CLASS X (Session 2021-22) ENGLISH (Term II) STRUCTURE OF QUESTION PAPER Time : 2 hours — _ MM: 40 Question | Contents —T Maximum "Ware No. (40) Section A (Reading Comprehension) 7 1. [Unseen Reading Comprehension (6 Questions) | (Sqxtm=5 Marks) _ Section B (English Textbooks) : "2. | English Main Course Book excluding Poetry (3 out of 5) | (3qx2m=6 Marks) English Supplementary Reader (2 out of4) (2qx2m=4 Marks) | English Main Course Book: Poetry (with internal choice) | — | Central Idea (only 1) or Stanza (2 out of 3 ie. 2qx1.5m) | (3Marks) Section C (Vocabulary) 5. | Pairs of Words Generally Confused =| Idioms (2 Marks) ~ Section D (Translation, Grammar and Composition) 6. (a) Translation from English to Punjabi/Hindi (2 out of 3) | (2 Marks) — ~~} (b) Translation from Punjabi/Hindi to English (2 out of 3) (2 Marks) 7 7. | Grammar (Do as directed) (Any 5 out of these) ~ | Modals, Sentence Connectors, Reported Speech, Use | (5 Marks) of Tenses, Punctuation ——g. | (@) Paragraph Writing or Note-Making | (4 Marks) (b) Letter Writing (Personal, Business or Official) | (5 Marks) (with internal choice) | Marks for Handwriting | (2 Marks) | {= je ae SYLLABUS Session 2021-22 r Reading Skills ; © Unseen Reading based ComprehensionEnglish Main Course Book L-5 Some Glimpses of Ancient Indian Thi i i ee jought and Practices L-7_ The Making of the Earth L-8 The Rule of the Road Poems P-4 Razia, the Tigress P-S Where the Mind is Without Fear Supplementary Reader -4 The Dying Detective 5 How Much Land Does a Man Need -6 Retum to Air Vocabulary 1 Pairs of words generally confused 2 Idioms Grammar Modals Sentence Connectors Reported speech Use of Tenses Punctuation Abene Writing Skills Paragraphs 2 Letters (Personal, Business & Official) 3 Note- Making ‘Translation from English to Punjabi/Hindi and Translation from Punjabi/Hindi to English. Translation from English to Punjabi or Hindi PAAWRYNE 5, Some Glimpses of Ancient Indian Thought and Practices ‘The gods approached the sage Dadhichi. Dadhichi took no time in laying down his life. Eat only after you've shared your meal with others. ‘A well-known sage named Ashtavakara was also invited to this meeting. The entire universe is one family. . This does not belong to me. They chose to be bricked alive. The history of this great land is full of examples. 29. The people of this country believe in the unity of life. 10.King Janak of Maithil called a meeting of the scholars. 6. The Home-Coming . The boys were puzzled for a moment. . Phatik refused to move. ” Phatik Chakravarti was the ring-leader amongst the boys of the village. |. He could not bear this injustice. |. The stranger asked him again. . At last Bishamber asked the police to help him. One day Phatik lost his lesson book. . The next morning Phatik was nowhere to be seen. Bishamber brought in a doctor. 0. Mother, the holidays have come. 7.The Making of the Earth 1 2. 3, 4. 5. 6. - 8. o 1 1. The sun and the planets with their satellites form a happy family. 2. At night you see thousands of stars in the sky. 3. The real stars are like our sun. 4. So the earth started to cool. 5, Stars twinkle, planets do not. 6. Can you distinguish between a planet and a star? 7. The moon is called a satellite of the earth. 8 Our earth belongs to the family of the sun. 9. In reality our sun itself is a star. 10. We think the earth is very big 8.The Rule of the Road 1. You may not think so. 2. I’m going to walk where I like. 3. He was obviously a well -intentioned person. 