Practice Set (Class - V)

Full Marks - 20

1.  Read the text carefully and answer the questions that follows -

 

          One day a foolish ash was roaming aimlessly in the forest. While passing across a path he saw something under a tree. He became curious and came near it. It was a lion's skin and he began to wonder here and there.When he came to the bank of a stream, he stopped. He saw his reflection in the clear water. He was very happy and said to himself, "Aha! I look like a lion. Seeing me other animals will be struck with awe." He then went to the place where other animals had gathered.

A. Answer the following questions -                                                     2 X 4 = 8

  (i) How was the ash?

  (ii) Where did the ash find the skin?

  (iii) Where did the ash see his reflection?

   (iv) How did the ash look like?

 B. Complete the following sentences with information from the text- 2X3=6

  (i) While passing across_________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________

  (ii) The ash was roaming aimlessly _________________________________________________________

  (iii) The ash went to the palace _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 C. What is the opposite word of 'foolish'?                                             1 X 1 = 1

 2. Fill in the blanks with words from the text -                                     1 X 2 = 2

  (i) The boy is very___________ to learn new things.

 (ii) All the members___________  to decide the date of the programme.

3. Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles -                                     1 X 2 = 2

   (i) She is _____ engineer.

 (ii) I have _______ umbrella.

4. Underline the correct alternative -                                                    1 X 1 = 1 

 I and my brother (am/is/are) going to you need a nearby shop to buy chocolates.

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Imaginary Dialogue Between The Mountain and The Squirrel

Q.You have read the poem ‘Fable’. On the basis of the poem, write a dialogue within 100 words between the Mountain and the Squirrel.

Mountain : What a surprise ! My little Prig ! Where are you going?

Squirrel   : Yeah. There is no doubt that you are very big.

Mountain : Yes, I am big and powerful and you are not.

Squirrel  : You do not know that all sorts of things and weather must be taken in together to make up a year and a sphere.

Mountain :  But you are so small.

Squirrel   : Yes, I am small. I think it no disgrace to occupy my place.

Mountain : Why are you talking round and round? You are not so large as I am.

Squirrel   : You are not so small as I am. And you do not deserve half of my spryness.

Mountain : Do you dare to be my opponent? You have forgotten what I  have done for you.

Squirrel    : You have done many things for me. Even you have made a very pretty track for me. I am not denying it.

Mountain : It is my talent. You cannot make it for yourself with all your efforts. Can you?

Squirrel : In all earthly creatures, there is a difference in their talents. It is well and wisely put. As you can carry forests on your back but I cannot.

Mountain : Such as you can crack a nut but I cannot.

Squirrel   : Exactly. You have understood it well.

Mountain : Yes my friend. You can go where you are going. Have a nice day.

Squirrel    : Thank you my friend.

 

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English XII Syllabus and Marks Division

West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education (WBCHSE) বা পশ্চিমবঙ্গ উচ্চ মাধ্যমিক শিক্ষা সংসদ পশ্চিমবঙ্গ সরকার দ্বারা নিয়ন্ত্রিত । এই সংসদ রাজ্যের উচ্চ মাধ্যমিক স্তরের পঠনপাঠন নিয়ন্ত্রণ করে থাকে।

তবে আজ আমাদের আলোচ্য সূচি পশ্চিমবঙ্গ উচ্চ মাধ্যমিক শিক্ষা সংসদ এর অন্তর্গত দ্বাদশ শ্রেণীর দ্বিতীয় ভাষা ইংরেজি বা English(B) বিষয়ের পাঠ্যসূচি।

প্রথমেই ছোট্ট করে বলি কি কি আছে।

Prose 

একাদশ শ্রেণীতে যদিও আমাদের পাঁচটি ছোটোগল্প বা প্রবন্ধ ছিল দ্বাদশ শ্রেণীতে তিনটি খুবই সুন্দর ছোটোগল্প ও একটি আত্মজীবনীমূলক প্রবন্ধ আছে। অর্থাৎ একাদশ শ্রেণীর চেয়ে দ্বাদশ শ্রেণীতে একটু কম পড়তে হবে।

1. The Eyes Have It

         - Ruskin Bond

2. Strong Roots

         - Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam

3. Thank You Ma'am

         - Langston Hughes

4. Three Questions

      - Leo Tolstoy (Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy)

এবার দেখে নেওয়া যাক Prose অংশের Marks Division কেমন হয় -

Poem

Prose অংশের মতো Poem অংশেও দ্বাদশ শ্রেণীর পাঠ্যসূচি বেশ খানিকটা কম। মাত্র চারটে কবিতা আছে।

1. On Killing a Tree

                - Gieve Patel

2. Asleep in the Valley

                -  Arthur Rimbaud

3. Shall I Compare Thee
                - William Shakespeare 

4. The Poetry of Earth
                -  John Keats

এবার দেখে নেওয়া যাক Poem অংশের Marks Division কেমন হয় -

 Play

Prose ও Poem ছাড়াও দ্বাদশ শ্রেণীতে একটি খুবই মজাদার Play আছে।

1. The Proposal

               - Anton Chekhov

দেখে নেওয়া যাক Play অংশের Marks Division কেমন হয় -

যদিও মূল প্রশ্নপত্রটি Part A এবং Part B তে বিভক্ত 

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