Goa Board Class 10 Sample Paper 2023 Functional English

Sample Paper
&
Question Paper Pattern
2022
2023

GOA BOARD

STDX:FUNCTIONAL ENGLISH F.L.
2022-2023
SYLLABUS and ASSESSMENT SCHEME

FIRST INTERNAL TEST:20Marks Mks SECOND INTERNAL TEST:20Marks Mks

SECTION A:Comprehension SECTION A:Comprehension
Seen passage (4) Unseen Narrative passage (4)

SECTIONB: SECTION B:
PROSE: (5) PROSE: (5)
1.A Letter to God 1. Two Stories about Flying:
•His First Flight
2.Glimpses of India
• Baker from Goa
POEMS: (3) (3)
POEMS:
1. Dust of Snow
1. Fire and Ice
2. A Tiger in the Zoo
2. The Ball Poem

SECTIONC: SECTION C:
1. Gap Filling (2) (2)
1. Modals
a) Articles
b) Conjunctions (2)
2. Do as directed
c) Prepositions a) Gender
d) Determiners (2) b) Degrees of Comparison
2. Adverbs

SECTIOND: SECTIOND:
*Story Writing (4) Picture Description (4)

THIRDINTERNALTEST:20Marks(10+10)

Activity 1 is compulsory. Choose any ONE activity from 2 and

3.Each activity carries 10marks

1. Informal Letter: to wish grandparents/aunt/uncle/friend on occasion such as a birthday/wedding
anniversary etc. The letter has to be enclosed in a handmade greeting card.

2. Essay/Article Writing

3. Testing language skills with innovative techniques [audio/video format eg. Reading, Recitation,
Speech etc.

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First Term Exam: 40 marks: MCQ Mks Second Term Exam: 40 marks: No MCQ Mks

SECTION A:(Comprehension): SECTION A:(Comprehension):
1.Seen Passage (4) 1. Unseen Narrative passage (4)
2.Unseen Passage (4) 2.Tree diagram (4)
SECTIONB:PROSE: SECTIONB:
1. 1.A Letter to God (10) PROSE: (10)
2. Two Stories about Flying: 1. Glimpses of India:
a) His First Flight b)Coorg
3.Glimpses of India: 2. Madam rides the Bus
a) Baker from Goa 3. The Sermon at Benares

POEMS: (6) POEMS: (6)
1. Dust of Snow 1. Amanda
2. FireandIce 2. TheTrees.
3. A Tiger in the Zoo 3. For Anne Gregory
4. The Ball Poem

SECTION C: SECTION C:
1. Gap Filling (3) 1. Do as directed (3)
a) Articles a) Question tags
b) Conjunctions b) Prefix
c) Prepositions c) Suffix
d) Determiners

2.Modals (2) 2.ReportingVerbs (2)

(3)
3. Doas directed 3.VerbForms: (3)
a) Gender a) Present:Simple,Continuous,Perfect
b) Adverbs b) Past:Simple,Continuous,Perfect
c) Degrees of Comparison c) Future:will/shall,would

SECTION D: SECTION D:

1. Picture Description (4) 1.Form Filling (4)
2.Story Writing (4) 2.Biodata (4)

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Model Question Paper
(For children with special needs)
2022-23
FRIST TERM
Code 2 1 1 5

Subject: Functional English F.L Maximum Marks: 40 Duration: 2hrs

Instructions:
1) All questions are compulsory
2) Figures to the right indicate full marks
3) The Questions are in the form of Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) with four alternatives
A,B,C,D. Answer to each question is tobe indicated by darkening the correct alternative in
the OMR sheet provided with the Question Paper.

SECTION A
A] Read the following passage and answer the questions set below:

i] One of the employees, who was a postman and also helped at the post office, went to his boss
laughing heartily and showed him the letter to God. Never in his career as a postman had he known
the address. The postmaster- a fat, amiable fellow- also broke out laughing, but all most immediately
he turned serious and, tapping the letter on his desk, commented, “What faith! I wish I had the faith
of the man who wrote this letter. Starting up a correspondence with God!”

ii] So, in order not to shake the writer’s faith in God, the postmaster came up with an idea: answer
the letter. But when he opened it, it was evident that to answer it he needed something more than
goodwill, ink and paper. But he stuck to his resolution: he asked for money from his employees, he
himself gave part of his salary, and several friends of his were obliged to give something ‘for act of
charity’.

