31E

K.S.E.E.B., Malleshwaram, Bangalore

SSLC Model Question Paper-3 (2015)
ENGLISH
Max Marks: 80

Time: 2 Hours 15 minutes

No. of Questions:

Code No. : 31E

General Instructions:
Attempt all questions
15 Minutes is allotted as cool off time.
You are not allowed to write during the cool off time.
Read the Instructions and Questions carefully.
Section A
(Prose, Poetry, Supplementary Reading and Vocabulary)
Four alternatives are given for the each of the following questions/incomplete
statements. Write the correct or the most appropriate answer in the space
provided.

1 mark 3 = 3

1. Roma Talreja was a 21 year old ___________

(a) call centre executive
(b) worker in the Mumbai suburban train services
(c) executive in the women's welfare society
(d) marketing executive
2. The old folk used to say that happiness was a beautiful bird living _______
(a) on a field far away in the west
(b) on a snowy mountain far away in the east
(c) in a far off desert
(d) just beyond the village
3. According to Columbus, his worst enemy was__________________
(a) his uncontrolled temper

(b) his uncontrolled selfishness

(c) his uncontrolled tongue

(d) his uncontrolled hatred

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Answer the following questions in 2 or 3 sentences each

2 marks 4 = 8

4. Congratulation were showered on Swami after the housebreaker was caught. How
was he congratulated by the headmaster?
5. What do you think of Pandit Ravi Shankar and Ustad Allah Rakha's accepting to
play in Smith's house?
6. Both the parents were his well wishers. But each cared for him in a different way.
How did Satish's parents care for him? Support your answer with at least one
example.
7. Why does the author Keillis Borok in the lesson "Science and Hope of survival"
consider the scientists to be practical? Mention any two examples of discovery to
prove this.
Read the following extracts and answer the questions given
8. A month later my friends moved into Rio-En-Medio, but one day they came back
to complain.
(a) Who were the friends here?
(b) Why did they come back to complain?
9. After the third hundred miles his hands and toes were torn to shreds
(a) Who does the word 'his' refer to?
(b) Why were his hands and toes torn to shreds?

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2

10. 'Discipline' is a thing of the past, sir, its you or us'

(a) When was this said?
(b) What made Francisco speak these words?

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2

Answer any one of the following questions in eight or ten sentences each
11 How did Baleshwar help Roma?
OR
Wangjia faced three monsters. Each monster had his own wish. Wangjia also had
his wish. What contrasts do you draw between the wishes of Wangjia and the three
monsters?

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Poetry
12. The expression 'winter under lock' means that in space
(a) there is no change of seasons

(b) seasons change frequently

(c) it is always cold

(d) it is always hot

Answer the following questions in a word a phrase or a sentence

13. Which musical instrument does the jazz player use?
14. Why would the speaker in the poem "off to space tomorrow morning" not be
writing or posting mails?
Answer the following in 2-3 sentences each.

2 marks 3 = 6

15. 'You cannot put a fence around the planet earth' How do you justify this
statement?
16. In the poem 'Ballad of the tempest' when the captain shouted 'we are lost' how did
his daughter react?
17. How does a blind person understand whether it is day or night?
Read the given extract and answer the questions that follow.
18. 'Glad till the dancing stops and the lift of music ends
Laugh till the game is played and be you merry my friends'
(a) What does the expression the lift of the music ends' mean?
(b) Whose music and whose game do they refer to?
19. Quote from memory.
The quality of mercy ...
.
.
.
.
.. and majesty

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OR
What was like a 'brief season of hell' to the poet's grandmother? How did the poet
and his father bring her out of that situation?
Supplementary reading
Answer the following in 4-6 sentences each
20. Why were Babu and Manju disappointed with the students march?
OR
How did the fourteen amendment to the U.S. constitution and mahatma phule
influence Dr. Ambedkar?
21. How do you support the statement 'Hanif was a man of varied interests and
talents'?
OR
Mention any two events to show that Dicky Dolma had a tragic childhood.
Vocabulary
22. Choose the meaning of 'tempest' from the words given in brackets
(temple, season, storm, temper)
23. Write the opposites of these words
(a) before
(b) arrival
24. The spelling of the word is jumbled. Write the word in its correct form. Beginning
of
the
word
is
given
HERCTEA 25. Which one of these words has two syllabels?
(a) Those

