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Class 10 CBSE Pre Board 2015 : English Communicative 2 (Kendriya Vidyalaya (KV) No. 2, Raipur)

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KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA SANGATHAN RAIPUR REGION SA-2 Reading ENGLISH COMMUNICATIVE CLASS-X MARKS-70 20 Marks Writing & Grammar 25 Marks Literature 25 Marks -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------SECTION A Reading Q1. Read the following passage carefully: Do it Right (8) You hope to do several things every day. At the end of each day, most of them are not done. You try using a to-do list but discover in a short while that it is not helping you much. Tasks keep adding to it. In a few weeks, it starts looking like a list of things you will never do and you feel stressed about it. Making a to-do list is not enough. It is useful only when you understand the key aspects of it and work on it further. To begin with, recognise that a to-do list is only a pool of tasks. It is just a raw collection that gives you no idea of how you will get to it. To make it useful you have to define the when. Entering details about when you will do the different tasks, gives the to-do list a meaning. When you begin creating a schedule, your focus shifts to how long you have to work on each task to complete it. This way you are forced to be realistic about your goals. You cannot do all the tasks on the list on the same day. So, you should learn to prioritise. Rank the tasks using numbers or group them using letters of the alphabet, according to the order of importance. Now start working according to the schedule where your schedule went wrong by paying close attention to how you are spending the day. Some of the possible reasons are: - you waste time, made mistake in assessing how much time a task would take or deal with urgent tasks frequently. If the reason is wasting time, learn to concentrate on your work. If you made a mistake in time assessment, prepare a more realistic schedule. Another way to prioritise tasks is based on the creative energy they require. Separate the tasks into creative and boring ones. This approach helps you to stay productive even during cheerless parts of the day. Making schedule for items in your to-do list does not promise that all of them are accomplished. But you can at least be strategic about what is left behind and feel happy that you achieved what you accommodated in the finite space. This way you can begin the next day on a confident note rather than feeling helpless and frustrated about failing. Answer the questions given below on the basis of your reading of passage: (a) Why is the to-do list described as a raw collection? (b) How do you become realistic about your goals? (c) What is prioritising? (d) What are the possible reasons for failure of accomplishing the things mentioned in the list? II. Find the antonyms of the words given below in the passage by choosing the appropriate options: (a) Relieved 1. Stressed 2. Focus 3. Productive 4. Realistic (1) (b)distract 1. prioritise 2. Frequently 3. Concentrate 4. Decline (1) III. Find the words from the passage which means the same as: (a) Expert 1.stategic 2.confident 3. Accomplished 4.discover (1) (b) Estimate the value 1. Assessment 2. Accommodated 3.schedule 4.finite (1) Q2. Read the following passage carefully: LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL My childhood had always been a sheltered one. My parents along with my teachers, tried to instil good ethics in me. But sharing was one moral value which I was never comfortable with. Why should I give? was my question. During one vacation to my hometown, I was at the railway station with my parents. As we were waiting for a train, something caught my attention. Two small children, perhaps siblings, were seeking alms nearby. Though they appeared at ease, I was shocked by their overall untidiness. When they approached us, my father promptly gave the older one, some money. Those were the days when I was constantly reminded of the virtues of sharing things with others. So, when my mother nudged me, I knew why and the look my mother gave me, confirmed. I had a pack of my favourite chocolates in my pocket and, even though I pretended to have forgotten about it, she remembered them. I was devastated. With a heavy heart I fished out one and placed reluctantly on the outstretched hand of the girl. She flashed a smile and the duo moved on. But my gaze never left them as I wanted to know about the fate of my chocolate. After a while I saw her unwrap it. She then did something which moved me. Without a moment s hesitation, she put the chocolate in her brother s mouth and watched his face brighten up as he savoured it. Her action puzzled me. Why did she not eat it herself? Regret and shame overcame me when I realized that I had deliberately given only one chocolate. I quickly decided to give her one more chocolate voluntarily. Strangely, my action made me feel better than I had thought. As our train approached the station, the girl rushed to give me something. It was a small paper doll which she had made with the wrapper of the chocolates. I was speechless. Was she trying to convey a Thank you ? That little girl taught me the joy of sharing and also answered one big question of Why should I give? I now ask Why not, as sharing is all about loving . Happiness abounds when shared. Years have rolled by and I still cherish that valuable lesson I learnt during that vacation. Sometimes life teaches us things we fail to learn from classrooms. I still think of that girl and her brother and wonder where they would be now..... those sparkling eyes and beautiful smile. (i) Complete the sentences on the basis of your reading of the passage: (a) As a child, the author learnt moral values from _______. (b) The author saw two siblings begging when she was on her way _____. (c) The author s mother forced her to _________. (d) Before parting the girl presented _______to the author. (e) The author interpreted the little girl s act as a way of _____. (f)The author felt ashamed of ---------------. (g) The little girl derived happiness