12th English Revision Test Question Paper 2022

 CHENGALPATTU DISTRICT

SECOND ASSESSMENT TEST - 2020

XII - ENGLISH

Time: 3.00hrs 

Mark: 90

Part - I

Note: Answer all the questions: 20x1=20

 Choose the most appropriate answer from the given four alternatives and the option code and the corresponding answer.

Choose the most appropriate synonyms of the underlined words in the following sentences.

1. My English teacher persuaded me to take good marks in all the subjects.

 a) encouraged 

b) stimulated 

c) disappointed 

d) followed

2. Desdemonce is on artless character in the paly “othello”.

a) canning 

b) shread 

c) Innocent 

d) Clever

3. During the freedom struggle, the British Govenement respected and his nobility

 a) Indetatigable 

b) persevrence

c) adament 

d) honest

Choose the most appropriate antonyms of the underlined words in the following sentence.

4. The students are very brisk when they are at home.

a) active 

b) dull 

c) fast 

d) lazy

5. Everybody likes Mother Therasa’s selfless character.

a)Selfish 

b) Intelligent 

c) humble 

d) broadminded

6. During the lockdown the entire city seems to be deserted look.

a) crowded 

b) secured 

c) fertile 

d) desolate

7. Form a new word by adding a suitable prefix to be underlined word.

The cultivated land is fertile

a) non_ 

b) in_ 

c) un_ 

d) dis_

8. Choose the appropriate suffix for the following underlined word.

 I like his friend

a) ship 

b) ness 

c) by 

d) less

9. Repalce the, underlined word with a suitable pharasal verb.

 The fire brigade douse the fire.

a) put off 

b) put on 

c) put out 

d) put in

10. Fill in the blank with the correct form of verb given in the brackets.

 Where ____ your last holidays? (you spend)

a) You spent 

b) you are spending 

c) you were spending 

d) did you spend

11. Fill in the blank with modal auxiliaries.

 You _____ not go to the market.as I have bought vegetables.

a) will

b) should 

c) need 

d) can.

12. Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositional pharse which is given below.

 ______ Gandhiji ahimsa means infinite love.

a) In favour of

b) On account of 

c) Accoring to 

d) on the whole

13. Fill in the blanks with suitable preposition.

 There was a skirmisth ______ my brother and sister.

a) among 

b) over 

c) with 

d) between

14. Choose the appropriate linker from the options and fill in the blank.

 _____ you register your name, you cannot participate in the competion.

a) if 

b) unless 

c) as soon as 

d) though

15. Fill in the blanks with appropriate correlative conjunctions.

 Amit did not know ____ his father met his class teacher _____ not.

a) such that 

b) both and 

c) whether or 

d) neither nor

16. Choose the disyllabic word.

 a) benefit 

b) again 

c) weight 

d) strength

17. Fill in the blank with the correct from of the verb.

 My mother ____ to temple every friday

a) go 

b) is going 

c) goes 

d) was going

18. Fill in the blank with modal auxiliary.

 I _____ speak English (ability)

a) will 

b) shall 

c) may 

d) can

19. Fill in the blank with most suitable preposition.

The prayer session will be held _________ Friday

a) at 

b) on 

c) with 

d) of

20. Form a new word by adding a suitable prefix to the underlined word.

 It is rather an expensive compliment.

a) un_ 

b) in_ 

c) dis_ 

d) non_

Part - II

Section - I

Read the following sets of poetic lines and answer any four sets. 4x2=8

21. “A gray baboon sits statue – Like alone”

 a) where did the baboon sit?

 b) mention the figure of speech?

22. “Like a huge python, winding round and round

The rugged trunk, indented deep with scars

A creeper climbs, in whose embraces bound

No other tree could live” 

a) what is winding round the tree like a python?

b) which tree is referred to in the above line?

23. “And far and near kokilas hail the day;

 And to their pastures wend our sleepy cows; ”

a) what are kokilas?

b) How do the cows go to their pastures?

24. “By that hoar tree, so beautiful and vast

 The water lilies – spring, like snow enmassed”.

a) Where do the lilies spring?

b) Mention the figure of speech?

25. “What is that dinge like murmur that I hear

Like the sea breaking on a shingle-beach

It is the tree's lament, an errie speech.”

a) what is that the poet hears?

b) what does the tree lament?

26. “Thy form, o Tree, as in my happy prime

I saw thee, in my own loved native claim.

Therefore, I fain would consecrate a say

unto thy honour, Tree, beloved of those.”

a) what is addressed in the above line?

b) what would the poet do in honour of tree?

SECTION - 2

Do as directed

Answer any three questions: 3x2=6

27. Change the direct speech into Reported form

 Ann said to Tom, ” Would you like to come to the party with us tomorrow?”

28. Fill in the blanks with suitable homophones or confusables.

 The _____ has kept his ____ on the dinning table. ( Wallet/ valet)

29. Combine the sentences and rewrite them using the words given in the brackets.

 A libery is a public place. We see a number of books kept there for reading. (where)

30. Complete the sentence using prepositions given in brackets

 [into, on, in front of, under]

a) The boy jumped _______ a narrow stream.

b) Afsar will meet me ______ Thursday morning.

PART – III

SECTION – 1

Explain any two of the following with reference to the context. 2x3=6

31. “Like a huge python, winding round and round

The rugged trunk, indented deep with scars.”

