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ICSE Class X Sample / Model Paper 2025 : English Paper 1 (English Language)

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ICSE Grade 10 Name: __________________ Question 1 : Write a composition (350-400words) on any one of the following: (a) Imagine that you were in a theatre hall with your parents. Suddenly fire broke out. Narrate what happened next. The narration may be imaginary or real one. (b) Computers have enriched us in several ways but have snatched our youth . Give arguments for or against this view. (c) Your locality organised a cultural function recently in which you were the prime anchor. Describe your feelings and experiences related to that programme. (d) Write an original story titled Echoes of the Past" A historian finds an ancient artifact that transports him to different historical eras, where he must solve mysteries to return home. Question 2. (a) Write a letter to your friend telling him how you have taken an active part in The Edu fest organised by your school. (b) Write a formal letter to the school coach requesting exemption from upcoming competition. Your letter must clearly state the reasons. You may include: Academic priorities or injury and health concerns or some personal circumstances. Question 3 Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions (a), (b) and (c) that follow: 1. When I was a little boy I went one day to the prefectural city. It was the time of the Spring Festival, and the custom was that on the day before, all the merchants of the place should proceed with banners and drums to the judge s yamen: this was called bringing in the Spring. I went with a friend to see the fun; the crowd was immense, and there sat the officials in crimson robes arranged right and left in the hall; but I was small and didn t know who they were, my attention being attracted chiefly by the hum of the voices and the noise of the drums. 2. In the middle of it all, a man leading a boy with his hair unplaited and hanging down his back, walked up to the dais. He carried a pole on his shoulder, and appeared to be saying something which I couldn t hear for the noise; I only saw the officials smile, and immediately afterwards an attendant came down, and in a loud voice ordered the man to give a performance. 3. What shall it be? ask the man in reply; whereupon, after some consultation between the officials on the dais, the attendant inquired what he could do best. The man said he could invert the order of nature; and then, after another pause, he was instructed to produce some peaches; to this he assented; and taking of his coat, laid it on the box, at the same time observing that they have set him a hard task, the winter frost not having broken up, and adding that he was afraid the gentlemen would be angry with him, etc., etc. His son here reminded him that he had agreed to the task and couldn t get out of it; so after fretting and grumbling a while, he cried out, I have it! 4. With snow on the ground, we shall never get peaches here; but I guess there are some high in the heaven in the Royal Mother s Garden, and there we must try. How are we to get up, father? asked the boy; whereupon the man said, I have the means, and immediately proceeded to take from his box a cord of some tens of feet in length. This he carefully arranged, and then threw one end of it high up into the air, where it remained as if caught by something. He now paid out the rope which kept going higher and higher until the end he had thrown up disappeared in the clouds and only a short piece was left in his hands. 18 November 2024 1 5. Calling his son, he then explained that he was too heavy, and, handing him the end of the rope, bade him go up at once. The boy, however made some difficulty, objecting that the rope was too thin to bear his weight up to such a height, and that he would surely fall down and be killed; upon which his father said that the promise had been given and the repentance was now too late, adding that if the peaches were obtained they would surely be rewarded with a hundred ounces of silver, which should be set aside to get the boy a pretty wife. 6. So, his son seized up the rope and swarmed up, like a spider running up a thread of its web; and in a few moments he was out of sight in the clouds. By-and-by down fell a peach as large as a basin, which the delightful father handed up to his patrons on the dais, who were sometime coming to a conclusion whether it was real or imitation. But just then down came the rope with a run, and the affrighted father shrieked out, Alas! Alas! Someone has cut the rope: what will my boy do now? and in another minute down fell something else, which was found on examination to be his son s head. Ah me! said he, weeping bitterly and showing the head; the gardener has caught him, and my boy is no more. 7. After that, his arms, and legs, and body, all came down in the like manner; and the father gathering them up, put them in the box and said, This was my only son, who accompanied me everywhere; and now what a cruel fate is his. I must away and bury him. He then approached the dais and said, Your peach, gentlemen, was obtained at the cost of my boy s life; help me now to pay his funeral expenses, and I will be very grateful to you. The officials, who had been watching the scene in horror and amazement, forth-with collected a good purse for him; and when he had received the money, he crapped on the box and said, Pa-pa rh! Why don t you come out and thank the gentlemen? thereupon, there was a thump on the box from inside, and up came the boy himself, who jumped out and bowed to the assembly company. I have never forgotten this strange trick, which I subsequently heard could be done by the White Lily sect, who probably got it from this source. Adapted from Theft of the Peach by Jiu-Hsien. (a) Choose the contextually correct meaning of each word as used in the passage. (i) unplaited: i) untwisted ii) unturned iii) unbraid iv) undone (ii) affrighted: i) intimidated ii) alarmed iii) daunted iv) scared (iii) Which word is the antonym of assented Disapproved dissented disagreed unconfirmed (b) Answer the following questions that follow: (i) What was the custom of the Spring Festival? (ii) What could the man do as he said when asked by one of the attendants? (iii)What did the man say to his son who was reluctant to do what his father had said? (iv)What was the trick that