AP Police English — Grammar and Comprehension for Telugu-Medium Candidates · Chapter 20
Appendix A SI descriptive response checks
Use this checklist after you write. It is a study rubric, not an official marking scheme.
Task response: Addresses every instruction verb and stays within the topic.
Organisation: Uses a clear opening, logical sequence and relevant ending.
Evidence and accuracy: Does not invent statistics, dates, names or events.
Language: Controls tense, agreement, articles, prepositions and sentence boundaries.
Register: Uses a tone suited to a formal examination response.
Compliance: Follows the requested length, format and translation direction.
Model précis exercise
Source passage (original practice text): “A public notice is useful only when a reader can find it, understand it and tell whether it is current. A detailed notice may contain every rule but still fail if its language is difficult. A short notice may be easy to read but omit an important exception. Offices can improve public communication by testing a draft with readers, stating the date and source, and revising the text when instructions change. These steps do not replace careful administration; they help people act on the information administration provides.”
Model précis: A public notice must be accessible, understandable and current. Offices should balance brevity with completeness, test drafts with readers, identify dates and sources, and revise changed instructions. Clear notices support, but do not replace, careful administration.
Reasoning: the précis preserves the main condition, the brevity/completeness balance, the proposed actions and the closing qualification. It removes repeated explanation without adding a new claim.
Model formal letter structure
To: The Records Officer Subject: Request to correct a clerical entry
Sir/Madam, I request a review of the entry in my record relating to [identify the field]. The document currently shows [existing entry], while the supporting record supplied with this application shows [correct entry]. I have enclosed copies of the relevant documents for verification. Please let me know if any additional information is required and, if the records support the correction, update the entry and issue an acknowledgement.
Yours faithfully, [Name]
This is a format model, not an instruction to submit fabricated details. In an examination response, follow the exact recipient, facts and length stated in the prompt.
Model incident report structure
Title: Report on [event supplied in prompt] Date / place: [as provided]
The event was reported at [time supplied]. The responding team reached [place supplied] and observed [observable facts]. The team then [action stated in the prompt]. The available record does not establish [uncertain cause or outcome]. Further information is required before a final conclusion can be made.
Prepared by: [role/name as supplied]
The model keeps observations separate from conclusions. Replace every bracket only with facts given by the prompt.
Model English-to-Telugu meaning check
Source: “The team postponed the visit because the road was flooded, but it informed the residents in advance.” Model: “రోడ్డు ముంపునకు గురైనందున బృందం పర్యటనను వాయిదా వేసింది; అయితే, నివాసితులకు ముందుగానే సమాచారం ఇచ్చింది.” Check: cause = road flooding; action = postponement; contrast = advance information. The sentence preserves all three relationships.
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1.Identify the predicate in the sentence: "The security guard checked every visitor."
2.Choose the antonym of the capitalised word: "The movie received a POSITIVE response from critics."
3.Fill in the blank with the correct idiom: "To meet the tight deadline, the contractor decided to ___ on safety checks."
4.Read the passage and answer the question:
"Coral reefs, sometimes called the rainforests of the sea, are among the most biologically diverse ecosystems on Earth. Although they cover less than one percent of the ocean floor, they support roughly a quarter of all known marine species, providing food, shelter, and breeding grounds for fish, crustaceans, and countless other organisms. Coral reefs are built by tiny animals called coral polyps, which secrete calcium carbonate to form hard skeletons. Over thousands of years, the skeletons of countless generations of polyps accumulate to form the large reef structures visible today. Most reef-building corals have a close relationship with microscopic algae called zooxanthellae, which live within the coral's tissues and provide it with food through photosynthesis in exchange for shelter. This partnership gives many corals their vibrant colours. However, when ocean temperatures rise even slightly above normal for extended periods, corals can expel their zooxanthellae in a stress response known as coral bleaching, leaving the coral white and vulnerable to disease and death. Rising sea temperatures linked to climate change, along with ocean acidification and pollution, have caused widespread bleaching events across reefs worldwide in recent decades. Because reefs also protect coastlines from storms and support fishing and tourism industries that millions of people depend on, their decline has serious consequences beyond the marine environment itself."
Question: According to the passage, what percentage of the ocean floor do coral reefs cover?
5.Read the passage and answer the question:
"Coral reefs, sometimes called the rainforests of the sea, are among the most biologically diverse ecosystems on Earth. Although they cover less than one percent of the ocean floor, they support roughly a quarter of all known marine species, providing food, shelter, and breeding grounds for fish, crustaceans, and countless other organisms. Coral reefs are built by tiny animals called coral polyps, which secrete calcium carbonate to form hard skeletons. Over thousands of years, the skeletons of countless generations of polyps accumulate to form the large reef structures visible today. Most reef-building corals have a close relationship with microscopic algae called zooxanthellae, which live within the coral's tissues and provide it with food through photosynthesis in exchange for shelter. This partnership gives many corals their vibrant colours. However, when ocean temperatures rise even slightly above normal for extended periods, corals can expel their zooxanthellae in a stress response known as coral bleaching, leaving the coral white and vulnerable to disease and death. Rising sea temperatures linked to climate change, along with ocean acidification and pollution, have caused widespread bleaching events across reefs worldwide in recent decades. Because reefs also protect coastlines from storms and support fishing and tourism industries that millions of people depend on, their decline has serious consequences beyond the marine environment itself."
Question: What builds coral reefs, according to the passage?
