(English Medium) ICSE Class 10 - CISCE Question Bank Solutions for English 1 (English Language)

Write an original short story that begins with the words: "It was raining hard that night. In my hurry to get into the house, I didn't notice the black car parked across the road. I realized something was, wrong when .........

"School days are the happiest days of our lives." Express your views either for or against this statement. 

Narrate an incident from your own experience when you helped a friend who was in trouble. Explain what happened. What did you do to make the situation better ? 

There has been heavy rain in your city/town. You went to school but found that it was closed because of the rain. Describe the sights and sounds near the school and narrate how you finally reached home and spent the rest of the day. 

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.

A number of loose electric wires are hanging from a lamp post near the main gate of your school. Write a letter to the Municipal Commissioner explaining the problem, the danger it poses and suggests a quick solution. 

You were a part of an organizing committee for an inter-school event that was very successful. You and the other committee members were congratulated and praised at the school assembly by the Principal. Write a letter to your grandmother telling her about the event and your feelings at being recognized and praised in front of the school. 

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) started
My mother (0)__________ (start) school when she
(1)__________ (be) six and (2)____________ (stop) the 
same term. She was unusual in the village as she had a father and brother who (3)_________ (encourage) her to go to school. She was the only girl in a class of boys and claims she was brighter than the boys. But every day she (4)______ (will) leave behind her girl cousins (5) (play) at home and she (6)_________ (envy) them. There (7)_________ (seem) to be no point in. (8)_______ (go) to school just!o end up doing housework. 

She shouted angrily_________ the disobedient boy. 

I asked them to provide us________ a guide. 

The tree grew at a dangerous slant and had to be cut ________

My daughter believes_____________ fairies. 

He drew a beautiful diagram________ the board. 

She battled her way ___________the crowd. 

We were asked to gather_________ the teacher.

They had to climb ____________the steep pathway to reach the top. 

This is the hospital. I was born here. 

The children have been sick for a week. They were unable to go to school. 

Mrs. Kumar has been a teacher for thirty years. She will now retire. 

We have had to respect for nature. Now we are suffering from the effects of global warming.