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Sample Paper – 2011

                                                  Class – X

                                          Subject – English

                                              

                                            ONLY GRAMMAR

SECTION – C (Grammar)

(20 marks)

Q 1. Edit the passage.                                                                                 (4 Marks )

Whenever you hear somebody harp               (a)  ___

about how ‘hard work’ is a key to success,    (b)  ___

 don’t let that faze us. Yes, you do need        (c)  ___

to work hard in order to success in                 (d)  ___

 achieving your goal, but it’s all with the        (e)  ___

eye of the worker. Its all relative.                   (f)  ___

If you have that driving within you,               (g)  ___

you’ll do the thing that people will                 (h)  ___

 view as ‘hard work’, but to you, it’ll just

 be ‘work’.

Q 2. In the following passage one word has been omitted from each line. Write the missing words .                                                                                              (4 Marks )  

                            

It is extremely important know what             (a)  ___

you love to do. You decide what                   (b)  ___

destination to steer your life. Otherwise,        (c)  ___

you leave yourself wide open for others         (d)  ___

direct your life, as well at the mercy of          (e)  ___

the winds and storms of life. you know         (f)  ___

 where your destination is, the rest easy.        (g)  ___

Then all uncertainty and burden will              (h)  ___

lifted off your shoulders and that journey

will truly be joyful.

Q 3.  Look at the newspaper items given below. Use the information in the headlines to complete the paragraphs.                                                                              (4 Marks )

NEWS HEADLINE : LOKPAL BILL DISSCUSION IN LOK SABHA TODAY

The much-hyped Lokpal Bill, which aims to set up an anti-corruption watchdog in the country,  (a) ______________________ in the Lok Sabha on Thursday.

NEWS HEADLINE : HORSE BUGGIES TO RETURN FOR TURISTS

NEW DELHI: Laying down strict norms for buggy operators, the MCD passed the licence policy for horse buggies on Wednesday. Horse-drawn carriages or buggies (b) ____________________  on select routes in Delhi to ferry tourists.

NEWS HEADLINE : TWO  SSB  JAWANS  KILLED  IN  AN  ACCIDENT

Two Shashastra Seema Bal (SSB) jawans  (c)  ________________  when the motorcycle they were riding collided with a tempo in Motipur area near Indo-Nepal border, police sources said.

NEWS HEADLINE : THREE KILLED IN AIRFORCE PLANE CRASH

LUCKNOW: A Jaguar fighter plane of Indian Air Force (IAF) (d)  _____________ 50 miles south-east of Gorakhpur in Mau district of Uttar Pradesh on Thursday morning. At least three persons including the pilot died in the accident.

Q 4. Complete the following dialogue.                                                             (5 Marks )

 Jack    :           (a)  __________________ ? It looks swollen !

Jill        :           I have got severe toothache.

Jack     :           (b)  ____________ eaten a chocolate as I know you are very fond of them.

Jill        :           No kidding ! The cavity is killing me.

Jack     :           Go to the dentist and (c) __________________ filled.

Jill        :           But the dentist’s fee (d) __________________.

Jack     :           (e)  __________________________ insurance ?

Jill        :           I do, but still it does not cover everything.

Q 5. Read the conversation and complete the paragraph.                            (3 Marks )

Assistant         :   Doctor, An invisible man has come for his check up.

Doctor             :   Tell him I can’t see him.

Assistant         :   How come, you became a doctor if you can’t see !

The assistant informed his doctor (a)  ________________ for his check up.

The doctor asked his assistant (b) _________________ that he couldn’t see him. The assistant got confused that how he (c) ______________ if he couldn’t see. 

By : Amrita Khanna

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