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Shri Swami Vivekanand Shikshan Sanstha, Kolhapur
Preliminary Examination (2023-24)
Seat No. : Sub. : English
Class : 10 th Marks : 80
Date : 27/12/2023 (Pages 10) Time : 3 Hrs.

(ACTIVITY SHEET)
SECTION I : LANGUAGE STUDY [10 Marks]
Q. 1 A) Do as directed. (Attempt any four) 8
1) Complete the following words by using correct letters. 2
i) att.....ck ii) h....mble iii) par....el iv) gr....cer
2) Put the words in alphabetical order. 2
i) promise, curious, rubric, distress
ii) wisdom, within, winter, window
3) Punctuate the following sentences. 2
i) i haven’t even received my regular pay
ii) have you studied that he asked me
4) Make four words (minimum of 3 letters each) using the letters in the word. 2
ENCOURAGEMENT
5) Write the related words as shown in the example. 2

read loudly

6) Complete the word chain of 'nouns'. Add four words beginning with the last letter
of the pervious word. 2
story i) ..................... ii) ..................... iii) ..................... iv) .....................

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 B) Do as directed. 2
1) Attempt any one: 1
a) Make a meaningful sentence by using the phrase ‘In front of '
b) Add a clause to the following sentence to expand it meaningfully.
This is my school .............................
2) Attempt any one : 1
a) Add a prefix or suffix to make new words.
i) Happy..................... ii) Thought...................... OR
b) Make a meaningful sentence using anyone of the following words.
i) Happy ii)Thought

SECTION II : TEXTUAL PASSAGES [20 Marks]

Q. 2 A) Read the following passage and do the activities. 10

Al) State whether the following statements are True or False. 2
i) Swami is a talkative little kid. ii) Swami absolutely hates school.
iii) Technology is big in a kid’s life. iv) Swami’s favourite subject was Mathematics.
Swami is a mischievous little kid of about 10 years old and living in the era where India
was under the British rule.....like most kids of that age ,Swami is a kid who cannot stay at one
place and absolutely hates school, even, worse Mathematics. School is his absolutely nightmare.
Anyway, the story unfolds around the happenings of this kid and how he constantly gets in to
trouble and gets a good beating from his father.
Swami is a talkative little kid and thinks that’s his way of facing life, talking himself out
of everything. But he does learn the truth the harsh way. As many teens back then, all he
wants to do is play under the sun, kick something, climb a tree, break something and harass
somebody (unlike kids today!!!). This, in fact, was (and in most parts of India, still is) the life
of a typical boy growing up. Technology isn’t big in a kid’s life. All they want is to play
havoc !!!
In what ways is Swami a typical boy in his growing years? In this regard, Narayan gets
deeply into the workings of Swami’s ten-year-old mind, explaining exquisitely how he thinks
and what his perspective of the world is. The reader does feel like Swami and gets very
attached with the character as the story progresses. That’s the magic of Narayan.

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 A2) Complete the following web diagram. 2

Swami wants
to do

A3) Find Adjective forms of the following words from passage. 2

i) Talk - ii) Absolutely- iii) Mischief - iv) Britain-
A4) Do as directed. 2
i) Swami is a typical boy in his growing years. (Underline only determiners)
ii) Swami is a kid who cannot stay at one place.
(Underline the subordinate clause and state its type)
A5) Personal response. 2
What type of stories do you like to read- adventure / science fiction / historical ? Why ?

B) Read the following passage and do the activities : 10

B1) Fill in the blanks and complete the sentences : 2
i) Mary Kom conquered the.........................
ii) She was the first..............................woman to qualify in the 51 kg fly weight category.
iii) Since her childhood, Mary Kom had an eager interest in................................
iv) The father and mother of Mary Kom were..............................................
There had to be one successful story if Indians were to survive in sports and we have
that story now Enough has been said about this great warrior who conquered the world. This
warrior is none other than Mary Mangte Kom - the Komqueror and the Komrade. She is
famed as a five times World Boxing Champion and the only boxer to win a medal in every one
of the six world championships. In the 2012 Olympics, she became the first Indian woman
boxer to qualify and win a bronze medal in the 51 kg flyweight category of Boxing.
Kom was born in Kangthei village, moirang Lamkhai in Churachandpur district of rural
Manipur in eastern India. She came from a poor family. Her parents, Mangte Tonpa Kom and
Mangte Akham Kom were tenant farmers who worked in jhum fields. Kom grew up in humble
surroundings, helping her parents with farm related chores, going to school and learning athletics
initially and later boxing simultaneously. Her father was a keen wrestler in his younger age. She
had an eager interest in athletics since childhood.

