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SSC Model Paper-1 (Unit-1)

English

Time: 3hours Max. Marks .80

Instructions:

I. Read the question paper carefully.

II. Answer the questions under Part-A in the answer booklet.

III. Write the answers to the questions under Part-B on the question paper itself.

IV. Avoid overwriting.

PART-A

Marks 60

Q. No. (1-4) Read the following passage

When Nick was born his father was so shocked that he left the hospital room to vomit. His distraught mother couldn’t bring herself to hold him until he was four months old.

His disability came without any medical explanation – a rare occurrence called Phocomelia – and Nick and his parents spent many years asking why this cruel trick would happen to them. ‘My mother was a nurse and she did everything right during pregnancy but she blamed herself,’ he said.

‘It was so hard for them but right from the start they did their best to make me independent.’

‘My dad put me in the water at 18 months and gave the courage to learn how to swim.’

‘I also got really into football and skateboarding. I totally love the English Premier League.’

Nick’s father was a computer programmer and accountant and he taught his little son how to type with his toe at just 6 years old. His mum invented a special plastic device that meant he could hold a pen and pencil. (Attitude Is Altitude)

Answer each of the following questions in three to four sentences 4x3=12

1. Why do you think Nick’s father vomited when he saw his son in the hospital?

2. What is the ‘cruel trick’ mentioned in the passage?

3. How did Nick’s parents help him to become independent?

4. If you were Nick’s friend, how do you help him?

Q. No. (5-8) Read the following passage

Successful people don't do great things; they only do small things in great way.

One day a partially deaf four-year-old kid came home with a note in his pocket from his teacher, "Your Tommy is too stupid to learn, get him out of the school." His mother read the note and answered, "My Tommy is not stupid to learn, I will teach him myself." And that Tommy grew up to be the great Thomas Edison. Thomas Edison had only three months of formal schooling and he was partially deaf. (Every Success Story is also a Story of Great Failures)

Answer each of the following questions in three to four sentences 4x3=12

5. “Successful people don't do great things; they only do small things in great way.” Comment.

6. What was the note? Who wrote it?

7. If you were his mother, what would you do?

8. Pick Three TRUE statements according to the passage.

A. Thomas Edison is completely deaf.

B. His mother replied his teacher.

C. Edison went to school only for three years.

D. Thomas Edison was four years old when the teacher’s incident happened.

E. Thomas became one of the greatest scientists in the world.

Q. No. (9-12) The Pie-Chart given below provides information about the students’ interest in different subjects. Study the Chart carefully and answer the following questions. 4 X 2 = 8

9. What does the Pie-Chart show? How many subjects are presented in the Chart?

10. Which is the highest liked subject among children according to the pie chart? Why do you think it is the most liked subject?

11. Which two subjects together occupy about half of the students’ interest?

12. Which subject do you like the most? Why?

Q. No. (13). Read the passage given below focusing on the parts that are underlined. Answer any 4 of the questions as directed and write them in the answer booklet. 4X2=8

i) Teaching is a noble profession. Teaching comes with so much responsibility and duty towards students. ii) Teachers teach to impart knowledge. They inspire and motivate students for life and take important steps in life. iii) They keep working to boost the confidence of students. They keep direct them in the right direction. iv) They teach us life. v) We live our lives on our own, teachers show us the right path. vi) Teaching is the greatest profession in Indian culture.

i. Combine the two sentences with ‘that’

ii. Combine the two sentences with ‘not only – but also’

iii. Combine the two sentences using ‘and’

iv. Rewrite the sentence beginning with ‘life.’

v. Rewrite the sentence beginning with ‘Although “

vi. Rewrite the sentence using ‘no other’.

Q. No. 14. You have read the poem, ‘Another Woman’ where she was tortured and finally was killed. Now write a story using the theme/incident of the poem in your own words. 10M

Read the following table and write a biographical sketch of Shri K. Chandrashekhar Rao.

Particulars	Details/Information
Name	Kalwakuntla Chandrashekar Rao
Popularly known	KCR
Date of Birth	17 February 1954
Place of birth	Chintamadaka village near Siddipet
Parents	Raghava Rao and Venkatamma
Family	spouse: K Shobha; Children: K T Ramarao and K Kavitha
Education	MA degree in Telugu literature from Osmania University, Hyderabad
Movement led	Telangana Movement
Position	Chief Minister of Telangana since 2014
Party	Bharath Rashtra Samithi – BRS (Once TRS)
Ambition	To change the life of backward people and equitable distribution of the water, funds and employment to the locals.

