Shri Vile Parle Kelavani Mandal’s

C.N.M School & N.D. Parekh Pre-Primary School

Std X (2024-25)
ENGLISH LANGUAGE

MUST KNOW PAPER 3

Question1
Write a composition (300-350 words) on any one of the following:

a) Write an original story which brings out the truth of the statement: ‘Rumour is a great traveller’

b) ‘Children below eighteen years of age should be permitted to hold social media account.’ Express
your views either for or against this statement.

c) Describe your experience of going on a school trip. Give details of your experience, the activities
you did, the places you visited, the time you enjoyed with your schoolmates and your learning from
the same.

d) Narrate an incident where you took a stand all alone for something you thought was right against
all odds. Talk about the change in events during the situation and how you came out of it.

e) Study the picture given below. Write a 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 your composition.

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Question 2
Select one of the following:
a) You have noticed many stray animals on the road during busy hours of the day. These animals
cause traffic jams as well as accidents. Write a letter to the Municipal Commissioner of your city
requesting to find a suitable solution to the problem.

b) Write a letter to your parent about your decision to choose a certain stream of study in college.
Explain the reason for your choice of the stream and subjects and how they will help you in the
future.

Question 3
a) You are the Secretary of the Students Council of your school. Your school is conducting
fashion show to raise funds for the underprivileged children. Write a notice to be put in your
school informing students about the event and inviting them to participate.

b) Write an email to a well-known fashion designer requesting him/her to be the judge at the
fashion show giving details from Question 3 a.)

Question 4
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:
Once upon a time two brothers who lived on adjoining farms fell into conflict. It was the first
serious rift in 40 years of farming side by side, sharing machinery and trading labour and goods as
needed without a hitch. Then the long collaboration fell apart. It began with a small misunderstanding
and it grew into a major difference and finally it exploded into an exchange of bitter words followed by
weeks of silence. One morning there was a knock-on John's door.
He opened it to find a man with a carpenter's toolbox. "I'm looking for a few days’ work," he
said. "Perhaps you would have a few small jobs here and there. Could I help you?"
"Yes," said the older brother. "I do have a job for you. Look across the creek at that farm. That's
my neighbour, in fact, it’s my younger brother? Last week there was a meadow between us and he took
his bulldozer to the river levee and now there is a creek between us. Well, he may have done this to
spite me, but I'll give him one better. See that pile of lumber curing by the barn? I want you to build
me a fence - an 8-foot fence - so I won't need to see his place anymore. Cool him down, anyhow."
The carpenter said, "I think I understand the situation. Show me the midland, the post- hole
digger and I'll be able to do a job that pleases you."
The older brother had to go to town for supplies, so he helped the carpenter get the materials
ready and then he was off for the day. The carpenter worked hard all that day measuring, sawing,
nailing. About sunset when the farmer returned, the carpenter had just finished his job. The farmer's
eyes opened wide; his jaw dropped?
There was no fence there at all. It was a bridge - a bridge stretching from one side of the creek
to the other! A fine piece of work, handrails and all - and the neighbour, his brother coming across, his
hands out stretched.
"You are quite a fellow to build this bridge after all I’ve said and done."
The two brothers stood at each end of the bridge, and then they met in the middle, taking each
other's hand. They turned to see the carpenter hoist his toolbox on his shoulder. "No, wait! Stay a few
days. I've a lot of other projects for you," said the older brother.
"I’d love to stay on," the carpenter said, "but, I have many more bridges to build."
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Questions:

(a) Give the meaning of the following words as used in the passage: Choose the correct
options. [2]

(i) hitch
a problem
b hiccup
c work
d money

(ii) spite
a separate
b hurt
c help
d in spite

(b) Which word in the passage means the opposite of the word ‘lower’? [1]
a. hoist
b. let down
c. projects
d. hold

(c) Answer the following questions in your own words.

i) How did the two brothers work before their first hitch? [2]
ii) How did things change after a small misunderstanding? [2]
iii) Who visited the elder brother one morning? Why? [2]
iv) What instructions were given by the elder brother to the visitor? Why? [2]
v) Pick the sentence which shows that the carpenter understood the problem
between the two brothers. [1]

