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ICSE Class X Mid-term 2021 : English Paper 1 (English Language) : Midterm

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BASAVARAJESWARI PUBLIC SCHOOL & COLLEGE, BALLARI I TERM EXAMINATION 2020-21 Class: X Date: 21.10.2020 Subject: English Language Total Marks: 80 Duration: 2 Hours 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 time allow for writing the answers. Attempt all five Questions The intended marks for questions are parts of questions are given in brackets [ ] You are advised to spend not more than 30minutes in answering question1 and 20 minutes in answering question2 Question1 (Do not spend more than 30 minutes on this Question) Write a composition (300-350 words) on any one of the following. [20] a) Write an original short story by continuing the following we set off in the silence of early morning. b) There is no scope for adventure in the modern world. Give your views for or against this statement. c) How is the Corona virus out break disrupting your middle or high school experience ? Has your school been closed? If so, what does your education look and feel like now, If not, are you worried about your school closing? Does your school have a plan if it does? d) What is your favorite time of the year? Why do you like so much? Describe what you like to do during this time and why do you enjoy it so much? e) Study the picture given below, write a story or a description or an account of what it suggest to you. Your composition may be about the subject of the picture or you may take suggestions from it; However, there must be a clear connection between the picture & your composition. This Question Paper Contains 4 Printed Pages Page 1 Question 2 (Do not spend more than 20 minutes on this question) Select any one of the following [10] a) Write a letter to your friend and share experience about online classes and give your opinion on online classes and also inform to him /her advantages and disadvantages of online classes. b) You are planning to hold a singing competition write a letter to the music teacher, of a neighbouring school requesting him/her to act as a judge in the competitionMention the nature of the competition, time, place and other important details. Question 3 a) Your school is going to organize Book week after few days. Draft a notice to invite the student to participate in the event [5] b) Write an e-mail to the principal of a neighbouring school, inviting him/her to send their students to attend this event. [5] Question 4 Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow Too many parents these days can t say no. As a result, they find themselves raising children who respond greedily to the advertisements aimed right at them. Even getting what they want doesn t satisfy some kids; they only want more. Now, a growing number of psychologists, educators and parents think it s time to stop the madness and start teaching kids about what s really important : values like hard work, contentment, honesty and compassion. The struggle to set limits has never been tougher and the stakes have never been higher. One recent study of adults who were overindulged as children, paints a discouraging picture of their future : when given too much too soon, they grow up to be adults who have difficulty coping with life s disappointments. They also have distorted sense of entitlement that gets in the way of success in the work place and in relationships. Psychologists say that parents who overindulge their kids, set them up to be more vulnerable to future anxiety and depression. Today s parents themselves raised on values of thrift and self-sacrifice, grew up in a culture where no was a household word. Today s kids want much more, partly because there is so much more to want. The oldest members of this generation were born in the late 1980s, just as PCs and video games were making their assault on the family room. They think of MP3 players and flat screen TV as essential utilities, and they have developed strategies to get them. One survey of teenagers found that when they crave for something new, most expect to ask nine times before their parents give in. By every measure, parents are shelling out record amounts. In the heat of this buying blitz, even parents who desperately need to say no find themselves reaching for their credit cards. Today s parents aren t equipped to deal with the problem. Many of them, raised in the 1960s and 70s, swore they d act differently from their parents and have closer relationships with their own children. Many even wear the same designer clothes as their kids and listen to the same music. And they work more hours; at the end of a long week, it s tempting to buy peace with yes and not mar precious family time with conflict. Anxiety about the future is another factor. How do well intentioned parents say no to all the sports gear and arts and language lessons they believe will help their kids thrive in an increasingly competitive world? Experts agree: too much love won t spoil a child. Too few limits will. Page 2 What parents need to find, is a balance between the advantages of an affluent society and the critical life lessons that come from waiting, saving and working hard to achieve goals. That search for balance has to start early. Children need limits on their behaviour because they feel better and more secure when they live within a secured structure. Older children learn self-control by watching how others, especially parents act. Learning how to overcome challenges is essential to becoming a successful adult. Few parents ask kids to do chores. They think their kids are already overburdened by social and academic pressures. Every individual can be of service to others, and life has meaning beyond one s own immediate happiness. That means parents eager to teach values have to take a long, hard look at their own. a) Give the meaning of the following words as used in the passage: One word answers or short phrases will be accepted. i. Contentment ii. Desperate iii. Affluent [3] b) Answer the following questions briefly in your own words i. What values do parents and teachers want children to learn? [2] ii. What are the results of giving the children too much too soon? [2] iii. Why do today s children want more? [2] iv. What is the balance which the parents need to have in todays world?[2] v. What is the necessity to set limits for children? [1] c) In not more than 50 words describe how the psychologists , educaters and parents want to teach the children? [8] Question 5 a) 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 phrase appropriate to the blank space. [4] Ex: (discussed) The other day we(0) _____(discuss) the attitudes of people in our country. Why (1) ____ (be) most of them rude and aggressive? Ram asked Sanjana (2)_____ (say) that it (3)____ (be)because there (4)_____(be) too many people and one had to fight for everything. Pritam (5) ______ (insist) that it (6)_______(be) the climate. We (7)_______ (be) as efficient and polite as Eruropean if only our weather(8)________ (be) better. b) Fill in the blanks with appropriate words [4] 1. You must taste this new dish . All right but give just __________ 2. My sister insisted ________ coming with us. 3. Everybody in the room laughed _______ his proposal. 4. Anuj has got more work than he can cope __________. 5. Happiness consist ___________ having a positive outlook. 6. Military expenditure has been a great drain ________ the country s resources. 7. She is very particular _________ what she will eat. 8. He has a grudge _______ everybody in the group. Page 3 c) Join the following sentences to make one complete sentence without using and, but or so 1. 2. 3. 4. [4] He hurt his foot. He stopped. I was walking along the street one day. I saw a dead snake. It was very hot last night. I could not sleep. I have some duties. I must perform them. d) Re-write 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. She reached her office in time although the rain was falling heavily (End ..heavy rain) 2. He is so proud that he will not admit his mistake (Rewrite using too ) 3. The boys were playing cricket before sunset, I said to my mother (Begin with I told ) 4. She is beautiful. She is foolish.(Join using as ) 5. By turning the handle clockwise you can lock the door(Begin if ) 6. They are unhappy, although they are rich (use , In spite of) 7. As soon as the bell rang the children ran out.(Begin ; No sooner ) 8. Admitting that he is clever, he is proud .(Begin Though) Page 4 ---------------------------------------------------------------------

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