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SMT. SULOCHANADEVI SINGHANIA SCHOOL,THANE CLASS SUBJECT EXAM DATE MARKS TIME 10 English I Revision 09.02.16 80 2 hrs. NO. OF SIDES 4 Attempt all questions. You are advised to spend not more than 35 minutes in answering Questions 1 and 20 minutes in answering Question 2. Question 1 [25] Write a composition (350-400 words ) on any one of the following : a) Celebrities who break the law should be given stricter penalties. - Give your views for or against the statement. b) Write an original short story that begins with the following line- Her uncle, whom she had never met, was coming for a visit. c) Describe a real or imaginary encounter that changed the way you view life. d) Suggest one change that can bring about a marked improvement in our country. Also write how your scheme may be implemented. 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; but there must be clear connection between the picture and your composition. Question 2 ( Do not spend more than 20 minutes on this question .) [10] Select one of the following: a) Write a letter thanking a stranger who helped you from getting hurt by a group of ruffians. b) A local fast food outlet is offering summer jobs to students. Write a letter to the manager stating why you are qualified for the job. Question 3 Read the extract and answer the questions that follow. She was a large woman with a large purse that had everything in it but hammer and nails. It had a long strap, and she carried it slung across her shoulder. It was about eleven o clock at night, and she was walking alone, when a boy ran up behind her and tried to snatch her purse. The strap broke with the single tug the boy gave it from behind. But the boy s weight and the weight of the purse combined caused him to lose his balance so, instead of taking off full blast as he had hoped, the boy fell on his back on the sidewalk, and his legs flew up. The large woman simply turned around and kicked him right square in his blue-jeaned sitter. Then she reached down, picked the boy up by his shirt front, and shook him until his teeth rattled. After that the woman said, Pick up my pocketbook, boy, and give it here. She still held him. But she bent down enough to permit him to stoop and pick up her purse. Then she said, Now ain t you ashamed of yourself? Firmly gripped by his shirt front, the boy said, Yes m. The woman said, What did you want to do it for? The boy said, I didn t aim to. She said, You a liar! By that time two or three people passed, stopped, turned to look, and some stood watching. If I turn you loose, will you run? asked the woman. Yes m, said the boy. Then I won t turn you loose, said the woman. She did not release him. I m very sorry, lady, I m sorry, whispered the boy. Um-hum! And your face is dirty. I got a great mind to wash your face for you. Ain t you got nobody home to tell you to wash your face? No m, said the boy. Then it will get washed this evening, said the large woman starting up the street, dragging the frightened boy behind her. He looked as if he were fourteen or fifteen, frail and willow-wild, in tennis shoes and blue jeans. The woman said, You ought to be my son. I would teach you right from wrong. Least I can do right now is to wash your face. Are you hungry? No m, said the being dragged boy. I just want you to turn me loose. When I get through with you, sir, you are going to remember Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones. Sweat popped out on the boy s face and he began to struggle. Mrs. Jones stopped, jerked him around in front of her, put a half-nelson about his neck, and continued to drag him up the street. When she got to her door, she dragged the boy inside, down a hall, and into a large kitchenette. She switched on the light and left the door open. The boy could hear other roomers laughing and talking in the large house. Some of their doors were open,too, so he knew he and the woman were not alone. The woman still had him by the neck in the middle of her room. She said, What is your name? Roger, answered the boy. Then, Roger, you go to that sink and wash your face, said the woman, whereupon she turned him loose at last. Roger looked at the door looked at the woman looked at the door and went to the sink. Let the water run until it gets warm, she said. Here s a clean towel. You gonna take me to jail? asked the boy, bending over the sink. Not with that face, I would not take you nowhere, said the woman. Here I am trying to get home to cook me a bite to eat and you snatch my pocketbook! Maybe, you ain t been to your supper either, late as it be. Have you? There s nobody home at my house, said the boy. Then we ll eat, said the woman, I believe you re hungry or been hungry to try to snatch my pockekbook. I wanted a pair of blue suede shoes, said the boy. Well, you didn t have to snatch my pocketbook to get some suede shoes, said Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones. You could have asked me. M am? The water dripping from his face, the boy looked at her. There