is more than sleep. It is a very d

sleep. In warm countries, where the winters

not very long or very cold, hibernation is

necessary. And in very cold part s of the wo

like the far north of Russia, not many anim

hibernate; the ground is so hard that they can

make a deep hole to spend the winter in. B

animals in large part of the northern hemisph

spend every winter fast asleep.

They go to sleep in all kinds of places. Rsquirrels disappear inside trees, bears use cav

frogs go deep under the mud and very m

other animals dig tunnels in the earth. Some a

mals sleep under the snow, there is a lot of ai

loose snow, and this helps to keep the cold o

Some warm-blooded animals like the c

the dog or the wolf, do not need to hibern

They lead an active life which keeps up th

usual body temperature even in every cold w

ter weather. But for cold-blooded creatures s

as a frog or a snake it is a different matter. W

the air temperature is below freezing, the cr

tures' blood temperature drops too, it can

move about in the usual way. And then it has

choice. It must simply lie down and sleep.

Now answer the following questions:

A) Name any two warm-blooded and two co

blooded animals.

1) ………………………………………

2) ………………………………………

☞There are five words in list-A. The meani

of four of them are given in list-B. Cho

the right word from List -A to match

meaning in the list-B and write in the sp

provided against each meaning.

List A: necessary, hibernate, active, spe

weather.

List B: 1) Climate…… ii) spend the winter

One day the old man went very far..

ANSWERS

1. The speaker played cricket with his mother.;

2. They played in the small room in their

house.; 3. There was a little space.; 4. No, they

went on with the game.; 5. The speaker played

carefully forward defence only.

ANSWERS

1. William Reeves was standing on a ship

traveling from England to Canada.; 2. Reeves

remembered that the Titanic had gone down

when the water was calm and no sign of ice-

berg.; 3. He thought his shipmate would make

fun of him.; 4. Reeves was born on 14th April.

On the same day the Titanic had sunk.; 5. No.

the ship Titanian halted a few meters away

from a huge iceberg.

ANSWERS

1. A sleeping person breathes, his heart beats,

he moves, he dreams and reacts to a touch or

a poke. A dead person doesn't do any of these

things; 2. When a person dies his heart stops

beating, breathing stops and the dead person

no longer reacts or responds; 3. The body tem-

perature has dropped quickly so the body feels

cold to touch.; 4. Rigor mortis is a condition inwhich the muscles contract and the body

becomes stiff.; 5. Several hours later when the

muscles relax the body becomes limp?

ANSWERS

A) 1-b 2-b 3-c 4-d B) 1, 3, 6




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Paper 1 & 2 Important Questions

What did Sunderlal Bahuguna..deep sleep……. iii) need to be done……. iv)pass time………..

C) Complete the following sentences using a

word or a phrase each.

i) Bears sleep in …… ii) Hibernation is not

necessary for animals in………………….

D) Mention two places where animals sleep.

i)……………… ii)………………

E) Answer the following questions in a word or

a phrase each:

i) Why did many animals not hibernate in far

north of Russia?

Ans:………………………………..

ii) Where do frogs sleep?

Ans:………………………

Paper I Part A Important Questions

The King and the Tamarind Drum

1. How did the god punish the king? In what

way was the punishment appropriate?

2. Why do you think the king sent for the

barber as soon as he discovered his horns?3. The king warned the barber against doing

something. What was it?

4. When did the courtiers come to know about

the king's horns?

5. A change came over the king when he was in

the forest? What was it? OR What did the

king learn in the forest?

6. Why do you think the spirits of trees begged

the god to forgive the king?

Polya

1. Polya became pale. Why do you think she

became pale?

2. What was it about the letter and her

husband's behaviour that made Polya

suspicious?

3. When did Polya realize the importance of

knowing reading and writing?

4. Why/When did Polya feel sorry that she had

not learnt reading and writing?

5. Who wrote the letter? What was it about?

6. How did Polya feel after the reading the

letter? `

Chipko

1. What did Sunderlal Bahuguna mainly

discuss with the children of Jardhangaon?

2. Bahuguna uses several methods to persuade

the children of Jardhargaon to protect trees.

What are they?

3. Why does Bahuguna prefer to talk to

children about the Chipko?4. Why is Bahuguna so keen on preventing

deforestation on Himalayas?

5. What is main of aim of the Chipko

movement?

6. What does Bahuguna think is the main cause

of poverty in Tehri Garhwal? What does he

think the felling of trees has led to?

