First Terminal Examination – 20…..
Class: 12 Full marks: 50
Subject: Compulsory English Time: 2 Hrs. Pass marks:
Candidates are required to give their answers in their own words as far as practicable. The figures in the margin indicate full marks.
Attempt ALL the questions.
1. Read the following text and do the given tasks.
If you’ve been listening to the news you already know about our national obesity levels rising by the day. It has never been more important to watch what you are eating and to get an adequate amount of exercise and sleep to keep yourself fit and healthy. Though it may feel like really hard work at first, once you adopt an exercise routine and start to adapt to a new situation, you’ll forget you ever did things differently. Here are the top four top adjustments you could make:
Sleep is huge and almost a third of the US population doesn’t get near enough to help them stay physically and mentally healthy. If you are sleep deprived, try changing your habits in order to get a full eight hours every night.
Look at what you’re eating now and make changes where you see fit. If you are susceptible to snacking, keep a piece of fruit or a few nuts at hand. The key is to eat small meals throughout the day. Reduce portion sizes, remove white bread and replace with whole grains and make sure each meal contains at least one portion of fruit and – or vegetables. Healthy food doesn’t have to be expensive in the least bit, and you can get an abundance of low priced fruit and veggies, like apples, bananas, potatoes and peas.
Take a look at your current lifestyle and make a small list of everything you do that is not good for your health. This could be anything, from eating too much junk food or drinking too much caffeine, to smoking or drinking. Start the process of breaking these habits one by one. Some will be easy, while others may take months or maybe years to get rid of and eradicate completely from your life, but the sooner you start fighting, the better.
Some addictions (like smoking, drugs or alcohol) are incredibly bad not only to your health, but also to your pocketbook. If you smoke and/or drink, start by cutting back on how many drinks you have, or cigarettes you smoke, in a day, and if necessary, seek medical advice and assistance to make further steps towards stopping completely.
We all should be doing at least 30 minutes of exercise, 3 to 4 or more times a week, to maintain good health and keep fit. This can be pretty much anything that is physical, like walking, cycling, running, swimming to weightlifting, etc. This too does not have to be expensive, and you can get a great work out without joining any costly gyms. Most of these exercises are inexpensive, and just doing a cardiovascular exercise, like walking, jogging, or walking on a treadmill a few times a week will do your body (and heart) good.
A. Choose the appropriate headings for paragraphs 2-6 from the list below and write the paragraph numbers next to them. (5×1=5)
a. Strive for a better diet …………….
b. Exercise, exercise, exercise …………….
c. Overcoming addictions …………….
d. Get more sleep …………….
e. Stop all those bad habits ……………
B. Answer the following questions. (5×1=5)
a. What percentage of the US population gets enough sleep to stay healthy?
b. Why is healthy food not always expensive?
c. What is the best way to get rid of bad habits?
d. Why do you think an addiction like smoking is worse than snacking on junk food?
e. What type of exercise is good for your heart?
2. Write short answers to the following questions. (3×2=6)
a) Why did the young man begin to weep at the end of the story? (Neighbours)
b) How is Mrs. Baroda Respectable Woman? (A Respectable Woman)
c) How did the essayist feel when he visited the library a couple of months ago? (On Libraries)
3. Write long answer to the following question. (5)
a] What is the main idea in the poem “A Day” ?
4. Some people think it is better to live in a nuclear family. Other people think that living in extended family is more advantageous. What do you think? Write an essay discussing the advantages and disadvantages of both. (9)
5. Write an email to your friend explaining an interesting class that you had. (5)
6. Do as indicated in the brackets and rewrite the sentences. (10×1=10)
a) Nobody solves this problem,…..?(add appropriate question tag)
b) When he was 35, he …earn six digit salary.( can, could, might)
c) If a few drops of the ocean are dirty,…whole ocean does not become dirty. (Add a Determiner)
d) The patient….(already die) before the doctor came in .(Write the suitable form of the verb)
e) Open the door. (Change into passive)
f) We accused him….stealing money in the office. (Put the correct preposition in the blank)
g) You’re carrying too much. I… (open, will open, have opened) the door for you.
h) I can’t……the pain. (bare,beer,bear, bore)
i) Did you hear me? (Report this with the reporting clause: She asked….)
j) The master along with his three servants ….(is/am/are) going to the court.
7. Choose and copy the correct answer. (5×1 = 5)
a. Which of the following words has a different initial sound?
i. Check
ii. Chess
iii. Chemical
iv. Chairman
b. Form any two words using the suffix ‘-ness’.
c. I can’t …………………the pain.
i. bare
ii. bear
iii. beer
iv. bore
d. Which word would you find in a dictionary that comes between the guide words: kiwi ……………… knit?
i. king
ii. kitty
iii. knob
iv. knife
e. The babysitter……………….. the girl while her parents were not at home.
i. looked after
ii. looked at
iii. looked over
iv. looked up
‘Best of Luck’
