10th Unit Test 4 Question Paper For English



UNIT TEST
ENGLISH
(Unit -4)
CLASS : 10                                                                                                      MARKS : 60
I.                   Write the synonyms of the following words                                           5 ×1 = 5

1.      soaring                        2. panic                       3. triumphantly
4. torrent                           5. Scramble


II.                Write the antonyms of the following words                                           5 ×1 = 5

1.      Wide                           2. Selfish                     3. Clean
4. triumphantly                5. diminished

III.             Do as directed                                                                                          3 ×2 =6

1.       From the context of the sentences given below form single sentences in each set using the ‘If ‘clause.
a.       Ranjith did not run fast. He won’t win the prize.
b.      The battery is charged. The light shines.

2.       Read the following sentences and write an observation in a single sentence using any one of the degrees of comparison.
Book A has 160 pages.
Book B has 569 pages.
Book C has 298 pages.

IV.              Answer any 5 of the following                                                                 5 ×2 =10

1.      Why should Chaya hurry?
2.      What caused the commotion in the street?
3.      What will be the future if the Himalayan glaciers become ice-free?
4.      What according to Diwan Singh will happen if the rivers dwindle?
5.      What can lead the world to violence?
6.      What made Chaya triumphantly smile.

V.                 Quote from memory                                                                                             5

1.      Five lines of the poem “Going for Water”
From   : We ran…………………………………….
To        : …………………………….. we paused.



VI.              Answer any 2 of the following in a paragraph                                        2 ×5 =10

1.      Describe the daily routine of Chaya and her family.
2.      Describe the experiences of the children on their way to the brook to seek water.
3.      Describe the traumatic Experience of Celine after being swept away into the drain.

VII.           Read the following set of poetic lines and answer the questions          5 ×1 =5

1.       “Like gnomes that hid us from the moon”
a.       What does ‘gnomes’ mean?
b.      What are the children doing with the moon?
2.      “Like pearls, and now a silver blade”
a.       What is the figure of speech employed in the above line.
3.      “The well was dry beside the door
And so we went with pail and can
Across the fields behind the house
To seek the brook if still it ran;”
a.       Where was the well?
b.      What is the rhyme scheme of the above line?

VIII.        Spot the errors in the following sentences                                              5 ×1 = 5

1.      Many people behaves rudely now-a-days.
2.      If I were a bird I would have escaped.
3.      She is sleeping for five hours.
4.      He does not believe on God.
5.      One of the girl sang well.

IX.              Read the following sentences and identify the character/speaker         4 × 1  = 4

1.      “We’ll ring the fire brigade.”
2.      “Where’s the body?”
3.      “Ring Serge, Tell him I’m alive.”
4.      “Come on, We’ve got to get out of here now”

X.                 Match the following                                                                                 5  × 1 = 5

1.      Lunel                           - urged to call fire brigade
2.      Serge                           - a teacher
3.      Amandine                   - a town in Southern France
4.      Jack Poderoso             - going to celebrate her 12th birthday
5.      Louise Martinez         - council worker

Prepared by - S. Gopinath B.A., B.Ed.,Graduate Teacher (Eng)
Govt Boys Hr Sec School, Valappady, Salem.