STAR TUTORIALS

STD : 10th SUBJECT: ENGLISH DATE: 14 / 07/2019

Med : Eng. Med. [Unit:1,2,3 Poem:1,2,3, Grammar] MARKS: 30
Section - A
 Read the following passage and answer the questions given below it: (04)
He kept calling plaintively, and after a minute or so he uttered a joyful scream. His mother had picked up a
piece of the fish and was flying across to him with it. He leaned out eagerly, tapping the rock with his feet,
trying to get nearer to him as she flew across. With a loud scream he fell out outwards and downwards
into space. Then a monstrous terror seized him and his heart stood still. He could hear nothing. But it only
lasted a minute.
1. What is the antonym of ‘plaintively’?
A. Mournfully B. Sadly C. Lamentingly D. Cheerfully
2. Give the similar of ‘plaintively’.
A. Mournfully B. Sadly C. Lamentingly D. Cheerfully
3. The word ‘monstrous’ is _______.
A. Noun B. Adverb C. Verb D. Adjective
4. The mother bird leaned out eagerly. True or False?
 Fill in the blanks choosing the correct words given in the bracket. Write the answers only: [gathering,
site, non-racial, seat] (04)
The ceremonies took place in the lovely sandstone amphitheater formed by the Union Buildings in
Pretoria. For decades this had been the __(5)__ of white supremacy, and now it was the __(6)__ of a
rainbow __(7)__ of different colours and nations for the installation of South Africa’s first democratic,
__(8)__ government.
 Answer the questions in the five to six sentences each: (04)
(9) Why did Lencho say that the raindrops were like new coins?
(10) What do military generals do? How has their attitude changed and why?
SECTION - B
 Choose the correct figure of speech in the following lines: (02)
(11) Some say the world will end in fire some say in ice.
(A) Anastrophe (B) Litotes (C) Antithesis (D) Onomatopoeia
(12) And saved some part of a day I had rued.
(A) Tautology (B) Anastrophe (C) Synecdoche (D) Alliteration

 Answer the questions in four to five sentences each: (04)

(13) Describe the tiger’s movement in the cage.
(14) What is a “dust of snow”? Why does the poet say that has changed his mood?
SECTION - C
 Rectify the errors in the passage. (03)
Errors Corrections
(15) He felt certainly that his wings will never support him: _________ _________
(16) so he bend his head and run away back to the little _________ _________
(17) Whole under the ledge were he slept in night. _________ _________
 Fill in the blanks using article(s), conjunction(s) and preposition(s) at the correct places. Write the
answers only: (with, the, on, of) (02)
He steeped slowly out to __(18)__ brink __(19)__ the ledge, and standing __(21)__ one leg __(22)__ the
other leg hidden under his wing.
 Punctuate the following passage. (23,24) (01)
It said god of the money that i asked for only seventy pesos reached me.
25. Convert the following into indirect speech: (02)
He said to his sons, “These aren’t raindrops falling from the sky, they are new coins. The big drops are ten
cent pieces and the little ones are fives.”
 Do as directed: (04)
26. Unless you stay away from this, you will be punished. [Use ‘If’]
27. Two young artists shared a small flat. [Begin with ‘A small……….’]
28. She didn’t say a word. [Add a Question-tag]
29. No sooner did the juggler play than he proceeded further. [Use ‘As soon as’]
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