West Bengal English Second Language Sample Question Paper : SSC / Tenth / 10th Std / Class X www.wbbse.org

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ENGLISH (SECOND LANGUAGE)
First Unit Test
English
Class X
Full Marks : 40
Reading (Seen)
1. Read the following text carefully and answer the questions set on it. (Answer very briefly) :
The elephant dragged it one way, Joseph turned the wheel without any idea where he was going and fifty men clung to it and pushed it just where they liked. As a result of all this coufused dragging, the engine ran straight into the opposite compound wall and reduced a good length of it to powder. At this the crowd let out a joyous yell. The elephant, disliking the behaviour of the crowd, trumpeted loudly, strained and snapped its ropes and kicked down a further length of the wall. The fifty men fled in panic, the crowd created a pandemonium, the police came on the scene and marched me off.

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a) What led the engine to run against the compound wall ? 2
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b) Why did the crowd let out a joyous yell ? 2
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c) What did the fifty men pushing the engine, finally do ? 2
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d) Why did the elephant trumpet loudly ? 2
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e) Tick (??) the correct alternative from the alternatives given :
i) The text is (descriptive / natrrative / reflective). 1
ii) The author of the text is (Ruskin Bond / R. Kipling / R. K. Narayan). 1
Reading (Unseen)
2. a) Here is a conversation between a Doctor and his patient, Lester. The conversation is not in order. Arrange the conversation in the order it should occur, by putting 1, 2, 3 etc. in the boxes provided : 6
Lester : I won't.
Dr. Vine : Sit down and don't talk. (He pulls Lester down on the chair.)
Now don't move.
Lester : But, you don't need to do that.
Dr. Vine : If you don't take your coat off, I will I am a busy man.
(He pulls his coat off) Now sit down.
Lester : You don't understand. I just want......
Dr. Vine : Oh, yes, I do. Are you trying to teach me my business?
Take your coat off at once.
b) What are the language functions of the following sentences ? Pick the correct alternative from those given in the brackets and write in the space given. There are two extras. (protesting, defying, requesting, pleading) 2×2=4
Sentence Language function
1 won't You don't understand.
I just want
3. a) Change the following into Indirect Speech : 4
"You have a trade at present, Mr. Faraday ?"
"Yes, Sir, I am a book-binder."
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b) Rewrite the following sentence using "No sooner ............ than." 2
As soon as we reached home, the rain began.
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c) Fill in the blanks with words given in brackets. The words have been taken from
Q. no 2(a). (pull, at once, busy, down) 4×1=4
Rahim was with fever. His brother ran to a doctor. The doctor was
then with another patient. When the doctor came Rahim told him that one of his teeth was aching. After examination the doctor said that he (the doctor) would out the bad tooth the following afternoon.
4. Develop (in 100 words) the following outlines into a story. Give a title to the story : 10
A dog with a piece of meat crosses a bridge sees his own reflection
takes for another dog barks at his own reflection loses the piece
of meat.
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