MODEL PAPER 3 — English (Language & Literature) STD 10 — Question

Complete the line from a self-awareness song, by filling the blank with the correct option.
My Mother is not the sort of Mum
Who'll ________ and faint and shiver,
Darkness doesn't scare her,
When it thunders, she won't __________!
A. be squealing, quiver
B. squeal, be quiver
C. squeal, quiver
D. be squealing, have been quivered

Fill in the blank by choosing the correct option.
Both players in the tennis match have been warned by the referee but ________ (either / neither / every) of them seems to take it seriously.

Report the dialogue between a grandson and his grandfather, by completing the sentence :
Grandson : Grandpa, why do you eat an apple every day?
Grandpa : Because an apple a day keeps the doctors away, my son.
In response to the question about why he eats an apple every day, the grandfather explains that __________.

Read Sana's reply to her team leader, regarding the preparation of an important presentation.
I'm sorry I forgot ma'am. I'll have the presentation ready for you very soon today.
Report Sana's reply by completing the following sentence correctly.
Sana apologised for having forgotten and said.

Choose the correct reported speech of a given sentence:
"I don't speak Urdu," she said.
(a)She said that she doesn't speak Urdu.
(b)She says that she didn't speak Urdu.
(c)She said that she didn't speak Urdu.
(d)She said that she didn't spoke Urdu.

Read the dialogue between Manish and his father, regarding Manish's cricket coaching.
Father: Did you get a new coach in the academy to train you?
Manish: Yes, the new coach is very motivating and pushes us to perform better. Select the correct option to complete the reporting of the above dialogue.
Manish's father asked him ________.
Manish answered in the affirmative and added that the new coach was very motivating and pushed them to perform better.
a)if he is getting a new coach in the academy to train him.
b)whether he got a new coach to train him.
c)whether he gets a new coach in the academy to train him.
d)if he got a new coach in the academy to train him.

Read the dialogue between Meher and her mother, regarding Meher's dance classes.
Mother: Are you enjoying your dance classes?
Meher: Oh Yes! I am loving it. It is so refreshing to attend them after a long day.
Select the correct option to complete the reporting of the above dialogue. Meher's mother asked her ________. In response, Meher exclaimed and said that she was loving it. She added that it was very refreshing to attend them after a long day.
a) whether the dance classes are being enjoyed by her
b) whether she was enjoying her dance classes
c) whether she is enjoying her dance classes
d) whether the dance classes were being enjoyed by her

Fill in the blank by using the correct form of the word in the bracket, for the given portion of a letter:
Dear Sir
It was agreed that the teacher would ________ (organize) the science fair for the students of grade 8.

Select the option that identifies the error and supplies the correction for the following line, from the headline of a news report:
TWO CHILDREN DIES AFTER MASSIVE FIRE BREAKS OUT IN TIRUPATI

Option no.	Error	Correction
A	children	child
B	dies	die
C	breaks	broke
D	In	at