Past Paper English First Year
Year 2015 Group 2
Objective
Choose the correct option in meaning to the underlined words:
1. I saw the rear light burning.(a) middle (b) dim
(c) Miner (d) back
2. She had long blonde hair.
(a) black (b) silver
(c) curly (d) golden
3. I, hunted all over town to find it.
(a) looked for (b) requested
(c) begged (d) yelled
4. That the valley is fatal when furnaces burn.
(a) disastrous (b) beautiful
(c) green (d) fertile
5. The slave had never been at sea, and experienced any calamity.
(a) blessing (b) travel
(c) misery (d) opportunity
6. His wife, bored in vague, knits passively.
(a) pretty (b) clear
(c) absent-minded (d) clever
7. But, whatever his motive was, he hit on a most extraordinary ambition.
(a) contest (b) success
(c) desire (d) wealth
8. Nothing beside remains, round the decay.
(a) structure (b) decline
(c) statue (d) body
9. Mr. Steward tone had been offensive.
(a) low (b) impression
(c) annoying (d) humorous
10. The pavement thronged with pedestrians.
(a) shop (b) hotel
(c) ground (d) footpath
Choose the correct option.
11. The old man cut.
(a) a wisp of alfalfa (b) a flower
(c) a sapling (d) a tomato
12. The bus was late due to----------.
(a) rush (b) storm
(c) accident (d) traffic jam
13. Who was drinking rain?
(a) leaves (b) man
(c) cat (d) a tree
14. Where was the package lying?
(a) front door (b) hall
(c) road (d) garden
15. It is very damp here sometimes.
(a) unpleasant (b) hot
(c) moist (d) dry
Choose the correct form of the verb.
16. I----------tea every morning.
(a) takes (b) take
(c) have taken (d) had taken
17. Good students----------their time.
(a) not waste (b) are not waste
(c) does not waste (d) do not waste
18. The thief----------by the police.
(a) beat (b) is being beaten
(c) is beating (d) has beaten
19. I----------a new pen.
(a) have (b) has
(c) am (d) was
20. She generally----------English.
(a) speaks (b) speak
(c) speaking (d) has spoken
Subjective
SECTION-I
2. Answer in (3-5 lines / sentences) any SIX of the following questions from Book-I (12)
(i) Why did Arthur disagree with his wife?
(ii) What was the subject discussed at the club?
(iii) Why didn't Jess 'father follow the advice of doctors?
(iv) Why didn't the Mayor believe the innocence of Hubert?
(v) How did the camel-men cure their camel?
(vi) What is the dream of Marian Luther King?
(vii) How did the diseased King recover?
(viii) Why did Della feel sad on losing her hair?
(ix) How did Shamim Ahmed come to marry Mehrun?
3. Answer in (3-5 lines / sentences) any FIVE of the following questions from Book-III (One Act Plays)(10)
(i) What is the significance of the storm in the play 'Heat Lightning"?
(ii) Why did the Girl decline the Second Man's offer to go with him to bus?
(iii) Why couldn't the Girl describe the killer?
(iv) What type of life do you forsee in the year 5000?
(v) What is the role of General Powers in the play?
(vi) What is the purpose of the visit of Kreton?
(vii) Why does Clay need money?
(viii) What is Harry philosophy?
4. Answer in (3-5 lines / sentences) any FOUR of the following question from Book-III(poems) (8)
(i) How does the poet feel when he hears the rain falling on the leaves?
(ii) Why has the poet used "cannon balls" to describe the fruits?
(iii) Give a short character sketch of Ozymandias.
(iv) What does the title of the poem "The Hallow Man" suggests?
(v) Who was Abraham? What was his faith?
(vi) What is the effect of death of Bullah Shah's friend on him?
SECTION-II
5. write a letter tp your friend describing him/her your first impression of college. (10)
OR
Write an application to the principle of your college requesting him/her to grant you sick leave.
6. Write a story on moral lesson: (10)
Try try Again OR Tit for Tat
7. (a) Explain the following lines with reference to the context. (50
Bare foot, through the bazaar,
And with the same undulant grace;
As the cloth blown back from her face,
She glides with a stone jar;
(b) Punctuate the following extract from Book-I. (5)
let the water run until it gets warm she said here s a clean towel
(c) Use any FIVE of the following pairs of words in your sentences. (5)
(i) Pore; Pour (ii) Foul; fowl
(iii) Excite; Incite (iv) Fair; Fare
(v) Dairy; Diary (vi) Yoke; Yolk
(vii) Cannon; Canon
8. Translate the following passage in to Urdu.(Book-I short stories) (15)
There was no use in Mr. Hubert's protesting, for nobody believed him. Mr. Manana repeatedly maintained that Hubert had picked up the pocket book. For an hour both men abused each other. then at his own request, Mr. Hubert was searched. Nothing was found on him. Finally the Mayor discharged Hubert with warning that he would consult the public prosecutor and ask for further orders.
As he left the Mayor's office, people surrounded and questioned him with serious curiosity. Nobody believed his story of the string. Instead people laughed at him.
Candidate whose medium of the Examination will write an essay on "Computers". (15)
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