was a long pause. A very long pause. After he had dried his face and not knowing what else to do dried it again, the boy turned around, wondering what next. The door was open. He could make a dash for it down the hall. He could run, run, run, run, run! The woman was sitting on the day-bed. After a while she said, I were young once and I wanted things I could not get. There was another long pause. The boy s mouth opened. Then he frowned, but not knowing he frowned. The woman said, Um-hum! You thought I was going to say but , didn t you? You thought I was going to say, but I didn t snatch people s pocketbooks . Well, I wasn t going to say that. Pause. Silence. I have done things, too, which I would not tell you, son neither tell God, if he didn t already know. So you set down while I fix us something to eat. You might run that comb through your hair so you will look presentable. In another corner of the room behind a screen was a gas plate and an icebox. Mrs. Jones got up and went behind the screen. The woman did not watch the boy to see if he was going to run now, nor did she watch her purse which she left behind her on the day-bed. But the boy took care to sit on the far side of the room where he thought she could easily see him out of the corner of her eye, if she wanted to. He did not trust the woman not to trust him. And he did not want to be mistrusted now. Do you need somebody to go to the store, asked the boy, maybe to get some milk or something? Don t believe I do, said the woman, unless you just want sweet milk yourself. I was going to make cocoa out of this canned milk I got here. That will be fine, said the boy. She heated some lima beans and ham she had in the icebox, made the cocoa, and set the table. The woman did not ask the boy anything about where he lived, or his folks, or anything else that would embarrass him. Instead, as they ate, she told him about her job in a hotel beauty-shop that stayed open late, what the work was like, and how all kinds of women came in and out, blondes, red-heads, and Spanish. Then she cut him a half of her ten-cent cake. Eat some more, son, she said. When they were finished eating she got up and said, Now, here, take this ten dollars and buy yourself some blue suede shoes. And next time, do not make the mistake of latching onto my pocketbook .nor nobody else s. a) Write the meanings of the words as they are used in the passage: i. release ii. frail iii. presentable b) Answer the following questions. i. Describe the purse the woman was carrying. [2] ii. How was the woman able to catch hold of the thief? [3] iii. Why had the boy stolen the purse? Describe his appearance. [3] iv. What reason did she give for taking him home? [2] v. Why, in your opinion, did the boy not run even when she was not watching him? [2] c) In not more than 60 words of your own describe how the lady treated the thief. [8] d) Give a title to the pr cis and justify your selection. Question 4 a. In the following passage, 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 phrase appropriate to the blank space. [4] The story of Robinson Crusoe _1_ (base) on a real life incident. The son of a cobbler, Alexander was a wayward young man. He became a sailor on a ship. Once the ship _2_ ( anchor) for repairs near a desolate island. There Alexander _3_ (hatch) a conspiracy. He instigated the other sailors _4_ (leave) the ship and remain on the island. They _5_(declare) a mutiny. Perhaps the Captain would accept their demands if he _6_ (believe) that his men would refuse to sail otherwise. The captain got _7_ (know) of Alexander s part in the mutiny. He _8_ (leave) him behind on the island. b. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate words. [4] He was convicted ______ murder. She fell _______with her best friend. They congratulated her ______ her victory. The students were asked to commit the poem _______ memory. He gave vent ______his feelings. Do not digress ______ the issue. Bear _____ me till I can gather all information. He set ______ lighting the lantern. i. ii. iii. iv. v. vi. vii. viii. Combine each set of the following sentences without using and, but, or so. c. [4] 1. 2. 3. 4. The landscape darkened abruptly. He uttered a curse. He was embarrassed. They were staring at him. Julia s mother is standing there. She is very frail. My father told me to write neatly. I think he was right. d) 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. [8] 1. My mother said, How long will you stay with your friends? (Indirect speech) 2. The rich old man has purchased a large diamond for his wife. ( Passive voice) 3. Buddy is the cutest puppy I ve ever seen. ( Never .) 4. As soon as the march past begins, we will start playing the drums. ( No sooner .) 5. As soon as the march past began, we started playing the drums. (No sooner .) 6. Alas! He could not win. ( It was sad ..) 7. You remembered to buy a set of knives, _______? ( Question tag) 8. It costs a lakh of rupees annually to maintain this building. ( Use: upkeep)
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