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Teresa's Secondary School

Pre-Test 2022-23
Class X
Time: 2 hours English Language Full Marks: 80
Answer all five questions
Question 1
Write a composition (300-350 words0 on any one of the (20
following
Write an original story entitled 'A Horifying Experience'
ralway platform presents an opportunity to observe human behaviour. Describe
your experience when you were early for a train and had to spend some time on
platform with different people.
Hoobes are 0 woste of time: Express your views either for or against the statement.
"Look betore you leap. Narrate an incident from your experience that brings out the
truth of this statement.
Study the picture gven below. Write a short story or description or an account of
subject o
what the picture suggests to you. Your composition may be aboutt
the picture or you may take suggestions from it; however there must be a clear
connection between the picture and your composition.
tuestion 2 10)
lect any one of the following:
someone to look after
house in Pune. you need
YOu are going to your grandfather s her to do this tavour tor
a letter to your cousin requesting
your pet at home. Write
habits to her
you. Give necessary information
about your dog and his
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 You have left behind you
o t s
e You
celiphone at a coffee
tofee shop. Write
c
other
been found. You wilt hae to so
deerbe the
etter to the marg
a

circumstances to help the pr. Ethe time. p'e

Qvestion 3 manager to trace the phore

Y o Shool is
hosting an
stuoents of your chooiinter-schoal
the mus
competton. Wrte a note to
Write an email to a of the evet
famovs singer to
ino
tion 4 judge the tver
Ned the
rolowing passage carefuly and answer tne
auestos that *oloa
or
ovedTms shop. The
wooden shutters, which
quite ark
rom
wthinjn the dim ght of covere re nop windows & rght maoe
the
lamp. t iooed ike some
Sen.
he
Near the front, there
was cetain amount of order.
treasure cove
Oa
nelongs gass topped cabinet,
faced each other rear to the
Two iarge counters, e»c
ho street door8Abeone e e
around the three wa y otc Loaded anc tay srelves, from
three
o'ten te or
walls, wel barcaded by wooden dsa,
Cen ds0a, tases
tases o!
o' aroi e s various **
ree feet deep n
tromt o' then

WEen these, and in tre res: of "es va:t i t e . " y i

oppedith
ass ard Desghed r Cpis orat*
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A the sofes in the back room, was taid out in glass-opped caDeT, no àftangeo **
order.

im krew ow to d splay his wares He

loved the stores and dspayed to
sytem of vauation whch did not aways occord with the maret prices. Thes w#e, onensor the them ECOreng own
cabinets was pven over to dsplay
above, the cutured ones below Tim Burke
of opals.
The other abinet was
ful of pears-the reai ones
evidenty wasnt nterested in cheap stuff
Tim seemed to acquire his stock
more or less by accidert the coure o nis trade and d'spose
tor without thought to Such oetermined
ndwiduas as wre prepared to
strge tor what they
wanted, often searching the shop trom end to enc to fird the second
tarrirg or te other hnaf o
buckie. ths was because the cheaper eNeery, whch ay be.re seemed
:0 jet tselif into an
aimost inextricade mes.

Forecn word gven below, choose the correct Tear rglas used n tne Dassage) from
the ootions provided

tove
basecret coter
.something that you used for covering

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atety
safetyapparatus
Srongoox
awoooenboxes 3/45
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. cabinet

opposite

Arwer the the

following questions in your own words
effect of the lamp on the interior of the shop 2)
Explain
bpescribe the frontal part of the shop which had a certain amount of order. [2)
whch line tels you thats there was anotner room Defind the shop
/ O w OGm display ns Joved stones

YDesctDe tnis w e e Sairengenent of stonestn caones

in not more than S0 words describe how do you understand t h a t i m 8ure evidenty
e l y interested in cheap stuff t81

uestion 5
Fi in each blank with the correct form of the words given in brackets

in a research, soentsts have ound that zebras can

manipuiate their black stripes
o perature. Ihe research, 2)
(publsh) in the Journal of Natural History. 3) (show) that it is the special

way zebras sweat that 4coo them down and the smal scale convection
currents reate) between the stripes aid
evaporation.
hey also found that zebras can erect their black stripes -
further (6) (aid)
heat loss. These
three elements key are to (7) (understand) how the
tebra s unique patterning 8) (help) them manage their temperature in
eat.

