JULIEN DAY SCHOOL

2nd Pre-Council Ex,,mmation 2024-2025

ENGLISH LANGUAGE
CLASS: X
Mmmnum Mn,ks 80
Timu Allowou, Two hours
AnSW('rS to this Pape, must be wr,/1011 on tho pr1pcr prov,clod v<Jparately
You will not be n/lowecl to wnte dunng the tust 15 mmutes
. This time 1s to be spent m reading the question paper
The t11ne g1i.,en at the head of t/11s Paper 1s the lime allowed for writing the ans Att ,
wers emp 1a11 ,1ve questions
, The mtended marks f01 questions or parts of questions are given ,n brackets [ ].
r ou are advised to spend not more than 30 minutes m answering Question 1 and 20 minutes ,n answenng
Question 2.
Question 1
(Do not spend more than 30 minutes on this question)
Wnte a composihon (300-350 words) on any one of the following (20)

1. Write a story including all of the following in any order (i) an old woman . (11) a small boy (1i1) a lost watch (1v) an
unruly mob.
2. Give an interesting description of a stranger turned fr"end. Add details about how the person looks. his/ Her views
and op1rnons, his/her likes and dislikes etc
3. Narrate an incident when it was required to tell the truth irrespective of the consequences
4. Express your views for or against the statement "the eldest member of the family 1s always the most neglected
one,"
5. Study the picture given below and write a short story or a description or 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 the compos1t1on.

Question 2 .
(Do not spend more than 20 minutes on this que st10 n.) (1.0}
Select any one of the following: ' . d t our examinations .. Write a letter to your aunt apolog1zmg
(a) You couldn't go for your cousJn s marriage ue o Y d
. the wrong product an
for your absence . lln hop complaining him about sending you
{b) Write a letter to the mana 'ffl1 e 5
Y seeking a compensation
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on 4 . g passage care u u are only a young one. There is so much to learn, and it is easy to
aues t' t11t1 follow,n eciallY when yo
Re:1d t all fun, esp
ghost is no
eemg \takes. own fault that I have not yet got my ghoses licence. As a tiny child I used to
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make m1 di so it is my . .
1 started off ba Y . ther ghosts used cups. My parents said this was a bad sign-almost human, they
I suppose a saucer wh1 1e o
drink my tea from
said. for me. 1failed my entrance examination to the witches college but stayed on at school
., . s grew worse . .1
omehow thm9 Meanwhile I had a few small successes m college but nothing to boast about really
~S 81·ghty years. . .
tor another med to go wrong in the end I changed into a mouse one day and frightened two small girls but
. always see
someth mg in and nearly knocked my head off with a broom.
their brother came
o to the local ghost-school and my teacher tells me that things have changed: life 1s harder for ghosts
Of course, I g .
and their future is poor. Sometimes he tells us of the good old days when he could frighten practically anyone.

The worst lesson for me is the one on changing shape. Most ghosts find this quite easy but 1t has always been hard
for me. 1cannot always pronounce the magic words and sometimes I forget them altogether. In our last examination
1
had to go out and frighten a small girl who lives nearby. I intended to change into a headless chicken but something
9 went wrong and I found I was a kitten. The little girl picked me up and started to cuddle me until I managed to vanish.
Thrs was most_ embarrassing and I failed my test completely. The other pupils in my class saw all this and just
laughed at me.
Not long after that I had to frighten the dog in the house next to ours. I was going to change into a tiger but something
went wrong again. I turned into a rat and the dog snapped off half my tail before I could escape. For that mistake I
was expelled from the youth section of the ghosts' Magic Circle.
Last night I felt more confident and thought I would try out my powers again. I woke up in the night and found it was
too hot to go to sleep. Without bothering to change properly, I slipped on a shirt and a pair of shoes and went down
to the river. There I waited by lonely path for at least an hour. I was hoping that an old man might come along but I
was disappointed. Two schoolboys passed by on their way home from town. I changed myself into the shape of a
forest spirit and leapt out behind them. Unfortunately the boys were eating fruit at that time. When they saw me they
stared at my legs and then roared with laughter. I glanced down and saw that I still had my pyjamas on. I felt a fool.
I must admit that a forest spirit in pyjamas is a little unlikely. The boys were not at all worried. One of them even threw
something at me and it hit me right in thee~. I~was a banana and it was over-ripe. It made quite a mess.
As I said before, being a ghost is not all fun. (.:0

(a) For each word given below choose the correct meaning (as used in the passage) from the options provided:

ji}(icence
1 . An official document authorising a person to do something [2]
2. An official paper presented by the government
3. An official card issued by the government.
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 3. A small round disl
1 on Which
a cu ·
(b) Which word 1n th p IS Placed
'-- e PAssage is th
1. Leapt e opposite of 'caught'

-2. Threw
(1)
3.Snapped

4. Admit

(c) Answer the foll .

owing questions·
Ji,Whathappened h ·
w en the ghost tried to ch .
~) Why did the ghost h ange into a headless chicken?
. L6 ave to stay in the school t . (2)
'1111) Why doesn't th h or another eighty years?
e g ost have anyth· (2)
fa,) W ing to boast about?
v\"v hat was the ghosts' . (2)
expectation from the school boys?
Jv) What was th (1)
e worst lesson learnt by the ghost?
).d) State why the ghost said that bein a (2)
• 9 ghost was not at all fun. Express your thoughts in not more than fifty words. (8)
Question 5

(i) In the following passag fill1 ·

the ass . . e, ,n each numbered blanks with the correct form of words given in brackets. Oo not copy
P age but wnte m correct serial order the word or phrase appropriate to the blank space. (4)
Example:
The man called {O) _ _ _ (call) Steve.
Answer:
(0) called
The man (0) _____ (call) Steve, ()-} _ _ _ _ (wake) up at the crack of dawn and(~---
(make) his way to the lake. His wife Emma, (JY- (pack) the fishing rods and net as their wooden boat
gently (4)' _ _ __ (bob) in the calm waters.

