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 10th English – WTS MODEL QUESTION PAPERS 1

QUARTERLY MODEL QUESTION PAPER – (2019-2020)
ENGLISH PAPER - II
Time allowed: 15 mins + 2.30 Hrs Maximum marks: 100
PART - I
Answer all the questions. 14× 1 = 14
SECTION - A
i) Choose the most suitable answer from the given four alternatives and write the option code
and the corresponding answer. (7× 1 = 7)
1. Ariel tormented an ugly monster called ______.
a) Caliban b) Prospero c) Miranda d) Sycorax
2. The ______ sliced through all the T.V. aerials in the neighbourhood.
a) bow and arrow b) sword c) boomerang d) electric saw

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3. The story of Mulan is based on the legend of ______.
a) Hua Mulan b) Joan of Arc c) Zenobia d) Hawaii

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4. The emperor gave Mulan _______.
a) six horses and six swords b) a death sentence

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c) gold d) six camels

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5. Mrs. Krishnan was a ______.
a) talented artist b) Dentist c) skilled pianist d) efficient cook
6. ______ raised a dreadful storm.
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a) Ariel b) Prospero c) Miranda d) sycorax
7. ______ was the first who leaped into the sea.
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a) Antonio b) Ferdinand c) Prospero d) Gonzalo
SECTION – B
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i) Read the given lines carefully and identify the Character/Speaker. (7× 1 = 7)
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8. I will tie your neck and feet together.

a) Sycorax b) Ariel c) Miranda d) Prospero
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9. Poor souls! They will perish.

a) Prospero b) Miranda c) Gonzalo d) Ferdinand
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10. Come in zigzag, come in dear!

a) Dr. Krishnan b) Maya c) Visu d) Aravind
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11. Even though I clearly said no!

a) Dr. Krishnan b) Maya c) Visu d) Aravind
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12. Don’t swing on the curtain.

a) Dr. Krishnan b) Maya c) Zigzag d) Aravind
13. The General is a woman?
a) Mulan b) Soldiers c) The Emperor d) father
14. You are too kind sir.
a) Mulan b) Soldiers c) The Emperor d) father
PART - II
Question no. 28 is compulsory. 10× 2=20
SECTION - A
i) Answer any five of the following in one or two sentences. (5×2=10)
15. What is an Advertisement?
16. Mention any two features to make an advertisement attractive.

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17. What are the aspects of a report?
18. Write any two points to be kept in mind while drafting a speech.
19. Name the two types of letters.
20. What is a Slogan?
21. Match the Slogan.
1. One for all and all for one - Save water
2. It takes a lot of blue to stay green - Unity
SECTION - B
i) Answer any five of the following in one or two sentences. (5×2=10)
22. Write two slogans for creating awareness on Saving Water.
23. Match the following expressions with their appropriate functions.
Expressions Functions

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1. It’s up to you i. having contact with some one
2. Hang in there ii. decision making

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3. It slipped my mind iii. encouraging
4. Stay in touch iv. forgetting

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24. Expand the following news headlines.

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i) India wins medals at CWG.
ii) Southern Railway to run special trains.
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25. Complete the proverbs with the given options.
i) Knowledge is ______.
ii) ______ makes many things.
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[money, power, arrow]
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26. Complete the dialogue with two more exchanges.

Patient : May I come in?
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Doctor : Yes. What is your problem?

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27. Read the pie-chart carefully and write 28. A stranger wants to visit to the Tamil Nadu
any two inferences on House Rent of University. Help the stranger to reach
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some persons. his/her destination with the help of the given

road-map and write down the steps.
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PART - III
Question no. 42 is compulsory. 10× 5=50
SECTION - A
i) Answer any three of the following. (3×5=15)
29. Rearrange the following sentences in coherent order.
a. Ferdinand was the second human whom Miranda had seen after her father.
b. Prospero and Miranda came to an island and lived in a cave.
c. Prospero forgave them and restored his dukedom, Milan.
d. He raised a violent storm in the sea to wreck the ship of his enemies.
e. Prospero wanted to test Ferdinand and gave a severe task to perform.
30. Complete the following passage with suitable phrase from the options given below.
They ____ Lakshmi had apparently _____ the fan on which zigzag had let some ____. Half-
pecked fruit ___the fan, dampening even Lakshmi’s enthusiasm as a guava _____ her cheek.

