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Kunigal Taluk, Tumkur District.
2025-26 - SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT - 1
Subject : SECOND LANGUAGE ENGLISH Subject Code: 31E
Time: 2 1/2 hours Max.Marks: 80
I. Four alternatives are given for each of the following questions/incomplete
statements. Only one of them is correct or most appropriate. Choose the correct
alternative and write the complete answer along with its letter of alphabet.
1. Choose the appropriate question tag and fill in the blank: 1X4=4
He bought books by curtailing his daily needs. ______________?
(A) did he? (B) didn't he?
(C) don't he? (D) doesn't he?
2. Identify the correct infinitive,
Constitution is not merely to create the organs of the State.
(A) not merely (B) the organs
(C) the state (D) to create
3. Read the given conversation and choose the language function for the underlined
sentence.
Anil: Could you drop me at the railway station ?
Rahul: Yes, of course.
Anil: Thank you very much.
Rahul: You are welcome.
(A) Expressing sympathy (B) Expressing gratitude
(C) Offering help (D) Seeking help
4. Read the given conversation and fill in the blank with the correct "if clause" by
choosing the right one.
Chitra: You missed the train, didn't you?
Saina: Yes. I went to the railway station at 10.30.a.m. But the train had left at
10.15 a.m.
Chitra: If you had gone to the station at 10 a.m. you ________ missed the train.
(A) will have (B) would have
(C) Wouldn't have (D) won't have
II. Do as directed: 1X12=12
5. Combine the word in Column A with its collocative word in column B.
A B
burst of (flowers, fountain, sleep, pain)
6. Fill in the blank with suitable verb form given in the bracket.
When he _______ (be + sleep) in the office, Swami saw a nightmare.
7. Fill in the blank with suitable article.
Nehru chose Ambedkar as ______ first law minister.
8. Fill in the blank with suitable linker.
I argued with him ______ it was useless.
9. Fill in the blank with suitable preposition.
Baleshwar was a lanky youngster ________Mirzapur
10. Fill in the blank with suitable form of the word given in the bracket.
There was a great deal of ________ (converse) about rain and his family.
11. Identify the parts of speech of the underlined word.
Babasaheb came to be greatly influenced by the life and work of Mahatma Phule.
12. Give one word for the following.
one who travels to workplace daily.
13. Frame a question to get the underlined word as answer
The teachers congratulated Swami, by patting the back.
14. Change the following sentences into comparative degree.
Don Anselmo was the most generous person in the village.
15. Read the following conversations and change the underlined sentences into
reported speech:
Latha : What are you doing?
Nikhitha: I am completing my maths homework.
16. Change the following sentences into passive voice.
The Drafting Committee drafted the Constitution of India.
III. The following paragraph has two errors. Edit the paragraph and rewrite it in the
answer booklet. Clues are given below. 2X1=2
17. There was nothing we could do. Legal we owned the trees and the old man had
been so generous, refusing what amounted to a fortune for him.
a) Conjunction to be corrected. b) Adverbial mistake to be corrected.
IV. Answer the following question in 2-3 sentence each: 2X7=14
18. Why were congratulations showered on Swami?
19. How can you say that Baleshwar had good memory?
20. What makes you think that Don Anselmo was a man of principles?
21. How do you say that Dr B R Ambedkar was a voracious reader?
22. What activities do men do on the land?
23. Why did Mohan and his friends have a peaceful procession?
OR
How could Dicky Dolma achieve the great feat even with her hardships?
24. How was the students‟ marching an unusual march?
OR
How did Dicky Dolma prepare herself for her venture?
V. Answer the following questions in 5-6 sentences each: 3X2=6
25. Narrate Swami‟s dreadful experience when he was lying under the bench.
26. How does the poet V. K. Gokak want to praise mother India?
VI. Read the following extracts carefully and answer the questions that follow:
27. “Leave alone strength, can you prove that you have courage?” 3X4=12
(a) Who posed this challenge?
(b) How did the speaker want the „you‟ to prove his courage?
(c) What was the view of the speaker regarding courage?
28. “Take the girl to Airoli.”
