NIOS Sample Paper English_1_Class 12

NIOS Sample Paper English_1_part 1

Directions (Q.1 to 15) Read the following passage to answer the given questions based on it. Some words/phrases are printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions. 

• On the way, she met four young men. They were the local bullies who enjoyed teasing and tormenting old people. When they saw old Sheela with her cow, they decided to play a trick. One of them sneaked up behind her, untied the cow and tied goat in its place. Sheela had been walking immersed in thought, worried about Jairam. Suddenly she heard a goat bleating behind her. She turned around and was surprised to see that her cow had vanished. She was leading a goat to the market. 

• The four bullies came up to her and said, “There is magic in the air in these days. See, it turned your cow into a goat.”Poor Sheela walked on with the goat. After a little while, the boys united the goat and tied a rooster in its place. The rooster crowed and Sheela was surprised again. The goat had turned into a rooster.The four bullies shouted, “Magic in the air, Grandma.” She resumed walking with the rooster in tow. After a few minutes the boys crept up again, untied the rooster and tied a log of wood in its place. A few moments later, Sheela realised that she was dragging a log of wood with a rope. Again, the bullies shouted, “Magic in the air, Grandma.” After a few minutes, the boys untied the log of wood to and ran away with it. 

When Sheela finally reached the market, she found that she had nothing but a rope in her hand. She came back home dejected, as she had lost the cow. She told Jairam the whole story. He immediately understood what had happened. “Make chapatti, vegetable and kheer for lunch tomorrow,” he said. “Cook for at least four people. I will come home with some guests. As soon as they come you must say, ‘I cooked what the rabbit told me. Come, eat your lunch. Leave everything else to me,” Jairam reassured her. 

The next morning Jairam went and borrowed two identical rabbits from a friend. He left one at home, tied the other one with a string and started walking towards the market with it. On the way, he too met the four bullies. ‘Hey grandfather!’ they yelled, “Your wife’s cow vanished yesterday. Where are you talking this rabbit now?” Jairam signed sadly and said,” This rabbit is like my son. It obeys everything I say. But now I am sick and we need money, so I am going to sell it in the market.”

The bullies were surprised when they heard this. “Does it really understand what you say, Grandfather?” they asked. Jairam replied, “of course it does. Here, watch me.” Jairam turned towards the rabbit and said, “Hop home and tell Sheela to make chapattis, vegetable and kheer for four people.” Then he untied the string and let the rabbit hop away. He turned towards the four boys and said, “Come home and have lunch with me.” 

When they reached his house, his wife welcomed them and said, “I cooked what the rabbit asked me to cook. Come, eat your lunch.” She served the chapattis, vegetable and kheer to all of them. The four bullies were stunned when they saw the rabbit sitting in the corner. They told Jairam, “We will buy your rabbit.” Jairam pretended to think and said, “It is very precious to me.” The four bullies immediately offered him a higher price. Jairam showed some reluctance. The moment he agreed to sell the rabbit they paid him the money and left with the rabbit immediately. The four bullies decided to test the rabbit’s abilities.

They had been blackmailing a landlord for money. So they told the rabbit, “Go and tell the landlord to bring us the money within ten minutes.” The rabbit hopped off. They waited for an hour but the landlord did not come with the money. They marched to his house and yelled, “Give us the money and our rabbit.” The landlord had been waiting for a chance to teach these bullies a lesson. He ordered his strongest bodyguard to give them a good thrashing. Bleeding and bruised, they went back to Jairam’ “You fooled us. Return our money at once.” Jairam simply smiled and said, “The money has disappeared. There is magic in the air.”

 

Multiple Choice

Why did Sheela and Jairam decide to sell the cow?

• They had spent all their money on Jairam’s sickness and needed more money.

• Sheela wanted to buy a rooster and they needed money for that.

• They were fed up of the four bullies and wanted to teach them the lesson.

• They wanted to invite the four bullies for lunch and needed money for buying the ingredients.