Fllj the blanks with approprate woro

pgreed with him poimts.
he seems to have gufe taken b y the idea
(c) He puts- -5ome of his pocket money every month.

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 a t n e next meeting

We shall have to bring this matter.

h a t has been its errec- aies to release the child.
a lot ot pressure
h e kidnappers were
looKS.
4s rather n good
8kram takes
Mrs. Malhotra's age is
beginning to tell
"
and Dut
one complete sentence without uSing
on the
rolowing sentences to make 4
or so. Choose the correct option.

Anu helped me. Otherwise I wOuld not have completed the task.
without Anu's help, I would not have completeghe
tasSK.

task.
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the
D. But for Anu's help,I would not have completed
the task.
I would not have completed
EKCept
Anu's help, I would not have compleled the task.
d. other than Anu's help,

Mr. Banerjee is punctual. He cannot be late

M r . Banerjes so punctua that he cannot be late

M r . Banerjee too punctual to be late. .

he cannot be late
C Mr. Banerjee 5 punctual so
he cannot be late.
d Since Mr. Banerjee is punctual,

reason
Kindly Iell me the
compiete ihe project
You did not
wny didnt yOu compee the proect
kindly completed by you
b. Why wasn't the project not having project
been completed by you.

Kindly tell me the

reason
of the the project.
the reason of not completing
Kindly tell me

cunning. Evenybody knows t.

is
The shopkeeper is cunning is known by
everybody.
That fact that the shopkeeper
a. shopkeeper to
be
cunning
b. Everybody knows the
that the shopkeeper
is
cunning
Everybody knows of the shopkeeper,
knows about the cunningness
d Everybody

instructions given after each. Make

sentences according
to the
Re-write the following
but oo noy change the meaning of the
other changes that may
be necessary
18
sentences.
Choose thee
correct options

a trained
artist. (Use: f)
the show like
He conducted
show was
conducted like a
trained artist.
The
a.
conducted the
show as a trained
ir he weredone
artist.
1 artist.
He s o m e trained
show as it it
were by
He c o n d u c t e d the
. àrtist.
if by à trained
conducted as
The show was
d.

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 They demanded to know what had
happened. (Use. insist)
aThey insist to what had
know happened.
They insisted on knowing what had happened.
.They insisted to knowing what had happened.
d. They insist on
knowing what had happened.
No sooner did l enter the train thant
started. (Begin: As soon
a. Assoon a5
D. As soon
a5Ientered the train, it started.
aslentered the train, than it started.
C. As s0on Bs ientered the train, when it started
d. As soon as l entered the train when it started 5/45
Sanjay could never have imagined that he would become famous. (Begin: Never
Never could Sanjay imagne that he would become
D. Sanjay could never
tamous
imagine that he would become famous.
Never could Sanjay have imagined that he would become famous,
. Never Sanjay imagined that he would become tamous.

S/No sooner did ight a candle than saw someboy hiding behind the curtain. (begn:
Hardly
a, Hardly did i lght a candle than saw somebody hiding behind the curtaina
b. Hardiy had Ilit acandle tha
Rardly didi light a eandfe whene talnr

Hardly had 1
ighr a candle I saw sormebody hucd.ne bebhnd
whe cu
Don trorget
Srisnt
to take vour Dag. Oma sad Srisht (6egn: Srishti reminded
reminded Uma to not to torget to take her bag.
b. Srishti toid Uma to remember to take her bag
.Srishti reminded Uma to take her bag.
dSrishti reminded, "Dont forget to take your Dag, Uma.

few cities
Very in India are as old as Dehi. (8egin: Delhi

Delhi 85 old as very tew cities in lndia.

s
b. Delhi the oldest city in
is
india.
is oider
C.Delhi than many other cities in India.
Delhi ls older than most other cities in
India
8,f you do not hurry, you wil not be able to catch the train. (Begn: Unless
. Uniess you hury, you will be able to catch the train
b.Uniess you do not hurry, you will not De 30ie to tatch the train.
do not hurry, you will be able to eath
"an.
niess you
0. Uniess you hurry, you will not be able to catch the
train

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