ISC 2020

Grade 12
Language
English paper 1
Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks 100
(Candidates are allowed additional 15 minutes for only reading
the paper They must Not start writing during this time.)
Attempt all four questions.
The intended marks for questions or parts of questions are given
in bold.
(You intended marks to sped not more than 45 minutes on
QUESTION1, 55 MINUTES ON Question 2, 30 minutes on
Question 3 and 50 minutes on Question 4.)
(You should begin each answer on a fresh page.)
Question 1 [25]
Write a composition (in approximately 400 - 450 words) on any
one of the following
subjects: (You are reminded that you will be rewarded for
orderly and coherent presentation of material, use of appropriate
style and general accuracy of spelling, punctuation and
grammar.)
(a) Recently, you travelled to a place you found peaceful
 and rewarding. Describe the place, the weather, the
people and the local activities that make this
destination particularly attractive.
(b) Narrate an experience when you took on a
responsibility in your school that you usually would
not, and you were pleasantly surprised at the outcome.
(c) “ If winter comes, can spring be far behind?" Express
your views on this statement.
(d) Solitude.
(e) Students should be allowed to use electronic gadgets
in the classroom. Argue for or against this proposition.
(f) Write an original short story that begins with the line:
The lone young man who sat hunched on
the park bench had an unusual gleam in his eyes.
Questions 2
(a) As the Secretary of the Creative Arts Club of XYZ
School, you organised an inter-school drama
competition. Write a report for the school magazine in
not more than 300 words, detailing the success of the
event based on the following points:

Date, time and place — objective of the event —

inauguration — schools involved — judges invited —
response of participants — reaction of audience —
plan for similar events in future. [20]

(b) As a member of the Student Council, you have been

 given the responsibility of [101 arranging for a career
guidance workshop. Write a proposal in not more than
150 words, stating the steps you would take to make
the workshop a success. [10]
Question 3 [10]
Answer sections (a), (b) and (c).
(a) In each of the following items, sentence A is
complete, while sentence B is not. Complete sentence B,
making it as similar as possible to sentence A. Write
sentence B in each case. Example:
(0) (A) As soon as the bell rings, the children run out to
play.
(B) No sooner ________________
Answer: (o)
No sooner does the bell ring than the children run out
to play
1. (A) When he returned, we asked him many questions.
(B) On his ___________________
2. (A) He arrived and the crowd went hysterical with joy.
(B) Scarcely ________________________
3. (A) The bus services has been interrupted by floods
(B) Floods ____________________
4. (A) This scenery is breath-taking
(B) How ______________________
 5. (A) You are entitled to a discount as long as the offer
lasts.
(B) So long _____________________
6. (A) He is so tall that he cannot enter through this door.
(B) He is too ______________________
7. (A) The doctor said to him, "Drink at least three litres of
water every day."
(B) The doctor advised
____________________________
8. (A) Sunita is the best debater in our team.
(B) No other ______________________
9. (A) Not only did he score a century but also took three
important wickets.
(B) Besides __________________________
10. (A) I am sorry I am unable to accompany you.
(B) I regret my __________________________
(b) Fill in each blank with a suitable word. (Do not write the
sentence.) [5]
1 The antique furniture was sold ________________ an
auction.
2 The tickets were sold _______________ within an hour.
3 I realized I had walked _________________ a trap, but it
was too late.
4 She had walked ____________ two hours before she
realized she was lost.
5 Can he take ___________ the additional responsibility?
6 She takes ______________ her mother in all her
mannerisms.
 7 Neha turned _____________ a new leaf after the
incident.
8 I did not expect so many people to turn __________ for
the conference.
9 The students brought ______________ the first issue of
their magazine.
10 Mowgli was brought _________________ by wolves in
the jungle
(c) Fill in tile blanks in the passage given below with the
appropriate form of the verb given in brackets. Do not
write the passage but write the verbs in the correct order.
[5]