• They owed money to the landlord.

Multiple Choice

Why was Jairam reluctant to sell the rabbit?

• He only pretended to be reluctant in order to fool the bullies.

• He was fond of the little rabbit and did not want to sell it to the bullies.

• He wanted to gift the rabbits to the landlord.

• He knew that the bullies would not take good care of the rabbit.

• He wanted to sell the rabbit in the market and get a better price for it.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following may be an appropriate title to the passage?

• Magic in the air

• Never steal a cow

• The strongest bodyguard

• The smart bullies

• The obedient rabbit.

Multiple Choice

What did Sheela do after reaching the market empty handed?

• Determined to earn money, she managed to sell the rope that she was left with.

• She returned home dejected and narrated the whole incident to her husband.

• She bought two rabbits and devised a plan to get back at the bullies.

• She went to the landlord and complained about the bullies.

• She went home and cooked lunch for her husband and herself.

Multiple Choice

What did four bullies tie to Sheela’s rope immediately after untying the cow?

• A log of wood

• A rooster

• A rabbit

• A goat

• Not mentioned in the passage

Directions (Q.1 to 15) Read the following passage to answer the given questions based on it. Some words/phrases are printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions. 

Keshav and Yash lived in neighboring villages. Once, a fair was held nearby and they set off from their homes hoping to do some business there.

Keshav filled his sack with cheap cotton, overlaid it with a layer of fine wool, and set off for the fair. Meanwhile Yash, collected some old clothes, put a layer of sheer cotton on top and made his way to the fair.

Each stopped to rest under the tree and got talking. “I have the finest wool in my sack,” boasted Keshav. Not to be outdone. Yash said, “I have cotton of the most superior quality.

The two struck a deal. They would exchange their goods and since wool was more expensive,

 Yash would pay Keshav an extra rupee. But Yash had no money with him. So after agreeing to pay Keshav later, they went home, laughing at each other’s folly. It did not take them long to discover that they had been duped. The next day, Keshav landed at Yash’s house, “You cheat! Give me my rupee at least.”

Yash was untroubled by Keshav’s word, “Of course. But first help me find the treasure at the bottom of this well. We can divide it.” So Keshav went into the well. But each time Yash, hauled up the bucket Keshav had filled, he said, “Oh! No treasure here.

Try again.” Keshav soon realised he was being used as free labour to clean the well. So he gave a loud shout, “Here is the treasure! Watch out it’s heavy !” Yash was amazed that there actually was treasure in the well. As soon as he pulled up the bucket he threw away the rope so that Keshav could not come up.

But, what did he find in the bucket? Keshav covered in mud! They began fighting again. Soon it got too dark to continue and they left for their homes.

But Keshav did not give up easily. He arrived at Yash’s house a few days later. Yash stopped him and told his wife, “I will pretend to be dead. Keshav will have to give up.” But when Keshav heard Yash’s wife wailing, rushed out to gather the villagers. “My friend has died. Let’s take his body of cremation.”

Yash’s wife got scared, “Go away. I shall arrange for cremation Myself !” But the villagers thought she was too grief stricken. Once they reached the cremation ground, Keshav told the villagers,

“It is getting dark. I shall watch over him during the night.” When the villagers had left, Keshav said to Yash, “Stop pretending. Give me my money !”

Now, a gang of thieves came upon them and seeing one figure seated on the funeral pyre and another standing next to him talking, they assumed them to be ghosts and dropped their bag of stolen goods and left at top speed.

 The two, saw the bag full of gold and silver ornaments and divided it between themselves. Keshav made sure he got an extra gold coin and the account was settled at last!

Multiple Choice

What made the two young men decide to visit the fair?

• They thought they could get jobs and support themselves.

• They wanted to trade their goods at the fair and earn some money.

• To sell the produce they had grown for a handsome profit

• Being unemployed they thought they could entrain people at the fair.

