Thursday, January 31, 2019

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Oral Test : English
Oral Test 20 Marks 
Listening Skill 
Batch 1 30 Students Time 10 Minutes 
Objective : 1. Testing students ability of distinguishing contrastive sounds and identifying correct stresses. 
2. Testing students ability of listening with understanding short paragraphs / dialogues. 
Reading of each sentence twice. 
1. Listen and write. ( Three Sentences) 3 Marks
A. The rich man reached in time .
B. The beautiful scene was seen by all the students.
C. Health is wealth.
Batch 2
A. I ate eight apples yet I am hungry.
B. The goods were stored in the warehouse.
C. Service to man is service to God.
Batch 3
A. Leela/Lila is least worried about her list which is lost.
B. He read the red covered book.
C. Cleanliness is next to Godliness.
Batch 4
A. What a beautiful scene I have seen!
B. I will send a letter little later.
C. Time and tide wait for none. 
Some More Sentences 
1. I wished to see the Arabian Sea.
2. Tell me whether the weather was fine or not that day.
3. The deceased person was suffering from the disease of cancer.
4. The manager accepted the apologies of almost all the employees except of Mr. George.
5. Soles reveal what is there in your soul.
6. The Knight, in great anxiety, passed many sleepless nights.
7. She took pride in serving the guests fried fish.
8. The Chief commissioner was deadly against cheap popularity.
9. Send a car to pick her up from the airport.
10. I am sorry, I am a stranger here.
11. I Change yourself and YOU change the earth.
12. God helps those who help themselves .
1 3. From listening comes wisdom and from speaking, repentance.
14. A happy face is the sign of a good heart.
1 5. The maid had seen her getting some medicine.
1 6. Can you fill petrol in my bike quickly, please?
1 7. Leave me alone and let me live in peace.
1 8. A missed opportunity seldom returns.
1 9. Two days later she received a letter from her aunt.
20. After purchasing commodities from the super market, he reached home at supper time. 21. Our system has to encourage honesty and discourage corruption.
22. If the child is not learning the way you are teaching, then teach him the way he learns.
23. A friend in need is a friend indeed.
24. No gains without pains.
25. Let's start now, or we'll get late.
26. Catches win matches.
27. Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.
28. Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
29. Making India shine is better than making her whine.



2. Listen and answer the questions. 3 Marks 
Teacher will read out the passage. He will put the questions on the board. He will read the passage again. After listening students write answers in the sheet provided to them. 

George soon made himself at home. He had plenty of work to do, but it was not heavy work. As a cabin boy he had to wait on the captain at meals. He also had to do errands for him and look after his cabin.
It was some time before his health grew better. He was often sea-sick and his cough was as bad as before. But when the ship reached the sunny waters of the South Atlantic, he put on weight and his skin got sunburnt. 
A. Write the name of a cabin boy. 
B. Write the duties of the cabin boy. 
C. Name the ocean you listened now. 
Batch 22. Listen and answer the questions. 3 Marks 
The tallest bird in the world today is the ostrich. A fully-grown ostrich may stand nearly two and half metres in height and weigh from 100 to 150 kilograms, It relies on its keen eyesight and powerfull legs to escape from its enemies, because it is a primitive bird whose wings have not been developed by flight.
The nest of the ostrich consists of a shallow hole scraped out of the soil by the male bird. The female bird lays half a dozen or more eggs, and both hen and cock take turns in hatching them. The hen sits on them during the day and the cock during the night. The eggs weigh about one and a half kilograms each and take six weeks to hatch.

A. What is this passage about?
B. Who makes the nest of the ostrich?
C. What is the hatching period of ostrich's eggs?
Reading 4 Marks 1 Minutes for each student
Objectives : Testing students pronunciation, use of word stress, proper pauses, intonation, rhythm and speed. 
Teacher gives a paragraph of of 8 to 10 lines. 
Conversation 5 Marks 1 Minute for each student 
Objectives : Testing students' understanding of the examiner's questions. 
Teacher will ask questions based topics of general interest and will make the student speak on a topic /narrate an incident. 

Speaking 5 Marks 10 Minutes for a group of 10 
Objectives : Testing students initiative confidence pronunciation, use of appropriate vocabulary and fluency. 
Teacher will give a topic/ situation to the group for discussion and observe the performance of each student. 