With reference to the passage do as directed:

1) Choose the word oppositein meaning to ‘amiable’. [1]

A) likeable
B) kind
C) friendly
D)unfriendly

2) Choose the word similar in meaning to ‘goodwill’. [1]

(A)cruelty
(B) generosity
(C) popularity
(D) sincerity

With reference to the passage, choose the correct
3 alternative.

3) The Postmaster was________________________. [1]
(A) an angry and unkind man

(B) a troubled man
(C) a serious man
(D) a fat and amiable man

4)The Postmaster resolved to _____________________. [1]
(A) throw away the letter
(B) give the letter to another postmaster
(C) collect the money
(D)scold the writer

B) Read the following passage and answer the questions set below it:

i] I hada pet pigeon called Coolie, the most revolting bird to look at.His feathers were pushing
through the wrinkled scarlet skin, mixed with the horrible yellow-down that covers baby pigeons.
Since he had an unusual upbringing, without parents to teach him, Coolie became convinced that he
was not a bird at all, and refused to fly. He walked everywhere. He was always eager to join us in
anything we did. He was happy being one of us

ii] He would even try to come for walks with us. So, you had to either carry him on your shoulder,
which was risking an accident to your clothes, or else you let him walk behind. If you let him walk,
then you had to slow down your own pace to suit his, for should you get too far ahead you would
hear the most frantic and imploring coos and turn around to find Coolie running desperately after
you. Coolie was one of the most interesting pets I’ve ever had.

With reference to the passage answer as directed.

5) Choose a word in paragraph (i) which is similar in meaning to ‘crumple’ [1]
(A) horrible
(B) wrinkle
(C) eager
(D) happy

6) Choose a word in paragraph (ii) which is opposite in meaning to ‘calm’ [1]
(A) behind
(B) slow
(C) frantic
(D)interesting

7) The narrator describes the pigeon as a ‘revolting bird’ because _______________. [1]
(A) he could not fly
(B) he had to be carried everywhere
(C) he had wrinkled skin covered with yellow feathers
(D) he walked everywhere

8) We know that Coolie was always eager to go on walks because _______________. [1]
(A) he wanted to meet his friends
(B) he did not know how to fly

(C) he complained loudly if he was not taken along
(D) he always copied whatever humans did. 4

SECTION – B

C) With reference to the text, choose the correct alternatives:
9) Lencho needed money to __________________ [1]
(A) buy a tractor
(B) save his family from hunger
(C) buy a new phone.
(D) buy a buffalo

10)The baker carried bread in a _______________ [1]
(A)bag
(B)basket
(C)bowl
(D) tub

11)Lenchothought that the post-office employees were _______________ [1]
(A)a bunch of crooks
(B) rude
(C) unhelpful
(D) proud

12) The young seagull did not fly because he was ____________________ [1]
(A) lazy
(B) scared
(C) unhappy
(D) tired

13) The whole family taunted the young seagull for being___________________ [1]
(A) proud
(B) hungry
(C) a coward
(D) scared

14) The realization that the young seagull could fly made him _____________ [1]
(A) utter a joyful scream
(B) scream for help
(C) go back to the ledge
(D) hungry

15) The monthly accounts of the baker were recorded on _______________ [1]
(A) a computer
(B) some wall with pencil

(C) a book with pen 5
(D) a blackboard with chalk

16) A ‘jackfruit- like appearance’ implies to _____________ [1]
(A) a plump body of a person.
(B) a thin body of a person
(C) a dark appearance of a person
(D) a fair appearance of a person.

D. Choose the appropriate meaning of the underlined words:

17) The students are laidbacktill the exams. [1]
(A)not in a hurry
(B) cool
(C) afraid
(D) anxious

18) The poor boy devoured the food kept before him. [1]
(A) chopped
(B) cooked
(C) ate
(D) chewed

E) With reference to the poems, choose the correct alternative to complete the following:
19)The crow and Hemlock tree symbolize _________ [1]
(A) confusion
(B)celebration
(C)happiness
(D)sorrow

20)Fire represents__________________ [1]
(A) desire
(B) love
(C) purity
(D)warmth

21)After losing the ball, the boy learnt________________ [1]
(A)thatmoney buys happiness
(B)that a new ball can replace the old one
(C)that balls often get lost
(D) to deal with the loss of the ball