• Not clearly mentioned in the passage

Multiple Choice

What were Keshav and Yash quarrelling about?

• The cost of wool

• The interest on the loan Yash had taken

• Dividing the thieves’ treasure equally

• The money Yash owed Keshav

• The wages for digging the well

Multiple Choice

Why were the two men happy despite not going to the fair?

• They had managed to buy whatever they needed on the way

• They had got a good deal in exchange for a rupee

• They had become fast friends and had made a lot of money in the bargain

• Each thought he had got the better deal and had swindled the other.

Multiple Choice

Why did the villagers gather at Yash’s house?

• Yash’s wife was very upset seeing Keshav and her husband arguing

• To help Yash’s wife carry Yash’s body home as night had fallen

• To give Yash’s wife the news of her husband’s death

• They wanted to keep watch over Yash’s wife during the night

• Villagers gathered to cremate Yash.

Multiple Choice

Why did Yash request Keshav to go down into the well?

• He knew Keshav was smart and would clean it thoroughly

• He was in search of treasure that he had buried.

• To trick Keshav into cleaning it.

• His wife had refused to help him.

• To make Keshav earn the extra gold coin.

Directions (Q.1 to 15) Read the following passage to answer the given questions based on it. Some words/phrases are printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions. 

During the reign of king Veer, there lived a wise magistrate. Haripant’s verdicts were always just and people from all over vast kingdom came to him in ordered to settle their disputes. In the city where Haripant lived, there was a greedy ghee merchant named Niranjan. He always kept twenty barrels of ghee. Of these, fifteen would contain good quality ghee and the remaining could be adulterated. He would mix the two and sell it. This went on for a long time, till finally the people fed up of being cheated, complained to Haripant.

Haripant had the ghee examined and found to it be adulterated. He gave Niranjan a choice of punishment-drink the five barrels of adulterated ghee from his shop, or receive a hundred lashings, or pay a thousand gold coins to the treasury. Niranjan thought for a while. Losing a thousand gold coins was too much and a hundred lashings too painful. So he decided to drink the five barrels of ghee. Though Niranjan sold adulterated goods in his shop, he made sure his own food was of the best quality. So after drinking one barrel of ghee he began to feel sick. By the second barrel, he was vomiting. At this point he decided to opt for the lashings instead. But he was pampered and his body was unused to any harsh treatment. After ten lashes, he started trembling and by twenty he was giddy. ‘Stop!’ he screamed. ‘I will pay the thousand gold coins!’ And he handed them over.

• So he ended up suffering all three punishments, something he did not forget in a hurry and the people of the city got to use only the best quality in their food from then on.

   

Multiple Choice

Why was Sean reluctant to take Luke along ?

• Because he was a selfish man

• He feared that Luke's reaction may alert the Emperor's men

• Because Luke could harm him

• He wanted to bring fruits for Luke himself

Multiple Choice

How did old Sean manage to meet his food requirements ?

• by buying food form the market

• His nephew Luke took care of his requirements

• He picked up fruits from the emperor's orchard

• The emperor provided him with ample supply of fruits

Multiple Choice

Luke remained behind at the orchard because he

• was greedy and wanted to collect more fruits

• waited for the Emperor's men to arrest him

• lost his composure and started expressing his feeling loudly

• had waited for his uncle return

Multiple Choice

Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?

• Luke did not take good care of his uncle

• Lake of self-control had put Luke into trouble

• The Emperor was a wicked man

• Luke had a habit of speaking loudly

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is not true in the context of the passage ?

• Sean was a poor and suffering man

• Luke came to know about the orchard from his uncle

• Luke was finally set free

• Both Sean and Luke collected fruits from Emperor's orchard

Directions (Q.1 to 15) Read the following passage to answer the given questions based on it. Some words/phrases are printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions. 

• Once upon a time there was a royal elephant which used to reside in the premises of the king's palace. Elephant was very dear to the king, so he was well-fed and well-treated. There was also a dog who lived near the elephant's shed. He was very weak and skinny. He was always fascinated by the smell of rich sweet rice being fed to the royal elephant.