Q. No. 15. Nick learnt surfing at his mater Bethany Hamilton. His photo got published on the surfer magazine. Think that he went to her to convey his gratitude, but she was not at home.

Write a message to her as if you were Nick. 5M

Q. No. 16. Imagine that your school is organizing “Annual day celebrations at your school.” Design an invitation card on behalf of your school. Include the necessary details. [Date and venue, Chief Guest, guest of honour, programme& vote of thanks] 5M

Part-B

Instructions:

1. Answer the questions on the question paper itself and attach it to the answer booklet of Part-A

2. Avoid overwriting

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Q. No. (17-21). Read the following poem

You are stronger than your wounds

Time doesn’t heal wounds
to make you forget.
It doesn’t heal wounds to
erase the memories.
Time leaves you with a scar
to remind you of how you fought through it.
Time leaves you with a scar
to remind you of how you bled
and how you survived.
You survived.

Now answer the questions. Each question has four choices. Choose the correct answer and write A, B, C or D in the brackets given 5X1=5

17. What does time do according to the poet? ( )

A) Time heals the wounds B) Time erases the memories

C) Time leaves scars of your wounds D) Time bleeds you all the way

18. ‘Time doesn’t heal wounds’ is an example of … ( )

A) simile B) personification C) metaphor D) hyperbole

19. According to the poet the time reminds us of … ( )

A) our survival B) our problems

C) our fight over sufferings D) all the others

20. What are wounds and scares compared to? ( )

A) problems and memories B) wounds and scares

C) memories and problems D) scares and memories

21. The sentence ‘You survived.’ in the poem means … ( )

A) You are failed in life. B) You are forced to fail in life.

C) You are here with the grace of the god. D) You are still here to fight through the time.

Q. No. (22-26). In the following passage, five sentences are numbered and each of them has an error. Correct them and rewrite them in the given space. 5X1=5

The brighter ones wanted to study in the Indian Institutes of Technology, or the IITs. 22) There was a entrance test for IIT. 23) This boy, along with his friends, applied to for appear the test. 24) They did not had any special books or coaching. All these IIT aspirants would sit below the shade of a stone mandap close to Chamundi Hills in the sleepy town of Mysore. 25) He was the guide the others. While the others struggled to solve the problems in the question paper, he would smile shyly and solve them in no time. 26) He sit alone below a tree and dreamt of studying at IIT. It was the ultimate aim for any bright boy at that age, as it still is today. He was then only sixteen years old.

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Q. No. (27-31) Complete the passage choosing the right word from those given below. Each blank is numbered and each blank has four choices (A), (B), (C) and (D). Choose the correct answer and write A, B, C or D in the brackets given. 5X1=5

Even though we have …… (27) the 21^st century more than a billion people are being in extreme ….. (28), 40 million people are infected …… (29) 104 million children do not have access to school ….. (30) 860 million adults cannot ….. (31) or write.

27. (A) entering (B) entered (C) enter (D) enters

28. (A) poor (B) poorly (C) poverty (D) poorest

29. (A) from (B) with (C) of (D) by

30. (A) and (B) but (C) or (D) so

31. (A) read (B) reads (C) reading (D) ridden

Q. No. (32-36). Read the following passage with focus on the underlined parts. Answer them as directed in the space given. 5X1=5

Water sports aren't Nick's only thing - he also play (32) golf with a club tucked under his chin, and is a huge (33) fan of the English Premier League.

His parents decided not to send him to a special school - a decision he said was very hard for him, but which may have been the better (34) decision they could have made for him.

When Nick was born his father was so shocked (35) that he left the hospital room to vomit. His distraught mother couldn't bring herself to hold him until he was four months old.

His disability came without any medical explanation - a rare occurrence called Phocomelia (36) - and Nick and his parents spent many years asking why this cruel trick would happen to them. 'My mother was a nurse and she did everything right during pregnancy but she still blamed herself,' he said.

32. Replace the underlined word with appropriate form of the word.