Autobiography of a Banyan Tree

English 'Ei'Question pattern (Class Descriptive
Questions Prose Poetry

XI)
Total

MCQ

Short Answer
Questions

Rapid Reader Textual Grammar Paragraph

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Writing or
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TEXTUAL GRAMMAR -1O m..ks
the mode ofNarration

Transformation of Sentences a) simple, complex, compound sentences b) change of Degrees of Comparison c) Interchange of parts of speech d) Affirmative to Negative and vice versa e) Exclamatory to Assertive and vice versa nfinitive, Gerund , Partici Joining of sentences (simple, comple6

1x1:l mark 1x 1:I mark

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Splitting of sentences into two o. rn-.e si-ple

Fill in the blanks with appropriuteirtrcteilnA

classifieds )

Word limit in both

and

TOTAL l0 marks above should be within ,50 words

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MCQ:1 I mark
PROSE
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1.

Sir Mohan Lal rarely spoke Htndustant as

a) b) c) d)

he wanted to show off his Engltsh

he did not know the langua$e well he had only contempt for everythlrg Indian, includtng tts language

he belteved that speaktng Hindustani would lower his prestige in the eyes of Englishmen.

Ans. (iii)
POETRY
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1.

The wind tells the mists to

a) b) c) d)

settle on the shore

tift their vells to enable the mariners to steer thetr ships
shroud the graveYard
move and make waY for it.

Ans. (iv)
I Turn over

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