MODEL EXAM:

English & Personality Enhancement Program Duration- 3 Hrs.

Marks- 100
Section- A Marks- 30

I. Punctuate the following sentences. (10)

1. The woman is wearing golden stretch pants green eyelids and a hive shaped head of
hair that looks both in color and texture exactly like 25-cents worth of cotton candy.

2. Hurling which has been the national sport of Ireland since legendary times is to
American eyes like a soccer game played at ice-hockey speed.

3. While on maneuvers in South Carolina Billy Pilgrim played hymns he knew from
childhood.

4. Guiding the ball through the upper chutes down a run over lane off the slingshot
bumpers to the flippers I cradled it there bouncing it back and forth until I had a perfect
shot through the lighted spinner.

5. The train its metal wheels squealing as they spin along the silver tracks rolls more
slowly now.

2. Fill in the appropriate verb form (10)

1. Dr. Ferndon is one of those professors who ___________ distracted most of the time.

SEEM

SEEMS

2. ___________ either Luis or his parents written to Angela?

HAVE

HAS

3. Neither Luis nor his parents ___________ the least bit interested in keeping in touch with her.

IS
ARE

4. Everybody on this team ___________ really hard to please the new coach.

TRY

TRIES

5. Because there ___________ so many students in that class, I can sometimes sleep in the back
row.

ARE

IS

6. Neither traffic light--neither the one on Asylum Avenue nor the one on Farmington Avenue--
___________ working after the storm.

WAS

WERE

7. Mr. Bradley, along with his two sisters, ___________ lived in this town for thirty years.

HAVE

HAS

8. There ___________ no reasons for this horrible development that I can see.

IS

ARE

9. Some of the water ___________ already gone bad.

HAVE

HAS

10. One of these students ___________ obviously cheated on the exam.

HAVE

HAS

11. Either the UConn Women's Team or the UConn Men's Team ___________ going to be
national champion this year.
ARE

IS

12. Carlos and his brother Raoul ___________ traveling across the country next summer.

IS

ARE

13. Several of the students ___________ decided to withdraw from the course.

HAVE

HAS

3. Read the sentences below and determine the verb form .Tick the correct choice,
explain the reason for your choice. (10)

1 .The narrator of Rebecca, the famous mystery novel by Daphne du Maurier, is never given a
first name; she was referred to only as "the second Mrs. de Winter."

Change verb form(s)

Use current verb form(s)

2 . This is one way that the author allowed Rebecca, the first wife of Max de Winter, to
overshadow the narrator.

Change verb form(s)

Use current verb form(s)

3 .After the narrator moves into the family house, Manderlay, she is finding reminders of
Rebecca everywhere.

Change verb form(s)

Use current verb form(s)

4 . One day she finds a handkerchief with the letter "R" embroidered on it.
 Use current verb form(s)

Change verb form(s)

5 . It is almost as if Rebecca never died, but instead has lived on in the house.

Change verb form(s)

Use current verb form(s)

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SECTION B Total Marks- 52

A. Writing

Write in no less than 250 words your thoughts on the topics given below. 10- Marks

Technology has facilitated our lives so much and given us a lot of freedom. Some people
however believe that it has caused more problems for us. What is your opinion?

Or

Peoples character is rather influenced by environment they are exposed to rather than genetics.

What is your opinion?

B. Reading

Read the passage and answer the question given below – 14 Marks

C. Listening – 16 marks

SMOKING
Questions 1 – 8

You will hear a short talk about smoking. Fill in the missing statistics in the
column to the right of the questions.

The first one has been done for you as an example.

Example The estimated number of regular smokers 1.5 billion
: worldwide...
Q1. The number of smokers who say they can quit
smoking...
Q2. The number of cigarettes per day to maintain a
minimum level of nicotine in the blood...
Q3. The approximate number of people per year
who die in the U.S. as a result of smoking...
Q4. The number of people per year who die in the
U.S. as a result of car accidents...
Q5. The number of decades that tobacco has been
recognised as dangerous...
Q6. The number of substances considered more
seriously addictive than nicotine...
Q7. The percentage of smokers who consider
smoking to be pleasurable...
Q8. The amount of nicotine inhaled which reaches
the brain after 7 seconds of smoking...

Questions 9 – 16

Listen to the second part of the talk and answer T (for True), F (for False)
or N for Not Mentioned in the column on the right.

The first one has been done for you as an example.

Example Non-smokers pay less for life insurance than T

: smokers.
Q9. Smoking causes the blood to become thick and
sticky.
Q10. Strokes and heart attacks are the result of blood
clots.
Q11. All smokers have a higher risk of cancer.
 Q12. The immune system kills cells which may
become cancerous.
Q13. Smoking increases the ability of the immune
system to kill cancer cells.
Q14. Smoking causes cancer in the same way as it
causes heart disease.
Q15. Smoking is the major cause of lung cancer.

Q16. Babies born to mothers who smoke always

weigh less.

D. Speaking : 12 Marks

Section C Marks- 18

1. Where is the Indian Gran prix held? Who won it this year?
2. Who is Mitt Romney ? Why is he in the news”
3. Who are the two politicians from Kerala who were inducted into the union ministery?
4. What are the 5 c’s that make for good writing?
5. What are the prerequisite’s for a good speech presentation?
6. What are the three type of Compound word, Give ewo examples for each?