• One day, the dog could no longer resist the aroma of the rice and some how managed to sneak into the elephant's mouth. He linked the rice so much, that he started going there daily to eat the rice. For days, the huge elephant didn't notice the small dog as he was busy enjoying the delicious food. Gradually, the dog grew bigger and stronger eating such rich food. Finally the elephant noticed him and allowed him access to the food.

The elephant enjoyed the company of the dog and started sharing his food with him. They also started spending time with each other and soon became good friends. They ate together, slept together and played together. While playing, the elephant would hold the dog in his trunk and swing him back and forth. Soon neither of them was happy without the other. They became great friends and didn't want to be separated from each other.

Then one day, a man saw the dog and asked the elephant-keeper, "I want to buy this dog. What price do you want for it? "The elephant-keeper didn't own the dog but sold it and extracted a sum of money from this deal. The man took the dog to his home village, which was far away. The king's elephant became very sad after this incident. He missed his friend a lot and started neglecting everything. He didn't want to do anything without his dear friend, so he stopped eating, drinking and even bathing.

• Finally, the elephant-keeper reported this to the king; however he didn't mention anything about the dog. The king had a wise minister, who was known for his keen understanding of animals. The king ordered the minister, "Go to the elephant's shed and find out the reason for the elephant's condition". The intelligent minister went to the elephant's shed and found the elephant very sad. He examined the elephant and asked the elephant-keeper, "there is nothing wrong with this elephant's body, then why does he look so sad? I think this elephant is grief stricken, possibly due to the loss of a dear friend. Do you know if this elephant shared a close friendship with anyone?"

The elephant-keeper said, "There was a dog who used to eat, sleep and play with the elephant. He was taken by a stranger three days ago". The minister went back to the king and said, "Your majesty, in my opinion, the royal elephant is not sick, but he his lonesome without his dear friend, the dog". The king said, "You're right, friendship is one of the most wonderful things of life. Do you know where that dog is?"

The Minister replied, "elephant-keeper has informed me that a stranger took him away and he doesn't know his whereabouts". The king asked, "How can we bring back my elephant's friend and make him happy again?” The minister suggested, "Your Majesty, make a declaration, that whoever has the dog that used to live at the royal elephant's shed will be penalized". The king did the same and the man who had taken the dog, instantly turned him loose when he heard the proclamation.

As soon as he was freed, the dog ran back as fast as he could to the elephant's shed. The elephant was so delighted to see the dog that he picked his friend up with his trunk and swung him back and forth. The dog wagged his tail, while the elephant's sparkled with happiness. The king was content to see the elephant happy once again and rewarded the minister for his wise judgment.

Multiple Choice

What was the minister's diagnosis of the elephant's condition?

• The elephant hated his keeper

• The elephant was lonely

• The elephant was starving

• The elephant had hurt his leg and was is pain

• None of these

Multiple Choice

What method did the Minister suggest to king to get back the dog?

• To declare that whoever had that particular dog would be punished

• To keep a bowl of rice for the dog in the elephant's shed so that he could be lured back to the place

• To command the elephant-keeper to look for the dog in the village

• To persuade the elephant to call out to the dog e. none of these

• None of these

Multiple Choice

Why had the elephant become very sad?

• He no longer got his daily bowl of rice

• He was unhappy with the king for having sold the dog

• He missed his friend, the dog

• He was sold to an unknown man by his keeper

• None of these

Multiple Choice

What did the elephant-keeper do to the dog?

• He sold the dog to an unknown man for a price

• He hit the dog as the dog was eating the elephant's food

• He killed the dog

• He complained to the king about the dog

• None of these

Multiple Choice

Which of the following would be the most appropriate title for the passage?

