NMT ACADEMY

1st Semester Internal Assessment 2021-22

Subject: English.
MARKS: 50
TIME:

Instructions
1 Objective type questions to be answered in complete sentences.
2. All answers to be numbered as per the question paper
3. Marks will be deducted for untidy work.

Q.1) Read the given passage and answer the following questions: (8m)
Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, the father of India’s integrated guided missile program,
states three visions for India based on the achievements and progress that he has
witnessed in the history of the nation and during his own career, as a missile
scientist. Dr Kalam’s three visions for India are FREEDOM, DEVELOPMENT,
and STANDING UP. The focus of his presentation is on developing India to its
fullest potential, while standing up to the rest of the world with fully validated
self-respect for the achievements that have been obtained in the modern times.
If we are not free, no one will respect us.
I have three visions for India. In 3,000 years of our history, people from all over
the world have come and invaded us, captured our land and conquered our
minds. From Alexander onwards the Greeks, the Portuguese, the British, the
French, the Dutch - all of them came and looted us and took over what was
ours. Yet we have not done this to any other nation. We have not conquered
anyone. We have not grabbed their land, their culture and their history, nor tried
to force our way of life on them. Why? Because we respect the freedom of
others. That is why my first vision for India is FREEDOM. I believe that India
had its first vision of freedom in 1857, when we started the War of
Independence. It is this freedom that we must protect and nurture and build on.
If we are not free, no one will respect us.
Questions:
1) The first to invade us, capture our lands and conquer our minds (1m)
a. Greeks b. Alexander c. Portuguese
2) Pick out one word from the passage which means 'capacity or ability' (1m)
3) Pick out a sentence from the extract that conveys a general truth. (1m)
4) Complete the given sentence: (1m)
a. We have not tried to force our way of life on others
because______________________________________
5) Give the synonym for 'nurture’ or 'vision' (1m)
6) Give the past tense forms of the following words: (1m)
a) grab b) conquer
7) State whether the given sentence is true or false: (1m)
a. Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam had two visions for India- ________
8) Rewrite the following sentence as affirmative sentence: (1m)
a. We have not done this to any other nation.

Q. 2) Read the following passage and complete the activities: (8m)

I woke early in the morning. It was cold in the car. The Bushman was squatting
motionless on the hood of the car, smiling as usual. I sat up and for the first
time, I did not feel threatened by him. I smiled at him, too. At that moment, his
face changed. He seemed to be saying, "At last you are beginning to act like a
human being. Now we can do something together.' I suddenly saw what he had
in his hand. It was a small leather bag. Water! Where did he find it in this part
of the desert? Forgetting to be afraid, I opened the door of car. He seemed to
consider this a sign that I wanted to be friendly.
In sign language, I showed him that I needed water for the car. He understood.
'Ah!' he said. He gave me the bag that he was carrying, and I poured the water
into the radiator. It was not enough.
Then the Bushman ran to the tall grass and found a long hollow stick. Insign
language he told me to follow. I still didn't completely trust him, but I followed
a little behind him. After a short walk he squatted on the ground and pushed one
end of his hollow stick into the sand. I watched, amazed, as he put his lips
around
the other end of the stick. A moment later, a stream of water came out around
his mouth. There was water under the sand!
I ran back to the car for my big water bottle, and for half an hour the Bushman
worked to fill it for me. When the bottle was full, he gave it to me. His happy
face seemed to say, 'Now, you see, we are acting like brothers!'
Questions:
1) Which of the following is an antonym for 'motionless'? (1m)
(a) Still
(b) Immobile
(c) mobile

2) Which of the following is a synonym for 'threatened'? (1m)

(a) Endangered
(b) Protected
(c) safe

3) Complete the following sentences: (2m)

a) The Bushman used an sign language to ask the narrator to follow him
because ________________
b) The Bushman ran to the tall grass and _________________

4) State whether the given sentences are true or false (2m)

a) The narrator was in a desert.
b) The narrator had run out of water.
c) The Bushman used a motor to pump water from the ground.
d) The Bushman helped the narrator to find water.

