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TERM ASSESSMENT (2022-2023) ENGLISH LANGUAGE CLASS: 10 DATE: MARKS - 80 TIME: 2 hrs. Answers to this paper must be written on the paper provided separately. You will not be allowed to write during the first 15 minutes. This time is to be spent in reading the question paper . The time given at the head of this paper is the time allowed for writing the answers. Answer all five questions. The intended marks for questions or parts of questions are given in brackets [ ] You are advised to spend not more than 30 minutes in answering Question 1 and 20 minutes in answering Question 2. ___________________________________________________________ Question 1. (Do not spend more than 30 minutes on this question) [20] Write a composition (300-350 words) on any one of the following: a. Write an original story that ends with the words: "... it came as a blessing in disguise." b. Narrate an experience when you were expected to perform well but for some reason were not able to. Narrate what happened and why it happened. In what way did it teach you something. c. A school carnival or fete is a great occasion for fun with friends. Describe one such event in your school. d. "Book reading is a dying phenomenon of life today." Express your views either for or against this statement. e. Study the picture given below. Write a story or a description or an account of what it suggests to you. Your composition may be about the subject of the picture, or you may take suggestions from it; however, there must be a clear connection between the picture and your composition. Question 2: (Do not spend more than 20 minutes on this question.) Select one of the following: [10] a. Your friend has failed in the class IX examination. Write a letter to him/ her sympathizing with him /her and encouraging him /her to cheer up and try again. b. Your class wants to visit a well-known historical monument nearby. Write a letter requesting the Principal to grant permission to undertake this excursion, giving reasons why would it be beneficial for students. Question 3: Notice and Email. a. Write a notice informing students about an Inter School Elocution Competition that is going to be organized by your school [5] b. Write an email to the Principal of your neighbouring school, requesting him/her to send his /her students to participate in the Inter School Elocution Competition that is being hosted by your school. [5] Question 4: Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow: 20] Baldeo, the watchman, was awake. He stretched himself slowly unwinding the heavy shawl that covered him. It was close on midnight and the chill air made him shiver. The station, a small shack backed by heavy jungle, was a station in name only; for trains only stopped there, if at all, for a few seconds before entering the deep cutting that led to the tunnel. Most trains merely slowed down before taking the sharp curve before cutting. Baldeo was responsible for signalling whether or not the tunnel was clear of obstruction, and his manual signal stood before the entrance. At night it was his duty to see that the lamp was burning, and that the overland mail passed through safely. Shall I come too, Father? asked Tembu sleepily, still lying in a huddle in a corner of the hut. No, it is cold tonight. Do not get up. Tembu, who was twelve, did not always sleep with his father at the station, for he had also to help in the home, where his mother and small sister were usually alone. Their small rice fields did not provide them with more than a bare living and Baldeo considered himself lucky to have got the job of Khalasi at this small wayside signal stop. When he had produced a light he left the hut, closed the door behind him and set off along the permanent way. Baldeo wondered whether the lamp on the signal- post was still alight. He longed to get back to his warm corner in the hut. The eeriness of the place was increased by the neighbouring hills which overhung the main line threateningly. He had heard many tales of the famous tunnel tiger, a man-eater, which was supposed to frequent this spot; There had, of course, been panthers. Baldeo walked confidently for being a tribal himself, he was used to the jungle and its ways. Like his forefathers he carried a small axe; fragile to look at but deadly when in use. Then a thump and the rattle of small stones announced that the tiger had sprung into the cutting. Baldeo, listening as he had never listened before, wondered if it was making for the tunnel or the opposite direction the direction of the hut. i. For each word given below choose the correct meaning (as used in the passage) from the options provided: [3] 1. huddle a. growl b. tumble c. gather d. tremble 2. fragile a. polished b. breakable c. tough d. frozen 3. rattle a. pull b. snake c. clatter d. halt (ii) Answer the following questions briefly, in your own words. (a) How old was Tembu? How did Tembu help at home ? (b) What duties did Baldeo perform as a Khalasi? [2] [2] (c) Quote the line from the passage that shows Baldeo was a loving and protective father. [1] (d) Why was Baldeo confident about his safety near the