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SHRI VIDHYABHARATHI MATRIC HR.SEC.SCHOOL SAKKARAMPALAYAM , AGARAM (PO) ELACHIPALAYAM

TIRUCHENGODE(TK), NAMAKKAL (DT) PIN-637202

Cell : 99655-31727, 94432-31727

COMMON HALF YEARLY EXAMINATION - 2019

STD: XI 12.12.2019

SUBJECT: ENGLISH TENTATIVE ANSWER KEY MARKS : 90

PART –I (Q.NO.1-20)

SYNONYMS 3X1=3

1. absurd – (b) illogical

2. prosaic – (c) dull

3. replenish - (a) refill

ANTONYMS 3X1=3

4. prosperous – (b) poor

5. fact - (b) fiction

6. astuteness – (d) stupidity

VOCABULARY 14X1=14

7. (c) inaudible

8. My father always stands for truth and honesty.(Text Book pg.no.112)

9. (a) irritated (pg.no.173)

10. (b) varsity

11. (d) insects

12. (c) Non – Governmental Organisation

13. (d) tri syllabic

14. (c) postpone indefinitely

(without a date being fixed/ for an indefinite period).

15. (a) volubility

16. (d) buyer

17. (c ) SVO

18. (a) loaves

19. (b) for

20. (d) doesn’t he?

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PART -II(Q.NO.21-30) 7x2=14

SECTION -1 APPRECIATION 4x2=8

21. (a) eyes lacking a feeling of warmth or endearing expression

(b) Metaphor

22. (a) The athletes are often rough during play because of ego to win the game.

(b) enough - rough

23. (a) The Scotland yard is the headquarters of London Metropolitan

police service.

(b) They need his foot prints to prove his crime and criminal mastermind.

24. (a) The speaker is proud of the position he holds.

(b) proud , position

25. (a) The birds thoughts cannot be measured.

(b) I refers to the poet.

26. (a) A court jester,

(someone who draws attention through silly or funny acts)

(b) Personification

SECTION -2 GRAMMAR 3x2=6

27.

My friend told me that I would get caught if I continued to do that.

28. Do not slam the door.

29. Ravi had better equipment but he was unable to get the best results.

30. When Dinesh boarded the bus , Varsha rang him immediately.



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PART –III(Q.NO.31-40) 7x3=21

i)Explain any two of the following with reference to the context 2x3=6

SECTION -I

31. Reference : These lines are taken from the poem “Confessions of a

Born Spectator” by Frederic Ogden Nash.

Context : The poet tells these lines, when he reassures himself to be

not an athlete but himself.

Explanation : The poet says that he will drink for the athlete’s health, eat

with them or do anything except compete with them. He comforts himself

that he is himself and not an athlete

32. Reference : These lines are taken from the poem “Everest is not the

only peak” by Kulothungan.

Context : Honour is the property which everyone should have, hence

they need not feel poor

Explanation : Dignity and Honour is property common to all human beings

to attain success in their life journey. Thus the poet stresses on the journey of

life not its destination.

33. Reference:

This passage is taken from ‘ Lines Written in Early Spring’ by

William Wordsworth.

Context : Man did not treat nature well though it created a strong

connection with him.

Explanation: The poet is reclining under the trees in a grove. He sees

birds and plants around him. The birds are chirping and twittering.

They are playful. The poet is pleased to see that everything in nature is

happy. Suddenly he thinks of man. He is saddened by man’s injustice

to others. So he regrets that man alone is hostile to others. He lives

without joy and cheer. The poet is filled with grief at this thought.



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ii) Answer any two of the following briefly : 2x3=6

SECTION -II

34. The grandmother used to feed hundreds of sparrows everyday in the

afternoon with the little bits of bread for half-an-hour. If was the

happiest time of the day for her.

35.

Retaining her world title in 2006. By defeating steluta Duta of Romania

22-7 at the Fourth World Championships in New Delhi was considered

by her as one of her greatest achievements.

36.