Oral Test : English
Oral Test 20 Marks 
Listening Skill 
Batch 1 30 Students Time 10 Minutes 
Objective : 1. Testing students ability of distinguishing contrastive sounds and identifying correct stresses. 
2. Testing students ability of listening with understanding short paragraphs / dialogues. 
Reading of each sentence twice. 
1. Listen and write. ( Three Sentences) 3 Marks
A. The rich man reached in time .
B. The beautiful scene was seen by all the students.
C. Health is wealth.
Batch 2
A. I ate eight apples yet I am hungry.
B. The goods were stored in the warehouse.
C. Service to man is service to God.
Batch 3
A. Leela/Lila is least worried about her list which is lost.
B. He read the red covered book.
C. Cleanliness is next to Godliness.
Batch 4
A. What a beautiful scene I have seen!
B. I will send a letter little later.
C. Time and tide wait for none. 
Some More Sentences 
1. I wished to see the Arabian Sea.
2. Tell me whether the weather was fine or not that day.
3. The deceased person was suffering from the disease of cancer.
4. The manager accepted the apologies of almost all the employees except of Mr. George.
5. Soles reveal what is there in your soul.
6. The Knight, in great anxiety, passed many sleepless nights.
7. She took pride in serving the guests fried fish.
8. The Chief commissioner was deadly against cheap popularity.
9. Send a car to pick her up from the airport.
10. I am sorry, I am a stranger here.
11. I Change yourself and YOU change the earth.
12. God helps those who help themselves .
1 3. From listening comes wisdom and from speaking, repentance.
14. A happy face is the sign of a good heart.
1 5. The maid had seen her getting some medicine.
1 6. Can you fill petrol in my bike quickly, please?
1 7. Leave me alone and let me live in peace.
1 8. A missed opportunity seldom returns.
1 9. Two days later she received a letter from her aunt.
20. After purchasing commodities from the super market, he reached home at supper time. 21. Our system has to encourage honesty and discourage corruption.
22. If the child is not learning the way you are teaching, then teach him the way he learns.
23. A friend in need is a friend indeed.
24. No gains without pains.
25. Let's start now, or we'll get late.
26. Catches win matches.
27. Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.
28. Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
29. Making India shine is better than making her whine.
2. Listen and answer the questions. 3 Marks 
Teacher will read out the passage. He will put the questions on the board. He will read the passage again. After listening students write answers in the sheet provided to them. 
George soon made himself at home. He had plenty of work to do, but it was not heavy work. As a cabin boy he had to wait on the captain at meals. He also had to do errands for him and look after his cabin.
It was some time before his health grew better. He was often sea-sick and his cough was as bad as before. But when the ship reached the sunny waters of the South Atlantic, he put on weight and his skin got sunburnt. 
A. Write the name of a cabin boy. 
B. Write the duties of the cabin boy. 
C. Name the ocean you listened now. 
Batch 22. Listen and answer the questions. 3 Marks 
The tallest bird in the world today is the ostrich. A fully-grown ostrich may stand nearly two and half metres in height and weigh from 100 to 150 kilograms, It relies on its keen eyesight and powerfull legs to escape from its enemies, because it is a primitive bird whose wings have not been developed by flight.
The nest of the ostrich consists of a shallow hole scraped out of the soil by the male bird. The female bird lays half a dozen or more eggs, and both hen and cock take turns in hatching them. The hen sits on them during the day and the cock during the night. The eggs weigh about one and a half kilograms each and take six weeks to hatch.

A. What is this passage about?
B. Who makes the nest of the ostrich?
C. What is the hatching period of ostrich's eggs?
Reading 4 Marks 1 Minutes for each student
Objectives : Testing students pronunciation, use of word stress, proper pauses, intonation, rhythm and speed. 
Teacher gives a paragraph of of 8 to 10 lines. 
Conversation 5 Marks 1 Minute for each student 
Objectives : Testing students' understanding of the examiner's questions. 
Teacher will ask questions based topics of general interest and will make the student speak on a topic /narrate an incident. 

Speaking 5 Marks 10 Minutes for a group of 10 
Objectives : Testing students initiative confidence pronunciation, use of appropriate vocabulary and fluency. 
Teacher will give a topic/ situation to the group for discussion and observe the performance of each student.  
Activity Sheet : Std : 12 Sub : ENGLISH
Gadchandur Shikshan Prasarak Mandal’s
MAHATMA GANDHI JR. COLLEGE, GADCHANDUR
PRELIM ACTIVITY SHEET 2019 SUB : ENGLISH
Time 3 hrs.                                                        STD XII                                                Marks 80

Section A: Reading for Communication, Grammar, Summary and Note-making
Q.1. (A) Read the following activity, read the extract and do all the activities given. [12]
A1. State whether the following statements are true or false. (2)
1. An article in a shop window set Reuben’s heart racing. TRUE
2. The price was affordable for him. FALSE
3. Five dollars would buy almost a month’s groceries. FALSE
4. Mark Earle would earn by fishing. TRUE

In 1945 in Bay Roberts, Canada, a 12-year-old boy saw something in a shop window that set his heart racing. But the price-five dollars- was far beyond Reuben Earle’s means. Five dollars would buy almost a week’s groceries for his family.
Reuben couldn’t ask his father for the money. Everything Mark Earle made fishing, Reuben’s mother, Dora, stretched like elastic to feed and clothe their five children.
Nevertheless, he opened the shop’s weathered door and went inside. Standing proud and straight in his flour-sack shirt and washed out trousers, he told the shopkeeper what he wanted, adding, “But I don’t have the money now. Can you please hold it for me?”
“I will try,” the shopkeeper smiled, “Folks around here don’t usually have that kind of money to spend on things. It should keep for a while.”
Reuben respectfully touched his worn cap and walked out into the May sunlight. The bay rippled in a freshening wind that ruffled his short hair. There was purpose in his loping stride. He would raise the five dollars and not tell anybody.
Hearing the sound of hammering from a side street, Reuben had an idea.
He ran towards the sound and stopped at a construction site. People built their own homes in Bay Roberts, using nails purchased in burlap sacks from a local factory. Sometimes the sacks were discarded in the flurry of building, and Reuben knew he could sell them back to the factory for five cents apiece.
A2. Rearrange the following jumbled statements in order as they occur in the extract. (2) 
1. He opened the door and went inside the shop. 
2. Reuben saw an attractive item in a window shop.
3. He asked the shopkeeper to keep the article for some time.
4. He told the shopkeeper what he wanted.
ANS: 2.Reuben saw an attractive item in a window shop.
1 He opened the door and went inside the shop. 
4 He told the shopkeeper what he wanted.
3 He asked the shopkeeper to keep the article for some time.

A3. Narrate the plan the boy made to complete his mission. (2)
Ans: The boy’s mission was to raise five dollars. Hearing the sound of hammering from a side street, he had an idea. He made a plan to sell discarded sacks back to the factory for five cents apiece.

