Unit test 1 English papers for Maharashtra state board

 Class 10 Lower English 

Que 1 A) : Language study. [05]

1. Complete the following words by using correct letters:

i) An_wer

ii) Mast_r

iii) Advic_

iv) Sm_rt

2. Put the words in alphabetical order.

 Nature, value, success, easy

3. Punctuate the following sentence.

shall i reach pune on time he asked

Que 2: Read the following passage carefully and do the activities. [10]

A1) Say whether the following sentences are true or false.

i) A big female langur did not intend to kill the baby langur.

ii) The writer started throwing more stones at the big langur.

iii) The mother langur was watching her baby being killed.

iv) According to the custom of animal clan, a dominant male protects male baby or adult.

Suddenly, I heard a group of street dogs barking furiously in the distance. I chose to ignore the commotion thinking that the pack of dogs might have cornered a hapless pig. But soon, the barking became louder and more aggressive and the alarmed cawing of a flock of crows added to the cacophony. I also heard the disturbance approaching closer.

Curiosity got the better of me. Leaving the book aside, I rushed to the veranda to see what was going on.

I glanced towards the roof of the club house and saw something horrible. A big male langur, apparently the leader of its group, was holding a baby langur in his hands and mercilessly biting it all over with a definite intent to kill. The helpless mother of the baby and other lesser members of the langur group were scattered on the roofs of the buildings nearby watching the baby being killed. I recalled the terrible custom in the animal clan according to which a dominant male usually does not allow another male baby or adult to survive within its group.q

Without losing any time, I gathered a stout stick in one hand and hurled a piece of stone at the marauding langur.

 The langur was so infuriated that it hardly took any notice of my assault. But then I started throwing more stones. The dogs on their part raised their pitch of cry.

A2) Complete with the help of the information given in the passage.

  The writer saw on the roof that

• --------
• ---------
• ----------
• -----------

A3) Write from the passage the antonyms of the following.

 i) mercifully

 ii) submissive

 iii) recognize

 iv) greater

A4) Do as directed:

 i) I chose to ignore the commotion. (Add a question tag)

 ii) It hardly took notice of my assault. (Make this as a negative sentence)

A5) What would you do, if you found an injured bird while returning from your school?

Que 3: Read the following extract carefully and complete the activities. [05]

Each day brings new beginnings,

 Decisions I must make.

 I am the only one to choose

 The road that I will take.

 I can choose to take the road of life,

 That leads to great success

 Or travel down the darkened road,

 That leads to great distress.

 Please open up my eyes, dear Lord,

 That I might clearly see

 Help me stand for what is right,

 Bring out the best in me.

 Help, Lord, to just say “no”

 When temptation comes my way,

 That I might keep my body clean

 And fit for life each day.

 When my teenage years are over,

 I know that I will see

 That life is lived its very best

 With you walking next to me.

– Write an appreciation of this poem.

Class 9

Lower English 

Que 1: 

Language study.

A) Do as directed. [05]

1. Complete the following words by using correct letters: [02]

i) ab*’ut*

ii) f*’nny*

iii) qu*’ck*

iv) l*’nch*

2. Spot the error and rewrite the correct sentence: [02]

i) I doesn’t know what kind of school they had all that time ago.

ii) Margie’s grandfather said to her, when he was a little boy his grandfather told him that there is a time when all stories are printed on paper.

3. Make your own meaningful sentence by using the phrase ‘to be able to’ [01]

Que 2: Read the following passage and do the activity.

A 1) Complete the following sentences: [02]

i) The incident in the story has taken place on --------

ii) Their television screen must have had ------

iii) Margie’s great grandfather had --------

iv) According to Margie’s a ‘real book’ means --------

Passage:

Margie even wrote about it that night in her diary. On the page headed 17th May 2157. She wrote, “Today Tommay found a real book”!

It was a very old book. Margie’s grandfather once said that when he was a little boy his grandfather told him that there was a time when all stories were printed on paper.

They turned the pages, which were yellow and crinkly, and it was awfully to read words that stood still instead of moving the way they were supposed to on a screen, you know, and then when they turned back to the page before, it had the same words on it that it had when they read it first time.

“Gee”, said Tommy, “What a waste! When you’re through with the book, you just throw it away, I guess. Our television screen must have had a million books on it and it’s good for plenty more. I wouldn’t throw it away.”

A 2) Complete the following web? [02]

(Diagram with central box: “Margie’s description of the book” and three connected empty boxes)

A 3) Match the words in column ‘A’ with their meaning in column ‘B’ [02]

Column ‘A’ Column ‘B’

1) real a) very amusing

2) crinkly b) exactly the one/ones referred to

3) same c) having a lot of thin folds

4) a we fully funny d) genuine and not false

A 4) Underline the verbs and choose the correct options from the brackets. [02]

1. Margie even wrote about it. (Present Tense / Past Tense)

2. Today, Tommy found a new book. (Present Tense / Past Tense)

3. About what did Tommy say, “What a waste!” why do you think, did he say so? [02]

Que 3: Read the following extract and do the activities.

A 1) Put the words given in brackets in the proper blanks. [02]

i) The ____ is talking to its ____ (Father / Child)

ii) The ____ is leading and the ____ following. (Father / Child)

Poem extract:

‘Walk a little slower, Daddy’

Said a little child so small

‘I’m following in your footsteps,

And I don’t want to fall.

Sometimes your steps are very fast

Sometimes they are hard to see;

So walk a little slower, Daddy

For you are leading me.

A 2) What would happen if the child tried to walk fast? [02]

A 3) Find and write the pairs of rhyming words from the stanzas. [01]