std 10 English Prelim paper 2021
Std. 10 English Prelim paper Mark 80 Hrs. 3
Being your paragraph as ' I strongly oppose the conviction .............
Prepare a report for the school magazine on Teacher's day celebrations. Use the points given
Section 1 : Language study
Q 1 (A1) Do as directed ( Any 4 ) ( mark 4)
1. Find out two hidden words of minimum 4 letters from - Commands
2. Identify the type of sentence based on their form:
How cute the baby is !
3. Fast, _________, tickle, ___________, youth ( complete with noun )
4. Arrange the following word in Alphabetic order :
Exhilarate, Ephemeral, Entrench, Enterprise, Enthusiams
5. Complete the following word chain :
Smile, ___________, Smell, ________, __________ ( complete with noun / adjective / noun )
(A2) Do as directed : ( Any 2) ( mark 4 )
(1) Write down a pair of "homophone" with difference in meaning : Stare, stair
( 2) Change the Voice :
1. Ram drove the car.
2. Bake was invited for dinner by her.
(3) Find out the principal clause and subordinate clause in the following sentences.
The museum was very interesting, as I expected.
( A3) Do as directed ( any one ) ( marks 2)
(i) Use both the given words in a single meaningful sentences :
Teacher, Clean
(ii) Change the degree of the following sentence into comparative degree :
1. Red is the most vibrant colour.
2. Very few animals are as fast as cheetah.
Section II
Q. 2 ( A) Read the following passage and do the activities :
1. State whether the following statement are True / False. (marks 2)
(a) The author wishes to see children growing with dignity.
(b) The author says that we must march because we need to exercise.
(c) The author wishes for children freedom from slavery.
(d) The author asks us to feel the adult within us.
Today, beyond the darkness, I see the smiling faces of our children in the blinking
stars. Today, in every wave of every ocean, I see my children are playing and
dancing. Today, in every plant, in every tree, and mountain, i see our children
growing freely with dignity.
Friends, I want you to see and feel this today inside you.
My dear sisters and brothers, as I said many interesting thing are happening today.
May I please request you to put your hand close to your heart - close your eyes and
feel the child inside you ?
I am sure you can - Now, listen to that child. Listen please.
Today, I see thousands of Mahatma Gandhi's Nelson Mandela's and Martin Luther
King's calling on us.
Let us democratise knowledge. Let us universalise justice. Together. let us globalise
compassion !
I call upon you in this room, and all across the world. I call for a march from
exploitation to education ; I call for a march from poverty to shared prosperity, a
march from slavery to liberty, and march from violence to peace.
Let us march from ignorance to awakening. Let us march form darkness to light. Let
us march from mortality to divinity.
Let us March !
2. Fill in the blanks to complete the following statements. ( marks 2)
(a) We must _____ knowledge.
(b) We must universalise ________
(c) One must ______ from darkness to light.
(d) Compassion has to be ________
3. Provide the meaning of the following words. ( marks 2)
(a) Democratise (b) Universalise (c) Globalise (d) Mortality
4. Do as directed :
(a) If we march from exploitation to education, there will be freedom for our
children. ( Rewrite the sentence using the word 'unless' )
(b) The author said, " Close your eyes and listen to the child within you."
(Change the sentence form direct to indirect speech)
5. What is your idea of a beautiful childhood?
(B). Read the following passage and do the activities :
(1) Complete the following sentences
(a) Hemingway had experience of ___________
(b) He worked for _________ during the First World War.
(c) 'The Old Man And The Sea ' was published in _________
(d) After reading his work reader can find __________
Social / Historical Context : Hemingway's novels is based on real events it also
draws heavily on his own life. He had experience. of fishing in the Cuban waters and
like the ole man he was also a fan of baseball. He worked for the Red Cross during
the First World War and was injured by shrapnel when he was in Italy, Hemingway
always talks about the need to struggle against defeat or death and how
determination and endurance can help one to win in this struggle. The old man is at
the end of the novel very near death, but we know that the story of his suffering
and loss will live on in the memories of the people of his village. Ultimately his story
becomes one of triumph because the tales of his life will live on even after his
death. The novel was published in 1952, when people were trying to recover from
the mass destruction wrought by the tow world wars, and this tale of endurance
and ultimate triumph immediately struck a chord with the readers.