4. We must be judicious mixture of both. 5, The great moments of heroism and sacrifice are rare. 6 Thope my friend in the railway carriage will reflect on this. 7. You have liberty to laugh at me. 8. Liberty is not a personal affair onl 9. We have got liberty now. 10.1 may be as free as I like. Translation from Punjabi/Hindi to English 1. Gre Sue fee |/ Tae AeA | 2 Agwe ee / INT | 3, w@, Aa date |/ Tai ae & fee ae | 4. wnG Ga Bae |/ ast eT Aw | 5. eo eh ret we ar Meer |/ FR ARE TT reT ras ly but a social contract.WUE AH SETS OF aS |/ HUT HY aah 7 HE | . Rat ates BE |/ AY ara GA | . FASTA St aS |/ THA Aa HU | . fro uss wa fee wr fee |/8 Va SIH A Sta a | to. wmuehet fast 8S |/ art ferara Get | Non-activity sentences 1 wi Na BS BoE oS |/ SATS AIH ABT YoraT & | 12.0 aS THM gS |/ saTaT TA TH 8 | 13. gs os 3 |/ aT GEA SSC | 14.7 fia fefeorcet ot |/ 8 us fer ¢ | isa oe ded |/ se Ga zB | 16. fe HES ATS |/ 7S GA TT | a7 at was S HSS | feet Ra BH TTUrH g | 18, Wat arg fa eA adit as |/ BA war a zH Agha E | 19.333 BETS A Tas 3 |/ UR TET aH AYE | 20.89 wha Sher HGR ot a IH a |/ H GT OFT AEA AL AE | Proverbs se epat @ de wre @ da v2 ReuGe 2 da |/ WHF aia GHB six fear & SR | 22.9 SAS TS,Gs HAA ot (stared %, Ht ae TET | 23,ug Saat Aare", TIS e Raft Her (eer ih SINT ST aT eT GET FR | 2a.tet Ss as, ous ST Wee [7 Set ST PA, FAR HTT TC HT | 5 RRS er Ena QO fr SER |/ SAT AAT, AAT ITE | 26,8 Bor aT MET / Aen A, aT FT | a7. der On Or BF |/ FATA AAT A | es udag ded PaO RAAT eee | 2o.mmrer mre, UaTier USE | / HOAT- SAT, TAT-TRTT | 30,33 Bg NAS IT (aa BIRR UE | Idiomatic sentences oh Rar ARS ada a 31.88 fus rt Ae ws STIS Hi a2. Ast Ba Raho whet ee sre S 1 RY RAR oikat a1 aT | Cone33. fo ws to sore fea vad Say 3 |/ Te a ual & ars wT eRe | 34.QRe ane fils 2 dat ot A a Serae Ht |/ TAHT MIG Tie are wt aA 35.erud oh oe swe Sa |/ SH GT A STH Ta | 36. feat dat ot Aa oot 3 |/ Hah ett ah Ie TE | ee [BGR BA He Steel, HT aI aT 1 sees Saeed as San st ase 3 und fa Get Ua apt sala ae | 39. Gnd wruat ASS Ht Sts 3 gs dy Te [/ Ser oro Sach ara Ht a A mgs aia | 40.QHS We FES 3 |/ TI FA GA eae | Interrogative 41. gat at ode 3 2/ 3a HM Tre BI? az.attent § ure ee far 3 2/ that Br Or BHT eT es ? 43.0 Fea 3 883 7/ ae Ys A ETT? aa 3et fae ut Shot as 2/ The BA sa TTA B 2 45. gat NS Be FAG 3 2/ AUF or A eT facta get foe? Exclamatory sentences 46.5 aR few TS 7/ HIT AR AT! a7 ster Rit afirorss 2]/ Fa Pre BRIE 8 | ga. nggher Sa Te TS for |/ BS 8 fo ues Ha SR TAT | ao.aft wre sit gs Fes |/ ATT SA, YT | 50.93 fat EH Bares ae Farr ATH HTT & | PRESCRIBED BOOKS 1) English Main Course Book for Class-X (For Intensive Study) Published by Punjab School Education Board. 2) English Literature Book (Supplementary Reader) For Class-X (for Extensive Study), Published by Punjab School Education Board. 3) A Practice Book of English Grammar & Composition for Class X, Published by Punjab School Education Board.Listening and Speaking Skills Based Practical Exam -15 marks Listening-9 Speaking-6 For the listening test students will be given a practice sheet containing 10 questions. They will answer all the ten questions on the basis of an audio clip. Students will be assessed for any nine correct answers. Students will be given a cue card/ picture. They will be asked to speak a few sentences and will be assessed on correct sentence structure, pronunciation and expression.