Class 12 Boards English Practice Questions

B. Metaphor — It is a metaphor — a direct comparison WITHOUT 'like' or 'as' (the classroom is called a zoo).

B. pessimist — An optimist expects good outcomes; the opposite is a pessimist, who expects the worst.

B. Adverb — An adverb modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb (e.g. 'ran quickly'). An adjective modifies a noun.

B. hardworking — 'Diligent' means showing careful and persistent effort — that is, hardworking.

A. She said that she would call me the next day. — In reported speech 'will' → 'would' and 'tomorrow' → 'the next day', with pronouns adjusted: 'She said that she would call me the next day.'

A. Alliteration — The repetition of the initial 'p' sound in nearby words is alliteration.

B. very careful and precise — 'Meticulous' means showing great attention to detail — very careful and precise.

A. The project will be completed by them. — Future simple passive is 'will be + past participle': 'The project will be completed by them.'

A. Hyperbole — It is a deliberate exaggeration for emphasis — hyperbole (you have not literally said it a million times).

B. but — 'But' joins the two clauses, so it is the conjunction. Conjunctions connect words, phrases or clauses.

A. She asked him if he liked coffee. — A yes/no question in reported speech is introduced by 'if/whether', the tense is back-shifted (like → liked), and the question mark and question word-order are dropped.

D. My watch has been stolen. — The present perfect active 'has stolen' becomes 'has been + past participle' in the passive; the indefinite agent 'by someone' is normally omitted.

A. frank — 'Candid' means open and truthful, so 'frank' is the closest synonym; 'secretive' is its opposite.

C. abundant — 'Scarce' means in short supply; its opposite is 'abundant' (plentiful). The other options are near-synonyms of scarce.

C. Personification — Flowers are given the human action of 'dancing', so a non-human thing is described as having human qualities — that is personification.

D. To make peace and end a quarrel — 'To bury the hatchet' means to settle a dispute and become friendly again, i.e., to make peace.

B. little — 'Water' is an uncountable noun, so the quantifier 'little' is used; 'few/many/fewer' are used only with countable nouns.

D. must — 'Must' expresses strong necessity or obligation, which suits a legal requirement; 'may/might/could' express possibility or permission, not obligation.

A. since — With the present perfect continuous, 'since' is used before a specific point of time (2015), while 'for' is used with a length of time.

C. had already left — The past perfect 'had already left' shows an action completed before another past action (reaching the platform).

A. Although — The two clauses express a contrast, so the concessive conjunction 'although' is correct; 'because' and 'so' show cause/effect and 'unless' shows condition.

D. John Keats — The poem 'A Thing of Beauty' is an extract from John Keats's 'Endymion'.

C. German — After Prussia occupied Alsace and Lorraine, an order came that only German, not French, would be taught in the schools.

C. The fearless freedom that Aunt Jennifer herself lacks — The 'prancing, proud and unafraid' tigers embody the fearlessness and freedom denied to the oppressed Aunt Jennifer in her constrained married life.

B. The heading 'NOTICE', the date, and the name of the issuing authority — A notice must carry the word 'NOTICE', the date of issue, and the signature/name of the issuing authority; salutations and complimentary closes belong to letters, not notices.

D. Metaphor — Life is directly called a journey without using 'like' or 'as', so it is a metaphor; a simile would require an explicit comparison word.