Updated on 30/04/2021
Revision Paper- 12
(Answer-Key)
1. Unseen
Passages
(a)
(i) (b) dangerous
(ii) (c) it is very expensive
(iii) (c) Both (a) and (b)
(iv) (b) Intimidated
(v) (a) Arduous
(b)
(i) (a) One
language as mother tongue
(ii) (b) Lingua franca
(iii) (a) A person has to
master more than one language
(iv) (b) Fluency
(v) (c) The language
that he learns on his mother’s lap
4. Grammar
(a) Verb Form
(i) had
gone
(ii) will be waiting
(iii) have taken
(iv) has been crying
(b) Articles
(i) a
(ii) An, a
(iii) a, an
(iv) a
(c) Indirect Speech
(i) I ordered Naman to
look at the map.
(ii) He welcomed me.
(iii) I wished/prayed that our teacher might live long.
(iv) I asked her where she lived.
(d) Modals
(i) should
(ii) Would
(iii) May
(iv) shall
(e) Non-finites
(i) read
(ii) sing
(iii) talking
(iv) laughing
(f) Punctuation
(i) Hari
said, “Rama is my sister.”
(ii) Delhi is 121 kms. from Karnal.
(iii) “Yes”, replied Roahn, “I beat him.”
(iv) I read a novel, it was very interesting.
5. Prose -
Passages
(a)
(i)
(c) A Letter to God
(ii) (c) Farmer
(iii) (d) He had firm faith
in God
(iv) (c) Money
(v) (c) He became angry
(b)
(i) (d) Nelson Mandela
(ii) (c) Nelson Mandela
(iii) (a) with a sense of History
(iv) (b) system of
racial domination
(v) (b) decade
(c)
(i) (b) The Black Aeroplane
(ii) (b) The pilot of Dakota
aeroplane
(iii) (c) The compass was
turning round and round
(iv) (d) No answer was
given by Paris Control
(v) (b) compass
8. Poem -
Stanzas
(a)
(i) (a) John
Berryman
(ii) (a) He has lost his ball
(iii) (a) The boy stares at
the harbour
(iv) (a) At the harbour
(v) (c) It will be of
no use
(b)
(i) (a) Robin Klein
(ii) (c) Amanda
(iii) (b) Tranquil
(iv) (a) A princess
(v) (c) In a tower