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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)

Past Paper English First Year| Year 2015 Group 2 BISE Gujranwala Board || Eureka Stydy Aids.

Past Paper English First Year

Year 2015 Group 2

Objective

Choose the correct option meaning to the underlined words:

1. The odour of food was appetixing.

(a) foul        (b) sweet

(c) exciting  (d) bitter

2. Mr. Steward's tone had been offensive.

(a) disagreeable  (b) co-operative

(c) friendly          (d) fine

3. The children hollored at the Martian sky.

(a) smiled  (b) played

(c) looked   (d) shouted

4. Enter the lantern's orbit.

(a) range  (b) mood

(c) light  (d) string

5. Yonder's the midden whose odours will madden.

(a) mole hill  (b) mountain

(c) dung hill   (d) meadow

6. Roger Spelding is described as middle aged and unctuous.

(a) knowledgeable  (b) smiling

(c) punctual            (d) smooth in speech

7. The girl screams.

(a) runs   (b) sits

(c) cries   (d) laughs

8. The girl left that she was going to faint.

(a) lose conciousness   (b) die

(c) be afraid                  (d) shriek

9. The farm was ringing with the clamour of the gang.

(a) sound   (b) tone

(c) uproar   (d) forces

10. The doctor coaxed the child to open her mouth.

(a) asked      (b) forced

(c) flattered  (d) forbade

Each statement has four options, Choose the correct one:

11. What punishment did the villagers purpose on the death of the old man?

(a) to pay the damages  (b) to be persecuted

(c) to be imprisoned       (d) to dig her grave

12. Gorgios had an idea to become----------.

(a) court jester   (b) court advisor

(c) court athlete  (d) court acrobat

13. She received a call from lennox Hill----------.

(a) hotel  (b) hospital

(c) hostel  (d) office

14. The loveliest of the alll trees is the----------.

(a) apple  (b) mango

(c) cherry (d) walnut

15. The girl's life is saved by a----------who had come there by chance.

(a) police officer  (b) bus boy

(c) beggar             (d) dog

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

16. The bell---------when I reached the college.

(a) was ringing    (b) is ringing

(c) had been rung (d) will be ringing

17. I was fined for not---------home work.

(a) do        (b) did

(c) done    (d) doing

18. We----------for her since morning.

(a) have been waiting  (b) are waiting

(c) have waiting          (d) will have waiting

19. He usually----------to Murree in summer.

(a) went   (b) goes

(c) go       (d) gone

20. The sun----------in the east.

(a) rised   (b) rises

(c) rose     (d) risen

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 town and attitude of  Mr. Steward offensive?

(ii) Why did the boy not run from the house of woman?

(iii) Why did Manana accuse Hubert of picking the lost of pocket book?

(iv) Did Gorgious use any short cut to achieve his ambition?/

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

(vi) What are locusts?

(vii) What is the dream of Martin Luther King?

(viii) Why did Jim sell the gold watch?

(ix) What was his turban known as and where did it originally come from?

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

(i) What were the circumstances that forced the girl to leave her car?

(ii) Why could not the girl describe the killer?

(iii) What is the role of Generals Powers in play?

(iv) How does Kreton prove his extraordinary powers?

(v) How does Kreton impress General Powers?

(vi) Where does the play " The Oyster and the Pearl" take place?

(vii) Why does Clay need money?

(viii) What does Clay want to put in the local newspaper?

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

(i) How does the scenary look after rain?

(ii) Describe the beauty of the cherry tree.

(iii) How does the reader frighten the rider?

(iv) Describe the scene of devastation in " A Tale of Two Cities"?

(v) What ere the things that keep a person alive?

(vi) When does a person question his scenses when the facts fail him?

SECTION-II

5. Write a letter to your friend congratulating on his/ her brilliant success in the examination.(10)

OR

Write an application to the Principle for the change subjects.

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

"Do Good, Have Good"

OR

"God helps those who help themselves"

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

"Our dried voices, when

We whisper together

Are quite and meaningless"

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

i was seen with the pocketbook who saw we mr manana the harness man saw you pick up the pocketbook

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

(i) Access; excess  (ii) Allusion; illusion

(iii) Bridal; bridle   (iv) Calendar; calender

(v) Goal; Goal        (vi) Later; latter

(vii) Soar; sore

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

One evening, as the sun was setting, some travelers stayed to rest under a clump of trees and loosening their camels, set them to graze. It happened that one of the animals entered a melon- field, and that a melon stuck in its throat. The owner seeing this and fearing to lose the animal, tired a blanket round its throat, and then struck the place with all his might.

Candidate whose medium of the Examination of English will write an essay on " A Visit to Hill Station" (15)