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ED Part-I (New) Examination, 2019

(Session: 2018-2020)
Subject: English (CPS-2: L-2)
TIME: 3 hours FULL MARKS: 70
Content
Read the poem given below and answer the following questions:
Someone came knocking
At my wee, small door;
Someone came knocking
I’m sure-sure-sure,
I listened, I opened,
I looked to left and right,
But nought there was a stirring
In the still, dark night;
Only the busy beetle
Tap-tapping in the wall,
Only from the forest
The screech-owl’s call,
Only the cricket whistling
While the dewdrops fall,
So I know not who came knocking,
At all, at all, at all.
1. Tick the correct alternative: 1×5¿5

(i) The door was –

(a big (b small (c) wide (d Cannot be

) ) ) determined
(ii) Here ‘someone’ is a –

(a Pronoun (b Definite pronoun (c) Indefinite Pronoun (d Indefinite Adjective

) ) )
(iii) The poet looked –

(a Backward and (b Up and down (c) To left and right (d Cannot be

) forward ) ) determined
(iv) Here ‘nought’ means –
(a) None (b) Nobody (c) Nothing (d) Not
(v) Here ‘screech-owl’ denotes –

(a) The dark night (b) uncanny night (c) supernatural (d) Cannot be
atmosphere determined

2. Answer the following questions: (Any Two) 2×2¿4

(i) Who do you think came knocking the poet’s door?

(ii) Why does the poet use the expression ‘at all’ thrice in the last line?
(iii) Name the insect and bird mentioned in the poem.

Read the passage given below and answer the following questions:

I walked with him to the Earth ferry. It was three times as big as our Moon-ferries. “Is everything on Earth as wonderful as
this?” I whispered to Father. “Pretty much so – it’s different from home.” Father replies. The ferry moved slowly out of its
dock. It entered the Earth’s gravity. I found my eyes were closing.

It seemed only a few minutes before Father’s voice woke me up. “Kepler! You mustn’t miss this sight. We’ve just
entered into the Earth’s orbit. “Look!” I looked out eagerly. I recognized the narrow stretch of Central America, then the
majestic Atlantic beneath us. “The planet’s all water!” I gasped. “Seventh-tenth of it are.” Father agreed. A world that was
seven-tenths water! On Moon, water was harder to get than oxygen. We had to pay for every ounce of it. Washing was a
luxury and drinking a special delight. I had grown up thinking water was the most precious thing in the universe. Now I
could see that the Earth was covered with it.

We orbited across North Africa and Arabia. I could see the blueness of the Indian Ocean, then the Pacific. “Are
you feeling unwell?” Father asked. “Don’t worry, it will get better. It’s just the weight difference.”

I realized I weighed six times my normal weight. After a while, I lifted my head. Passengers were busy collecting
belongings. We had landed. I struggled with my own safety straps. Father leaned over to help.

3. Tick the correct alternative: 1×5¿5

(i) The story is based on a –

(a True story (b Science fiction (c) Day dream (d Cannot be

) ) ) determined

(ii) “The Moon-ferries were three times bigger than the Earth ferry” – the statement is –

(a true (b false (c) partially true (d Cannot be

) ) ) determined

(iii) ‘Ounce’ is a unit of –

(a) length (b) weight (c) height (d) none

(iv)
‘Straps’ means –

(a) rope (b) belt (c) seat belt (d) none

(a) true (b) false (c) partially true (d) Cannot be

determined

(v) “On Moon, oxygen is more easily available than water” – the statement is –

4. Answer the following questions: (Any Three) 2×3¿6

(i) Why was water precious on Moon?

(ii) Why was Kepler feeling unwell?

(iii) What led his father to help Kepler as they landed?

(iv) Do as directed: (a) “What a lovely sight!” (Transform into Interrogative)

(b) Shut the door. (Voice change)
 Method

5. Fill in the blank: 1×10¿10

(i) Acquisition occurs through ____________.

(ii) Kothari Commission recommended introduction of English at the __________ level.

(iii) CALL stands for ______________.

(iv) Scaffolding in English class means _____________.

(v) TLM stands for ____________.

(vi) Listening is a __________ skill.

(vii) Use of drill is a common feature in _______________ approach / method.

(viii) Full form of NCF is ____________.

(ix) Reading daily news paper is an example of _______________reading.

(x) CLIT stands for ______________.

6. Answer the following questions: (Any five) 2×5¿10

(i) What are the main aims of learning English?

(ii) What is realia?

(iii) What are the different types of listening?

(iv) Why is English described as a link language in India?

(v) Distinguished between English as a second language and English as a foreign language.

(vi) What is Eclectic method?

7. Answer the following questions: (Any two) 7×2¿14

(i) Compare between structural approach and communicative approach.

(ii) Discuss the objectives of teaching English at the elementary level with reference to NCF 2005 and the suggestions
given by the expert committee formed by WB Board of Primary Education.

(iii) Discuss the merits and demerits of Grammar Translation Method.

8. Answer the following questions: (Any one) 16×1¿16

(i) Prepare a lesson plan for any poem to be taught in class vii.

(ii) Prepare an achievement test (of 20 marks) on any topic of your own choice from class iii/iv/v.