Past Paper English First Year
Year 2011 Group 2 Lahore board
Objective
Choose the correct option in meaning to the underlined word:
1. He is middle aged ,unctuous resonant.
(a) thick voiced (b) clear voiced
(c) chirpy voiced (d) bad voiced
2. A time to rend, and a time to sew.
(a) fill (b) shoot
(c) tear (d)clutch
3. You have come here out of great trials and tribulations.
(a) fortunes (b) merriments
(c) miseries (d) joys
4. On the walls ,on the shelves are many odd and ends.
(a) common things (b) strange things
(c) known things (d) unknown things
5. Our walk at the club was of opportunity and determination.
(a) chance (b) deterrence
(c) resolve (d) whim
6. Perhaps , I suppose this is one of those mysteries we'll never solve.
(a) miseries (b) misfortune
(c) secrets (d) pearls
7. He glances back at the door.
(a) leaves (b) sees
(c) touches (d) smells
8. The melon was easily swallowed.
(a) eaten (b) expelled
(c) vomited (d) thrown
9. Empty of the concord is the soul of Europe.
(a) harmony (b) disunity
(c) vigour (d) strength
10. I told the parents that it was entirely up to them.
(a) partially (b) swiftly
(c) completely (d) tringly
Choose the correct answer:
11. I was a cold that induced people to:
(a) go home (b) wear overcoats
(c) use woolen cloths (d) seek comfort in pleasure
12. The girl could see a man's face pressed against the:
(a) wall (b) window
(c) pillar (d) glass outside the door
13. Norma put the package in a bottom cabinet and she intented to:
(a) keep it safe (b) throw it out in the morning
(c) get the reward (d) call Mr. Steward
14. Fenton Lockhart is a:
(a) writer (b) sailor
(c) printer (d) doctor
15. The doctor ask the girl's first name:
(a) for her parents satisfaction (b) to keep record
(c) to threaten her (d) make her friendly
Choose the correct form of the verb:
16. This is the car which I----------last month.
(a) buy (b) have bought
(c) bought (d) had bought
17. I am sure she----------if you ask her.
(a) come (b) comes
(c) will come (d) came
18. He----------in the ground for a long time.
(a) has been playing (b) plays
(c) had plays (d) had plays
19. He----------his homework before the guests came.
(a) finished (b) has finished
(c) had finished (d) had been finished
20. He treated me as if I----------his servant.
(a) am (b) have been
(c) was (d) were
Subjective
Group-II
(SECTION-1)
Answers in (3-5 lines/sentences) the following any SIX questions from Book-1 (short stories) (12)
(i) Why did Arthur disagree with his wife?
(ii) In the story ''clearing in the sky'' what had the doctors told the old man?
(iii) Why did people make fun of Hubert's innocence?
(iv) What were the arrangements made for the function of inauguration?
(v) Why did the doctor call the sick girl by her first name?
(vi) Why are the locusts compared with bad weather?
(vii) What should be the faith of Negroes?
(viii) What was the appearance of the young man in the story ''overcoat''?
(ix) At what stage of the journey in his dream did jerome hear the throbbing sound of wings?
2. Answer in (3-5 lines / sentences) any FIVE of the following questions from book-III (One act plays):(10)
(i) Who saved the life of the Girl in the play, 'Heart lightning'?
(ii) What is the condition of the girl when she ran out of gas?
(iii) What was the impression of kreton on seeing the inside of the house of Mr.Spelding?
(iv) How did Ellen deffend John?
(v) What were the restrictions imposed on Mr.Spelding?
(vi) Where does the play , 'The Oyster and the pearl' take place?
(vii) What is Harry's philosophy it applicable today?
(viii) Who is MissMcCutcheon? How does she feel about her job?
3. Answer in (3-5 lines / sentences) any FOUR of the following questions from Book-III(poems) (8)
(i) What is the moral lesson of the poem ,'In Broken images'?
(ii) What are the things that keep a person alive as described in 'The Delight Song?
(iii) What are the attributes mentioned in the poem ,'God's Attributes?
(iv) Why does a person feel helpless on the death of a friend?
(v) What is the message of the poem ,'A Tail of Two Cities'?
(vi) What is the theme of the poem ,'Ozymandias'?
(vii) How do sheep dogs behave when the Night mail approaches?
SECTION -II
4. Write a letter to your uncle thanking him for a gift of your Birthday.(10)
OR
Write an application to the Principle of your college and requesting him / her for issuance of character certificate.
5. Write a story on the moral lesson:(10)
God helps those who help themselves.
OR
Might is Right
6.(a) Explain the following lines in to reference to the context.(5)
Past cotton-grass and moorland boulder,
Shovelling white steam over her shoulder,
Snorting noisily , she passes
Silent miles of wind-bent grasses.
(b) Punctuate the following extract from Book- I (5)
mr steward look embrassed i m afraid i m not at liberty i tell you that he said however i assure you the organization is of international scope
(c) Use any FIVE pairs of the words in the following sentences.(5)
(i) Allusion ; illusion (ii) Bail ; Bale (iii) Custom ; Habit
(iv) Judicial ; Judicious (v) Marry ; Merry (vi) Profit ; Prophet
(vii) Sight ; Site
7. Translate the following lines in to Urdu. (short stories Book-I)(10)
''Remember when we used to come here to hunt fox squirrels''? Remember when we sat beneath these hickories and the squirrels threw green hickory shells down at us? The morning wind just at the break of the day in August was so good to breathe. I cannot forget those days. And in October when the rabbits were ripe and the frost had come and the hickory leaves had turned yellow and when the October wind blew they rustled and the big leaves from the trees and they fell like yellow rain drops to the ground! Remember.''
Candidate whose medium of the Examination is English will write an essay on ''Co-Education".
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