Practice Paper Grade 10

PRACTICE PAPER
ENGLISH GRADE 10
Q. 1. Read the passage given below and answer the questions/complete the sentences that follow:
1x10=10
(1) Sniffer dog Tucker uses his nose to help researchers find out why a killer whale population off the
northwest coast of the United States is on the decline. He searches for whale faeces floating on the
surface of the water, which are then collected for examination. He is one of the elite team of detection
dogs used by scientists studying a number of species including right whales and killer whales.
(2) Conservation canines are fast becoming indispensable tools for biologists according to Aimee
Hurt, associate director and co-founder of Working Dogs for Conservation, based in Three Forks,
Montana. Over the last few years, though, so many new conservations dog projects have sprung up
that Hurt can no longer keep track of them all. Her organization’s dogs and their handlers are fully
booked to assist field researchers into 2012.
(3) “Dogs have such a phenomenal sense of smell”, explained Sam Wasser, director of the Centre for
Conservation biology at the University of Washington in Seattle. He has worked with scat-detection
dogs since 199(g). Scientists have been using Conservation Canines in their research since 199(g).
These dogs have enabled them to non-invasively access vast amount of genetic and physiological
information which is used to tackle conservation problems around the world. Such information has
proved vital for determining the causes and consequences of human disturbances on wildlife as well
as the actions needed to mitigate such impacts
(4) The ideal detection dog is extremely energetic with an excessive play drive. These dogs will
happily work all • day long, motivated by the expectation of a ball game as a reward for sample
detection. The obsessive, high energy personalities of detection dogs also make them difficult to
maintain as pets. As a result, they frequently find themselves abandoned to animal shelters, facing
euthanasia. The programme rescues these dogs and offers them a satisfying career in conservation
research.
Answer the following questions
(a) According to the text there are a few________ detection dogs like Tucker.
(b) Tucker sniffs for whale________
(c) The dogs are special because they assist in research without ________
(d) The ideal detection dog ________
(e) The dogs expect________ as a reward of their hard work.
(f) ________of these dogs make it difficult to keep them as pets.
(g) These dogs find career in ________
(h) The word ‘euthanasia’ means ________
(i) Scientists have been using______________ in their research.
(j) Why are detection dogs difficult to maintain as pets?
Read the following extracts carefully and answer the questions that follow.
1x4=4
1.Don’t bite your nails, Amanda!

Don’t hunch your shoulders, Amanda!
Stop that slouching and sit up straight,
Amanda!
(a) Amanda is getting instructions for what purpose?
(b) Give a synonym of ‘hunch’.
(c) What does the speaker of above lines instruct Amanda in the first stanza?
(d) What is the literary device used in the third line?
2.Fifteen years ago, Horace had served his first and only sentence in a prison library. He loved rare,
expensive books. So, he robbed a safe every year. Each year he planned carefully just what he would
do, stole enough to last for twelve months, and secretly bought the books he loved through an agent.
(a) What does Horace like to collect?
(b) Why does he steal every year?
(c) Which word in the above extract means the same as ‘with a lot of alertness’?
(d) What is strange in the passage? (1×4=4)
Q. Read the conversation between a teacher and student and complete the passage that
follows.
Neha: I’m really looking forward to the class picnic tomorrow.
Namita: Yes, after a long time we will be meeting our friends and teachers.
Neha told Namita (1) ______________ looking forward to the class picnic _____________. Namita
agreed that after a long time (2) ______________ friends and teachers.
Q. Read the conversation and complete the passage that follows:

Ritika: Can I borrow your math book for a couple of days?
Mohit: Yes certainly, I have already studied for the test tomorrow.
Ritika asked Mohit (1) ……………. for a couple of days. Mohit agreed and said that (2) …………….
Q. Read the conversation and complete the passage that follows:

Biology Teacher: I instructed you to draw the diagram of bacteria. Why did you submit a blank
sheet?
Sameer: Sir, I had drawn the diagram of bacteria, but you can’t see it because it is not visible to the
naked eye
The biology teacher had instructed Sameer to draw the diagram of a bacterial cell and asked him (a)
……..… a blank sheet. Sameer respectfully answered that he had drawn the diagram but (b) …….….
to the naked eye.
Fill in the following sentences with appropriate prepositions

1.Jenny was being impolite ___ everyone at the party. (to / with / at)
2.Mrs Robinson searched the entire house ____ her favourite necklace. (for / of / to)
3.Suzan apologised ___ her parents for her rude behaviour. (to / at)
4.Always be polite and gentle ___ everyone. (to / with / at)
5.Raj’s dad met with an accident yesterday. I truly felt sorry ___ him. (for / about)
6.I am so sorry ___ disturbing you at such an odd hour. (for / about)
7.Did you know Mr. Timon has been suffering ___ tuberculosis for two years? (with / from / of)
8.“What is the matter ___ you?” asked the teacher to Ravi. (at / with / of)
9.The dog ran ____ the street while the car was coming from the opposite direction. (across / into / at)
10.Do you know ____ what time you have to arrive there? (with / to / at)

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Q. Read the conversation and complete the passage that follows:

Q. Read the conversation and complete the passage that follows:

Fill in the following sentences with appropriate prepositions

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