(b) Silence

(c) Lease

(d) Loose

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Section B
Reading
Read the passage and answer the questions given below :
The Smith and his family from South East England were holidaying at a beach
resort in southern Thailand. Tilly smith, a ten year old girl suddenly started
screaming 'There's an earthquake under the sea! Get off the beach! Run! The smith
family started running and the other tourists followed them and were saved from
the fatal Tsunami of 2004. Thanks to Tilly smilth and the video showed to her in
her geography lesson.
26. What is the paragraph about?
27. Which sentence in the paragraph suggest that the smiths were the tourists?
28. Who saved the tourists?
29. Tilly Smith was a school girl in southern Tailand.

Right / wrong

Read the following dialogue and answer the questions.

(Place : A Guest House)
A : can I have a room, please?
B : How many are you, Sir?
A : We'are three
B : Well, we have one, but it is not an A/C one
A : Never mind.
30. Between A and B, who is the visitor and who is in charge of the guest house?
31. What does 'never mind' mean?
32. Look at this visual

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Write a sentence using the phrase 'more ..than'
33. The boy jumped off / jumped at from the still moving train.
Tick the right phrase and write it separately)
Writing
A paragraph is given below. It has four errors. Edit the paragraph. Clues are
given
34. During the holidays, I to my friends village. It was a small village. It was a small
village for 200 homes the villagers led a simple living. I stayed here and enjoyed
myself very more.
*
Correct form of the verb to be used
*
*
*

Preposition to be corrected
Correct form of the word to be used
Correct the adverb.

35. Imagine you are smitha or sourab living in Tavarekere at 42, 6th Cross,
Gandhinagar. Write a letter to your uncle thanking him for the birthday gift he had
sent.
OR
Write a letter to the editor of 'My City' newspaper regarding the bad roads in your
locality, the two wheelers riding on pavements and school going children facing
problems. Request the editor to bring this problem to the notice of the authorities
concerned.
Grammar
36. The kind, hearted boy helped the villagers.
(Begin the sentence with
The villagers ______________________________________
37. Read the statement given
My grandmother was a genius
She _________ climb tree easily

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The correct modal verb in the blank is
(a) can
(b) could
(c) shall

(d) may

38. All of us want to be happy_______________?

The question tag to be used above is
a) won't we? (b) don't we (c) shall we (d) aren't we?
39. Sandeep went to Bengaluru to meet the minister.
The correct question for the above statement is
a) Why did Sandeep went to Bengaluru?
b) Why was Sandeep went to Bengaluru?
c) Why did Sandeep go to Bengaluru?
d) Why is Sandeep go to Bengaluru?
40. Fill in the blanks with appropriate propositions and conjunctions
The peacock is the national bird of India. It is a beautiful bird______ its feathers
have beautiful colours. The female is called a peafowl ________ its feathers are
not so beautiful, only plain brown. These birds live ________ forests where there
is not much population. These birds depend_______ berries, seeds, sometimes
snakes for their food)
(of, on, and, but)
41. Read the conversation. Based on it complete the sentence given below in the
reported speech
Sushma :
Sujana :
Sushma :

I went to see a movie yesterday

Oh, is it! which one?
The space Odyssey.

Sushma told her friend that she

Sujana asked her what sushma replied that it _____________________
42. Complete the following sentences with the correct verb given in brackets
(a) If it rains, I __________ not come (will, would)
(b) If Raju tried again he __________ pass (may, would)
(c) If Anusha had not agreed what ________ have done (would, should)
(d) If you heat water to 100C it _________ (boils, it boiling)

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43. Raju was a small boy. He was very helpful to his mother (combine the above two
sentences beginning with Although Raju _____________)
Reference Skill
44. Arrange the following words in the order in which they are put in a dictionary.
Ancient, anxiety, arrogance, arrival
45. A message reads like this :
'R V going 2day?'
Write it in the normal way.
46. In a newspaper, you find the following news .Read it and answer the question.
Page 1

National news

Page 2

State news

Page 3
Page 4

betters to the editor

Sports news

A caption reads like this

The CM will visit Bengaluru rural district tomorrow.
In which page do you fix this caption?

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