A4. . Find from the passage opposite words for the following. (2)
(i.) strong colour – washed out (ii) rudely - respectfully (iii) global - local (iv) sell - purchase 
A5. Suggest Reuben other ways to earn money to buy the thing he liked. (2)
A6. Do as directed. (2)
i. Reuben could not ask his father for the money. (Use ‘able to’ and rewrite.)
Ans: Reuben was not able to ask his father for the money.
ii. He opened the shop’s weathered door and went inside. (Make a Simple sentence.)
Ans. Opening the shop’s weathered door he went inside.
Q.1: (B) Do as directed. [3]
1. He was___first man to arrive on ___sea-shore. (Rewrite using articles.) the, the (1)
2. Rewrite using prepositions. (1)
a). She seems to be interested ----Psychology. in
b). I will come to pick you up ----2 pm tomorrow. at
3. She said, "What time will you be home?" and I said, "I don't know. " (1)
(Rewrite into indirect speech.)
Ans : She asked what time I would be home and I replied that I didn’t know. 
Q.2. (A) Read the following activity, read the extract and do all the activities given. [12]
A1. Complete the following statements using the expression from the extract. (2)
1. ……………… is referred to as India’s epoch maker. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
2. The state of Maharashtra will work for the betterment of the ……………. of Maharashtra. Common people
3. The ………….. stand for India and the Sahyadri stands for ………….. Himalayas , Maharashtra
On this historic moment, I stand here to thank Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. India's present epoch maker has come over here to bless the state of Maharashtra which is definitely going to last forever. On behalf of thousands of common people, I express my deep sense of gratitude to him for blessing us. We Maharashtrians love him, worship him. And once again, I wish to declare that this state of Maharashtra, recently formed, will work for the betterment of the common people of Maharashtra, but if it comes to sacrifice whatever best and grand we have, it will be done primarily for India. This is so, because, we believe from the beginning, that Maharashtra depends on India; its greatness depends on the greatness of India. All Maharashtrians believe that both India and Maharashtra can progress only when there is oneness of interest. And, therefore, I have made this clear by bringing to your notice the significance of certain symbols, for example, the Himalayas stand for India and, the Sahyadri, for Maharashtra. The snowy Himalayas with the highest mountain ranges symbolise India and the Sahyadri with the blackest rock structure and with 200-300 inches rainfall symbolise Maharashtra. I promise you that if the Himalayas are in jeopardy, the Sahyadri of Maharashtra will use its black rock structure like a shield to protect the Himalayas.
‘Hard labour’ is the watchword of our times. And, Panditji, you have given us the message of building Maharashtra and our nation by hard labour. We are going to inscribe this valuable message on our minds and try our best to look at your blessings and your guidance, as the blessings and guidance of an epoch maker.
A2 State the features of the Himalayas and the Sahyadri. (2)
Ans : The Himalayas ranges are the highest and snowy. The Sahyadri is known for its blackest rock structure with 200-300 inches rainfall.
A3. ‘On this historic moment, I stand here to thank Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru.’ Here the historic moment implies………. (2)
The historic moments implies the declaration of recent formation of Maharashtra i.e. inaugural function of State of Maharashtra in Presence of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru . 
A4 Find out from the extract the one word for the expression given here. (2)
1. Giving honour or glory by doing something – blessings
2. Give up something valued for the sake of others – sacrifice
3. The arrangement of parts or elements of something complex – structure 
4. A person or a thing providing protection - shield 
A5. Differentiate the having dreams and the realising dreams. (2)
A6. Do as directed (2)
1. India’s epoch maker has come over here to bless the State of Maharashtra.
( Rewrite it using gerund form of the underlined word.) (1)
Ans: India’s epoch maker has come over here for blessing the State of Maharashtra.
2. We Maharashtrians love him, worship him. (Rewrite using ‘not only … but also’) (1)
Ans: We Maharashtrians not only love him but also worship him.
Q.2 (B) Note- Making                                                                                                3
Read the following passage carefully and complete the following table.
Air, Water and Noise are the three prominent pollutions that are causing a great threat to mankind in one sense or the other. Air pollution is a major cause of concern for all the earthlings who need fresh and pristine air to live hale and hearty. The air pollution is caused due to dust, obnoxious gases, wind, cyclone, volcanic eruption, forest fire, gases like carbon mono-oxide emanated by vehicles, smoke spread by industries and factories etc. The water pollution has brought the human life under jeopardy. It is caused by waste of industries and factories thrown in rivers and lakes, water of ponds or rivers used for drinking is made dirty by cattle and people, drinking water is not protected and covered properly, the drinking water is not properly boiled or filtered, garbage is thrown to pollute the water, no proper storage etc. The noise pollution is a kind of slow poison that takes a little bit of time to understand its hazards. It is caused due to horns of vehicles, machines in the factories, high volume loud speakers during festivals like Ganesh Pooja, Durga Pooja etc, crackers in Diwali, overuse of DJs, Headphones and Music system etc. All these pollutions are indeed a great threat to all us and it is high time for all of us to take necessary steps to overcome this problem as early as possible.

Ans :
 Q.3. (A) Read the following activity, read the extract and do all the activities given. [12]
A1 Complete the web chart. (2)
Ans : water, oxygen and sunlight ( diagram necessary)
The very first living organisms that breathed for the first time billions of years ago needed food. Food is something without which growth, development and evolution would have been impossible. Every living thing on this planet needs nutrition to survive, grow and reproduce. For plants, the source of nutrition is water, oxygen and sunlight. Plants get food through a process which is called photosynthesis. The right nutrients make plants look healthy. Similarly, when animals are fed the right food, they grow up as healthy animals and as a result their productivity is also more. So we need food for our survival and food acts as a catalyst for us to achieve we want. There is difference between well-nourished children and malnourished children. There is a difference between a person who eats a variety of foods and someone who eats the same kind of food every day. There is a difference between a person who sees food as ‘one of the to-do activity’ and someone who sees food as God’s gift. 
A2. Rewrite the statements by choosing appropriate words/ expressions. (2)
A. Every living organism needed wood/food
B. Food is essential for growth ,  development/reproduction and malnutrition /evolution
C. Food process of plant is called nourishment / photosynthesis
A3. State the relation of food, nutrition and plant. (2) 
Ans: Food nutrition and plants have a close relation. Plants need food and nutrition. Food provides nutrition. Plants get food through photosynthesis. The right nutrients make plants look healthy.
A4. Give homophones of the following words. (2)
a) Living – leaving b) for - far c) years – ears d) right – write 
A5. Write your views on importance of food. (2)
A6. Do as directed. 
i. There is difference between well-nourished children and malnourished children. (Make it Negative without changing the meaning) (1)
Ans: There is no similarity between well-nourished children and malnourished children.
ii. When animals are fed the right food, they grow up as healthy animals. 
( Rewrite the sentence using ‘No sooner…. than’) (1)
Ans :No sooner are animals fed the right food than they grow up as healthy animals. Q.3 (B): Write a short summary of the above passage with the help of the main points given below. Give a suitable title. (3)
What is food?
Need of food.
Nourishment
Q. 4 Read the extract and do the activities. [8]
How do you know
Peace is a woman?
I know, for
I met her yesterday
on my winding way
to the world’s fare,
She had such a wonderful face
just like a golden flower faded
before her prime.