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[landed on, froze in horror, streamed off, fruits and nuts, switched on]
31. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow.

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Many years ago, china was in the middle of a great war. The emperor said that one man from
each Chinese family must leave his family to join the army. Mulan, a teenage girl who lived in

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a faraway village of China, heard the news when she was outside, washing clothes.
Mulan ran into the house. Her father was sitting in a chair, carving a piece of wood. “Father”

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she said, “Did you hear what the Emperor says each family must do?”.“Yes” said her old
father, I heard about it in town. Well, I may as well go pack up”. He put down his carving,
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stood up and walked very slowly to his room.
Questions:
a. What was the condition of China?
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b. What did the Emperor say?
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c. Who heard the news?

d. What did Mulan ask her father?
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e. What did Mulan say?

32. Complete the following mind map.
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i) Prospero and his daughter were ________.

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ii) They survived with the help of ________.

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iii) Prospero released good sprits with his _________.

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iv) Among them ________ was the chief.

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v) Ariel raised the tempest to wreck the _________.
SECTION - B
i) Answer any seven of the following. (7×5=35)
33. Prepare an attractive advertisement using the hints given below.
School Fancy Fete - stalls - eatables - craft items - lucky dip - games - contests - entrance fee -
rupees 20/- per head - collections towards charity - come with family - friends.
34. You are the School Pupil Leader. You have been asked to write a report on the Inaugural
ceremony of English Literacy Association of your school which was held recently. Write a report
on the same in not more than 120 words.
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35. Write a Notice for your school’s Independence Day Celebration.
36. Draft a speech to welcome the chief guest on the Independence Day Celebration.
37. Make notes of the following passage.
Butterflies are found in gardens. They look very beautiful with all the colours of the rainbow.
There are about 50,000 different kinds of butterflies. They fly from flower to flower to suck
nectar. The feelers help the butterfly to find its way. The tube mouth helps it to suck nectar and
the tiny holes on the sides of its body help it to breathe. In the life cycle of the butterfly, there
are four stages-egg, larva, pupa and adult. The life span of the butterfly is very short. William
Wordsworth wrote a poem on the butterfly. He said that he could not tell whether it was
sleeping or feeding.
38. Write a summary of the following passage.
Qualities make a man great or small. Gandhiji had some qualities that made him great. These
qualities were truth, courage, promptness in action and an open mind. He wasn’t afraid to face

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difficulties. He had courage. He was also a great doer and not just a dreamer. He did what he
told others to do. The supreme virtue in his life was truth. His life was an encounter with truth.

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From his work, “My experiments with the truth” we know that he had to struggle a lot to be a
man of truth. He was open minded. He could laugh at himself. He always replied the letters of

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children. When a friend of his called him Mickey Mouse, because of his big ears, he just

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laughed.
39. You are disturbed by the loud speaker of your area. You are affected a lot. You are Arun/Aruna of
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class X, studying in GHSS, Trichy. Write an article to The Hindu in about 100 words expressing
your concern about the education of your area students.
40. Write an email in the appropriate format to your teacher about the interesting English model that
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you have prepared for the literary fest.
41. Describe the process of preparing your favourite dish.
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42. Look at the following picture and express your views on it in about five sentences.
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PART - IV
Answer the following questions. (2×8=16)
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43. Develop the hints and write the summary of the short story.
a. Chinese emperor - one member - family - join army - Mulan - teen girl - trained Kung Fu -
joins - disguise - boy - wins battles - general - sick - doctor - reveals identity - emperor forgives
re-unites family - six horses and swords.
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b. Prospero and daughter - exiled - Antonio - help - Gonzalo - released - good spirits - Ariel -
Chief - tempest - wreck - enemies strip - Ferdinand - Miranda - Antonio repented - Prospero -
restored dukedom.
44. a. You are Deepa. Write a letter to the whole sale book shop dealer, placing order for 100 copies
of medium size English Oxford Dictionary.
(OR)
b. You are Srinath lost your bag in an over crowded train. Write a complaint to the railway police
force.
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