XII Standard Half Yearly Common Exam
ENGLISH I PAPER SCORING KEY.
SECTION-A
I.A (5×1=5)
1. B) The atomic energy must not be used for destructive purposes.
2. A) The serious mistake in life of the cost for the stone fall.
3. A) The teacher expected relevant answers from the students.
4. C)He saw a strange animal in the forest.
5. C) The driver shouted angrily at the Jay walker.
I. B. (5×1=5)
6. Descent X Ascent
7. Abandoned X inhabited
8. Eventually X initially
9. Trivial X significant
10. Assembled X dispersed
I. C. (10×2=20)
11. Fungus - fungi. (1 mark)
( Any meaningful sentence may be awarded one mark)
Or
Child - children. (1 mark)
( Any meaningful sentence may be awarded one mark)
12. Put on airs - being pride
(1 mark)
( Any meaningful sentence may be awarded one mark)
13. VCR- Video Cassette Recorder
(1 mark)
( Any meaningful sentence may be awarded one mark)
14. blew/ blue
15. Heliport (1 mark)
( Any meaningful sentence may be awarded one mark)
16. Des-per-ate
In-tel-li-gent
Ro-bot
Ap-pre-ci-a-tion
17. Escape as a noun-1 Mark
I saw his escape
Escape as a verb -1 mark
He escaped from the danger.
(Any sentence similar to this)
18. Rubber - eraser (1 mark)
( Any meaningful sentence may be awarded one mark)
19. Eye witness
He is the eye witness in this case.
( Any meaningful sentence similar to this may be awarded two marks)
20. Im - impossible (any meaningful word like this)
(1 mark)
( Any meaningful sentence may be awarded one mark)
Or
...let - outlet (1 mark)
( Any meaningful sentence may be awarded one mark)
21. Verb +Gerund=
Kick boxing
Noun + Adjective =
Sky blue (similar words like this)
22. Look into - The CBI looked into the murder case.
Look after - My parents look after me very well.
(Any meaningful sentence like this)
23. Cafeteria - Cafe (1/2 mark)
( Any meaningful sentence may be awarded 1/2 mark)
And
Laboratory - lab (1/2mark)
( Any meaningful sentence may be awarded 1/2 mark)
Sec- B
II. A.(1×10=10)
24. Must/should
25. Was playing
26. Need
27. Had been
28. Who
29. Where
30. Beyond/Inspite of
31. Today I eat an apple in the school (any meaningful sentence like this)
32. Impersonal passive voice
33. As/if/what
II. B. (5×2=10)
34. Rani asked her mummy where she had kept her pen. Mother told her that she would find the pen in the same place where she had kept that. Rani told that she couldn't find that and requested her mummy to help her.
35. Were it not for the expenses involved, I would go by air.
36. Due to the constructions of more buildings and roads, the natural habitat of animals is shrinking.
37. If you look at the signature carefully, you will know that it is forged.
38. You work hard or you will not clear the semester.
SECTION-C
III.A [5×1=5]
39. Commerce
40. Athletics
41. Agriculture
42. Medicine
43. Cooking
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III.B [5×2=10]
44. Morning is the only time when nature is at her best.
45. The dew drops on grass, flowers and plants look like diamonds.
46. A brisk walk invigorates us. It is a good exercise. It helps us to keep fit.
47. Morning walk is recommended because there are a few or no disturbance in the morning and there is much oxygen in the atmosphere.
48. Park, garden and banks of the river are the places suitable for a morning walk.
SECTION-D
IV.A (prose paragraph)[1×5=5]
49. To the land of snow.
50. The Ceaseless Crusader
51. The Mark of Vishnu.
IV.B (prose essay) [1×10=10]
52. Hiroshima.
53. Julius Caesar.
54. The Dictionary of English Language.
SECTION-E
V.A [6×1=6]
55. Temporary camp made by soldiers.
56. Hedgerows are rows of bushes or low trees along the side of the road.
57. Human soul/ The soul.
58. A volcanic mountain in Sicily.
59. A small glass used for drinking beer or wine.
60. Indians are supposed to have descended from the mixture of the Aryans and native tribes.
V.B [3×1=3]
61. Metaphor
62. Being, brown, burning, bowels./b/
63. Biblical allusion.
V.C [2×3=6]
Identifying the poem-1mark,
Identifying the poet-1mark
Explanation-1mark
64. Poem: Women's rights.
Poet: Annie Louisa Walker.
65. Poem: English Words
Poet: V.K. Gokak
66. Poem: The man he killed.
Poet: Thomas Hardy
V.D [1×5=5]
67. A Noiseless,Patient Spider.
68. Women's Rights.
69. Snake.