Writing Style : Hemingway's language is simple and pithy. He mostly writes in short
and straight-forward sentences and practises an extreme economy in his use of
words. This simplicity is deceptive and a reader can read his work again and again
and find new layers of meaning every time
(2)
(3) Find the synonyms for the following from the passage.
(i) The ability to do something difficult for a long time.
(ii) Formed or worked
(iii) Brief
(iv) Likely to make someone believe something that is not true.
(4) (1) The old man is at the end of the novel very near death, but we know that the
story of his suffering and loss will live on in the memories of the people of his village ( (rewrite the sentence using 'Though')
(2) During the First World War Hemingway was injured by shrapnel.
(Begin the sentence with 'Shrapnel .............)
(5) Write four to five sentences about your favourite writer.
Section III : POETRY
Q.3 (A) Read the following extract and do the activities :
1. Complete the following: (marks 2)
(a) And with lanterns, throwing giant scorpion ____________
(b)The villagers attributed the mother's sufferings to her sins in some ________
(c) The scorpion had stung the mother on her ________
(d) The villagers hoped that the poison would purify the mother's _________
With candles and with lanterns
throwing giant scorpion shadows
on the mud-baked walls
they searched for him: he was not found.
They clicked their tongues.
With every movement that the scorpion made his poison
moved in Mother's blood, they said.
May he sit still, they said
May the sins of your previous birth.
be burned away tonight, they said.
May your suffering decrease
the misfortunes of your next birth, they said.
May the sum of all evil
balanced in this unreal world
against the sum of good
become diminished by your pain.
May the poison purify your flesh
of desire, and your spirit of ambition,
they said, and they sat around
on the floor with my mother in the centre,
the peace of understanding on each face.
More candles, more lantern, more neighbours,
more insects, and the endless rain
2. (a) Who is the Evil One here ? (mark 1)
Why is it evil ? ( mark 1)
3. Write antonyms for the following words ( mark 2)
comfort, fortune
(B) Read the following poem and write an appreciation of it with the help of the
given points in paragraph format : (marks 5 )
Title poet Rhyme scheme Figure of speech Theme or centeral idea
All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players;
They have their exits and their entrances,
And one man in his time plays and parts,
His acts being seven ages, At first, the infant,
mewling and puking in the nurse's arms.
Then the whining schoolboy, with his satchel
and shining morning face, creeping like snail
Unwillingly to school. And then the lover,
Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad
Made to his mistress' eyebrow. Then a soldier,
Full of strange oaths and bearded like the pard,
Jealous in honour, sudden and quick in quarrel,
Seeking the bubble reputation
Even in the cannon's mouth. And then the justice,
In fair round belly with good capon lined.
With eyes severe and beard of formal cut.
Full of wise saws and modern instances ;
And so he plays his part. The sixth age shifts
Into the lean and slippered pantaloon ,
With spectacles on nose and pouch on side;
His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide
For his shrunk shank, and his big manly voice,
Turning again toward childish treble, pipes
And whistles in his sound. Last scene of all,
That ends this strange eventful history,
Is second childishness and mere oblivion,
Sans teeth, sans eyes, Sans taste, sans everything
- William Shakespeare
SECTION IV : NON-TEXTUAL PASSAGES
Q 4 (A) Read the following passage and do the activities :
1. Choose the correct alternatives and complete the following : (marks 2)
(i) The coach learnt the boy's _____________,
(a) special gifts (b) name (c) contribution
2. The coach's approach towards training the boy was ______
(a) Special (b) happy (c) wise
3. Although the season was full of hard work, there was also _______
(a) resolve (b) fun (c) appreciation
4. The coach taught the child the _______of the sport.
(a) basics (b) victories (c) skills
Dear coach,
Thanks for the special gifts that you have given to my child. You learned his name
and spoke it often. You taught him the basics of the sport as well as special ways to
improve and excel. Although you had a whole team of kids to mentor, you took time
for individual instruction where needed.
Under your care i have watched him transform form a timid, doubting child to a
strong, happy player willing to give his all for the team. Throughout the season
when he gave his best, even though it was not quite good enough to gain his best,
even though it was not quite good enough to gain that extra point, you recognized
his contribution with a pat on the back and encouraging words.
