MOCK 2 EXAMINATION SUBJECT: ENGLISH LANGUAGE (Paper 1) Grade: 10 Max. Mark: 80 Date:03.1.2023 Duration: 2Hrs AVALON HEIGHTS INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL ‘You will not be allowed to write in the first 15 minutes. This time is to be spent in reading the question paper. The time given at the head of this Paper is the time allowed for writing the answers, | Altempt all five questions, | ‘The intended marks for questions or parts of questions are given in brackets [ ] I t You are advised to spend not more than 30 minutes in answering Question 1 and 20 minutes in answering Question 2. Question 1 (Do not spend more than 30 minutes on this question.) Write a composition (300-350 words) on any one of the following: (20) (ii) You were challenged by your brother to spend a weekend without television, the internet or any electronic gadget. Narrate the difficulties you faced due to accepting the challenge and what you ‘eventually tearnt from it, (iii) ‘Nuclear family system is better than the joint family system, (i) Write an originat story that has a florist, an old woman and a cat as the main characters. | | t Express your views either for or against the statement | {iv)Describe a bicycle ride, from your house to the far-off park, on a chilly winter morning which tuned warm by the time you reached. (v) Study the picture given below. Write a short story oF a description of an account of what it suggests to you. Your composition may be about the subject of the picture, or you may take suggestions from it; however, there must be a clear connection between the picture and your ‘composition. AHIS/MOCK 210 ENGLISH LANGAUGE 2022-23 © scanned with OKEN ScannerQuestion 2 (Po not spend more than 20 minutes on this question ) [10 Select any one of the following: () Write a letter to the Commissioner of Police, complaining about the area being prone to burglary. State the problems being faced by the residents and suggest ways to control the situation, (i) You represented your school in a prestigious Chess Tournament and won the first place. Write a letter to your friend giving the details of the tournament and the prize You received, urging her to also start a hobby Question 3 (9 Your schoo! is hosting an Inter-House Folk Dance Competition. Wite a notice to be put up in your school informing students about the same (5) (0) Wete an e-mail tothe principal of @ neighboring schoo! requesting hinvher to send their Dance Teacher to judge the competition © AUIS/MOCK 2/10/ENGLISH LANGAUGE/2022-23 © scanned with OKEN ScannerQuestion 4 Read the following passage carefully und answer the quastions that follow Whon, suddenly, on an ordinary Wadnenday, It seamed lo Baroy that the world fitted and rn downtill inv all directions, No knew he was about fo bo haunted again, 1 hod happened when he was younger but he had thought that being haunted wa Ihabylst thing that you grew oul of, tke crying vaen you fell over, or not ha nga bike Remember Bamey’s imaginary nends, Mantis, Bigbuzz and Ghost?” Clare > hiss! sometimes said “The garden seems smply now that they ve gone 1 quite miss them But she was really ple: perhaps because, boing 80 very teal fo Bamoy, they had become too real for her to tnugh over 6: nay had been sorry to lose thom, but he wanted Clare to feet comfortable living with them, He coukd not remember his own mather a 4 Claire had come as a wonderlul surprise, giving him a hug when be no from school, asking hi n about his day, telling hin about hers, arranging picnics and unex ctod parties. and helping tim wally hard homework It seemed worth fosing Mantis Bughuzz and Ghost 1d the other kind phantoms that had been his friends for so many days before Claire came, Yet here it was beginning again, The faint dizzy twast in the word arcund him, the thin singing drone if some tiny insect were trapped in the curing mazes of his ear, Barney look ip at the sky searching for a ghost but there was only a great blueness like a weight pressing dow non him He looked away quickly, half expecting to be crushed into a sort of rolled-out ginger bread boy in an ‘enormous stretched-out schoo! uniform, Thon he saw his ghost on the footpath bose hn, A figure was slowly forming out of the air a child, que a litle one, aly about four of tive ~ struggling to be teal A cunous