COMMUNICATIVE ENGLISH
H.S.E I SCORE : 60
TIME: 2.15 Hrs.
1. Vani is working for a private company. She can leave the office only at 8 p.m .So she requests her friend ,Raju, to get an application form from the P.S.C office. Read the
dialogue between them and complete it suitably. (6)
Vani : Will…………. a favour? ……....get an application form from the P.S.C office. Raju : Sure, I………today.
Vani : Hope it………a problem for you. Raju : …………all.
Vani : ………………… (4)
2 You visited an exhibition cum sale in your locality during the vacation. Write a paragraph
on what you saw there in 75 words. (6)
3. Write the phonemic transcription of the following words.
(a) grade (b) message (c) teacher (d) bird (e) button (5)
4. Ensuing a three day bus strike, the government has decided to increase the students’bus fare.
You want to react to this. Write a letter to the Editor of a national Daily expressing your
views on the decision of the government. (5)
5. You are to be sworn in as the school leader tomorrow. Prepare a speech to be delivered just before the oath taking ceremony thanking all those who elected you and declaring your future procedure.
6. Here is an advertisement which appeared in a newspaper.
WANTED
Well educated young man or woman as
assistant receptionist in a five star hotel
Apply to.The Manager, Hotel Bluemoon
Connaught Palace, NewDelhi
You want to apply for the post. Draft an application. (6)
7. Imagine that you are a Foreman in a factory. There has been a fire in the factory and one of the workers has been badly burnt and is in hospital. Write a report on the fire to be sent to your general manager. (5)
8. You are the secretary of Arts and Sports club of your localilty.In a programme organized by the club, one of the speakers exceeded the allotted time.Write a short message to inform the speaker concerned. (3)
9. Mobin is the Captain of the school cricket team. He is to invite applications from the students of class XI for the selection of the cricket team.So he wants to put up a notice on the school Notice Board in this connection. Write the notice for him. (5)
10. One of your friends, Varun, has won the first place in a musical reality show aired in a popular channel. Your school has organized a function to felicitate him. You are to compere the programme. Prepare the script for compering. (5)
11. Edit the following passage.
monsoon is a unique experiense exclusive to kerala it cannot be found elsewhere in the
world in it very form and nature. But how many of us are aware of this. we are reluctant to enjoy the beauty and romance of the rain because of the inconvenience
it brings to us. (4)
12. Read the poem carefully and answer the questions.
LUCY
She dwelt among the untrodden ways
Beside the springs of Dove
A Maid whom there were none to praise
And very few to love:
A violet by a mossy stone
Half hidden from the eye!
Fair as a star, when only one
Is shining in the sky.
She lived unknown and few could know
When Lucy ceased to be; But she is in her grave, and oh,
The difference to me!
| (a) | Where did Lucy live? | (1) |
| (b) | What kind of a life did she lead? | (2) |
| (c) | What does the poet mean by the line ‘A violet by a mossy stone’ ? | (2) |
| (d) | Find another word from the poem which mean ‘stopped’ | (1) |
