Std.10th First Unit English Test Paper

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Std.10th First Unit English Test Paper

Std. X. Sub. English Marks 40

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LANGUAGE STUDY (10 Marks)

Q.1 A) Do as directed. (Attempt any four) (08)

1) Complete the following words by using correct letters. (02)

i) att _ ck 2) h _ mble 3) par _ el 4) gr _ cer

2) Put the words in alphabetical order. (02)

i) promise, curious, rubric, distress

ii) wisdom, within, winter, window

3) Punctuate the following sentences. (02)

i) i havent even received my regular pay

ii) have you studied that he asked me

4) Make four words (minimum of 3 letters each) using the letters in the word. (02)

Encouragement

5) Write the related words as shown in the example. (02

6) Complete the word chain of ‘ nouns.’ Add four words beginning with the last letter of

the previous word. (2)

Story i) ……………. 2)…………….. 3)………………… 4)………………

B) Do as directed. (02)

1) Attempt anyone: (01)

a) Make a meaningful sentence by using the phrase ‘in front of’

b) Add a clause to the following sentence to expand it meaningfully.

This is my school………………………………….

2) Attempt anyone: (01)

a) Add a prefix or suffix to make new words.

i) happy………………… ii) thought………………….

b) Make a meaningful sentence using any one of the following words.

i) happy ii) thought

Section II (Textual Passage) (10 Marks)

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

A1 Choose the correct alternative.
i) Our goals should be —
a) imaginary b) high c) impossible d) realistic

ii) One should choose a ——– area for improvement.
a) broad b) specific c) classic d) narrow

iii) Life is something like —
a) a piano b) a drum c) a trumpet d) a flute

iv) While playing ——- one’s exact role and position has to be clearly defined.
a) football b) cricket c) hockey d) badminton

SMART goals are a methodology of thinking that helps people reach success. SMART stands for specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and time-bound.

SMART goals have a specific rubric:

Specific: Involves identifying a specific area for improvement. The more specific
the area, the more refined the achievement of one’s goal can be. It makes it easier to set parameters and work towards the goal. For example, if it is building a house, what exactly is the capacity required and how long can it stretch?
Measurable: Quantifying goals provides specific ways to track progress against goals. This makes it easy to benchmark performance throughout the goal period, including areas to improve. While playing football, one’s exact role and position has to be clearly defined.
Achievable: Setting goals that can be completed in the designated period of time. Often these goals may act like stepping stones to help meet broader goals that further define a career. As students, we can’t become a President, a Prime Minister, but can hope to reach those heights in future.
Realistic: It is important to create goals that are within one’s current skill set or area of expertise. Building expertise takes time, so expecting to become an expert in a short amount of time is unrealistic. Being realistic will make it easy to be successful at attaining goals. If defensive and not aggressive, the goal perhaps lacks realism. We must have the clear picture in mind and must have the ability to adhere to that picture.

A2. Complete the web. (2 Marks)

A3. Match the synonyms. (2 Marks

Column ‘A’

Column ‘B’

rubric
benchmark
defensive
adhere

a) bind

b) justificative

c) a guideline or a heading

d) standard by which something can be measured

A4. Do as directed. (2 Marks)

i) We can’t become a President or a Prime Minister.
(Rewrite the sentence by using ‘unable to’)

ii) Quantifying goals provide specific ways to track progress against goals.
(Choose correct ‘tail tag’)
a) doesn’t it? b) don’t they? c) aren’t they?

A5. What according to you are the important things to be successful in life? (2 Marks)

Section III (Poetry) (5 Marks)

3. A) Read the following stanza and do the activities.

A1. Choose correct alternative and complete the given sentences. (2 Marks)

i) The villagers go to the ____________ for working. (temple / city)
ii) The child wants ____________ of moonlight. (basketful / bucketful)
iii) The child wants to ____________ the seeds. (grow / sow)
iv) The route of the village is ____________. (tough / hard)

O moon,
give me moonlight,
basketfull or two baskets full,
with seeds of moonlight.

From the city to my village,
on the sides of the path
I want to sow many,
small, small moons of light.
The whole village goes to the city
daily to work.

It becomes dark on its way back
as my village is quite far.
The route is tough and full of
snakes and scorpions.
Neither bus nor cart plies.
When my father returns home
I am asleep

And he goes back early in the morning
while I am sleeping.

A2 Complete the following web. (2 Marks)

A3 Write down the describing words for the following nouns. (1 Mark)

i) ____________ village
ii) ____________ moons

Section IV (Non-Textual Passage) (5 Marks)

4. Read the following passage and write a summary of it. Suggest a suitable title to the summary.

P. V. Sindhu is an ace shuttler and silver medallist at the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics. This young badminton player from Andhra Pradesh was born to volleyball players P. V. Ramana and P. Vijaya in the year 1995. Her father was honoured with the Arjuna Award for having displayed excellence in his sport. She has an elder sister P. V. Divya who is a national-level handball player.

P. V. Sindhu began playing badminton from the early age of eight. Pullela Gopichand was her inspiration, and later, she joined his Indian International Badminton Academy in Hyderabad. She used to travel more than 50 kilometres every day to get to her training centre in Hyderabad. Despite this, she was never late for training — a reflection of her willingness to fulfill her desire to be a good badminton player with the required hard work and commitment.

She won her first bronze medal in 2009 and later many other medals, including the gold and the silver. She was awarded the Padma Shri in 2015 for winning a medal at the World Championship. One of the youngest and most talented badminton players of the contemporary times, Sindhu has featured in the top 10 in world badminton rankings for the most part of 2014.

5. A) Letter writing:

A1 OR A2
Do any one of the following.

Imagine you are Amar/Amita Joshi, A/21, Kalpak Society, Vijapur Road, Solapur. 413005. Now, attempt any one of the following letters after reading the advertisement.

BLOOD DONATION CAMP

IT’S SAFE, IT’S SIMPLE AND IT’S LIFE SAVER
Please support the initiative

Date: 15th August 2023
Time: 10.00 am to 5.00 pm
Venue: Indradhanush Old Age Home, Ramwadi, Dist. Latur
Organised by: Bhaldchandra Blood Bank, Patange Road, Ramwadi

Benefits of blood donation –

Reduces the chance of heart attacks
Enhances the production of new blood cells
Improves overall health

Other Attractions:

Free blood tests for sugar
Free consultation for underweight people
Free gift after donating the blood

A1) Informal Letter: OR A2) Formal Letter:

Write a letter to your uncle telling him about the camp. Encourage him to donate blood by telling him benefits of blood donation. You may add your own points.

Write a letter to the Incharge of the camp requesting him/her to organize a blood donation camp in your area. You may add your own points.

Q.5B)Dialogue writing

a) Prepare a dialogue from the jumbled sentences.

Because it develops my imagination and concentration.
Playing chess is my favourite pastime.
What is your favourite pastime?
Why do you play chess?

b) Complete the dialogue.
Ajay: Do you think nature plays different role in our life?
Vijay: ____________
Ajay: But what are the roles of nature in our life?
Vijay: ____________

c) Write a dialogue of minimum six meaningful exchanges on ‘Importance of nature’ in our life between two friends.