SSC Model Paper-15 (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

My parents were truly proud of me. It was through me that they had earned a greater degree of admiration and respect from the villagers. My father would not like to see me carrying a trunk on my back and would be very hurt if I did so. I concluded that it would be better to let him carry it. Father was used to carrying luggage anyway. He was stronger and more skilled than me in these matters. I had never got used to physical labour having stayed in hostels right from my childhood. So, in spite of my youth and strength, I was physically useless. I continued walking silently with father. We rested at two places on the way and had our tiffin but we hardly talked. Finally, we reached Dirang. The bus from Tawang had not yet reached Dirang and so we had some time in hand. We entered a tea shop and sat facing each other. Father appeared tired. I felt sorry for him but couldn’t bring myself to say anything. I asked the waiter to get us two cups of tea. Just as I was going to take my first sip, I heard father’s voice, ‘Do you have a pair of old shoes?’ “Why” I asked. “The road is uneven and full of pebbles. It hurts while walking.” (The Journey)

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

1. Why do you think father wanted an old pair of shoes?

2. What are the results of adverse effects of education?

3. How did the narrator justify his guilt in his mind?

4. What would you do if you were in the narrator’s place?

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

Outside Mr. Nana's front are three large empty metal drums, the bright red paint now flaking away, but the skull and crossbones symbol clearly visible on each. And in a clearing 200m away from the village, next to a stream that the villagers get their drinking water from is an enormous pyramid of identical drums, reaching to the sky. Some of them are badly corroded, their slimy contents of various colours - grey, dark green, bright orange, etc. - leaking out, down, on to the baked African earth and into the stream. Some have fallen down and rolled - or been rolled by playful children - into the bush. Some are smoking in the midday heat. Some are swelling, as if their contents are bursting to get out. Some have already burst.

“They came on a Wednesday,” said Sunday, “Many, many big lorries. They took all day unloading them. No-one told us what was in them. They gave the Chief a brown paper bag-I saw him smiling as the lorries drove away. This was five years ago. Then three months ago, one of the brightest boys in the village - Thomas Agonyo - started university in Lagos. He came home one weekend with a new Chemistry book, and spent all day looking at the drums and writing things down and talking to himself and shaking his head. We all thought he had gone mad. Then he called a meeting of the village and told us that the drums contained poisonous chemicals. He said they had come from Italy. But I don't know where that is. Is it in Europe?” (A Tale of Three Villages)

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

5. I saw him smiling as the lorries drove away. Why do you think the lorries come for?

6. Pyramid of identical drums, reaching to the sky. What does the statement mean?

7. In what way was Thomas Agonyo’s education useful?

8. Find the false statements.

A. There are barrels of dangerous chemicals stored near a village stream.

B. The village chief was happy about the arrival of the chemicals.

C. The villagers all knew what was inside the barrels from the start.

D. A young man from the village is studying music in Lagos.

E. The paint on the barrels is completely gone.

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

9. What are the four types of communications?

10. How many types of non-verbal communications are there? What are they?

11. Comment on written communication.

12. Which type of communication is the best one? 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) One day the master came home early. He walked fast the watchman’s hut and caught the smell of fish. It was a nice smell. ii) He liked it very much. That afternoon, he called the watchman. iii) The master asked him ‘What were you cooking today?’

“Fish” said the watchman. iv) He was a short man. v) The master asked him for some curry. It was cooked by the watchman. vi) He had a little curry. He gave his master happily.

i. Rewrite the sentence using ‘no sooner’

ii. Rewrite the sentence beginning with ‘It’

iii. Report the sentence.

iv. Rewrite the sentence by adding a tag question.

v. Combine the two sentences using ‘which/that’.

vi. Combine the two sentences using ‘Even though’

Q. No. 14. In the reading text ‘Attitude is Altitude’, you have read about Nick’s disability. After he was born, his parents were worried about his future. They decided to make him independent despite his disability. (10M)

Now, write a possible conversation between Nick’s parents. You may use the following ideas;

· Shocked to see an abnormal child

· Cursed their fate

· Decided to grow him up to live independently

You might have watched recent movie, Robot 2.0 directed by Shankar and acted by Rajinikanth. It conveys a message about excessive use of mobile phones and extinction of birds because of its radiation. This world belongs to everyone. It has flora and fauna. The earth does not belong to man but man belongs to the earth.

