DATE: 22-02-24

3G CLASSES
10 (English)
TIME: 3 hrs

English-(All)
MARKS: 80

SEAT NO:

SECTION I : LANGUAGE STUDY

Q.1 (A1) Do as directed. (Any four) (4)

1. Write two compound words of your own.

Write two compound words of your own.

Ans. examples like snowball, mailbox, grandmother, railroad, sometimes.

2. Make a meaningful sentence by using the given phrase.

stumble on

Ans. We stumbled on the secret trap door while we were playing hide and seek.

3. Spot the error and correct the sentence.

Yes, Squire Jack will coming willingly.

Ans. Yes, Squire Jack will come willingly

Or
Yes, Squire Jack will be coming willingly.

4. Find out 2 hidden words of minimum 4 letters from -

Find out minimum four letter words from the given word.
Conservation

Ans. (1) Ration, (2) Nation, (3) Version, (4) Convent

5. Arrange the following words in alphabetical order.

spirits, flattery, grunting, appealing

Ans. appealing, flattery, grunting, spirits

(A2) Do as directed. (Any two) (4)

1. Direct and Indirect narration.

1) “Sing that back”, he ordered.

Ans. He ordered me to sing that back.

2) He said,” You can give me an example, perhaps?”

Ans. He suggested that perhaps I could give him an example.

2. Change the voice.

1) Science accelerates progress and faith curbs it.

 Ans. Progress is accelerated by science and it is curbed by faith.

2) The judges were not pressing the buttons.

Ans. The buttons were not being pressed by the judges.

3. Make two sentences of your own to show difference of Homograph/Homonyms:

TRAIN

Ans. (i) I am a football coach and train school students to play at the district level.
(ii) By the time we reached the station, the express train had already left.

(B) Do as directed. (Any One) (2)

1. Use the given word as a noun and as a verb in two meaningful sentences.

remains

Ans. The remains of the great leader was brought back home for public homage. - Noun
It remains to be seen whether the new rules would be implemented in the city. - Verb

2. Convert the given sentences into Simple / compound / complex sentences.

It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods in my life. (Rewrite as compound sentence)

Ans. I became free and I entered one of the most creative periods in my life.

SECTION II : TEXTUAL PASSAGES

(Reading Skill, Vocabulary and Grammar)

Q.2 (A) Read the following passage and do the activities.

1 A1) Write whether the statements are true or false. 2

1) The old man demanded that the narrator should go up with him.
Ans. The old man demanded that the narrator should go up with him. - False

2) The young man disliked songs that have words.

Ans. The young man disliked songs that have words - False

3) The young man told him that he liked songs by Bing Crosby.
Ans. The young man told him that he liked songs by Bing Crosby - True

4) The narrator had heard the song only once.

Ans. The narrator had heard the song only once - False

The old man got up.

“You will come up with me?” he asked. I just
remained seated. “I’m requesting you to come with
me”, he said again.
So I went up with him. He took me to a room
which had a gramophone in it and asked, “What kind
of music do you like ?”
“Well,” I answered, “I like songs that have words,
and the kind of music where I can follow the tune.”
He smiled and nodded, obviously pleased. “You
can give me an example, perhaps ?”
I told him I like anything by Bing Crosby. At
 once, I could hear Bing Crosby’s voice filling the room.
“Now, can you please tell me what you just
heard?”, he said.
The simplest answer seemed to be to sing the lines.
So I sang it back to him.
He smiled. “You’re not tone-deaf,” he said.
I told him this was one of my favourite songs,
something I had heard hundreds of times, so it didn’t
really prove anything.

A2) Answer the following : 2

As far as listening is concerned, what difference do you notice between the writer and Einstein?
Ans. Einstein had an ear for music. He enjoyed classical music and one of his favourite was Bach.
Einstein enjoyed music and so showed keen interest in it. He paid attention to minutest details when it
came to music. On the other hand the writer did not like classical music. He considered himself to be
tone-deaf. He enjoyed songs that had words and the kind of music where he could follow the tune. Bing
Crosby was his all-time favourite. He would listen to Bing Crosby’s songs end number of times.
A3) i) Grammar based questions : 1
The given words have two different meanings. Write sentences to bring out the two meanings.
Can
Ans. (i) Can I come in?
(ii) I need a small can for my art work.
ii) Write adverb form 1
1) Obvious - ...............
Ans. Obvious - obviously

2) Real - ...............
Ans. Real - really

A4) Grammar based questions : 2

1) The simplest answer seemed to be to sing the lines. (Change the degree)
Ans. Positive – No other answer seemed to be so simple as to sing the lines.
Comparative – To sing the lines seemed to be simpler than any other answer.