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 B2) Make a list of achievements of Mary Kom as a boxer. (Any two) 2
B3) Fill in the blanks by selecting words or phrases from the passage : 2
i) My younger sister has so much..................in dancing and singing.
ii) Tanaji Malusare was a great................................in history.
B4) Do as directed. 2
i) Mary Kom was a warrior. She was a boxer (Use as well as)
ii) Her father was a keen wrestler in his younger age.
(Pick out and rewrite two Adjectives from the given sentences.)
B5) Personal Response : 2
Write any two names of indoor games and two names of outdoor games.

SECTION : III - POETRY [10 Marks]

Q.3 A) Read the following stanzas and do the activities. 5
Al) Choose the correct alternatives : 2
i) The poet has stopped in the.............................. (village/city)
ii) The season of the year is................................. (winter/summer)
iii) The time of the day is............................................is the (evening/morning)
iv) Between the woods and the frozen...............is the darkest evening of the year.
(lake/river)
Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village, though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.

My little horse must think it queer

To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.

He gives his harness bells, a shake

To ask if there is some mistake.
The only other sound’s the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake.
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 The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep
And miles to go before I sleep
And miles to go before I sleep.
A2) Find out line/lines from the above stanzas as a proof for the following explanation: 2
i) His horse seems anxious to stop
ii) The speaker prefers to stay but is forced to move onwards.
A3) Write your own rhyming words for the following : 1
i) near ........................ ii) Shake .......................
B) Appreciation of the poem. 5
Read the given poem and write an appreciation with the help of given points.
IF
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or, being lied about, - don't deal in lies,
Or being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise :
If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;
If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you’ve spoken,
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build ‘em up with worn-out tools:
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with Kings, nor lose the common touch;
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it,
And-which is more you’ll be a Man, my son !
-Rudyard Kipling
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 * Title 1/2
* Name of the poet 1/2
* Rhyme scheme 1
* Figures of speech 1
* Theme / central idea (in 2 to 3 lines) 2

Section - IV : Non textual passage [15 Marks]

Q. 4 A) Read the following passage and Do the activities. 10
Al) Complete the following sentences. 2
a) Peacocks shed their tail feathers once.............
b) The peacock is our..................
c) The peacock, although a shy bird, dances..............
d) The peacocks have a special place in our arts, songs,.

The peacock is perhaps the most beautiful among male birds, with its long blue neck.
Fan-shaped crest, and its gorgeous train or tail of feathers. Each feather ends in a half-moon or
‘eye’. When raised, the tail spreads like a fan from which a thousand eyes seem to gaze.
Ironically the female or peahen is a small, drab bird in comparison, without the sweeping train.
Peacocks shed their tail feathers once a year and grow new ones. People carefully
collect these old feathers, which are then made into lovely fans and other decorative items.
The peacock, although a shy bird, dances in front of the peahens during courtship. He
then struts before them showing off his many- coloured train.
The sight of rain clouds is an other occasion for such display, perhaps to hail the arrival
of rain after the long hot summer. The peacock’s loudly strutting has also given rise to the
commonly used phrases, proud as a peacock’ and’ as vain as a peacock. The peacock is
our national bird.The peacocks have a special place in our arts, songs,dances,culture and
stories.
A2) Complete the following web. 2
..........

.......... Activities ..........

of peacock

..........

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 A3) Match the Columns : 2
Match the words in Column ‘A’with their antonyms (opposites) in Column ‘B’

‘A’ ‘B’
1) Gorgeous a. Too proud of one’s appearance
2) Shy b. Not attractive
3) Vain c. Very beautiful and attractive
4) Drab d. nervous

A4) Do as directed : 2
1) The peacock is the most beautiful among male birds.
(Change the Degree-Find the correct alternative as an answer)
a. No other among male birds are as beautiful as the peacock.
b. Very few among males birds are as beautiful as the peacock.
c. No other among male birds is more beautiful than the peacock.
d. Not many male birds are beautiful as the peacock is.

