Class 11 PSA Language Convention English Test

Read the passage and complete the sentences given below: Pablo Picasso showed his truly exceptional talent from very young age. His first work was Lapiz (Spanish for pencil) and he learnt to draw before he could talk. He was the only son in the family and very good looking. So he was thoroughly spoilt. He hated school and often refused to go unless his doting parents allowed him to take one of his father’s pet pigeons with him. Apart from pigeons, his great love was art and when in 1901, his father, who was an amateur artist, got a job of a drawing teacher at a college, Pablo went with him to the college. He often watched his father paint and sometimes was allowed to help. One evening his father was painting a picture of their pigeons when he had to leave the room. He returned to find that Pablo had completed the picture and it was so amazingly beautiful and lifelike that he gave his son his own palette and brushes and never painted again. Pablo was just 13. As a boy Pablo Picasso was_________________

Read the passage and complete the sentences given below: Pablo Picasso showed his truly exceptional talent from very young age. His first work was Lapiz (Spanish for pencil) and he learnt to draw before he could talk. He was the only son in the family and very good looking. So he was thoroughly spoilt. He hated school and often refused to go unless his doting parents allowed him to take one of his father’s pet pigeons with him. Apart from pigeons, his great love was art and when in 1901, his father, who was an amateur artist, got a job of a drawing teacher at a college, Pablo went with him to the college. He often watched his father paint and sometimes was allowed to help. One evening his father was painting a picture of their pigeons when he had to leave the room. He returned to find that Pablo had completed the picture and it was so amazingly beautiful and lifelike that he gave his son his own palette and brushes and never painted again. Pablo was just 13. He was spoilt mostly because he was____________________

Read the passage and complete the sentences given below: Pablo Picasso showed his truly exceptional talent from very young age. His first work was Lapiz (Spanish for pencil) and he learnt to draw before he could talk. He was the only son in the family and very good looking. So he was thoroughly spoilt. He hated school and often refused to go unless his doting parents allowed him to take one of his father’s pet pigeons with him. Apart from pigeons, his great love was art and when in 1901, his father, who was an amateur artist, got a job of a drawing teacher at a college, Pablo went with him to the college. He often watched his father paint and sometimes was allowed to help. One evening his father was painting a picture of their pigeons when he had to leave the room. He returned to find that Pablo had completed the picture and it was so amazingly beautiful and lifelike that he gave his son his own palette and brushes and never painted again. Pablo was just 13. Picasso went to school only when________________

Read the passage and complete the sentences given below: Pablo Picasso showed his truly exceptional talent from very young age. His first work was Lapiz (Spanish for pencil) and he learnt to draw before he could talk. He was the only son in the family and very good looking. So he was thoroughly spoilt. He hated school and often refused to go unless his doting parents allowed him to take one of his father’s pet pigeons with him. Apart from pigeons, his great love was art and when in 1901, his father, who was an amateur artist, got a job of a drawing teacher at a college, Pablo went with him to the college. He often watched his father paint and sometimes was allowed to help. One evening his father was painting a picture of their pigeons when he had to leave the room. He returned to find that Pablo had completed the picture and it was so amazingly beautiful and lifelike that he gave his son his own palette and brushes and never painted again. Pablo was just 13. apart from pigeons, he loved ______________

Read the passage and complete the sentences given below: Pablo Picasso showed his truly exceptional talent from very young age. His first work was Lapiz (Spanish for pencil) and he learnt to draw before he could talk. He was the only son in the family and very good looking. So he was thoroughly spoilt. He hated school and often refused to go unless his doting parents allowed him to take one of his father’s pet pigeons with him. Apart from pigeons, his great love was art and when in 1901, his father, who was an amateur artist, got a job of a drawing teacher at a college, Pablo went with him to the college. He often watched his father paint and sometimes was allowed to help. One evening his father was painting a picture of their pigeons when he had to leave the room. He returned to find that Pablo had completed the picture and it was so amazingly beautiful and lifelike that he gave his son his own palette and brushes and never painted again. Pablo was just 13. When his father painted in the college, Pablo

Read the passage and complete the sentences given below: Pablo Picasso showed his truly exceptional talent from very young age. His first work was Lapiz (Spanish for pencil) and he learnt to draw before he could talk. He was the only son in the family and very good looking. So he was thoroughly spoilt. He hated school and often refused to go unless his doting parents allowed him to take one of his father’s pet pigeons with him. Apart from pigeons, his great love was art and when in 1901, his father, who was an amateur artist, got a job of a drawing teacher at a college, Pablo went with him to the college. He often watched his father paint and sometimes was allowed to help. One evening his father was painting a picture of their pigeons when he had to leave the room. He returned to find that Pablo had completed the picture and it was so amazingly beautiful and lifelike that he gave his son his own palette and brushes and never painted again. Pablo was just 13. When Pablo competed the picture, his father_______________

Read the passage and complete the sentences given below: Pablo Picasso showed his truly exceptional talent from very young age. His first work was Lapiz (Spanish for pencil) and he learnt to draw before he could talk. He was the only son in the family and very good looking. So he was thoroughly spoilt. He hated school and often refused to go unless his doting parents allowed him to take one of his father’s pet pigeons with him. Apart from pigeons, his great love was art and when in 1901, his father, who was an amateur artist, got a job of a drawing teacher at a college, Pablo went with him to the college. He often watched his father paint and sometimes was allowed to help. One evening his father was painting a picture of their pigeons when he had to leave the room. He returned to find that Pablo had completed the picture and it was so amazingly beautiful and lifelike that he gave his son his own palette and brushes and never painted again. Pablo was just 13. Pablo's father gave up painting______________

Read the sentences given below and substitute the underlined word(s) with the appropriate synonyms option: <br / In my absence, my mother looks after my children.

Read the sentences given below and substitute the underlined word(s) with the appropriate synonyms option: <br / Sahar’s computer is very old. She wants to get rid of it.

Read the sentences given below and substitute the underlined idiom/phrases word(s) with the appropriate option: <br / The matter of property is a bone of contention between the two brothers.

Read the sentences given below and substitute the underlined idiom/phrases word(s) with the appropriate option: <br / Henry is working round the clock in order to earn money.

Find out the opposites of the underlined words out of the four options given: His presence is doubtful because he is ill.

Which word/phrase best explains the word and phrase in the bracket: My cousin Mourad was considered the natural descendant of the (crazy) streak in our tribe.

Choose the correct spellings:

Choose the options which best explains the underline phrase/idiom: Nobody will believe you. It is a cock and bull story.

Spot the errors. (Indicate the part in which the error is. Use ‘no error’ in case there is no error in the sentences) The dog /is /a /faithful animal ./no error (a) (b) (c) (d) (e)

Choose the correct alternative and fill the blank:<br / He will explain it to you when he ____________back.

Choose the best option from those given to complete the sentences (Reported speech) Father didn't know_________________

Choose the correct option to complete these passive voice sentences. He___________________

Choose the appropriate modal to fill in the blank:- The doctor said that the patient ________ recover

Fill in ‘a/an/the’ wherever required. Fill ‘X’ where no article is needed:- Ritu had already gone to ________ play.

Choose the correct alternative out of the four given below:- He has been living in Delhi _________ 1989.

Choose the correct alternative out of the four given below:- His topic is different _________ mine.

Fill in the appropriate connectors from those given below:- Ram was late _________ it was raining heavily.