AMBASSADOR SCHOOL

DUBAI, UAE

SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT 1

2025-26

Grade : 11 Max. Marks:80

Subject: English Language Duration:

Date:

Answers to this paper must be written on the answer sheets provided separately.
You will not be allowed to write during the first 15 minutes.
This time is to be spent in reading the question paper.
The time given at the head of this paper is the time allowed for writing the answers.
This paper contains 04 printed sheets

All the questions are to be attempted.

The intended marks for questions or parts of questions are given in brackets [ ]

Question 1 [20]
Write a composition (in approximately 400 – 450 words) on any one of the following subjects:
(You are reminded that you will be rewarded for orderly and coherent presentation of matter, use of
appropriate style and general accuracy of spelling, punctuation and grammar.)

(i) You had to cycle home through the town on the day of a festival. Describe the sights, the
sounds and the mood of the people around you. What were your feelings at the end of the
ride?
(ii) Life is a series of choices that we make every day. Narrate an incident when you had to
make a difficult choice. Elaborate on the positive impact it had on you.
(iii) A college degree is needed to succeed in life. Argue FOR or AGAINST this statement.

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(iv) Write an original short story that begins with the following words: My mother stopped
suddenly at the doorway and stared in amazement at……
Question 2
(i) You are a reporter for a newspaper. Write a news report in about 300 words on a [15]
disastrous railway accident using the points given below. You may add other relevant
details.
Place, day and time of the accident – most likely causes – lives and property
lost/destroyed – eyewitnesses – rescue operation – reaction of authorities – Prime
Minister’s commission of enquiry-compensation

(i) As the Secretary of the Health and Safety Club of your school, you intend to conduct a [10]
‘Safety Fire Drill’ for the whole school. Write a proposal to the Principal of your school
in not more than 150 words, stating the objective and the measures you will take for the
success of this drill.

Question 2

Answer sections (a), (b) and (c). [5]

(a) In each of the following items, sentence A is complete, while sentence B is not.
Complete sentence B, making it as similar as possible to sentence A. Write sentence B in
each case.

1 (A) Helen of Troy was the most beautiful woman.

(B) No other .. ………………………………………...
2 (A) As soon as the sun disappeared over the horizon, darkness began to set in.
(B) Hardly…………………………………………………………………...….
3. (A) The last time we met each other was in 2015.
(B) We have not ………………………………………………….….
4. (A) She writes articles for magazines. She also does embroidery and yoga.
(B) She not only……………………………………………………………...….
5. (A) He was being taken to prison by the policemen.
(B) The policemen…………………………………………………….

(b) Fill in each blank with a suitable word. (Do not write the sentence.) [5]

1. I am on the look ______ for a cheap camera.

2. I am looking ______ to my visit to my hometown.
3. Let us hope ______ the best.
4. We have hope ______ our success.
5. Have you begun to key ____ the report?
6. Hard work is the key ____ success.
7. The guard opened the door to let the shoppers ____.
8. The goalkeeper tripped letting the ball ______ the air.
9. My brother is slow _______ arithmetic.
10. The younger boy is slow ______ speech.

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(c)Fill in the blanks in the passage given below with the appropriate form of the verb given in [5]
brackets. Do not write the passage, but write the verbs in the correct order.

