The Queen's Language

4  The following paragraph has not been edited. There is one error in each line. Identify the error and write its correction against the correct blank number. Remember to underline the correction. The first one has been done for you.                                                                                                  Error   Correction Have you ever learn from a mistake you have made? E.g. learn   learnt Many shouldn’t admit doing so. For those who do, a) there was no need for guilt. We often make mistakes b) while taking risks, but all brush them aside and learn. c) With that, they usually don’t make mistakes the next time. 5. Read the conversation between a teacher and student and complete the passage that f...

What is the significance of the Buddha’s request for a handful of mustard seeds and the addition of a condition to it?  2  ii.  Justify how ‘Animals’ by Walt Whitman is a criticism of mankind and its ways.  2  iii. Comment on the tone of the speaker when she says ‘Will you please look at me when I’m speaking to you, Amanda!’.  2  iv. A ballad includes the telling of a tale as well as a surprise ending. Using evidence from the poem, explain how these features are included in ‘The Tale of Custard the Dragon’.   2  v.  Which two issues about himself convinced Lomov of his decision to get married?  2  vi.  Briefly state how Matilda invited ‘a dreadful life of necessity’ into her family.  2  vii.  The hack driver successfully trapped the narrator in his web of words. Comment.  2  7.  Answer ANY TWO of the following in about 120 words each. 4*2   i. Parents play a crucial role in the ...

Attempt the given questions within 40 words each.       (2 MARKS EACH ) i “He was telling her something true, something she must know” Why does the narrator make this statement?  ii Why do you think both Jo and Jack want a different ending each, for Roger Skunk’s story?  iii What is the significance of the “half old tan and half new ivory cage of moldings, rails and baseboards” appearing at the end of the story?   iv  Wanting Roger Skunk to continue to smell the way a “little skunk should smell” has great significance. Explain.  v Validate John Updike’s open-ended title, ‘Should Wizard Hit Mommy?’.  Answer the following in about 120-150 words each. ( 4 Marks)    i Which of the following adjective/s can be used to describe Jack and Jo respectively? Support your answer with textual evidence.   'aggressive, imaginative, inquisitive, rigid, timid, proud' ii How do you think Jack’s storyline would have been impacted if Jac...

Report writing The efforts of 400 volunteers working with the NGO, 4Literacy, in the district of Malkangiri, Odisha, was lauded by the District Collector, Shri V.  Singh (IAS). As a staff reporter of ‘The Odisha Bhaskar’, write a report about this in 120-150 words covering all the details, such as training, teaching and infrastructure involved in the ‘Each One Teach One’ campaign, initiated by the district administration in association with the NGO.    MARKING SCHEME   2 marks - CONTENT All points included. Well-developed with sustained clarity  2 MARKS– EXPRESSION   Highly effective style capable of conveying the ideas convincingly with appropriate layout of a newspaper report viz.  headline and by-line, place, date.  • Carefully structured content with organised paragraphing presented cohesively. • Highly effective register (formal tone, tense, and vocabulary),  relevant and appropriate sentences for conveying the ideas precisely and effect...

  We have imagined for the mighty dead; All lovely tales that we have heard or read; An endless fountain of immortal drink, Pouring unto us from the heaven’s brink. i. The phrase immortal drink refers to a. blessings of our ancestors. b. the teachings of nature. c. a life-giving force. d. the beauty of heaven. ii. ‘All lovely tales’ evoke the feeling of a. sadness and nostalgia. b. only nostalgia. c. inspiration and pride. d. only pride. iii. The rhyme scheme of the above extract is a. aabb b. abab c. aaab d. abbb iv. The literary device used by the poet in the following lines is ______________. An endless fountain of immortal drink, Pouring unto us from the heaven’s brink. a. personification. b. allegory. c. imagery. d. synecdoche.

 Perfect Practice Paper 2 Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow: When Aunt is dead, her terrified hands will lie Still ringed with ordeals she was mastered by. The tigers in the panel that she made Will go on prancing, proud and unafraid.   Name the poem and the poet. What was the aunt’s ordeal? Why did she ‘make’ tigers? What does the word ‘ ringed’ signify? 1 Why do you think Aunt Jennifer created animals that are so different from her own character? 2 What do the symbols, ‘tigers’, ‘fingers’, and ‘ring’ stand for in the poem, ‘Aunt Jennifer’s  Tigers’?  3 What is the meaning of the phrase, ‘massive weight of uncle’s wedding band’? 4 How are Aunt Jennifer’s tigers different from her?

  Aunt Jennifer's tigers prance across a screen, Bright topaz denizens of a world of green. They do not fear the men beneath the tree; They pace in sleek chivalric certainty. Aunt Jennifer’s tigers take long strides across the panel. They are bright yellow like a topaz gem and are the ‘denizens’ of the forest, which is referred to here as a world of green. The tigers are brave, fearless, and elegant. They are chivalric and confident.  The images of tigers are created by Aunt Jennifer she has embroidered them. The tigers represent her desire to be bold and fearless like them. The tigers are not afraid of the men beneath the tree they move around confidently and fearlessly while the aunt is burdened with the constraints of married life. Her desire is to be free from fear and oppression that control her life.  Aunt Jennifer's finger fluttering through her wool Find even the ivory needle hard to pull. The massive weight of Uncle's wedding band Sits heavily upon Aunt Jennifer...

  Answer in 30-40 words   i ‘What knitting was to Aunt Jennifer; poetry was for Adrienne Rich’.  Do you agree? Comment with reference to the poem ‘Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers’.  ii Read the given quote. In your opinion, what silence does the poem ‘Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers’ break?  iii Would you say that the poem ends on a note of hope? Justify your opinion.  Q12 Answer in 120-150 words  i Read the given extract from an article published in The Independent: “Turn your pain into art”: it’s a phrase most of us have heard before… The theory that achieving something great requires suffering dates back to ancient times… Pain, however, is less an artistic necessity and more a result of “contagion” – a term used for the spreading of a harmful idea or practice…In the context of the struggling artist, it allows mental illness to fester; to be glamourised and admired; even encouraged in the name of art. -  Do you think Aunt Jennifer “turned her pain into art”?...