(a) Who said the above words?
(b) Who did he give the suggestion to?
(c) Why did he say so?
29. “These Americans are Buena gente”
(a) Who said these words?
(b) Whom was it said to?
(c) What is the meaning of „buena gente‟ in the context?
30. “What song shall I sing of you, my mother? ”
(a) Who does I refers to?
(b) Who is the mother here?
(c) What type of song does the poet wish to Sing?
VII. Develop the story using the clues given below: 3X1=3
31. A hungry dog — stand by a meat shop — butcher offers a meat piece — took in
the mouth — ran over a bridge — looked below — water — saw another dog —
reflection — barked — meat fell in water — disappointed — moral.
VIII. Study the picture given below. Write a description in your own sentences: 3X1=3
32.
IX. Given below is a profile. Write a paragraph using the clues given below: 3X1=3
33. Name : R. K Narayan.
Birth : 10 October 1906, Madras
Education : Maharaja College, Mysore
Spouse : Rajam
Father : R V Krishnaswami Iyer
Profession : English Novelist
Books : Malgudi Days, Tiger for Malgudi, The Guide, Swami
and his Friends.
X. Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow: 2X2=4
34. Lal Bahadur Shastry was born on 2nd October 1904 at Mughal Sarai. His parents
were Sharada Prasad and Dulari Devi. As a boy, Lal Bahadur was a brave and kind
boy. He was short and thin, but full of courage and vitality. Once, he and his uncle
went for a stroll. It was getting dark. An old man, selling mangoes, saw them. He
said “It is getting dark. I sell a hundred of these for one anna.” Lal Bahadur and his
uncle agreed to buy the mangoes. The vendor started counting fruits. When he
reached 50, he asked him to stop. He gave the vendor one anna. Later, his uncle
asked Lal Bahadur why he had done so. Lal Bahadur replied, “A hundred mangoes
for one anna is too cheap. Therefore, I gave him an anna, instead of half an anna.”
This shows how kind, Lal Bahadur was.
(a) What kind of a boy was Lal Bahadur?
(b) Why did the vendor sell all his mangoes for one anna?
XI. Quote from the memory : 4X1=4
35. The quality_____________________________________
_________________________________________heaven
Upon _________________________________________
__________________________________________takes
XII. Answer any one of the following question in 10 to 12 sentences: 4X1=4
36. “My grandmother was a genius,” says the poet. Justify your answer.
OR
Write the summary of the poem „I am the Land‟.
XIII. Write an essay on any one of the following: 4X1=4
37.(A) Air pollution (B) Social media (C) Global warming
XIV. Imagine that you are Ramya/Ganesh studying in 10th Standard Bishop Sergeant
High school Tumkur. And write a letter to your father about your examination
preparations : 5X1=5
All the Best
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Kunigal Taluk, Tumkur District.
2025-26 - FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT - 2
MODEL ANSWERS
1. (B) didn't he
2. (D) to create
3. (B) expressing gratitude
4. (C) wouldn't have
5. Burst of pain
6. was sleeping
7. the
8. but
9. from
10. conversation
11. Adverb
12. Commuter
13. How did the teachers congratulate Sawami?
14. Don Anselmo was more generous than any other persons in the village.
15. That she was completing her home work.
16. The constitution of India was drafted by the drafting committee.
17. (A) but (B) lagaly
18. Congratulations were showered on Swami the next day because he had caught a
notorious house breaker of the district. He had helped the police.
19. As Roma opened her eyes, Baleshwar asked for her name and phone number. He
remembered the contact number though Roma uttered it only once. He remembered the
spot where Roma had fallen when he returned to find her handbag and cell phone. This
proves he had good memory and presence of mind.
20. Don Anselmo was generous. Because he was a man of principles, he refused to take the
extra money offered by the Americans for his land.
21. Dr.B.R.Ambedkar was a voracious reader. He used to purchase books by curtailing his
daily needs. Once in New York he purchased 2000 old books. In London he purchased
so many books that they were sent India in 32 boxes.
22. Man uses the land in many ways. He thinks that he owns the land, he buys the land, drills
holes, put fences.
