English Class X Sample Paper 4

Time : 3 hours                                                       Max.marks:100
This paper consists of four sections :
Section – A  Reading  (20 marks)
Section – B  Writing   (30 marks)
Section – C  Grammar (20 marks)
Section – D  Literature  (30 marks)
Instructions:
1. Attempt all questions
2. Do not write anything in the question paper.
3. All answers must be numbered correctly as in the question paper and written in the answer sheet provided to you.
4. Attempt all questions in each section before going to the next section.
5. Read each question carefully and follow the instructions.
6. Strictly adhere to the word limit given with each question.
Marks will be deducted for exceeding the word limit.

Section- A (20 marks)
A.1.Read the poem carefully:
The Champion
The road was hilly, the wind was strong,
The laddie gallantly struggled along,
With never a glance at the downward way
Where his comrades shouted and laughed in play.
Though he longed to be there and join the sport,
In his brave little heart he crushed the thought.
‘If I went,’ he said, ‘I should certainly rue it,
When you’ve promised a thing, you’re bound to do it.’

The pitch was slippy, the bowling hard.
A weary batsman stood on guard,
He’d come to the field with an aching head.
But the game depended on him, they said.
The sun burned hot on his tired back,
And just for a moment he’d thought he’d slack,
He was sorely tempted to lose  a wicket:
‘T would be easy,’ he thought, but it wouldn’t be cricket!’

In life sometimes things won’t go well,
And ‘Duty’s’ a difficult word to spell,
But the fellow who sets before his eyes
A high ideal as the worthiest prize
Will shun the evil and follow the good,
And say to himself, as a brave lad should,
‘It only needs grit, and I must not lack it;
The world’s hard nut, but I mean to crack it!’

A1.1. Below is the summary of the poem.Complete it by writing the missing word/phrase against the correct blank number in your answer sheets (1/2 x 8 = 4 marks)
The poet was playing ____________while his friends were enjoying themselves at some other sport. He wished to be with his fiends, but since he_______________his team mates that he would play well, he continued. A tired batsman came to the________________ and was feeling so___________ that he wanted to throw his__________ and go rest. But on second thoughts he felt that that would be spoiling the___________ of the game.
The lesson the poet wants us to learn is that we  can__________ all trials in life if we have the__________________to complete the task given.

A1.2The poet uses certain expressions from the poem to suggest something to the reader.There are some suggestions given below. Choose one suggestion that best fits each of the expressions in the table and write the answer against the correct blank number in your answer sheets. (4 marks)
be happy about it, hard to complete something sincerely, spelling the word is difficult not sporting, To fall short of something

Expression from the poem:
1.at the downward way: below the hill
2.certainly rue it:____________________
3.it wouldn’t be cricket:_________________
4. a difficult word to spell:_________________
5. I must not lack it:_____________________