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MODEL QUESTION PAPER 2010HSE1 ENGLISH Max.score.80

Time 2.30 hrsCool off time 15 mints

1.Milton Davison was arrested due to some malpractices he has done in his office.Whilein prison, he writes down his feelings in his diary. Help him to prepare the diary.

Score 52. Suppose your close friend is making preparations to have a visit to the famous

tourist spot Kodaikkanal. As a friend what instructions that you would give him forhis safe journey? Write 3 instructions. Score 3

3. Below given is the poem THE TREE by Joyce Killer.I think that I shall never see

A poem lonely as a treeA tree whose hungry mouth is pressed

Against the earths sweet flowing breast;A tree that looks at God all day

And lifts her leafy arms to pray;A tree that may in summer wear

A nest of robins in her hair;Upon whose bosom snow has lain;

Who intimately lives with rain.Poems are made by fools like me;

But only God can make a tree.(Note : Hungry mouth flowing breast the tree draws its substance from the

earth., Robin small brown red breasted European bird)What does the poet describe in this poem?Compare and contrast this poem with Gieve

Patels On killing a Tree.Write in a paragraph of 80 wordsScore 8

4.Smt. Sugathakumarithe poetess cum environmentalist is visiting your school toinaugurate the Nature club.As you are the secretary of the Nature club,you are permitted

to conduct an interview with her.Prepare an interview which focus on her contribution asan envirionmentalist.

Score 55.Those who can see dont see, but those who cant see do see.Narrate an experience

from your life to prove the statement.

Score56.Man is part of Nature.When he exploits nature, he doesnt realize that he is destroying

himself.Comment on this.Score 6

7.Recently you visited the famous tourist spot Munnar with your friends.Write atravelogue about your visit and compare it with Ruskin Bonds Beautiful Mandakini

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8.Langston Hughes says ,as we grow older, we have the habit of sticking on ourchildhood dreams.Do you have such an experience to prove the same?Describe it in 75

words.Score 5

9.The play the Never Never Nest is going to be staged in your school. Prepare a notice

to attract the attention of the people. Score 510.You are the secretary of the Nature Club in your locality. In a meeting about

environmental issues, you are to prepare a speech on How to reinstate our naturalresources. Write the script of the speech.

Score811.Everyone of us have experienced the same confused situation which the poet Robert

Frost had experienced in his life.Write your own experience in 100 words.Score7

12.Imagine that you have visited Lambarene where Albert Scheweitzer waspracticing.Write a letter to your friend describing the awkward situations in which Albert

works. Score5

13.After reading the story Karma you might have reminded of the proverb Pride goesbefore a fall.Write your comment in a paragraph of 80 words

Score514.Write a paragraph on The importance of English in todays world.

Score 5