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ICSE Class X Board Examination

ICSE English Language (English Paper 1) — Board Examination 2025

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Board
ICSE Class X Board Examination
Class
Class 10
Subject
English Language
Year
2025
Total marks
Not verified
Duration
Not verified

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Follows the published ICSE syllabus structure and links back to the source, but has not been reconciled line by line against a Council document.

Imported board paper from Oswaal Books (reproduction of CISCE board paper) on 2026-08-29.

Questions in this paper

  1. 1((i))20] (Do not spend more than 30 minutes on this question.) Write a composition (300-350 words) on any one of the following:
    Write an original short story in which a poor tailor wins an award which changes his/her life.
  2. 1((ii))20] (Do not spend more than 30 minutes on this question.) Write a composition (300-350 words) on any one of the following:
    Your friends once played a harmless prank on you. Give an account of what happened, your response
    to the prank and what you learnt from the experience.
  3. 1((iii))20] (Do not spend more than 30 minutes on this question.) Write a composition (300-350 words) on any one of the following:
    Describe what you see and hear as you move about
    the corridors and compound during your school break
    time. How does the scene change after the bell rings?
  4. 1((iv))20] (Do not spend more than 30 minutes on this question.) Write a composition (300-350 words) on any one of the following:
    ‘More collaboration, less competition is the need of the hour’,
    Express your views either for or against this statement.
  5. 1((v))20] (Do not spend more than 30 minutes on this question.) Write a composition (300-350 words) on any one of the following:
    Study the picture given. 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.
  6. 2((i))10] (Do not spend more than 20 minutes on this question.) Select any one of the following:
    Your grandmother has taught you a special skill. Write a letter thanking her. Explain how you will use
    that skill and why it is important to you.
  7. 2((ii))10] (Do not spend more than 20 minutes on this question.) Select any one of the following:
    There is no bus stop in your locality. Write a letter to the Municipal Commissioner of your town/city
    complaining about the problem. Offer possible solutions.
  8. 3((i))Your school is hosting an Inter School Story Writing Competition. Write a notice informing the students
    about the event.    5 marks
  9. 3((ii))Write an email to a famous person inviting him/her to be the Judge on the occasion.5 marks
  10. 4((i))For each word given below choose the correct meaning (as used in the passage) from the options
    provided:
    1. satchels (line 2)    2 marks
  11. 4((ii))Which word in the passage is the opposite of ‘closed”?1 mark
  12. 4((iii))Answer the following questions briefly in your own words:2 marks
  13. 4((iv))In not more than 50 words describe how Mr. Panwallah introduced Hari to watch mending.8 marks
  14. 5((i))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:
    One day we (0) __________ (lift) the box up.
    Answer: (0) lifted
    We (1) __________ (find) a dead mouse (2) __________ (lie) among our treasures. It (3) __________ (be) an
    exciting discovery. A boy took it up by its tail and (4) __________ (wave) it in front of our faces.
    “What shall we do with it?” he (5) __________ (cry). “It stinks!” someone (6) __________ (shout).
    “Throw it out of the window quick!”
    He (7) __________ (hesitate). They all (8) __________ (look) at me.    4 marks
  15. 5((ii))Fill in the blanks with appropriate words.4 marks
  16. 5((iii))Choose the correct option to make one complete sentence without using and, but or so.
    1. These are fresh mangoes. I bought them yesterday.    4 marks
  17. 5((iv))Choose the correct option and rewrite the sentence according to the instruction given after each.
    1. The teacher said, “Come early tomorrow, the examination begins at eight o’clock.”
    (Begin: The teacher told us to... ... ...)
    (a) The teacher told us to come early the next day as the examination would begin at eight o’clock. (a)
    (b) The teacher told us to come early tomorrow as the examination begins at eight o’clock.
    (c) The teacher told us the examination will begin at eight o’clock so come early tomorrow.
    (d) The teacher told us to come by eight o’clock as the examination will begin early the next day.
    2. Rahul not only plays the guitar but also the drums.
    (Use: ‘as well as’)
    (a) Rahul plays the guitar as well as the drums.
    (b) Rahul plays the guitar as well the drums.
    (c) Rahul plays the guitar as well as he does the drums.
    (d) Rahul play’s the guitar and the drums as well.
    3. She said she would not be available.
    (Add a question tag)
    (a) Didn’t she say that she would not be available?
    (b) She said she would not be available, did she?
    (c) She said she would not be available, didn’t she?
    (d) She said she would not be available, wouldn’t she?
    4. This is the most beautiful painting in the exhibition.
    (Begin: No other... ...)
    (a) No other painting is as beautiful as this exhibition.
    (b) No other painting in this exhibition is beautiful.
    (c) No other painting is beautiful as this painting in the exhibition.
    (d) No other painting in the exhibition is as beautiful as this one.
    5. I prefer aerobics to yoga.
    (Use: ‘rather’)
    (a) I would rather do aerobics to yoga.
    (b) I would rather do aerobics than yoga.
    (c) I would rather prefer aerobics than yoga.
    (d) I would rather do yoga than aerobics.
    10 ICSE, ENGLISH PAPER-1 (Language), Class-X
    6. The coach taught the children the rules of the game.
    (Begin: The rules... ... ...)
    (a) The rules have being taught by the coach to the children.
    (b) The rules of the game have been taught by the children to the coach.
    (c) The rules of the game is taught by the coach to the children.
    (d) The rules of the game were taught by the coach to the children.
    7. No sooner did the film star arrive than the crowd cheered.
    (Begin: As soon as... ... ...).
    (a) As soon as the film star arrived then the crowd cheered.
    (b) As soon as the film star arrives the crowd starts cheering.
    (c) As soon as the crowd cheers the film star arrives.
    (d) As soon as the film star arrived the crowd cheered.
    8. School bags are often too heavy for students to carry.
    (Use: ‘so’)
    (a) School bags are so heavy students cannot carry them.
    (b) School bags are often so heavy that students cannot carry them.
    (c) School bags are often so heavy for students to carry.
    (d) School bags are heavy so students cannot carry them.    8 marks