Our memories are filled with the names of actors and actresses, cricketers,

footballers and murders. We can tell what the weather was like in a long-

past August. We can remember a hotel which served vile food during

summer. Our memories are crowded with such things

iii) Answer any three of the following briefly : 3x3=9

SECTION -III

37.

38. Any suitable answer.

39. Any suitable answer.

40.

a) A bird in hand is worth two in a bush

b) A fool and his money are soon parted

c) Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.

Government Hr. Sec. School, Minjur

Workshop on FIRST AID

DECEMBER 12 2019

This is to inform all the students of Class XI and XII that a workshop on First

Aid,will be held at 9.00 a.m. on 12 December 2019 (Thursday), in the school

auditorium.It is mandatory for all the students to attend the workshop. For

any type of query, please contact the under-signed

(Sd/-)

Evangeline

(Head-girl)



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PART –IV(Q.NO.41-47) 7x5=35

41. (A) CONVOCATION ADDRESS

-Dr. Arignar Annadurai

Convocation Address is an extract from the famous address made

by the great leader Dr.Arignar Anna at the Annamalai University, on

November 18, 1967 on the occasion of convocation. He highlights in the

speech, the various qualities instilled in youngsters by the Universities, the

duties and responsibilities of the graduates to the society and the importance

of giving back to the society what they have received from it.

It was Annadurai’s pleasure to deliver the convocation address. He advises

the graduates to bear the layman’s point of view to the findings of experts in

various fields connected with education. He tells that universities are the

repositories of knowledge and the nursing ground for the emissaries of

thoughts, wisdom and service. The universities take into account the

commonness, they trim and train, guide and lead them. Then they are asked

to carry out their duties as the citizen of a democracy. The universities

DEMOCRACY

PERSEVERANC

EC

FAITH PATIENCE

APPRECIATION

RESPONSIBILITY

CONFIDENCE



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fashion out the students as an individual fitted and equipped for the task of

making democracy fruitful and effective. Universities help remind the

students that they are deeply indebted to the community of which they are a

member. It is the community that fund for the maintenance of institutions

through the states. Most of the money needed for maintaining institutions of

higher education come from the revenues collected from the community

through the State and a good proportion of revenue from the tillers and the

toilers who did not enjoy this privilege. It is the bound duty of the graduates

to repay what they have received. The graduate should not forget to repay his

contribution to the social chest on which he had drawn so largely. The society

has a right to expect an adequate return from him. This may not be in terms

of money but in terms of service. For example toning up the society, in

bringing light into the dark alleys, sunshine into dingy places, solace into the

afflicted, hope to the despondent and a new life to every one.

(OR)

(B) THE QUEEN OF BOXING

- M.C. MARY KOM

“Some are born great

Some are made great

Some are thrust into greatness”

Mary Kom belong to the second one. Despite the challenges faced, Mary

Kom has achieved great success in the filed of sports. She is an Indian woman

celebrity who has accomplished in the filed of sports and games . This Prose

is an extract from M.C. MARY KOM’S autobiography “Unbreakable”. Soon

after the Bangkok Championship, Mary Kom was selected in the 48 kg

category for the International Boxing Association (AIBA) in Pennsylvania,

USA in November –December 2001.

“Unless service is the outcome, the sermons become sweet nothings”. As

Jafferson stated, we must dream of an aristocracy of achievements arising out

of democracy of opportunities.



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Though her selection rejoice her spirit , she lacks in adequate financial

resources. Lack of adequate financial resources and sponsorships often affect

sports person. This is very much evident in Mary Kom’s life. Her father

managed to collect only Rs.2000/-for her trip. She was both upset and very

worried because she heard of how expensive things were in America. Onler ,

one of her friends managed to get two Members of Parliament to donate

Rs5000/- and Rs.3000/- for her trip. She left for America with sum of Rs.

10,000/-. Pennsylvania was cold and it was snowing. Though she was

restricted to the arena, what she was pleasing to the eye. The people were

friendly too. Luckily she did not have a match on the day she landed. She

was able to rest and so win the first round comfortably with her opponent.

