(English Medium) ICSE Class 10 - CISCE Important Questions

Choose the correct option to make one complete sentence without using and, but or so.

This work must be completed. There is a deadline.

Choose the correct option to make one complete sentence without using and, but or so.

He fled somewhere. His pursuers could not follow him.

Choose the correct option to make one complete sentence without using and, but or so.

He began late. He finished first.

Arun and Nikhil had climbed the mountain.  (Add a question tag)

The children have broken the window pane.  (Begin: The window pane...)

The apples are so cheap that they cannot be good.  (Use: 'too')

She is very clever and beautiful.  (Use: 'not only')

I prefer a simple vanilla ice cream to fancy desserts. (Begin: I would rather...)

He asked, "When do you intend to make the payment?". (Begin: He asked...)

If the rain does not stop, Mariam will not be able to do the laundry. (Begin: Unless...)

This is the best movie I have ever seen.  (Begin: Never...)

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.

It was hot in the railway compartment and the fan ______ (1) (not work). The elderly lady ______ (2) (use) up all her water because she had cheerfully shared it with her fellow passengers. She knew that the train ______ (3) (halt) at the station for only three minutes. Calling a shoeshine boy she said, ‘Will you help me? I ______ (4) (need) a bottle of cold water and here is the money,' and she put a twenty rupee note in his hand. The boy snatched the money and ______ (5) (disappear) into the crowd on the platform. A fellow passenger ______ (6) (cannot believe) what he had witnessed. ‘What ______ (7) (you do)?’ He said, ‘You ______ (8) (never see) your money again.' Just then the whistle was heard and the train began to move. At that moment the child appeared at the window with the water. 'Your water,' he gasped, out of breath. ‘And the change.'

We can cut ______ this field instead of taking the main road.

Passengers are advised ______ standing on the footboard of a moving bus.

They have been working on the project ______ years now.

Ever ______ the accident, he has been afraid of boarding buses.

It is a hard climb ______ the hill.

She turned ______ the offer because she did not like the terms and conditions.

I will need to speak ______ my parents before I sign up for the school trip.

The sports teacher was taken ______ when he heard how enthusiastic the team was.