2) Rewrite the following in indirect narration”.

“Now, can you please tell me what you just heard? he said.
Ans. He asked me to please tell him then what I had just heard.

A5) Personal response. 2

What do you learn from Einstein’s treatment to the young man?
Ans. Einstein was a leading figure in the world yet he humbled himself and struck a conversation with
the young man seated beside him. On knowing that the young man did not know much about music he
decided to help him out. He forego the concert in order to help him and made him feel important. This
proves that Einstein wanted to pass on knowledge and wisdom to the younger generation. His
requesting, friendly approach and polite manners towards the narrator reveals the greatness of Einstein
in treating everyone at par. By using simple practical questions Einstein made him realized that he wasn’t
tone-deaf. This is the hallmark of a great teacher to help student decide for themselves.
(B) Read the following passage and do the activities.

1 A1) Write whether the statements are true or false. 2

 1) The Nobel committee had invited Satyarthi to present an award.
Ans. The Nobel committee had invited Satyarthi to present an award. - False
correct - to present a lecture

2) The children have frightened eyes.

Ans. The children have frightened eyes. - True

3) All great religious teach us to take care of our children.

Ans. All great religious teach us to take care of our children. - True

4) Satyarthi does not want to share the voices of the children.

Ans. Satyarthi does not want to share the voices of the children. - False
correct – wants to share

Friends, the Nobel Committee has generously invited me to present a “lecture.” Respectfully, I am
unable to do that. Because, I am representing here - the sound of silence. The cry of innocence. And, the
face of invisibility. I represent millions of those
children who are left behind and that’s why I have kept an empty chair here as a reminder.
I have come here only to share the voices and dreams of our children - because they are all our
children - (gesture to everyone in the audience). I have looked into their frightened and exhausted eyes. I
have held their injured bodies and felt their broken
spirits.
Twenty years ago, in the foothills of the Himalayas, I met a small, skinny child labourer. He asked me:
“Is the world so poor that it cannot give me a toy and a book, instead of forcing me to take a gun or a tool?”
I met with a Sudanese child-soldier. He was kidnapped by an extremist militia. As his first training
lesson, he was forced to kill his friends and family. He asked me: “What is my fault?”
Friends, all the great religions teach us to care for our children. Jesus said: “Let the children come to
me; do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to them.” The Holy Quran says: “Kill not your
children because of poverty.”

A2) i) Complete the Web 1

Ans.

ii) Complete the sentence. 1

I represent million of those children ...............
Ans. I represent million of those children who are left behind and that’s why I have kept an empty chair
here as a reminder.

A3) Write synonyms 2

Find the synonyms of the following words from the extract.
i) handsomely ii) use sign language
iii) obstruct iv) fanatic
Ans. i) generously ii) gesture
iii) hinder iv) extremist

A4) Grammar based questions : 2

1) The Nobel committee has generously invited me to present a lecture. (Change the voice).
Ans. I have been generously invited by the Nobel committee to present a lecture.
 2) Friends, all the great religious, teach us to care for our children. (Rewrite using a modal auxiliary
showing compulsion)
Ans. Friends, all the great religious should teach us to care for our children.

A5) Personal response. 2

Why has Satyarthi used the metaphor, “the face of invisibility”? Whom is he referring to ?
Ans. Satyarthi, while accepting the Nobel prize, says that he represents the face of invisibility. He has
worked towards emancipating children, but his job is far from being complete. There are children, who
are still living under terrible situations. Once, their whereabouts are known, some help can be reached out
but it is impossible to save them till they are found. Satyarthi refers to these unfound troubled children as
‘face of invisibility’.
SECTION III : POETRY

Q.3 (A) Read the following poem and do the activities.

1 A1) Complete the web. 2

Ans.

