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PODAR INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

PRACTICE TEST - 1

Centre Number________________________ Date. ____________________

Name: _________________________________ Roll No: _________


Subject: English Std. X
Paper 2 Directed Writing & Composition
You will need: Insert (enclosed)

Maximum Marks: 80 Duration: 2 hours

INSTRUCTIONS
 Answer two questions in total:
Section A: answer Question 1.
Section B: answer one question.
● Use a black or dark blue pen.
● Write your name, centre number and candidate number in the boxes at the top of
the page.
● Write your answer to each question in the space provided.
● Do not use an erasable pen or correction fluid.
● Do not write on any bar codes.
● If additional space is needed, you should use the lined pages at the end of this
booklet; the question number or numbers must be clearly shown.
● Dictionaries are not allowed.

INFORMATION
● The total mark for this paper is 80.
● The number of marks for each question or part question is shown in brackets [ ].
● The insert contains the reading texts.

Invigilator’s Name: _________________________________

Signature: ________________________________________

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Section A: Directed Writing
Read Text A in the insert and then answer Section A, Question 1 on
this question paper.

Question 1
Imagine that you have heard the discussion.
Write a letter to the producer of the programme to express your
views on whether such books should exist.
In your letter, you should:

 examine the reasons the editor gives for publishing this book.
 examine the reasons why the interviewer feels it should not be
published.
 give your own view and develop your arguments.
Base your letter on what you have read in the passage but be careful
to use your own words.
Address each of the two bullet points.
Begin your letter, ‘Dear Producer …’
Write about 250 to 350 words.
Up to 15 marks are available for the content of your answer, and
up to 25 marks for the quality of your writing.

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[Total: 40]

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Section B: Composition
Answer one question from Section B.
Write about 350 to 450 words on one of the following questions.
Answer on this question paper.
Up to 16 marks are available for the content and structure of
your answer, and up to 24 marks for the style and accuracy of
your writing.

EITHER
Descriptive Writing
2 You arrive on an island. Write a description of your first impressions
of the place and its people.
OR
Descriptive Writing
3 Describe what you see and hear from a hiding place.

OR
Narrative Writing
4 You witness an incident which you are forced to get involved in. Use
this idea as the basis for a narrative.
OR
Narrative writing
5 Write a story based on an animal that escapes.

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[40]
[Total: 80]

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