### Section-A
### Reading Comprehension (Seen)
#### 1. Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:
One day there was a grand wind for kite flying. I am not sure how it happened, but as I was bringing the kite from the house, I tripped and fell over the rocks. My elbow went clear through the kite, making a big hole.
We had to hurry to fix the kite if we wanted to send it up before the wind fell. We rushed into the lighthouse to get some paper. We knew there was no more in the bookcase in the sitting room. We patched the kite up with the first thing that came handy—an old letter lying on the bookcase. We took the letter, a sheet on each side, and dried it by the fire. We started out, and up went the kite like a bird. The wind was glorious and it soared. All at once—snap! There was Claude, standing with a bit of cord in his hand, looking foolish. Our kite had sailed away over to the mainland.
### A. Multiple Choice Questions
Write the correct alternative in the given space to complete the following sentences:
1. This is an extract from a story written by:
- (a) RK Narayan
- (b) Nayantara Sehgal
- (c) Lucy Maud Montgomery
- (d) John Masefield
**Correct answer: (c) Lucy Maud Montgomery**
2. The season when the narrator and brother were flying the kite was:
- (a) winter
- (b) summer
- (c) spring
- (d) autumn
**Correct answer: - (b) summer
3. A big hole was made in the kite by:
- (a) Claude
- (b) Claude's sister
- (c) strong wind
- (d) the branch of a tree
**Correct answer: (b) Claude's sister**
4. The narrator's father had:
- (a) a brother
- (b) a sister
- (c) an aunt
- (d) a brother and a sister
**Correct answer: - (d) a brother and a sister
5. The letter to the narrator's father was written by:
- (a) his brother
- (b) his sister
- (c) his daughter
- (d) his nephew and niece
**Correct answer: (b) his sister**
### B. Complete the following sentences with information from the text:
1. The first thing that came handy to fix the kite was:
- **an old letter lying on the bookcase.**
2. While bringing the kite from the house the narrator:
- **tripped and fell over the rocks.**
3. The cord of the kite snapped and the kite:
- **sailed away over to the mainland.**
### C. Answer the following questions:
a) How did the narrator and Claude patch up the torn kite?
a) They patched up the torn kite with paper, using an old letter and a sheet on each side, and dried it by the fire.
**Answer:** The narrator and Claude patched up the torn kite using an old letter that was lying on the bookcase. They placed a sheet of the letter on each side of the hole and dried it by the fire.
b) What happened after the boy and the girl patched up the kite?
**Answer:** After the boy and the girl patched up the kite, they took it outside, and it soared into the sky like a bird. However, the cord eventually snapped, fire.the kite sailed away over to the mainland(, leaving Claude standing with a bit of cord in his hand, looking foolish.)
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b) After patching up the kite, they went out and flew it, and it soared in the wind until the cord snapped, and the kite sailed away to the mainland.
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### A. Multiple Choice Questions
Tick (✔) the right answer:
(i) The 'Custom' referred to in the above passage is-
- (a) a national crisis
- (b) festival ✔
- (c) anniversary
- (d) ceremony
(ii) The 'Custom' remind the people of grand victory made by-
- (a) a regiment
- (b) an army
- (c) children ✔
- (d) young men
(iii) The people of the city were scared as they were unable to-
- (a) defend themselves against the large enemy army ✔
- (b) run away
- (c) protect their belongings
- (d) send their children outside
(iv) The approach of the children made the soldiers-
- (a) furious
- (b) soft ✔
- (c) happy
- (d) angry
(v) The children wore-
- (a) T-shirt
- (b) school uniform
- (c) colourful dresses
- (d) white robe ✔
(vi) The soldiers heard the footsteps of-
- (a) the giant
- (b) imminent danger
- (c) the children ✔
- (d) young people
### B. True or False Statements
Each of the following statements is either 'True' or 'False'. Write 'T' for True and 'F' for false in boxes on the right-hand side. Also pick out a suitable line or phrase from the passage in support of your answer.
(i) The city of Hamburg was besieged by a fierce militant outfit.
- **True (T)**
- **Supporting sentence:** "In the year of 1432 Hamburg was besieged by a great army."
(ii) The soldiers waiting outside were amazed to see the children in procession.
- **True (T)**
- **Supporting sentence:** "Greater still was their amazement when they saw the children, all clad in white robes, come forth."
Sec-B
1. Swami went to school feeling that he was *the* worst boy on earth.
2. His conscience bothered him. He was not at all sure if his description *of* Samuel had been accurate.
3. He felt he had mixed *up* the real and the imagined
Swami went to school feeling that he was the worst boy on earth. His conscience bothered him. He was not at all sure if his description of Samuel had been accurate. He felt he had mixed up the real and the imagined.
B. Do as directed:
1x3=3
(i) Light the light. (Change the voice)
**Ans.** Let the light be lit.
(ii) Philippa Leete said, "One day there was a grand wind for Kite flying." (Change into indirect speech)
**Ans.** Philippa Leete said that one day there had been a grand wind for kite flying.
(iii) Father had a brother and a sister. (Use 'be' verb instead of 'had')
**Ans.** Father is with a brother and a sister.
### C. Choose the correct phrasal verbs from the list given below to replace the words underlined: 1×4=4
[List: set in, show up]
(i) The evening starts early in winter.
**Ans.** The evening sets in early in winter.
(ii) Some guests are yet to arrive.
**Ans.** Some guests are yet to turn up
(iii)Distributed -gave away
iv)remembers- calls up
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