I asked her why
She was so sad?
She told me her baby
was killed in Auschwitz,
her daughter in Hiroshima
and her sons in Vietnam,
Ireland, Israel, Palestine, Lebanon,
Bosnia, Rwanda, Kosovo and Chechnya….
A1. State whether the following statements are true or false. Correct the false statements. (2) 
1.According to the poet peace is a woman. True
2. The poet met the peace on his way to home. False The poet met the peace on his way to the world’s fare.
3. Peace is a woman because she was sad. False : Peace is a woman because she had a wonderful face.
4. Peace had a wonderful face. True 
A2. “On my winding way”. Name and explain the figures of speech. Give other example.(2)
Alliteration : Consonantal sound ‘w’ is repeated pleasingly. 
Another Example : a golden flower faded
A3. “Peace is a woman and a mother.” Explain. (2)
A4. Compose two different lines succeeding the following line. (2)
I met her yesterday
---------------------------
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I met her yesterday
sitting in a garden by my way
Moved by a song she does play

Q. 5 Read the extract and do the activities. [4]
It was the last I ever saw of her.
My brothers and I were transported in a cattle car to Germany.
We arrived at the Buchenwald concentration camp one night weeks later and were led into a crowded barrack. The next day, we were issued uniforms and identification numbers.
“Don't call me Herman anymore.” I said to my brother. “Call me 94983.”
I was put to work in the camp’s crematorium, loading the dead into a hand-cranked elevator.
I, too, felt dead. Hardened, I had become a number.
Soon my brothers and I were sent to Schlieben, one of Buchenwald's sub-camps near Berlin.
One morning I thought I heard my mother’s voice.
“Son,” she said softly but clearly, “I am going to send you an angel.”
Then I woke up. Just a dream. A beautiful dream.
But in this place there could be no angels. There was only work. And hunger. And fear.
A couple of days later, I was walking around the camp, around the barracks, near the barbed-wire fence where the guards could not easily see. I was alone.
On the other side of the fence, I spotted someone: a little girl with light, almost luminous curls. She was half hidden behind a birch tree.
I glanced around to make sure no one saw me. I called to her softly in German. “Do you have something to eat?”
She didn’t understand.
A1.Choose the statements in order to get the central idea of the extract. (2)
1. The narrator went to the concentration camp to meet the girl. 
2. The writer and his brother were taken to the concentration camp.
3. They were issued uniforms and identification numbers.
4.The narrator spotted a girl whom he asked for eatables.
A2. Add an imaginary paragraph before the extract. (2)
(B) Read the extract and do the activities. [4]
The two girls made their plans. There were many thieves on the roads in those days, and it was dangerous for rich and beautiful young women to travel alone. So they stained their faces with a brown juice to make them look sunburned, and wore simple country clothes. Rosalind, who was much taller than Celia, dressed herself as a young man, and took the name of Ganymede. Celia decided to call herself Aliena. They took with them a kind old servant called Touchstone, who served as Court Jester, or “ Fool”, to Duke Fredrick. (S Jester’s duty was to keep the court amused with merry jokes and songs, and to make his master laugh when he felt sad or dull.)
Touchstone had always been very fond of Celia, and he gladly agreed to accompany her and Rosalind into the Forest of Arden. He still wore his Jester’s clothes of red and black, with little bells hanging from his cap; and he was a great comfort to the lonely girls, making them laugh with his merry jokes, and cheering them when they were tired and frightened.
A1. Point out the dramatic effect used in the extract. (2)
The characters are disguised. The two girls stained their faces with a brown juice to make them look sunburned, and wore simple country clothes. Rosalind, who was much taller than Celia, dressed herself as a young man, and took the name of Ganymede. Celia decided to call herself Aliena. 
A2. Read the extract and convert it into a conversation between Rosalind, Celia and Touchstone. You may begin;                                                                               (2)
Rosalind: Oh my dear sister, now we can not walk on the roads as we are.
Celia: Are you afraid of thieves? What should we do now?
Section D: Writing Skills
Q. VI (A): Write a letter to your Principal requesting him to issue a leaving certificate. 4
OR
A tree-plantation programme has been arranged in your school/college. Write a letter to District Forest Office inviting him to grace the programme as a chief guest. 4 
(B): Imagine you opened a computer classes for the students and you want to advertise it. Prepare a leaflet for a computer class with the help of the following format. 4
1. Title
2. Slogan 
3. Names of courses.
4. Offer
5. Add your own point 
 OR
Your college recently organised ‘Teacher-Parent Meet’. Prepare a news report of the event. 
(C): Here is a graphical presentation of gold imports. Write a paragraph showing decline in gold imports. 4
 OR
Write a note on ‘Why should we save birds?’ in 80 words with the help of following points.
A. Birds are the greatest indicators of climate change.
B. Insect outbreaks are reduced with the existence of birds.
C. Some birds are important pollinators.
D. Birds are predictors of natural disasters.
Q. VII (A): Imagine that you want to interview a sport person on achieving a life time achievement award. Prepare a list of 8 to 10 questions. 4
(B) Imagine your college has organised an elocution competition on ‘Higher Education in Maharashtra.’ Prepare your speech with the help of following points. 3
1. Education for the ‘classes’ and for the’ masses’.
2. Education for girls.
3. The work of social
Rapid Reading : The Girl With An Apple
Extract : ‘My brothers and I were………………………………. a hunk of bread or, better yet, an apple.
A1 Complete the statements using words/expressions from the extract.
1. The writer and his brother were transported to …………….. Germany
2. The work given to Hermon at Buchenwald was …………..to load the dead into a hand cracked elevator.
3. Hermon was identified as ……….. 94983
