English 1st Paper
Model Test 1
Read the text and answer the following questions.
Farabi was sitting with his head down. He looked sad. His hair was untidy and ruffled. It was clear he did not brush it at all.
“What happened, Farabi? Are you okay?” asked Flora. “I’m so shocked, Flora. I don’t want to talk,” said Farabi.
“But you have to. Any pain or sorrow is like a load in the mind. If you tell or share it with your parents or friends, it will be lighter. On the other hand, if you don’t share it, the load will become heavier and more painful. So please tell me what’s wrong,” Flora insisted.
Farabi looked at Flora and said, “One of my friends Harun is our school football team leader. Yesterday he just dropped my name from the coming Interclass Football Tournament. I wanted to know why, but he didn’t even talk to me about it.”
[Unit-3; Lesson-4]
1. Choose the correct answer to each question from the alternatives given.
i) Farabi didn’t want to talk because he was —.
a. busy with his study
b. sick
c. very shocked
d. angry
ii) “he did not brush it at all”. The underlined word is a/an —.
a. noun
b. verb
c. adjective
d. adverb
iii) Which one of the following words has a similar meaning of ‘talk’?
a. utter
b. chat
c. speak
d. discuss
iv)”So please tell me what’s wrong,” Flora insisted. What does ‘insist’ mean?
a. persist
b. request
c. order
d. command
v) He looked sad. What does ‘sad’ mean?
a. unhappy
b. cheerful
c. happy
d. not unhappy
2. Answer the following questions.
a. What happens when we share our pain or sorrow with others?
b. Why didn’t Farabi want to talk?
c. How can we make our sorrow lighter?
d. How did Farabi look?
e. Do you think Flora is a good friend? Explain in 1/2 sentences.
3. Fill in each gap with a suitable word based on the information of the text.
Farabi is very (a)___ because his friend Harun, their school football team leader, has just (b)___ his name from the (c)___ Interclass Football Tournament. Though Farabi wanted to (d)___ the cause, Harun did not tell him (e)___ about it.
4. Write synonyms or antonyms of the following words as directed.
(a) become (synonym);
(b) shocked (synonym);
(c) heavier (antonym);
(d) lighter (synonym);
(e) sorrow (synonym)