32. “Beneath it we have played; though years may roll,

O sweet companions,loved with love intense,

For your sakes, shall the tree be ever dear”

33. A gary baboon sits statue like alone watching the sunrise; while on lower boughs

His puny off spring leap about and play;

SECTION – 2

Answer any of the following qusetions in not more than 30 words. 2x3=6

34. What were the various jobs undertaken by Nicolo and Jacobo?

35. Describe the appearance of Nicolo and Jacobo.

36. How did the narrator help the boys?

SECTION – 3

Answer any three of the following: 3x3=9

37. Study the following table, and write three sentences on your inference about the data.

Average Annual rainfall in the Southern States of India in the year 2012

S.No  States of India Average     rainfall(mm)

1        Tamil Nadu &Pondicherry       1996

2         Andra Pradesh                           3580

3         Karnataka                                   5160

4         Kerala                                          3055

38. How to prepare an apple juice?

39. Build a dialogue between a doctor and a patient with a minimum of 3 exchanges.

40. Complete the proverbs with the help of words which are given in the brackets.

 a) _____ begins at home. (Life, Charity, Character)

 b) Justice ____ is justice denied. (delayed, swifted, conducted)

 c) Pen is mightier than _______ ( knife , saw , sword )

PART – IV

Answer the following: 7x5=35

41. Answer the following in a paragraph of about 150 words.

a) Justify the title of the story “Two Gentlemen of Verona.”

(or)

b) Write a character sketch of Nicola and Jacobo.

42. Answer the following paragraph of about 150 words.

a) How does Toru Dutt prtray her childhood experience, through “our causarina Tree”

(or)

b) Describe the reminiscences of the poet, when she sees the casuarina tree.

43. Answer the following in a paragraph of about 150 words by developing the hints.

Ivan Dmitrich Aksionov – merchant in Vladimir – goes fair on business – meets another merchant – continues his Journey – he is stopped by the police – charged of murder and robbed – 26 years in jail – Maker Semyonich – admits his crime-Aksionov dies.

44. Either Make Notes or Summarize the following passage.

Soybeans belong to the legume family. The beans are the seeds of the leguminous soybean plant. They can be grown on a variety of soil and in a wide range of climates. Soybeans are versatile as they can be used as whole beans, soy sprouts or processed as a variety of food items, such as soy milk, tofu, soy sauce, soy oil and soy dairy alternatives. They are also used for marking candles and bio-diesel. 

                   Soy is an excellent source of high quality protein; is low in saturated fats and is cholesterol-free. It is also rich in vitamins, especially vitamin B complex, minerals such as magnesium, calcium, iron, potassium and copper. In.recent times it has been highly recommended because of its ability to lower the levels at Low Density Lipoprotein (LDL), a bad cholesterol. 

               The food and Drug Administration (FDA) has confirmed that foods containing soy protein are likely to reduce the risk of coronary heart disease. 

                       An essay way to take soy is as soymilk now available with added falvour. Soymilk does not contain lactose (milk sugar) and can be drunk by those who are allergic to normal milk. To get soymilk, soybeans are soaked in water, ground and then strained. If you don't mind the trouble, you can also make it at home.

45. a) Write a letter to your friend sharing your travel experience to Delhi.

 (or)

b) Read the following advertisement and prepare a bio-data considering yourself fulfilling the conditions mentioned.

WANTED

A computer operator for attractive salary, flexible working hours,

Apply to,

Post Box No: 3210

c/o The Hindu,

Chennai – 600 001.

46. a) Read the following sentences, spot the errors and correct them.

(I) we speak the English.

(ii) I congratulated him for his success.

(iii) He is my cousin brother.

(iv) She goes to school by feet.

(v) I bought a blue colour shirt and a tie.

(or)

b) Fill in the blanks appropriately.

(i) Asha __________(buy) a laptop recently. She _______(use) it at the moment. (use

the verb in the correct form)

(ii) My sister __________ dance so well, when she was in school. (use a semi-modal verb) 

(iii) The bugle is ______ in our school__________ (band/ banned) 

47. a) Develop the hints into story of 150 words. 

Once a bee - fell into a pond - pigeon flew past - dropped a leaf - bee climbed on leaf - escaped - a hunter - aimed at pigeon - the bee stung - lost his aim - pigeon escaped. 

(or) 

 b) Read the following passage and answer the questions given below. 

 “The Little Tramp”, the unforgettable character Charlie Chaplin invented, was born purely by accident in 1915. While rushing to a film soot in California, he grabbed clothes what other people had left behind in the changing room. And when he emerged, he found, he had created a personality everybody loved in a little guy in a bowler hat, a close-fitting jacket, a cane, a pair of outsized shoes and a brush-like moustache. 

                Before long, Chaplin found himself a star. That puzzled him, for he saw himself essentially as a shy British Music Hall Comedian. The U.S., acknowledged him as its king of silent film comedy. Soon, so did crowds all over the world. But life wasn't always a laugh for Charles Spenser Chaplin. Both his parents were Music Hall artists, who separated when Charlie was every young. 

             His childhood was very sad, for his mother never earned enough to look after her children. Sometimes, Chaplin had to sleep on the streets. Charlie took his first bow on the stage, when his mother made her last appearance. It happened when her voice broke during a song. Her son stepped on stage and sang a popular song. That's when a star was born. 

Questions: 

a) Which unforgettable character did Charlie Chaplin invent? 

b) Describe the personality created by Charlie, whom everybody loved. 

c) What did Charlie see himself as? 

d) Give one reason to show that Charlie's early life was very sad. 

e) Find the word in the passage that is opposite in meaning to 

 (I) “bold” and (ii) “tragedy”