Class : SYJC (Sci.

) SUB: English Model Question Paper Marks : 20

Exam : Oral Exam

Q1. Dictation of spoken words : (Write any 3 words out of 4) [Marks : 03]

1 blonde
2 umbrella
3 vanity
4 redress
5 inherent
6 arrogant
7 predator
8 apex
9 shrewd
10 violence
11 Winter island
12 university
13 enchantment
14 calendar
15 accept
16 health
17 elegant
18 sanctum
19 location
20 a stranger
21 island
22 education
23 an astrologer
24 customer
25 tropical

Q2. Write the meaning of the words : (Write any 3 words out of 4) [Marks : 03]
1. Halcyon - kingfisher ( a bird)
2. Perilous - dangerous ( risky)
3. Throng - crowd , ( crowded) ( surrounded by many).
4. Querulous - complaining
5. Whimper - weak cries.
6. Commuters - travellers / passengers
7. Estrangement - alienation / separation / isolation from the rest.
8. Trumpet - a musical instrument
9. Hum - sing happily
10. Buoy - an anchor / a floating object
11. Plumes - feathers (wings)

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 12. Shroud - white cloth to wrap a dead body.
13. Knell - a death- bell (a bell rung on the death.)
14. Toiling time - hard , difficult time
15. Sullen - bad tempered
16. Surge’s swell - great rise in the level of the sea / the waves rising
17. Churlish - bad tempered, Rude
18. Amalgamation - blend
19. Garment - dress (robes)
20. Contemplate - to think deeply and seriously
21. Postpone- to cancel for a temporary period
22. At break of day - at dawn / at the sunrise.
23. Soggy - wet and old.
24. a Speck - a tiny , little dot.
25. Discontent - unsatisfied, unhappy , dissatisfied

Q3. Write statement as dictated : (Write any 2 sentences out of 3) [Marks : 02]
1. I was sure that the leopard was somewhere near.
2. Soapy turned off Broadway.
3 A knife has passed through you once.
4. There is a revolution in the life style of people.
5. I was treading cautiously among the woods.
6. I did not study them only for scoring maximum marks in the examination.
7 . He bared his chest to show the scar.
8. It is a matter of general agreement.
9. The moon was above, full and radiant.
10. I had a very simple upbringing . We were a lower middle class family.
11. Shaaz Jung is a wild life photographer.
12. Today, we see that people have become health conscious.
13. The black panther has taught me patience.
14. The police man refused to accept soapy even as a clue.
15. The nuts vendor blew out his flare.

Q4. Explain in your own words the following lines : (Explain any 1 out of 2) [Marks : 02]
1) “Strong and content I travel the open road.”
Ans- By these lines, the poet means to say that he is strong and satisfied to undertake the
journey of life on his own and without any one’s support.

2) “His shirt and pants are soggy and his black rain coat stained with mud.”
Ans- By these lines the poet describes the condition of his old father whose shirt and pants
are wet and old and his black rain coat is stained (spotted) with mud. He is described to
be travelling in such condition in the over-crowded train, standing all through his
journey.

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3) A foot and light hearted I take to the open road,
Healthy, free the world before me.”
Ans- By these line the poet Walt Whitman means that he is ready, well prepared and happy to
undertake his journey of life on the free and healthy world like him.

4) “White as a feather and white as a cloud,

We weave a dead man’s funeral shroud.”
Ans- By these lines the poetess Sarojini Naidu means to explain the third phase of our cycle
of life. i.e death. The weavers answer the poetess that they are weaving the white cloth
to wrap up the dead body of the departed soul. White colour signifies that
at the end of our life we want peace and calmness.

5) “Then felt I like a child that holds.

A trumpet that he must not blow”
Ans- By these line the poet William Davies means to say that when he had money, he could
not tell the world that he had lots of money fearing that many false men (friends) would
take away his money, and therefore he compared himself with a child who had a musical
instrument to play and enjoy but he could not because of some reason.

6) “He felt the cheering power of spring,

It made him whistle, it made him sing.”
Ans- By these lines the poet Robert Southey describes the effect of bright sunny day on the
sir Ralph the Rover Like birds, sailors and all others , he was happy and whistling and
singing with everyone.

7) “Blue as the wing of a halcyon wild,

We weave the robes of a new-born child ”
Ans- By these lines the poetess Sarojini Naidu means to say that the cycle of life begins with
‘Birth’ and to welcome a new life we dress them up with blue, bright garment that
signifies life & hope.

8) “The waves flowed over the Inch cape Rock,

So little they rose, so little the fell.”
Ans- By these lines Robert Southey describes the bright sunny day. The waves in the sea rose
and fell so little due to mild wind that one could see very clearly the Inch Cape Rock and
the Inchcape Bell on the rock.

9) “Can you say tonight, in parting with the days that’s slipping fast,
That you helped a single brother of the many that you passed?”
Ans- By these lines the poet Edgar Guest interrogates us that have we done something good
or have we said some thing motivating for any needy or any sad person to reduce
their pain ,or grief ; without expecting any reward from them. If yes, then we are entitled
to earn our tomorrow from God, other wise no.

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 10) “Home again, I see him drinking weak tea,
Eating a stale chapatti, reading book.”
Ans-By these line the poet Dilip Chitre describes the old father’s condition in his own man
made world i.e in his house. He was served cold tea , Stale food and nobody talked with
him about his day spent. Like outside world, his inside world did not bother about him
(the old father) and they treated him as an alien.

Q.5. Speech [Marks : 05]

Q.6. Recitation of Poem. [Marks : 05]