Past Paper English First Year
Year 2015 Group 1
Objective
Following statement are followed by four possible options. Only one is closet in meaning to the underlined words in the sentences:
1. The mother admonished her severely.
(a) Forewarned (b) Gifted
(c) Asked (d) Praised
2. I am not unmindful.
(a) Attentive (b) Fearful
(c) Woeful (d) Negligent
3. At night, he consulted his wife.
(a) Called (b) Asked counsel
(c) Advised (d) Requested
4. The man peers out the glass.
(a) Gazes (b) Breaks
(c) Lifts (d) Throws
5. It's going to hit the house.
(a) Collide (b) Pass
(c) Smooth (d) Revolve
6. I am to give up in despair and go alone.
(a) Happiness (b) Bliss
(c) Misery (d) Gravity
7. A time to cast away stones.
(a) Pull (b) Push
(c) Break (d) Throw away
8. Through love stake becomes a throne.
(a) Pool (b) Garden
(c) Hill (d) Gallows
9. This is the cleaneset patch I've ever seen.
(a) Piece of land (b) garden
(c) Hotel (d) bank
10. Mr. Hubert choked with indication.
(a) Pleased (b) Laugh
(c) Annoyed (d) Excited
Each statement had four options. Only one is correct.
11. The slave had never at:
(a) Work (b) Ocean
(c) Sea (d) River
12. What was the boy giving to the street Arab?
(a) Pudding (b) Bread
(c) Rice (d) Brovril
13. What does the girl take from her car?
(a) Pistol (b) Knife
(c) Rod (d) Flash light
14. What is his wife doing?
(a) Talking (b) Knifing
(c) Dancing (d) Making tea
15. Who disagreed with Jorkens?
(a) Hubert (b) Terbut
(c) John (d) Gorgios
Choose the correct from of verb and fill up the bubbles:
16. He------------a lecture yesterday.
(a) delivered (b) were delivered
(c) delivers (d) deliver
17. It----------cloudy tomorrow.
(a) is (b) shall
(c) will be (b) was
18. We ought to----------our elders.
(a) obey (b) obeyed
(c) have obey (d) obeying
19. When he had come, I----------a letter.
(a) am writing (b) was writing
(c) write (d) have writing
20. He----------sad today.
(a) looking (b) looked
(c) looks (d) is look
Subjective
SECTION-I
2. Write short answers (3-5 lines/sentences) of any six questions in words of your own.(Book-I short stories) (12)
(i) Why did Norma persuade her husband to accept the offer?
(ii) What did the doctor tell the old man?
(iii) Why did the people make fun of Hubert's innocence?
(iv) What should be the faith of Negroes?
(v) write down the good deeds the author has admitted are a great joy on Christmas?
(vi) what did the coat of the young man symbolize in the lesson, "Overcoat"?
(vii) Narrate the physical appearance of Maulvi Abul Barkat.
(viii) For what purpose was the ploughshare used?
(ix) What does Emerson say about Gulistan?
3. Write short answers (3-5 lines/sentences) of any five questions in words of your own. (Book-III One Act Plays) (10)
(i) What was the impression of the girl about the second man?
(ii) Why did the girl consider the first man her helper?
(iii) What are the factors that played a role in saving the girl?
(iv) What was the view of Mr Spelding about the flying object?
(v) What did the captain find inside the spaceship?
(vi) Who is Miss McCutcheon? Why does she want to quite her job?
(vii) What happened to Clay's father?
(viii) What is judge Applegarth's complaint about the sea?
4. write short answers (3-5 lines/sentences) of any four questions in words of your own. (Book-III Poems) (8)
(i) What functions does the Night Mail perform?
(ii) Which tree is mentioned in the poem "loveliest of Trees" how does the poet glorify it?
(iii) How does the reader try to frighten the rides in the poem, "O where are you going"?
(iv)What are the feeling of the poet standing in the dark street?
(v) How does the poet play's with Sindhi woman?
(vi) What did the traveling in the desert?
SECTION-II
5. Write a letter to your brother telling him how to improve his English. (10)
OR
Write an application to the Principal for grant of scholarship.
6. Write a story on moral lesson: (10)
"A stitch in time saves nine"
OR
"Honesty is the best policy"
7. (a) Explain the following lines with reference to the context: (5)
This is the Night Mail crossing the Border,
Bringing the cheque and the postal order,
Letters for the rich, letters for the poor,
The shop at the corner, the gift next door.
(b) Punctuate the following extract from book-I (short stories) (5)
i feel like a salt crystal he said in a mountain stream being washed away we don't belong here were earth people this is mars
(c) Use any Five of the following pairs of words in sentences of your own. (5)
(i) Altar; Alter (ii) Beach; Beech
(iii) Coma; Comma (iv) Immortal; Immoral
(v) Sweet; Sweat (vi) Soul; Sole
(vii) Practice; Practise
8. Translate the following passage into Urdu. (15)
Summer burned the canels dry, Summer moved like waves upon the meadow. In the empty earth settlement; the painted houses flake and pulled, rather tires upon which children had swung in backyard hung suspended like stopped clock pendulums in the blazing air.
NOTE:- (Alternate question for Foreign/English Medium candidates only)
Write an Essay on "Present Problems of Pakistan."