"What~---- (do) it look like Emma?" ffiY._ _ _ (ask) Steve.

"The forecast(~_ __ (mention) a quiet start to the day with a short spell of rain ~---(come)
later on in the evening "
''Well then, let's set off as soon as you are ready, Emma!"

(ii) Fill in the blanks with appropriate words: {4)

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The students are busy _____ their midterm projects.
(e)';
1will not be able comply with your request, I am extremely sorry.
(~ The burglars broke the City Bank during the lunch time.

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to ma ke one complete sentences without using and, but, or so.
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- a) N~ soor:er has tl e awye" step t.:i the courtroom an s oe p one rang

(b No soone.. d:rl the lawy~ step nto the COli1room than his oe phone rang
c) No soo:ier d rl the 3\\)'fil ste ood mt courtroom then h s ce phone rang

d nto th co rt om th n his oe phone rang

Jf i-:e has to 8.lpoort e \\00\S h rd r th t on
(a) He s \\1> s,upprutmg h s f m ~
{b) He \',url..-s hara tl'.l su port h s fam ~

(c) The reasn, -. ?:ks h ~ s support ng h s fam ~

(o) He -. rks ~am n e reason of support ng h s fam ly.

)) Santa had \Iii:: :ea r' ~ :rea o :t g her vacat on. Santa had Visited Toronto dunng her vaca· on
(a) Sa .a ha;f S:. erl hmtrsal, Toronto during her vacation.

(b) Sa la t\ao ,~ .en fh:mtreal and also Toronto dur ng her vacation

(c) Sama , ~ ts P. o ' ea as we l as Toronto during her vacation.

{d) Sarita harl \ s terl Mont"eal as well as Toronto dunng her vacation

A) The mag·aan took p ty on the mouse. He turned 1t into a cat.

(a) The mag ~·an p tied the mouse so he turned ,t into a cat.

{b) Toe magicran p tying the mouse, he turned 1\ into cat

(c} P1t)~ng the mouse the mag cian turned it nto a cat

(d) Ta king pity on the mouse, the magi an turns ' into a cat

(iv) Rewrite the following sentences according to the Instructions given after each. Make other changes as
well, but do not change the meaning of each sentence. Choose the correct option: (8)

)'March on.' sa·d the bngad er to the soldiers 'We must each before dawn· Beg n The b g e,
(a) The bngad er said march on to the sotdterS remmd g them to reach before da ~
(b) The brigadier asked the soldiers to keep mannng as they had \o reach oe e da
c The bngad er ordered the soldiers to eep marching as the
d T bngacuer orders -... 21'1"9\ DIRDnl dawn
 ,..u11 ,nier has been Ille warmest .
in lhe last lwenf f'
(B) No other summer has been a Y· ivc years. (Rewrite usmg . _ ,
swarm as thrs . Warrn 1
(b) This summer is the ma . summer in the last twenty fi
c x1mum worm in tho Inst I • ,ve years
(c) No other summer is a . wonty-frve years.
s warm m the last twcnt • . .
(d) No summer was fhi . Y five years hko this
. ~ s warm ,n the last twenty.five years .
3 As soon as the gam
e was over, the colourful dices w .
(a) Hardly the game w ere put ,n the box. (Begin: Hardly )
as over then the col rt I ••
(b) Hardly had th ou u dices were put in the box.
e game got over than th
(c) Hardly the e co 1ourful dices were put ,n the box
game got over and th I
{d) H di e co ourful dices were put in a box.
ar; y had the game got aver when the colourful dices were put mto the box.

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Noah Harari
Yuval Noahis the
H best. non-fictio
. . of the 21 st Century. (Rewnte
n wnter . the sentence adding a question tag)
aran writes the best non-fiction, doesn't he?
(b) Yuval Noah Haran· wrote th e best non-fiction
. in the 21st Century, didn't he?
(c) Yuval Noah Harari is the best non-fiction writer in the 21s1 Century, isn't he?
{d) No other writer is best but Yuval Noah Haran ,n the 21st Century, is he?
JI The clock struck two and the children ran out. (End: ...children)
(a) The clock struck two and out ran the children.

(b) The clock striked two and out ran the children.

(c) The clock had struck when our ran the children.

(d) Hardly had the clock struck two then out ran the childreQ.

$. If the rain does not stop, the game will not resume. (Begin: Unless)
(a) Unless the rain stops, the game will not resume.

(b) Unless the rain will not stop, the game will not resume.

(c) Unless the rain doesn't stop, the game cannot resume.

(d) Unless the rain does not stop, the game cannot resume.
4.The economy has become a troubling issue for the Government. (Use: troublesome)
(a) The economy is troublesome for the Government.

(b) Troublesome is the issue of economy to the Government.

(c) The economy has become a troublesome issue for the Government.

(d) The economy has

/ihave never seen Emma lose her temper. (Begin: Never .. .)

(a) Never did I see Emma losing the temper.

(b) Never have I seen Emma lose her temper.

(c) Never have I seen Emma lose the temper.

(d) Never did I saw Emma losing her temper.

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