SAHIWAL BOARD 2015
English (Compulsory)
(Session: 2015)
(Group- 1)
Class- Ist Year
Paper-I
Time: 20 Minutes 
(OBJECTIVE)
Marks: 20
Note:- Write answers to the questions on objective answer sheet provided. Four possible  answers A, B, C & D to each question are given. Which answer you consider correct, fill the corresponding circle A, B, C or D given in front of each question with Marker or pen ink on the answer sheet provided.

Q1
 (a) Choose the right option of the underline words in meaning and fill up the bubble: (Book I, Short Stories, Book III, Plays and Poetry) 10

• The cherry is hung with bloom.

(A) Blossoms
(B) shower
(C) seeds
(D) rain

• Sheep dogs slumber without noticing the train:

(A) sleep
(B) run about
(C) work
(D) count

• Everyone felt Kreton was some impostor:

(A) thief
(B) fraud
(C) teacher
(D) magician

• One bench stage faces the rear wall:

(A) front
(B) upper
(C) back
(D) long

• The girl slammed the door:

(A) opened
(B) knocked
(C) banged 
(D) burnt

• It looked like a devastated countryside:

(A) Populous
(B) modern 
(C) destroyed
(D) model

• The girl had reduced the blade to splinters:

(A) disorder
(B) pieces
(C) layers
(D) rods

• Mr. Hubert was a peasant:

(A) cobbler
(B) teacher
(C) farmer
(D) shopkeeper

• Chin up, Harry:

(A) stand up
(B) move
(C) be brave 
(D) be happy

• Norma shuddered as a chill of horror swept across her:

(A) danced
(B) moved 
(C) hoped
(D) shivered

(b)Choose the right option for the following and fill up the bubble:5

• Name the fruits that are stacked in the fruit street:

(A) oranges, apples, grapes
(B) melons, guavas, mandarins
(C) bananas, pineapples, oranges
(D) apples, melons, grapes

• The girl's life is saved by a _______who had come there by chance:

(A) a police officer
(B) a bus boy
(C) a dog 
(D) a beggar

• Who was Nushirvan?

(A) a slave
(B) a sergeant
(C) an accountant
(D) a king of Persia

• Norma wanted to take a trip to_______

(A) Africa
(B) Asia
(C) Australia
(D) Europe

• The Magi were known as the:

(A) Magicians
(B) wise men
(C) the acrobats
(D) dull people

(c)Choose the correct form of verb out of the given four options. 5

• She________ how to swim:

(A) knows 
(B) does not know
(C) known
(D) has known

• If you________the dog, it will bite you:

(A) tease
(B) teased
(C) will tease
(D) have teased

• He ______ here just now:

(A) reaches
(B) reach 
(C) has reached
(D) reached

• He _____ a horse in 1990:

(A) keeps 
(B) kept 
(C) has keep
(D) had kept

• Neither of the two students ______ present yesterday:

(A) were 
(B) had 
(C) have
(D) was 

SAHIWAL BOARD 2015
English (Compulsory)
(Session: 2015)
(Group- 1)
 Class -Ist Year 
 Paper-I
Time: 2:10 Hours
(SUBJECTIVE)
Marks:80
Note: Section I is compulsory. Attempt any Three questions from Section II  and any Two parts from Section III.
 SECTION-I

2.Write short answers in 3-5 lines of any six questions in your own words. Book I   (Short Stories)12

• Why did Arthur disagree with his wife?
• Why had the old man planted his secret garden?
• What was the climate Harry's family faced on the Mars?
• What did Terbut think of Jorkens' argument?
• What was the behavior of the sick child with the doctor?
• What was the remedy suggested by the physicians for the disease of the king?
• What was the dream of Martin Luther King Jr?
• Who was Della and how much did she save for Christmas?
• Why did the people come out on the Mall in cold evening? (over coat)

3.Write short answers in 3-5 lines of any five questions in your own words from Book — Ill (One Act Plays). 10

• Why does First Man push the girl to women's room when there is a knocking at the door?
• Why did Second Man accuse First Man of lying?
• What is the role of General Powers in the play?
• How impressive were the morals of Kreton?
• What is Spelding's opinion about John?
• Why does Miss. McCutcheon want to change her appearance?
• Why does Harry want Wozzeck to come to his shop?
• Why does Clark Larrabee return to his home?

4. Write short answers in 3-5 lines of any four questions in your own words  from Book-III (Poems) 8

• Describe the journey of the Night Mail to various places.
• What are the feelings of the poet standing in the dark? (In the street of the Fruit   Stalls)
• What were the expressions visible on the face of the statue? (ozymandias)
• What is the theme of the poem, "Leisure"?
• Why does a person feel helpless on the death of a friend?
• How many attributes of God are mentioned in the poem, "God's Attributes"?

                                                      (SECTION II)

5.     Write a letter to your friend condoling on the death of his father.  10

(OR)

         Write an application to the Principal for two weeks leave.

6.      Write a story on the moral lesson:10 

• "United you stand, dived you fall"  

   Or

• "All that glitters is not gold"

7. (A)   Explain the filching lines with reference to the context: 5
Nothing beside remains, Round the decay of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare, The lone and level sands stretch for away.

 (B)Punctuate the following extract from (Book-I, Short Stories):5

  look at this jess he bragged did you ever se better alfalfa grow out of the earth

  (C) Use any five of the following pairs of words in the sentences of your own: 5

• check
  cheque  
• site
  sight     
• ballet
  ballot 
• affect
  effect
• eligible
  illegible
• liar
  lawyer
• oar
  ore

8.Translate the following passage into Urdu: 15

She started at the button. How ridiculous, she thought. All this furor over a meaningless button. Reaching out, she pressed it down. For us, she thought angrily. She shuddered. Was it happening? A chill of horror swept across her.

                                         OR

Note:Alternate question for candidates whose medium of examination is English/Foreign candidates only.

Write an essay on "A Morning Walk"