2) Choose the correct question tag from the given alternatives for the following.
His tail spreads like a fan.....
a) isn’t it ?
b) doesn’t it ?
c) don’t it ?

A5) Personal Response: 2

How can we help the birds to survive in Summer season ?

B) Summary Writing. 5
Read the passage given in Q. 4A and write the summary of it. Suggest a suitable title to the
summary.

Section -V Writing skill [20 Marks]

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Q. 5 A) Letter Writing. 5
Al or A2 Do any one of the following activities.
Imagine that you are Swapnil / Sejal Shinde residing at Gokul chowk, Ichalkaranji. Read The
following advertisement regarding tree plantation campaign. Now attempt any one Letter from
the following

Al) Informal letter A2) Formal letter

Write a letter to your sister Write a letter to the director, Greenhouse,
encouraging and informing her Foundation, Solapur requesting him/her to
about the "Tree Plantation OR register your school name for making this
Campaign." Tell her the Usefulness campaign successful.
and advantage of it.
* Make enquiry in detail about it.
* Add your points
* Add your points

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 B) Dialogue writing / Drafting a speech : 5
Bl or B2 . Do any one of the following :
Bl) Dialogue writing : 1
a) Prepare a dialogue from the jumbled sentences:
i) I use it whenever I go to the public places
ii) Do you know the importance of washing hands ?
iii) Arun, when do you use a mask ?
iv) Yes, I know, it’s necessary.
b) Complete the dialogue : 1
Venky : Do you like social service ?
Tanvi : ...............................................................
Venky : Who is your favourite social reformer ?
Tanvi : ................................................................
c) Write a dialogue between you and your friend having three meaningful exchanges on
'The Importance of Competitive Examination' 3
OR
B2) Speech writing :
You are going to participate in an Inter-school Elocution Competition arranged by the
Raman Science Centre. Write a speech on The role of science in the progress of the
nation' with the help of the following points:
* Science makes our life smooth and comfortable. * It saves time and energy.
* Explore the new techniques and inventions * Need of the future
* It should be used for the peace and progress. * Science is boon as well as curse.
Q. 6 A) Information Transfer. 5
Al or A2. Do any one of the following.
Al) Non Verbal to verbal : Read the information given in the following tree-diagram
write a paragraph based on it. Give a suitable title to your write up.
Sentences

Asseritive Imperative Interrogative Exclamatory

Affirmative Negative Wh-question Verbal questions

OR
A2) Verbal to Non verbal :
Read the following information and present it in the tree diagram given below. Give a
suitable title to it :
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 Oil is necessary in the nutrition of our body, but excess use of oil should be avoided.
There are three types of oils. They are groundnut oil, vegetable oil and mineral oil.
Groundnut oil is prepared from groundnuts which we use for eating. It is also used in
cooking food.
Vegetable oil is prepared from grains. It is used for making soups, medicines and scents.
Its medicinal use have made it so valuable.
The third type of oil is mineral oil, which is obtained from the crust of the earth. We use
it for driving machines and in industry also.

1 2 3
Types

Prepared/
Obtained from....
Usages

B) Expand the theme : 5

Bl or B2 do any one of the following activities.
Bl) News Report :
A historical Mission Chandrayaan -3
* Headline * Dateline
* Introduction, * Short continuing paragraph
OR
B2) Develop a story wiih the help of given beginning and suggest a suitable title :
Once upon a time there was a king he lived in a palace................................

SECTION - VI : SKILL DEVELOPMENT [5 Marks]

Q. 7 Translation. 5
a) Translate the following words into Marathi. (Any 4) 2
1) Faith 2) Taste 3) Advance 4) Easily 5) Reaction 6) Atmosphere
b) Translate the following sentences into Marathi. (Any 2) 2
1) Practice makes man perfect. 2) Obey the orders of your teacher.
3) Daily excercise can keep a side diseases. 4) Respect your parents.
c) Translate the following idioms/ proverbs into your medium of instruction. (Any 1) 1
1) Action speaks louder than words. 2) Listen to people but obey you conscience.
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