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Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow.

And so, I missed my chance with one of the lords Of life,


And I have something to expiate A pettiness


(a) The poet misses the chance to


(b) The ‘pettiness’ the poet refers to here is


(c) The word in the above lines which means the same as ‘to make amends’ is

(a) The poet misses the chance to honour the snake inorder to show the snake his care and love towards the snake.

(b) Pettiness referred here is his act of throwing a log at the snake which was a sin according to the poet. His action was unjustified


(c) The word in the above lines which means the same as ‘to make amends’ is expiate


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6

The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in each line. Identify the error in each line and write it along with the word that comes before and after in your answer-sheet. Underline the correct word supplied by you. The first one has been done for you as an example.

My uncle Peter lived in a huge house near the beach.


eg. lived in a


I usually spent our vacations there with him.


(a) _ _ _


It was a pleasure to woke up to the sound of the waves.


(b) _ _ _


The sea breeze blew even during these summer months.


(c) _ _ _


The only disadvantage was what the house was susceptible


(d) _ _ _


to hurricanes during the rainy season. Last years when I was


(e) _ _ _


stayed in his place, the news came that a hurricane was


(f) _ _ _


expected in two days. The hurricane arrival sooner than


(g) _ _ _


expected. It lasted three days and we spend most of the time in the room


h)

 7

Rearrange the following words and phrases to form meaningful sentences. The first one has been done for you. 3

on television / a few / appeared / days ago / an advertisement /


An advertisement appeared on television a few days ago.


(a) of children / a window / it showed” / a group / through / staring out /


(b) he had brought / a cartoon character / with a toy / for them / surprised them /


(c) motorised train set / could move / it was a huge / which / in circles /

 8

Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:

O, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth,


That I am meek and gentle with these butchers!


(a) What is the ‘bleeding piece* of the earth’ referred to here?


(b) Why was Antony ‘meek and gentle’?


(c) Who are the butchers mentioned here?

 9

Answer any four of the following in 30-40 words each.

(a) What news about Sebastian Shultz did Michael see in the newspaper?


(b) How did the mariners escape from the South Pole?


(c) How did Brutus win the heart of the Roman mob?


(d) What was the role offered to Patol Babu?


(e) Bring out the irony in the poem ‘Ozymandias’.