ENGLISH LANGUAGE
(ENGLISH PAPER – 1)
Maximum Marks: 80
Time allowed: Two hours
Answers to this Paper must be written on the paper provided separately.
You will not be allowed to write during the first 15 minutes.
This time is to be spent in reading the question paper.
The time given at the head of this Paper is the time allowed for writing the answers.
Attempt all five questions.
The intended marks for questions or parts of questions are given in brackets [ ].
You are advised to spend not more than 30 minutes in answering Question 1 and 20 minutes in answering
Question 2.
Question 1
(Do not spend more than 30 minutes on this question.) [20]
Write a composition (300 - 350 words) on any one of the following:
(i) Write an original short story entitled ‘A Strange Visitor’.
(ii) Narrate an incident from your experience in which your parents had entrusted
you with a difficult task. Give details of the task, how you carried it out and
your feelings at the end.
(iii) Describe how you spend your time on a holiday afternoon. Why do you think
it is necessary to have these times of quietness and solitude?
(iv) Express your views either for or against the statement ‘Junk food should be
banned’.
This paper consists of 8 printed pages.
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, (v) 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.
Question 2 [10]
(Do not spend more than 20 minutes on this question.)
Select any one of the following:
(i) Your friend was absent from school on a day when an unfortunate incident
took place for which you were blamed. Write a letter to your friend giving
details about the incident, your role in it and how the matter was finally
resolved.
(ii) You wish to stage a play to create awareness about the importance of saving
electricity. Write a letter to the Manager of a nearby shopping
mall/supermarket requesting permission to use the space in front of the
shopping mall/supermarket to stage the play. Give him/her details about your
requirements and state why the play will be beneficial to the shoppers.
Question 3
(i) Your school is hosting an Inter School Dance Competition. Write a notice to [5]
be put up on your school notice board informing the students about the event.
(ii) Write an email to the Principal of a neighbouring school to request him/her to [5]
send their dance teacher to act as a judge for the competition.
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(ENGLISH PAPER – 1)
Maximum Marks: 80
Time allowed: Two hours
Answers to this Paper must be written on the paper provided separately.
You will not be allowed to write during the first 15 minutes.
This time is to be spent in reading the question paper.
The time given at the head of this Paper is the time allowed for writing the answers.
Attempt all five questions.
The intended marks for questions or parts of questions are given in brackets [ ].
You are advised to spend not more than 30 minutes in answering Question 1 and 20 minutes in answering
Question 2.
Question 1
(Do not spend more than 30 minutes on this question.) [20]
Write a composition (300 - 350 words) on any one of the following:
(i) Write an original short story entitled ‘A Strange Visitor’.
(ii) Narrate an incident from your experience in which your parents had entrusted
you with a difficult task. Give details of the task, how you carried it out and
your feelings at the end.
(iii) Describe how you spend your time on a holiday afternoon. Why do you think
it is necessary to have these times of quietness and solitude?
(iv) Express your views either for or against the statement ‘Junk food should be
banned’.
This paper consists of 8 printed pages.
T24 011 Turn Over
© Copyright reserved.
, (v) 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.
Question 2 [10]
(Do not spend more than 20 minutes on this question.)
Select any one of the following:
(i) Your friend was absent from school on a day when an unfortunate incident
took place for which you were blamed. Write a letter to your friend giving
details about the incident, your role in it and how the matter was finally
resolved.
(ii) You wish to stage a play to create awareness about the importance of saving
electricity. Write a letter to the Manager of a nearby shopping
mall/supermarket requesting permission to use the space in front of the
shopping mall/supermarket to stage the play. Give him/her details about your
requirements and state why the play will be beneficial to the shoppers.
Question 3
(i) Your school is hosting an Inter School Dance Competition. Write a notice to [5]
be put up on your school notice board informing the students about the event.
(ii) Write an email to the Principal of a neighbouring school to request him/her to [5]
send their dance teacher to act as a judge for the competition.
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