One day, I _________ (1) (be) in the lunch line, and there I saw a pile of apples. The teacher-
in-charge stared at me and said, “Just _______ (2) (take) one. God _________ (3) (watch)”.
So, I _________ (4) (take) an apple, and the line ________ (5) (move) along. At the next
table there ________ (6) (be) a pile of chocolate chip cookies. I _________ (7) (not know)
what to do. “Psst,” the kid behind me whispered, “_________ (8) (take) all you want. God’s
watching the apples.”
Question 3
Read the passage given below and answer the questions (a), (b) and (c) that follow:
[The following extract refers to the scientist who has swallowed some drugs that made hs body
invisible to others. However, if any part of his body was covered with clothes, that part only was
invisible.]
(1) The arrival of a stranger at an inn in winter was in any case an unusual event. A stranger of
such uncommon appearance set all tongues wagging. Mrs. Hall the landlord’s wife, made
every effort to be friendly but Griffin had no desire to talk.
(2) Satisfied that her guest was an eccentric scientist, and in view of the fact that he had paid her
an advance, Mrs. Hall was prepared to excuse his strange habits and irritable temper. But the 5
money he had stolen did not last long, and presently he had to admit that he had no more ready
cash.
(3) Shortly afterwards a curious episode occurred. Very early in the morning a clergyman and his
wife were awakened by noises in the study. Creeping downstairs, they heard the chink of
money being taken from the clergyman’s desk. 10
(4) When news of the burglary at the clergyman’s house became known, the strange scientist was
strongly suspected of having had a hand in it. Suspicion grew even stronger when he suddenly
produced some ready cash, though he had admitted not long before that he had no money.
(5) The landlord and his wife were up very early and were surprised to see the scientist’s door
wide open. Usually it was shut and locked, and he was furious if anyone entered his room. 15
(6) The opportunity seemed too good to be missed. They peeped round the door, saw nobody, and
decided to investigate.
(7) The bedclothes were cold, showing that the scientist must have been up for some time; and
stranger still, the clothes and bandages that he always wore were lying about the room.
(8) All of a sudden Mrs. Hall heard a sniff close to her ear. A moment later the hat on the bedpost 20
leapt up and dashed itself into her face. Then the bedroom chair became alive. Springing into
the air it charged straight at her, legs foremost. As she and her husband turned away in terror,
the extraordinary chair pushed them both out of the room and then appeared to slam and lock
the door after them.
(9) Mrs Hall almost fell down the stairs in hysterics. She was convinced that the room was haunted 25
by spirits, and that the stranger had somehow caused these to enter into her furniture.
(10) The village constable was secretly sent for. Instead of waiting for the constable, Mrs Hall went
to the scientist, who had somehow mysteriously appeared from his empty bedroom.
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(11) “I want to know what you have been doing to my chair upstairs,” she demanded. “And I want
to know how it is you came out of an empty room and how you entered a locked one.” 30
(12) The scientist was always quick-tempered; now he became furious. “You don’t understand
who or what I am!” he shouted. “Very well — I’ll show you.” Suddenly he threw off bandages,
whiskers, spectacles, and even nose. It took him only a minute to do this. The horrified people in
the bar found themselves staring at a headless man!
(13) Mr Jaffers, the constable, now arrived, and was quite surprised to find that he had to arrest a
man without a head. There followed a remarkable scene as the policeman tried to get hold of a man 35
who was becoming more and more invisible as he threw off one garment after another. Finally, a
shirt flew into the air, and the constable found himself struggling with someone he could not see
at all. Some people tried to help him, but found themselves hit by blows that seemed to come from
nowhere.
(14) In the end, Jaffers was knocked unconscious as he made a last attempt to hold on to the unseen 40
scientist. There were nervous, excited cries of “Hold him!” But this was easier said than done.
Griffin had shaken himself free, and no one knew where to lay hands on him.

(i) (a) Given below are three words and phrases. Find the words which have a similar meaning [3]
in the passage:
(1) tavern
(2) chaplain
(3) frenzy
(b) For each of the words given below, choose the correct sentence that uses the same word [3]
unchanged in spelling, but with a different meaning from that which it carries in the passage:
(1) long (line 6)
(A) He must have started writing the book a long time ago.
(B) I’m longing to meet my mother.
(C) We had a long meeting with the attorney general.
(D) Her hair was long and dark.
(2) room (line 30)
(A) If you're running upstairs, go to my room and bring down my sweater, please.
(B) The whole room roared with laughter.
(C) There's lots of room to express yourself creatively.
(D) I had roomed with him in New Haven when we were both at Yale Law School.

(3) head (line 35)

(A) Every day a different name was placed at the head of the chart.
(B) One chapter is headed, 'Beating the Test'.
(C) I like swimming but I don’t like my head under water.
(D) She signified her agreement by nodding her head.
(ii) Answer the following questions in your own words as briefly as possible:
[2]
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(a) What was the curious episode that occurred in the clergyman’s house? Why was the [2]
scientist strongly suspected in the case?
(b) When the landlord and his wife examined the scientist’s room, what did they find? [2]
(c) What lead Mrs. Hall to conclude that the room was haunted?
(iii) In not more than 100 words, narrate the humourous situations created by the scientist [8]
(paragraphs 7-13). You are required to write the summary in the form of a connected
passage. Failure to keep within the word limit will be penalised.

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