DIRECTORATE OF INTERMEDIATE EDUCATION :: AP :: TADEPALLI

PRE-FINAL-II EXAMINATIONS, FEBRUARY 2025

Time: 3 hours ENGLISH PAPER – I Max. Marks: 100
SECTION – A
I. Annotate ANY TWO of the following in 10-15 lines each: 2x4=8
a) The compartment was full of people, but no one came to the rescue of the girl being robbed
and attacked
b) Mother India wants hard-working good boys and good girls.
c) India is one of the most disaster-prone countries in the world.
d) Teach him to learn how to gracefully lose, and enjoy winning when he does win.
II. Annotate ANY TWO of the following in 10-15 lines each: 2x4=8
a) Give me the strength to raise my mind
high above daily trifles.
b) And then the wall rose, Rose slowly, Slowly,
Between me and my dream. Rose until it touched the sky-
The wall. Shadow. I am black.
c) The poor mechanic porters crowding in
Their heavy burdens at his narrow gate;
d) My body fertilizes like a field,
becomes a fundamental element.
III. Answer ANY TWO of the following in 10-15 lines each: 2x4=8
a) How does information technology, according to Abdul Kalam and Rajan, change the
agriculture sector?
b) What should the teacher do to help the child tackle good and evil in the world?
c) What were the difficulties faced by Arunima while climbing the Everest? What do you learn
from her story?
d) What is Rajaji’s advice to the students of higher learning?
IV. Answer ANY TWO of the following in 10-15 lines each: 2x4=8
a) Briefly explain the theme of the poem ‘To a Student.’
b) According to Shakespeare, what are the lessons that human beings must learn from
honeybees?
c) Why does the poet call the body ‘a breathing corpse’?
d) What kind of strength does Tagore seek and why?
V. Answer ANY ONE of the questions in about 25 – 30 lines: 1x8=8
a) How did people in the olden days show concern for social values? Explain this in the light of
the short story ‘Will he Come Home’?.
b) Give an account of the series of troubles the narrator experienced in the wake of winning a
road engine.
c) Justify the statement “A diseased mind is even more harmful than the actual disease itself”
with
reference to O. Henry’s 'The Last Leaf'.
SECTION – B
VI. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow: 5x1=5
Gary Chapman in his book, Love as a Way of Life uses the vivid metaphor for words as
being either ‘bullets or seeds’. If we use our words as bullets with a feeling of superiority and
condemnation, we are not going to be able to restore a relationship to love. If we use our
words as seeds with a feeling of supportiveness and sincere good will, we can rebuild a
relationship in positive and life-affirming ways.
When we need to talk candidly about something difficult with another person, we must focus
on the conversation with keen attention and purpose. During the conversation, we must listen
 patiently, speak tactfully, and tell the truth as we understand it. We must align our words,
voice inflection and tone, eye expression, body language, and actions with our inner awareness
in an honest exchange.
1. What is the title of the book written by Gary Chapman?
2. How does the writer describe words?
3. How can we rebuild a relationship in positive and life –affirming ways?
4. What is the noun form of the word ‘patiently’?
5. Find a word in the passage which means the same as the word ‘frankly’?
VII. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow: 5x1=5
When he was born everyone ‘advised’ his parents to get rid of the kid as he was blind. But his
parents, who were not affluent by any count, chose to take care of him, that too, to the best of their
abilities and gave him education. Forbes has named him in the list of super achievers from Asia
under the age of 30 but visually challenged Srikanth Bolla is in no mood to celebrate. His goal is to
get into the Forbes list of richest persons – and he won’t settle for anything less. Such is the
determination of the 25 year-old, who was born blind and overcame all adversities to become the
first international blind student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and now heads a
Rs 30 crore ($4. 6 million) company. Visiting manufacturing plants in different locations in
Telangana and Karnataka, attending business meetings and, in between, troubleshooting over the
phone, the CEO of Bollant Industries is a busy man. Born in a family of farmers in Machilipatnam in
Andhra Pradesh, life has been one long struggle for him. After passing his Class 10 exam, he chose
the science stream for the plus-two stage but was not permitted to write the Joint Entrance Exam for
IIT-aspirants as he was blind. “I said when IIT doesn’t want me, I don’t want IIT either. Let me find
the best opportunity in the world – better than IIT. MIT being the top school in the world, I always
wanted to go there and I went there,” said Srikanth, who has a [Link] in management from MIT.
1. What did people advise the parents of Srikanth when he was born?
2. What was the goal of Srikanth?
3. Why did Srikanth decide to study in MIT?
4. Write the antonym of‘permit’.
5. Answer ‘True’ or‘False’.
Srikanth missed a great chance because he could not take the Joint Entrance Exam for IIT.
SECTION – C
Note: The answers to questions in this section should be written at ONE PLACE in the answer book
separately. The entire section should be answered in one stretch and not mixed with other
sections.
VIII. Fill in the blanks with ‘a’, ‘an’, or ‘the’: 6x½=3
a) Tripura is in _________ North East of India.
b) Hockey is ________ interesting game.
c) Do you know where I left ______ book.
d) I told him _______ thousand times not to repeat the mistake.
e) Babar is _______ first Mughal king in India.
f) _______ Thar desert is also called Great Indian Desert.
IX. Fill in blanks with suitable prepositions: 6x½=3
a) Sreshta always sits ________ Sonica in church.
b) I saw it ________ television.
c) Pradeep is reading a book written _______ Kazuo Ishiguro.
d) Anitha has left _______ Delhi to see her friend.
e) Aruna has not seen her friend ________ her wedding.
f) Bhanu goes _______ school by bus.
X. Fill in the blanks with suitable forms of the verbs given in the brackets: 5x1=5
a) He________ a new bike last week. (buy)
b) I _________ everyday to keep myself fit. (exercise)
c) I think that they _________ tomorrow morning. (arrive)
d) When I arrived at the cinema hall, the film _______ (start)
e) She ________ to the cinema every weekend for years. (go)
XI. Rewrite the sentences as directed: 5x1=5
a) I served dinner to my guests. (Change the voice)
b) Praneeta said, “My parents live with me” (Change into indirect speech)
c) Raju is the tallest boy in the class. (Rewrite using ‘tall’)
d) I missed the train. I could not attend my friend’s marriage. (Combine the sentences using
‘because’)
e) I am your best friend. (Add a question tag)
XII. Rewrite the following sentences correcting the underlined part. The entire sentence must be
written. 5x1=5
a) I liked the advices you gave me for preparation.
b) He is believing in God.
c) If I was you I wouldn’t do that.
d) Rama and Uma shared the sweets among them.
e) Dheeraj does not has enough money to buy that book.
XIII. Use ANY THREE of the following phrasal verbs in your own sentences: 3x1=3
a) Look after b) break down c) carry on d) deal with e) take up f) fall in
XIV. Identify the silent consonants in the following words: 6x½=3
a) Muscle b) subtle c) pledge d) foreign e) whether f) Christmas
XV. Identify the parts of speech of the underlined words: 6x½=3
a) Wow! That looks amazing.
b) Ramya is very clever.
c) I heard this dialogue in a recent movie.
d) Have a look under the couch.
e) The dancer walked with a graceful attitude.
f) The shuttle flew into space.
XVI. Match the words in column ‘A’ with their meanings/definitions in column ‘B’ 6 x ½ = 3
Column ‘A’ Column ‘B’
1. despair a. to break suddenly into small pieces, extremely upset
2. magistrate b. the ability to recover quickly from depression, illness or Misfortune
3. shatter c. a dead body
4. corpse d. feeling that there is no hope
5. penury e. a judicial officer, judge
6. resilience f. the state of being very poor
g. in exact terms; without any confusion
h. imperious, bad-tempered, arrogant
XVII. Look at the following Pie-chart and convert it into a paragraph. 1x5=5