23. Dicky Dolma was the youngest woman to scale the Mount Everest. She experienced the
hard ships of her life. She lost her mother and brother in her early age. She was
determined to scale the Everest. She joined the mountaineering institute in Manali. Her
determination and hard work made her success in her life.
24. She joined the mountaineering institute in Manali. Her determination and hard work
made her success in her life.
25. Swami crept under the bench, shut his eyes tight and covered himself with the blanket.
Soon he fell asleep. He began to have a nightmare that a tiger was chasing him. He tried
to escape. He groaned in despair. He put his hand out to feel his granny‟s presence, but
he touched the wooden leg of the bench. He moved to the edge of the bench and thought
that the devil would pull him out and tear him. As it came nearer, he crawled, hugged
and used his teeth on it like a mortal weapon. Swami had a dreadful experience under the
bench.
26. The poem, “Song of India” is a thought provoking poem written by V.K.Gokak. This
poem is in the form of a dialogue, between the poet and the mother India. The poet asks
mother India, what aspect of his country he should glorify through a song.
He wonders if he should sing about the snow cowered Himalayas at the North. Or the
three water bodies at the south. He wanted to sing about the teachers, doctors, soldiers,
freedom fighters etc. But Mother India insisted him to sing about the lepers, and beggars
on her street. And helpless children.
Through the poem, V.K.Gokak tries to convey that we must be proud of our culture,
traditions, heroes, historical temples, industrial progress but we must not forget the
problems such as poverty, class and caste conflicts , illiteracy and ignorance faced by our
country. We must strive to eradicate these problems from our country.
27. (A) Swami's father
(B) by sleeping alone in the office room
(C) age and strength are not important, courage is important.
28. (A) The cop
(B) Baleshwar Mishra.
(C) As there was a hospital
29. (A) The author
(B) Don Anselmo
(C) good people
30. (A) the poet
(B) the Mother India
(C) In praise of mother India.
31. A hungry dog found a piece of meat and carried it in his mouth. While crossing a bridge,
he saw his reflection in the water and thought it was another dog with a bigger piece. He
barked to snatch the other piece, causing his own to fall into the river. Left with nothing,
the dog regretted his greed. Moral: Greed can lead to the loss of what you already have.
32. This is a beautiful picture. I can see many things in the picture. There are many huts. We
see many trees behind the huts. Many women are working. There is a hand pump. Some
women are filling the pots. The children are playing. There are some street dogs. This
picture shows the village life of India. I like village life.
33. This is the profile of Sri R. K Narayan. He was born on 10th October 1906 in Madras.
He studied in Maharaja College Mysore. His father was R V Krishnaswami Iyer. His
wife was Rajam. He was a famous Novelist in English. He wrote novels like Malgudi
Days, A Tiger for Malgudi, The Guide, Swami and his Friends etc.
34. (A) Lal bahuddur shastri was a brave and kind boy. He was short and thin, but full of
courage and vitality.
35. The quality of mercy is not strain‟d
It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven
Upon the place beneath it is twice blest
It blesseth him that gives and him that takes.
36. The poem, “Grandma Climbs a tree” is a beautiful poem written by Ruskin Bond. In this
poem, the poet calls his grandma a genius. As she could climb any type of trees easily.
She had learnt this from her loving brother at the age of six. As she grew old, she was
advised not to climb the trees as it looked disgraceful. However, she did not pay heed to
this advice.
It was feared that that one day she would fall but she never fell. However, one day when
she was alone at the home, she climbed a tree but could not come down. After her rescue
doctor took the temperature and advised her to take the bed rest for a week. Everyone felt
relieved at this. But quite contrary to this granny grew miserable laying in the bed.
Obviously, she was missing the tree climbing. Soon she called her son and asked for a
tree house.
The dutiful dad of the poet did the granny‟s wish with the help of the poet. He built a
beautiful tree house. The granny moved into a new house. The grandma lived and
enjoyed in the tree house. The poet used to go there with meals and wine and spend time
with her.
