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English Awareness & Skill Test (EAST)– 2017
Time: 2 hours Class: X Full Marks : 100
NAME _______________________________________________________ Ph. No._______________
SCHOOL ____________________________________________________________________________
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N.B. Answer all the Questions in the space provided. Marks will be deducted for
spelling mistake, untidiness and bad hand writing.
Signature of the Invigilator Section A B C D E Total Signature of the
30 15 20 25 10 100 Examiner Scrutinizer
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Section – A (Grammar – 30)
1. Fill in the blanks with articles and preposition : [1 X 5 = 5
Walter De La Mare was born _____________ 1873 and died ____________ 1956. He was _________
poet and writer________________ children’s book and is fondly remembered ___________ his admirers.
2. Report the following dialogue in your own words: 5
Jaba : “Are you ill ?” Me : “No.”
Jaba : “Do you know Ramesh ?” Me : “Yes.”
Jaba : “Ramesh has got a job in Mumbai.”
3. Replace the bold word/words with phrasal verbs given below: [1 X 5 = 5
[List: run out : take over : turn out : call in : look over ]
(i) Please send for a doctor. Ans._______________________________________________________
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(ii) Please examine the answer. Ans. ____________________________________________________
(iii) The stock was finished. Ans. _______________________________________________________
(iv) The Government undertook the sick mills. Ans.________________________________________
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(v) The factory produces five cars per week. Ans._________________________________________
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4. Re-write as directed: [1 X 15 =15
(i) Travelling broadens our mind. (Re-write the sentence using the adjective form of underlined word)
Ans. _______________ _______________________________________________________________
(ii) His defeat is certain. (Re-write using the adverb form of underlined word) Ans. _______________
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(iii) Ramen is not as intelligent as his brother. (Change the degree of comparison) Ans._____________
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(iv) Where does he see the picture ? . (Change the voice). Ans._________________________________
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(v) Urbi said, ‘Farewell, my friends’. (Change the mode of narration) Ans._______________________
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(vi) Bijoy can not but accept it. (Change into affirmative) Ans. _______________________________
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(vii) O, what misery is in store for me! (Change into assertive sentence) Ans. _____________________
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(viii) I was ill, so I could not come. (Turn into simple sentence) Ans.____________________________
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(ix) I desire your success . (Turn into complex sentence) Ans. ________________________________
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(x) Adrija never tells a lie. (Re-write the sentence using ‘to’) Ans. ________________________________
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(xi) A dog which is beaten does not bite. (Re-write sentence using participle) Ans. ________________
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(xii) You are at a place. Stay there. (Re-write the case using adverbial clause) Ans. ________________
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(xiii) You do this. I shall help you. (Join the sentences using ‘if’) Ans.___________________________
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(xiv) Honesty is the best policy. (Write the case of noun of the underlined word)Ans. ______________
(xv) _________________ students should obey his parents. (Fill in the gap with ‘Distributive Pronoun)
Section – B (Comprehension Test – 15)
5. Read the following text and answer the questions given below:
People moan about poverty as a great evil and it seems to be an accepted belief that if people had
plenty of money, they would be happy, and get more cut of life. As a rule there is more genuine
satisfaction in life and more is obtained from life in the humble cottage of the poor man than in the place
of rich man, who is attended by servants and governess at a later stage. At the same time I am glad to
think they do not know what they have missed.
It is because I know how sweet, happy and pure the home of honest poverty is, how free from
perplexing care and social envies and jealousies, how loving and united the members are in the common
interest of supporting the family that I sympathise with the rich man’s boy and congratulate the poor
man’s son. It is for these reasons that from the ranks of the poor so many strong eminent self-reliant men
have always sprung. If you read the list of the ‘immortals who were not born to die’ you will find that
most of them have been poor.
A. Give a tick ( √ ) against the correct answer : [IX5=5
(i) To common people poverty is a – curse boon box boon devil .
(ii) The speaker says – in favour of poverty against poverty
to abhor poverty to pass by poverty .
(iii) The poor in the society are – entangled with poverty enraged with poverty
free from perplexing care and social envies and jealousies .
(iv) The narration takes pity on – the poor man’s son the rich man’s son
the king’s son the beggar’s son .
(v) Most of the immortals were born – poor rich king emperor .
B. Write ‘T’ for true and ‘F’ for false with support : [2 X 3 = 6
(i) The speaker is sympathetic to the poor. Support Sentence : ___________________________
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(ii) The speaker has praised poverty. Support Sentence : _________________________________
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(iii) The commoners are fond of poverty. Support Sentence : ______________________________
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C. Write answers of the following questions : [ 2+2 = 4
(i) Bring out the notion of the author about poverty. Ans _____________________________________
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(ii) What has he discovered in poor families ? Ans __________________________________________
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Section – C (Writing – 20)
6. Write a letter to the editor of an english news paper about the danger of reckless driving by some
drivers of motors, buses, lorries and bikes in about 150 words. [10
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7. Write a news paper report on cut fruits and enteric disease in Kolkata with the help of the following
points: [Points : cut fruits – health problem – enteric disease – 10 attacked , 2 died – others in hospital
– Govt. directives] (Word limit 150 words): [10
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Section – D (Vocabulary – 25)
8. Give the antonym of the following words: [1 X 4 = 4
(i) lock : ______________________________ (ii) entire : _____________________________
(iii) fertile : _____________________________ (iv) giant : _______________________________
9. Give the synonym of the following words: [1 X 4 = 4
(i) beautiful : _______________________________ (ii) practice : ___________________________
(iii) unknown : _____________________________ (iv) disappointment : _____________________
10. Fill in the blanks with appropriate idiomatic expression : [1 X 4 = 4
[ all and sundry : at stake : at all costs : fed up ]
(i) Madhuri invited ___________________________________________________ to the celebration.
(ii) Amit shall have liberty ____________________________________________________________.
(iii) Bandhu’s life is _________________________________________________________________.
(iv) I am ______________________________________________________ with keya’s performance.
11. Fill in each blank space with the right word from the brackets: [1 X 4 = 4
(i) The _________________________ (moral / morale) of the army is his high.
(ii) This is a man of strict _________________________ (principle / principal).
(iii) The court _______________________________ (waived / waved) his fine.
(iv) Anil babu is a member of the _____________________ (counsil / council).
12. Fill in the blanks adding appropriate prefix : [1 X 2 = 2
(i) This business is _____________ (legal). (ii) There are _____________ (sufficient) sugar in this jar.
13. Fill in the blanks adding appropriate suffix : [1 X 2 = 2
(i) The boy is ____________ (fear). (ii) He is the only _______________ (supervise) of this company.
14. Use single word for the following group of words : [1 X 2 = 2
(i) A game in which neither party wins : _________________________________________________
(ii) A man who has too much enthusiasm for his own religion : ________________________________
15. Give Noun form the of following and make sentences with them : [11/2 X 2 = 3
(i) Exploring : _________________________ Sentence: ____________________________________
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(ii) Popular : __________________________ Sentence: ___________________________________
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Section – E (Picture Description– 10)
17. Study the picture and describe it: (Word limit - 100) [10
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