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KARNATAKA ICSE SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION ICSE STD. X Preparatory Examination 2024 Subject: ENGLISH LANGUAGE (ENGLISH PAPER 1) Maximum Marks: 80 Time Allowed: Two hours Date: 17/01/2024 ___________________________________________________________________________ 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. _______________________________________________________________________________ Attempt 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.) Write a composition (300 - 350 words) on any one of the following: (i) [20] You have recently been to a holiday resort and found the service to be excellent. Describe your experience at the resort, the surroundings, its natural beauty, the games you played and what you liked best in and around the resort. (ii) Narrate an incident in detail where you found yourself in great difficulty when a miracle helped you come out of it. (iii) Home food can never replace hotel food or fast food. Give your views either for OR against the statement. (iv) Write an original short story which begins with the line: It happened that at dusk we were passing the deserted house when .. Page 1 of 8
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