pale face grew clearer against a halo of shining hair, silver gold hair that curled | and crinkled, fading into the air bke bright smoke, The chi was smiting It seemed to be having some | difhcuily in seeing Barney Barney realized wah shock that he was staring at his own mirror nage, He jas retminded of the days before late, be had often felt hat he hemselt couldn't be property heard or | seen But thon Mantis had taken time to bucome solid and Ghost had always been dim and smoky. So Barney was not too surprised to 06 the ghost looking ikea flat paper doll stuck against the air by some magician’s glue Then tt became round and re looking alive, but old-fashioned and strange, in its blue velvet suit and face collar A soll husky vorcts carne out of i “Bainaby’s dead” t said. ~Barnaby’s dead! I'm going to be very lonely! AMIS:MOCK 210 ENGLISH LANGAUGE/2 © scanned with OKEN ScannerBarney stood absolutely still, feeling more tilted and dizzy than ever. His head rang as if it were strung like @ bead on the thin humming wire that ran, like electricity from ear to ear. ‘The Ghost seemed to be announcing his death by hic proper christened name of Barnaby — not just telling him that he was actually dead already, () For each word given below, choose the correct meaning (as used in the passage) from the options given: (3) 1, phantoms a) an apparition b) spectres ¢) ghostly 2. halo a) circle of light around the head b) discs ) radiant 3. husky a) croaked | ®) guttural | ¢) unharmonious | (i) Answer the following questions briefly in your own words a) How did Bamey know that he was being haunted? 2 b) Descr.ve the incidents that usually preceded the sighting of a ghost by Barney. [2] ¢) Describe Barney's feelings towards Claire a) d) What happened to Barney when he heard the ghost saying ‘Barnaby's dead?” [2] €) Mention at least four things that Claire would do to make Barney comfortable. [2] Gii) In not more than 50 words of your own, summarize the story from ‘A figure was slowly forming...’ till it said that it was lonely. {8} ANIS/MOCK 2/10 ENGLISH LANGAUGE © scanned with OKEN ScannerQuestion 5 (i) Fill in each of the numbered blanks with the correct form of the word given in brad Do not copy the passage but write in correct serial order the word or phrase appropriate to the blank space. a Example: (0) breathes : An elephant (0) (breath) 10 to 12 times a minute, and (1) _ (live) for around hundred years. A tortoise (2) (believe) to breathe 3 to 4 times a minute and survives up to 300 years. But a dog which keeps (3) (breath) briskly has an average life of around 12 years only. So, as we slow down our breathing cycle, our (4) {age) process slows down. That way. our lifespan would expand. Breathing cycle relates to our state of mind as well It will be interesting to note here that 3 human being ordinarily breathes 18 counts per minute. But when in an (5) (agitate) state, tne breath count (6) (go) up to somewhere between 30 and 36. So, by (7) __(reduce) our breath count, even the mental agitation gets (8) (calm) down, (a)Fill in the blanks with appropriate words ia} 14, My father was angry ___ my refusal to write the apology letter. 2, Ginger is a cure __ flatulence. Raj lives_ farming. He was anxious to be popular everyone. the prisoner. ‘The teacher was pleased __ the performance of the student 3 4 5, They could not elicit any information 6. 7. Sanshriti broke ___a flood of tears when she came to know that she had failed in the examination. 8, Stella congratulated Steven __ the occasion or his anniversary (ii) Join the following sentences to make one complete sentence without using and, but of So. Choose the correct option. a +, [reviewed all worksheets. | did not understand anything. (2) Despite of reviewing all worksheets, | did not understand anything, (b) Although | reviewed all worksheets I did not understand anything. (c) {did not understand anything in spite of reviewing al worksheets. (d) I reviewed all worksheets, but I did not understand anything AMIS MOCK 2/10 ENGLISH LANGAUGE/2022-23 © scanned with OKEN Scanner2. The cake is delicious. | cannot eat it. (a) Although the cake was delicious, | could not eat it, (b) In spite of the cake’s deliciousness, | cannot eat it. (c) ! cannot eat the cake though itis delicious (G) | cannot eat the cake since it is delicious. 