5) Which of the following is the meaning of 'hollow' as used in the passage? (1)
a) sinking deeply
b) without real value
c) having a hole or empty space empty space inside.
6) What did the Bushman have in his hand? (1m)
(a) a big water bottle (b) a small leather bag
{Choose the correct alternative}

Q.3 Read the following poem carefully and complete the given activities: (7m)
Turn, turn thy hasty foot aside.
Nor crush that helpless worm!
The frame thy scornful looks deride
Requir'd a God to form.

The common Lord of all that move,

From whom thy being flow'd,
A portion of His boundless love
On that poor worm bestow'd.
The sun, the moon, the stars He made
To all His Creatures free :
And spreads o'er earth the grassy blade,
For worms as well as thee.

Let them enjoy their little day,

Their lowly bliss received;
O do not lightly take away
The life thou canst not give!

Questions:
1) Give the modern word for the poem. (1m)
2) Pick out one word from the poem which means ‘joy' of ‘pleasure’ (1m)
3) What is the theme of the poem? {Choose the correct alternative} (1m)
a. We should kill small creatures because we have the right to take away life.
b. God has created big creatures for some special purposes.
c. Respect every creature big or small, for each has its role to play in this
universe.
4) Pick out an example of Inversion from the poem. (1m)
5) Which line from the following supports the famous proverb "Live and let
live" (1m)
a. Let them enjoy their little day
b. A portion of his boundless love
c. the frame thy scornful looks deride.
6) Write the meaning of ' lowly' (1m)
7) Mention any two things that we learn from little creatures in nature. (1m)

Q.4 Read the given poem and write an appreciation of the poem using the points
given below: (7m)

1) Title of the Poem

2) Name of the Poet
3) Figures of Speech
4) Theme
5) Rhyme and Rhythm
6) Favourite lines.
When the gong sounds ten in the morning and
I walk to school by our lane,
Every day I meet the hawker crying, ‘‘Bangles,
crystal bangles!’’
There is nothing to hurry him on, there is no
road he must take, no place he must go to, no
time when he must come home.
I wish I were a hawker, spending my day in
the road, crying, ‘‘Bangles, crystal bangles!’’
When at four in the afternoon I come back from
the school,
I can see through the gate that house the
gardener digging the ground.
He does what he likes with his spade, he soils
his clothes with dust, nobody takes him to
task, if he gets baked in the sun or gets wet.
I wish I were a gardener digging away at the
garden with nobody to stop me from digging.
Just as it gets dark in the evening and my
mother sends me to bed,
I can see through my open window the
watchman walking up and down
The lane is dark and lonely, and the street
lamp stands like a giant with one red eye
in its head.
The watchman swings his lantern and walks
with his shadow at his side, and never once
goes to bed in his life.
I wish I were a watchman walking the street all night,
chasing the shadows with my lantern.

Language Study
Q.5 Do as Directed! (Any 10) (10m)

1) We need friends to laugh, talk, share and understand our feelings:

{Frame wh- questions to get the underlined words as the answer?
2) Keep quiet,_________? (Add a question tag)
3) The young woman is going to build a hospital here. {Change the given
sentence into Simple Past Tense}
4) No other city in India is as rich as Mumbai. {Change the given sentence into
comparative degree)
5) The sword was blunt
{Make it negative}
6) Everyone would like to be a millionaire
(Make it interrogative}
7) Meena is too tired to work
{ Rewrite the sentence using so-----that}
8) She recites the poem very well.
{Make it Exclamatory}
9)_____are you upset ? (because I lost my mobile phone)
{Guess the missing WH-question}
10) I love to sleep {Pick out the Infinitive}
11) Collecting stamps is my passion. Identify the verb and state its kind)

Q. 6) Writing Skills
A) Imagine that you are the Head Boy / Head Girl of your school. Prepare a
notice to be put up on the school notice - board, encouraging the students to take
active participation in the inter-house Chess Competition to be held in your
school.

OR (5m)

Draft a short speech on the topic ' Children's Day Celebration in your school
Use the following steps while drafting the speech:
1) Greeting
2) Salutation.
3) Self- Introduction
4) Introduction of the topic.
5) Body of the Speech
6) Conclusion
7) Expression of gratitude to audience

Q7A) Write a letter to your elder brother/sister, about your online activities in
school.

OR (5m)

Q.7B) Write a letter to the Principal of your school asking for leave in
consequence of illness.