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SSC Model Paper-3 (Unit-3)

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

We were walking up a narrow hilly road, and neither of us uttered a word as if we were strangers who spoke different languages. I did not know what was going on in his mind. From time to time it crossed my mind that it was improper for me to let father carry the luggage. I wanted to tell him that I would like to carry the trunk myself, but my guilt and shame did not allow me to do so. This self-consciousness had probably to do with my education, the white-collar job that I had, or quite simply my pride. Somehow, I had the feeling that if I carried the luggage, my father and my people, in fact the whole world would laugh at me and I would be belittled. (The Journey)

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

1. Why do you think they walked like strangers?

2. What made the narrator not to carry his own luggage?

3. Do really people would be belittled if they carry their own luggage? Why?

4. If you were the narrator, would you carry your luggage? Why?

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

This morning she bought green 'methi'

in the market, choosing the freshest bunch;

picked up a white radish,

imagined the crunch it would make

between her teeth, the sweet sharp taste,

then put it aside, thinking it

an extravagance, counted her coins

out carefully, tied them, a small bundle

into her sari at the waist;

came home, faced her mother-in-law's

dark looks, took the leaves and chopped them,

her hands stained yellow from the juice;

cut an onion, fine and cooked

the whole thing in the pot over the stove,

shielding her face from the heat. (Another Woman)

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

5. Do you think it is an extravagance to buy some radish? Why?

6. “faced her mother’s dark-looks” explain.

7. “shielding her face from the heat.” Why did she shield her face here?

8. Pick Three False statements according to the passage.

A. The woman is really timid.

B. The woman is a brave one.

C. Her aunt and the in-laws are cultured and well-mannered.

D. Her aunt in the poem is kind and loving.

E. She shielded her face from the heat.

Q. No. (9-12) The bar-graph given below provides information about the nicest fruit among some of the nice fruits. Study the graph carefully and answer the following questions. 4 X 2 = 8

9. Which fruit is considered as the nicest according to the graph?

10. Which fruit do you consider the nicest? Why?

11. How many people and fruits are taken into consideration in this graph?

12. Name the fruit that is most popular in your location? Why do you think so?

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) This summer is hotter. The last summer was hot. ii) Trees and water help us in summer. iii) “This summer is really scorching us” said Shivani. iv) We felt very hot this year. We felt very cold this year. v) But holidays in summer make the school kids happy. vi) Summer is the hottest season. Summer has longest days and shortest nights.

i. Combine the two sentences using ‘hotter than’

ii. Rewrite the sentence beginning with ‘We’

iii. Change the sentence into reported speech.

iv. Combine he two sentences using ‘not only … but also.’

v. Rewrite the sentence adding a suitable question tag at the end.

vi. Rewrite the sentence using ‘which’.

Q. No. 14. You have read the narrative, ‘The Journey’. Now write a possible conversation between the father and the son on pair of shoes at the bus stop. 10M

A teenage girl wins an award for her bravery. She rescued two children who were drowning in the flood water last month. Write a news report as if you were the local reporter. Give necessary details of 5w’s.

Q. No. 15. You have read the one-act-play, ‘Never-Never Nest’. Aunt Jane found very difficult in the way Jack and Jill are living. She felt very unhappy and helped them by gifting another cheque. Now, make a diary entry of Aunt Jane on the day she visited Jack and Jill’s home. 5M

Q. No. 16. Imagine that you are the president of the Health Club in your school. Most of the students are not cleaning or washing their hands and plates before meal and found that they who don’t maintain personal hygiene often fall sick. Now prepare a poster in order to make the students aware of “Personal Hygiene” in your school to display on the notice board. 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

Trees

I think that I shall never see

A poem lovely as a tree.

A tree whose hungry mouth is prest

Against the earth’s sweet flowing breast;

A tree that looks at God all day,

And lifts her leafy arms to pray;

A tree that may in Summer wear

A nest of robins in her hair;

Upon whose bosom snow has lain;

Who intimately lives with rain.

Poems are made by fools like me,

But only God can make a tree.

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. According to the poet …. ( )

A) poets are wisely people B) tree is made by the God

C) tree is the house of a lion D) fools plant trees

18. ‘A tree that may in Summer wear - A nest of robins in her hair.’ is a/an … ( )

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

19. According to the poet the tree prays the God … ( )

A) with its leafy branches B) with its brownly stem

C) with its deeper roots D) with its fruits

20. According to the poet who plants a tree is … ( )

A) the ghost B) the devil

C) god D) the environment

21. Find the true statement. ( )

A) Poets create trees B) Trees aren’t useful things

C) Trees give us oxygen D) God never create trees

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

Father had provided for my education, and I had been able to realize his dreams. 22) My parents were me truly proud of. 23) It was through me while they had earned a greater degree of admiration and respect from the villagers. 24) My father would not like to saw me carrying a trunk on my back and would be very hurt if I did so. 25) I concluded that it would better to let him carry it. Father was used to carrying luggage anyway. 26) He was stronger yet more skilled than me in these matters. I had never got used to physical labour having stayed in hostels right from my childhood.

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26…………………………………………………………………..…………………………

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

The radio is one of the best products ……….. (27) science and technology. Guglienimo Marconi ……. (28) it. It is an audio medium and has become the main source of information in every nook and corner of the world, today,. It is a must in ……… (29) household. It has many advantages. It brings us information from all ……….. (30) the world, in ……… (31) matter of minutes.

27. A) for B) to C) about D) of

28. A) discovered B) invented C) found D) established

29. A) one B) all C) every D) often

30. A) though B) over C) above D) under

31. A) an B) the C) a D) none

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

Jack: You see, Aunt Jane, we realized how uneconomic (32) it is to go on paying rent year after year, when you can buy and enjoy a home of your own for ten pounds and a few quarterly (33) payments, of course. Why be Mr. Tenant when you can be Mr. Owner?

Aunt Jane: I see. Yes, there’s something in that. Even so, you must be get (34) on very well to keep up a place like this.

Jill: Oh, he is, Aunt Jane. Why, only last ear (35) he had a five-shilling rise, didn’t you, Jack?

Jack: (modest (36)) Of course that was nothing, really. I’m expecting ten this Christmas.

32. Write opposite word of the underlined.