FIRST TERM EVALUATION

GRADE 11

2020

1. Complete the following sentences by selecting the suitable word from the

given words.

I. Parliament...................... the trade agreement with India.

II. When the price of petroleum increases the cost of living

................ goes up.

III. Armed............... does not provide a lasting solution to any

problem.

IV. People living in very remote areas are .................... due to lack of

transport facilities.

V. I cannot ................... meeting you before.

( invariably, disadvantaged, ratified, recall, conflict)

(1 × 5 = 5marks)

2. Here is a text about minneriya tank.Some parts of this text are missing

select the missing parts from the box given below and complete the text.

King Mahasen was a famous ............... The huge minneriya tank is..............

tanks in Sri Lanka. When it is full it covers about 4500 acres. The king

connected this tank.............. at Ambangaga. The canal brought ..................

water................... which would otherwise have .................. through the

mahaweli river. The tanks that were built helped.................. to cultivate

their fields and supply food they require.

( to a canal, large volume of, thousands of people, one of the largest,

builder of tanks, to the Minneriya tank, flown into the sea )

(7 Marks)

3. Complete the following using your own words.

I. Though her health was poor ....................

II. Though our team lost three of our top order batsmen.................

III. Although it rained all day ...................

IV. Since it was a school holiday ....................

V. Even though he was afraid ...................

(5 Marks )

4. Change the following sentences into reported speech.

I. The man told the police “ I was reading a news paper".

II. Minal said “ my grandfather was a good runner when he was

young".

III. The children said “ we have cleaned the class”.

IV. Kamal said “ Our teacher will start the new lesson tomorrow".

V. Amali said “ I am going to the school concert with my freinds".

VI. Senuri told Meena “ you really are a nice room mate".

VII. My sister said “ I have never been to Jafna".

( 8 Mark’s )

5. Change the following sentences into passive voice.

I. The clerk is typing the letters.

II. He requested the invitees to sit down.

III. They published the report last week.

IV. The children will complete the project next week.

V. The government introduces measures to protect wild life.

( 2 x 5 = 10 Mark’s)

6. Write a short paragraph on one of the following. Use about 50 to 60 words.

I. A famous king in Sri Lanka

II. A challenge I faced.

(5 Mark’s )

7. Read the following poem and answer the questions

The other side of learning is forgetting

How can you open your eyes if they don’t close

Teachers find this very upsetting

They like you to be always on your toes

Anybody can see that X equals Y

When it is written in white chalk on a black wall

Just as anyone can see that a black cloud in a blue sky

Means that rain is going to fall

Tidy children are good, untidy children are slatterns

Everything is labelled according to looks

But beneath our lids spring rainbow-coloured patterns

That was never found in books.

I. What types of children are found in the classrooms.

II. Describe the last two lines of the poem in your own words.

( 2 x 5 = 10 Mark’s )

8. Re write the following passages in the past tense as happened on last

Sunday.

Next Sunday Amila will go on a trip to kandy with family member.

They will travel by train in the morning. The train will arrive in kandy at 9.30

a.m. First they will have their breakfast in a hotel. Then they will pay a visit

to Dalada Maligawa. From there they will leave for Peradeniya Gardens.

Start like this :

Last Sunday Amila went on a trip to kandy......................................

........................................................................................................................

( 5 Mark’s )

9. Prefect board of your school decided to collect dry rations, stationaries, and

new clothes to distribute among the victims in disaster areas. As the Head

prefect write a notice to be put in the notice board about it. Include all the

necessary details.

(5 Mark’s )

10.

( 10 Mark’s )

11. Read the following text and answer the questions.

I. Who are the Huaorani and where do they live ?

II. What do you understand by ‘ hunter – gatherer ‘ life style ?

III. Why is the cabin built for eight people only ?

IV. How do the Huaorani welcome their visitors and guide them?

V. What message do the Huaorani give their visitor ?

VI. Mark whether the following sentences are “ True" or “ False"

The tourists were taken on hunting ( )

There were ten people in one group ( )

(10 Mark’s )

12. Match the words with the definitions.

( 5 Mark’s )

13. Write on of the following. Use about 200 words.

I. An essay on

“ The role of the school for minimizing the vandalism"

You may include:

What is vandalism

Where it occurs

The root of it

The effect

The programmes to minimize it.

II. Write a speech you would make at the meeting of environmental

society

“ Let’s protect our enviroment"

You can follow the following guide lines:

The value of environment

The human actions that harm

The effects as the result

The threat by continuing those things.

( 15 Mark’s )