This gave her confidence and went on to the finals. As she was not

accustomed to the food in America she could not eat. This caused her to lose

weight and before the finals she was only 46 kg. Mary Kom felt that this was

the reason that she lost in the finals.

From 2001 to 2004, Mary Kom won many golds, all the Senior Women’s Boxing

Championships, the second women’s boxing Championships in 2002, the 2nd Asian

Women’s Boxing Championship at Hisar in 2003 and the Witch cup boxing

championship at Paes, Hungary. After her wedding, she participated and won a gold in

the 3rd and 4th world women’s boxing championship in October 2005 and November

2006. She won other international level championships in Taiwan, Vietnam, Denmark

and so on. She retained the world title in 2006 by defeating Steluta Duta of Romania 22-7

at the fourth world championship in New Delhi . She won the hat-trick of world

championship and so the media christened her as “Queen of Boxing” and “Magnificent

Mary.

Though she brought home the Silver Medal she was not

satisfied and was determined that she would win Gold

the next time.



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42.(A)

ONCE UPON A TIME

GABRIEL OKARA

Gabriel Okara (born 1921) is a Nigerian poet and novelist. He is a legend in

the field of English literature. In his poem “Once upon a time” he speaks

about Africa’s cultural changes with the coming of western culture. It is a

monologue from a father to a son which bemoans(laments) the loss of

innocence in the transition from child to adult and a desire to back to that

blissful childhood. The father addresses his son telling how he remembers

that once people used to be open and expressive with their emotions with

laughter that reached their eyes, but now they are aloof and distance with

fake smiles. He says that there was a time when relationship were based on

mutual respect and cordiality. All right intension vanish. Everyone looks for

only their personal and material gain in vain.

“While their left hands search

My empty pockets”

Everybody is trying to use each other. He says that he has been stripped off

all genuine happiness and he feels depressed and frustrated. He too has

learned to say “Good- riddance”. He confesses that the society has pressed

him into a negative way. When he laughs before the mirror , he sees no

expression . His teeth are bare like that of the fangs of a snake. So, he asks his

son to show him how to laugh. He wants to be as his son, to be genuine and

true( which had not yet been beaten by the society). He says that he wants to

be as he used to be. The poet expresses his regret, sympathy and hospitality

of the society. He expiates his dual life . The poet warns the society that the

leagacy bequeathed to us should be nurtured and inculcated with the

truthfulness and hospitality.

If your thought , word and deed are one, you have already won

(OR)



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(B)

THE HOLLOW CROWN

(From Richard – II)

-William

Shakespeare

The Poem “The Hollow Crown” is an extract of William Shakespeare’s

play ‘King Richard II”. The play is based on true events that occurred

towards the end of 14th Century. King Richard the second had surrendered to

his rebellious cousin Henry of Bolingbroke. He experienced deep distress at

the horror of his circumstances. King Richard was attacked by his cousin

Bolingbroke and King Richard realized that he would not get any help from

others. He knew that he would be defeated and that would lead to his death.

So he was in great grief and expressed his grief to his loyal followers in this

speech. The main cause for his grief is fear of failure and death. So in this

desperate situation he speaks of worms, graves and epitaphs. All these are

connected to death and dead bodies. He may be a great king with a great

palace and lots of land under his control. But now he has to leave

everything and he may own a small patch of land where his body will be

buried. King Richard yielded to dejection and talked of the different ways in

which defeated Kings suffer, how some had been deposed, slained in war,

poisoned by their wives and murdered unknowingly . Once he thought his life

was safe as a king but now he feels that death pricks him like a pin at the end.

Some haunted by the ghosts they have deposed,

Some poisoned by their wives, some sleeping kill’d,

All murdered – for within the hollow crown

That rounds the mortal temples of a king



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Shakespeare in this speech brings about the truth of human life. “Wise man

will never be proud of vanity”. The King’s Life may seem to others glamorous

and safe. The truth is totally different . “Uneasy lies the head that wears the

crown” - this is the line from Shakespeare. He realizes that he is in no way

better than his subjects. There are several truths that are brought out here.