• Friends and enemies

• The playful Dog

• The king and the minister

• The elephant-keeper

• The bond of Friendship

Section A

Question A

Mr. Narayan Masurekar had not come into my life the day I was born (July 10, 1949). It seems that Nan-Kaka (as I call him), who had come to see me in hospital on my first day in this world, noticed a little hole near the top of my left ear lobe. The next day he came again and picked up the baby lying on the crib next to my mother. To his utter horror, he discovered that the baby did not have the hole on the left ear lobe. A frantic search for all the cribs in the hospital followed and I was eventually located sleeping blissfully beside a fisher woman, totally oblivious of the commotion I had caused! The mix-up,

it appears followed after the babies had been given their bath.

Multiple Choice

When did Narayan Masurekar (Nan-Kaka) visit the author?

• Sunil Gavwaskar was born on 10th July, 1949.

• Narayan Masurekar (Nan-Kaka) visited the author, on July 10, 1949, the day the author was born

• If Nan-kaka had not noticed the hole on his ear where would he be living?If Nan Kaka had not earlier spotted the little hole on Gavaskar’s ear as an identity mark, Gavaskar would have been brought up by the fisher-woman’s family and the chances of his becoming a cricketer would have been nearly impossible.

• When Narayan Masurekar, Gavaskar’s uncle, came to see the baby in hospital, he noticed a little hole near the top of the baby’s left ear lobe.

Multiple Choice

What was the strange thing that Gavaskar’s uncle Mr. Narayan Masurekar notice when he came to see the baby in hospital?

• When Narayan Masurekar, Gavaskar’s uncle, came to see the baby in hospital, he noticed a little hole near the top of the baby’s left ear lobe.

• The horrible thing that happened the next day was that baby Gavaskar, after a bath, was misplaced by the nurses. In his place, a fisher-woman’s baby was left while Gavaskar was placed in the crib of the fisher-woman’s baby. It was really horrible.

• The missing Gavaskar was later found sleeping peacefully in the crib of a fisher-woman’s baby

• If Nan Kaka had not earlier spotted the little hole on Gavaskar’s ear as an identity mark, Gavaskar would have been brought up by the fisher-woman’s family and the chances of his becoming a cricketer would have been nearly impossible.

Multiple Choice

Why is the author grateful to Nan-Kaka for what he is?

• If Nan Kaka had not earlier spotted the little hole on Gavaskar’s ear as an identity mark, Gavaskar would have been brought up by the fisher-woman’s family and the chances of his becoming a cricketer would have been nearly impossible.

• The horrible thing that happened the next day was that baby Gavaskar, after a bath, was misplaced by the nurses. In his place, a fisher-woman’s baby was left while Gavaskar was placed in the crib of the fisher-woman’s baby. It was really horrible.

• When Narayan Masurekar, Gavaskar’s uncle, came to see the baby in hospital, he noticed a little hole near the top of the baby’s left ear lobe.

• Gavaskar describes an incident that would have ruined him forever. In the hospital where he was born, nurses mistakenly laid him with the wife of a fisherman after bathing the babies. If this was not noticed, Gavaskar would not have been brought up by his real parents and his destiny would have been different.

Multiple Choice

Pick out the words from the extracts which are similar in meaning to the following expression: In a manner characterized by extreme happiness or joy.

• Blissfully

• happiness

• joyous

• exuberant

Multiple Choice

Pick out the words from the extracts which are similar in meaning to the following expression: A state of confused and noisy disturbance

• Frantic

• Destructive

• Colossal

• Magnitude

Question A (2) (This question is usually option but in this paper this would be compulsory

Dr. Benson unbuttoned his coat, then remembered cigarettes in the outer pockets of his overcoat. He took out the packet and gave it to the rider who then looked in his own pockets for a match. When the cigarette was lighted, the man held the packet a moment, then asked, “Do you mind, mister, if I take another cigarette for later?” The rider shook the packet to remove another cigarette without waiting for the doctor to answer.

Multiple Choice

Why did Dr. Benson unbutton his coat?

