SA2 ENGLISH COMMUNICATIVE QUIZ

ROUND 1BOUNCE AND POUNCE

LITERATURE

DIRECT-20 POINTS

PASS-10 POINTS

POUNCE-20 POINTS Golden Rule: Quiz master’s decision is final

Read the extract and answer the following questions by choosing the most appropriate option.   I touch gently at the windows with mySoft fingers, and my announcement is aWelcome song. All can hear, but onlyThe sensitive can understand. (a) When the speaker taps at the windows____

(i) people welcome the speaker(ii) people sing songs in praise of the speaker(iii) people enjoy the sound made on the windows (iv) flowers and fields sing a song (b) Only the sensitive can understand________(i) the song of the rain(ii) the joy of the rain(iii) the rain’s sighs(iv) the rain’s affection (c) The song of the Rain is a/an_______________ poem.

(i) narrative (ii) autobiographical(iii) biographical(iv) satirical

  “You are like a child. I can't trust you out of my sight. No sooner is my back turned than you get that little minx Marie to sell the silver salt-cellars.” (a) The listener got Marie to sell the silver salt-cellars as

(i) he needed the money to pay the rent(ii) he needed to help Marie pay her rent.(iii) Mere Gringoire needed money to pay her rent.(iv) the bailiff had to be paid. (b) The speaker’s tone is ____________(i) gentle(ii) furious(iii) sad(iv) reproachful (c) She did not want the salt-cellars sold as ___________________(i) they had been in their family for years(ii) she wanted to eat salt out of silver salt cellars.(iii) they were very rare and expensive(iv) her mother had given them to her

"Good-luck to you, Trevelyan," I said. "And may you get the petunias for your princess!" (a) Why does the narrator call the listener Trevelyan?(b) Why does the narrator refer to petunias?(c) What is the tone of the speaker in the above lines?

OR

Why does the narrator from the poem ‘Oh,I wish I’d looked after me teeth’ say it is a ‘time of reckonin’ for her now?

How did the Bishop react on learning about the betrayal by the convict? What does it reflect about him?

In what ways is Pescud like the hero of a romantic novel?OR

In what ways do the parishioners take advantage of the Bishop’s kindness?

‘Muzzle’?

ROUND 2RAPID FIRE

VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR TEST

60 SECONDS

8 QUESTIONS

CORRECT ANSWER=10 POINTS

UNANSWERED QUESTIONS OR WRONG ANSWERS= -2 POINTS

Golden Rule: Quiz master’s decision is final

1.Sameer intends to start his own business in_____years. (some/ a few/ few/ a couple)

2.Yesterday, I saw a movie that my friends _______________ the week before. (seen/ have seen/ had seen/ were seeing)

3. I am now washing the clothes that I ___________during gym lessons. (wear, worn, have worn, was wearing)

4. slightly salty_________ water can be used, but freshwater is easier and less costly.

5. obvious to the eye or mindToday, the link is more ________: highlighted in blue, it appears directly beneath the site’s login form.

6. destroy property or hinder normal operations“We want at least a district that won’t _______ the dreams of its youths.”

7. having or showing an attitude of patronizing superiority.

8. Ans. All Indian cities have expanded after 1960.(a) live in / of spaces / Indians / the most / crowded(b) slums / at least / 35% of / lives in / urban India(c) free of / city is / dangers of / no Indian / pollution / the growing(d) at night / the stars / in the sky / difficult / to see / it is

1. Don't give me the parcel now. In any case I ________________ you once again before I leave for London. (meet, will be meeting, met, may meet)

2.We must guard ourselves _____________ all possible infections. (for, with, against, over)

3.Indians are doubtful ___________ winning the match against the West Indies. (in, to, at, of)

4. an impelling force or strengthMitchell believed that a song’s _______ should always push upward, ascending like the slope of a mountain into the unknown. 5. speed up the progress of; facilitateRather than wait for that day, he set out to _______ its arrival.

6. a hot, smoldering fragment of wood left from a fire“Every hot spot is an ______ that, if not contained, can become a new fire,” Obama said.

7. end away from a place of residence, as for punishmentNapoleon loses so big that he is ________ to an island.

8. a) ship/ violently/ the/ storm /rocked /theb) masterpiece/ artist/ painstakingly/ the/ his/ worked /atc) gift/ free/ a/ Dad/ offered/ firm/ by/ the /wasd) I /read /paper /in /the /burglar /been /caught /had/ the/ that

1.The Government should ban ___________ sprays which destroy the Ozone layer. (all, every, each, any)

2. The villain had been hiding in the musty warehouse _________ the morning. (for, from, since, till)

3. After initial setback, all ____ programmes were successful due to the initiative of the new dynamic team.( consequent, subsequently, consequently, subsequent)

4. friendly and pleasantRunning with others is really ________ and great fun.

5. deficient in quantity or number compared with the demandMeanwhile, heating oil could grow more _____ in the Northeast this winter, the Energy Department warned last month.

6. set up or lay the groundwork forCorporations have to be more and more focused on _________ higher labor standards.

7. a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the worldThe world was shocked when he made the mere statement which remained a mystery for 250 years a proper _____ .

8.

ROUND 3 CONNECT1 PICTURE =50 POINTS

2 PICTURES= 30 POINTS

3 PICTURES= 20POINTS

4 PICTURES= 10 POINTS

5 PICTURES= 5 POINTS

Golden Rule: Quiz master’s decision is final

The next 5 connect questions are pounce or buzzer questions.Correct answer=+50 or +30 or +20 or +10 or +5Wrong answer=-50 or -30 or -20 or -10 or -5

ROUND 4 LITERATURE QUIZDIRECT=20 POINTS

PASS=10 POINTS Golden Rule: Quiz master’s decision is final

During the 1930s, with his schoolfriend Ted Willis, _______ was a leading activist and organiser of the Labour League of Youth (at that time aligned with the Communist Party of Great Britain). 

Fill in the blank.

Identify the First man. Bring out the connection between the first and the second man and the relation between the second and the third man.

Les Misérables is a French historical novel by Victor Hugo, first published in 1862, that is considered one of the greatest novels of the 19th century. In the English-speaking world, the novel is usually referred to by its original French title. Les Misérables is a 2012 British-American musical drama film directed by Tom Hooper and scripted by William Nicholson, Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schönberg, and Herbert Kretzmer, based on the musical of the same name by Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg which is in turn based on the 1862 French novel by Victor Hugo.Name the actor who was the protagonist in the film.

Identify the Google Doodle’s theme.

Identify the Google Doodle’s theme.

Identify the Google Doodle’s theme.

Identify the Google Doodle’s theme.

Identify the Google Doodle’s theme.

Identify the Google Doodle’s theme.