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Name: ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Answer all questions on this paper itself.
Test 1
Match the following pictures with the definitions given below. Write the letter of the most suitable picture in
the box given against each place. The first one is done for you.
(1). A place where students do higher studies. (2). A place where postal services are done.
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(3) A place where dramas are performed. (4) A place where experiments are done.
(5) A place where books can be borrowed (6) A place where aircraft land and take off.
Test 2
Complete the telephone conversation between Mr.Jayalath and the Secretary of a company. Use the words
given in the box. Write the correct letter in the blank. The first one is done for you.
Mr. Jayalath : Hello!
(a) speak
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The Secretary : Hello ! (1)--- -------------- , can I help you? (b) seat
(c) certainly
Mr. Jayalath : Good afternoon. Can I (2)----------- - to the chairman, please? (d) time
(e) Good afternoon
The Secretary : Sorry. At the moment he is not in his (3)-----------------
(f) manager
Mr. Jayalath : At what (4) -----------------will he be back?
The Secretary : He’ll be back before 10 o’clock.
Mr. Jayalath : Alright. Tell him that Jayalath, the (5) ------------------ of the Commercial Bank called him?
The Secretary : Yes,(6) -------------- sir, I will tell him..
Mr. Jayalath : Thank you , bye .
(a) hamper
(b) serving
(c) mat
(d) breakfast
(e) sunny
(f) members
(g) looking
(h) wonderful
(i) riding
(j) holding
( k) lap
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This is a picture of a day out on a (1)------ ------------- day. The four (2)-------------- of the family are having
their (3) ------------------- under a big tree sitting on a (4)--------------- . It seems the father is (5)--------------
food with a spoon while the mother is (6)----------------- at it. The boy (7) -------------------- a plate on his (8)-
---------------- is having meals. The picnic (9) ---------------- can be seen near the kite. The man is (10)---------
------------ on a pony passing a big tree. The family is having a (11) ------------------ time in the placid sunshine.
Test 4
Fill in the blanks with the most suitable question words and write the words in the spaces provided. One is
done for you.
Ruby : (!) Where did you go yesterday?
Paul : I went to Kandy. What /
Ruby : (2) ----------------------- did you go there? Why /
Paul : To see my grandfather. Where /
Ruby : (3) ----------------------- did you go with? Whom
Paul : I went with my mother. Whose /
Ruby : (4) ----------------- did you take for him? How much
Paul : Homemade food, a comb of bananas and some sweets.
Ruby : (5) ----------------- did you spend to go there?
Paul : We spent about Rs. 3000/=
Ruby : (6) ------------------ money is that?
Paul : Oh, It’s my mother’s money.
India's varied climate zones support about 65,000 animal species, including elephants, pythons, river
dolphins, and rhinos, and 12,000 types of flowering plants. It is the only country in the world with
both lions and tigers. It's also a bird watcher's paradise.
On the coast of the Bay of Bengal is the Sundarbans, the world's largest mangrove forest. Here, tigers
swim in the same rivers as dolphins, sea turtles, sharks, and saltwater crocodiles. This unique
landscape is constantly under threat as sea levels rise and humans hunt illegally and clear trees for
firewood.
The Himalaya Mountains provide a home for some of India's rarest animals and plants. The most
elusive animal is the snow leopard. Bears and black buck live lower down, and in the northeast, the
tiger and one-horned rhinoceros can be found.
Number of animal species in India
1. ---65,000------------------------------------------
Two species of animals
2. ------------------------------------------------------
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The world’s largest mangrove forest
4. ------------------------------------------------------
A threat to this unique landscape
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A rare animal in Himalaya Mountains
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Test 6
You are the Secretary of the English Club of your school. You have organized a debate on ‘Internet
should be banned for the students ‘to enhance the speaking skills of grade 10 students. Write a notice
requesting all the students and teachers to witness the event.
Include : the date, time, venue and the purpose.
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Name:
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2. Most of us surf the internet ----------------- our free time. (till, since, during)
3. The responsibility of leading a well - disciplined life is --------------- all of us. (beyond, upon, against)
4. There was a protest ----------------- high taxes on goods at the central bus station. (for, against, with)
5. The thieves entered the house --------------------- a window. (across, down, through)
6. He was knocked down by a bus while he was walking --------------- the street. (near, along, through)
(5 marks)
A king, who once lived in a far away land was very worried. He sent for his chief lord and said “ Find me the
most 1) ------------------------man in my kingdom to guard 2)-----------------------treasure. “Next day he returned
and 3)------------------------the king to prepare a feast 4}----------------------the men who wished to be 5)----------
king’s watchman. The king prepared a 6)------------------------feast and invited all those who 7)------------------to
guard his treasure. They had 8)--------------------- walk alone through a long passage 9)---------------------- was full
of gold and silver 10)------------------------. When the feast was over, the 11)------------------lord said, “ The king
wishes you to 12)------------------------. But nobody moved except one man. 13)----------------------danced a jig up
and 14)------------------------the hall. “That is the honest man,” said the chief lord. “All the others have taken some
gold and silver from the sacks.”
