(English Medium) ICSE Class 10 - CISCE Important Questions for English 1 (English Language)

Join the following sentences to make one complete sentence without using and but or so : 

(i) He was very ill. He did not take any medicine.
(ii) You come back from your holiday. We will discuss the problem.
(iii) He remained absent on Friday. It was foolish of him.
(iv) Rahul ran all the way to the bus stop. He missed the bus. 

As soon as the sun rose over the hills, the fog disappeared. (Begin: No sooner ……………………..) 

 It rained so heavily that they could not go for the picnic. (Rewrite: Using ‘too………………to’) 

If your friends get here before 7 o’clock we can take them out for dinner.
(Rewrite: Using ‘unless’) 

The school captain was elected by the students of classes XI and XII.
(Begin: The students ………………….)

Greenland is the largest island in the world. 
(Rewrite: Using ‘larger’.) 

Arun was asked by his mother to explain the missing buttons on his shirt.
(Rewrite: Using ‘explanation’)

Write a composition (350 - 400 words) on the following:

Write an original short story entitled 'The, Gift'.

Write a composition (350 - 400 words) on the following:

"Money is important for happiness." Express your views either for or against this statement.

Write a composition (350 - 400 words) on the following:

Narrate an incident from your own experience when you helped to prepare a meal. Explain what you did and what you gained from the experience.

You had been waiting outside the examination hall. Describe what you saw and the sounds you heard when you arrived at the place. What were your feelings? Describe how the scene changed once you entered the hall and the examination started.

Write a composition (350 - 400 words) on the following:

Study the picture given below. Write a story or a description or an account of what it suggests to you. Your composition may be about the subject of the picture or you may take suggestions from it; however, there must be a clear connection between the picture and your composition.

Your uncle has offered to get you a pet for your birthday. Write a letter to him telling him what you would like, give reasons for your choice and tell him how you Would-take care of your pet. 

The traffic outside your school is very heavy and chaotic. Write a letter to the Deputy Commissioner of Police (Traffic) pointing out the danger of such heavy and chaotic traffic in a school zone. Suggest possible solutions for the problem.

Fill in each of the numbered blanks with the correct form of the word given in brackets. Do not copy the passage, but write in correct serial order the word or phrase appropriate to the blank space. 

Example:
(0) beginning

Alice was (0)__________(begin) to get very tired of (1)__________(sit) by her sister on the bank and of having nothing to do: once or twice she had (2)__________(peep) into the book her sister was reading, but it (3)__________ (have) no pictures or conversations in it, "and what is the use of a book," (4)__________(think) Alice, "without pictures or conversations?" Alice wondered whether the pleasure of (5)__________(make) a daisy-chain would be worth the trouble of getting up and picking the daisies  when suddenly a White Rabbit with pink eyes (6)__________(run) close by her. Alice did not think this was very remarkable, until the Rabbit actually (7)__________ (take) a watch out of its waistcoat-pocket, and (8) (look) at it, and then hurried on.

Fill in the blank with an appropriate word: 

The poet's mother was stung __________  a scorpion. 

Fill in the blank with an appropriate word: 

"Please write__________  what I tell you otherwise you will forget," the teacher said 

Fill in the blank with an appropriate word:  

The dog was hiding __________  the bed, barking at the stranger.

Fill in the blank with an appropriate word : 

Sheila's grandmother found it difficult to climb __________ the steep staircase.

Fill in the blank with an appropriate word: 

The soldier fought bravely__________ his country.