English Paper 1 Total Marks: 80 READ THE FOLLOWING DIRECTIONS CAREFULLY:

Size: px

Start display at page:

Download "English Paper 1 Total Marks: 80 READ THE FOLLOWING DIRECTIONS CAREFULLY:"

Linette Pearson
6 years ago
Views:

1 lternative No: Index No: Supervising Examiner's/Invigilator's initial: Language and Writing Writing Time: 3 Hours English Paper 1 Total Marks: 80 RE THE FOLLOWING IRETIONS REFULLY: 1. o not write during the first fifteen minutes. This time is to be spent on reading the questions. fter having read the questions, you will be given three hours to answer all questions. 2. The first five digits of your index number have already been printed. Write the remaining seven digits in the space provided on the top right hand corner of this cover page only. 3. This paper comprises TWO SETIONS, Section for WRITING and for LNGUGE. There are four questions. You must attempt all. You are advised to spend not more than 1 hour in answering Question I and 30 minutes in answering Question II. 4. You are not allowed to write the name of your school and your name in the composition and letter writing. 5. Read the directions to each question carefully and write all your answers in the space provided in the question booklet itself. 6. o not remove or tear off any page from the booklet. 7. o not draw lines or pictures on or in the booklet to beautify it. 8. o not leave the examination hall before you have made sure that you have answered all the questions. Question I (25 marks) For Markers' Use Only Subparts Weighting warded Marker s Initial Layout 5 ontent 12 Language Structure 8 Question I II III IV Total Signature ward Markers Initial SE/EngI/ 2014 This booklet contains 16 pages. Page 1 of 16

2 SE/EngI/ 2014 Page 2 of 16

3 Section Question I Write an expository essay of words on any ONE of the topics given below. You will be rewarded for orderly and coherent presentation of materials, use of appropriate features and general accuracy of spellings, punctuation and grammar. [25] (a) Garbage disposal a cause of concern for hutan. (b) What qualities can we imbibe from some examples of great leaders? (c) Write about your favourite book explaining why you like and enjoy it. (d) Explain how social networks can be a threat to people s privacy. SE/EngI/ 2014 Page 3 of 16

4 SE/EngI/ 2014 Page 4 of 16

5 SE/EngI/ 2014 Page 5 of 16

6 SE/EngI/ 2014 Page 6 of 16

7 Question II You are Tenzin, a class X student of Ugyen Pelrig Middle Secondary School, Samdrupjongkhar. Write a letter on any ONE of the following situations: [15] (a) Read and respond to the following advertisement: Vacancy nnouncement Leki ommercial orporation Limited, Samdrupjongkhar, invites applications from eligible candidates for the post of a Sales Person on temporary basis for a duration of two months under the following criteria: 1. Good command in verbal and written communications in both zongkha and English. 2. Qualification: lass 10 Interested candidates may submit their applications to the manager with relevant documents. (b) (c) You are one of the students assigned to organize the hild buse wareness Programme in the school. Write a letter of invitation to the Superintendent of Police, Samdrupjongkhar requesting him to give a talk on the issue. You are the captain of the School harity Fund lub. You have planned to stage a variety show to generate fund for the club. Write a letter to asho zongda, Samdrupjongkhar seeking permission to use the public ground for the show. SE/EngI/ 2014 Page 7 of 16

8 SE/EngI/ 2014 Page 8 of 16

9 SE/EngI/ 2014 Page 9 of 16

10 Section Question III: Nature of Language [10] 1. Each question below is followed by four possible responses. hoose the correct response and write it in the space provided. [1x3] (i) The study of the origin or the history of the words is known as morphology. etymology. semantics. syntax. nswer (ii) ll of the following are the functions of language EXEPT communication. expression. translation. intonation. nswer (iii) The sounds, words and sentences in language may be finite or limited, but the combinations and constructions are infinite or unlimited. The above statement explains the feature of open ended system. duality of structure. displacement. arbitrariness. nswer 2. nswer the following questions: [7] (i) Why is language said to be an arbitrary phenomenon? (3) SE/EngI/ 2014 Page 10 of 16