• Dr. Benson unbottoned his coat to take his cigarettes packet.

• Rider is not a good person because even when Benson give him a cigarette he want one more

• Dr. Benson unbuttoned his coat, then remembered cigarettes in the outer pockets of his overcoat.

• He took out the packet and gave it to the rider who

  then looked in his own pockets for a match.

Multiple Choice

How many cigarettes did the rider want to take? Why?

• 2

• 4

• one for now and one foe later

• 3

Multiple Select

What do you think of the rider’s behaviour?

• Doctor Benson thought that Evans had robbed him of his watch when the latter put the cigarette packet back into the doctor’s pocket. The appearance of Evans added to his suspicions that Evans was a thief.

• He felt that Evans had lied to him about being an ambulance driver. When he threatened Evans to put the watch back, the latter took out a watch from his own pocket and put it into the doctor’s.

• Later, the doctor took out the watch from his pocket to see the time.

• He realized that the watch had a broken dial and a cracked crystal. On turning the watch, he found an inscription that stated Evans was indeed associated with the ambulance department.

Multiple Choice

Pick out the words from the extracts which are similar in meaning to the following expression: A long warm outfit worn in cold weather

• Overcoat

• Lapels

• Trench Coat

• Peacoat

Multiple Choice

Pick out the words from the extracts which are similar in meaning to the following expression: A small piece of material like a small bag.

• pill bag

• handbag

• sack

• laundry bag

Open Ended

Bholi's meeting with her teacher was a turning point in her life? What kind of changes come upon her thinking ,personality and self awareness?

Open Ended

What according to Nehru is the present day India? What vision does he have for

the country? (India: Her Past and Future)

 

Question 4 : Read the extract below and answer the questions that follow.

• “Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high

  Where knowledge is free

  Where the world has not been broken up into fragments

  By narrow domestic walls

  Where words come out from the depth of truth

  Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection……..”

  
  

Open Ended

What does the poet mean by, "where the mind is without fear and the head is held high" ?

Open Ended

What does the poet mean by "where knowledge is free"?

Open Ended

What does the poet visualize for the country?

Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow:

• Henry Ford is famous for making cars easier for most people to buy. He did this by producing the cars using an assembly line. Henry Ford was born in 1863 in Michigan. He had 4 siblings, and his family owned a farm. He worked on the farm when he was young, but he soon discovered that he loved taking things apart to see how they worked, then putting them back together again. He worked on watches a lot, and ended up helping many people fix their watches. In 1879, when he was 16 years old, he moved to Detroit to start working with machines, though he did come home and work on the farm a little, too. 

• Ford got married to Clara Bryant in 1888, and worked on a sawmill. He eventually became an engineer. Ford worked for the Edison Illuminating Company and even got to meet Thomas Edison! Edison encouraged him to keep working on his plans for his horseless carriage, powered by a motor. Ford’s gasoline-powered horseless carriage was called the Quadricycle.

• He sold the Quadricycle and started his own company to continue his work making vehicles. He did not stay with the first company for very many years, but eventually started the Ford Motor Company. He spent many years developing cars, which were made only a few at a time.

• Ford was not the first person to create a car, but he was the one who began to make them accessible to a lot of people in the United States. His “Model T” car, released in 1908, was easy to drive and to repair, which made many people want one. He needed to make a lot of cars very quickly. His company, Ford Motor Company, hired skilled workers to work on an assembly line.

• The car would move through the line, and each worker had a job along the line. One worker might put on the steering wheel, while at a different spot on the line, another worker put on tires. Every Model T was painted black. The company could make many cars at a time this way, which made them cheaper to produce. 

In addition to using the assembly line to produce cars, Ford was also known for paying his workers fair wages. Henry Ford died in 1947, but his company is still around and making cars today.

Multiple Choice

Create a timeline of events in Henry Ford’s life: First event in the time line is

• - In 1863, Henry Ford was born.

• In 1879 he moved to Detroit to start working with machine.