4. Hermon and his brother were sent to …….. Schlieben 
A1. Characters: Enlist the characters that appear and are referred to in the extract.
The characters that appear are Hermon, his brother and a little girl. The characters that are referred to in the extract are Hermon’s mother. 
A1.Theme: Arrange the statements in order to get the central idea of the extract.
1. After a couple of days he spotted a girl on the other side of the camp’s fence. 
2. The writer and his brother were taken to the concentration camp.
3. Once he dreamt that his mother would send him an angel.
4. They were issued uniforms and identification numbers.
Language: A1 Point out the words / expressions related with war and its effects exploitation 
The words related with war , exploitation and its effects are ‘transported in cattle car’, ‘concentration camp’, ‘issued uniforms and identification numbers’, ‘camp’s crematorium’ 
A2. Add an imaginary paragraph before the extract. 2
It was the period of Second World War. The Nazi were seeking for the Jew. One day a troop of Nazi army reached our village. They started picking every single Jew from our village. I was playing with my brothers in the backyard of my house. I heard the footsteps and screaming of a group of people. We hid behind the lonely tree in the backyard. One of the soldier’s eyes fell on us and he rushed to lift us. We were put into a cattle car. I looked for my parent in the car in vein.
Extract : We were in Theresienstadt ………………. I was starting to settle in. 
A1: Theme : Choose the correct option and rewrite the statements.
1. The girl with an apple/ Mother is called an angel.
2. The writer escaped from the camp at Buchenwald / Theresienstadt.
3. At 10 A. M. / 8 A. M. the writer heard shouts and saw people running in the camp.
4. The writer was trained in electronics in England/ America. 
A1. Language: Point out the vivid description employed in the extract.
Ans : In the following lines we find vivid description- ‘ there was commotion’ ‘ I heard shouts, and saw people running every way through camp’ ‘The gates swung open’ .
A1. Plot: State the role of different countries in the escape and settlement.
Ans : (The writer was sent to Germany to keep in concentration camp. From there he was taken to Theresienstadt in Czechoslovakia.) At Thereseinstadt the writer was scheduled to die in gas chamber. Somehow troops of Russia liberated him. In England he was kept in a hostel and given training in electronics. He served in the U. S Army during Korean War.
A2. Write the gist of the extract.
Ans: The writer, his brothers and other inhabitants of the camp were liberated by Russian troops. The writer owes his survival to the apple girl whose goodness saved his life. After getting liberated, he went to England. There he got training in electronics. Then he moved to America. His brother Sam also was there. In America he opened his electronics shop to settle in. 
Extract 3 ' We piled back......... I have never let her go.'
A1. The extract tells us about human relationship. Explain. 
A2 Write a piece of dialogue between Roma and the writer Herman.
(Scene: Sid in driver’s seat, Roma and Herman in back seats )
Roma: (in a soft tone) Where were you during the war?
The writer: (looking towards her) In the camps. And you?
Roma: My family was hiding on a farm in Germany, not far from Berlin?
The writer: ( surprisingly) Weren’t you caught ?
Roma: My father knew a priest who got us Aryan papers. 
The writer : Thank god. You didn’t witness the sufferings of the people in the camp
Roma: I know it. I saw a boy in the camp. I would throw him apples every day.
The writer: Did he tell you one day not to come back?
Roma: (In an amazement)Yes
The writer : That was me. I’m not letting you go. Will you …..m…marry me?
Roma : (blushing) You’re crazy.
Rapid Reading : The Daisy
Complete the statements 
1. A little daisy grew at ............
2. The daisy learnt from the sun and from its surroundings ............ 
3. The daisy felt that it is very rich because.............
4. The daisy thanks God because ...........
5. The bird (lark ) honoured the daisy by ..........
6. The daisy was very glad and grateful because .........
7. The bird was sad because ...........
8. The bird felt that it would die because..........
9. The boys were responsible for the death of the bird because.........
Arrange in order
1. Lark kissed the daisy. 
2. Daisy felt ashamed but glad
3. They cut the turf round the daisy.
4. Lark was caged.
5. The daisy felt very grateful.
6. Lark’s song sounded sad.
7. The following morning two boys came to the ditch.
8. Other flowers were vexed.
9. A girl cut the tulips.
10. The girl carried the tulips away.
Pick out the lines that creates suspense.
Pick out the expressions that show the death of lark and daisy.
Read the extract and extend it by adding an imaginary paragraph of your own in about 120 words.
“I have no water,” said the captive lark, “they have all gone out, and forgotten to give me anything to drink. My throat is dry and burning. I feel as if I had fire and ice within me and the air is so oppressive. Alas! I must die, and part with the warm sunshine, the fresh green meadows, and all the beauty that God has created.” And it thrust its beak into the piece of grass, to refresh itself a little. Then it noticed the little daisy, and nodded to it, and kissed it with its beak and said: “You must also fade in here, poor little flower. You and the piece of grass are all they have given me in exchange for the whole world, which I enjoyed outside. Each little blade of grass shall be a green tree for me, each of your white petals a fragrant flower. Alas! you only remind me of what I have lost.”
Extended Para
Clouds gathered in the sky. The wind blew hard. The Cage started to swing. The lark inside the cage felt nervous. The lark tried to get free. It fluttered its wings against the bars of the cage. Suddenly the cage fell down. Three bars of the cage dislocated. The lark saw the opening in the cage. It rolled over in the cage to bring opening to sideways. The lark’s joy knew no bounds. It came out of the cage slowly and safely. “I will not forget the company you gave in the cage,” the lark said to daisy. It said , “Goodbye”. Seeing the lark flying away the little daisy faded calmly and happily. 

