MODEL QUESTION PAPER — 3 ENGLISH KUMARBHARATI ‘Time: 3 Hours ‘Total Marks: 80 Qu Q2 w an ii, iii, vie (a2) iti. iv. ®) (A) (an Do as Directed (Attempt Any 4): [04 Marks} Write two compound words of your own. a) Make a meaningful sentence by using the following word: a) ‘flee’ Spot the error and rewrite the correct sentence: qa) He is convinced that time travel has po: Identify the type of sentence based on its form: qa) Can you cook? ‘Complete the given Word chain of Nouns: a help, : . Arrange the following words in alphabetical order: a present, preamble, pretext, pretence Do as Directed (Attempt Any 2): [04 Marks] Make two sentences of your own to show difference of Homograph. @) ‘object’ Change the given sentence into Present Continuous Tense: @) Thad the notes at my waist. Rewrite the sentences in Indirect Speech: (2) a, “Emust hear him and see him,” the boy repeated. b. “I'd like to understand music so that I could understand Bach,” I said. Change the Voice: @ Panic seized me. Do as Directed (Attempt Any 1): [02 Marks Underline the Modal Auxiliary and state its function: Q It would be nice to go to the concert Rewrite as a Simple sentence: @ The International Union for Conservation of Nature developed similar goals and presented them at the United Nations conference. Section II: Textual Passages (Reading Skills, Vocabulary, Grammar) Read the following passage and do the activities. [10 Marks Write who said the following sentences to whom. @ “It proves everything!” ii, “No, of course not.”i T English Kumarbharati ead him this was one of my favourite songs, something I had heard hundreds of umes, so it didn’ really prove anything. “Nonsense!” said Einstein, “It proves eve ‘hing! Do you remember your fist arithmetic lesson in school? Suppose, at your very first contact with frumbers, your teacher had otdered you to work out a problem in, say, long division or fractions. Could you have done it?” “No, of course not.” “Exactly! I's like learning maths. You have to lear addition and subtraction in order to do multiplication and divisign, Now 1m Playing something a little more advanced.” It was John McCormack singing The TumPeter. “Sing that back", he ordered. And we went on from level to higher level unti he was playing just music without words. T was amazed that this great man Was paying complete attention to me so that | could learn something new. It was as if I was the most * Person in his world. Suddenly, he got up and tuned off the gramophone. “Now xpuns man,” he said, “We're ready to listen to Bach.” We went down and sat in the hall. ‘lust allow yourself to listen”, he said, “that's all there is to it.” | have heard that piece Bhany times since that day. But am never alone. I am sitting beside a small man with a shock of untidy hair and a pipe in his mouth. He has eyes that are unusually warm. When the Mt age ended, I too was able to clap-sincerely. Our hostess came towards us, We both stood up. (A2) Fillin the web diagram with the descriptions that the writer uses for Einstein, Q) mee Ce eS for Einstein CS (A3)_ Use the following words/phrases to make mea igful sentences. 2 i totum off ii, amazed (A4) Do asa Directed: @ i, Do you remember your first arithmetic lesson in school? (Rewrite as an Assertive sentence) fi, Our hostess came towards us. We both stood up. (Join the two sentences with the help of a conjunction) (AS) Suppose you were in place of the narrator, how would you feel if Einstein took the effort to help you appreciate Bach? @) (B) Read the following passage and do the activities. [10 Marks} (B1) Fill in the blanks with appropriate words from the extract, e i, Hemingway worked for the during the First World War ii, The relation between the old man and __is heart-warming, The desperately fights for its life iv. The novel's main characters stand for the same ideals, that is, a noble struggle against Hemingway's novel is based on real events and it also draws heavily on his own life. He had experience of fishing in the Cuban waters and like the old 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,Q3 (62) (83) (64) ii, (BS) (A) (al SSC 54 Question Papers and Activity Shee when people were trying to recover from the mass destruction wrought by the two 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. My Thoughts: | first read this novel years ago, when I did not understand it at all and was left ‘unimpressed, In spite of this a vivid image remained with me ~ an old man holding on to his fishing line with the last of his strength. Recently I read this book again and was extremely moved. The formidable strength of the old man’s character, the quiet devotion of the empathetic Manolin and the relationship between the two are heartwarming. Hemingway’s descriptions of the sea and the creatures of the water are beautiful. The marlin fights for its life desperately and it’s hard to know whether our sympathies should lie with the old man or with the marlin, But as the