by------------------------. (h) The author learnt ------------------------------------ from the little girl. (8) Section B (Writing And Grammar) Q.3 Roads are becoming death traps because people don,t obey traffic rules.It is the duty of all to observe the following rules: . Scooterists/motorists -to wear helmets .Motorists-to use seat-belts .Children- not to play on roads .Pedestrians to use zebra crossing .Bus users never to board/alight from a moving bus Taking these ideas together with your own ideas, write an article in about 120 words, taking ideas from the unit National Integration on the topic , Obey Traffic Rules. (5) Q.4.Read the starting lines of the story given below .Complete the story in about 150 words . Give a suitable title and moral. (10) Once upon a time in a big forest a group of trees were having a meeting. Being the oldest tree there, the Banyan tree was asked to speak first. He began ---------- Q.5 Fill in the blanks with suitable words to complete the sentences. (3) (a)One thing we must do --- to cooperate (b) with -----police and pay heed to their advise. (c)They warn us not ---- touch unidentified (d) ------ unclaimed suspicious objects like transistors, brief cases etc.We need to report the (e)details ----- such objects to the nearest police (f) Control room ----- dialling 100.One should not touch such objects till the bomb disposal squad arrives. Q.6 The following passage has not been edited .There is an error in each line. Replace the incorrect word with the correct one. (4) Dance as an art form is incorrect (a)Well known, for dance as a --------- (b) therapy is not known in many . correct ------------ ---------- (c )Dance therapy involves a synthesis ----------(d )of the grace and vigour on Indian -----------classical and folkdance (e) movements into a innovative ------------(f )holistic therapy. It brings over the ------------(g )inner feelings for the participants -------------( h) and can help them with develop a -------------healthy personality. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Q.7 Rearrange the words /phrases to make meaningful sentences: (3) (a) celery seeds/ use/ ayurvedic/ extensively /practitioners (b) arthritis / studies /celery seeds / reveal /prevent /that /and gout (c) cup of /twice a day /add /whole seeds /a teaspoon /in a / of / boiling water /and consume LITERATURE Q.8.Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow: Your wisdom is consumed in confidence Do not go forth today: call my fear That keeps you in the house, and not your own. Let me, upon my knee, prevail in this. (a) Who speaks these lines and to whom? (b) What was the speaker s fear? (c) What is the listener s response to the request made to him? Or Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow: (3) But suddenly that part was left behind convulsed in undignified haste. Writhed like lightning, and was gone Into the black hole, the earth- lipped fissure in the wall-front, At which, in the intense still noon, I stared with fascination And immediately I regretted it. (a) Why did the snake convulse in undignified haste? (b) Which poetic device is used in the line, Writhed like lightning ? (c) What did the author regret? Q.9.Answer any four of the following in about 30---40 words: (8) (a)What were the feelings of Patol Babu when he came to know of his dialogues? (b)What hellish thing had the mariner done and why? (c) The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed. Whose hand and heart has the poet referred to in this line? (d) Why did Cassius not want Anthony to speak at Caesar s funeral? (e)Why did the ghost organise The Writer s Inspiration Bureau ? Q.10.Answer any one in about 80 100 words (4) (a) Video games, internet and other hi-tech gadgets are just a part of growing up in a digital world. But parents should keep a check because excessive use of these gadgets can hamper their physical, mental, social and emotional growth. Express your ideas about the same in the form of a paragraph. Or (b) Imagine you are the Ancient Mariner. Make a diary entry of your experience on the ship. Q.11.Answer any one of the following (10) (a) Compare and contrast Helen s description of city life and country life? How did Helen take her examination at Radcliff? or (b) Draw a character sketch of Dr. Edward Everett hall? ANSWER KEY ENGLISH COMMUNICATIVE CLASS X SA-2 READING Q.1. (2x4) a. Because it gives us no idea of how to get the work done.It is only a pool of tasks to be done. b.By makina a schedule and estimating how much time will be required to complete the planned tasks. c. Ranking the tasks according to their importance and urgency.Separating creative and boring tasks. d. Mistake in time assessment,not making a realistic schedule,wasting time,not sticking to schedule. 11. a. Stressed b.concentrate 111. a. accomplished b.assessment Q.2 a. parents and teachers. b.to her home town. c.give a chocolate to the beggar. d.paper doll made of the chocolate wrapper. e. expressing her gratitude. f. her act of giving only one chocolate to the two siblings. g.putting the chocolate in her younger brother s mouth. h.joy of sharing. Q.3 Article writing Content Language Q.4. Story writing Title Moral Creativity (1x2) (1x2) (1x8) (3) (2) (1) (1) (3) Language Fluency (3) (2) Q.5. a) is b)the c) to d) and e)of f) by (1/2 x6=3) Q.6 incorrect a) for b) in c) a d) on e) a f) over g) for h) with (1/2x6=3) correct but to the of an out of to Q.7.1. Ayurvedic Practioners use celery seeds extensively. (1x3) 2. Studies reveal that celery seeds prevent arthritis and gout. 3. Add a teaspoon of whole seeds in a cup of boiling water and consume twice a day. Q.8 A . a) Calpurnia,Caesar s wife to Caesar. (1x3) b) She feared his death as she dreamt about it. c) He is fearless and does not believe in superstition. He want to go to the Senate. B. a) The poet struck it with a log. b) Simile c) His impulsive behaviour of hitting the snake with a log. Q9. As per context. Marks allotted for content and language. (2x4=8) Q10. AS per context. Marks allotted for content and language. (10) -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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