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Past paper English first year 

Year 2016 Group 1 

Objective

Choose the correct option in meaning to the underlined words:

1.She gestured vaguely.

(a) unclearly  (b)slowly

(c) rapidly       (d) happily

2. He only met with incredulity.

(a) insult         (b) reward 

(c) disbelief     (d) honour

3. The doctor grasped the child tightly.

(a)called           (b) held 

(c) punished      (d) pushed

4. Della counted it three times.

(a) looked          (b) threw 

(c) caught           (d) calculated

5.My wife is unwell.

(a) happy              (b) ill 

(c)angry                (d) beautiful

6. The door rattles viciously 

(a) carefully           (b) slowly

(c) rapidly              (d) violently

7. She knits passively.

(a) actively   (b) attentively

(c) inactivity  (d) sharply

8. "The Oyster and the Pearl" is a sentimental comedy.

(a) emotional   (b) critical

(c) beautiful     (d) historical

9. After this the ran shall stop.

(a) stay   (b) move

(c) cease  (d) come

10. His eyes may scare you.

(a) invite  (b) motivate

(c) like      (d) terrify

Each statement has four options. Choose the correct one:

11. Who returned the pocket book to Mr. James?

(a) Manana   (b) Hubert

(c) George     (d) Mayor

12. The child had a high fever for:

(a) three days  (b) four days

(c) five days     (d) six days

13. What will be exalted?

((a) every hill    (b) every river

(c) every valley (d) every mountain

 14. The man picks up a discarded.

(a) magazine   (b) letter

(c) newspaper   (d) chair

15. Who is Roger Spelding?

(a) a teacher  (b) a news caster

(c) a soldier    (d) a player

Each statement has four possible options. Only one is correct. Choose the correct one:

16. She has not----------the work.

(a) finished   (b) finish

(c) finishes     (d) finishing

17. He did not-----------me.

(a) invited   (b) invites

(c) inviting   (d) invite

18. They will be----------.

(a) play     (b) plays

(c) played  (d) playing

19. If he----------I shall help him.

(a) came  (b) comes

(c) come   (d) coming

20. If he had---------they would have helped him.

(a) work   (b) working

(c) works   (d) worked

Subjective

SECTION-II

2. Answer in (3-5 lines / sentences) any SIX of the following questions from Book-I(short stories) (12)

(i) Why did Norma consider the tone and attitude of Mr. Steward offensive?

(ii) Why did the son at the age of six cry?

(iii) What happened to the boy when he tried to snatch the purse?

(iv) What was engraved on the tomb-stone of Hubert?

(v) What were Jorken's views about the success in life?

(vi) What was the behaviour of the child with the doctor?

(vii) What was the punishment inflicted upon the quack by the villagers?

(viii) What did Della do after counting her saving?

(ix) What happened when the overcoat was removed from young man's body?

3. Answer in (3-5 lines / sentences) any FIVE of the following questions from Book-III(One Act Plays)(10)

(i) Why did the man push the girl in the woman's room?

(ii) How does the second man persuade the girl to accompany him?

(iii) How does Kreton prove his extraordinary powers?

(iv) What type of life do you forsee in the year 5000?

(v) What is the first impression of Spelding family about the visitor?

(vi) How many characters ere there in the play " The Oyster and the Pearl"?

(vii) What is Harry philosophy?

(viii) Why does the girl want poodle hair cut?

4. Answer in (3-5 lines / sentences) any FOUR of the following questions from Book-III(poems) (8)

(i) What is the lovely scene after rain?

(ii) What are the feelings of the poet standing in the dark?

(iii) What lesson does the poet want to convey through the poem, "Leisure"?

(iv) What did the traveller see in the desert?

(v) Describe the circumstances the victim of the two cities had to pass through.

(vi) What  happens when life is spent with the help of words and not of deeds?

SECTION-II

5. Write a letter to your mother telling her why you dislike hostel life.(10)

OR
Write an application to the Principle of your college for the change of subjects.

6. Write a story on moral lesson:(10)

"Haste Makes Waste"

OR

"A Friend in Need is a friend Indeed".

7. (a) Explain the following lines with reference to the context:(5)

And since to look at things in bloom

Fifty springs ere little room.

About the woodland I will go

To see the cherry hung with snow.

(b) Punctuate the following extract from Book-I:(5)

the point is norma he continued what is the difference who you kill.

(c) Use any FIVE of the following pairs of words in your sentences.(5)

(i) Calender; calendar   (ii) Suit; soot

(iii) Naughty; knotty       (iv) Funeral; funereal

(v) Rout; route                 (vi) Deer; dear

(vii) Practice; practise

8. Translate the following passage in to Urdu. (short stories from Book-I)(15)

"If they fail, they are expected to bring the case before the Qazi to seek justice. But in the present case, the parents have agreed to get my blood shed for the trash of this world. The Qazi has issued a decree to kill me. The king thinks he will recover his health only through my slaying and I see no other refuge besides God Almighty. To whom I complain against your brutality, if I am seek justice from your hand?"

Candidate whose medium of the examination of English will write an essay on "Terrorism in Pakistan". (15)