novel progresses the old man and the are inseparably linked because both stand for the same ideals, that is, a noble struggle against destruction. List the similarities in the character of Hemingway and the old man in the novel. Match the words in column ‘A’ with its antonyms in column ‘B? and rewrite. | ii [b. | reat |e. triumph Ld. | fictitious Do as Directed: His story becomes one of triumph because the tales of his life death. (Ident vill live on even after his and analyse the Clauses) The novel was published in 1952. (Change the Voice) Which is the most recent book you have read? State the reasons why you liked the book. ) Read the follow State whether the following statements are True or False. Correct the False statements. A person’s words must stem from lies and deceit. ‘The creator must direct out minds towards liberated thoughts and actions. ‘Where the world has not been broken up into fragments By narrow domestic walls Where words come out from the depth of truth Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way Into the dreary desert sand of dead habit Where the mind is led forward by Thee Into ever-widening thought and action Into that heaven of freedom, my Father, let my country awake. ‘Complete the following sentences by choosing the correct alterna Narrow minded thoughts . (A) create misunderstandings (B) multiply tears (©) divide people ‘The poet dreams of a nation where tireless striving leads to (A) succession (B) progression (©) perfeetion @ @ @) Q) g extract and do the activities, [05 Marks} Q) Q)T English Kumarbharati (A3) Tdentify and explain any one Figure of Speech in the line: qa ‘Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way” (B) Read the following poem and writ fe an appreciation of it with the help of the given points in paragraph format. [05 Marks} When God at first made Man, Having a glass of blessings standing by; Let us (said He) “pour on him all we ean Let the worlds riches, which dispersed lie, Contract into a span, So strength first made a way; ‘Then beauty flow'd, then wisdom, honour, pleasure: When almost all was out, God made a stay. Perceiving that alone of all His treasures Rest in the bottom lay. For if I should (said He) Bestow this jewel also on my creature, He would adore my gifis instead of me, And rest in Nature, not the God of Nature. So both should losers be. Yet let him keep the rest, But keep them with repining restlessness: Let him be rich and weary, thatat last, If goodness lead him not, yet weariness May toss him to my breast ~ George Herbert ‘You can use the following poi s for writing the appreciation of the given poem, i, Title “~ ii, Poet ” Rhyme scheme a Figures of Speech a vv. Theme/central idea (At least 2 to 3 lines) @) assages and Summary) ) Q4 (A) Read the following passage and do the activities. {10 Marks} (A1) State whether the following statements are True or False. Cor i, A catisa very faithful friend. ii, The cruel man is merciful to his beast ‘ect the False statements. (2) ‘Most of us are fond of pets, and it would be hard to find a boy or girl who didn't want either a dog or a kitten. It is a small wonder, for a dog is a very faithful friend, and anything more delightful than a tiny, fluffy kitten, full of fun and spirits, it would be hard to find. But sometimes these pets do not have a very easy time of it. Only a few days ago, we sav’ a litle boy out on the sidewalk with his kitten, He was enjoying himself, but the kitten wasn’t, for he would pick it up and throw it across the yard, tll the poor kitten mewed pitifully. Now, if we are going to have pets, we ought to leam to treat them well, ust as we would wish to be treated ourselves. We may think, perhaps, that our dog belongs to us, and for that reason we can do with him just as we please. But do we ever stop to consider that the pets may not enjoy being kicked and beaten and pulled about any more than we would if we were in their place? ‘That is something we must think aboutT SSC 54 Question Papers and Activity Shee We might have been born helpless, in the power of other and larger creatures. But it has pleased our Father to make us what we are, and to give us the power over his other creatures, and for that reason we should be very kind and gentle with them. He wishes us to be merciful, and so we have his promise that those who are merciful shall have mercy shown on them, if ever they come to be in need of it. And then, that it may be very plain to us, he tells us that “the merciful man is merciful to his beast.” This means that man is kind and gentle to all the creatures that he has anything to do with — to his horse and his cow, to his dog, and even to the tiny kitten that ties itself up into a ball, chasing its own tail, Isn't this promise worth trying for? (A2) Give reasons for the following: @ The poor kitten was mewing pitifully. We should be kind and gentle towards other animals. Write the antonyms of the following from the extract: @ unfaithful ii, huge iii, helpful iv. harsh (A4) Do as Directed: Q i, If we are going to have pets, we ought to lear to treat them well. (Identify and analyse the Clauses) ii, We might have been bom helpless. (Pick out the Modal Auxiliary and state its function) (AS) Do you own a pet? How has your pet changed your life? @ (B)_ Write a summary of the passage given in Q.4 (A) and suggest a suitable title for it, anna 105 Marks Writing Skills : Attempt any one of the following activ’ as [05 Marks’ You are Kavin/Kavita Ghadge, staying at A-705, Lay-Kush Apartments, Sector 3, Airoli, Navi Mumbai - 400 709. Your locality has been facing continuous power cuts in the evening for the past two weeks and your Semester exams are right around the comer. Informal Letter 2. Formal Letter Write a letter to your Aunt Priyanka, who Write a letter to the Grievance Redressal stays in Mumbai requesting her to let you Officer at Maharashtra State Electricity stay at her place, so that you can study for Board to request them for a solution for your exams, or| thesame ‘The Grievance Redressal Officer, Maharashtra State Electricity Board, Sector 2, Airoli, Navi Mumbai ~ 400708 Q.6 (A) Information Transfer: Attempt any one of the following a [05 Marks} (Al) Non-verbal to Verbal Write a paragraph based on the following pie chart. Government Expenditure TH ssseres BB coorey Transport m% A industies EF Tectmology and [ES] uct Development [Dy FeononeServees Bl tertcuture2 — 7 English Kumarbharati OR (A2) Verbal to Non-verbal Read the following passage and make a flowchart based on it. Before superhero blockbusters and animated comedies, filmmakers were lucky if they could get a horse to successfully gallop across the screen. Edward Muybridge invented one of the first movie projectors, the zooptaxiscope. The zoopraxiscope rotated images on a disc very quickly so that figures appeared to be moving, Muybridge’s most famous zoopraxiscope film, featured a horse running in one direction. Soon, movies were everywhere, Filmmakers had not figured out how to add sound yet, but their silent movies were big hits with the public. Audience members often enjoyed live musical accompaniment or commentary from film hosts. The popularity of movies prompted some big changes from even more inventors and filmmakers. Humorous Phases of Funny Faces (1906) was a short film that featured several chalkboard characters coming to life. By 1923, movie makers figured out how to add sound to films. In less than a decade, almost every film produced was a “talkie”. Filmmakers still had ‘one more hurdle to jump in their quest to make movies move closer to reality: most movies were still completely filmed in black-and-white. While early experiments with colour and film had existed since the late 19th century, it was not until Metto-Goldwyn-Mayer’s The Wizard of Oz that colour motion pictures became wildly popular that colour film was taken seriously. Today, DVDs, Blu-ray discs, and online streaming allow the movie experience to be enjoyed from the comforts of bedrooms, offices, and even airplanes. (B) Speech Writing/View-Count (BD) Speech Writing Prepare a speech to be delivered on the theme, ‘Children being part of television shows is also a form of child labour’. You can use the following points: ‘view: Attempt any one of the following activities:- (05 Marks} * Parents encourage their children to participate in stage shows, serials, ete. Children are deprived of a proper childhood, Earning income for the family at the cost of education is also child labour Children’s participation in television shows puts pressure on them. OR (B2)_ View Counterview Write a paragraph on your Views regarding “Importance of Teachers in the Digital Age’. Counterview © Teachers, being human, are limited in their scope of knowledge + There are no limits when we are studying online © The internet gives us all the information we need Q.7 (A) Expand the theme/News Report: Attempt any one of the following activities:- 105 Marks} (Al) Expand the Theme Expand the following proverb: ‘Neither A Borrower Nor A Lender Be? oR (A2)_ News Report Taking inspiration from the recently concluded *Gateway Literature Festival’ in Mumbai, the Youth Association in your locality conducted a ‘Regional Literature Festival’, Write a report for your local newspaper outlining this event with the headline “A Chance to Revel in Native Literature’«B) (Bl) (B2) A T ‘SSC 54 Question Papers and Activity She Developing a story/Narrating an experience: Attempt any one of the following activitics:~ 105 Marks Develop a story in about 80 to 100 words including a suitable tile, with the following endings “The king realised his mistake and vowed before his people never to be vain thereafter.” OR Narrate your experience of the farewell party organised by 10 students based on the following beginning. “The destination of this journey that we began from kindergarten is not far away now ur school for all the class