SSC Model Paper-11 (Covering all the syllabus)

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

'She was amazing,’ said Nick. 'She taught me how to surf and I was terrified at first, but once I got up there it felt absolutely fantastic and I caught some waves pretty well.' Nick quickly learned how to do the 360-degree spins on his board - a feat that got him on the cover of Surfer magazine within 48 hours. 'No one has ever done that in the history of surfing,' he said. ‘But I have a very low centre of gravity so I've got pretty good balance.’

He has visited different countries all over the world. The football fan is now a motivational speaker and has travelled to over 24 countries speaking to groups of up to 110,000 people.(Attitude is Altitude)

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

1. 'She was amazing,’ Who was amazing? Why do you think she was amazing?

2. What made Nick on the cover of Surfer magazine?

3. Why do you think Nick has learnt surfing easily?

4. How are you motivated by the story of Nick?

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

So, when the kerosene was thrown

(just a moment of surprise,

A brilliant spark)

It was the only choice

that she had ever known.

Another torch, blazing in the dark.

Another woman.

We shield our faces from the heat. (Another Woman)

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

5. ‘The kerosene was thrown” how do you understand it?

6. ‘We shield our faces from the heat’ Who do ‘we’ in the line? Why do we shield our faces?

7. What do you think the only choice she had known?

8. Find the three true statements.

a. The woman in the poem was so crazy.

b. The mother-in-law is a cruel woman.

c. Her husband never supports the woman.

d. She wanted to torture her in-laws.

e. She hasn’t got any right in the house of in-laws.

Q. No. (9-12) The bar-graph given below provides some information. Study the table carefully and answer the following questions. 4 X 2 = 8

9. What does the bar-graph inform us about?

10. How many branches are compared here? What are they?

11. What are the branches got highest sales in 2000 and 2001?

12. If it is your business, on which branch do you focus to improve your sales? 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) The attender rang the bell. ii) Azeem went into the class. He started teaching. iii) He said, ‘Are you ready children?” iv) “Shivaji was one of the greatest kings of India. v) He won many wars. vi) He was truly an India king of all the ages.

i. Rewrite the sentence beginning with ‘The bell’

ii. Combine the two sentences using ‘As soon as’

iii. Report the sentence.

iv. Rewrite the sentence with ‘as great as’

v. Rewrite the sentence beginning with ‘Many wars’

vi. Rewrite the sentence adding a question tag.

Q. No. 14. In the lesson, ‘Environment’ Wangari Maathai worked for the women empowerment as well as for the environment. She has understood that the tree is the wonderful symbol of environment. Every environment is connected with the tree. The life sources of water, air, food etc are connected with the tree. So, she worked on plantation and succeeded. Now, write an essay focusing on the importance of ‘tree’ the true symbol of the life on the earth. 10M

You’ve learnt that Kalam went to his teacher’s home for the second time for a meal hesitantly. But his teacher’s wife invited him into her ritual kitchen and served him with her hands along with his teacher, Iyer. Now, write a possible imaginary conversation among these three.

Q. No. 15. You’ve studied that the old man, Mr. Merryweather, was going to get married next Monday at St. Philip Church in your town. Imagine that you were Mr. Tattersall. You’ve thought that there should be an invitation for your friend’s marriage. Now, prepare in invitation for the marriage ceremony including necessary details like the names of bride and bridegroom, venue, time etc. 5M

Q. No. 16. Imagine that you were one of the relatives who attended the house warming ceremony of Bayaji. But witnessed the unfortunate incident of the death and attended funeral programme of the host. Now, write a diary entry of your feelings on that day. 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 passage carefully.

From morning till the class ends, every hour is managed by bells and there are different tones for bells introduced so that children would understand as what was the purpose of the bell that was rung. Morning, bells would be rung, for gathering into classrooms and lining up for the morning assembly. Once the assembly is over a single bell would indicate that it is time for classes to begun, after every period, a bell would be rung to indicate that the particular hour is done for the day and the next hour would be beginning shortly.

Double bells are rung during intervals, so that students understand that the bells are for recess, refreshing and having food. At the end of the day, a long bell is rung which indicates that the day in school is done and it`s time to be at home. In case there is anything else to be let known to the students in between, a bell would be rung and announcements would be made. Bells are very much important in every schools across the globe as the sound of the bell brings in proper schedule and timing for each activity.

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. _____________ indicates the time for classes ( )

A) single bell B) double bell C) long bell D) triple bell

18. According to the passage after the long bell ……. ( )

A) Children come to school B) Children from a line for prayers

C) Children go home D) Teachers get into the classes

19. Bells are very much important for … ( )

A) bringing proper schedule B) timing for each activity

C) some announcements D) all the above

20. ‘schools across the globe’ means ( )

A) schools drawn on the globe B) schools in your village

C) schools in India and Asia D) schools around the world

21. Ringing a bell helps us to …... ( )

A) be cautious B) notorious C) tired D) active

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

“I am the one who got converted,” he said. 22) But it took him nine years after reaching Calcutta (now Kolkata) or joining St. Xavier’s College, to muster up the confidence to meet Ray in person. 23) “Although I wanted to meet him right away, I didn’t want to just go and see him like was he a living museum piece. 24) I wanted to prepare myselves, get to know his works more, so that when we met, there could be a worthwhile dialogue,” he said. 25) When they finally meet, it was the beginning of a close friendship that lasted 22 years- until Ray’s death in 1992. 26) “It was a very quiet friendship these developed over the years.

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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

One day a rabbit and a tortoise ………(27) a race. The rabbit was beautiful but proud. ……. (28) tortoise was smart but humble. ……… (29) the race began, the rabbit ran fast. But the tortoise crawled slowly. After some time the rabbit turned ……. (30) to see …….. (31) the tortoise was.

27. A) ran B) run C) runs D) running

28. A) Those B) An C) A D) The

29. A) Where B) When C) Why D) How

30. A) down B) back C) off D) of

31. A) when B) where C) what D) who

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

Mrs. Jordan: You know, father, it’s quite time you come to live with us again. We’d make you very comfortable (32).

Mrs. Slater: No, he’s not been with us as well as (33) he was with you.

Mrs. Jordan: I may be wrong (34), but I don’t think father will fancy (35) living on with you after what’s happen (36) today

32. Replace the underlined with its opposite word.