6.Read the passage and answer the question:
"Coral reefs, sometimes called the rainforests of the sea, are among the most biologically diverse ecosystems on Earth. Although they cover less than one percent of the ocean floor, they support roughly a quarter of all known marine species, providing food, shelter, and breeding grounds for fish, crustaceans, and countless other organisms. Coral reefs are built by tiny animals called coral polyps, which secrete calcium carbonate to form hard skeletons. Over thousands of years, the skeletons of countless generations of polyps accumulate to form the large reef structures visible today. Most reef-building corals have a close relationship with microscopic algae called zooxanthellae, which live within the coral's tissues and provide it with food through photosynthesis in exchange for shelter. This partnership gives many corals their vibrant colours. However, when ocean temperatures rise even slightly above normal for extended periods, corals can expel their zooxanthellae in a stress response known as coral bleaching, leaving the coral white and vulnerable to disease and death. Rising sea temperatures linked to climate change, along with ocean acidification and pollution, have caused widespread bleaching events across reefs worldwide in recent decades. Because reefs also protect coastlines from storms and support fishing and tourism industries that millions of people depend on, their decline has serious consequences beyond the marine environment itself."
Question: What do coral polyps secrete to form their skeletons?
7.Read the passage and answer the question:
"Coral reefs, sometimes called the rainforests of the sea, are among the most biologically diverse ecosystems on Earth. Although they cover less than one percent of the ocean floor, they support roughly a quarter of all known marine species, providing food, shelter, and breeding grounds for fish, crustaceans, and countless other organisms. Coral reefs are built by tiny animals called coral polyps, which secrete calcium carbonate to form hard skeletons. Over thousands of years, the skeletons of countless generations of polyps accumulate to form the large reef structures visible today. Most reef-building corals have a close relationship with microscopic algae called zooxanthellae, which live within the coral's tissues and provide it with food through photosynthesis in exchange for shelter. This partnership gives many corals their vibrant colours. However, when ocean temperatures rise even slightly above normal for extended periods, corals can expel their zooxanthellae in a stress response known as coral bleaching, leaving the coral white and vulnerable to disease and death. Rising sea temperatures linked to climate change, along with ocean acidification and pollution, have caused widespread bleaching events across reefs worldwide in recent decades. Because reefs also protect coastlines from storms and support fishing and tourism industries that millions of people depend on, their decline has serious consequences beyond the marine environment itself."
Question: What is the relationship between corals and zooxanthellae, as described in the passage?
8.Read the passage and answer the question:
"Coral reefs, sometimes called the rainforests of the sea, are among the most biologically diverse ecosystems on Earth. Although they cover less than one percent of the ocean floor, they support roughly a quarter of all known marine species, providing food, shelter, and breeding grounds for fish, crustaceans, and countless other organisms. Coral reefs are built by tiny animals called coral polyps, which secrete calcium carbonate to form hard skeletons. Over thousands of years, the skeletons of countless generations of polyps accumulate to form the large reef structures visible today. Most reef-building corals have a close relationship with microscopic algae called zooxanthellae, which live within the coral's tissues and provide it with food through photosynthesis in exchange for shelter. This partnership gives many corals their vibrant colours. However, when ocean temperatures rise even slightly above normal for extended periods, corals can expel their zooxanthellae in a stress response known as coral bleaching, leaving the coral white and vulnerable to disease and death. Rising sea temperatures linked to climate change, along with ocean acidification and pollution, have caused widespread bleaching events across reefs worldwide in recent decades. Because reefs also protect coastlines from storms and support fishing and tourism industries that millions of people depend on, their decline has serious consequences beyond the marine environment itself."
Question: What is coral bleaching, according to the passage?
9.Read the passage and answer the question:
"Coral reefs, sometimes called the rainforests of the sea, are among the most biologically diverse ecosystems on Earth. Although they cover less than one percent of the ocean floor, they support roughly a quarter of all known marine species, providing food, shelter, and breeding grounds for fish, crustaceans, and countless other organisms. Coral reefs are built by tiny animals called coral polyps, which secrete calcium carbonate to form hard skeletons. Over thousands of years, the skeletons of countless generations of polyps accumulate to form the large reef structures visible today. Most reef-building corals have a close relationship with microscopic algae called zooxanthellae, which live within the coral's tissues and provide it with food through photosynthesis in exchange for shelter. This partnership gives many corals their vibrant colours. However, when ocean temperatures rise even slightly above normal for extended periods, corals can expel their zooxanthellae in a stress response known as coral bleaching, leaving the coral white and vulnerable to disease and death. Rising sea temperatures linked to climate change, along with ocean acidification and pollution, have caused widespread bleaching events across reefs worldwide in recent decades. Because reefs also protect coastlines from storms and support fishing and tourism industries that millions of people depend on, their decline has serious consequences beyond the marine environment itself."
Question: According to the passage, what gives many corals their vibrant colours?
10.Read the passage and answer the question:
"Coral reefs, sometimes called the rainforests of the sea, are among the most biologically diverse ecosystems on Earth. Although they cover less than one percent of the ocean floor, they support roughly a quarter of all known marine species, providing food, shelter, and breeding grounds for fish, crustaceans, and countless other organisms. Coral reefs are built by tiny animals called coral polyps, which secrete calcium carbonate to form hard skeletons. Over thousands of years, the skeletons of countless generations of polyps accumulate to form the large reef structures visible today. Most reef-building corals have a close relationship with microscopic algae called zooxanthellae, which live within the coral's tissues and provide it with food through photosynthesis in exchange for shelter. This partnership gives many corals their vibrant colours. However, when ocean temperatures rise even slightly above normal for extended periods, corals can expel their zooxanthellae in a stress response known as coral bleaching, leaving the coral white and vulnerable to disease and death. Rising sea temperatures linked to climate change, along with ocean acidification and pollution, have caused widespread bleaching events across reefs worldwide in recent decades. Because reefs also protect coastlines from storms and support fishing and tourism industries that millions of people depend on, their decline has serious consequences beyond the marine environment itself."
Question: Which of the following is mentioned as a cause of widespread coral bleaching events?