EL 1065 / EL 1061 – ESSENTIAL ENGLISH

Date & Time: 02/05/2009 / 1:00 – 4:00 Dept. No. Max. : 100 Marks

REWRITE AS DIRECTED: (15 Marks)

Choose the correct answer: (3 Marks)
a) She stopped me —–going home. (from/to)
b) Shakespeare is one of the —–poets. (greater/greatest)
c) This is —–own house. (mine/my)
Change the statement into a question: (1 Mark)
a) Sita became lazy.
Write TWO interrogative sentences using the following words: (2 Marks)
a) Where b) Why
Join the sentences using the word ‘AND’: (1 Mark)
a) Clara lifted her bag. She walked along the road.
Fill in the blank a using pronoun: (1 Mark)
a) There was no doubt as to ——– the speaker meant.
Fill in the blanks with ARTICLES: (2 Marks)
a) He is —— honest man.
b) Raj is—– NCC officer.
c) I have —–red and —- blue pencil.
Fill in the blanks with the correct PREPOSITION: (2 Marks)
a) He is gazing—- the sky. (at/in)
b) It’s a machine ——-washing clothes. (for/to)
c) They came —–a big bus. (in/by)
d) She is writing —–a pen. (with/in)
Give OPPOSITES for the UNDERLINED words: (3 Marks)
a) He is a broad-minded
b) The clothes are dry.
c) Children love domestic

a) Read the following and answer the questions given below: (5 x 3 = 15Marks)

Once there lived a violent elephant in a forest by the side of a village. It would come down to the village and attack the villagers without any provocations. There was a temple where the village folks worshipped the deity every day. There lived a clever mouse in the village. One day the villagers ran for their lives after seeing the elephant. The mouse stood in an important place to draw the attention of the elephant. When the elephant saw the mouse, he became angry and raised its feet to trample it.

A frightened mouse gathered courage and told the elephant, “It’s not good killing people.” The elephant replied, “I have a big belly and whenever I do not get sufficient food, I get angry.” The mouse said, “I’ll take you to a special friend of mine who will offer you as much food as you want.” The mouse took the elephant to the sea-shore and made a sound. A very big whale came and enquired what the matter was. The Whale persuaded the elephant that he would take him to a house with plenty of food in it. And hence it took him to the deepest part of the sea. The whale said that a lot of food is there in the bottom of the sea. The greedy elephant asked the whale to take him there. The whale took a dip and the foolish elephant got drowned in the sea. Next morning the elephant’s body was floating near the sea- shore. The villagers’ joy knew no bounds. The villagers thanked the mouse who played an important role in killing the elephant.

Where did the elephant live and how harmful was the elephant?
How did the mouse persuade the elephant to the sea-shore?
Justify the death of the elephant?
Write your comment on the statement: “It’s not good killing people” according to the

present situation of the world?

Discuss the positive attitude that helped the small mouse in tackling a powerful

Elephant.

b) Read the passage given below and write THREE sentences on ENVIRONMENT PRESERVATION, SATISFACTION, SHARING, CONCERN FOR LIVING ORGANISMS and VALUE EDUCATION: (5 x 3 = 15 Marks)

“Man has lost the capacity to foresee and to forestall. He will end by destroying the

earth” – Albert Schweitzer.

Once upon an unfortunate time, there was a hairy thing called ‘man.’ Along with him was a hairier thing called ‘animal.’ Man had a larger brain which made him think he was superior to animals. Some men thought they were superior to others. They became leader men. Leader men said, “We have no need to work; we will kill animals to eat.” So they did. Man increased and animals decreased. Eventually leader men said, ‘There are not enough animals left to eat. We must grow our own food.’ So man grew food. Now, the only animals that had not been destroyed were tiny ones, like rabbits and mice, and these little animals were caught eating some of man’s crops. ‘These animals are a menace. They must die.’ In China they killed all the sparrows; in Australia they killed all the rabbits; in India they killed all the snakes. Every where man killed all wild life. Soon there was none, all the birds were poisoned. Leader men said, ‘At last we are free of pests.’

Man’s numbers increased. The world became crowded with men. They all had to sleep standing up. One day a leader man saw some new creatures eating his crops. These creatures’ name was ‘the starving people.’ ‘These creatures are a menace!’ said the leader man…..

III. Rewrite the JUMBLED SENTENCES in a proper sequence: (5 x 1 = 5 Marks)

When his turn came, he put his hand in his pocket.
Ismail found two good jobs in the Indian Express.
He realized that his purse has been robbed.
He decided to apply for both.
He found a large queue at the stamps counter in the post office.

Rectify the errors and rewrite the sentences: (5 x 1 = 5 Marks)
a) One of the biggest industrial houses in Mumbai are declaring a lock out.
b) It is very heavy to lift.
c) He would return back the money.
d) Rani goes to a beauty-parlour. Isn’t she?
e) Vijay did not answer the question. Do he?

Answer any ONE of the following in about 250 words: (15 Marks)
a) What are the essential qualities of a true leader?
b) Explain the responsibilities of the youth?
c) Discuss: Are women truly Independent?
d) How will you improve your English Language?

Study the PICTURES given below and relate it to LIBERTY, EQUALITY, BROTHERHOOD, TOLERANCE and RELIGION AS VOTE BANK POLITICS in about TEN sentences: (15 Marks)

FOR VISUALLY CHALLENGED STUDENTS ONLY: (15 Marks)

b) Write a SHORT ESSAY on EDUCATION.

VII. Write any ONE of the following in about 200 words: (15 Marks)

a) Can War on Terror put an end to the Terrorists- Discuss?
b) Can the evils of Child Labour be stopped by strict laws?

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