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SECTION-A
F.M.- 40
Reading Comprehension (Seen)
1. Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:
A month later a letter came for Father. After he finished reading it, his eyes looked as if he had been crying. "Do you want to know what became of your kite?" He said. Then he sat down beside us and told us the whole story. Father had a brother and a sister. He had quarrelled with his brother and left home. Years afterwards, he felt sorry and when he went back, he found his brother had died and he couldn't find his sister.
The letter father had just received was from his sister, Aunt Esther, mother of Dick and Mimi. She was a widow who lived hundreds of miles inland. One day when Dick and Mimi were out in the woods, they discovered the kite on the top of a tree and carried it home. When their mother saw the kite patched with the letter, she turned pale. It was the very letter she had once written to her brother. Philippa was her mother's name and Claude was her father's.
She knew who we must be. So she sat down and wrote to Big Half Moon and father received her letter, Next day, Father went and brought Aunt Esther and Dick and Mimi with him. They have been here ever since. Aunt Esther is a dear and Dick and Mimi are too jolly for words.
A. Write the correct alternative in the given space to complete the following sentences:
1×4=4
(i) Father received a letter-
(a) one month ago
(b) one week ago
(c) after one month
(d) after several years
Ans.
(ii)The letter was from Father's sister-
(a) Philippa
(b) Claude
(c) Mimi
(d) Esther
Ans.
(iii) Father left home because he-
(a) did not like his home
(b) quarrelled with his brother
(c) wanted a new life
(d) got a new job at Big Half Moon
Ans.
(iv) When father went back home his brother-
(a) had already died
(b) could not be traced
(c) did not meet him
(d) welcomed him warmly
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B. Complete the following sentences with information from the text: 1x2=2
(i) Though Father left home___
(ii) In the woods Dick and Mimi__
C. State whether the following sentences are True or False. Arite "T' for 'True' and 'F' for 'False' in the boxes given on the right-hand side. Provide sentences/phrases/words in support of your answer: (1+1)×2=4
(i) Aunt Esther always lived on the island Big Half Moon.
Supporting sentence:__
(ii) Claude was Esther's father's name.
Supporting sentence:__
Reading Comprehension (Unseen)
2. Read the following paragraphs and answer the questions that follow:
Guwahati: Two tiger cubs born at Orang National Park in May, have brought smiles back on the faces of coservationists at a time big cat numbers are depleting fast in India.
Forest guards reported sighting the cubs at Hazaribigha and Kasoumari in the 78.8 Sq. km park, about 150 kms from here several times in the last 12 days. "They are healthy and we saw them frolicking," a guard said. The births have not only brought jubilation to forest officials and tiger conservationists, but also instilled hopes of tiger conservation at Orang, located on the northern bank at the Brahmaputra about 60 km from Kaziranga National
Park.
According to the latest camera-trapping count by Aaranyak, Orang has about 14 tigers. However, the park (also a rhino bearing area in the state) lost at least 15 big cats between 2005 and Aügust 2009, mostly due to poisoning by cillagers.
Mangaldoi divisional forest officer Sushil Kumar Dalia said patrolling and monitoring have been intercified to curb retaliatory killing of tigers in the fringes. "Since then, no new tiger deaths have been reported from Orang. We have restricted the number of visitors to bring down the level of disturbance." Dalia said.
[Adapted from The Times of India]
A. Suggest a suitable title to the report.
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B. Answer the following questions: 1x4=4
(i) Which incident of the Orang National Park has made the conservationists happy?
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(ii) Who reported sighting the cubs
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(iii) Where is the Orang National Park situated?
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(iv) How do we come to know that there are about 14 tigers at Orang?
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C. Fill in the chart with information from the text:
1)What?
Patrolling and monitoring have been intensified.
Why?___
2)What?____
Why?
to bring down the levels of disturbance
D. Complete the sentence taking information from the text:
The area of Orang National Park is__
SECTION-B Grammar & Vocabulary
3. Do as directed: (Change according to instruction given in the brackets)
1×10=10
(i) I can bear this pain no longer. (Change into an affirmative sentence)
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(ii) What a noise they are making! (Change into an assertive sentence)
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That was a great tragedy. (Change into an exclamatory) sentence
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(iv) This was hardly what I intended. (Turn into a negative sentence)
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(v) Five years ago, I was studying at Dhaka University. (Change into a compound semtemce)
(vi) Different colours were used in the painting. (Change into a negative sentence)
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(vii) The great gates were not opened. (Change into an affirmative sentence)
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(viii) When school was over, the children came to paly with the Giant. (Change into a simple sentence)
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(ix) He bought an expensive car last year but he sold it. (Change into a complex sentence)
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(x) The girl was too weak that she could not walk. (Change into a simple sentence)
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SECTION-C
Writing Skill
4. Develop in 100 words the following outlines into a story. Use Direct Speech where possible. Give a title to the story.
