AP SSC 10th class English-1 Model paper 2015-16 English Medium Set 10
Part – A
(1-10) Answer ANY FIVE of the following questions in two or three sentences each.
1.Which incident in this text is funny? What makes it funny? (Attitude Is Altitude)
2.What made Mr.Henry shocked to hear Victoria say ‘Are you planning to pinch it?’.(The Dear Departed)
3.Choose one sentence from the story that best expresses the author’s false prestige.Support your answer with details from the story. (The Journey)
4.‘I didn’t come here to convert. In fact, 1 am the one who got converted.’ Who said these words? What different shades of meanings do you find in the words of the speaker? (Rendezvous with Ray)
5.Why was Bayaji tempted to knock down Bhujaba with his box? (The Storeyed House)
6.”And then the undreamt-of-incident took ” What was it? Who do you think was responsible for it?(The Storeyed House)
7.List the transformations that Wangari Maathai was able to bring about over the years. Which one of them is the biggest in your opinion?(Environment)
8.The writer knows it is a game that happened between the white boy and the black boy, but why was he puzzled? (Jamaican Fragment)
9.Why did Patil give back the customary betel leaves offered by Bayaji ?(The Storeyed House)
10.Why are the shrieks of the baby unheard and what are the baby’s physical features? (Abandoned)
11.Read the following stanza.
Its labored breath racing in quick gasps
forced lonely like crap with cyanosed lips sea-blue nose and finger-tips,
Its tattered and torn dirty wrap
make it shiver in freezing grasp. ‘
A filthy black cat edges on to the holed bin searching for easy rats
And finds its food (Abandoned)
Now answer the following questions.
(a)Describe the baby.
(b)“Its labored breath’’ – What do you understand by this line ?
(c)Why did the black cat come there ?
(d)What was the thing that covered the baby’s body ?
(e)“And finds its food” – Who finds food ? What is the ‘food’ ?
12.Read the following lines.
They’ll be very small for me, my dear. (The Dear Departed – I)
Now answer the following questions.
(a)What does the word ‘they’ to in the above passage?
(b)Who is the speaker of this passage?
(c)Who is referred to as ‘my dear’?
13.Read the following lines.
As a young cartoonist, Wait Disney faced many rejections from newspaper editors, who said he had no talent. One day a minister at a church hired him to draw some cartoons. Disney was working out of a small mouse infested shed near the church. After seeing a small mouse, he was inspired. That was the start of Mickey- Mouse. (Every Success Story Is also a Story of Great Failures)
Now answer the following questions.
(a)Who is Walt Disney?
(b)What is Mickey Mouse?
Part – B
16.(a) Leela always puts offany hard work.
(b)Latha always puts ina lot of hard work.
Q.Who is lazy ?
Ans:______________
(or)
Report the following into Indirect Speech.
Suma said, 7 did my work yesterday.’
Ans:______________________________________________________________
17.This is the peaceful place. I sit here regularly.
(Combine using ‘where’)
Ans:_______________________________________________________________
18.The continental dimensions of the country account for the variations and diversities. There are several religious sects and beliefs.(Combine using ‘besides’)
Ans:______________________________________________________________
19.Please go out. (Change into ‘passive voice’)
Ans._______________________________________________________________
20.Fill in the blanks with the forms of the verbs given in brackets.
……….. you………………. (call) me, mother?
21.Fill in the blanks choosing the right words/phrases from those given in the brackets.
(a)I finished my project work several days __________________ the deadline.(instead of/ ahead of / in spite of)
(b)Sravani goes to school ________________ Yamuna daily.(according to / in spite of / along with)
(c)My house stands__________ all the other houses in the street as it is big in size.
(apart from / in accordance with / in addition to)
(d)Madhu got a good job __________________ his own abilities and skills.(in addition to / instead of / by means of)
23.Fill in the blanks with the words opposite in meaning to those underlined.
(a)They are friends of different appearances. One is strong and sturdy and the
other is lean and _________________ .
(b)The officer looked furious at the meeting and shouted at the clerks. During
lunch he looked_____________ .
(c)Some people artfully play tricks on others. But some people are outspoken and
behave ___________ with others.
(d)Nowadays, children are _____________ to the plight of the old parents. They should be sympathetic towards them.
24.Fill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of the underlined words.
(a)She is proud of her riches. But her real____________________ is her beauty.
(b)I am not familiar with the criminal law. I have to approach a ___________________for some advice.
(c)The __________ has left. Yet the office is open.
(d)The third period was_____________ for us. So. we went to the library and referred to some books leisurely.
26.Complete the following words by using ea, ie, ai, ia or ee.
(a)marr_ _ ge (b) sust_ _ nable
27.Complete the following words with the letters given in brackets.
(a)reluct______ (ant / ent) (b) ush___________ (or / er)
28.One word in each set is wrongly spelt. Rewrite it correctly in the space provided.
(a)partially carefully psysically early Ans:__________
(b)image message encourage governmant Ans: ___________
29.Look at the two sets of words given below. In each set, the letters underlined in the two words are pronounced in the same way. Find the words and copy them out.
(a)young slowly mystery myself Ans:_____________
(b)scene science conscious school Ans:_____________
31.Your friend promised you to make a phone call at 7 a.m.. But you haven’t received any phone call from him yet. Now it is 7.30 a.m. How would you express this idea using ‘It’s time’?
Ans :____________________________________________________
33.Change the following into a polite request.
Man to passerby : Which bus goes to Tirupati ?
Ans:____________________________________________________
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