If you want a thing bad enough

to go out and fight for it,
work day and night for it,
give up your time and your peace and your sleep for it
If all that you dream
and scheme is about it and life
seems useless and worthless without it
If you gladly sweat for, fret for and plan for it and lose
all your terror of the opposition for it.
If you simply go after that thing that you want with all
of your capacity, strength and sagacity, faith, hope and
confidence and stern for tenacity
If neither cold poverty, famish or gout
or sickness or pain
of body and brain
 can keep you away from the thing that you want,
If dogged and grim you be size and beget it,
with the help of GOD you’ll get it!

A2) Answer the following : 2

Every stanza begins with the word “if”. How does it add to the effectiveness of the poem?
Ans. The poet has beautifully used the poetic device ‘ANAPHORA’ to create coherence as well as
rhythm. The word 'if' stands for a condition, pre-requisite or the most important requirement for success.
By using the conditional word, ‘if’ the poet has stressed the need for perseverance, determination,
pertinacity, sagacity and various
indispensable virtues required for success.
A3) Grammar based questions : 1
Pick out one example of Antithesis and Alliteration from the extract.
Ans. *An example of Antithesis in the poem is –
work day and night
The figure of speech is Antithesis as Two words ‘day and night’ conveying opposite meanings are
expressed together.
*An example of alliteration is-
Of body and brain
The figure of speech is Alliteration as sound of b is repeated twice for poetic effect
(B) Read the following poem and write an appreciation of it with the help of the given points in paragraph format. (5)

All the World’s a Stage

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 many 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 honor, 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

Points:
• The title and the poet of the poem (1)
• Rhyme scheme (1)
• Figures of speech (1)
• Central Idea/Theme (2)
Ans. The poem, “All the World’s a Stage” is an analogical part of the monologue of Jacques in William
Shakespeare’s As You Like It according to which the stage is set by the Ultimate Creator, God and we are mere
puppets out to act our roles out as directed by Him. Shakespeare uses the rhythm of iambic pentameter, thus
the poem is composed in free verse. The use of imagery, metaphor, and simile are the strongest figures of
speech used to drive home the message of the extract. Some examples of the figures of speech used include,
“the whining school boy”, “Sighing like a furnace”, “Bearded like the pard”, “round belly”, “beard of formal cut”,
“and his big manly voice’’, ‘‘Turning again towards childish treble”,
The style is narrative while the theme is metaphorical according to which a man generally plays seven
typical parts. Shakespeare starts out with describing the common actions and conditions in which we all find
ourselves as a baby who is dependent on a mother figure, then he moves on to describe what each stage
thereafter looks and acts like in its own time thereby making his way to the end of a person’s life as if it were an
exit from the stage (of life).

SECTION IV : NON-TEXTUAL PASSAGES

(Reading Skill, Vocabulary, Grammar and Summary)

Q.4 (A) Read the given passage and do the given activities.

1 A1) Match the column : 2

Column 'A' Column 'B'
i) Tiger a) On the floor
ii) A China Hand b) Displayed its springs
iii) Magic Mirrors c) On the glass case
iv) Immodest Magic Hat d) Holding magic cards
Ans.
On
i) Tiger the glass
case
Holding
ii) A China
magic
Hand
cards
iii) Magic On the
Mirrors floor

Displayed
iv) Immodest
its springs
Magic Hat

It was no common shop this; it was a magic shop. For a moment or so we were alone and could
glance at us. There was a tiger in papier-mâché on the glass case that covered the low counter; there were
several crystal spheres, a China hand holding magic cards, and an immodest magic hat that shamelessly
displayed its springs. On the floor were magic mirrors; one to draw you out long and thin, and one to make
you short and fat; and while we were laughing at these the shopman, as I suppose, came in. There he was
behind the counter- a curious, sallow, dark man, with one ear larger than the other. ‘What can we have the
 pleasure?’ he said, spreading his long, magic fingers on the glass case; and so with a start, we were aware
of him. ‘I want,’ I said, ‘to buy my little boy a few simple tricks.’ ‘Legerdemain?’ he asked. ‘Mechanical?
Domestic?’ ‘Anything amusing?’ said I. ‘Um!’ said the shopman, and scratched his head. Then, quite
distinctly, he drew from his head a glass ball. ‘Something in this way?’ he said, and held it out. The action
was unexpected.

A2) Answer the following : 2

1) How did the shopman look?
Ans. The shopman looked curious, sallow dark man, with one ear larger than the other.

