Time: 54
minutes Mid-term Test-I Full Marks: 30
Grade: X English Set-B Pass Marks: 12
Candidates are required
to respond to these tasks in neat and tidy manner. Considerable marks will be
forfeited for overwriting and scribbling.
1.
Read the text below and do the tasks that follow. [14]
When we
reached the place, I got out of the car and walked around. There was no girl in
sight. Some hundred meters away, a car with dark windows was parked on the
other side of the road. On the nearby playground, some boys were playing
cricket and a couple of cows were munching dried hay. I looked at my watch and
started pacing up and down the road. I looked at the car and started walking
again. The car started and sped away. I again consulted my watch. Ten minutes
up: no sign of any girl. I walked to my car, got into it and said. “You see, I
was right. There is no one here. The girl you chatted on the internet must have
been a fake.”
Next
day, at lunchtime I retold the whole event to my colleague Dhruva. “So you
think that some bad guy was trying to approach your daughter?” He smiled.
“Why
are you laughing?”
“Let me tell you why the girlfriend of your
daughter didn’t appear at the meeting place. It was because her mother came
with her in a car before you reached there. The mother was watching if there
was really a boy of 13. But all she could see was an old man with a big stomach
and a bald head lurking around the meeting place. So she didn’t let her
daughter get out of the car. She just drove the car back home.” (244 words)
A.
Find
the words from the text as hinted in the brackets. [4]
(i) chewing (synonym)
(ii)
had a look (synonym)
(iii)
to go away (antonym)
(iv)
vanish (antonym)
B.
Decide
and write whether the following statements are true or false. [5]
a.
The narrator went to meet his
daughter’s friend alone in the car.
b. He
was looking for a boy of thirteen.
c.
Dhruva saw his daughter’s
girlfriend waiting outside the car.
d. The
girl’s mother had come to the meeting place before they reached there.
e.
Dhruva was the narrator’s friend.
C.
Answer
the following questions in a sentence only. [5]
a.
What did the narrator see on the
other side of the street?
b. How
long did they wait for the girl?
c.
Who, according to Dhruva, were in
the other car?
d. What
was the mother looking for?
e.
Describe the narrator's appearance.
2.
Reproduce the following sentences
as indicated in the brackets. [2]
(i)
Nimeesha said, “I read until midnight
last night.” (Reported Speech)
(ii)
The thief was seen to steal the
moonstone. (Active Voice)
3.
Rewrite the following sentences
choosing the correct option from the brackets. [3]
(i)
I wish she_____ Harvard
University. (join/joined/joins)
(ii)
The dying destitute_____ enough
donation (need/deeds/needing)
(iii)
The army_____ surrounded the
palace since 2017. (have/ has/ had)
4. Write a dialogue between any two
friends who are discussing the pros and the cons of city life. [5]
5. Write a couple of paragraphs
discussing the significance of Homework for Students. [6]
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