For Students who are into English

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Grade – 10 New System 1:35 hr test
Units – 1, 2, 3 Marks – 55 marks
I. Readthe passage.(10 - marks)
We may assume that there was no literature until people could write. However, we
cannot say that every and any piece of writing is literature. Forinstance, no one would call a
"Recipe for CoconutRice" literature. Neither could one call the "Directions" on a bottle of
medicine literature.
To put it simply, for a piece of writing to be recognized as literature, it must have a
lasting effect on the reader in such a way that the reader would want to read on and on, and
again and again too. A writer of a piece of literature may be compared to a painter. A painter
chooses and uses colours carefully to get a beautiful painting. Similarly, a writer of a piece of
literature chooses and uses his words carefully to turn out a piece of writing that will make
his reader wish to read on and on, and even again and again.
Another important point to note is that every literate nation has literature of its own.
Literature as a field of study is made up of three subjects: prose, poetry, and drama. Proseis
a kind of free, straightforward writing. There are no restrictions on the number of words or
syllables as there are in poetry.
(A) Write the correct wordor words to complete each sentence. (5 marks)
(1) Not every ------- can be assumed as literature.
(2) Colours ------- carefully by a painter to get a beautiful painting.
(3) There are some ------- in composing poems.
(4) Words are ------- and used carefully by a writer to make his reader wish to read on and on.
(5) Prose is a kind of ------- writing because it is very simple.
(B) Answer each question inone sentence. (5 marks)
(6) When did people begin to have literature?
(7) What must a piece of writing have to be recognized as literature?
(8) With whom is a writer of a piece of literature compared?
(9) What are the three subjects included in literature?
(10) Give an example of writing which cannot be called literature. (Apart from the ones given in the
passage)

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II. Readthe passage. (10 - marks)
The ship began to turn as she was taken along by the current. Suddenly I found that
another rope was hanging over the side near me. I decided to have one look through the
cabin window above me. I pulled myself up carefully by the rope, keeping a footin the
coracle. The ship was beginning to take me along as she moved, and I wondered why no
watchman had given the alarm. But one glace into the cabin showed me why, and I dare not
hold myself up in the coracle any longer. I saw Israel Hands and a sailor with a red cap,
locked together in a deadly fight, each with a hand on the other's throat. I dropped carefully
down into the coracle again. I could see nothing for a moment but those two furious faces,
bent in that deadly struggle under the smoky lamp.
On shore, I could hear the men at the campfire singing. The water was moving faster
around me, and the Hispaniola had gained speed in the current. There was a shout on board
as the two quarrelling men discovered that the ship was free from her anchor. She increased
speed and drew away from me as the wind and the current carried her onwards. Soonshe had
left me behind.
(A) Write the correct wordor words to complete each sentence. (5 marks)
1. ------- took the ship along.
2. The narrator wanted to know what was happening in -------.
3. He kept his ------- in the coracle so that it would not move away.
4. Any ------- did not give the alarm.
5. Israel Hands and another sailor were ------- on the ship.
(B) Answer each question inone sentence. (5 marks)
(6) Why did the ship move away from the boy?
(7) What did he do to have one look through the cabin window above him?
(8) What did the boy do after looking into the cabin?
(9) What does the underlined word She refer to?
(10) Why did the two quarrelling give a shout?

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III. Grammar (5 marks)
A) Rewrite the following sentences according to the instructions given in the brackets.
1. Mg Mg and Tun Tun are fond of each other. Mg Mg is a singer and Tun Tun is a pianist. (Mg Mg
and Tun Tun, ….)
2. Min Aung Hlaing is the Army Chief of SAC. He is also the genocider who killed many
Rohingyas brutally. He should be given death penalty. (Min Aung Hlaing….)
3. U Thu Kha was honoured by Yangon University. He was a famous writer. He was also a director.
(U Thu Kha….)
B) Join the following sentences using “either…..or” or“neither…..nor”.
4. The hotel was not clean. It was not comfortable.
5. If she is not wrong, then you are wrong.
IV. Poem(5 marks)
A) Complete the following blanks.
1. I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on …. and hills,
2. Beside the lake, beneath the trees
Fluttering and dancing ….
3. Ten thousand saw ….,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.
B) What does the following lines mean?
“Continuous as the stars that shine
They stretchedin never-ending line”
V.(i) Separate the Subject and Predicate with a forward slash(/) and also underline the
verb in the Predicate. (Copythe sentences onyour answer paper) {2 marks}
1. Most people need from 7½ to 8½ hours of sleep a night.
2. Singapore comprises one main island and several offshore islands.
(ii) Copy the sentences beneathand underline the adjectival phrases. {3 marks}
3. The man watering the plants in the garden is our uncle.
4. Have the clothes in the basket been washed?
5. The students in our class are hardworking and obedient.

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VI. Choose the appropriate word to complete the sentences. (10 marks)
1. He ............... from the university in 1995. Then, he ............... two years in the army.
A) has graduated / has spent B) had graduated / has spent C) graduated / spent
D) has graduated / spent E) graduated / has spent
2. They .............. together for almost a year at the time.
A) had been going out B) are going out C) have been going out D) have gone out E) go out
3. They ............. each other for a long time before they finally decided to get married.
A) have known B) had been knowing C) were knowing D) had known E) have been knowing
4. Nobody ............... him for weeks. I wonder where he ............... these days.
A) saw / is hanging about B) has seen / was hanging about C) has seen / is hanging about
D) saw / was hanging about E) had seen / has been hanging about
5. I asked two people the way to the station, but ............... could help me.
A) both of whom B) either of them C) both of them D) either of whom E) neither of them
6. Don't you ............... any interest in national politics?
A) acquire B) give C) take D) remember E) bring
7. People with no previous ............... need not apply.
A) experiment B) experience C) inexperience D) experiments E) experimentation
8. His doctor told him that he must stay away from hard work and take it easy for a couple of weeks
after such a serious ...............
A) illness B) disease C) epidemic D) recovery E) prescription
9. I ............... to receiving your letters day by day with ever-growing impatience.
A) wait anxiously B) look forward C) get disappointed D) expect cheerfully E) eagerly hope

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10. A lot of people lose their jobs in times of an economic depression and ............... quickly
increases to recordlevels.
A) employment B) unemployment C) production D) consumption E) investments
VII. Write an essayofthree paragraphs on “The importance of English”. (10 marks)

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Answer Key
I.A. 1. and any piece of writing 2. are chosen and used 3. restrictions 4. chosen 5. straightforward
III. A) 1. Mg Mg and Tun Tun, a singer and a pianist, are fond of each other.
2. Min Aung Hlaing, the Army Chief of SAC and the genocider who killed many Rohingyas
brutally, should be given death penalty.
3. U Thu Kha, a famous writer and director, was honoured by Yangon University.
B) 4. The hotel was neither clean nor comfortable.
5. Either she or you are wrong. /Either you or she is wrong.
IV. C) 1. high o’er vales 2. in the breeze 3. I at a glance
V.(i) 1. Most people/ need from 7½ to 8½ hours of sleep a night.
2. Singapore/ comprises one main island and several offshore islands.
(ii) 3. The man watering the plants in the garden is our uncle.
4. Have the clothes in the basket been washed?
5. The students in our class are hardworking and obedient.
VI. 1. C 2. A 3. D 4. C 5. E 6. C 7. B 8. A 9. B 10. B