Sample Paper – 2010
Class – X
Subject – ENGLISH COMMUNICATIVE
MARKS: 50
1. As Secretary of the Arts Club of A.B.C. School, you are organizing a Drawing and Painting camp. Write a notice informing the students of the camp and inviting them to register for the same. Give all the necessary details. (5 Marks)
2. You read about the various uses of laser. Write an article about the advantages of laser in various fields of life in about 150 – 175 words. You may use the ideas in the unit “Science”. (10 Marks)
3. Fill in the following blanks with suitable words to complete the conditional structures correctly. (6 Marks)
(a) ------you work hard you cannot succeed. If I (b) ------you, I would surely work hard and become rich and famous. We must remember that (c) ------“there is a will, there is a way”. “I agree with you. But if I (d) ------as lucky as you are, I (e) ------succeeded. In fact, I am not lucky at all”. “This is wrong. If you ask me, there (f) ------nothing which can be called luck”.
4. Each sentence below contains one error related to comparison. Underline the error and write the correct word in your answer sheet. (5 Marks)
Mumbai is the bigger town in India eg. Bigger - biggest
Australia is the larger island in the world. a. ------
A wise enemy is best than a foolish friend. b. ------
Hunger is the better sauce. c. ------
Very few countries are as richer as America. d. ------
No other man is as stronger as Atul. e. ------
Shakespeare is greatest than any other English poet. f. ------
No other exercise is as healthier as swimming. g. ------
Hyderabad is more cooler than Bangalore. h. ------
No other metal is as heavier as lead. i. ------
Ashoka was one of the greater of kings k. ------
5. The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in each line. Write the incorrect word and the correction in your answer sheet. (4 Marks)
My cat Tugger be the toughest animal I know. Eg. be - is
He has survived much close calls. Three years ago, a. ------
he were caught inside a car’s engine. His right ear b. ------
was torn off when he lost the sight in one eye. We were c. ------
surprised that he lived from the accident. Within d. ------
weeks she was back to normal. Then last year again e. ------
we were worry that we would lose Tugger, f. ------
Lumps that grew on his back was operated upon by g. ------
the vet. Now we know Tugger do have nine lives. h. ------
6. Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:-
Each morning it is her face that replaces the darkness.
In me she had drowned a young girl, and in me an old woman
Rises toward her day after day, like a terrible fish.
a. What replaces the darkness each morning? (1 Mark)
b. Why is ‘an old woman’ compared to a terrible fish? (2Marks)
7. Scrooge: Merry Christmas indeed! What right has you to be merry? You’re poor enough.
Fred: What right has you to be dismal? You’re rich enough.
a. Who is Fred? What does he want from Scrooge? (2 Marks)
b. What light does this dialogue throw on the character of Scrooge (2Marks)
8. Give two instances from the play, “The Christmas Carol” to bring out the fact that Scrooge was a cruel miser. Answer the following in 50-75 words (4 Marks)
9. What are the shadows shown by the first ghost in the play, “The Christmas Carol”? Answer the following in 50-75 words (5Marks)
10. What are the personal qualities the mirror claims to possess? (4 Marks)
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