7. How can villagers fight poverty and

deforestation according to Bahuguna?

My Financial Career

1. What made the manager think that the

narrator worked Pinkerton's Detective

Agency?

2. Why did the manager later feel that the

narrator was probably very rich?

3. How much money did the narrator want towithdraw? Why?

4. Why do you think the narrator try to look

like a man with a quick temper?

A Test of True Love

1. How did Blandford first meet Hollis

Meynell?

2. How were John Blandford and Hollis

Meynell going to recognize to each other?

3. Lt. Blandford has asked Hollis Meynell for

her photograph several times but she had

refused. Why?

4. Why do you think Hollis Meynell refused to

send her photograph to Blandford?

5. Lieutenant Blandford didn't hesitate. What

did he not hesitate to do? Why did he not

hesitate?The Curse of Tutenkhamen

1. Who discovered Tutenkhamen's tomb? What

else did they discover in the tomb?

2. What was some Egyptian's belief about the

discovery of Tutenkhamen's tomb?

3. What happened when the last excavator

climbed out of Tutenkhamen's tomb? What

did they take this to mean?

4. The Egyptian Director of antiquities didn't

want Tutenkhamen's treasures to be sent to

France. Why?

Dancing On

1. Why do you think the doctors amputate

Sudha's leg?

2. Sudha's search began… What was her

search? What did this search lead her to?

3. Who is Dr. Pramod Sethi? What role did he

play in Sudha's return to the world of dance?

4. Why do you think K.D.Chandran, Sudha's

father, pay his tributes to the great artist?

5. How did he show his respect to her?

6. Why do you think Sudha made the film

'Kalabhimani'?

7. "The seed of achievement lies in the human

mind." How is this true of Sudha Chandran's

life?

8. What is Sudha's message?

9. What are the common features in the lives of

Balanna, Helen Keller and Sudha Chandran?

Christmas Meeting1. "So, I'm greatly relieved when the

Youngman walks in." Why do you think the

narrator feels relieved?

2. Why do you think the young man apologize

to the narrator?

3. Does the young man like being alone at

Christmas? Why isn't he with his family for

the festival?

4. 'I'm disappointed. Why is the narrator

disappointed?

5. "They don't appreciate urgency"… What is

this a reference to?

6. In what way is the narrator's Christmas

meeting similar to Francis Randel's

Christmas meeting in 1851. In what way is it

different?Dog is Man's best Friend

1. Do you think James White and Joseph

Telman are neighbours. If so, why do they

write to each other?

2. Do you think the relation between the two

neighours worsens over the week? Do the

letters become increasingly personal and

insulting?

3. While the neighbours are busy fighting,

what are the dogs themselves doing? In what

way(s) are they different from their owners?

4. Why do you think the neighbours quarrel for

so long over a petty matter?

Death Before Prayers

1. What did the last meal of Gandhi consist of?

2. Why was the conversation between Gandhijiand Patel important?

3. What did Abha do to divert Gandhiji's

attention? Why did she do so?

4. "My walking sticks", he called them. Who

were Gandhiji's walking sticks? Why did he

call them so?

5. Who were Gandhiji's time-keepers? Why

did he call them so?

6. Why do you think Gandhiji was late for his

prayer meeting?

Important poems to be memorized

1. Un Written Registry

2. Bangle Sellers

3. Where the Mind is without Fear.

Paper II Part A Important Questions

Antonio Signs a bond

1. Why did the people of Venice love and

respect Antonio?

2. Why was Bassanio always in need of

money?

3. Why did Bassanio want to borrow money?

4. Why was Antonio unable to lend any money

to Bassanio?

5. What kind of a man was Shylock?

Portia does not like her suitors

1. Why did many princes and noblemen want

to marry Portia?

2. Why was Portia unhappy about the

arrangement for her marriage?

3. Why was Portia unable to t

Falconbridge?

Bassanio sails for Belmont

1. Who was Jessica? Why was she unh

2. Why was Shylock against Jessica m

Lorenzo?All that glitters is not gold

1. What was the prince of Morocco

about?

2. What were the three promises the me

make before choosing a casket?

3. What casket did the prince of M

choose? What did it contain?

4. Which casket did the prince of A

choose? What did it contain?

Bassanio Wins his Lady

1. Why did Portia want Bassanio to

choosing the casket?

2. "I am dazed",Bassanio said. Why

dazed?