The first truth is found in the fact that death is the end of all mankind. Even a

king who appeared all powerful has nothing to call his own. Richard says that

his crown is hollow. Death is what really rules the earth. He specifies that all

kings are murdered. Power corrupts. One king murders another so that he

may gain power. The final truth is that no one takes anything from this

world to the grave.

“And nothing can we call our own but death:

43.(A)

AFTER TWENTY YEARS

-0. HENRY

William Sydney porter whose pen name is O. Henry is known as

“the master of the American short story” “After Twenty years” tells us the

story of two old friends who has made an appointment twenty years ago to

see each other again in New York city. It is nearly 10’O clock and all’s quiet

as the policemen (Jimmy wells) walks his beat, checking locks for safety.

Suddenly a though figure (Bob) standing in a door way catches his attention

and he approaches. Bob tells the lawman about his friend, Jimmy wells,

who’d been more like a brother when they were younger. Bob praises

Jimmy’s character and assures the policemen that he’ll keep their

appointment at 10 o’clock. Jimmy was always loyal. He always was the truest

chap in the world, He was a kind of plodder and he was accustomed to the

normal routine of his nation place. He refused to go out of New York to

make his fortune. But Bob was entirely different from Jimmy. He was

ambitions by nature and he went to the west to make his fortune, he was

well dressed. He looked respectable with his diamond scarf pin and an

expensive watch (diamond encrusted watch). It takes the west to put a razor-

edge on him. He neck name a law breaker in the west and became a

criminal.



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As it is already quite nearly ten, the officer asks if the man will wait any

longer for Jimmy, and the friend says he’ll give him half an hour as the

lawman continues his Patrol. Another man arrives after twenty minutes

whom Bob believes to be his friend Jimmy was the two men great each other

heartily. Bob realizes that the man in front of him doesn’t have the same

nose as Jimmy. Jimmy had a straight nose which was different from the tall

man’s. It is far too late for him to escape from the plainclothes man posing as

Jimmy. Before taking him into custody, however the officer handed, Bob a

note from Patrolman wells whom he’d accidentally met earlier. Bot who

read the note with his hands steady trembled at the end. In the note, Jimmy

wells explained that he was in fact the officer who was with Bob at the site

of Big Joe Brady’s restaurant at 10’O Clock. But when Bob struck a match to

light his cigar, he recognized Bob’s face as the one wanted in Chicago, Jimmy

didn’t have the heart to bring him in himself to arrest his old friend.

Moral : “We never fail when we try to do our duty.

We always fail when we neglect to do it.”

(OR)

(B)

WITH THE PHOTOGRAPHER

- STEPHEN LEACOCK

Stephen P.H. Buttler Leacock (30 December 1869-28 March 1944) was a

Canadian teacher, Political Scientist, Writer, and Humorist. He is known for

his light humour along with criticisms of people’s follies. Leacock in the story

“With the photographer” explains in detail the experience of the narrator

with a professional photographer in a studio. One day Leacock went to a

studio to take his photograph. The photographer looked at him without

enthusiasm. He made the author to wait for an hour. Then he took him into

the inner room to take photo. The author’s face was quite wrong. The author

accepted it.

“ We Figured that in twenty years each of us ought to have our

destiny worked out and out fortune made”.



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“Desire to have a photograph of one’s own is Natural"

The photographer added that it would look better if it was three quarters full.

To prove his skill in photography, he asked the author to open his mouth

and to close it. He felt that the author’s ears were bad so he asked him to

drop them a little more. He asked Leacock to roll his eye under the eyelids,

to put the hands on knees, to turn the face little upward, to expand the

lungs, to bend the neck. On Saturday, the author went back to the studio to

get his proof . The photographer showed his photo. The author was not able

to identify his own image in it, because the photographer made so many

changes in his eyes, eyebrow, mouth etc. The photograph didn’t look like the

author’s photo at all. The author wanted a photograph that would have

looked like himself. He wanted something that would depict his face as God

gave it to him. He wanted something that his friends might have kept after his

death to reconcile them to his loss.