[ An old Lady loses her vision-calls an eye-specialist-promises hundred gold coins, if cured-doctor visits everyday- takes away pieces of furniture-lady regains vision-doctor demands reward-lady refuses-says she cannot see her furniture-her eyes not cured. ]
Or
Your school is going to host an inter-school drama competition Suppose you are the Cultural Secretary of your school. Write a notice (within 100 words) calling students to participate in the competition. Mention the time, date and venue of the competition. Your notice should be countersigned by the Headmistriee/Headmaster of your school.
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## SECTION-A
**Reading Comprehension (Seen)**
1. Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:
A. Write the correct alternative in the given space to complete the following sentences:
(i) Father received a letter-
(a) one month ago
(b) one week ago
(c) after one month
(d) after several years
**Ans.** (c) after one month
(ii) The letter was from Father's sister-
(a) Philippa
(b) Claude
(c) Mimi
(d) Esther
**Ans.** (d) Esther
(iii) Father left home because he-
(a) did not like his home
(b) quarrelled with his brother
(c) wanted a new life
(d) got a new job at Big Half Moon
**Ans.** (b) quarrelled with his brother
(iv) When father went back home his brother-
(a) had already died
(b) could not be traced
(c) did not meet him
(d) welcomed him warmly
**Ans.** (a) had already died
B. Complete the following sentences with information from the text:
(i) Though Father left home, he felt sorry and when he went back, he found his brother had died and he couldn't find his sister.
(ii) In the woods Dick and Mimi discovered the kite on the top of a tree and carried it home.
C. State whether the following sentences are True or False. Write "T" for 'True' and 'F' for 'False' in the boxes given on the right-hand side. Provide sentences/phrases/words in support of your answer:
(i) Aunt Esther always lived on the island Big Half Moon.
Supporting sentence: Aunt Esther, mother of Dick and Mimi, was a widow who lived hundreds of miles inland.
**Ans.** F
(ii) Claude was Esther's father's name.
Supporting sentence: Philippa was her mother's name and Claude was her father's.
**Ans.** T
**Reading Comprehension (Unseen)**
2. Read the following paragraphs and answer the questions that follow:
A. Suggest a suitable title to the report.
**Ans.**
Tiger Cubs Bring Hope to Orang National Park
B. Answer the following questions:
(i) Which incident of the Orang National Park has made the conservationists happy?
**Ans.** The birth of two tiger cubs in May has made the conservationists happy.
(ii) Who reported sighting the cubs?
**Ans.* Forest guards reported sighting the cubs.
(iii) Where is the Orang National Park situated?
**Ans.** Orang National Park is situated on the northern bank of the Brahmaputra, about 60 km from Kaziranga National Park.
(iv) How do we come to know that there are about 14 tigers at Orang?
**Ans.** We come to know about the 14 tigers at Orang through the latest camera-trapping count by Aaranyak.
C. Fill in the chart with information from the text:
1) What?
Patrolling and monitoring have been intensified.
**Why?**
To curb retaliatory killing of tigers in the fringes.
2) What?
Number of visitors has been restricted.
**Why?**
To bring down the levels of disturbance.
D. Complete the sentence taking information from the text:
The area of Orang National Park is 78.8 Sq. km.
## SECTION-B
**Grammar & Vocabulary**
3. Do as directed: (Change according to the instruction given in the brackets)
(i) I can bear this pain no longer. (Change into an affirmative sentence)
**Ans.**I can bear this pain shorter.
I am unable to bear this pain any longer
I cannot bear this pain any longer.(negative )
(ii) What a noise they are making! (Change into an assertive sentence)
**Ans.** They are making a lot of noise.
They are making a great noise.
(iii) That was a great tragedy. (Change into an exclamatory sentence)
**Ans.** What a great tragedy that was!
(iv) This was hardly what I intended. (Turn into a negative sentence)
**Ans.** This was not what I intended.
(v) Five years ago, I was studying at Dhaka University. (Change into a compound sentence)
**Ans.** I was studying at Dhaka University and it was about five years ago.
(vi) Different colours were used in the painting. (Change into a negative sentence)
**Ans.** Same colours were not used in the painting.
Not all the colours were used in the painting.
(vii) The great gates were not opened. (Change into an affirmative sentence)
**Ans.** The great gates were shut.
(viii) When school was over, the children came to play with the Giant. (Change into a simple sentence)
**Ans.** After school being over, the children came to play with the Giant.
The children came to play with the Giant at the end of the school.
(ix) He bought an expensive car last year but he sold it. (Change into a complex sentence)
**Ans.** Although he bought an expensive car last year, he sold it.
(x) The girl was too weak that she could not walk. (Change into a simple sentence)
**Ans.** The girl was too weak to walk.
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