FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT (Slip Test–Unit-3)
ENGLISH – CLASS – 10 – Marks: 20
(READING COMPREHENSION) (4 X 2 ½ = 10 M)
I) Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow.
After spending a leisurely Sunday at home, the very thought of returning to work on
Monday, is tiring. Lethargy creeps in, if the holiday continues over an extended period. That is
how I felt, when I was preparing to return to my place of work, after spending six months at
home. The fact that I was to leave behind, my newly-wed wife, and go to a far-off place did not
help either. Obviously, I did not want to go.
However, I finally did decide to go. I did not have much to carry by way of luggage, just
a trunk. Ours is a hilly terrain, without any motorable roads, and there is no certainty, that we are
ever going to have any roads. In any case, while coming home we do not carry bedding. Besides,
I had come home this time, round for a special purpose: to get married. My parents had arranged
my marriage, according to the customs of our tribal society. Time flew, and five months into my
marriage, I realized it. Initially I thought of extending my leave, even taking unpaid leave. But
after some dilly-dallying, I finally decided against it, because marriage had increased my
responsibilities, and I had got into debt.
1. What challenges did the narrator face when he was preparing to return to work?
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2. Why did the narrator travel with such little luggage?
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3. How might the narrator be feeling emotionally based on the passage?
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4. Why might the narrator have felt bad about not carrying his own luggage?
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(GRAMMAR & VOCABULARY) (5 X 1 = 5 M)
II) Rewrite the sentences editing the errors of the sentences.
Aunt Jane: Installments! (5) She claps her hand to her forehead and sinks back weak into the
chair. 6) Then realizes that she is sit on Mr. Sage’s piece and leaps to her feet again with a little
shriek.)
Jack: Aunt Jane! Is anything the matter? 7) Would you like lie to down?
Aunt Jane: Lie down? Do you suppose I’m going to trust myself in a bed that belongs to Mr.
Sage, or Marks and Spencer, or somebody? No. 8) I am going to home.
Jill: 9) Oh, must you really gone?
Aunt Jane: I think I’d better.
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(CREATIVE EXPRESSION) (5 X 1 = 5 M)
III) Think that you are the secretary to the National Green Corps. You have read the three
passages in ‘A tale of three villages’ and felt guilty for the pollution by the human being. NGC
decided to conduct a painting competition on ‘Protect the Globe’ to make the children of aware
of the pollution. Now draft a notice to invite pupils to participate in the competition.
