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English SSC board exam
Q.1. (B)
Read the following passage and answer the questions given below :
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Monday at school, Keryn sat with her chin propped up on one hand. "You're
looking very thoughtful today, Keryn," said her teacher, Mrs.Ngeru. As
soon as she got home, Keryn hurried to her bedroom mirror. The spot was bigger.
She could see it even when she stood right back from her mirror, against her
bedroom wall.
She took a book, curled up on the corner of the living
room sofa, and tried to forget about her chin. She was still reading when her
father came home from work half an hour later. "That's a nice little spot
you've found there, love," he said. Keryn jumped up and slammed into her
room. "What's the matter? What did I say?" She heard her father
asking behind her.
At dinner that night, Keryn said she didn't want any
lemon meringue, thank you. She'd just have a raw carrot instead. "You want
to be careful of those raw carrots," Jason told Keryn while he ate her
share of the lemon meringue. "They might be good for your skin, but they
make your top teeth grow, and your ears get all long floppy,"
On Tuesday morning, Keryn got out of bed, washed her
whole face hard with warm soapy water, and then looked in the mirror. The spot
on her chin was even bigger than it had been the night before. "I'll never
get rid of this spot before Thursday afternoon's prizegiving!" She wailed
at breakfast time. "Isn't there anything I can do?" "You could
try plastic surgery," suggested Jason, "or a flamethrower."
Questions
:
1. What
did Keryn do to try and forget about her chin?
2. How
did Jason tease her about eating carrots?
3. Bring
out Jason's sarcasm.
4. (a)
"You want to be careful of those raw carrots," Jason told Keryn. (Use
Reported Speech)
(b) She'd
just have a raw carrot instead. (Make Negative)
5. (i)
Give the noun form of : (a) thoughtful (b) grow
(ii)
Supply homophones for the words given below : (a) sea (b) be
6. What
type of relation do you find between the members of Keryn’s family?
Answers
1. To try
to forget about her chin, Keryn curled up on the corner of the living room sofa
and read a book.
2. Jason
teased Keryn that though eating carrots might be good for her skin, it would
make her top teeth grow and make her ears long and floppy like a rabbit.
3. By
suggesting that Keryn could try plastic surgery or a flame thrower, Jason was
only being sarcastic.
4. (a)
Jason told Keryn to be careful of those raw carrots. (b) She would have nothing
except a raw carrot instead.
5. (i)
(a) thought / thoughtfulness (b) growth (ii) (a) see (b) bee
6. The
relationship shared by the members of Keryn’s family seems to be like that of
any other normal close knit family. They discuss matters while having meals
together. They care for and support each other whenever required.