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Pniy Mandhy on PRE BOARD EXAMINATION, 2024-25 CLASS 10 ENGLISH LANGUAGE (Paper I) Reading Time: 15 minutes Writing Time: 2 hours MM: 80 Candidates are allowed additional 15 minutes for only reading. They must not start writing during this time. Attempt all five questions. or parts of questions are given in brackets | J. questions The intended marks for in answering Ouestion 1 Youare advised to spend not more than 35 minutes and 20 minutes in answering Ouestion 2. Question 1 question.) (Do not spend more than 30 minutes on this one of the following: Write a composition (300-350words) on any [20] box!" the following words: "Don't open the with begins that story short original i) Write an resist when was calling out my name? they warned me, but how could I a vividaccount of witnessed a random act of kindness. Provide ii) Describe a time when you feel. those involved and how it made you what happened, the impact it had on Describe the prank that went unexpectedly wrong. learned from the a played you when incident you iii)Narrate an instead of laughter and the lessons prank, the outcome that ledto regret experience. responsibility for poor academics or health struggles only to avoid mental claim Teenagers iv) for or against this statement. behaviour. Express your views either of what it or a description or an account story a Write below. given picture or you may take v) Study the picture may be about the subject of the composition Your you. picture and vour suggests to a clear connection between the be must there however,, it; suggestions from composition. Page 1 of 6 Question 2 [10| Select any one of the follovwing: You had been rude to your friend. Write a letter to him apologising for your behaviour and explaining the circumstances that led to it. b) You recently ordered a product from and after a long wait, received a damaged Write a letter to the Grievance OfficerAmazon iterm. at Amazon to bring this issue to his/her attention. Describe the condition of the product upon delivery, the and request an appropriate inconvenience caused by the delay resolution. Question 3 [10| a) Your school is a fete to raise funds for the organizing education of the Write a notice to be put up on your school notice board informing the students about the fete and booklets encouraging them to contribute generously for the samne. [S] b) Write an email to a well known fete and explaining the cause influencer of your city inviting him/her to attend your school behind the event. [S] Question 4 underprivileged. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow: (20] Being a ghost is not all fun, especially when you are only a young one. There is so and it is easy to make mistakes. much to learn, Isuppose I started off badly so it is my own fault that I have tiny child I used to drink my tea from a saucer while other not yet got my ghost's licence. As a was a bad sign- almost human, they said. ghosts used cups. My parents said this [S] Somehow things grew worse for me. I failed my entrance to stayed on at school for another eighty the Witches' College but years. Meanwhile Iexamination had a few small successes but nothing to boast about really. Something they are always seemed to go wrong in the end. I mouse one day and frightened two small girls changed into a but their brother came in and off with a broom. nearly knocked my head Of course, I go to the local [10] ghost-school and my teacher tells me that things have harder for ghosts and their future is poor. Sometimes he tells us life is of the good old dayschanged; frighten practically anyone. when he could The worst lesson for me is the one on changing shape. Most ghosts find this quite easy but it always been hard for me. Icannot always pronounce the magic words and sometimes I forgethas [15) them altogether. In our last Iintended to change into a examination Ihad to go out and frighten a small girl who lives near by. headless but something went wWrong and I The little girl picked me up and chicken a foundI was kitten. started to cuddle me until I managed to vanish. This was most Page 2 of 6 embarrassing and I failed my test completely. The other pupils in my class saw all this and just [20] laughed at me. Not long after that Ihad to frighten the dog in the house next to ours. I was going to change into a tiger but somcthing went wrong again. Iturned into a rat and the dog Snappcd off half my tail beforc Icould escape. For that mistake I was expclled from the youth section of the ghosts' Magic Circle. Last night Ifelt more confident and thought Iwould try out my powers again. Iwoke up in the night on ashirt |25] and found it was too hot to go to sleep. Without bothering to change properly, Islipped and apair of shoes and went down to the river. man might come along There Iwaited by a lonely path for at least an hour. I was hoping that an old way home from town. Ichanged myseli but Iwas disappointed. Two school boys passed by on theirUnfortunately, the boys were eating fruit intothe shape of a forest spirit and leapt out behind them., [30] then snickered. at the time. When they saw me they stared at my legs and spirit pyjamas on. Ifelt a fool. I must admit that a forest Iglanced down and saw that I still had my something threw were not at all worried. One of them even 1n pyjamas is a little unlikely. The boys a mess. quite banana and it was over-ripe. It made at meand it hit me right in the ear. It was a options correct meaning (as used in the passage) from the (i) For each word given below choose the [3] provided: 1. boast (a) brag (b)dismiss (c) laugh (d) praise 2. pronounce (a) recollect (b) revive (c) utter (d) retrospect (ii) Which word in the passage means the (a) roared opposite of the word 'snickered' ? (b) laughed (c) cried (d) ran (ii)Answer the following questions bricfly in your own words: (a) Why is it not all fun to be a young ghost? (b) Why did the ghost consider changing shapes as a difficult task? (c) What does the teacher say about their lives and future? [2) (d) What happened when the ghost changed into a mouse? (e) Why was the ghost expelled from the Magic Circle? [2] Page 3 of 6 [2 (2] (iv)ln not more than 50 words,describe what happened when the ghost went down the river. (8] Question5 a) Fiilin each of the numbered blanks with the correct form of the word given in brackets. Donot copy the passage but write in correct serial order the word or phrase appropriate to the blank space. [4| Example: (0) looking The other day, Iwas ...0.... (look) back in time to see how many times I.... 1..... (take) big risks in life. I realised that hardly a few 'risky risks' were taken in several decades. I have been a very cautious and careful manager of life, .....2...