PRACTICE QUESTION BANK - MARCH 2021 ENGLISH (03) (First Language) - Std. Xth

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Practice Question Bank for Std. X English (03) First Language, March 2021, designed for language study and textual passage activities. It includes instruction-based questions covering sentence types, punctuation, word formation, verb chains, alphabetical order, indirect narration, homophones, tense rewriting, degree changes, modal auxiliaries, error spotting, participles, compound words, gerunds, voice change, and question tag rewriting. Textual passages assess reading comprehension, web completion, collocations, inference from passages, and brief responses.

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ENGLISH ACTIVITY SET 1

Section I: Language Study

Section II: Textual Passages

Q.2. A Read the following passage and do the activities

Q.2. B Read the following passage carefully and complete the activities

महाराष्ट्र शासनशालेय शशक्षण वक्रीडा शवभाग राज्य शैक्षशणक सशोधन व प्रशक्षण परषद, महाराष्ट्र७०८ सदाशिव पेठ , कुमठेकर मार्ग , पुणे ४११०३० संपकग क्रमांक (020) 2447 6938 E-mail: [evaluationdept@maa.ac.in](evaluationdept@maa.ac.in) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Question Bank Standard:- 10th Subject:- English (03) First Language March 2021 सूचना 1. फक्त शवद्यार्थ्यांना प्रश्नप्रकारांचा सराव करूनदेण्यासाठीच 2. सदर प्रश्नसंचातील प्रश्न बोर्डाच्या प्रश्नपशिकेत येतीलचअसे नाही याची नोंद घ्यावी . PRACTICE QUESTION BANK: MARCH 2021 ENGLISH (03) (First Language) Std. Xth Time-3 Hrs Marks-80 ENGLISH ACTIVITY SET 1 (Section I: Language Study) Q.1. A1. Do as directed (Any 4): [04 Marks] i. Identify the type of sentence: Don’t lose faith. ii. Punctuate the given sentence are you still hungry I asked faintly iii. Find out minimum four letter words from the given word: Conversation- , , , iv. Complete the following word chain for verbs : Change-………………,………………,………………….,………………… v. Arrange the given words in the proper alphabetical order. solution, security, sleep, suddenly A2. Do as directed (Any 2): [04 Marks] i. Rewrite in Indirect narration: “Now young man” he said,“We’re ready to listen to Bach.” ii. Make meaningful sentences of your own to show the difference in homophones: blue: blew: iii. Rewrite in the past perfect continuous tense: The marlin fights for its life desperately. B. Do as directed (any one): [02 Marks] i. Change the following sentence into positive and comparative degree: The biggest challenge knocking at the doors of humankind is fear and intolerance. ii. Pick out the Modal Auxiliary and state its function: a. He would borrow one week, lend the next. b. I knew, I could not afford caviar. ENGLISH ACTIVITY SET 2 Section – I (Language Study) Q.1. A1. Do as directed (Any 4): [04 Marks] i. Spot the error in the following sentence and rewrite it: When I took the note, I saw it were still wet from the nights rain. ii. Form two present participle in which the last letter is doubled. iii. Write any 2 compound words of your own. iv. Identify the type of sentence: How utterly we have failed our children! v. Pick out the gerund from the following sentence : The attitude of taking destroys families. A2. Do as directed (any 2): [04 Marks] i. Write a word register of 8 words related to: ‘Music’. ii. Change the voice: Anil had already made the tea. iii. Change the following sentences into indirect speech : Robert asked,“[Joan.how](Joan.how) old are you ?” “I am 13 years old,” she replied. B. Do as directed (Any 1): [02 Marks] i. Make two sentences by using the given word as a noun and as verb: dream ii. Begin the sentence with ‘No sooner…… As soon as the thief escaped the family informed the police……………… ENGLISH ACTIVITY SET 1 SECTION II : TEXTUAL PASSAGES (Reading skills, Vocabulary and Grammar) Q.2. A. Read the following passage and do the activities: [10 Marks] A1. Complete the following web: (02) Stars What do the following things doin nature? Rainbow – colours the entire sky. We saw small bits of grass peeping through the small cracks in a concrete pavement. It left us thinking: however impossible things may look, there is always an opening...... We saw a tree bare of all leaves in the cold winter months. We thought its chapter was over. But three months passed, spring set in and the tree was back to its green majesty once again, full of leaves, flowers, birds and life. What if we too had the conviction that, however difficult things are right now, it will not remain so for ever. Remember, this too shall pass. We saw an army of ants lugging a fly which was at least ten times the ant’s size. The ants organized themselves around the fly, lifted it on frail feelers and carried it to quite a distance. Their teamwork and perse

FAQs

What topics are included in ENGLISH ACTIVITY SET 1, Section I (Language Study)?

It covers sentence type identification, punctuation, minimum letter words, verb chains, alphabetical order, indirect narration, homophones, tense transformation, positive/comparative degree, modal auxiliary identification, and error spotting.

How does the document assess comprehension in the textual passages section?

It uses tasks such as completing a web based on the passage, answering what natural things teach us, completing collocations, rewriting sentences with given transformations, and short explanations of how to deal with difficulties.

Which kinds of grammar transformations are asked across the question sets?

The paper includes voice change, rewriting into indirect speech, tense conversion (including past perfect continuous), rewriting with sentence starters (e.g., although), adding question tags, and changing degree of comparison.

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