Std. XII Activity Sheet Bank for 80 Marks in PDF Format

Class XII : Activity sheets for Practice for 80 marks.

Download the activity sheets in pdf format by clicking the following links. 

1) Activity Sheet of DRK College of Commerce, Kolhapur 

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DRK College of Commerce, Kolhapur Model Answers for the activity sheet

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2) Activity Sheet of Govt. Sec and Higher Sec.Ashram School Keli Kotul

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3) Activity Sheet of Pankaj Secondary and Higher Sec. School Chopada

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4) Activity Sheet of Rajaram College, Kolhapur 

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5) Activity Sheet of SFL Highschool and Jr College, Dhamangaon Rly

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6) Activity Sheet of Shri Ganeshnath Sec and Higher Sec School Sarsa Tal Latur

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7) Activity sheet of Sree Narayan Guru College of Commerce

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8) Activity sheet of Sundarrao Solanke College, Majalgaon Dist. Beed

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9) Activity Sheet of S.B.A.K.Higher Secondar School, Hingole:  Set By Prof. Manjusha Sagrolikar

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10) Activity sheet of Pace Jr College, Mumbai

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11) Activity sheet 1

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14) Activity sheet 5

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Wednesday, January 9, 2019

Activity Sheet : Std : 12 Sub : ENGLISH



Gadchandur Shikshan Prasarak Mandal’s
MAHATMA GANDHI JR. COLLEGE, GADCHANDUR
PRELIM ACTIVITY SHEET 2019


SUB : ENGLISH
Time 3 hrs.                                                        STD XII                                                Marks 80

Section A: Reading for Communication, Grammar, Summary and Note-making
Q.1. (A) Read the following activity, read the extract and do all the activities given. [12]
A1. State whether the following statements are true or false. (2)
1. An article in a shop window set Reuben’s heart racing. TRUE
2. The price was affordable for him. FALSE
3. Five dollars would buy almost a month’s groceries. FALSE
4. Mark Earle would earn by fishing. TRUE

In 1945 in Bay Roberts, Canada, a 12-year-old boy saw something in a shop window that set his heart racing. But the price-five dollars- was far beyond Reuben Earle’s means. Five dollars would buy almost a week’s groceries for his family.
Reuben couldn’t ask his father for the money. Everything Mark Earle made fishing, Reuben’s mother, Dora, stretched like elastic to feed and clothe their five children.
Nevertheless, he opened the shop’s weathered door and went inside. Standing proud and straight in his flour-sack shirt and washed out trousers, he told the shopkeeper what he wanted, adding, “But I don’t have the money now. Can you please hold it for me?”
“I will try,” the shopkeeper smiled, “Folks around here don’t usually have that kind of money to spend on things. It should keep for a while.”
Reuben respectfully touched his worn cap and walked out into the May sunlight. The bay rippled in a freshening wind that ruffled his short hair. There was purpose in his loping stride. He would raise the five dollars and not tell anybody.
Hearing the sound of hammering from a side street, Reuben had an idea.
He ran towards the sound and stopped at a construction site. People built their own homes in Bay Roberts, using nails purchased in burlap sacks from a local factory. Sometimes the sacks were discarded in the flurry of building, and Reuben knew he could sell them back to the factory for five cents apiece.

A2. Rearrange the following jumbled statements in order as they occur in the extract. (2) 
1. He opened the door and went inside the shop.
2. Reuben saw an attractive item in a window shop.
3. He asked the shopkeeper to keep the article for some time.
4. He told the shopkeeper what he wanted.
ANS: 2.Reuben saw an attractive item in a window shop.
1 He opened the door and went inside the shop. 
4 He told the shopkeeper what he wanted.
3 He asked the shopkeeper to keep the article for some time.



A3. Narrate the plan the boy made to complete his mission. (2)
Ans: The boy’s mission was to raise five dollars. Hearing the sound of hammering from a side street, he had an idea. He made a plan to sell discarded sacks back to the factory for five cents apiece.

A4. . Find from the passage opposite words for the following. (2)
(i.) strong colour – washed out (ii) rudely - respectfully (iii) global - local (iv) sell - purchase 
A5. Suggest Reuben other ways to earn money to buy the thing he liked. (2)
A6. Do as directed. (2)
i. Reuben could not ask his father for the money. (Use ‘able to’ and rewrite.)
Ans: Reuben was not able to ask his father for the money.
ii. He opened the shop’s weathered door and went inside. (Make a Simple sentence.)
Ans. Opening the shop’s weathered door he went inside.

Q.1: (B) Do as directed. [3]
1. He was___first man to arrive on ___sea-shore. (Rewrite using articles.) thethe (1)
2. Rewrite using prepositions. (1)
a). She seems to be interested ----Psychology. in
b). I will come to pick you up ----2 pm tomorrow. at
3. She said, "What time will you be home?" and I said, "I don't know. " (1)
(Rewrite into indirect speech.)
Ans : She asked what time I would be home and I replied that I didn’t know. 