OR
According to a survey, the literacy rate in a rural area is as follows: In region 1, the number of
literates is 285. In region 2, the number of literates is 300. In region 3, the number of literates
is 450. In region 4, the number of literates is 350. Show the given data in the form of a bar
diagram.
XVIII. Read the following transcriptions and write ANY FIVE words in ordinary spellings: 5 x 1 = 5

a) b) c) d) e)

f) g) h) i) j)
OR
Find the word that is different from the other words in the group with regard to the sound of the
underlined letters:
a. olive one once
b. cutter juice butter
c. thunder author rather
d. genuine gent guest
e. about arm around
XIX. Write the number of syllables for ANY SIX of the following words: 6x½=3
[Link] b. reach c. available d. soldier e. commonwealth
[Link] g. order h. laughter i. beautiful j. weather
XX. Complete the following dialogue: 4x1=4
Dentist : How may I help you?
Patient : I got an accident last month, and my _________ was chipped. What should I do?
Dentist : Well, let me see. Please rinse your mouth out. (Examines the teeth.)
Patient : Since the accident I sometimes get a terrible ___________ in this tooth.
Dentist : Okay, I think this teeth cannot be crowned, I suggest that you have a denture.
Patient : How long does it need for making the____________? And how much is it?
Dentist : Approximately one week, and the price depends on your choice. If you choose the best
quality, it’s about Rs 10000 for everything.
Patient : I think I’ll get the best__________. So when will I have the denture?
Dentist : By the end of this month.

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