3. Why was Antonio arrested and thro

prison?4. What work did Portia give Balthazar

A Daniel comes to Judgement

1. Why was Dr. Bellario unable to

Venice? What other arrangement

make?

2. What appeal did Portia make to Shy

the beginning of the trial?

3. Why did Portia ask Shylock to arran

doctor? What did he say?

4. Portia said that Shylock had the rig

pound of flesh. But she put some con

What were they?

5. What was the crime Shyloc

committed? How was he going

punished?

Bassanio parts with his ring

1. What gift did Bassanio offer the lawy

she accept it? What did she say?

2. What gift did the lawyer want

Bassanio ready to give? Why?

3. What made Bassanio change his min

presenting the ring to the lawyer?

4. How did the lawyer's clerk get the rin

Gratiano?

The Dark Days at an End

1. What was Gratiano and Nerissa qu

about?

2. How did the quarrel between Por

Bassanio end?

ANSWERSA) 1) cat, dog, wolf 2) frog, snake.

B) weather, hibernate, necessary, spend.

C) i) caves. ii) warm countries.

D) i) trees, caves, deep in the mud, under

loose snow (any two places)

E) i) the ground is very hard, animals can't

dig. ii) go deep into the mud and sleep.




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Letter Writing Important Letters

A letter has five important parts..Letter Writing

The question no 13 deals with letter-writing.

This question is also marks-fetching, hence care

should be taken to score maximum marks.

Certain tips are given below

Read the hints or clues given twice or thrice

thoroughly, you will find that you will have

to write a letter to somebody, and about

something.

These two things help you understand and

write the letter.

Select the format of the letter. Specimen

formats are given for your information.

There are three types of letters: i) Social or

Personal ii) Business iii) Official. The

Format for business and official letters isalmost the same while it is somewhat

different in Case of personal letters.

☞ Personal/Social Letter format:

Place…………......,

Dt. 29th Mar, 2011.

Dear………………. ,

…………………………………………………

…………………………………………………

…………………………………………………

…………………………………………………

………………………………………

Yours lovingly,

2456765.To,

xxxxx xxxxx ,

xxxxx xxxxx,

xxxxx xxxxx.

☞ Official Letter

Place………...…….. ,

Dt. 29th March, 2011.

From,

xxxxx xxxxx ,

xxxxx xxxxx,

xxxxx xxxxx.

To,

xxxxx xxxxx ,

xxxxx xxxxx,

xxxxx xxxxx.

Dear Sir/Sir,

Sub: …………………….

****

…………………………………………………

…………………………………………………

…………………………………………………

…………………………………………………

………………………………………

Yours sincerely/truly ,

24567890.

Official Letter another format

Place……...……….. ,

Dt. 29th March, 2011.

From, To,

xxxxx xxxxx, xxxxx xxxxx,

xxxxx xxxxx, xxxxx xxxxx,

xxxxx xxxxx. xxxxx xxxxx.

Dear Sir/Sir,

Sub: …………………….

****

…………………………………………………

…………………………………………………

…………………………………………………

…………………………………………………

………………………………………

Yours sincerely/truly,24567890.

Note: Two formats of official letters are given ,

They are different only in the aspect of writing

Address i.e. you can write 'from' and 'to' address

parallel as in the second format or you can write

first 'from' address and below to address.

A letter has five important parts

1. Heading: It consists of Address, Place and

Date.

2. Greetings or Salutation: Write as Dear

father/mother/brother/sister/friend/Raju/Ge

eta etc., in case of personal or social letter.

Write Dear Sir/ Sir/Madam, in case of offi-cial letters, followed by (,)

3. Body of Letter: This is the main part of the

letter in which you are writing what you

want to. Divide into two or three para-

graphs.

4. Leave taking orSubscription: It should be

written on the right side of the bottom of the

letter. In Personal letters write as "Yours

lovingly' (without an apostrophe) and

"Yours sincerely/truly" for strangers and

"Yours faithfully" or "Yours obediently" for

teachers/Principal or to Police Inspector.

5. Writing Address on the envelope: This is

also an important aspect of writing a letter.

In personal letters, take pains, to draw a box

in rectangular shape and write the address

of the person whom you have written the

letter. In other forms of letter i.e. Official or

Business, you needn't draw such box, as

you have already written the address on the

top corner, alongside the From address. (see

the specimen copy of both the letters.) For

heading, address, greetings and leave taking

one marks each is earmarked, hence you

can easily score four marks but only when

you attempt the body of the letter and the

letter written on the topic. Therefore you areadvised to write the body of the letter and to

the topic then you are sure to score 7 - 8

marks for the letters.

