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ICSE Class X Prelims 2025 : English Paper 1 (English Language) (Disha A Life School, Pollachi)

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1 G.KAU~: X MARKS: 80 DISHA -A Life School PRE- BOARD EXAMINATION ENGLISH LANGUAGE (ENGLISH PAPER- I) TIME:02.00h DATE: 20 JAN' 2025 Answer 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 pap: ~ . The time g iven at the head ofthe paper is the time allowed for wntmg the answers .. . . Attempt all jive questions . . . The intended marks for questions or parts of questions are:g1ven m brac~ts [}. . You are advised to spend nof more than 30 minutes in answering Questwn 1 and 20 minutes m 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 [20] Write a composition in about 300-350 words on any ONE of the following: (i) You have recently been to the weekly market with your mother. Describe your experience at the market, the surroundings, the sound, the people you met and what you liked best in and around the market. (ii) Narrate an incident in detail where you found yourself to be the luckiest person ever, the overwhelming happiness, the changes that you observed in yourself and how it reflected in future endeavors. (iii) Life 's best lessons are learnt ;., thP. soorting field. Give your views either for OR against the tatement. (if) Write an original short story where a child is lo~t and then found . (v) Study the picture given below. Write a story or an account of what the picture suggests to you. Your composition may be directly about the subject of the picture or you may take suggestions from it but there must be some clear connection between the picture and the composition . . I I / Question 2 [Do not spend more than 20 minuteS\rfh this question} Attempt any ONE of the followin1:, (i) [I OJ An open space in your locality used by the children as a playground is being turned into a rubbish dump. Write a letter to the Mayor of your city pointing out the nuisance, the danger, and the health hazards of this. Request that action be taken to stop this immediately. (ii) You are a boarder in a different city. Write a letter to your mother describing a school concert you are a part of. Describe your feelings, your learnings and the' changes before and after the concert. Question 3 You are the School Sports Captain of your school. Write a Notice inviting students of Std IX and (i) X to give their names for various sports events to be held on the occasion of the Annual Sports (ii) [5] Day of your school. Write an email to a famous sports player from your city to be the Guest of Honour at the Sports [5] Meet. Question 4 Read the passage given below carefully and answer the questions that follow: -- - Jane was remarkable for being the most absent-minded woman in Middlesex. "I have really been unusually clever this afternoon, "Jane remarked gaily, as she rang for the tea. "I have called on all the people l meant to call on; and I have done all the shopping that I set out to do. I even remembered to try and match that silk dress for you at Harrod's but I had forgotten to take the dress pattern with me, so it was of no use. I really think that was the only important thing I forgot during the whole afternoon. Quite Nonderful for me, isn't it?" (6) "What have you done with Louise?" asked her sister, Susan. "Didn't you take her out with you? You said you were going to." "Good gracious," exclaimed Jane, "Where have I left her? I cannot remember if the Carrywoods were at home or if I just left some cards for them. If they were at home, I may have left Louise there to play bridge. I will go and telephone Lord ~ a n d find out." She rang up Lord Carrywood and said, "I want to know, have you seen Louise?" "Louise," came the answer, "it's been my fate to see it three times." ''Not the opera 'Louise' - my niece, Loiuse. I thought I might have left her at your house." "You left cards with us this afternoon, I understand but I-don't think you left a niece." (15) "She's not at the Carrywoods' ," announced Jane, returning to her tea; "now I come to think of it, perhaps I left her at the silk counter at Selfridge's. I may have told her to wait there a moment while I went to look at the silks in a better light and I may easily have forgotten about her when I found I had not your pattern Page 2 of 6 with me." "But you said you tried t 0 . . match the silk at Harrod's," interjected Susan. "I am rather surprised that you can sit there making a h "Y lk . earty tea when you've just lost a favourite niece," she said. ou ta as if I had lost h . er m a churchyard, instead of having temporarily misla id her. I am sure to remember presently where 1 1eft her. I rather fancy she must have been with me when I went to Mornay's. There, Malcolm gave me tw 0 theatr e tickets. I have probably left them at Mornay's but still it was awfully kind of him to give them to me." (25) "Do you think you left Louise there?" Jane asked her servant, Robert, to ring up Mornay's and ask if she had left two theatre tickets and one niece in their shop this afternoon. "A niece, ma'am?" asked the servant. 'Yes, Miss Louise didn't come home with me and I'm not sure where I left her." "Miss Louise had been upstairs all the afternoon, readin g to the second kitchen maid. I took up tea to Miss Louise at five o'clock, ma'am." "Of course, how silly of me. I remember now, I asked her to read the Faerie Queene to poor Emma. Anyhow, you can ring up Momay's, Robert and ask whether I left two theatre tickets there. Except for your silk, Susan, those seem to be the only things I have forgotten this afternoon. Quite wonderful for me." (iY // ~or each of the words given below, choose the correct meaning (36) (as used in the passage) from the options provided: I. 2. (,jiJ fancy (line 23) a. realise [2] 'interrupted b. dream c. fumbled d. objected c. fear -d. think Which word in the passage is the opposite of sadly? a. (iii) interjected (line 20) a. stuttered probably b. easily [I] c. gaily d.unusually Answer the following questions briefly in your own word s: (a; As per Jane, what important thing did she forget during the whole afternoon? (b) What response did Carrywood give to Jane's enquiry? (c) State in your words what happened at Selfridge's. (d) [I] [2] [2] What happened when Jane visited MomaY:s? [2] Where was Louise? What was she doing there? [2] In not more than 50 words, summarise, in