22) The tiger stares at the_________________ [1]
(A)people

(B) guards 6
(C) stars
(D) cars

23) “Some say the world will end in fire
Some says in ice. ”
Name the figure of speech in the above lines. [1]
(A) Metaphor
(B) Repetition
(C) Personification
(D) Simile

24)How does the caged tiger react to the visitors? [1]
(A) He ignores them
(B) With a happy face
(C) With a sad face
(D) Proudly
SECTION-C

(F) Choose the appropriate alternatives for the following:

25) The boy eats fish _________ his sister doesn’t. [1]
(A)and
(B)but
(C)also
(D)nor

26) Sunita is afraid _________ spiders. [1]
(A)about
(B)in
(C)of
(D)from

27) The hospital board clearly mentioned that you ________ smoke in the hospital.
(A) cannot [1]
(B) must not
(C) need not
(D) might not

28) A lot of ships cross _________ Pacific Ocean [1]
(A) a
(B) an
(C) the
(D) none of the above

29) When Suraj was two years, he _________ speak very well. [1]
(A) can
(B) could
(C) might
(D) should

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30) I carried the hot glass of milk___________. [1]
(A) silently
(B) bravely

(C) carefully
(D) loudly

31) The Queen arrived at noon. (Change the gender) [1]
(A) Prince
(B) Princess
(C) King
(D) Emperor

32) Russia is ___________________ country in the world. [1]
(A) the largest
(B) as large as
(C) larger than
(D)largest than

Section D

G. Look at the following picture and answer the questions by choosing the correct options:
given

33) Where are the students? [1]
(A) In a classroom
(B) In a library
(C) In a playroom
(D) In a cafeteria

34) What are the seated students doing? [1]
(A) Writing
(B) Reading books
(C) Chatting
(D)Playing

35) Who is issuing the books to the students? [1]
(A) Student.
(B) Librarian
(C) Store keeper
(D) Peon

36)What is the student at the book rack doing? [1]

(A) Dusting the book rack
(B) Choosing a book 8
(C) Writing the names of the book
(D) Reading a book

H. Read the given story and answer the questions that follow
There was a boy named John who was so lazy, he wouldn’t even bother to change his clothes. One
day, he saw that the apple tree in their yard was full of fruits. He wanted to eat some apples but he
was too lazy to climb the tree and take the fruits. So, he lay down underneath the tree and waited for
the fruits to fall off. John waited and waited until he was very hungry but the apples never fell.

37. Choose a title for the above story? [1]
(A) Hungry John
(B) Lazy John
(C) Energetic John
(D) Happy John

38. How many characters are there in the story? [1]
(A) 1
(B) 2
(C) 3
(D) 4

39. The moral of the story is: [1]
(A) If you want something, you need to wait for it.
(B) If you want something, ask your parents.
(C)It’s good to be lazy.
(D) Laziness gets you nowhere.

40. Where is the setting of the story? [1]
(A) In a farm
(B) In an orchard
(C) In a yard
(D) In a valley

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Answer Key
Model Question Paper
STDX:FUNCTIONAL ENGLISH F.L.
2022-2023
Subject code: 2115

SECTION A
A] 1x 40=[40 Marks]

1) D) unfriendly
2) (B) generosity
3) (D) a fat and amiable man
4) (C) collect the money
5) (B) wrinkle
6)(C) frantic
7) (C) he had wrinkled skin covered with yellow feathers
8) (C) he complained loudly if he was not taken along
9) (B) save his family from hunger
10)(B) basket
11) (A) a bunch of crooks
12) (B) scared
13) (C) a coward
14) (A) utter a joyful scream
15) (B) some wall with pencil
16) (A) a plump body of a person.
17) (A) not in a hurry
18)(C) ate
19) (D) sorrow
20) (A) desire
21) (D) to deal with the loss of the ball
22) (C) stars
23) (B) Repetition
24) (A) He ignores them
25) (B) but
26) (C) of
27) (A) cannot
28) (C) the
29) (B) could
30)(C) carefully
31) (C) King
32) (A) the largest
33) (B)In a library
34) (B) Reading books
35) (B) Librarian
36) (B) Choosing a book
37) (B) Lazy John

38) (A) 1
39) (D) Laziness gets you nowhere. 1
40) (C) In a yard 0

MODEL PAPER
(For children with special needs)
2022-23
SECOND TERM
Code 2 1 1 5

Subject: Functional English F.L MaximumMarks:40 Duration : 2 hrs
__________________________________________________________________________________
Instructions: 1) All questions are compulsory
2) Figures to the right indicate full marks
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SECTION – A
Q1. [A].Read the following passage and answer the questions set below: [4 Marks]