But what the author wanted was no longer done. To him it was nothing but ‘ a

worthless bauble’ Saying this, the author broke into tears and left the studio

with a heavy heart.

MORAL: “Do not let someone change who you are to become

what they need”

44. Write a summary or make notes of the following passage:

Summarizing

Format

Rough Draft/Copy - 1 Mark

Suitable Title - 1 Mark

Fair Draft/Copy - 3 Marks

(An exceptional summary can be awarded Maximum Marks. The number of words in the

Fair Draft need not be taken into account)

(OR)

Note Making

Title - 1 Mark

Sub – titles - 2 Marks

Key points under each sub-titles - 2 Marks



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45.

From YYY

XXX, 12.12.2019

To

The Manager,

Sun Sports,

15, Pink Street,

Mumbai-20

Respected Sir,

Subject: Ordering Sports Goods

I am the sports secretary of our school. Sir we need few sports equipments to

our Physical Education Department Education as we are practicing for the

zonals. I would like to place an order for the following sports equipments.

Sports

Item

Quantity

1. Cricket bat 15

2. 2. Cork ball 15

3. Cricket Kit 5

Please send the above by V,P.P.

Thanking you, Yours faithfully,

xxx

Address on the envelope:

The Manager,

Sun Sports,

15, Pink Street,

Mumbai-20



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46. i) Read the following sentences, spot the errors and correct them suitably.

a. John as well as Henry is expected shortly

b. The Ganges is a sacred river.

c. Vinodh picked a quarrel with me

d. She came late but she was allowed to write the exam.

e. Nithya and her cousin are going to Ooty next week.

OR

(ii) Fill in the blanks suitably.

a. When I entered the room, the bady was sleeping soundly.

b. There is a lot of time left, so you need not panic

c. Leela has recovered from the accident but her leg is still in a cast.

d. Your ring is loose . Don’t lose it

47. Read the following passage and answer the questions in your own words.

a) We realize that the victories of peace are even more glorious than the victories of

war.

b) The word ‘Victory’ is generally associated in our minds with war and calls up

vision of battles, bloodshed and conquest by force.

c) Victory

d) One who promotes welfare of others by donating money

e) Understand – realize Illiterate X Scholars

(OR)

Frame a dialogue between two friends on a picnic they enjoyed recently in not less

than five exchanges..

Mani : His Sonu, Let’s have ,some coffee.

Sonu : Ok ya. When you called me over phone to come here, I

was a little bit worried about the place.

Mani : Why?

Sonu : Look at the surrounding buildings. Some factories are near

by and they emit somke.



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Mani : That’s true, But how is that related to our drinking coffee

here?

Soun : See, if the place is not cleam/ hygienic, that will pose a

threat to our body and also our environment.

Mani : Now coffee has come, Have it.

Sonu : Wail, I’II have my own coffee mug.

Mani : What? Do you carry it everywhere

Sonu : Yest, Don’t we carry mobile phones, water bottle, like that

I carry my coffee mug sothat I avoid using plastic cups. Because they don’t

dispose them properly.

Mani : What about paper cups?

Sonu : They are also wax coated. So to save us and our earth be

clean and keep our environmentclean

Mani : Good suggestion, I’II follow youradvice. Bye.

Sonu : Bye



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MARK ANALYSIS (WITHOUT CHOICE)

PART Questions Total

Questions

Book Back

Questions

Interior

Questions

Total Marks

I 1 Mark 20 10 10 20

II 2 Marks 16 11 5 20

III 3 Marks 10 06 04 30

IV 5 Marks 20 06 14 70

Total Marks 66 33 33 140

Percentage 50% 50% 100%

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