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    The document is a test paper for Class 10 English. It contains 4 sections - Reading Comprehension, Writing, Grammar, and Textbook Questions. The Reading Comprehension passage is about a small man who enters a house during a Holi party uninvited. The host welcomes him in. The man realizes he doesn't know anyone at the party and is just there to find someone whose car was blocking his driveway. The Writing section asks students to write a short story based on an outline and include a title and moral. The Grammar questions test verb forms, changing sentences to indirect speech and passive voice. The Textbook section contains comprehension questions about a passage describing a house on

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    The document is a test paper for Class 10 English. It contains 4 sections - Reading Comprehension, Writing, Grammar, and Textbook Questions. The Reading Comprehension passage is about a small man who enters a house during a Holi party uninvited. The host welcomes him in. The man realizes he doesn't know anyone at the party and is just there to find someone whose car was blocking his driveway. The Writing section asks students to write a short story based on an outline and include a title and moral. The Grammar questions test verb forms, changing sentences to indirect speech and passive voice. The Textbook section contains comprehension questions about a passage describing a house on

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    ADITYA INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, KOTPUTLI

    Pre Board Series-1 (2023-24)


    Subject: English
    Class: X
    Time: 1.30 Hours. M.M. 40
    Name: ________________ Roll No____________

    SECTION – A
    (READING)

    1. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow : (2×5)

    It was Holi, the festival of colours and gaiety, and there was a big party in the house. Guests
    came and went but the party continued. Then the bell rang. Several people shouted, “Come in
    !” and a small man opened the front door and came in. Nobody knew him, but the host went
    to meet him and took him in. The man sat there happily for half an hour and ate. Then
    suddenly he stopped and looked at the host. “Do you know?” ,he said, “Nobody invited me to
    the party. I don’t know you. I don’t know your wife and I don’t know any of your guests. My
    wife and I wanted to go out in our car, but one of your guests’ car was in front of our gate, so
    I came here to find him and my wife is waiting in our car for me to come back!”

    (i) What was going on in the house?


    (ii) What did the host do when the small man entered the house?
    (iii) Who invited the small man to the party?
    (iv) Where was the small man’s wife while he was in the house? 1
    (v) Find words in the passage which mean -
    (a) cried loudly (b) a person who attends the guests

    SECTION-B
    (WRITING)

    3. Write a story with the help of given outlines in about 80 words. Give the title and
    moral to it. (1×4)

    A good boy ................. falls in bad company....................... disobeys............ father advises to


    shun...................... all in vain................... decides to teach a lesson....................... brings
    apples.......................... puts them in almirah............................. notices one rotten
    apple..................... next day all apples rotten......................... teaches a lesson.

    OR

    A capseller .................. sells caps .................. He falls asleep ......... monkeys on the
    tree ................. takes caps. ............. Capseller awakes ........................ missing caps ..............
    each monkey wears cap. ............... Capseller ....................... throws his cap .................
    collects caps. ..... Capseller ……………. happy ……………… goes away.
    SECTION-C
    (GRAMMAR)

    5. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verbs given in the brackets. (1×4)
    (i) The movement of the earth on its axis…………day and night. (cause)
    (ii) The carpenter ……….the new furniture for my shop last year. (prepare)
    (iii) Nobody will leave the hall if the policemen………. . (not allow)
    (iv) Himanshu ………up the water bottle when the school bell rang. (fill)

    6. Change the following sentences into indirect speech: (1×2)


    (i) Narendra said to his neighbour, “Where is your new car?”
    (ii) The begger said to me, “I am very hungry.”

    7. Change the following sentences into passive voice : (1×2)


    (i) We flew kites.
    (ii) Shushma is preparing tea.

    8. (i) Frame question of the following sentence: (1×2)


    How ......................................................?
    I crossed the river by boat.
    (ii) Add Question Tag to the statement given below.
    Mohan will go to school........................?

    SECTION-D
    (TEXT BOOK)

    9. Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow: (2×4)

    The house–the only house in the entire valley– sat at the crest of a low hill. From this height
    one could see the river and the field of ripe corn dotted with the flowers that always promised
    a good harvest. The only thing the earth needed was a downpour or at least a shower.
    Throughout the morning Lencho who knew his fields intimately–had done nothing else but
    see the sky towards the north east.

    (i) How many houses were there in the valley?


    (ii) What things were visible from this height?
    (iii) What did the field of ripe corn need?
    (Iv) Write the word from the passage which means ‘the top part of a hill’.

    10. Answer any four of the following questions in about 30-40 words: (2×4)
    (i) Why does Anne want to keep a diary?
    (ii) How was Mij transported to England?
    (iii) What group of animals do otters belong to?
    (iv) What was Valli’s favourite pastime?
    (v) What did Valli see on her way that made her laugh?
    (vi) What are compulsive habits?

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