KISA EXAMINATION

PAPER ENGLISH LANGUAGE

(ENGLISH PAPER — 1)

Key answers

Question 1

Write a composition (300 - 350 words) on any one of the following:

1. Original Short Story: The story must be original. It should begin with the line, ‘I
was eating at a coffee shop when I suddenly felt…….’
 Should have plot, sequence, settings, characters, dialogues, creativity
and interesting. Characters should have plausible names.
 The story may be in first or the third person and could take any form – i.e.
comic, tragic, dramatic or a mystery.
 To be penalised if no paragraphs: (-2 marks)
2. Narrative Composition: The composition should be within the experience of a 15-
year-old child.
 It should give clear sequencing of events.
 Focus on the mistakes made and how the challenge was overcome.
 how it affected and the lessons learnt from the experience.
 It must be a first-person account.
3. Argumentative Composition:
 Candidate must take a clear stand and give valid reasons for the stand taken.
 Should focus on description of the senses- sights, sounds and feelings.
 Penalized if no stand taken. (-2 m)
4. Descriptive Composition
 Should focus on description of the senses- sights, sounds and feelings.
 Detailed description of the composition, where and how did it take place and
its outcome.
 5. Picture Composition
 Composition must be related to the picture.
 It may be a descriptive, a story, narration of an event.
 Accept a wide interpretation (mere itemization is not accepted.)

Question 2
1.Marks allotment for Informal Letter
 Format: 2.5 marks.
 Body/ Content: 2.5 marks.
 express gratitude / appreciate thoughtfulness [½ mark]
 specify the gift and how contented /thrilled you are to receive it. [ ½ +½ mark]
 spent in rigorous practice /systematic study plan/ plan timetable/ explore the
syllabus/ took mock test (any two) [ ½ +½ mark]
 Expression: 5 marks (includes opening and closing sentence) (1+ 1)
 Total marks: 10 marks.

2.Marks allotment for Formal Letter

 Format: 3 marks .
 Body/ Content: [2marks]
 Problem: Residents are feeling miserable/the garbage lies rotting and smelling in
the dumpsters for weeks / the municipal garbage trucks fail to turn up / chocked
drains overflowing with filth and waste water. [ any two: ½ +½ mark ]
 Suggestions: Clear garbage/ more garbage bins/ clear chocked drains/ timely
check by the health department officer/spraying insecticides. [ any two: ½ +½
mark ]
 Expression: 5 marks . (includes opening and closing sentence) (1+ 1)
 Total marks: 10 marks.

Question 3
i)Notice- Writing: [5marks]
 Catchy Title: Best Strokes./ Splash with Colours!/Paint Your Imagination.(1m)
 Event name- Painting Competition. (1m)
 Date: 2 nd January, 2022. [ 10days gap and maximum 30 days] ½m
 Time: 9.00 a.m. to 2.00 p.m. ½m
 Venue: (smaller, bigger venue): Auditorium, Little Flower School. [1m]
 Target audience and relevant details - 1m
ii)Email- Writing: [5m]
 To address: principalst.mary@gmail.com (plausible email id: no names to be
mentioned.) ½m
 Event name (subject) - Painting Competition ½m
 Salutation- Dear Sir, / Dear Madam, ½m
 Body- introduction - ½m
 Event Details- 2m
 Closing sentence- ½m
 Subscription-
Yours truly, / Yours faithfully,
Suraj Sharma ½m
Cultural Secretary (optional)

Question 4
i) For each word given below choose the correct meaning (as used in the
passage) from the options provided: [3]
1. startled
(b) surprised and slightly frightened
2. My spirits rose.
(c) became very hopeful
3. appealing
(a) attractive.
(ii) Answer the following questions briefly in your own words.
a) What could have caused the scars on Hari’s face? [2]

Hari was a thief. He probably had got into trouble and fights while robbing people. He
could also have been in bad company and got into fights with his companions or been
caught by police and been beaten. This could have caused the scars on Hari’s face.
b) Did Anil realize that he was robbed? What was his reaction? [2]
Yes, Anil realized that he had been robbed. He knew this probably because all the notes
were wet and damp from the rain. However, he did not say anything to the thief and
behaved normally.
Instead, he made the morning tea the next day and also paid 50 rupees to Hari Singh as
his salary. Then Anil told Hari Singh that he would start teaching him to write whole
sentences from that day.

c) Where did Anil keep the bundle of notes? [1]

Anil kept the bundle of notes under the mattress.
d) What were the different reactions of people whom Hari Singh had robbed
previously? [2]
In his short career as a thief, he had made a study of men’s faces when they lost their
goods. He said that the greedy men showed fear; the rich men showed anger and the
poor men showed acceptance.
e) Why did not Anil hand the thief over to the police? [2]
Anil was generous man. Anil does not hand the thief over to the police because he has
put the money back at its place. It shows that he realized his fault. He wants to make
amends for his ways. He must have felt guilty with himself. Anil wants to give him
one more chance and therefore forgives him.
(iii) In not more than 50 words, narrate what Hari did after he went back to the bazaar.
[6 points]
 Hari sat down in the shelter of the clock tower.
 He felt for the damp notes.
 He should go back to Anil.
 He hurried back to the room feeling very nervous…
 He opened the door quietly..
 He stood in the doorway … [Expression: 2 marks]
Question 5
Answer: (0)was
(1) (used)

(2) (to own)

(3) (was)

(4) (stealing)

(5) (came)

(6) (did)

(7) (buying)

(8) (had)

(ii) Fill in the blanks with appropriate words. [4]

a) Our car broke _down_____ at the side of the highway in the snow storm.
b) I threw the old chairs __away when we shifted to a new flat.
c) I came __across_____ these old photos when I was tidying the closet.
 d) He succeeded _by____ dint of perseverance and sheer hard work.
e) I have not slept __since____ yesterday.
f) You have to check _out_____ of the hotel before 11:00 a.m.
g) She made us wait _for_____ 20 minutes.
h) He ran __at___ full speed.

(iii) Join the following sentences to make one complete sentence without using
and, but or so. Choose the correct option. [4]

1. The well was deep. No one knew its depth.

a) No one knew how deep the well was.
2. Aruna did not accuse her sister. She did not accuse her friends
b) Neither did Aruna accuse her sister nor her friends.

3. I lost my license. I applied for a new one.

b) Since I lost my license, I applied for a new one.

4. You need to reach the venue on time. Set the alarm early morning.

a) Unless you set the alarm early morning, you will not reach the venue on
time.
(iv) Re-write 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]

1. He said, “They will finish the project this year.”

(Begin: He said that…)
c)He said that they will finish the project that year.

2. He was the most trusting person I had ever met.

(Use: never)
b)I had never met a more trusting person than him.

3. Although it was snowing. They went shopping.

(Begin: In spite.. .)
d)In spite of the snow, they went shopping.
4. Mango is juicier than guava.
(End........mango)
a) Guava is not as juicy as mango.
5. He liked my suggestion.
(Use: suggested)
a) He liked what I suggested.

6. As soon as Usha recited the poem, she was given a standing ovation.
(Begin: Hardly....)
c)Hardly had Usha recited the poem when she was given a standing ovation.

7. The house has been broken into by someone while the owners were on
vacation.
(Begin: Someone………. )
d)Someone has broken into the house while the owners were on vacation.

8. Rishi drove too fast for the robber to catch. (Use: so …that.. )
c)Rishi drove so fast that the robber could not catch him.