(d) In not more than 50 words, describe what happened after the elder brother came back
from work. [8]

Question 5

(a) Fill in each of the numbered blanks with the correct form of the word given in brackets.
Do not copy the passage but write in correct serial order the word or phrase appropriate
to the blank space.
Example: Answer: wanted

When Francis Lee was a boy, he (0) _______ (want) to be an astronaut. He (1) _______ (watch) TV one
day in 1969 when he (2) _______ (see) Neil Armstrong walk on the moon. Since then, he (3) _______
(always/dream) of doing the same. Every night when there is a full moon, he (4) _______ (stare) up at
it for hours and (5) _______ (imagine) himself walking around on it. At the moment, however, he (6)
(work) as a night- watchman at a factory. He (7) (do) _______ the same job since he left school fifteen
years ago but he still hopes that one day his dream (8) _______(come) true.
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(b) Fill in the blanks with appropriate words.

i. My uncle deals …………. diamonds.

ii. One must not deviate………… the path of truth and virtue.
iii. Eventually I persuaded her to comply ……………….my requests.
iv. She is keen……………… going abroad.
v. She has no aptitude ………………. dance and music.
vi. His birthday falls in the month……………. January.
vii. They have ordered him to come back…………….. a week.
viii. The fisherman jumped ………………the river.

(c) Join the following sentences to make one complete sentence without using and, but or so:

1. He studied diligently. He was ill.

a) He studied diligently though he was ill.
b) He studied diligently since he was ill.
c) He studied diligently when he was ill.
d) He was ill since he studied diligently.

2. The police arrived. The crowd disappeared.

a) Despite the police arriving, the crowd disappeared.
b) The police arrived however the crowd disappeared.
c) The crowd disappeared yet the police arrived.
d) As soon as the police arrived, the crowd disappeared.

3. The watch was expensive. He could not buy it.

a) In spite of the watch being expensive he could not buy it.
b) As the watch was expensive, he could not buy it.
c) The watch was expensive so he could not buy it.
d) The watch was not only expensive but also he could not buy it.

4. The judge gave his decision. The court listened to it silently.

a) The judge gave his decision until the court listened to it silently.
b) The court listened silently to the decision given by the judge.
c) The judge gave his decision when the court listened to it silently.
d) The judge gave his decision as soon as the court listened to it silently.

(d) Rewrite 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.
i. A few cities are being modernized by the government. (Begin: The government…)
a) The government is modernizing a few cities.
b) The government modernized a few cities.
c) The government will modernize a few cities.
d) The government is modernizing few cities.

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ii. German is as easy as English. (Use: ‘easier’)
a) German is not only easier but also English.
b) German as well as English is easier.
c) German is easier to English.
d) German is easier than English.

iii. If you pass the test, you will be selected. (Begin Unless… )
a) Unless you pass the test, you will be selected.
b) Unless you pass the test, you will not be selected.
c) Unless you do not pass the test you will be selected.
d) Unless you pass the test you need to be selected.

iv. Mary is too humble to disobey her mother. (Use: so that)

a) Mary is so humble that she can disobey her mother.
b) Mary is humble so that she can disobey her mother.
c) Mary is so humble that she cannot disobey her mother.
d) Mary is so humble she cannot disobey her mother.

v. The sun is shining very brightly today. (End ……today!)

a) How brightly the sun is shining today!
b) What brightly the sun is shining today!
c) Alas! The sun is shining brightly today!
d) Oh! the sun is shining brightly today!

vi. As soon as we lit the candle, the power supply was restored. (Begin: No sooner…)
a) No sooner had we light the candle than the power supply was restored.
b) No sooner we lit the candle than the power supply was restored.
c) No sooner did we light the candle than the power supply was restored.
d) No sooner the candle was lit then the power supply was restored.

vii. “Please teach me to cycle”, she asked her brother. (Begin: She requested ….. )
a) She requested her brother to teacher her to cycle.
b) She requested brother to teach her to cycle.
c) She requested her brother to teach him to cycle.
d) She requested her brothers to teach to cycle.

viii. You don’t like me. (Rewrite using a question tag)

a) You don’t like me don’t you?
b) You don’t like me, do you.
c) You don’t like me, do you?
d) You don’t like me, did you?

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