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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. Kreton asks if anything to ablige.

(a) fight with  (b) demolish

(c) erect          (d) serve

2. The fruit glowed red-hot from within.

(a) darkened  (b) sparkled

(c)sprinkled    (d) wasted

3. Fateh Dad's censure was purely religious.

(a) appreciation  (b) criticism

(c) help                (d) praise

4. Roxanna had an assortment of shells.

(a) net  (b) skin

(c) set   (d) cap

5. The Mayor was a stout serious man.

(a) handsome  (b) heavy

(c) thin             (d) ugly

6. Jess saw many species of hard and soft woods trees.

(a) branches  (b) kinds

(c) leaves  (d) trunks

7. The girl's cloths are wet and muddy.

(a) colourful  (b) dirty

(c) precious    (d) pretty

8. Let freedom ring from every hamlet.

(a) city  (b) classroom

(c) small village  (d) country

9. There are shrieks in stock.

(a) awaiting  (b) consumed

(c) decreased  (d) encamped

10. The face of the sick girl flushed.

(a) darkened  (b) yellow

(c) pale           (d) rosy

Choose the correct option.

11. How did the angle look?

(a) fresh  (b) neutral

(c) pleasant  (d) weary

12. What is inside the spaceship?

(a) food  (b) nothing

(c) water  (d) wires

13. What was Mr. Manana?

(a) a carpenter  (b) a fisher

(c) a harness man  (d) a mason

14. What is Miss McCutcheon?

(a) an air hostess  (b) a doctor

(c) a nurse            (d) a teacher

15. How many patches pf bared soil were there?

(a) seven  (b) nine

(c) eight    (d) ten

Choose the correct form of verbs.

16. Walk carefully lest you----------.

(a) shall fall  (b) might fall

(c) can fall    (d) should fall

17. I----------here by tomorrow morning.

(a) will be  (b) am

(c) was       (d) has been

18. All is well that----------well.

(a) ends  (b) ended

(c) end    (d) will end

19. He----------me last week.

(a) meet  (b) met

(c) will meet  (d) have met

20. If he----------hard, he will pass.

(a) work  (b) works

(c) worked  (d) will work

Subjective

SECTION-II

2. Answer in (3-5 lines / sentences) any SIX of the following questions from Book-1 (short stories) (12)

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

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

(iii) What climate did they face on the Mars?

(iv) What made Hubert shameful?

(v) What was the behaviour of the girl with the doctor?

(vi) What was the advice Nushirvan given his people?

(vii) What was the desire of every farmer?

(viii) Why did Della sell her hair?

(ix) Why did the people come out on the Mall?

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

(i) Why did the girl consider the First Man?

(ii) What was the condition of the weather in the play Heat Lightning?

(iii) What is the purpose of Kreton's visit?

(iv) What type of life do you foresee year 5000?

(v) What kind of a gadget does the writer describe?

(vi) How damaging is violence in life? Write five sentences.

(vii) What is Applegarth's complaint about the sea?

(viii) What did Clay find near Black Rock?

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

(i) How does rain water fall on poor leaves?

(ii) What do hallow men mean?

(iii) What does the horror say about the spot on the hearer's skin?

(vi) "One grain to be fed to the ten young ones". "The feed"?

(v) What do you feel after reading the poem "The Feed"?

(vi) What is meant by "A man of words and not of deeds"?

SECTION-II

5. Write a letter to your friend describing your first impression about your college life. (10)

OR 

Write an application to the Principle of your college for refund of library security.

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

Do good, have good

OR

Look before you leap

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

In the farm she passes; no one wakes,

But a jug in a bedroom gently shakes.

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

and suppose a man wanted to be skating champion of the sahara said terbut and couldnt afford the money to get there

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

(i) Cell; Sell  (ii) Die; Dye

(iii) Idol; Idle  (iv) Lion; Loin

(v) Plain; Plane  (vi) Roll; Role

(vii) Team; Teem

8. Translate the following passage into Urdu. (Book-I short stories) (15)

The door opened and Jim stepped in. He looked very Thin and he was not smiling. Poor fellow, he was only twenty-two - and with a family to take care of! \He needed a new coat and he had nothing to cover his cold hands. Jim stopped inside the door. He was as quest as a hunting dog when it is near a bird. His eyes looked strangely at Della, and there was an expression in them that she could not understand. It filled her with fear. It was not anger, nor surprise, nor anything else she had been ready for. He simply looked at her with the strange expression on his face.

Candidate whose medium of the Examination will write an essay on " Energy Crisis in Pakistan" (15)

Past Paper English First Year| Year 2015 Group 2 BISE Lahore || Eureka Study Aids.

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)