Suppose the District Educational Officer of your district is organizing an essay competition on topic given below and you are representing your school. Now write an essay, you can make use of the following hints.

Topic: SAVE ANIMAL KINDOGM

Ø a natural asset

Ø world belongs to everyone

Ø maintain ecological balance

Ø avoid dumping factorywaste in rivers

Ø avoid pollution

Ø say no to plastic

Ø use paper made bags

Ø smoke free atmosphere

Ø mobile towers – permitted radiation range

Ø control monitoring on usage of mobiles and tower permissions

Q. No. 15. In the lesson 'The Storeyed House - 1", Bayaji expressed his wish, building a storeyed house, to his children. All were happy with his wish and plan.

Now, imagine yourself as Bayaji and make a diary entry of your feelings after your children accepted your wish and plan. 5M

Q. No. 16. Your school is going to conduct ‘Literary Fest’ at your school. Suppose you are the secretary of English Language Club of your school, prepare a poster mentioning the events and its details make use of the hints given below. 5M

Ø Poetry Competition

Ø Catchy heading and captions

Ø Story writing competitions

Ø Essay

Ø Elocution

Ø Categories – junior and senior

Ø Issuing authority

Ø Last date to apply

Ø Contact details etc.

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.

MONEY

When I had money, money, O!

I knew no joy till I went poor;

For many a false man as a friend

Came knocking all day at my door

Then felt I like a child that holds

A trumpet that he must not blow

Because a man is dead; I hared

Not speak to let this false world know.

Much have I thought of life, and seen

How poor men’s heart are ever light

And their wives do hum like bees

About their work from morn till night.

So, when I hear these poor one’s laugh,

And see the rich one’s coldly frown

Poor men, think I, need not go up

So much as rich men should come down

When I had money, money, O!

My many friends proved all untrue;

But now I have no money O!

My friends are real, though very few. [William Henry Davies]

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. The poet’s comments about the people without money is that …… ( )

A) they coldly frown B) they are happier

C) they are false D) they want money

18. …. The rich one’s coldly frown …. What does ‘coldly frown’ refer to? ( )

A) think seriously B) feeling cold

C) remain in happiness D) indifferent and uncaring

19. What kind of friends did the poet have when he was rich? ( )

A) true friends B) false friends C) best friends D) no friends

20. How many true friends did the poet have when he had no money? ( )

A) very few B) very large list

C) many D) no friends

21. Who are compared to bees? ( )

A) all men B) all women C) wives of poor men D) none

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

He told me as if thinking aloud, “Abul, I know you have to go away to grow. (22) Does the seagull not flies across the sun, alone and without a nest?” (23) He quoted Khalil Gibran my hesitant mother, “Your children are not your children. (24) They are sons and daughters of life’s longing for myself. (25) They coming through you but not from you. You may give them your love but not your thoughts. (26) For they have own their thoughts.”

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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

……………(27) hungry fox saw some bunches of grapes ………….. (28) from a vine. He decided …….. (29) jump for them. In spite of jumping very high, he found it difficult to reach the grapes. He ….. (30) a few more times, ………. (31) then went away saying, ‘The grapes are sour!’

27. A) A B) An C) The D) Those ( )

28. A) hanging B) hung C) hang D) hangs ( )

29. A) of B) to C) on D) in ( )

30. A) trying B) tries C) try D) tried ( )

31. A) and B) or C) but D) any ( )

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

In 1914, Thomas Edison at age 67, lose (32) his factory, which was worth a few million dollars, on fire. It had very little (33) insurance. No longer a young man, Edison watched his lifetime effort go up in smoke and said, “There is great value in disaster (34). All our mistakes are burnt up (35). Thank God we can start anew.” In spite of the disaster, three weeks later, she (36) invented the Phonograph. What an attitude?

32. Rewrite the correct form of the underlined word.