• In 1888 Henry Ford married Clara Bryant.

• - He worked at a sawmill and became an engineer.

Multiple Choice

Create a timeline of events in Henry Ford’s life: Second event in the time line is

• -In 1863, Henry Ford was born

• - In 1879 he moved to Detroit to start working with machine

• - In 1888 Henry Ford married Clara Bryant.

• He worked at a sawmill and became an enginee

Multiple Choice

Create a timeline of events in Henry Ford’s life. Third even in the timeline would be:

• - In 1863, Henry Ford was born

• - In 1879 he moved to Detroit to start working with machine.

• - In 1888 Henry Ford married Clara Bryant.

• He worked at a sawmill and became an engineer.

Multiple Choice

Create a timeline of events in Henry Ford’s life- Third event in the timeline is:

• - In 1863, Henry Ford was born.

• - In 1879 he moved to Detroit to start working with machine.

• - In 1888 Henry Ford married Clara Bryant.

• - He worked at a sawmill and became an engineer

Multiple Choice

Create a timeline of events in Henry Ford’s life. The Fourth Even in the timeline would be:

• -In 1863, Henry Ford was born.

• - In 1879 he moved to Detroit to start working with machine.

• - In 1888 Henry Ford married Clara Bryant.

• - He worked at a sawmill and became an engineer

Multiple Choice

Create a timeline of events in Henry Ford’s life. The Fifth even in the timeline would be:

• - In 1879 he moved to Detroit to start working with machine.

• - In 1888 Henry Ford married Clara Bryant.

• - He worked at a sawmill and became an engineer.

• - Ford moved onto work at the Edison Illuminating Company

Multiple Choice

Create a timeline of events in Henry Ford’s life. The sixth even on the timeline would be:

• - In 1888 Henry Ford married Clara Bryant.

• - He worked at a sawmill and became an engineer.

• - Ford moved onto work at the Edison Illuminating Company.

• - Edison encourage Ford to keep working on his horseless carriage, powered by a motor.

Multiple Choice

Create a timeline of events in Henry Ford’s life. Seventh event on the timeline is:

• -He worked at a sawmill and became an engineer.

• - Ford moved onto work at the Edison Illuminating Company.

• - Edison encourage Ford to keep working on his horseless carriage, powered by a motor.

• - Ford sold the first version of his horseless carriage and started his own company.

Multiple Choice

Create a timeline of events in Henry Ford’s life. The eighth even ion the timeline is:

• -Ford moved onto work at the Edison Illuminating Company.

• - Edison encourage Ford to keep working on his horseless carriage, powered by a motor.

• - Ford sold the first version of his horseless carriage and started his own company.

• - He eventually started the Ford Motor Company

Multiple Choice

Create a timeline of events in Henry Ford’s life. The ninth even in the timeline is:

• - Edison encourage Ford to keep working on his horseless carriage, powered by a motor.

• - Ford sold the first version of his horseless carriage and started his own company.

• - He eventually started the Ford Motor Company.

• - In 1908 the Model T car was released for sale to the public.

Multiple Choice

Create a timeline of events in Henry Ford’s life. The tenth event on the timeline is:

• -Ford sold the first version of his horseless carriage and started his own company.

• - He eventually started the Ford Motor Company.

• - In 1908 the Model T car was released for sale to the public.

• - In 1947 Ford passed away.

Henry Ford

Henry Ford is famous for making cars easier for most people to buy. He did this by producing the cars using an assembly line. Henry Ford was born in 1863 in Michigan. He had 4 siblings, and his family owned a farm. He worked on the farm when he was young, but he soon discovered that he loved taking things apart to see how they worked, then putting them back together again. He worked on watches a lot, and ended up helping many people fix their watches. In 1879, when he was 16 years old, he moved to Detroit to start working with machines, though he did come home and work on the farm a little, too.

