ENGLISH 1st YEAR (PREBOARD) Date: 28/06/2022

Q1. (a) Choose the right option of the underlined words and fill up the bubbles.
Sr# Statement A B C D
1 Clark’s fishing tackle was safe boat gear room handbag
and sound in the closet.
2 The face of the children were lifeless thin glowing soft
as radiant as the lantern.
3 You whom this age’s way so tempt repel disturb distract
captivate.
4 Jess’s father climbed a bluff sapling peak trunk cliff
that rose abruptly.
5 The good soul, Mr. Hubert, strength rage power blame
choked with indignation.
6 The slave had not experienced beauty honour misfortune comfort
any calamity.
7 He seemed to labour to facilitate struggle find kick
understand what had
happened.
8 The young man’s heels were soiled injured wet washed
grimed with dirt.
9 A dog comes by chance and greets grabs covers meets
seizes the man.
10 Ellen fidgets as she listens to laughs slumbers twitches enjoys
the broadcast of her father.
(b) Choose the right option for the following blanks and fill up the bubbles.
Sr# Statement A B C D
1 No one can count Della’s: combs love jewels shoes
2 What does John grow? English walnuts rice peas grains
3 The bus was late due to rush storm accident Traffic jam
4 The old man cut A wisp of alfalfa A flower A tomato A sapling
5 The slave had never experience pleasure calamity rule war
any
(c) Choose the correct form of the verb and fill up the bubbles.
Sr# Statement A B C D
1 Work hard lest you ……… Should fail Will fail fail Can fail
2 If he ………… I will help him. came Had come comes Will come
3 We ought to ……. Our elders obey obeyed Have obeyed obeying
4 He …….. out five minutes ago goes went Has gone Had gone
5 I ………. Tea every morning takes take Has taken Had taken
Q2. Write short answers of any six questions in words of your own.
i. Why did the old man take the steep path?
ii. What news did Laura listen on the radio?
iii. Why did the woman not punish the boy?
iv. Why did Hubert keep claiming his innocence before his death?
v. What was the device given by Nushirvan to his people?
vi. How did the quack try to cure the old woman?
vii. What was the cause of Negroes’ discontentment?
viii. Why did Della feel pride in the beauty of her hair?
ix. Why was the Recording Angel tired?
Q3. Write short answers to any five questions (Book III. Plays)
i. How did the girl realize the truth? (Heat Lightening)
ii. Why does the girl consider the First Man her helper?
iii. What were the factors that played their role in saving the life of the girl?
iv. Describe the landing scene of the “flying saucer”.
v. What type of woman is Mrs. Spelding?
vi. Why has General Powers put the house of Mr. Spelding under Martial law?
vii. What does Clark Larrabee give to Harry and why?
viii. How does Harry describe the inhabitants of O.K-by-the-Sea?
Q4. Write short answers to any four questions (Book III. Poems).
i. How can a rainy day be enjoyed? (The Rain)
ii. Why does the poet call cherry the loveliest of trees?
iii. What does the title of the poem “O, Where are You Going?” signify?
iv. Why has the poet used “cannon balls” to describe the fruits?
v. Why does the poet call modern men as hollow men?
vi. Why did the people of Japan look powerless and helpless?
Q5. Write an application to your principal for fee concession.
Q6. Write a story on the moral lesson: (i) “Pride hath a fall” (ii) “Rolling stone gathers no mass”
Q7 (a) . Explain the following lines with reference to the context:
And since to look at things in bloom,
Fifty Springs are little room,
About the woodland I will go,
To see the cherry hung with snow
(b) punctuate the following extract from Book –I:
life is like a race jorkens went on in which they tire after a while and sit down or get interested in something else
instead the man who keeps on wins the race.
(c) Use any five of the following pairs of words in sentences of your own.
i.Eminent; Imminent ii. Bail; bale iii. Gaol; goal iv. Adopt; Adept
v. Affect; Effect vi. Lessen; Lesson vii. Quiet; Quite
Q . Translate the following passage into Urdu:
“Twenty times in my life,” he said, “a doctor has told me to go home and be with my family as long as I could. Told
me not to work. Not to do anything but to live and enjoy the few days I had left with me. If the doctors have been
right,” he said, working at me, “I cheated death many times! Now, I’ve reached the years the Good Book allows to
man in his lifetime upon this earth! Three score years and ten!” He got up from the stump and wiped the raindrops
of sweat from his red wrinkled face.