jungle? [2] (e) Why was the station, a station only in name? Why was Baldeo worried when he heard a sudden thump? [2] (iii) In not more than 50 words, describe the hardships faced by Baldeo. [8] Question 5. (a) Fill in each of the numbered blanks with the correct form of the words given in brackets. Do not copy the passage but write in correct serial order the word or s phrase appropriate to the blank space. [4] Example: (0) called The man (0)______( call) Boone, (1)______( wake) up at the crack of dawn and (2)______(make) his way to the pier. His assistant was already (3)______( pack) the fishing net as the boat gently (4)______(bob) in the calm waters. What (5)______(do) it look like John? , (6)______( ask) Boone. The forecast (7)______( mention) a quiet start to the day with a spell of rain (8)______(come) later on in the afternoon. (b)Fill in the blanks with the appropriate word: [4] (i) A bridge was built across____ the river. (ii) The postman knocked _at__ the door. (iii) Dogs are always loyal _to_ their master. (iv) I sat _at__ my table for dinner. (v) I went to the wrong house _by___ mistake. (vi) The mouse crept stealthily ___towards__the cheese. (vii) It was good _of____ you to invite Sheila for the picnic. (viii) Smoking __in__ public places is now banned. (c) Join the following sentences to make one complete sentence without using and, but or so; [4] (i) You will surely be late. Hurry up! a) b) c) d) Unless you hurry up, you will surely be late. You will be late surely if you hurry up. You will be late, so hurry up. You will reach fast if you hurry up. (ii) He arrived in school on time even though he stopped for a bite on the way.(Use 'in spite of' instead of even though) a) He arrived in school on time in spite having stopped for a bite on the way. b) In spite of stopping for a bite on the way, he arrived in school on time. c) He in spite of stopping for a bite, he arrived in school on time. d) He arrived in school on time, inspite of stopping for a bite on the way. (iii) He is a renowned singer. He is a poet. a) He is a poet and a singer besides. b) He is a renowned singers beside being a poet. c) Besides being a renowned singer, he is a famous poet. d) Besides being a singer, he is a famous poet. (iv) The bell rang. All the boys went home immediately. a) The bell rang and all the boys went home immediately. b) The boys went home immediately as soon as the bell rings. c) As soon as the bell rang, all the boys went home. d) The boys rang the bell and go home immediately. (4) Rewrite the following sentences according to the instructions given after each. Make other changes that may be necessary, but do not change the meaning of each sentence. Choose the correct options only. [8] (i) Raju did not complete the exercise on time. (Add a question tag.) a) Raju did not complete exercise on time, did he? b) Did Raju complete his work? c) Raju did not complete exercise on time, didn t he? a) Did Raju not complete exercise on time? (ii) Sunil is the fastest runner in the school. ( Use : fast) a) Sunil is slower that most of the runners in school. b) Other runners are faster than Sunil in school. c) No other runner in the school is as fast as Sunil. d) Sunil is faster than all runners in school. (iii) Megha is too tall to crawl under the table. (Begin: Megha is so.......) a) Megha is so tall that she cannot crawl under the table. b) Megha is very tall that she cannot crawl under the table. c) Megha can crawl under the table, she is so tall. d) She is too tall that she can crawl under the table. (iv) Arjun must confess his fault or he will be punished. (End: punishment) a) b) c) d) Arjun can escape his punishment if he confesses. Arun can confess and get away from being punishment. Arjun s confession can only save him from getting punished. Arjun must confess his fault to escape punishment. (v) I started to mow the land. It started raining. (Use: No sooner ..) a) b) c) d) No sooner did I start mowing the lawn then it started raining. No sooner did I start mowing the lawn than it started raining. It started raining no sooner had I started mowing the lawn. No sooner had it started to rain than I had started mowing the lawn. (vi) Without adding the sugar, the dish will taste bad. (Use If) a) b) c) d) If you do not add sugar, the dish will taste bad. If you did not add sugar, it will be tasteless. The sugar will make the dish taste bad, if not added. If you add sugar, the dish will taste bad. (vii) The child disappeared as soon as the bus stopped. (Begin: Hardly......) a) b) c) d) Hardly had the bus stopped, the child disappeared. Hardly had the bus stops when the child just disappeared. The child disappeared hardly when the bus stopped. Hardly had the bus stopped when the child disappeared. (viii) Please teach me to cycle. She said to her brother.(Change the speech) a) She asked her brother to teach her to cycle that day. b) She told her brother to please teach him to cycle. c) She requested her brother to teach her to cycle. d) She said to her brother to teach to her the cycling. *****************************************************************
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