1. “Ring, Ring, Ring I jumped for joy at the sound of the school bell on the last day of
school. I couldn’t wait for school to be out because I knew I was going to have an
amazing summer holidays! First of all, I went to Mumbai to visit my aunt Nirmala for
two weeks, I had fun with my favourite aunt, When she saw me, she said ‘How ‘s my
favourite niece? I replied ‘I am your only niece. We had great time, shopping,
swimming and baking cookies. It’s always great to visit my aunt Nirmala.

2. After I got back home, I stayed up late night and watched a lot of movies. I like scary
movies, but my mom always says “scary movies keep you up at night. She won’t let
me watch them during the school year. However she lets me to watch some scary
movies in the summer since I don’t have to get up for school. Staying up late is
awesome. Finally I did my favourite activity of all. I worked on my crafty scrapbook
project. There were boxes of pictures just waiting for me to turn them into cute
scrapbook pages, I missed my friends, so I enjoyed creating colourful pages to help
me remember all the fun we had. I like school but I love summer holidays. Its really
the best never end.

[A]. With reference to the passage do as directed: [1Mark]
i] Find a word in paragraph [1] opposite to ‘first’.
Ans:_________________________________________________________________________

ii) Find a word in paragraph [2] which is similar to the meaning ‘finished
Ans:__________________________________________________________________

[B]. In each of the following choose the appropriate alternative and write the letter against
the corresponding number [2 Marks]

1. We had great time
[a] shopping and cooking

[b] Swimming and bathing 1
[c] Shopping, swimming and baking cakes 1

2. During the summer the narrator visited her
[a] cousin
[b] aunt
[c] niece

Q.[2]. [A].Read the following passage and complete the trees diagram given below: [4Marks]

Flowers convey emotions and thoughts of a person. Rose is the best example to express
one’s feelings like Red for love, white for purity and pink for happiness. Flowers are used in
rituals like in worship, decoration and condolences.

The cultivation of flowers is called floriculture. Sikkim has come up like a flower hulo of India
with 3000 varieties of flowers cultivated and exported. In Japan art of arranging and
decorating flowers is called “ekbane”.

Flowers

Rose Uses Conveys Flower hub

Red Pink 2 3 4 6
1
5 Thought
s
7 Purity
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1._________________

2. _________________

3. _________________

4. _________________

5. _________________

6. _________________

7. _________________

8. _________________

SECTION B

Q.[3].[A]. With reference to the text choose the correct alternative. [2 Marks]

1. Kudavus are the only people in India permitted ___________ without a license.
[a]. to drive a car 1
[b]. to ride a bike 2
[c]. to carry firearms

2.Valli was ____________ years old when she went on a bus ride.
[a]. eighteen
[b]. eight
[c]. nine

3. Kisa Gotami had only one ______________.
[a]. son
[b]. daughter
[c]. grandson

4. The Bodhi Tree means_________
[a]. Tree of wisdom
[b]. Tree of magic
[c]. Tree of life

[B]. Answer in about 20 words each [any 3] [6 Marks]

1.What sports are available in Coorg?
Ans;____________________________________________________________________________
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2.Which animals can be seen in Coorg?
Ans;____________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________

3.What was Valli’s favourite pastime?
Ans;____________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________

4. Why did KisaGotami go from house to house?
Ans;____________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________

[C].Choose the appropriate meaning of the underlined word/phrasefrom those given below: [2Marks]

1. We all are bound to die.
[a]. destined
[b]. unlikely
[c]. surely

2. My mother spends money carefully.
[a]. is a spendthrift
[b]. is thrifty
[c]. spends miserly

[D]. Read the extract and answer the questions set below: [6 Marks]

1. “I am an orphan, roaming the street.
I pattern soft dust with my hushed bare feet.

The silence is golden, the freedom is sweet.”
1
[a]. Name the poem. 3
Ans:______________________________________________________________

[b]. Why does she want to be an orphan?
Ans:______________________________________________________________

2. “All night the roots work
to disengage themselves from the cracks
in the veranda floor.”

[a]. Name the poet ( Adienne Rich, Robert Frost, Leslie Norris)

Ans:______________________________________________________________

[b]. What do the roots do?

