GATEWAY EVENING ACADEMY
ASSIGNMENT – II ENGLISH INTERMEDIATE PART 1
Total Marks: 100 Objective: 15 Subjective: 85
OBJECTIVE PART
Tick the correct answer. 15
i. Gentle applause broke out from every hand.
(a) rhythm (b) chirping (c) clapping (d) whispering
ii. Edwin Arnold has aptly described “The Gulistan” in culinary terms.
(a) awkwardly (b) promptly (c)instantly (d)rightly
iii. The grave of Hubert withstood the havoc of flood.
(a) belongings (b) devastation (c)sudden event (d)found
iv. “O come on,” I coaxed.
(a) persuaded (b) spoke (c)shouted (d)cried
v. Radiant as lanterns they forget.
(a) glowed (b) dimmed (c) darkened (d) flickered
vi. Paralysed forces, gesture without motion.
(a) effective (b) ineffective (c) useful (d) outstanding
vii. A time to rend.
(a) tear (b) bear (c) hear (d) fear
viii. What was the name of the sick girl?
(a) Della (b) Cora (c) Mathilda (d) Norma
ix. He’d be skating champion if he really gave___________.
(a) some money (b) his passion (c) all his time to it (d) his energies
x. Gorgios probably wanted to___________.
(a) make his country powerful (b) prove his parents wrong
(c) wear a splendid uniform (d) create a post of Court acrobat
xi. The boy saved his life by praying to _____________.
(a) King (b) Parents (c) Qazi (d) Allah Almighty
xii. The sun ____________ when we went out.
(a) will rise (b) was rising (c) is rising (d) has risen
xiii. The dog _____________ at the stranger last night.
(a) has barked (b) had barked (c) barked (d) bark
xiv. Did you _______________ the letter after you (write) it?
(a) post (b) posted (c) have posted (d) posting
xv. He (have) his meal before the bus came.
(a) has (b) has had (c) had (d) had had
SUBJECTIVE PART
A. Translate the following paragraphs in Urdu. 12.5+12.5
i. After the drum beat had ceased, the drumbeater called out to the people who were now
attentive and impatiently waiting for him to call out the public announcement. “It is hereby
made known to the inhabitants of this place and in general to all persons in the market that a
black leather pocket-book containing five hundred shilling and some business papers was lost
on the road between 9:00 and 10:00 in the morning. The finder is requested to return the same
to the mayor’s office or to Mr. James, the caretaker of this public hall. There will be a reward
of 20 shillings.
ii. “Whoever enlarged it, so that it reached its present magnitude, is at fault. If the king eats one
apple from the garden of a subject, his slaves will pull down the whole tree. For five eggs,
which the king allows to be taken by force, the people belonging to his army will put a
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thousand fowls on the spit.” A tyrant does not remain in the world, but the curse on him
abides forever!
B. Explain the following stanzas with reference to context. 5+5
1) Watching her cross erect
Stones, garbage, excrement and crumbs
Of glass in the Karachi slums,
I, with my stoop, reflect:
They stand most straight
Who learn to walk beneath a weight.
2) Splitting the grain,
You have learnt to set life on foot ,
Could you split the grain?
One grain to be fed to the ten young ones.
3(a). Answer the following questions. 5x2=10
(i) What was the behavior of the child towards doctor?
(ii) How did Gorgios persuade his people to make his country strong?
(iii) What was the subject discussed at the Club?
(iv) What made Hubert ashamed?
(v) How did the king recover?
3(b). Answer the following questions. 5x2=10
(vi) Why does the poet call hollow men “Shape without any form”?
(vii) What are the feelings of the poet standing in the dark?
(viii) What does the poet say about the king, “Ozymandias”?
(ix) How does the mother sparrow feed her young ones?
(x) What picture of the Karachi slums do we get after reading the poem?
4. Punctuate the following lines. 5
does your throat hurt you added the mother to the child but the little girls expression didnt change
nor did she move her eyes from my face
5. Use the following pairs of words in your sentences. 5
Vain; Vein Sweet; Sweat Rain; Rein Plane; Plain Idle; Idol
6. Write an application to the principal of your college for grant of scholarship. 10
7. Write a story with moral lesson KINDNESS NEVER GOES UNREWARDED. 10
NOTE:
A. The syllabus of your assignment is as follows:
o Book I- Short Stories – 5-8
o Book III- Poems 5-12
o Pair of Words – 1st Set – 2nd Half
o Moral Stories – 5-8
o Applications – 5-8
o Correct form of Verb – Past Tense
B. Consult Sunshine English Grammar Comprehensive Edition for the solution.
C. Submit your assignment before time.
D. Queries will be entertained.
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BEST OF LUCK
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