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The following paragraph has not been edited. There is an error in each line. Write the

error as well as the correction as shown in the example. Do any four.


Error Correction


In the prisoner’s room a candle is e.g. is was


burning dimly. A prisoner himself (a) _______ _______


sat by the table. Only him back, (b) _______ _______


the hair by his head, and his (c) _______ _______


hands are visible from outside (d) _______ _______


through any window. (e) _______ ________

Error Correction


a) A the (referring to the same prisoner, so a definite article is used)


b) him his (possessive pronoun used for the prisoner)


c) by of (hair belonging to the prisoner)


d) are were (we are talking of a past event)


e) any the


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You are Prabhu Kumar/Parvati of I7E, Ravi Dass Road, Kochi. Write a letter in 100-120

words to the editor of a newspaper about the nuisance caused by loudspeakers in the city


during examination days drawing attention of the concerned authorities to the problem.


OR


You are Pratibha/Rahul of Class X. Write an article in 100-120 words on ‘Ill effects on


students of too much of television’. You can use the following clues :


– Increasing addiction


– A great variety of programmes


– Easy availability


– Neglect of studies


– Drop in academic performance


– Result – poor physical and mental health

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Write a story in 150-200 words with the help of the following outline : 10

Tortoise and hare – good friends – tortoise – known for his slow speed – hare has fast


speed – makes fun of tortoise – challenges him – referee selected – race starts – hare


overconfident – takes a nap – tortoise wins.


OR


Complete the story in 150-200 words which begins as the following :


There was a joint family of six members including grandparents. It was the 75th


birthday of the grandmother and the family planned to celebrate ... ... ...

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Rearrange the following words/phrases to form meaningful sentences. Do any four.

(i) work and play / things / different / parents see / as two


(ii) is a / of time / they / waste / think / that playing


(iii) important / games / studies / are as / as


(iv) a student / to both / proper / should / attention / pay


(v) can / life / only / succeed / he / in / then

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Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow :

“But, please, Stephen Stepanovitch, how can they be yours ? Do be a reasonable man ! My aunt’s grandmother gave the Meadows for the temporary and free use of your grandfather’s peasants. The peasants used the land for forty years and got accustomed to it as if it was their own, when it happened that ........


(a) Who is the speaker of the above lines ?


(b) Why did his aunt’s grandmother give the meadows ?


(c) Why did the peasants treat the land as their own ?


(d) What light do these lines throw on the speaker’s character ?


OR


Belinda tickled him, she ticked him unmerciful,


Ink, Blink and Mustard, they rudely called him Percival,


They all sat laughing in the little red wagon


At the realio, trulio, cowardly dragon.


(a) Who was tickled by Belinda ?


(b) Why did she tickle ‘him’ ?


(c) Who are Ink, Blink and Mustard ?


(d) Why did they all laugh at ‘him’