(try) to keep it steady instead of making it rock. Life is not all for a 'bread and butter' existence. That...3.. (make) us no better than animals. It has a deeper meaning that gets ....4.... (fulfill) in giving shape to its many purposes. Albert Einstein....5.... (compare) life to a ship that has to sail through turbulent waters to have its purpose fulfilled. He said, "Aship is always safe at the shore, but that is not what it is meant for." Life ....6.... (lose) its meaning and importance if we do not ...7. (experiment) with it. We have to see that new steps are ....8..... (take) every day so that we are on the march allthe time. b) Fill in each blank with an appropriate word: 1)He broke 2) He has taken (4] in the middle of his funeral speech. painting as a hobby. 3) The Major agreed to carry the commander's orders. 4) The school will bring the annual magazine him to join our team. 5) I prevailed 6) They sent the doctor. (7)The lawyer furnished me 8) The case has been put acopy of the report. till tomorrow. c) Join the following sentences to make one complete sentence without using and, but or so. 14] 1. The old man is rich. He is discontented. (a) Beside being rich, the man is discontented. (b) Not only is the old man rich but also discontented. (c) Although the old man is rich, he is discontented. (d) The old man is rich as well as discontented. 2. He did not succeed in his plan. Can you tell me the reason? (a)Can you tellme the reason why he did not succecd in his plan? (b) Ido not know the reason why he did not succeed in his plan.c (c) Can you tell me what was the reasonwhy he did not succecd in his plan? (d) Can you tell me why he failed? o Page 4 of 6 The soldier got the President's award. He had saved the lives of many people. (a) The soldier saved the lives of many people so he got the President's award. (b) Had the soldier not saved the lives of many people, he would not have got the President's award. (c) The soldier got the President's award as he had saved the lives of many people. (d) The soldier got the President's award only because he had saved many people. have been caught. 4. The burglars fled across the border. They would otherwise be caught. (a) The burglarsfled across the border and therefore,could not (b)The burglars fled because they were not caught.X fled across the border. have (c) Had the burglars been caught, they would notthey would have been caught. border, the across (d) Had the burglars not fled Make other according to the instructions given after each. the d) Re-write thefollowing sentences Choose sentence. not change the meaning of each do but necessary, be may that [8| changes correct options. towns. (Iprefer...) 1.Ido not mind big cities but Iprefer small (a) Iprefer small towns to big cities. cities. small (b) Iprefer big towns as well as towns. big besides cities (c) Iprefer small (d) I prefer big towns to small cities. There is...) ones we bought last year. (Begin: the as same the are carpets 2. These last year. these carpets and the ones we bought (a) There is no difference between last year. bought we these carpets and the ones (b) There is a little difference between year. last these carpets and the ones we bought (c) There is great similarity between A other. that you cannot tellone from the (d) The two carpets are so similar (Begin: No sooner...) she had won the competition. that knew I over, was song her as 3. As soon competition. than I knew she had won the (a) No sooner did she finjsh her song competition. knew she had won the (b)No sooner was her song over than I competition. I knew she had won the (c) No sooner her song was over than knew she had won the competition. (d) No sooner was her song ended than I suggestion. (Begin: I wish....) 4. It is a pity that you did not listen to the suggestion. (a) Iwish it was not a pity to listen to the (b) Iwish you had listened to the suggestion. suggestion. (c) Iwish it was a pity to listen to the suggestion. 7 (d) I wish you had listened to the pity wither. (Begin: Unless...) 5.If you water these plants, they will not wither. (a) Unless you water these plants, they will (b) Unless the plants wither, do not water them. Page 5 of 6 (c) Unless there's enough water, the plants will wither. (d) Unless you don'twater the plants, they will wither. 6. Because of his busy schedule, he could not attend the meeting. (Begin: His busy schedule..) (a) His busy schedule could not allow him to attend that mceting, (b)His busy schedule prevented him from attending the meeting. (c) His busy schedule was reason he was unable to attend the meeting. (d) His busy schedule did not let him attend his meeting. 7."Hurrah! We have won the match," shouted the cricket team. Indinet (Re uaite nre neech (a) The cricket team shouted with tjoy that they had won the match. (b)The cricket team said hurrah we have won the match. (c) The cricket team exclaimed hurrah because they had won the match. (d) The cricket team shouted with excitement having won the match. V 8. We had not even walked one kilometre when they stopped us. (Begin: Hardly.) (a) Hardly could we walk for one kilometre when they stopped us. (b) Hardly did we walk one kilometre when we were stopped by them. (c) Hardly had we walked one kilometre when they stopped us. (d) Hardly we walked one kilometre than they stopped us.
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