Ans:______________________________________________________________

3. “But I can get a hair-dye
And set such colour there,
Brown, or black, or carrot.”

[a]. What is the colour of the hair of the young woman?

Ans:______________________________________________________________

[b]. Why does she want to change the hair colour?

Ans:______________________________________________________________

Q. 5.[A]. Do as directed [3 Marks]

1. Today is a sunny day. (Add a question tag)

Ans:______________________________________________________________

2. Rupesh is a kind man ( Use a prefix and rewrite)

Ans:______________________________________________________________

3. Peter is a __________man (friend)
(Use a suffix and rewrite)

Ans:______________________________________________________________

[B]. Complete the following sentences in a reported speech. [2 Marks]

1. Vinita to mother: Where are my shoes?
Vinita asked her mother where_________________.

2.Sunil to Sandesh : Please close the door.
Sunil requested Sandesh ___________________.

[C]. Fill in the blanks with the connect from of verbs. [3 Marks]

1. Ruby____________ the movie .( Use simple future
1 tense)
[a]. will watch 4
[b]. will be watching
[c] .watch

2. The boy ________ the cycle ( Use simple present tense)
[a]. ride
[b]. rides
[c]. is riding

3. My aunt ___________________ to London.( Use past continuous)
[a]. went
[b]. is going
[c]. was going

SECTION D
Q. [6]. [A]. You are Meera /Mohan Sawant residing at Flat No 106 Om Apartment Margao –
Goa. Write a letter to your friend inviting for your sister’s birthday. [4Marks]
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Q.[7].[A].you are Deepak/Deepika More. Your birth date is 18.07.2001.You are a resident of

flat number 1/03.Flower apartment uzzrorausgor .you have completed standard tenth .The
following advertisement appeared in the Navhind Times dated 2 nd June 2022. Wanted a
salesman/salesgirl. The applicant should posses knowledge of language preferably English
and Konkani . Prepare a Bio-data for the following [4 Marks]

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Answer Key
Model Question Paper
STDX:FUNCTIONAL ENGLISH F.L.
2022-2023
Subject code: 2115

SECTION – A
Q1. [A]. 1x4 [4Mark]
1.]. .last
2.]. end
[B].
1. [a]. shopping and cooking
2. [b]. aunt

Q.[2]. ½ x 8 =[4 Marks]
1. White
2. Worship
3. Decoration
4. Condolences
5. Emotions
6. sikkim
7. love
8. happiness

SECTION B

Q.3.[A]. ½ x 4= [2 Marks]
1. [c]. to carry firearms
2. [b]. eight
3. [a]. son
4. [a]. Tree of wisdom

[B]. 2x3 = [6 Marks]

Ans 1.Sports like rafting, canoeing, rappelling rocks, climbing and mountain biking are available in
Coorg.

Ans 2.Animals like Macaques, Malabar, squirrels, language and slender loris can be seen in Coorg.

Ans 3. Valli’s favourite pastime was standing in front of the doorway of her house and watching what
was happening in the street.

Ans 4. Kisa Gotami went from house to house asking for mustard seeds

[C]. 1x1=[2 Marks]

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1. [a]. destined 7
2. [b]. is thrifty

Q.[4]. 1X 6= [6 Marks]
1. [a]. Amanda
[b] Amanda wants to be an orphan to escape the cleaning of the shoes

2. [a]. Adienne Rich
[b]. The roots try to free themselves from the cracks in the veranda floor.

3. [a].The young woman’s hair is golden.
[b]. She wants to change her hair colour because she wants the young man to love her and not
her hair

Q. [5]. 1x3=[3 Marks]
1. Today is a sunny day, isn’t it?
2. Rupesh is an unkind man
3. Peter is a friendly man

[B]. 1x2=[2 Marks].
1. Vinita asked her mother where her shoes were.
2.Sunil requested Sandesh to close the door.

[C]. 1x3 = [ 3 Marks]
1.[a]. will watch
2. [b]. rides
3.[c]. was going

SECTION D

Q. 6. A. [4 Marks]
1. Correct Address 1 Mark
2. Correct date 1 Mark
3. Body 1 Mark
4. Ending 1 Mark

Q.7. [4Marks]

1. Name
2. Date of birth 1 mark
3. Address
4. Qualification 2marks
5. Experience ½ mark
6. language ½ mark……. 1 mark

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