Your wise approach showed him that, although wining is a goal, there are other
goals just as worthy. He learned the value of finishing what he started and the joy of
personal accomplishment. These attributes carried him through a season that was
full of hard work and fun, discouragement and resolve, defeat and victory.
And, at the very end, at that championship meet when he brought home the fist-
place medal, you were among those who were so very proud of how far he had
come. It was a victory for all of us. What amazes me is you 've taught them skills that
will last a lifetime. You've kindled in them a desire to excel. It may be that none of us
can even comprehend the full extent of your contribution to these young individuals
and the world they are shaping for themselves. But decades from now, I know my
family will look back on these amazing growing wonder year. We'll look at the
ribbons, the trophies and the medals, and we will see them as mere symbols of the
real gifts. These most certainly have had to come straight form your heart
With appreciation,
A parent
2. Answer the following ( marks 2)
i) Why do the parents feel that the years are amazing ?
ii) How, according to you, did the coach mould a timid child in a good and
confident player ?
3. i) Form nouns form : (a) comprehend (b) individual ( mark 1)
ii) give the antonyms of . (a) victory (b) timid (mark 1)
4. Do as directed :
(i) You taught him the basics of the sport as well as special ways to improve.
( use not only -------- but also ) (mark 1)
(ii) It was a victory for all of us. (Change to negative ) (mark 1 )
5. What will you call this letter ? why ? (marks 2 )
Q 4 (B) Summary Writing (marks 5)
Read the passage given above and write the summary of it. Suggest a sutable title
to your summary.
SECTION V : WRITING SKILL
Q 5 (A) Letter writing : ( marks 5)
Read the following information and attempt any one of the following activities
DEFORESTATION
Deforestation is when humans remove or clear large areas of forest lands and related ecosystems for
non-forest use. In these case, trees are never re-planted. Since the industrial age. about the half of world's original forests have been destroyed and millions of animals and living things have been endangered.
EFFECT OF DEFORESTATION
Soil erosion destruction, water cycle, loss of biodiversity and climate change.
A1 ) Formal letter - Write a letter to forest department and ask them to keep watch on people
who indulge in tree cutting activities for their personal gain
OR
A2) Informal letter - Write to your friend and explain him /her what is deforestation and the effects of deforestation
Q 6 (A) Information Transfer
Information transfer : Non - verbal to Verbal
The following information shows the number of phDs awarded by the University of
Pune during the period 1990-1995. Write paragraph to convey information contained
in the tabular form.
OR
Information transfer : Verbal to Non verbal
Read the following extract and point out all the important events. in the life of
Jawaharlal Nehru. Prepare a flow chart showing the important details: Jawaharlal
Nehru was born on November 14, 1889. He went to England at the age of 16 and
was educated at the Harrow school and at the University of Cambridge. Returning
to India in 1912 , he practised law for some years and in 1919 joined the Indian
National Congress, the principle nationalist organisation in India. It was led by
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi at the time. Nehru soon became a leader of
the nationalist movement and was imprisoned nine times by the British administration
for his activities that were pro-Independence for India. He served as President of
the Congress Party from 1929 to 1931, a position he held six times. In August 1947,
following the final withdrawal of the British and the establishment of India as a self-
governing dominion within the Commonwealth. Nehru was elected Prime Minister.
(B) Speech Writing (marks 5)
Recently a boy from your locality as given an award for a daring act of bravery,
that he performed in saving the life of a woman form the treats of some anti-
socialites. Prepare a set of ten question that you would like him to answer.
OR
View - Counter View
Write your counterviews in a paragraph on the topic :
" The impact of working mother on child development".
on the basis of the views given below - Add a few more points
Being your paragraph as ' I strongly oppose the conviction .............
Q 7 SECTION VI : CREATIVE WRITING
(A) Expand the following ( marks 5)
Knowledge is power
OR
Reporting Writing ( marks 5)
in the invitation card
Q 8 Story or Narrating an experience : Attempt any one of the following activities.
(B) Writing a story : (marks 5)
Develop a story in about 80-100 words begin with the following sentence Give a
suitable title to your story.
A darks and stormy night .........
OR
Narrating an experience : ( marks 5)
Narrate an experience in about 80 - 100 words with the help of the following
beginning, Suggest a suitable title for it.
Raju was a little boy who was born in a poor family
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