he performed? (c) In not more than 50 words, describe the trick that was performed by the old man. [8] Question 5 (a) In the following passage, fill in each of the numbered blanks with the correct form of the words given in brackets. Example : (0) Walked One night, a few months after the dreadful event, my father and I ___0___(walk) home from the city, where I found my younger brother ______1______(stand) in the door way. I caught him by his arm and hugged him. He_____2_____ (release) my arm and was standing rigid and motionless in the centre of the __3____(illuminate) doorway, staring like one bereft of sense. His face in the moonlight ____4_______ (show) a pallor and fixity inexpressibly distressing. I 18 November 2024 2 _____5_____ (pull) gently at his sleeve, but he_____6____forget) my existence. Presently he began ___7_____ (retire) backward, step by step, never for an instant ____8_____(remove) his eyes from what he saw or thought what he saw. Answer 1 _______________ 2. _________________ 3. ________________ 4. _________________ 5 _______________ 6. _________________ 7. ________________ 8. _________________ (b) Fill in the blanks with appropriate words: (i) He is desirous ____________ going there. (ii) He jumped ____________ the offer of help. (iii) He repented ____________ having been idle. (iv) He excels ____________ speaking English. (v) I have not seen him ____________ a long time. (vi) A vehicle pulled ____________ outside my house. (vii) The boy told him this____________ his face. (viii) The student is intent____________ winning the prize. (c) Join the following sentences to make one sentence without using and, but or so: (i) We are on a visit to England. We have explored most of the country. a) During our visit to England, we have explored most of the country. b) In our visit to England, we have explored most of the country. c) By our visit to England, we have explored most of the country. d) Due to our visit to England, we have explored most of the country. (ii) You did not go to the school. May I know the reason? a) Could you tell me the reason for not going to school? b) You did not go to school; I wonder why? c) May I know why you did not go to school? d) Why did you not go to school today? (iii) The barber started shouting. The barber started arguing. a) As the barber started shouting, he also started arguing. b) The barber was shouting before he started arguing. c) The barber started shouting; moreover, he started arguing. d) The barber was not only shouting but also arguing. (iv) He is a musician. He is a singer. a) Besides being a musician, he is also a singer. b) Besides he is being a musician, he is a singer. c) Besides a musician, he is a singer. d) Besides being a musician, he is a singer. (d) Rewrite the following sentences according to the instructions given after each. (i) Both my brother and my father enjoy playing chess. (Begin: Neither...) a. Neither my brother nor my father enjoy playing chess. b. Neither my brother nor my father enjoys playing chess. c. Neither does my brother enjoy playing chess, nor does my father. d. Neither my brother nor my father enjoys playing chess at all. (ii) This is easily the most important piece of work. (Begin: No work......) a) No piece of work is more important as this one. b) No piece of work is as important as this one. c) No piece of work is as important than this one. d) No piece of work can be as important as this one. (iii) In spite of coming first in the examination, he looked upset. (Use Despite) a) Despite of coming first in the examination, he looked upset. 18 November 2024 3 b) Despite coming first in the examination, he looked upset. c) Despite being first in the examination, he looked upset. d) Despite he is coming first in the examination, he looked upset. (iv) He noticed a new sort of vehicle coming down at full speed. (Begin: A vehicle.......) a) A vehicle of new sort coming was being noticed by him. b) A vehicle of new sort coming had been noticed by him. c) A vehicle of new sort coming has been noticed by him. d) A vehicle of new sort coming was noticed by him. (v) He is as intelligent as I am. (Begin: I am............). a) I am more intelligent than he is. b) I am not less intelligent than he is. c) I am as intelligent as he is. d) I am equally intelligent as he is. (vi) I am sure that what you say is quite true. (Begin: I do not.........) a) I do doubt that what you say is quite false. b) I do not doubt that what you say is quite true. c) I do not think that what you say is quite false. d) I do not say that what you say is true. (vii) The complaint has been taken seriously. (Begin: The police ..) a) The police has taken the complaint seriously. b) The police have taken the complaint seriously. c) The police had taken the complaint seriously. d) The police were taking the complaint seriously. (viii) He called me when he needed help. (Begin: Only ) a) Only when he needed help, he called me. b) Only when he needed help did he call me. c) Only when help was needed by him that he called me. d) Only when he called me was when he needed my help. (ix) Though he tried diligently, he failed to get the project. (Begin: Notwithstanding ) e. Notwithstanding his diligence, he failed to get the project. f. Notwithstanding he tried diligently, he failed to get the project. g. Notwithstanding that he tried diligently, he failed to get the project. h. Notwithstanding his diligence, he could get the project Fill in the blanks with the correct phrasal verb 1. I need to look __________ the definition of this word in the dictionary. 2. She always takes __________ her mother in terms of personality. 3. After a long day at work, he likes to wind __________ with a good book. 4. The team needs to come __________ with a solution to the problem quickly. 5. The suspect was acquitted _______ all charges. 6. The committee had to grapple _____________ the ethical implications of their decision. 7. As the sun rose __________ the mountains, the hikers felt a renewed sense of energy. 8. The company is planning to cut__________ on unnecessary expenses. 9. She put __________ her trip because of bad weather. 10. They broke __________ laughter after hearing the joke. 11. The army was put ______________ defeat after a long and arduous battle. 12. "The speaker broke _______________ in the middle of her speech when she heard a loud noise. 18 November 2024 4

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