Important Letters for practice

1. Social Personal Letters:

i) Write a letter to your friend/father/moth-

er/ brother about your life in the hostel

ii) Write a letter to your friend inviting him

to watch the foot-ball match/dance recital in

Hyderabad next week. Practice writing

replies to the same assuming that the same

invitation has been extended to you by your

friend. Practice both accepting the invita-

tion and declining the invitation.

iii) Your friend wants to visit you in the lastweek of April. Recently you have joined a

crash course in Computers which will end

by the end of April . Write a letter to him

asking him to come in the month of May

instead of April.

iv) Your younger brother has not been con-

centrating on his studies, resulting in his

constant failure in the school examinations.

Write a letter to him advising him to con-

centrate hard on studies.

v) Recently you have seen an advertisement

in the Newspaper that a Multi-National

Company is looking for a young dynamic

graduate in Business Management, the

salary and other perks are all attractive. You

think your friend is most suitable candidatefor the post. Write a letter to him advising

him to apply for the above post immediate-

ly.

Letter of Complaint:

i) Recently you visited a government hospi-

tal of your area. You were shocked to find

in-sanitary and unhealthy conditions pre-

vailing in the hospital. Write a letter of

complaint to the R.M.O. of the Hospital

suggesting some measures to improve the

hygienic conditions of the hospital.

ii) Your cousin in Bangalore sent you a

birthday gift by post. One week has passed

you are yet to receive it. Write a letter to the

Post Master of your Locality complaining

about the missing parcel.

iii) The dealer of Fair-Price shop of your

locality is very irregular and doesn't make

the things available to the public.

Sometimes he sells items in the black mar-

ket. Write a letter to the District Supply

Officer, complaining about the irregularity.

iv) There have been many unscheduled

power-cuts in your area. You are very much

disturbed as the power cuts affect your stud-

ies. Write a letter of complaint to the

Electrical Engineer, AP Transco, of your

area requesting him to restore power supply

at least during night times.

Application for Job:

The following advertisement appeared in

News paper. Read it.

Wanted,

Golden opportunity to young boys or girls,

To earn money during summer holidays,Door to door canvassing

for

A new brand of Shampoo,

You must be fluent in

English,Telugu and Hindi,

Good communication skills and pleasing m

ners will be an added qualification.

Apply to:

M/S Lakshmi Products Ltd.

33/450/B, M.G.Road, Hyderabad.

Prepare an application to the ab

Advertisement.

Letter to the Editor:1) There have been many robberies and hou

breaking in your area in the recent da

You have been in the grip of fear and spe

ing sleepless nights. You wrote several

ters to the Police to contain this mena

But there has been no action from the Po

and such incidents are still happeni

Write a letter to the Editor of Sakshi or

other Daily, drawing the attention of

authorities concerned.

2) Corruption and Scams at all official lev

have become common.. Everyday y

come across a news item in the Newspa

about a fresh Scam of multi-crores rup

coming to the light. Write a letter to

Editor of the Newspaper expressing y

concern about the vanishing values and

need to regenerate them.

3) People have been playing tape-recor

gramophone on all important festivals

the streets. They play film songs and mu

on high pitch which causes a great nuisa

to all. There is no sanctity or religiosity

resorting to such acts. Write a letter to

Editor of the Newspaper of your area dra

ing the kind attention of the people in g

eral and the authorities concerned in par

ular to discourage and curb such unheal

practice.

B o d y o f t h

e l e t t e r

B o d y o f t h

e l e t t e r

B o d y o f t h

e l e t t e r




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Paper 1 & 2 Blue Print

Tips for preparation strategy..