Henry Ford

Ford got married to Clara Bryant in 1888, and worked on a sawmill. He eventually became an engineer. Ford worked for the Edison Illuminating Company and even got to meet Thomas Edison! Edison encouraged him to keep working on his plans for his horseless carriage, powered by a motor. Ford’s gasoline-powered horseless carriage was called the Quadricycle. 

Henry Ford

He sold the Quadricycle and started his own company to continue his work making vehicles. He did not stay with the first company for very many years, but eventually started the Ford Motor Company. He spent many years developing cars, which were made only a few at a time.

Henry Ford

• Ford was not the first person to create a car, but he was the one who began to make them accessible to a lot of people in the United States. His “Model T” car, released in 1908, was easy to drive and to repair, which made many people want one. He needed to make a lot of cars very quickly. His company, Ford Motor Company, hired skilled workers to work on an assembly line. The car would move through the line, and each worker had a job along the line. One worker might put on the steering wheel, while at a different spot on the line, another worker put on tires. Every Model T was painted black. The company could make many cars at a time this way, which made them cheaper to produce. 

Henry Ford

• In addition to using the assembly line to produce cars, Ford was also known for paying his workers fair wages. Henry Ford died in 1947, but his company is still around and making cars today.

Multiple Select

What adjective would you use to describe Henry Ford? Why?

• inventive

• industrious

• hard-working

• entrepreneurial

• none

Multiple Choice

What does “accessible” mean in the 5th paragraph? How do you know?

• Accessible means able to be easily obtained or used. Ford was the one who started making cars in a more affordable manner so more people could buy a car.

• difficult to understand or appreciat

• outside the distance to which someone can stretch out their hand.

• beyond the capacity of someone to attain something.

Multiple Select

Why do you think making cars on an assembly line is cheaper than having groups of 3 or 4 people putting together one whole car at a time?

• I think it’s cheaper to make cars on an assembly line that in groups of people, because it’s faster. Each worker concentrates on their small part, so they are better and faster at that particular part of the car.

• Because of the cost of labor involved, the price of cars was very high and the average citizen could not afford to own one. After the assembly line, workers were able to produce Model T's very easily. It was much cheaper, efficient, and less time consuming.

• Before the advent of mass production, goods were usually manufactured on a made-to-order basis. Once mass production was developed and perfected, consumer goods could be made for the broadest possible market.

Multiple Select

If each paragraph had a heading, the heading for the 2nd paragraph could be “Ford’s Early Life.” Create a heading for the 5th paragraph.

• A car for the People

• Ford Motor Company

• The invention of mass production

• Introduction of the assembly line

There are many reasons to use alternative energy sources. One reason is to reduce pollutants and greenhouse gases. Alternative or renewable energy sources help to reduce the amount of toxins that are a result of traditional energy use. These alternative energy sources help protect against the harmful by-products of energy use and help to preserve many of the natural resources that we currently use as energy sources. There are many alternative energy sources: wind power, solar power,

geothermal power, and hydroelectric power are some examples.

together. In 2005, the worldwide use of wind-powered generators was less than 1% of all of the electricity use combined. There are several advantages of this energy source: there is no pollution, it never runs out, farming and grazing can still take place on the same land as the wind turbines, and wind farms can be built anywhere. One disadvantage is that you need a consistent wind to get enough power. If the wind speed decreases, less electricity is produced. Large wind farms can also have a negative visual effect for people who live nearby.

Multiple Select

Give some reasons why we must use alternative sources of energy.

• Because fossil fuels are being used at large scale and they are non renewable sources of energy, they will disappear after some time.

• After the depletion of non renewable sources of energy we will be left with nothing, hence we are trying to develop alternate sources of energy.

• We have traditionally got our energy from fossil fuels; coal, oil and natural gas. These sources of energy cannot replenish themselves at the rate at which we use them and as such, will run out.

• Burning fossil fuels creates a number of harmful gases such as carbon dioxide and sulphur dioxide that have been identified as causes of climate change and acid rain respectively.