Q.2. (A) Read the following activity, read the extract and do all the activities given. [12]
A1. Complete the following statements using the expression from the extract. (2)
1. ……………… is referred to as India’s epoch maker. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
2. The state of Maharashtra will work for the betterment of the ……………. of Maharashtra. Common people
3. The ………….. stand for India and the Sahyadri stands for ………….. Himalayas , Maharashtra

On this historic moment, I stand here to thank Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. India's present epoch maker has come over here to bless the state of Maharashtra which is definitely going to last forever. On behalf of thousands of common people, I express my deep sense of gratitude to him for blessing us. We Maharashtrians love him, worship him. And once again, I wish to declare that this state of Maharashtra, recently formed, will work for the betterment of the common people of Maharashtra, but if it comes to sacrifice whatever best and grand we have, it will be done primarily for India. This is so, because, we believe from the beginning, that Maharashtra depends on India; its greatness depends on the greatness of India. All Maharashtrians believe that both India and Maharashtra can progress only when there is oneness of interest. And, therefore, I have made this clear by bringing to your notice the significance of certain symbols, for example, the Himalayas stand for India and, the Sahyadri, for Maharashtra. The snowy Himalayas with the highest mountain ranges symbolise India and the Sahyadri with the blackest rock structure and with 200-300 inches rainfall symbolise Maharashtra. I promise you that if the Himalayas are in jeopardy, the Sahyadri of Maharashtra will use its black rock structure like a shield to protect the Himalayas.
‘Hard labour’ is the watchword of our times. And, Panditji, you have given us the message of building Maharashtra and our nation by hard labour. We are going to inscribe this valuable message on our minds and try our best to look at your blessings and your guidance, as the blessings and guidance of an epoch maker.


A2 State the features of the Himalayas and the Sahyadri. (2)
Ans : The Himalayas ranges are the highest and snowy. The Sahyadri is known for its blackest rock structure with 200-300 inches rainfall.
A3. ‘On this historic moment, I stand here to thank Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru.’ Here the historic moment implies………. (2)
The historic moments implies the declaration of recent formation of Maharashtra i.e. inaugural function of State of Maharashtra in Presence of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru . 
A4 Find out from the extract the one word for the expression given here. (2)
1. Giving honour or glory by doing something – blessings
2. Give up something valued for the sake of others – sacrifice
3. The arrangement of parts or elements of something complex – structure 
4. A person or a thing providing protection - shield 
A5. Differentiate the having dreams and the realising dreams. (2)

A6. Do as directed (2)
1. India’s epoch maker has come over here to bless the State of Maharashtra.
( Rewrite it using gerund form of the underlined word.) (1)
Ans: India’s epoch maker has come over here for blessing the State of Maharashtra.

2. We Maharashtrians love him, worship him. (Rewrite using ‘not only … but also’) (1)
Ans: We Maharashtrians not only love him but also worship him.
Q.2 (B) Note- Making                                                                                                  3
Read the following passage carefully and complete the following table.
Air, Water and Noise are the three prominent pollutions that are causing a great threat to mankind in one sense or the other. Air pollution is a major cause of concern for all the earthlings who need fresh and pristine air to live hale and hearty. The air pollution is caused due to dust, obnoxious gases, wind, cyclone, volcanic eruption, forest fire, gases like carbon mono-oxide emanated by vehicles, smoke spread by industries and factories etc. The water pollution has brought the human life under jeopardy. It is caused by waste of industries and factories thrown in rivers and lakes, water of ponds or rivers used for drinking is made dirty by cattle and people, drinking water is not protected and covered properly, the drinking water is not properly boiled or filtered, garbage is thrown to pollute the water, no proper storage etc. The noise pollution is a kind of slow poison that takes a little bit of time to understand its hazards. It is caused due to horns of vehicles, machines in the factories, high volume loud speakers during festivals like Ganesh Pooja, Durga Pooja etc, crackers in Diwali, overuse of DJs, Headphones and Music system etc. All these pollutions are indeed a great threat to all us and it is high time for all of us to take necessary steps to overcome this problem as early as possible.

 Ans :

Q.3. (A) Read the following activity, read the extract and do all the activities given. [12]
A1 Complete the web chart. (2)
Ans : water, oxygen and sunlight ( diagram necessary)

The very first living organisms that breathed for the first time billions of years ago needed food. Food is something without which growth, development and evolution would have been impossible. Every living thing on this planet needs nutrition to survive, grow and reproduce. For plants, the source of nutrition is water, oxygen and sunlight. Plants get food through a process which is called photosynthesis. The right nutrients make plants look healthy. Similarly, when animals are fed the right food, they grow up as healthy animals and as a result their productivity is also more. So we need food for our survival and food acts as a catalyst for us to achieve we want. There is difference between well-nourished children and malnourished children. There is a difference between a person who eats a variety of foods and someone who eats the same kind of food every day. There is a difference between a person who sees food as ‘one of the to-do activity’ and someone who sees food as God’s gift.
A2. Complete the statements using words/ expressions. (2)
A. Every living organism needed …….. food
B. Food is essential for growth , …….. and ……..development evolution
C. Food process of plant is called ………. photosynthesis
A3. State the relation of food, nutrition and plant. (2)
Ans: Food nutrition and plants have a close relation. Plants need food and nutrition. Food provides nutrition. Plants get food through photosynthesis. The right nutrients make plants look healthy.
A4. Give homophones of the following words. (2)
a) Living – leaving b) for - far c) years – ears d) right – write 
A5. Write your views on importance of food. (2)
A6. Do as directed. 
i. There is difference between well-nourished children and malnourished children. (Make it Negative without changing the meaning) (1)
Ans: There is no similarity between well-nourished children and malnourished children.
ii. When animals are fed the right food, they grow up as healthy animals.
( Rewrite the sentence using ‘No sooner…. than’) (1)
Ans :No sooner are animals fed the right food than they grow up as healthy animals. 



Q.3 (B): Write a short summary of the above passage with the help of the main points given below. Give a suitable title. (3)
What is food?
Need of food.
Nourishment
Q. 4 Read the extract and do the activities. [8]
How do you know
Peace is a woman?
I know, for
I met her yesterday
on my winding way
to the world’s fare,
She had such a wonderful face
just like a golden flower faded
before her prime.

