December 4, 2011

Eureka English Learning Point

Model Question-1
Class: Xl
English 1
st
Paper
Time:-30 Minute Marks:-20
ead the passage !elo" and ans"er Questions 1-#:
Ayesha Begum has three sons and two daughters. Her husband was a landless farmer who used to
work on other peoples land. With great effort they married their daughters off by the time they
reached teenage. The sons also started working with their father as day laborers when they were
old enough to help. By the time they were about seventeen years old, all of them had left to work
in nearby towns to earn money. At first, they used to send money to their parents occasionally, but
after getting married they barely had enough to support their own families. Ayesha Begum and
her husband are now old and feeble. ears of malnutrition and deprivation have made them look
older than their years. All they are left with now is their broken little thatched house. !ut of
desperation Ayesha Begum has started begging in the village to feed her old, invalid husband and
herself. "he does not know what ails him neither does she has the means to find out. "he is too
busy collecting food for survival.

1$ Choose the right "ord to %omplete ea%h senten%e:
a# Ayesha Begum and her husband married their daughters off with great $%ndeavour& pains&
application#.
b# The husband of Ayesha Begum is $weak& poorly& frail#.
c# Ayesha Begum is $preoccupied& inactive& hurried# in collecting food.
d# Ayesha Begum begs for her $e'istence& stability& ability#.
e# $(ost often& at times& off and on# the sons of Ayesha Begum used to send money.
2$ True& 'alse( )' 'alse* gi+e the %orre%t in'ormation:
a# Ayesha Begums husband owns land.
b# The sons married at their proper age.
c# The sons started working with their father when they were healthy.
d# Ayesha Begum is not in a position to find out the cause of ailment of her husband.
e# The three sons went to the town to earn money.
)# ,ill in the gaps "ith the %orre%t 'orm o' the "ords !ra%kets- .dd an/
prepositions i' ne%essar/*
a#The sons used to $work#++++++++ their father.
b# They used to send money $occasional#+++++++++++.
c#Ayesha Begum and her husband are $deprive#++++++++++ nutrition.
d# "he collects food to $survival#++++++++++.
e#Their thatched hut has $break#++++++++++ down.
,# Make a list o' 'i+e points a!out the %auses o' grie'&sorro" at the last period o' li'e
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