2) What did the shopman draw from his head?

Ans. The shopman drew a glass ball form his head.

A3) Vocabulary Based Questions. 2

1) Write adjective forms of:
i. Magic - ............... ii. Moment - ..............
Ans. i. Magic - Magical ii. Moment - Momentous

2) Find words:
i. Showed - ............... ii. Many - ...............
Ans. i. Showed - Displayed ii. Many - Several
A4) Grammar based questions : 2
1) The action was unexpected (Begin ... 'They')
Ans. They did not expect the action.

2) It was no common shop (End......... ?)

Ans. Was it a common shop?

A5) Personal response. 2

Imagine you are given a magic wand, what would you do for yourself?
Ans. Had I a magic wand I would get a list full of things. Than fulfill the wishes of my friends and help
the poor and needy by providing them food and shelter. I would also use the wand to make our
surrounding green and beautiful.
(B) Read the comprehension passage given in Q.4 (A) and write the summary of it. Suggest a suitable title : (5)

SECTION V : WRITING SKILLS

Q.5 Letter Writing : Attempt any one of the following activities. (5)

India is said to be the fastest developing countries today only after China. But one of the striking underlying
facts is the condition of the roads. Since roads indirectly contribute to the economic growth of the country it is
extremely essential that the roads are well laid out and strong. India is home to several bad roads - be it the
metropolitans, the cities or the villages. Bad road conditions are nothing new to India.

You are Kailash/ Kiran, living at 22, Kailasnagar, Kolkata. Write a letter to your friend, Frenny, who has fractured
her leg when she fell down on a broken pavement though it was a newly constructed pavement.
OR
You are Kailash/ Kiran, living at 22, Kailasnagar, Kolkata. Write a letter to the Municipal Commissioner
describing the poor condition of the newly constructed pavements which were constructed at a high cost.

Ans. .

Q.6 (A) Information Transfer : Attempt any one of the following activities. (5)

(A1) Non-Verbal to Verbal :

 Write a paragraph of 100 words based on the informationgiven in the following table and give a suitable title for
it.

Ans. Trees like mahogany, rosewood, ironwood and oil palm thrive in the equatorial evergreen forests. They are also
home to different species of monkeys, snakes, lizards and bats. Marshes are large expanses of wetlands
where mangroves and creepers flourish well. Marshes support a wide variety of insect species and flies.
Reptiles like snakes and crocodiles are also found here. [**Please note that tsetse flies are found only in Sub-
Saharan
African regions. Tall trees don’t grow in marshes.]

OR

(A2) Verbal to Non-verbal :

Mr. Sarfare was checking his expenses and incomes and this is what he found. He earns Rs. 50,000 a month.
25% of his salary is on house rent. His family eats a lot of fruits and vegetables. Almost 20% of his salary is
spent on that. His office is far but he travels by the first class local. He spends 8% on office travel and another
5% on holidays when he visits friends and relatives. His phone bills come to another 5%. His daughter’s school
fees are high and nearly 15% is spent on that every month. Other household expenses come to 10% of his
salary. Whatever remains is his savings. (Draw a pie chart)

Ans. .

(B) View/Counterviews (or) Drafting a speech : Attempt any one of the activities. (5)

(B1) View/Counterviews :

Play is very essential for a child. Indian children must play every day.

Ans. .

OR

(B2) Drafting a speech :

Jai jawan !
[soldiers make our country safe – fight while we enjoy the luxuries of life – away from family – face many
dangers – always ready for battle – ready to face death for his country – role model]

Ans. .

SECTION VI: CREATIVE WRITING

Q7 Expansion or News Report : Attempt any one of the following activities.

(A)

(A1) Expansion of theme (5)

 Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.”
― Steve Jobs

Ans. .

OR

(A2) News Report based on the given headline:

India awaits election results.

Ans. .

(B) Story or Narrating an experience : Attempt any one of the following activities.

(B1) Writing a story : (5)

Developing a story

Develop a story in about 80-100 words beginning with the following. Give a suitable title.
One afternoon while I was returning from school I happened to see.................................

Ans.

OR

(B2) Narrating an experience :

Narrate an experience in about 80 - 100 words with the help of the following beginning. Suggest a suitable title
for it.
Final exams were going on In the morning , I was waiting at the bus stop when ..............................................

Ans. .