10th Class English Past Paper 2023

Note: English 1st Time Paper of 10th Class.

Group-I

OBJECTIVE

I. Choose the correct form of verb and fill up the bubbles sheet

1. They — hockey at that time.
(A) shall be playing
(B) are playing
(C) was playing
(D) has played

2. Do you — to school everyday?
(A) go
(B) went
(C) will go
(D) have gone

3. She was doing her home task when the guests —.
(A) arrived
(B) arrives
(C) will arrive
(D) arriving

4. It — since last night.
(A) has raining
(B) has been raining
(C) was raining
(D) rained

5. She is — for London tomorrow.
(A) leave
(B) leaves
(C) leaving
(D) left

II. Choose the word with correct spelling

6.
(A) Escalate
(B) Iscalate
(C) Eskalate
(D) Escalete

7.
(A) Applauded
(B) Aplauded
(C) Appluded
(D) Applaudod

8.
(A) Ricapture
(B) Recapture
(C) Rekapture
(D) Recaptare

9.
(A) Loathe
(B) Luoth
(C) Luath
(D) Loothe

III. Choose the correct option

10. The antonym of “fail” is:
(A) unsuccessful
(B) succeed
(C) flourish
(D) destroy

11. “Trends” means:
(A) tendency
(B) send
(C) transport
(D) supply

12. “Contest” means:
(A) competition
(B) detest
(C) support
(D) provoke

13. “Eternal” means:
(A) internal
(B) external
(C) now
(D) forever

14. Synonym of “roaring” is:
(A) lively
(B) running
(C) going
(D) fasting

IV. Choose the correct option according to the grammar

15. Haris mowed the lawn and he earned hundred rupees. This sentence is:
(A) compound
(B) complex
(C) conditional
(D) imperative

16. If we wait here, we shall get late. This sentence is:
(A) zero conditional
(B) first conditional
(C) second conditional
(D) third conditional

17. He went to the market last night. The underlined adverb is adverb of:
(A) time
(B) place
(C) frequency
(D) manner

18. He was a lion in the battle. The underlined word is a/an:
(A) simile
(B) metaphor
(C) verb
(D) adverb

19. Keep the balls in the basket. The underlined word is:
(A) abstract noun
(B) collective noun
(C) proper noun
(D) concrete noun

SUBJECTIVE

Section – I

2. Answer any FIVE of the following questions:
(i) What does the word “proclaimed” mean?
(ii) When does Chinese New Year start?
(iii) What do decorations on doors and windows symbolize?
(iv) How do newspapers give us more in depth coverage?
(v) How has the writer spent his summer vacation? (Little By Little One Walks Far)
(vi) What is meant by the “right profession”?
(vii) How does a book connect the reader and the writer? (Great Expectations)
(viii) Who looked after Pip after the death of his parents? (Great Expectations)

Section – II

3. Translate into Urdu OR Re-write into simple English the following paragraph:
Career counselors are generally well informed about such trends. They can play a key role in guiding the youth towards a rewarding profession. This highlights the importance of a full time career-counseling department at the school level. The job of this department should be to determine the personalities of students, to observe and analyze their interests and to suggest suitable careers according to their aptitude.

4. Write down the summary of the poem “Try Again” written by W.E. Hickson.
OR
Paraphrase the following lines into simple English with reference to the context:
And when the sun comes out,
After this rain shall stop,
A wondrous light will fill
Each dark, round drop;

5. Write an essay of 150-200 words on any ONE of the following topics:
(a) A Cricket Match
(b) My Ambition
(c) A Rainy Day
OR
Write a paragraph of 100-150 words on any ONE of the following topics:
(a) My School
(b) A River in Flood
(c) A Visit to an Historical Place

6. Change any FIVE of the following sentences into indirect form:
(i) The teacher said to Moeen, “I have taught you and your sister.”
(ii) She said, “He rang me up at twelve midnight.”
(iii) The judge said to me, “Have you anything more to say?”
(iv) Roshana said to me, “Let us finish our work.”
(v) He said, “Alas! We cannot defeat our enemies.”
(vi) The mother said to her, “May you return successful.”
(vii) She has said, “She is ready to accompany us.”
(viii) The teacher said, “Did you do your home task yesterday?”

7. Use any FIVE of the following pair of words in your own sentences:
(i) Alter, Altar
(ii) Birth, Berth
(iii) Except, Accept
(iv) Fowl, Foul
(v) Loose, Lose
(vi) Lovely, Lovable
(vii) Root, Route
(viii) Vale, Veil

8. Translate the following paragraph into English:
(The paragraph describes life in a village: living in the village before coming to the city, being happy there, waking up early, praying, sitting in the green fields, and the cool, clean water of the river.)
OR
(For English Medium candidates only)
Write Ten sentences about “Fashion”.