DON BOSCO SCHOOL PARK CIRCUS
ICSE PRE-BOARD EXAMINATION 2021-22
SEMESTER 2: ENGLISH LANGUAGE
ENGLISH PAPER-1
Maximum Marks: 40
Time allowed: One and a half hours
Answers to this Paper must be written on the paper provided separately
You will not be allowed write
to during the first 10 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.
Attempt all questions.
The intended marks for questions or parts of questions are given in brackets [ ].
Question 1
Write composition (300 350 words)
a on any one of the following: 20]
) Write an original short story entitled: 4 Man is known by the company he keeps'.
(ii) With the Coronavirus Pandemic, The internet has created more problems than it has
solved. Express your views, either for or against this statement.
(ii) Some setback or mistortune is good for everyone'. Describe an incident to prove the
truth of this statement
Y o u were returning home by tlight after stay ing with your relatives abroad. Suddenly
you discovered that your suitcase containing costly articles was missing. Narrate how
you felt at that given point of time, what subsequent efforts you made to recover your
suitcase and what important lesson you learnt from this incident.
(V)Study the picture given below. Write a short story or description or an account of what
the picture suggests to you. Your composition may be about the subject of the picture
or you may take suggestions from it
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Question 2
Select any one of the following: [10
station to
There is an unexpected happening and you are unable to go to the railway
Write a letter
receive your friend who is arriving from Mumbai along with his family.
and
to your uncle who lives next to the railway station, explaining your problem
help you out.
requesting him to
and robbed. Write a letter to
(ii) While you were walking on the road. you were attacked
an accurate account of the
the Officer in Charge of the local police station. giving
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the culprits. You should
incident and requesting him to take immediate action against
mention important details of the incident such as: date, time, place of attack, description
of the two assailants and the articles stolen by them.
Question3
for the students of
Your school is organizing an Inter- Class Poster Making Competition
measures that students need to follow
Classes IX to XII. highlighting the various safety
while attending offline classes in school.
during the ongoing Coronavirus Pandemic, the students with
Write a notice to be put up on the school notice board, informing
regards to the details of the competition.
in Write an e-mail to the Medical Director of a local hospital requesting him/her to send a
team of doctors who can judge the competition and who can also explain the safety
measures that students need to follow during the ongoing Coronavirus Pandemic, while
atlending offline classes in school. [5)
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