CARMEL OF ST.

JOSEPH SCHOOL
3rd PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION 2020-2021
Std: X Subject: English Marks: 80
Date:06/04/21 Time: 3hrs
(Section I: Language Study)
1. A. Do as Directed. (Any 6) 6
1. Change the following sentence into indirect speech
The girl replied, “I am on my way to college to learn something
interesting.”
2. Frame a ‘Wh’ question to get the underlined answer.
We saw a tree bare of all leaves in the cold winter months.
3. Identify the Clause
The students behaved as though it was the end of the exam.
4. Rewrite the sentence without ‘too’
I am too bored to watch TV any more.
5. State the type of sentence
How utterly we have failed our children!
6. Rewrite the sentence using ‘no sooner than’
As soon as the theater is full, they will begin the act.
7. Identify the Verbs and state whether they are Finite or Non finite
The most important time is now.

1. B . Do as Directed. 4
1. Complete the following chain of adjectives
Colossal,______,________,_________,________
2. Rewrite the sentence using the Positive and Comparative
Degrees of Comparison.
Einstein is one of the best teachers ever known to man.
(Section II: Textual Passages)
(2. A) Read the following passage and do the activities. 10
A.1. Complete the Following 2
Places Associated with the early life of Mary Kom
Village
Churachandpur
State
Region
 Kom was born in Kangthei village, Moirang Lamkhai in
Churachandpur district of rural Manipur in eastern India. She came from a
poor family. Her parents, Mangte Tonpa Kom and Mangte Akham Kom
were tenant farmers who worked in jhum fields. Kom grew up in humble
surroundings, helping her parents with farm related chores, going to
school and learning athletics initially and later boxing simultaneously. Her
father was a keen wrestler in his younger age.
She had an eager interest in athletics since childhood and the success
of Dingko Singh a fellow Manipuri, who returned from the 1998 Bangkok
Asian games with a gold medal, Kom recollects, had inspired many
youngsters in Manipur to try boxing and she too thought of giving it a try.
Mary Kom’s career started in 2000 after her victory in the Manipur
State Women’s Boxing Championship and the regional championship in
West Bengal. In 2001, she started competing at international level. She
was only 18 years old when she made her international debut at the first
AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championship in United States, winning a
silver medal in the 48 kg weight category. Her greatness is reinforced by
the way she apologised to the whole nation for not being able to win the
Gold. She is a legend for sure and an idol for all the sportswomen to look
up to.
A 2. Why is Mary Kom called a legend? 2
A 3. Do as Directed 2
i She is a legend for sure and an idol for all the sportswomen to
look up to. (Rewrite the sentence using ‘not only… but also’
ii. Kom grew up in humble surroundings, helping her parents with
farm related chores. (Rewrite the Sentence using a modal auxiliary
showing ‘habitual action’)
A.4 I .Give the verb form of a) weight b) category 1
ii. Use the word ‘keen’ in sentence of your own. 1
A.5 Who is your role model? Why did you choose this person? 2
(2. B) Read the following passage and do the activities. 10
B1. Complete the concept map 2

But, let us make

Challenges to But, let us make
1. no mistake, great
no mistake, great humans
challenges still challenges still
remain. Friends! remain. Friends!
The biggest The biggest
challenge or challenge or
biggest crisis biggest crisis
knocking on the knocking on the
 The solution to humankind’s
2. problems lies with

But, let us make no mistake, great challenges still remain. Friends! The
biggest challenge or biggest crisis knocking on the doors of humankind
is fear and intolerance. We have utterly failed our children in imparting
an education. An education that gives the meaning and objective of life.
An education that gives a sense of global citizenship among the youth. I
am afraid that the day is not very far away when the cumulative result
of this failure, will culminate in an unprecedented violence, and that
will be suicidal for humankind.
Rights, security, hope can only be restored through education.
Young people like Malala ... I’ve started calling her my daughter
Malala not just Malala ... So my daughter Malala and other daughters
including Kayanat.. in fact.. two Kayanats, and Shazia, and the
daughters from Africa, and from all over the world. They are rising up
and choosing peace over violence, tolerance over extremism, and
courage over fear. The solutions are emerging. But these solutions
cannot be found in the deliberations in conferences alone, and cannot
be found in prescriptions from a distance. They lie in small groups and
local organisations and individuals, who are confronting with the
problem every day. Even if they remain unacknowledged, unrecognised
and unknown to the world the solutions are with them.
B. 2. What is the speaker fearful of ? Why 2

B. 3. i. Pick out words from the passage which mean 1

a) discussion b) endurance

ii. The solutions are emerging. (Rewrite the sentence using the Past
Perfect Tense) 1

B. 4 Do as Directed
i. Give the noun form of a) restored b) remain 1

ii. Even if they remain unacknowledged, unrecognised and unknown to

the world the solutions are with them. (Add Question Tag) 1

B.5 What differences has education made in your life? 2

 (Section III: Poetry)
3. A. Read the following extract and complete the given activities. 5
A.1 Complete the following web. 2

Riches bestowed on man

When God at first made man,

Having a glass of blessings standing by,
“Let us,” said he, “pour on him all we can.
Let the world’s riches, which dispersèd lie,
Contract into a span.”

