EFIC INSTITUTE

KALMUNAI
ENGLISH LANGUAGE GRADE 11
Test 01
Fill in each blank with a suitable word from those given in brackets.
to nearby in about with at

around for by over against on

If you sit and watch these kids in the school yard as I do everyday, you learn a lot (1)………………….. different people.

In one corner two teams of boys play basketball. A few smaller kids wait (2) …………………. their turn. Some lean (3) …………………. the
fence or squat quietly.
etly. Others fool (4) …………………..like
………………….. clowns.
An older kid looks longingly (5) ………………… the fence.

In another corner, some girls chat (6) ……………………... each other. One girl imitates a teacher standing (7) ………………………. with her
back to them. One boy all alonee watches a plane zooming overhead. Suddenly he is surrounded (8) ……………………. three others who
shove him (9) ………………………
the ground. The teacher yells (10) ………………………. the boys and tries to pull them apart. Fortunately the bell starts to ring.

Test 02
Write what they would say in the following situations. One is done for you.

Situationss
1 On your friend’s birthday A happy birthday to you

2 The classroom is too noisy. If you are the monitor, what

would you say?

3 A student’s pen is not writing. He/she

e/she wants to know whether
his/her
/her friend has an extra pen. What would he /she say?
4 You are the stranger. You ask the police about any hotel
nearby. How would you ask him?

5 Your friend has passed his/her O/L exam with distinctions.

What would you say?

6 Now it’ss the science period. Teacher hasn’t

hasn arrived at the class
yet. Students are chatting with each other. The principal is
having a round. What would he/she ask your class?

Test 03
Write a paragraph on one of the following. Use about 50 words.

a) Modern Technology
b) Friendship
c) Trees – We need them
Test 04
Read the following and fill in the application form for the post of Accounts Assistant vacant in the COMMUNITY BANK OF
KALMUNAI.

Mary lives in Pandiruppu with her parents, Mr and Mrs Johnson in No.36 Chirch Road. Her friends call her by her school name Nithu.
She is now 20 years old and her birthday is on 18 September. She works in a local Co-operative shop as a clerk after completing her
Diploma in Business Management and Computer Programming at the Government Technical College. She studied upto her G.C.E.
A/L (SCIENCE) at Fatima College Kalmunai. Her parents are looking for a handsome young man, a well behaved and intelligent to
give their daughter away in marriage. Mary has worked at the co-op shop for 2 years and gets a payment of only 1500 rupees per
month.

APPLICATION FORM
Application for the post of Accounts Assistant at the
Community Bank of KALMUNAI.
1. Name

2. Name in full

3. Address, Private

Address, Official

4. Civil status

5. Sex

6. Date of Birth

7. Nationality

8. Educational Qualification

9. Professional Qualification

10. Work Experience

11. Any other relevant information

I certify that the above information is true and correct to the best of my knowledge.

Date:…………………………….
……………………………………
Signature

Test 05
Read the following letter and answer the questions that follow.
5, Station Road
Dehiwela
5th January 2008
The Personnel Manager
John and Sons Ltd.
114, Mudaliga Mawatha.
Colombo.01

Dear Mr. Chandrasena

Thank you for your letter of 2nd January offering me the post of Export Sales Manager in your firm.
I am very pleased to accept the offer and hope to take up the post on March 10th. As I informed you at the interview, I have
to give up my present job in two months notice.

Your sincerely
Sunil Abeyweera
 1. Where will Sunil work after March 10th? ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
2. What post will he hold? ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
3. Why is he unable to take up the post immediately?…………………………………………………………………………………………………..…...
4. Who is the personnel manager of John and Sons Ltd?……………………………………………………………………………………………..………
5. Where does Sunil live?………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…

Test 06
Some utterances are given in various situations. The meaning of an utterance has to be understood in relation to the situation. Of
the options given below each utterance, underline the one that best expresses its meaning.

Situation – 1
Mr. Perera is having a bath. The phone rings.
His wife says, “The phone is ringing.”
Mr. Perera says, “I’m in the bathroom.”

What does mr. perera mean?

a) He wants his wife to bring the phone to the bathroom.
b) He wants his wife to answer the phone.
c) He is saying that he is having a bath.

Situation – 2
Some children are playing in the classroom.
Their monitor says, “hey boys! The teacher’s coming.”

What does the monitor mean?

a) He wants the students to welcome the teacher.
b) He says that the teacher is coming to play with the students.
c) He wants the students to stop playing.

Situation – 3
Someone is knocking on the door. The sister asks her brother to open the door.
The brother says, “I’m watching the match”

What does he mean?

a) He says he can’t open the door.
b) He says that he is watching the T.V
c) He invites sister to watch the T.V

Situation – 4
Ravi said that if he had money he would buy a car.

What did he mean?

a) He had the money to buy a car.
b) He didn’t have the money to buy a car.
c) He is going to buy a car soon.

Situation – 5
Mary said that the poor widow worked so hard that she fell ill.

What did she mean?

a) The widow fell ill because she worked hard.
b) She didn’t work hard but she fell ill
c) She worked hard because she fell ill.

Test 07
Write on one of the following.
a) A friend has invited you to lunch next Saturday. But you are unable to go because you have some relations visiting.
Write a note of apology explaining the situations. Use about 40 words.
b) You have lost your wrist watch in the school playground. Put up a notice on the class notice board giving the
following details. Make of the watch, description of the strap, shape of dial etc….
Use about 25 words.
Test 08
Fill in the right form of the verb in the spaces below. In each case the root form of the verb is shown in brackets when you see an
asterisk* use the negative form of the verb.

1) I (1)………………….……..
…….. (buy) a book two days ago. I (2) …………………………… (read) it already.
Tomorrow I (3) ……………………….. (look)
(look for another one.

2) I (4) …………………………...... (break) the garage door yesterday

yesterda . I (5) ………………………………….…… (* repair) it yet.
My father (6) ………………..………………
……………… (* be) very happy when he (7) ……………..…….…………
………… (find out ) .

3) Laila : I (8) …………………….……… ……… (meet)

( Fatma this morning.
Nermin : Impossible! She (9) ………………….…….
……………… (go) to America.
Laila : well, I (10) …………………….…..
………………… (see) her when she (11) ……………….…………. (get) back.

.(steal) my car the day before yesterday. Now I think somebody (13)
4) Somebody (12) …………………….(steal)
………………………….(take) my camera. I have no idea what (14) …………………………….…..
………………… ….. (happen) next.

Test 09
Read the poem and answer the questions.
I Am

I am human being, a boy.

You may say I am a special compound which can
Think can see……….etc,
And a little bit different from cat, dog, etc.
You may say I am a body with a soul
Which is living
I have a special computer which requires no electricity.
It is in my skull.
It works all the time until night.
When it can’t work, I can’t work.
I have a special pump which pumps the blood all over
My body and no electricity required
It is in my left chest,
But it never stops or feels tired.
When it stops, I stop,
I have some other machines which require no electricity
And they never stop or feel tired.
But when they stop, I stop
That’s me.

However, I am still I!
-Chun Po Man
1. What is the sense of a human being differs from other living beings?
2. What is the special computer the boy refers in line ‘7’?
3. a) What is the special device that pumps the blood all over his body?
c) What are the features of the special device that pumps the blood all over his body?
4. What are the other machines the boy has in his body?
5. Find words opposite in meaning:
a) ever …………………….…………
b) simple …………………...………