LANGUAGE QUESTION BANK

ENGLISH SEMESTER 2 (I.C.S.E. 2022)

ESSAY TOPICS
1. “Every home should adopt a pet animal.” Express your views either for or against
this statement.
2. “Hobbies are a waste of time.” Give your views for or against the statement.
3. “Teenagers today are worldly wiser than their parents”. Express your views for or
against the statement.
4. “The best things in life are free.” Give your view for or against the statement.
5. While on a picnic, you and your friends decide to go sailing. Unfortunately, your
boat collapses in a violent storm. However, all of you manage to swim safely. Give a
vivid account of the incident.
6. You have lived in your ancestral house since birth. The house is to be sold so that
flats may be built. Narrate the circumstances that led to this decision and describe
your feelings about moving out of this house.
7. Describe one embarrassing / awkward incident that you and your family found
really amusing.
8. You have represented your school in a national inter school competition. Describe
your excitement on being selected, the competition and the joy you felt at having
brought honour to your school.
9. “Society is influenced more by show than by substance.” Relate an incident from
your experience which brings out the truth of this statement.
10. On a train journey, you detect a bomb in the compartment. You help in evacuating
and rescuing the passengers and in the confusion, you lose your baggage. Give a
detailed account of your adventure.
11. Write a short story on the theme, “Anger at others causes permanent wounds”.
12. Write a short story starting with, “I opened the door of my house….”
13. Write a story beginning with ‘Once again flowers bloomed in the garden.’
14. Write a story with the title ‘The Search’
15. Think of a time when you found yourself in an embarrassing situation. Narrate how
you got into that situation, how you dealt with it and the lesson learnt from it.
16. You were present when a fire broke out at a busy market place. Describe the sights,
sounds and feelings experienced by you.
17. Write an original short story entitled, “A stitch in time saves nine.”
18. Traffic jams are a common sight now. You must have experienced it also. Describe
one such scene, your experience, reaction of people and the constable on duty.
19. You are awakened one night due to the sound of the fire brigade and find that a
neighbour’s house is on fire. Narrate the series of events that followed.
20. Express your views either for or against the statement: “Cinema both entertains and
educates the masses”.
 LETTER TOPICS

1. You are very much fond of adventure. You were on a tour to Gulmarg in Jammu and
Kashmir a few days ago. Write your thrilling experience of ice-skiing there to your best
friend.
2. Write a letter to your high-school English teacher, thanking him/her for teaching you
English so well that you are very confident in speaking as well as writing in English on any
topic easily. You are a student of class X.
3. Your younger brother/sister has recently won a district level football championship
match on district level wherein a great number of schools participated. Write a letter to
congratulate him/her and also motivate him/her for further practice to pursue it as a
profession.
4. You had lost/misplaced your important documents including your marksheets of
previous years. An unknown person has posted the documents to you. He was a great help
to you. Write a letter expressing your gratitude to him/her.
5. As a member of the School Environment Society you developed a park in your school
compound with a team of 10 volunteers. Write a letter to your friend Nitin telling him
about your experience.
6. There was a fancy dress competition in your niece’s school. Write a letter to your best
friend telling her/him how you prepared your niece for this event. Also, tell her/him what
all efforts you had to take for the selection of the theme and buying her dress and
accessories.
7. One of your relatives is going to shift with his/her family to a city where you had spent a
few years. He/She seeks your advice on which schools in the city are good for his/her
children. Write a letter in reply giving the desired information.
8. Rahul/Radha is a good friend of yours and you are very well aware of his/her likes and
dislikes. Also, you know what subjects he/she has a knack for. He/She seeks your help in
choosing a right career option for himself/herself. Write a letter suggesting some good
options and your views for those options.
9. Write a letter to your cousin who stays abroad asking him/her about the country, its
culture, people etc and also, what his/her personal experiences in the country are.
10. You are studying in class X and you stay in a hostel. Your Mathematics teacher
suggests some good books for better preparation for board exams. Write a letter to your
father asking him for the money to buy the books.
11. Write a letter to the Editor of a local newspaper telling him/her what you think about
global warming.
12. A number of loose electric wires are hanging from a lamppost near the main gate of
your school. Write a letter to the municipal commissioner, explaining the problem, the
danger it posses and suggest a quick solution.

NOTICE TOPICS
1. Your school is hosting an Inter-school Debate Competition. Draft a notice for the
school notice board giving all relevant details of the event.
2. Your school is conducting an inter-class talent search. Write a notice to be put up in
your school informing students about the event and inviting them to participate.
3. Write a notice informing students about a charity fair that is going to be organised
in the school to collect donations for the needy group of people.
4. Write a notice telling the students and teaching faculty of a school about the
audition of a Drama competition to be held.
5. You are the President of a Youth Club in your locality. You and your team are
planning to organise a programme to celebrate Teachers’ Day. Write a notice, to be
put up in the local supermarket, giving details of the programme to create an
awareness of the event.
6. Write a notice informing about a ‘Cleanliness Drive’ campaign to be held in the
school premises.
7. You are the Games Captain of your school. The school is organising an inter-house
football competition. Write out a notice to be put up in your school informing
students about it.