a grid forma t, Jane's experiences at various stages. [8] (tj (iv) Page 3 of 6 <~ J Question 5 (i) Fill in each of the numbered blanks with the correct form of the word given in brackets. Do not copy the passage but write in correct serial order, the word or ph rase appropriate to the blank space. [4J Example: (0) was pattering The rain (0) (patter) incessantly. It (2) (3) (7) (!ain) for over a week. The vil lage (flood) badly as the tempestuous water hit the mud-wall houses of the villagers. n,c (administer) was working on a large scale helping and twenty four hours but that Bachpan (I) (6) (5) (4) (rescue) the vi llagers (prove) nothing agains~ Nature's Fury. Many NGOs li ke (also engage) in the rescue operation and did their best (save) the precious human lives. The head office was stationed in Mumbai but they took no time to reach the village when the heavy rains . (hit) the village and caused (8) '- havoc. (ii) [4] Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word: .(a) In this way, matters went.. ............. for sometime. .(b) Anuj was well ............... time for the interview. Cc) The lady passed .............. temporarily when she heard the shocking news. :d).................. .me, Sara and Amit were present at the concert (e) }le was always ready.... . (t) In cold weather, Mr. Anand was always distinguished . . (g) (h) (iii) ,.. a fight or a frolic. The young boy had a wise head ...... The scouts felt lost ...... ... a fur cap. .his shoulders. ..the absence of their leader. Join the following pairs of sentences to make one complete sentence without n~. o Jnd, hut or so. Choose the correct option. 1. [4] Nicholas was not to join the party. He was in disgrace. (a) Since Nicholas was not to join the party, he was in disgrace. (b) As Nicholas was not to join the party, he was not in disgrace. :s Nicholas was not to join the party as he was in disgrace. 1) Nicholas was not to join the party so he was in disgrace. 2. On Monday morning, they both arrived early. They both waited impatiently for the results. (a; )n Monday morning, they both arrived early waiti~g impatiently for the results. (b 0n Monday morning, they both having arrived early, waited impatiently for the results. (c) On Monday morning, they arrived early waiting impatiently for the results. (d) On Monday morning, they arrived early and waited impatiently for the results. Page 4 of 6 Fann y coo ked Will y dinner. They ole by a fire. (a) Fanny coo ked Willy dinner to cot by a fire. a fire. (b) Having cooked Willy dinner, Fanny ate by 3. ale by 11 fire. (c) Fanny cooked Willy dinner and they both by a fire. (d) anny cooked Willy dinner which they ate ii at the lop. 4. A Primus, is a little camping stove. You light it al the top. (a) A Primus, is a lillle camping stove that light at the top. Primus, is a lillle camping stove that you light it light at the top. 'c' A Primus, is a little ~amping stove that you lit al the top. (d) A Primus, is a little camping stove which is (b) (iv) ~ according to the instructi ons give n . . n..,es sente Choose the correct option to rewrite the following [8J after each sentence: before. I. ,,/He had n'.ver seen anything of this kind 1 (Beg, with: It was the .................... ) kind. It was the first time he had seen something of this (i, (b) (c) (d) '). It was the first time and he had seen somethin g of this kind. this kind . It was not the first time he had seen somethin g of this kind . It was the first time he had not seen something of .She spoke as though her heart was fluttering. (Begin with: The manner ....................) heart would start fluttering. The manner in which she spoke suggested that her (a) heart was fluttering. The manner in which she spoke suggested that her her heart was fluttering. The manner in which she had spoken suggested that (c) heart would start flutterin g. The manner in which she spoke suggested that her (d) " She always contradicted him. (Begin with : There was ....................) 1"l (b) (c) (d) radict him. There was never an occasion when she did not cont t him. There was never an occasion when she did contradic contradict him. There was always an occasion when she did not radict him. There was never an occasion that she did not cont Page 5 of6 I j j Anything that hinted at corruption always filled him with disgust. (End w,t h ...................... corrupti.on.) (a) He was filled with disgust at anything that hinted at corruption. (c) / @) / \,, 5. He was always filled with disgust at anything that hinted at corruption. He was always filled with disgust at everything that hinted at corruption. He was always filled with disgust at the hint of corruption. Katherine was a tall, fair - haired girl with splendid movements. (Begin; Tall and ............ ......... ) (a) / IJ>J (c) (d) ~ Tall and with splendid movements, Katherine was a fair - haired girl. Tall and fair - haired, Katherine was a girl with splendid movements. Tall and fair - haired, Katherine was a splendid girl. Tall and with splendid, Katherine was a fair - haired girl. Pres;d, nt ,a;d, "Long 1;ve ou, ,ount,y!" (Change the narration.) (a) The President told that their country lives long. (b) The h-:sident wished that theii' country had lived long. The President wished that their country lives l?ng. (c) (d) The President wished that their country lived long. The Christmas night was intensely cold. Even Santa could not be on time for the party. (Replace intensely with too.) (a) (b) 8. The Christmas night was too cold for even Santa to be on time for the party. The Christmas night was so cold for even Santa to be on time for the party. (c) The Christmas night being too cold, Santa could not be on time for the party. (d} The Christmas night was too cold for Santa to be on time for the party. It was probably the first time in twenty years that anyone had smiled in that I (Begin: ln ........... .........) (a) lumber room. In every probability, it was the first time in twenty years that anyone had smiled in that lumber room. (b) In all probabilities, it was the first time in twenty years that anyone smiled in that , lumber room. (c) In all probability, it was the first time in twenty years that anyone had smiled in that lumber room . (d) In every probability, it was the first time in twenty years that anyone smiled in that lumber room. Page 6 of 6

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