UNIT-TEST 1
STD-11th SUB-English Marks-25
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Q. 1(A) Read
the extract and complete the activities given below. (12)
It was April 2004.I stood in the middle
of the lush green field of Moong (green gram) and looked around me. It was just
before sunrise and the sky was turning bright Orange. The ground was damp and
the leaves were shining with due. My bare feet were muddy as I walked around
gingely ,inspecting the plants.
Around me were rows of Chipko trees
and below dense foliage of moong. At that point ,I could not have asked for
anything more. The moong plants, not more than two feet tall, had green pods
hanging out .The pods were not yet ripe and there was a light fuzz growing on
them. There was still some time before the harvest. I felt exhilarated.
I stood watching the sun rise above
the towering trees across the fence and slowly made my way back to the house, a
white structure in the middle of this greenery .I could not believe that I was
the owner of this land and that I was looking at my first crop as a farmer.
After I had paid the the advance money for the the land, I thought I would have some time to get
familiar with harming. But Moru Dada, the broker who got us the land ,had other
ideas .He was keen that we plant moong at once. I was not prepared for this. I
was still reading books and trying to figure out what we could sow and how we
should go about it. Moru Dada was quite firm. He said the season was right for
sowing moong and the best seeds were available in Surat in the adjacent state of Gujarat.
I made a quick trip to Surat and
bought around 10 kilograms of moong. Moru Dada rented his tractor to plough the
land and quickly planted moong all over the place.
Few days later, we were overjoyed to
see tiny green leaves. I had never seen moong growing before and was thrilled
at the sight. it was the same thrill I had felt as a young boy when I saw the
first of the Hibiscus I had planted bloom at the Railway Quarters in Vile Parle
in Mumbai. I was grateful to have taken Moru's advice.
A1 Choose:
Choose the
correct alternative and rewrite the sentence.
1. The narrator
decided to sow moong/ rice.
2. Moru Dada
was the owner /broker who gave the land to the narrator.
3. The narrator
brought two/ten kilograms of moong from
Surat.
4. The narrator
planted Hibiscus/ moong in Vile Parle in Mumbai.
A2. Complete:
Complete the
following table giving information of narrators moong plant.
• Moong plant•
1) … .
2) … .
3) … .
4) … . .
A3 Guess:
Guess the
reason behind planting the moong in the farm.
A4. Personal
Response:
Give a list of
crops that you see in your area.
A5. Language
Study:
1) The ground was damp and the leaves
were shining with dew. (Rewrite the sentence using "as well as".)
2) At that point, I could not have asked
for anything more .(Rewrite the sentence using 'be able to')
A6.Vocabulary:
Find the words
related to'agriculture'
(B) Language
study(Grammar) (3)
1.That answer
pleased the old gentleman.(Change it into Past Perfect Tense.)
2.Mrs.Adis did
not speak for a moment.(Make Yes/No type question)
3.His legs
refused to support him,he sat down on the pile of sacks. (Use 'As soon as')
Q. 2 Read the
extract and complete the activities given below. (10)
Eight years have passed
Since I placed my Cherry seed in the grass.
"Must have a tree of my own".I said,
And watered it once and went to bed
And forgot; but cherries have a way of growing,
Though no one's caring very much for knowing.
And suddenly that summer near the end of May,
I found a tree had come to stay.
It was very small, five months child,
Lost in the tall grass running wild.
Goats ate the leaves, the grass cutter scythe
Split it apart and a monsoon blight
Shrivelled the slender stem… Even So
Next spring I watched three new shoots grow,
The young tree struggle, upward thrust
Its arms in a fresh fierce lust
For light and air and sun.
A1. True or
false:
State whether the following statements are
true or false.
1. They
destroyed the cherry tree.
2. The cherry
tree had an Instinct to survive.
3. The Blossoms
are fragile.
4. There were
no new shoots to the cherry tree in the spring.
A2. Give
Reason:
The life of the
cherry tree was threatened because---------------------------------
A3. Personal Response:
Give four
reasons that are responsible for cutting the trees.
A4. Poetic
Device:
I found a tree
had come to stay.
( Name and
explain the figure of speech)
A5. Poetic
Creativity:
Compose four
poetic lines describing any incident in your life.
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