3. The classes ended. He went to watch a movie, (a) No sooner do the classes end than he went lo walch a movie. (b) As soon as the classes had ended, he went to watch a movie. (c) No sooner did the classes end than he went to watch a movie. (a) Hardly did the classes end than we went to watch a movie. 4, He felt unwell, He decided to take the day off work. (2) Having felt unwell, he decided to take the day off work. (b} Felling unwell, he decided to take the day off work. (c) On feeling unwell, he decided to take the day off work (0) He had decided to take the day off work because he fell unwell, (iv) Rewrite the following sentences according to the instructions given after each. Make other changes that may be necessary, but do not change the meaning of each sentence. Choose the correct options. (8) 4, The Head Boy said, ‘I will indeed miss school, that has nurtured me for so many years, very much." (Begin: The Head Boy...) {a) The Head Boy said thal he would miss school, that had nurtured him for so many years, very much {b) The Head Boy told that he would indeed miss school, that had nurtured him for so many years, very much, (c) The Head Boy said that he would indeed miss school, that had nurtured him for many years, very much, (d) The Head Boy said that he would indeed miss school, that had nurtured him for so many, years, very much. Allis MOC} 2/O/ENGLISH LANGAUGE:2022~ © scanned with OKEN Scanner2. Unless we pay close attentio n to the options in these : ee ciety questions, we will probably not answer (a) If we pay close attention to th he es we tion to the options in these questions, ably not answer ne 12 will probably not answe (b) we tention in ns, we will probably answer the! ) pay aitention to the options in these questions, we will probably ans them correctly. (6) if we do not pay close attention to the options in these questions, we will probably not answer them correctly. (2) if we do not pay close attention to the options in hese questions, we will not answer them correctly. 5, Since he was not wiling to go tothe party, ne made uP e excuse. (Change to Simple) (a) He made up an excuse, for he was not willing to go to the party. (b) Not willing to go to the party, he made UP an excuse. 19 not go to the party. (c) He made up an excuse I ¢ he was not willing to go to the party. (a) He made up an excuse 4: 4, Very few schools have 5 many activities as Avalon Heights International Schoo! does. (End:... schools.) (a) Avalon Heights International Schoo! np Haights International Schoo! Nas the most activities 1 Schoo! has more activites than most other schools, ty than any other school 1 has more activities than most schools (b) Avalo (o) Avalon Heights Intematicn? (a) Avaion Heights international Schoo! has more acti! 5, When he came across an elderly couple needing help, he acted with chivalry, (US@ ‘chivalrous') iple needing hetp. valrous with an elderly Cour ‘an elderly couple needing help. (a) He was chi yme across (p) He acted chivalrous when he cal {c) When hi ly couple who neo} e came across an elder! ded help, he was chivalrous. (a) When he came across 2 ¢ iderly couple needing help. he wes chivalrous. [AnIsMOCK ZIOENGLISH ANGAUG! © scanned with OKEN Scanner6. As soon as they knew that they would be caught, they surrendered, (Begin Scarcely...) (a) Scarcely did they know that they would be caught than they surrendered. (o) Scarcely did they know that they would be caught then they surrendered. (c) Scarcely had they known that they would be caught when they surrendered. (¢) Scarcely did they know that they would be caught when they surrendered 7. The large but harmless snake bit the scared boy. (Begin’ The scared boy...) (a) The scared boy was bitten by the large bul harmless snake (b) The scared boy was bitten by the large, bul harmless snake. (c) The sacred boy was bitten by the large but harmless snake. (d) The boy who was scared was bitten by the large but harmless snake. 8. You have never experienced Miss. Stein’s wrath. (End with a Question Tag) (a) Have you ever experienced Miss. Stein's wrath? (b) You have never experienced Miss Stein's wrath? (c) You have never experienced Miss. Stein's wrath, have you not? (d) You have never experienced Miss. Stein's wrath, have you? AHISIMOCK 2/10.EN 2022-23 © scanned with OKEN Scanner