(7 marks)
Test 12
Fill in the blanks using the correct form of passive. The first one is done for you.
1. Non-Government Organizations have spent money on various projects recently.
Money has been spent on various projects recently by Non-Government Organizations.
2. The secretary is typing a letter at the moment.
The letter -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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6. The members of the English club have invited all the teachers for the concert.
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Derana Hiru ITN Nenasa Swarnawahini Sirasa
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C-3, L-3, O-2, M-2 = 10 marks
CEYLON TEA
Ceylon tea is famous the world over. It is the most important of our cash crops, the other two being rubber
and coconut. Tea cultivation was started by Europeans towards the latter part of the nineteenth century when
the coffee plantations were ruined by the coffee pests. Ever since these planters changed over to tea, it has
grown in importance. Today it is our greatest industry and makes up sixty percent of our exports, bringing to
the country , in 1953, an income of Rs. 825, 090, 178. A dangerous pest appeared on a number of tea estates
in 1946 and caused great anxiety among the planters, but they were able to bring it under control.
Most of our tea is grown at a height of over two thousand feet and the best Ceylon tea comes from the slopes
of our central hills round about Nuwara Eliya, where the cold nights and the strong winds make for the slow
growth of the tea bush and the excellent flavour of the leaf. Tea is also cultivated in the low country, but such
tea has not the same flavour as high grown tea. A cup of tea with good flavour is a delightful drink , but in
most of our homes we have not this pleasure for many reasons, and this is indeed a pity.
Have you ever been to an Up-country tea estate? If not, you should visit one, and learn something of the
industry that brings the greatest income to your country. In long, unending rows, spaced at regular intervals,
you will see the tea bushes like a huge army of fat green dwarfs. They are kept at a convenient height of about
three feet by regular pruning which also enables tender shoots to appear. Every morning at six o’clock
labourers attend the muster and go out in the cold mist to pluck tea leaves. They pluck only two tender leaves
and a bud from each shoot and put them into large baskets which they carry slung behind their backs
(1) Say whether the following statements are True or False. Put a ( ) in the relevant column.
True False
(1). Tea cultivation was started by Portuguese.
(2). In most of our houses , we don’t get good flavoured tea.
(3). Tree bushes are pruned regularly.
(4). Labourers pluck only two buds and a tender leaf from each shoot.
(2 marks)
Underline the correct answer for questions 2, 3 and 4 from the options given for each of them.
(2). The three cash crops of Sri Lanka are, (1 mark)
a) coffee, tea, rubber
b) rubber, tea, cinnamon
c) coconut, tea, rubber
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Test 16
Write on one of the following topics. Use about 200 words.
(a) Write an essay on ‘Importance of having a healthy meal’.
What is a healthy meal?
Benefits of having healthy meals
What happens if you don’t get a healthy meal?
What should you do as a student ?
(b) Write an article to a local newspaper on “Books are our best friends”.
Use the guidelines given
Types of books you read
Time you use to read books
How do you find books
Advantages of reading books
(c) A speech you would make at the morning assembly on the topic of “Let’s grow our own food in our home
garden”.
Include
Importance of home gardening
How useful it is
How it supports your family
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MATUGAMA EDUCATION ZONE
(d) You are planning to go on a trip during the December vacation. You like to invite your friend Mevan to join
you. Write the dialogue that would take place with you and Mevan.
You may start as follows,
You : Hi, Mevan. Do you like to go on a trip?
Mevan : Hi, Dev. Yes, sure. I like. When are you hoping to go?
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C-5, L-5, O-2, M-3 = 15 marks
01. 1 c 2. d 3. .e 4. b 5. a 5. f ( 5 marks )
02. 1. e 2. a 3. b 4. d 5. f 6. c ( 5 marks )
05. 1. 65,000 2.and 3. elephants / pythons / river dolphins / rhinos ( any two) 4. Sundarbans
5. sea levels rise and human hunt illegally and clear trees for firewood 6. snow leopard ( 5 marks )
07 1. (b) gambler 2. (c) a goat 3. (b) never to play in his name 4. (a). understood 5. (c) king ( 5 marks )
11. 1. honest 2. my 3. asked 4.for 5. the 6. great 7. wish 8. to 9. which 10. coins 11. chief
12. dance 13. He 14. down ( 5 marks )
12. .2.. The letter is being typed by the secretary at the moment / The letter is being typed at the moment by the secretary
3. Free textbooks have been distributed by the government for the students/ Free textbooks have been
distributed for the students by the government.
4. Our report cards haven’t been signed by the principal yet/ Our report cards haven’t been signed yet by
the principal.
5. Have the answers been written by Melani for the test paper? / Have the answers been written for the test
paper by Melani?
6. All the teachers have been invited by the members of the English club for the concert./ All the teachers
have been invited for the concert by the members. ( 5 marks )