Paper-I

Part A & B 50 Marks

Part - A 20 Marks

Q.No.1-10 Short questions. 5x2=10

Q.No.11. Recitation of poem. 1x5=5

Q.No.12. Passage Comprehension (Prose) 2x1=2

Q.No.13. Passage Comprehension(Prose) 3x1=3

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Total: 20 Marks

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Part - B 30 Marks

Q.No.14. Parts of Speech 5x1/2=2 ½

Q.No.15. Matching Test 5x1/2=2 ½

Q.No.16. Phrasal Verbs 1x1=1

Q.No.17.Changing Voice. 1x1=1Q.No.18. Tenses/It's time…/ If-clause.. 1x1=1

Q.No.19. Using Q.Tag/ so that/too-to etc. 1x1=1

Q.No.20. Reported Speech 1x1=1

Q.No.21. Prepositions 4x1/2=2

Q.No.22. Vocabulary Test 4x1/2=2

Q.No.23 Opposite Words 4x1/2=2

Q.No.24. Right form of words 4x1/2=2

Q.No.25. Grouping/Matching 4x1/2=2

Q.No.26.Vowel Test 2x1/2=1

Q.No.27. Syllable Test 2x1/2=1

Q.No.28 Spelling Test 2x1/2=1

Q.No.29 Pronunciation 2x1/2=1

Q.No.30 Alphabetic Order 4x1/2=2

Q.No.31-34 Language Functions (Polite requests, seeking permissions etc.) 4x1=4

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Total: 30 Marks-------------------

Paper-II

Part A & B 50 Marks

Part - A 30 Marks

Q.No.1-10 Short Questions (Suppl.Reader) 5x1=5

Q.No.11. Passage Comprehension (") 5x1=5

Q.No.12. Developing Story (Using given Hints) 1x10=10

Q.No.13. Letter Writing 1x10=10

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Total: 30 Marks

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Part-B 20 Marks

Q.No.14. Passage Comprehension (Work Book) 5x1=5

Q.No.15. Passage Comprehension (Unseen) 7x1=7

Q.No.16. Passage Comprehension (Unseen 8x1=8

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Total: 20 Marks

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Question Paper Pattern -Weightage of Marks

A Piece of Advice

I do hope you have been preparing earnestly for

your Public Examinations. If you have any kind

of phobia with regard to your English Exam

please try to dispel all such worries and start

your preparation in a methodical way. If you

are an average student and have not been

very good at English even then you can do

better provided you overcome your fear first.

☞ First of all learn three poems by-heart

thoroughly, learn the important questions of

at least 6 lessons. In Part -B of Paper I, tryto learn the simple exercises such as

Matching exercise, Phrasal Verbs, Synthesis of Sentences, Question tag, exerc

prepositions, Vocabulary, Opposite words, Putting words under correct headings, exerc

syllables and spellings, alphabetical order and finally Language functions.

If you concentrate on these exercise and practice hard you will surely get 30-35 m

in the First paper.

In the paper II also learn simple questions from Supplementary Reader of at l

chapters. Choose five questions out of 10 questions which are easy and try to answ

questions in the passages. Read the passages from work-book. Practice writing letters and

writing, read the tips given to write letters and developing stories using the hints given. It m

difficult to write the letters and stories but if you start with simple and easy one you will soo

to write them on your own. In this way you will be able score 30-35 marks in Paper II.

If you have been a very bright student and considered to be a high scorer and if you w

maintain the expected standard and score more than 90% you have to concentrate on the

things besides the above mentioned. In part -B of Paper I besides doing the above men

easy exercises you have to concentrate mainly on the exercises such as, Active & P

voice, Direct & Indirect Speech, If-Clause, Synthesis of Sentences, Pronunciation etc., be

some students tend to make mistakes in these exercises and you can distinguish yours

answering these questions correctly.

In Paper II, while writing letters and developing stories you should concentrate o

handwriting, punctuation, accuracy in grammar, cohesion in presenting ideas and consiste

using Tenses. Here and there use Direct Speech to quote the important dialogues of the spe

☞ Underline important ideas or points and highlight to catch the examiner's attention. Hop

you are sure to score maximum marks.

With Best Wishes

Way to Write Better Stories and Letters..

In Paper II part-A question No. 12 deals with stories, in which the you are required to choo

write one of the two given incomplete stories . You have to develop into a story using th

given. Since this question is marks-fetching you shouldn't at any cost miss this opportunity to

as far as possible maximum marks.

Of the two given, choose the easy one or the one which you can write confidently.

Read the hints twice or thrice. After having an idea of what the story is about, start w

simple sentences using Subject + Verb + Object pattern.

Usually stories relate past events, hence remember to use Past Tense of the Verb i.e. V2

did had, ate, wrote etc.) and conti-nuous like (was going, was reading, was working, o

living, were doing etc.)

Appropriate prepositions, conjunctions and punctuation marks add flavour to your story.

use them correctly and judiciously

Develop an idea using the hint and write at least one complete sentence.

Divide your story into paragraphs. Write at least two paragraphs.

Give suitable title/Moral if the story has any.

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