MONTHLY
TEST (JUNE)
CLASS: XI Mark : 50
SUB: ENGLISH Time : 1 1/2 Hrs
PART-I
(9X1=9)
I Choose
the correct synonym for the underlined words from the options given.
1.The house was in a dilapidated condition.
(a) damaged (b) vigorous (c) diluted (d)
designated
2.Once she had been young
and pretty.
(a) old (b)
ugly (c) attractive (d) unpleasant
3.Her lips moved in inaudible prayer.
(a) unseen (b)
unheard (c) distasteful (d) unidentified
II Choose the correct antonyms for the
underlined words from the options given.
4.He wore a loose-fitting garment.
(a) free (b) detached (c) tight (d) slim
5.She had been old and her
skin wrinkled for the twenty years I had known her.
(a) lined (b)
smooth (c) marked (d) folded
6. Grandma accepted
her seclusion.
(a) loneliness (b)
segregation (c) solitude (d) association
7.Fill in the blanks
with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
She always _______ (make) excuses for
coming late.
a) makes
b) is making c) made d) has made
8.Fill in the blanks with
appropriate determiners.
It is said that a computer
is _____ electronic extension of the human brain.
(a) a (b) an (c) the (d) few
9. Choose the root word that cannot form a
derivative with the prefix ‘un’
(a) sufficient (b)comfortable (c)
necessary (d) fortunate
PART II (4x2=8)
III. Read the lines given below and answer the
questions that follow:
10. “But now they only laugh with their teeth,
While their ice-block-cold eyes…”
i Who are ‘they’?
ii Explain: ice-block-cold eyes
11.“Most of all, I want to relearn.
How to laugh, for my laugh in the mirror
Shows only my teeth like a snake’s bare fangs!”
i Why does the poet want to
relearn how to laugh?
ii Whom does the poet want to relearn from?
12 Change into other voice
Mohammed follows the rules
13. If Sita had informed me earlier, I would
have returned home. (Begin the sentence with ‘Had’)
PART III (6x3=18)
IV Answer
any two of the following questions in three or four sentences each:
14.Describe the author’s grandmother.
15. What made the dogs follow the
grandmother after school hours?
16. Describe the grandfather as seen in the
portrait.
V. Explain the following lines with reference
to the context:
17.“Once upon a time, son
They used to laugh with their eyes:”
18. “There will be no
thrice”.
19.Write a notice about the inauguration of a
laughter club in your school.
20. You are the sports
Captain of your school. Write a message to the Physical Director,
requesting him to be present during the football team selection scheduled for
tomorrow.
PART IV
(5X3=15)
VI Answer the following in a paragraph of 100
– 150 words each.
21 a) The grandmother played a vital role in the
author’s formative years. Give your own example of how elders have a positive
influence on the younger generation. Include examples from the story also?
(OR)
b) Animals are capable of
empathy. Substantiate this statement with examples from the prose “The Portrait
of a Lady”?
22 a) Explain the things the poet has learned when he grew into an adult.
(OR)
b) This poem is
nothing but criticism of modern life. Justify this statement.
23 a) Describe the
appearance of the policeman on the beat.
(OR)
What story did the man standing
near the hardware store tell the passing cop?
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