When Albert Einstein ___________ (1)(be) three years

old, his parents _____________ (2)(be) very worried. He
_______________ (3)(seem) intelligent, but had not a
single word. They _______________ (4)(take) him to
many doctors who ______________ (5)(say) that they
__________ (6)(find) nothing wrong with the child. One
day, at the dinner table, Albert suddenly said, "The soup
____________ (7)(be)too hot." The shocked parents
_________ (8)(ask) him why he ____________
(9)(remain) silent for so long. The young child solemnly
replied, “Everything __________ (10)(be) in order until
now."
Question 4
Read the passage given below and answer the question (a), (b),
and (c) that Follow:
(1) My job as the District Veterinarian in Darrowby,
Yorkshiere has thrown up some interesting moment.
I was driving up to pawson,s sheep farm one morning, when I
saw this rare sight.
(2) I suppose it isn't unusual to see man pushing a pram in
a town, but on a lonely moorland road this scene merits a
second glance. Especially when the pram contains a large
gray dog, drew up beside them and stopped. 5
(3) I looked at the pram, ancient and rusty, and at the big
animal sitting upright inside it. He was a cross-bred
greyhound, and he gazed back at me with unruffled; g)
dignity. I couldn't help but admire his healthy and happy
disposition.
(4) “Nice dog,” I said. 10
(5) "Aye, that's Jake." The man smiled, introducing
himself as Roddy.
(6) That same evening, about eight o'clock, the doorbell
rang. I answered it and found Roddy on the front doorstep.
Behind him, stood the ubiquitous pram. One look at the
prone dog warned me that something was terribly wrong.
(7) I threw the door wide open. "Bring him in
grabbed the animal round the middle and we lifted
him onto the table. I watched in disbelief as the huge form
lay there. There was no fight for breath, he was unconscious.
 His pulse was rapid and feeble, yet he didn't breathe. ."
15
(8) Understanding the symptoms, I said, "Roddy, he is
choking; I'm going to have a look at his throat." 20
(9) I pushed Jake's jaws apart, depressed his tongue with
a forefinger, and shone my torch into the depths. He was the
kind of good-natured dog who offered no resistance as I
prodded around. I shall always be thankful that at that very
instant the dog coughed, opening up the cartilages of the
larynx and giving me a glimpse of the cause of all the
trouble. There, beyond the drooping epiglottis, I saw for a
fleeting moment a smooth round object no bigger than a
pea. 25
(10) "I think it's a pebble," I gasped. "Right inside his
larynx. I'll have to get it out."
(11) I seized a pair of scissors and clipped away the hair
from the ventral surface of the larynx. I dared not use a
general anesthetic, and therefore I infiltrated the area with
local before swabbing with antiseptic. 30
(12) "Hold his head steady," I said hoarsely, and gripped a
scalpel. I cut down through skin, fascia, and the thin layers
of the muscle until the ventral surface of the Larynx was
revealed
(13) And there it was. A pebble right enough gray and
glistening and tiny, but big enough to kill. I had to fish it out
quickly and cleanly without
pushing it into the trachea. I leaned back and rummaged in
the tray until I found some broad-bladed forceps, then I
 poised them over the wound Great surgeons' hands, I felt
sure, didn't shake like this. 35
(14) I clenched my teeth, introduced the forceps, and my
hand magically steadied as I clamped them over the pebble.
40
(15) I didn't breathe at all as I bore the shining little object
slowly and tenderly through the opening and dropped it with
a gentle rat-tat on the table.
(16) "Is that it?" asked Roddy, almost in a whisper.
(17) "That's it." I reached for a needle and suture silk. "All
is we. now." 45
(18) The stitching took only a few minutes and by the end
of it, Jake was bright-eyed and alert, paws shifting
impatiently, ready for anything.
(19) He seemed to know his troubles were over.
Adapted from: James Herriot's Favorite Dog Stories

a) (i) Given below are four words and phrases. Find the
words which have a similar meaning in the passage: [4]
(1) deserves
(2) undisturbed
(3) being unable to breathe
(4) wet and shining
(ii) For each of the words given below, write a sentence of
at least ten words using the same word unchanged in
form, but with a different meaning from that which it
carries in the passage: [4]
(1) middle (line 16)
(2) wound (line 38)
(3) introduced (line 40)
(4) well (line 45)