JIGME SHERUBLING HIGHER
SECONDARY SCHOOL
KHALING,
TRASHIGANG
MID-
TERM EXAMINATION, 2011
English
Paper I: Language & Writing
Time: 3 Hrs
Class:
X Total Marks: 80
SECTION
A
Question
I
Write an expository essay of
350-400 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 the
spellings, punctuation and grammar. [25]
a) Sports not only keep us healthy but also
teach us so many values. Explain.
b) Bhutanese culture is deeply rooted in our
religion. Explain culture and tradition and its importance.
c) Rural urban migration and its impact
d)
Some films and books have a
great impact on our lives. Write about any such book or film.
Question
II
You are Sonam Thinley, a class
X A student of Khuruthang Middle Secondary School, Punakha. Write a letter on
any ONE of the following situation. [15]
a)
You are the Cultural
Coordinator of the School. Place a supply order to Dago Music Store, Gelephu, for
the supply of musical and sound system that you need for the school variety
show. Mention date of supply and the mode of payment and transport.
b) As the School Captain,
write a letter to the Dzongkhag Election Officer requesting him to come to your
school to conduct general awareness campaign about the forth coming local
government election. Give reasons why this has to be done in your school.
c) You belong to
economically disadvantage family. Write a letter to the Director of Tarayana
Foundation, Thimphu requesting him to consider you as one of the Recipents of
His Majesty’s Kidu grant. State your reasons very clearly.
SECTION B:
[Nature
of Language]
Question III
For each of the following there are four
choices. Choose the best answer and write it in the answer sheet provided. [1x3]
i.
Which of the following is NOT a
feature of language?
a)
Duality formation
b)
Arbitrariness
c)
Cultural transmission
d)
Back-formation
ii.
Which school of thought believes that language
is learnt through constant reinforcement and the child is born with an empty
slate?
a)
Naturalist
b)
Rationalist
c)
Behaviorist
d)
Perfectionist
iii.
In the levels of language analysis,
phonological level means………
a)
Sound and their forms
b)
Forms and their organisation
c)
Sound and meaning
d)
Meaning as manifested in
syntactic level
2.
Answer the following questions. [7]
iv.
Define language?
[1]
v.
Language is a system explain [3]
iv. Which language do you prefer as a
medium of communication, Dzongkha
or English? Why? Give two reasons. [3]
[Grammar/Structures]
Question
IV
1. For each of the
following there are four choices. Choose the best answer and write it in the
answer sheet provided. [1x10]
i. I met ___ European in the
street yesterday.
a)
an
b)
a
c)
the
d)
one
ii. Phuentsholing is ________ than
Khaling
a) noisy
b) noisest
c) noise
d) noisier
iii. It has started
raining---------------last Friday
a) since
b) for
c) with
d) from
iv. I ………. … to learn music when I was
a teenager.
a)
use
b)
used
c)
am used
d)
was used
v.
Sonam was constantly ……………….by his friends to refrain from abusing
Drugs
a) remind
b) reminder
c) reminded
d) reminding
vi.
----------------------you like to have another cup of coffee?
a) would
b) could
c) should
d) shall
vii.
Children are fond ……….toys
a) with
b) off
c) at
d) of
Viii. Each of the boys ………..at the gymnasium
a) were
b) was
c) are
d) wore
Ix . Two thousand years ago, Sharchokpa
………………….in most of the regions in Bhutan.
a) speaks
b) spoken
c) had speaking
d)
was spoken
x. I know that Sonam ………………in the prayer
hall at the moment
a) was working
b) worked
c) work
d) is working
- Rewrite the following
sentences using the instructions given in brackets and without changing
their meanings.
[1x10]
(i)
She said, ‘‘I met my mother last night.’’ [Change
to indirect speech]
(ii)
Who taught you grammar? [ use:
“by whom”]
(iii)
Tshering is the tallest boy in
our class. [Begin: no other]
(iv)
He went to India. He wanted to
visit Tsho Pema. [rewrite using infinitive]
(v)
We met a girl. She was carrying
a bunch of flowers.[ rewrite using participle]
(vi)
What have you decided? [ use: decision]
(vii)
I did not come. You did not
invite me. [ join the sentences using conjunction]
(viii)
Rinzin is the most active boy
in the class. [ end with question mark]
(ix)
I borrowed this poetry book
from school library. [rewrite using issued]
(x)
I will go to the town this
evening. [ write the sentence in present continuous tense.]
- Insert
suitable forms of the verbs given in brackets to complete the following sentences.
[1X5]
i.
Our
rent ……..(collect) by the landlord at the end of every month.
ii.
Reading
is preferable-------- (than) talking.
iii.
It is
the----- (funny) movie that I have ever watched.
iv.
I………..(be)
proud of my smart performance.
v.
Can
you hear what he is--------(say).
4. Edit the following sentences and rewrite
them correctly. [1x5]
(i)
This
drain is dirty than the one in the town.
(ii)
Pema
was a good boy than.
(iii)
Tenzin
and karma open an internet café next Monday.
(iv)
I can
climb up the tree when I was young.
(v)
He said
“ where are you going”
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