So strength first made a way;

Then beauty flowed, then wisdom, honour, pleasure.
When almost all was out, God made a stay,
Perceiving that, alone of all his treasure,
Rest in the bottom lay.

“For if I should,” said he,

“Bestow this jewel also on my creature,
He would adore my gifts instead of me,
And rest in Nature, not the God of Nature;
So both should losers be.

“Yet let him keep the rest,

But keep them with repining restlessness;
Let him be rich and weary, that at least,
If goodness lead him not, yet weariness
May toss him to my breast.”

A.2. Name and explain the Figure of Speech in the underlined sentences.2
A.3. Name one more blessing given to man apart from those mentioned.1
B. Write an Appreciation of the poem “All the world’s a stage” with
the help of the given points in a paragraph. 5

• The Title and the poet of the poem 1

• Rhyme scheme 1
• Figures of speech 1
• Central idea/theme 2

(Section IV: Non-Textual Passage)

4. A. Read the following passage and complete the given activities. 10
A.1. Complete the web. 2

Faulty habits of a
sedentary society

Occasional self medication has always been part of normal living.

The making and selling of drugs has a long history and is closely linked,
like medical practice itself, with belief in magic. Only during the last
hundred years or so has the development of scientific techniques made
diagnosis possible. The doctor is now able to follow up the correct
diagnosis of many illnesses-with specific treatment of their cause. In many
other illnesses of which the causes remain unknown, he is still limited, like
the unqualified prescriber, to the treatment of symptoms. The doctor is
trained to decide when to treat symptoms only and when to attack the
cause. This is the essential difference between medical prescribing and
self-medication.
The advance of technology has brought about much progress in
some fields of medicine, including the development of scientific drug
therapy. In many countries public health organisation is improving and
peoples’ nutritional standards have risen. Parallel with such beneficial
trends are two which have an adverse effect. One is the use of high
pressure advertising by the pharmaceutical industry which has tended to
influence both patients and doctors and has lead to the overuse of drugs
generally. The other is the emergence of sedentary society with its faulty
ways of living: lack of exercise, overeating, unsuitable eating, insufficient
sleep, excessive smoking and drinking. People with disorders arising from
faulty habits such as these, as well as from unhappy human relationships,
often resort to self-medication
 A. 2. What are the beneficial effects of the advancement of
technology? 2

A. 3. From the passage pick out antonyms of the following : 2

a) frequent b) disappearance c) general d) unimportant

A.4 i. Convert the underlined sentence into a Complex Sentence. 1

ii. Occasional self medication has always been part of normal living.
(Rewrite as an Interrogative Sentence) 1

A.5. Given the current situation do you prefer to self-medicate or opt for a
prescription? 2
Summary Writing
4. A. Read the above passage in 4.A and write a summary. Suggest a
suitable title. 5

(Section V: Writing Skills)

5. Letter Writing 5
“The Earth is what we all have in common.”—Wendell Berry
5.A.1 Formal Letter
Write a letter to the editor of your local newspaper talking about the
importance of switching to non-conventional energy sources to protect the
environment.
OR
5.A.2 Informal Letter
Write a letter to your cousin congratulating him/her on winning the
Science Exhibition on alternate energy sources in her district.
6.A. Information Transfer. 5
Look at the web diagram and write a paragraph based on it. Suggest a
suitable title.

Noise
Language Distance

Barriers to
effective
communication

Lack of interest Distraction

Discomfort
with the topic

6. B Read the view and write the counterview on the topic. 5

Social Media a boon to society
Views
• Everyone can network easily through social media.
• The world has become a smaller place.
• It allows us to share information far and wide.
• You can create a profile/page to interact with friends and relatives

7A.1.Expand any one of the following ideas in about 100 words. 5

1. Appearances can be deceptive.
2. Make hay while the sun shines.
OR
A.2 Prepare a news report based on the following. 5
Mangrove cover depleting in Maharashtra.

7. B Narrate an experience in about 80 to 100 words with the following

ending. Give a suitable title. 5
…. and that’s when I decided to always make sure the TV is switched off
before I go to bed.