I asked her why
She was so sad?
She told me her baby
was killed in Auschwitz,
her daughter in Hiroshima
and her sons in Vietnam,
Ireland, Israel, Palestine, Lebanon,
Bosnia, Rwanda, Kosovo and Chechnya….

A1. State whether the following statements are true or false. Correct the false statements. (2) 
1.According to the poet peace is a woman. True
2. The poet met the peace on his way to home. False The poet met the peace on his way to the world’s fare.
3. Peace is a woman because she was sad. False Peace is a woman because she had a wonderful face.
4. Peace had a wonderful face. True 
A2. “On my winding way”. Name and explain the figures of speech. Give other example.(2)
Alliteration : Consonantal sound ‘w’ is repeated pleasingly. 
Another Example : a golden flower faded
A3. “Peace is a woman and a mother.” Explain. (2)
A4. Compose two different lines succeeding the following line. (2)
I met her yesterday
---------------------------
----------------------------
I met her yesterday
sitting in a garden by my way
Moved by a song she does play

Q. 5 Read the extract and do the activities. [4]
It was the last I ever saw of her.
My brothers and I were transported in a cattle car to Germany.
We arrived at the Buchenwald concentration camp one night weeks later and were led into a crowded barrack. The next day, we were issued uniforms and identification numbers.
“Don't call me Herman anymore.” I said to my brother. “Call me 94983.”
I was put to work in the camp’s crematorium, loading the dead into a hand-cranked elevator.
I, too, felt dead. Hardened, I had become a number.
Soon my brothers and I were sent to Schlieben, one of Buchenwald's sub-camps near Berlin.
One morning I thought I heard my mother’s voice.
“Son,” she said softly but clearly, “I am going to send you an angel.”
Then I woke up. Just a dream. A beautiful dream.
But in this place there could be no angels. There was only work. And hunger. And fear.
A couple of days later, I was walking around the camp, around the barracks, near the barbed-wire fence where the guards could not easily see. I was alone.
On the other side of the fence, I spotted someone: a little girl with light, almost luminous curls. She was half hidden behind a birch tree.
I glanced around to make sure no one saw me. I called to her softly in German. “Do you have something to eat?”
She didn’t understand.
A1.Choose the statements in order to get the central idea of the extract. (2)
1. The narrator went to the concentration camp to meet the girl.
2. The writer and his brother were taken to the concentration camp.
3. They were issued uniforms and identification numbers.
4.The narrator spotted a girl whom he asked for eatables.
A2. Add an imaginary paragraph before the extract. (2)

(B) Read the extract and do the activities. [4]
The two girls made their plans. There were many thieves on the roads in those days, and it was dangerous for rich and beautiful young women to travel alone. So they stained their faces with a brown juice to make them look sunburned, and wore simple country clothes. Rosalind, who was much taller than Celia, dressed herself as a young man, and took the name of Ganymede. Celia decided to call herself Aliena. They took with them a kind old servant called Touchstone, who served as Court Jester, or “ Fool”, to Duke Fredrick. (S Jester’s duty was to keep the court amused with merry jokes and songs, and to make his master laugh when he felt sad or dull.)
Touchstone had always been very fond of Celia, and he gladly agreed to accompany her and Rosalind into the Forest of Arden. He still wore his Jester’s clothes of red and black, with little bells hanging from his cap; and he was a great comfort to the lonely girls, making them laugh with his merry jokes, and cheering them when they were tired and frightened.
A1. Point out the dramatic effect used in the extract. (2)
The characters are disguised. The two girls stained their faces with a brown juice to make them look sunburned, and wore simple country clothes. Rosalind, who was much taller than Celia, dressed herself as a young man, and took the name of Ganymede. Celia decided to call herself Aliena. 
A2. Read the extract and convert it into a conversation between Rosalind, Celia and Touchstone. You may begin;                                                                               (2)
Rosalind: Oh my dear sister, now we can not walk on the roads as we are.
Celia: Are you afraid of thieves? What should we do now?

Section D: Writing Skills
Q. VI (A): Write a letter to your Principal requesting him to issue a leaving certificate. 4
OR
A tree-plantation programme has been arranged in your school/college. Write a letter to District Forest Office inviting him to grace the programme as a chief guest. 4
(B): Imagine you opened a computer classes for the students and you want to advertise it. Prepare a leaflet for a computer class with the help of the following format. 4
1. Title
2. Slogan
3. Names of courses.
4. Offer
5. Add your own point
 OR
Your college recently organised ‘Teacher-Parent Meet’. Prepare a news report of the event.

(C): Here is a graphical presentation of gold imports. Write a paragraph showing decline in gold imports. 4

OR

Write a note on ‘Why should we save birds?’ in 80 words with the help of following points.
A. Birds are the greatest indicators of climate change.
B. Insect outbreaks are reduced with the existence of birds.
C. Some birds are important pollinators.
D. Birds are predictors of natural disasters.

Q. VII (A): Imagine that you want to interview a sport person on achieving a life time achievement award. Prepare a list of 8 to 10 questions. 4

(B) Imagine your college has organised an elocution competition on ‘Higher Education in Maharashtra.’ Prepare your speech with the help of following points. 3
1. Education for the ‘classes’ and for the’ masses’.
2. Education for girls.
3. The work of social reformers.
4. The present scenario


The End
15 Most important letters for March 2019
H.S.C. Exam
इयत्ता बारावी मार्च 2019 परीक्षेसाठी महत्त्वाचे लेटर

:

1)Letter no 1

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Letter no-2

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Letter no-3

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Letter no 4

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Letter no 5

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Letter no 6

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Letter no 7

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Letter no 8

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Letter no- 9

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Letter no-one 10

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Letter no -11

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Letter no - 12

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Letter no 13

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Letter no-15

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Letter no 16


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Letter no -17

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