English Exam Paper 2019

• The text is an English exam paper from the Secondary Examination 2019.
• The exam duration is 3 hours and 15 minutes.
• The maximum marks are 80.
• The paper contains 28 questions and 7 printed pages.

General Instructions

• Candidates must write their roll numbers on the question paper.
• All questions are compulsory.
• Answers should be written in the answer-book only.
• Answers to questions with multiple parts must be written together in continuity.
• The correct serial number of each question must be written.

Section A: Reading - Passage 1

• Devraj was consistently late for school.
• The school discipline teacher would scold him severely for hours.
• The discipline teacher asked the principal to expel Devraj for not improving.
• The principal questioned Devraj about his lateness.
• Devraj explained that he had to take his sick mother to the doctor and care for animals every day.
• The principal sympathized, patted Devraj on the back, and sent him to class.

Section A: Reading - Passage 2

• Before the tsunami in India and Sri Lanka, wild and domestic animals seemed to sense the impending disaster.
• Animals fled to safety.
• Elephants screamed and ran for higher ground.
• Dogs refused to go outside.
• Flamingoes abandoned their breeding areas.
• Zoo animals rushed into their shelters.
• Some think animals have a sixth sense or more acute hearing to feel earth's vibrations.
• Giant waves killed many people, but fewer animals were reported dead.

Section B: Writing

• Write a formal letter to your father, requesting Rs 5,000 to cover your hostel fees, identifying yourself as Vinay from Boys Hostel, lane no. 5, Guna.
• (OR)
• Compose an email to your friends, requesting notes for all subjects in the class . The e-mail address for replies is [email protected].
• Write a short paragraph about: The festival I like the Most; (OR) How I helped a blindman cross the road.

Section C: Grammar

• Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verbs in the brackets.
• Join sentences using relative pronouns/adverbs.

Section D: Text Book

• A passage describes a situation where the author is called home due to a family dispute that erupted after a letter he received.
• The dispute involves two sisters-in-law and the division of paddy fields, a cottage, and other property into three parts.
• The author's presence is necessary to resolve the matter.
• Swami felt disconnected and disliked the cruelty he saw in his father. He was angry with the newspaper for publishing the tiger's story and wished the tiger had not spared the boy.