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ST. XAVIER S SCHOOL MADHUBANI PURNIA SECOND TERMINAL EXAMINATION 2022-23 Sub:- Eng. Class:- 10th EM FM : - 80 1. Read the conversation given below and complete the paragraph that follows : Passenger : Please give me three tickets to India Gate. Conductor : Ten rupees a ticket. The passenger requested the conductor (a) _______________________________. The conductor replied that (b) ______________________________________ 2. Seema : Why haven t you brought my practical file ? Rita : I had gone to my uncle s house with my parents, so I forgot to keep it. Seema : Don t make an excuse. I want to know the truth. Rita : I am sorry Seema. I was chatting with my friends till late. I forgot that you needed it urgently. Seems asked Rita (a) _______________________________. Rita said that she had gone to her uncle s house with her parents, so she had forgotten to keep it. Seema (b) _______________________________________________________. Rita said that she was sorry and further added she had been chatting with her friends till late and she had forgotten that Seema needed it urgently that day. 3. Fill in the blanks with correct modals. 1) He knew that he _______ (Would/ must) be able to reach office in time. 2) You ______ (dare/ could) not enter my house again. 3) I thought he ______ (should/ would) be at school. 4) Raman _____ (can/ should) speak in two voices. 5) I _____ (can t/ couldn t) write what you spoke. 6) You _____ (should/ can) have told me earlier. 7) _____ (Can/ Should) i get something to drink, please? I am very thirsty. 8) _______ (Can/ Should) I use your car, please? 9) You ______ (can/ would) go in now and meet the doctor. 10) I _______ (would/ should) love to teach these children. 4. Communication is what the internet is best (at / with) and the main reason that it . (use) by millions of people. Email is still the . (more/most) popular online activity, but the internet (develop) at a breathtaking pace. It (change) the way we interact with one another. Thanks to the .. (grow) popularity of the internet, terms such .. (as / like) wiki, blogging, googling and online shopping . (become) household words. Blogging is still an unfamiliar concept to many people (who / whom) use the internet just to update their social media profiles. What, (then / than) is a blog? 5. Though there is a movement like Sarvashiksha Abhiyan and enrolling of underprivileged children in schools, there are still many children, like the one in the picture, who do not go to school, rather have never seen a school. It is indeed disturbing. You decide to write a letter to the editor of a newspaper expressing your views and the steps to be taken. Take ideas from the MCB unit Education . Write the letter in about 120 words. 6. You recently visited an important historical monument. You were shocked to find it in a state of utter neglect Taking help from unit, Travel and Tourism , the clues given below and with your own ideas write a letter to the editor of a leading newspaper highlighting the poor condition of important archaeological and heritage sites. Point out the lack of essential services, the poor state of maintenance and its misuse by people. Give suggestions for improving the situation. 7. Recently there was a news item in Times of India related to RTE where the Supreme Court directed every school, including the private ones to immediately give free education to students of socially and economically backward classes. This Act has no doubt heralded a new era in the country s formal education. Still you feel, it s a big challenge for the nation. Based on the input and your ideas gathered from Unit 2-Education , write an article on New Hope with the Right to Education in about 150 words. 8. The young seagull was afraid of flying. Why? 9. Explain what was crossing the author s mind when he was flying over Paris. Suddenly what happened? 10. Why does Anne want to keep a diary? 11. How can you differentiate between a tiger and a leopard? 12. Does the title Amanda suit the poem? 13. Grandma had a significant place in Anne s heart. Explain. 14. Was Anne an intelligent girl? Support your answer giving instances? 15. Scientists have discovered (A)/ that may pave way for sustainable ways to clean up oil spills (B)/a unique oil-eating bacteria in the Mariana Trench, the (C)/deepest part of the earth s oceans, a finding (D). 16. Andhra Pradesh on Monday morning (A)/ EMISAT, from Sriharikota in coastal (B)/ the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launched (C)/the country s first electronic surveillance satellite 17.a) the garbage / dispose / properly b)clapped happily / came in / when Santa Claus / the children c)had traveled far / was tired / and / the old man d) has given / some / our cow / lovely milk today e) come from / where / did / all the litter 18. ERROR:One night Rahim lost way as he (a) .. .. .. was trudging along road. He caught (b) .. .. .. sight of a little gray cottage by roadside. (c) .. .. .. He knocked the door to ask (d) .. .. .. for shelter for night. He was given (e) .. .. .. a warm welcome an old man without wife or child. (f) ..
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