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1. Reading Skill 07
2. Writing Skill 13
3. Grammar 10
4. Literature and Supplementary Reading 20
Total 50

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Section A
Prose : Comprehension Passage 4(4)
Prose : Textual Questions 6(3)

Section B
Poetry : Textual Questions 4(2)
Figures of Speech 2(2)
Supplementary : Textual Questions 4(2)

Section C
Fill in the Blanks (Vocabulary) / Rectification of Errors 2(4)
Puntuate the paragraph (comma, semicolon, colon, full stop, exclamation mark,
question mark, apostrophe, quotes, double quotes, hyphen, ellipsis) 2(4)
Direct - Indirect (Paragraph) 2(1)
Do as Directed (Transformation of Sentences) 4(4)

Section D
Prose Comprehension (Unseen) 4(4)
Diary Writing / Dialogue Writing 3(1)
Advertisment / Notice Writing 3(1)

Section E
Letter / Email Writing (Formal / Informal) 4(1)
Essay Writing / Story Writing 6(1)

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SECTION : A
1. Read the following passage and select the appropriate answer for the
questions given below it: [04]
Laboriously, with a double cotton, the little girl stitched three sides. But what to
fill it with? That was the question. The grandmother was out in the garden, and
she wandered into Mother’s bedroom to look for scraps. On the bed-table she
discovered a great many sheets of fine paper, gathered them up, tore them into
tiny pieces, and stuffed her case, then sewed up the fourth side.
That night there was a hue and cry in the house. Father’s great speech for the
Port Authority had been lost. Rooms were searched; servants questioned. Finally,
Mother came into Kezia’s room. “Kezia, I suppose you didn’t see some papers on
a table in our room?” “Oh yes,” she said, “I tore them up for my surprise.” “What!”
screamed Mother. “Come straight down to the dining-room this instant.”
A. Kezia knew very well that the papers on the table were important papers for her
father.
(i) The statement is True [ ]
(ii) The statement is False [ ]
B. ________ told Kezia that a gift to father would be very appropriate.
(a) Mother (b) Alice (c) Grandmother (d) Mr. Macdonald
C. Find the odd one out: Kezia’s Surprise gift
(a) double cotton (b) three sides (c) Port Authority [d] case
D. “Come straight down to the dining-room this instant.”
(i) Mother wanted to inform father of what had happened to the papers.
(ii) Mother wanted to punish her in father’s presence.
(iii) Kezia had to be questioned about the papers.
(iv) Kezia had no idea what was going to happen.
Identify the combination of correct statements
(a) i, iii, iv (b) i & ii (c) i & iii (d) i, ii, iii, iv
2 Answer the questions in five to six sentences each: [06]
A. What did Margie write in her diary?
B. Why did Einstein write a letter to Franklin Roosevelt?
C. What two “important’ and “earth-shaking” decisions did the doctor take while he
was looking into the mirror?

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SECTION : B
3. Answer the questions in four to five sentences each : [04]
A. What should we do to make friends with the wind?
B. What does the poet like to do when it rains?
4. Choose the correct figures of speech in the following lines : [02]
A. I will arise and go now, for always night and day –
(a) Antithesis (b) Repetition (c) Alliteration (d) Metaphor
B. In leaves no step had trodden black.
(a) Euphemism (b) Personification
(c) Synecdoche (d) Transferred Epithet
5. Answer the questions in five to six sentences each : [04]
A. How does Iswaran narrate the story of the tusker? Does it appear to be plausible?
B. How does the guru manage to save his disciple’s life?

SECTION : C
6. Rectify the errors in the passage. [02]
Errors Corrections
India’s higher civilian award (a) ___________ __________
is the Bharat Ratna. With the converted (b) ___________ __________
award, his eyes glinting with rate happiness (c) ___________ __________
he said, “Teacher your children music.” (d) ___________ __________
7. Punctuate the following passage. [02]
May be he said nonchalantly. He walked away whistling the dusty old book tucked
beneath his arm.
8. Convert the following into indirect speech. [02]
Margie looked up. “Not yet, Mamma.”
“Now!” said Mrs Jones. “And it’s probably time for Tommy, too.”
9. Do as directed [04]
A. Margie was scornful. [Make it Exclamatory]
B. “You just go to sleep, child.” [Make it Negative]
C. Men with bushy beards give me trouble. [Begin with ‘I’]
D. The wind God seemed to have taken time off. [Begin with ‘Did...’]

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SECTION : D
10. Comprehend the following and answer the given questions [04]
I think to be educated is to be aware. Aware of oneself, one’s realities, one’s potential.
And such awareness is only possible is we are embedded in our social context.
This aware person, I think, will manifest into a balanced human being who is
courageous and committed in spirit, is curious and critical in thought and is creative
and caring in action.
To me this represents the purpose and outcome of good education. How do we,
as teachers, help children learn that inward and personal growth is directly linked
to the outward development of one’s surroundings. How do we build schools where
each individual’s progress is linked to the collective good, thus discovering the key
to widespread social development of our country? How do we develop ways of
knowing how we are doing as schools, as textbook makers, and the education
system as a whole? On turning our focus on how we make learning really happen,
not just for some or more privileged but for all our children.

A. How does education make a person aware ?

B. What is an individual’s progress linked to?
C. State the characteristics of a balanced human being.
D. Which factors are necessary for making learning process possible?
11. You have registered for a Personality Development program for three days.
Every day you are learning a lot of things and meeting new people. Write
a diary entries on it. Minimum three entries required. [03]
12. For the new academic year students of high school have to be categorized into
four different groups. These groups are named and decided on four different interests.
Write a notice inviting students to submit their interest and selection of
groups. [03]

SECTION : E
13. Write a letter to your class teacher requesting him/her to grant you leave for 10
days for the purpose of attending your sister’s marriage. [04]
14. Write an essay on any one topic in about 150 words: [06]
A. Computer - A Useful Device
[Introduction - advantages of computer - demand of new age - careful use -
conclusion]
B. Pollution
[What is it - types - disadvantages - saving environment - conclusion]