37. The word, "Pollution" come from the Latin word "Pollure" , which means contamination.
Hence in layman terms pollution is something that contaminates the environment. The
presence of harmful substances in the air, water and Land. Nowadays pollution is a very
dangerous problem. Mainly there are four types of pollution. They are,
* Air pollution
* Water pollution
* Soil pollution
* Noise pollution
* Air pollution : It causes of burning of fossil fuels, smoke and harmful gases from
industries, CFC's and oxides produced by the automobiles.
Effects of air pollution: It causes lung cancer, heart diseases, asthma , respiratory
problems etc.
* Water Pollution: It causes because of the water from the industries mixed with the river
water. And also chemical and radioactive waste dumping.
Effects of water pollution : It causes cholera, Hepatitis A, Typhoid, polio, dysentery and
diarrhea.
Soil pollution : It causes because of waste disposal, industrial and agricultural activities,
excessive use of fertilizers and pesticides.
Effects of Soil pollution: It causes , loss of fertility, cancer, damage to nervous system,
kidney and liver failure.
Noise pollution: It causes because of man made noises like , loud speakers,
Constructions and crackers etc.
Effects of Noise pollution: It causes, headache, High blood pressure, hearing problems .
All this happens because of us, the human beings are solely responsible, for all sorts of
pollution. By educating the people we can control the problem. In my opinion, we are
already crossed the redline when it comes to pollution. so,
"Be a part of a solution.
Not a part of a pollution."
38. From, 06th January 2025
Ramya
10th Standard, Bishop Sargent
Highschool Tumkur.
Dear father,
I am safe here by the grace of God and I hope the same from you. I am
studying fine here with the help of our teachers. I have got 90% in all the preparatory
examinations. And I hope I will get more than 95% in the public examination. Please
send 2000rs for my school excursion. I miss you all, please convey my regards to my
mom and naughty brother.
Yours affectionately
Ramya
To.
Ranganth
II main, V cross
III lane Rajajinagar
Banglore- 02.
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Kunigal Taluk, Tumkur District.
2025-26 - FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT - 2
BLUE PRINT
Knowledge Comprehension Expression Appreciation
Total
CONTENS
MC SA1 SA2 SA3 LA MC SA1 SA2 SA3 LA MC SA1 SA2 SA3 LA MC SA1 SA2 SA3 LA
A hero 1(2) 1(3) 1(3) 3(8)
Grandma 1(4) 1(4)
climbs a tree
Girl by the 1(3) 1(2) 2(5)
tracks
Quality of 1(4) 1(4)
Mercy
Gentleman of 1(3) 1(2) 2(5)
rio en medio
I am the land 1(2) 1(4)* 1(2)
B.R.Ambedkar 1(2) 1(2)
Song of India 1(3) 1(3) 2(6)
Naryanapur 1(2) 1(2)
incident
On top of the 1(2) 1(2)
world
Question tag 1(1) 1(1)
Infinitive 1(1) 1(1)
If Clause 1(1) 1(1)
Language 1(1) 1(1)
function
Collocatives 1(1) 1(1)
Verb forms 1(1) 1(1)
Articles 1(1) 1(1)
Linkers 1(1) 1(1)
Prepositions 1(1) 1(1)
Word forms 1(1) 1(1)
Parts of speech 1(1) 1(1)
One word 1(1) 1(1)
Framing 1(1) 1(1)
questions
Degrees of 1(1) 1(1)
Comparison
Reported 1(1) 1(1)
speech
Passive voice 1(1) 1(1)
Error 1(2) 1(2)
correction
Story 1(3) 1(3)
developing
Picture writing 1(3) 1(3)
Profile writing 1(3) 1(3)
Unseen 2(2) 1(4)
passage
Essay writing 1(4) 1(4)
Letter writing 1(5) 1(5)
5(10) 15(27) 16(38) 2(5) 38(80)
Knowledge : 10 marks : 12.50 % Easy : 28 marks : 35 %
Comprehension : 27 marks : 33.75 % Average : 36 marks : 45 %
Expression : 38 marks : 47.50 % Difficult : 16 marks : 20 %
Appreciation : 4 marks : 05.00 %