11 (ii) etween the theories of the ehaviourist and the Rationalist, which theory do you support? Give TWO reasons. (4) Question IV: Grammar 1. Each question below is followed by four possible responses. hoose the correct response and write it in the space provided. (i) My friend loves physical activities especially running. The underlined word in the above sentence is an auxiliary verb. a phrasal verb. a modal verb. a gerund. [1x10] nswer SE/EngI/ 2014 Page 11 of 16

12 (ii) hoose the sentence which has the same meaning to the sentence: Penjor stayed with his cousin for a fortnight. Penjor stayed with his cousin for four nights. Penjor stayed with his cousin for two weeks. Penjor stayed with his cousin for ten days. Penjor stayed with his cousin for a month. nswer (iii) Tshering Tashi is a man of letters. The underlined idiom in the statement above refers to a journalist. post man. teacher. writer. nswer (iv) anything happen to my new car, I will be crushed. espite Should When If nswer (v) risk walking burns calories than strenuous cardio exercise. fewer. lesser. few. less nswer (vi) They often run into each other. The phrase run into means meet with. dash against. disagree with. compete with. nswer SE/EngI/ 2014 Page 12 of 16

13 (vii) hoose the sentence which has the same meaning to the sentence: I didn t hardly notice you cut your hair. I didn t notice you hardly cut your hair at all. I didn t notice at all that you cut your hair. I noticed you hardly cut your hair. I noticed you cut your hair. nswer (viii) The manager interviewed each of the candidates in turn. every candidates in turn. each candidates in turn. one candidates in turn. nswer (ix) If a world war breaks out, no country will be able to its great destructions. shut on itself against shut itself off upon shut itself off from shut off itself to nswer (x) hoose the sentence which has the same meaning to the sentence: No one has used the room for fifteen years. That room has been used by none of them for fifteen years. That room is not been used for fifteen years. That room has not used for fifteen years. That room was not used for fifteen years. nswer 2. Using the instructions given in the brackets, rewrite each of the following sentences without changing the meaning. [1x10] (i) He was too honest to steal. [Use so ] SE/EngI/ 2014 Page 13 of 16

14 (ii) Only a fool would believe you. [Use nobody ] (iii) an the blind see? [Make it an assertive sentence.] (iv) Only men are allowed to enter the main room of the lhakhang. [hange it to a negative sentence.] (v) Sonam suddenly thought of a splendid idea. [End with: to Sonam.] (vi) awa has to get up at 5:30 am tomorrow to finish his project. [Use a modal verb] (vii) He said to me, I don t like you. [hange it to a reported speech.] SE/EngI/ 2014 Page 14 of 16

15 (viii) We did not have a good time at the picnic because it was too hot. [egin with: If ] (ix) Pema started to cry as soon as she saw her father coming with a cane. [Rewrite using scarcely ] (x) eing occupied with important matters, he had no time to see us. [egin: He was ] 3. Fill in the blanks as instructed in the brackets. [1x5] (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) The man who lost money was..european. (Use correct article) We must reach in time or we... (fine). (Use correct form of verb) Pema was caught between the devil and (omplete the proverb) Nima made up such a. excuse for not attending the Saturday meeting! No one believed him at all. (Use synonym of ludicrous ) Kencho wanted to take a.. at the mountain. (hoose the correct word: peak/peek) SE/EngI/ 2014 Page 15 of 16

16 4. Each of the following sentences below has an error. Edit the sentence and rewrite it correctly. [1x5] (i) The climate is very unpleasant today. (ii) She went to the hospital yesterday night. (iii) Nina replied back to the letter sent by her mother. (iv) He is an imminent man. (v) The little girl asked if she may eat her snacks. SE/EngI/ 2014 Page 16 of 16

English Paper 1 Total Marks: 80 READ THE FOLLOWING DIRECTIONS CAREFULLY:

Alternative No: Index No: 0 1 0 1 2 Supervising Examiner's/Invigilator's initial: Language and Writing Writing Time: 3 Hours English Paper 1 Total Marks: 80 READ THE FOLLOWING DIRECTIONS CAREFULLY: 1.