Goa Board Class 10 Sample Paper 2025 Functional English

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FUNCTIONAL ENGLISH F.L. (CWSN)
INTERNAL ASSESSMENT SCHEME
2024-2025
STD X

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. A list of activities and assessment criteria for Internal Assessment of 20marks are listed below under the four Language skills.
2. Student may choose any two activities: one from the Reading Skill or Speaking Skill. The other from the Listening Skill or Writing
Skill.
NOTE : Both activities cannot be based on only one language skill.
3. Each activity is allotted maximum 10 marks. Rubrics for the activities is given below.
4. Record of every activity of the student has to be maintained (hard /soft copy) for the scrutiny of the Board. Record of activity
of activity (Reading or Speaking Skill) of the student has to be maintained in Video format.
5. The first Internal Assessment should be conducted by the last week of July and second by the last week of September

1. READING SKILLS
ACTIVITIES: 1. Newspaper reading 2. Story reading(short with moral/ values) 3.Poem reading
*Hearing Impaired
Name/ Activity Rubrics : Total 10 marks TOTAL
Roll No.
Eye contact Posture Gesture* Pronunciation/ Expression
/Voice Overall Body
modulation/ Language*
Intonation
(1) (1) (3) (3) (2) 10

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2. WRITING SKILLS
ACTIVITIES: 1. Diary Entry 2. Informal Letter 3. Picture Composition
Name/ Activity Rubrics: Total 10 marks TOTA
Roll No. L
Original/ Interesting ideas Meaningful sentences Appropriate Basic Grammar
Vocabulary
(3) (3) (2) (2) (10)

3. SPEAKING SKILLS /SIGNING *
Activities 1. Interview 2. Elocution 3. Monologue 4. Speech (National Days)
5. Recipe /Experiment /Procedure (craft) 6. Narrate an incident/ event
7. Describe a picture and give opinion /suggestion 8. If I were......... 9. Story telling
*Hearing Impaired
**Visually Impaired

Name / Activity Rubrics : (Total 10 marks)
Roll No.
Eye Contact/ Posture Voice Pronunciation Content Subject Appropriat TOTAL
Confidence modulation/ / Body Organization Knowledge e
** Intonation/ language* Vocabulary
Expression* / Gestures
&
Signs *
(1) (1) (2) (2) (2) (1) (1) (10)

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4. LISTENING SKILLS/ OBSERVING SKILL
Activities : 1. Listen to directions and draw a road map 2. Listen to a story and answer the questionnaire
3. Listen to the instructions to perform a given task (craft, recipe, etc.)
4. Listen to a story and draw (sketches / cartoons, etc.)
Name/Roll Activity Rubrics: (10 marks )
No.
Ability to focus General Observing/Listenin Accuracy in responses TOTAL
understanding g
to details
(2) (2) (3) (3) 10

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STD X: Functional English F.L., 2024-25
SYLLABUS AND ASSESSMENT SCHEME

SECTION A :(Comprehension)
1. Seen Passage
2. Unseen Passage

SECTION B:
PROSE:
1. A Letter to God

2. Two Stories about Flying:
a) His First Flight
b) Black Aeroplane

3.Glimpses of India:
a)Baker from Goa
b)Coorg
c) Tea from Assam

4.Madam rides the Bus
3. The Sermon at Benares
………………………………………………………………………………….……..
POEMS:
1. Dust of Snow 5. Amanda
2. Fire and Ice 6. Animals
3. A Tiger in the Zoo 7. Fog
4. The Ball Poem

SECTION C:
1. Gap Filling
a) Articles: (a, an, the) 4. Do as directed
b) Determiners: (some, many, less, etc.) a) Gender
c) Conjunctions b) Adverbs
d) Prepositions c) Degrees of Comparison
d) Question tags
2.Modals e) Prefix
(can, can‟t, could, couldn‟t, may, might, f) Suffix
must, mustn‟t, shall, should, shouldn‟t)
5. Verb Forms:
3. Reporting Verbs a) Present: Simple, Continuous, Perfect
b) Past: Simple, Continuous, Perfect
c) Future: will/shall, would

SECTION D:
1. Picture Description / Describe the given topic (format in Model Question Paper)
2. Story Writing
3. Informal letter
4. Biodata
5. Form Filling

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*** NOTE: Deleted Content (SECTION B)
1. Nelson Mandela: Long Walk toFreedom
2. From the Diary of Anne Frank
3. The Hundred Dresses- I
4. The Hundred Dresses- II
5. Mijbil, the Otter
6. The Proposal

POEMS
1. The Trees
2. The Tale of Custard the Dragon
3. For Anne Gregory

FIRST TEST: 20 Marks Marks
SECTION A:
Seen Passage (4)
SECTION B:
PROSE:
1. A Letter to God (6)
2 . Two Stories about Flying:
a) His First Flight

POEMS:
1. Dust of Snow (3)
2. Fire and Ice
3. A Tiger in the Zoo

SECTION C:
1. Gap Filling (2)
a) Articles: (a, an, the)
b) Determiners: (some, many, less, etc.)
c) Conjunctions
d) Prepositions
(2)
2.Modals

SECTION D:
Story Writing (3)

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FIRST TERM: 80 Marks
(pattern of paper is same as the Final Exam paper) Marks
SECTION A: (10)
Seen Passage 5
Unseen Passage/ Tree diagram 5
SECTION B: (32)
PROSE:
1. A Letter to God 20
2. Two Stories about Flying:
a) His First Flight
3.Glimpses of India:
a) Baker from Goa
b) Coorg

POEMS: 12
1.Dust of Snow
2.Fire and Ice
3. A Tiger in the Zoo
4.Ball Poem
5. Amanda
SECTION C: (18)

1. Gap Filling
a) Articles: (a, an, the) 3
b) Determiners: (some, many, less, etc.)
c) Conjunctions
d) Prepositions

2. Modals
4
(can,can’t, couldn’t ,may, might, must, musn’t,shall,
should, shouldn’t)
3
3. Reporting Verbs

4. Do as directed 5
a) Gender
b) Adverbs
c) Degrees of Comparison
d) Question tags
e) Prefix
f) Suffix
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5. Verb Forms:
a) Present: Simple, Continuous, Perfect
b) Past: Simple,
c)Continuous , Perfect Future: will/shall would
SECTION D: (20)

1. Picture Description 5
2. Describe the given topic (V.I) ( format in the
Model Question Paper)

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3.Form Filling
4. Story Writing 4

5. Informal letter 5
6. Biodata 6

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MODEL QUESTION PAPER
FUNCTIONAL ENGLISH (F.L)
STD: X DURATION: 2 ½ Hours
Total Number of Main Questions: 60 Marks Allotted: 80
Seat No.:
(space for other details and hologram sticker)

(Question cum Answer Booklet)

This paper consists of four sections:
Section A: Reading 10 marks
Section B: Text (Prose and Poetry) 32 marks
Section C: Grammar 18 marks
Section D: Writing 20 marks

INSTRUCTIONS:
i) All questions are compulsory
ii) Figures to the right indicate full marks
iii) Answer in the space provided

SECTION A

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

(A) The baker or bread-seller of those days had a peculiar dress known as the kabai. It was a single
piece long frock reaching down to the knees. In our childhood we saw bakers wearing shirt and
trousers which were shorter than full-length ones and longer than half pants. Even today, anyone who
wears a half pant which reaches just below the knees invites the comment that he is dressed like a
pader.

(B) The baker usually collected his bills at the end of the month. Monthly accounts used to be recorded
on some wall in pencil. Baking was indeed a profitable profession in the old days. The baker and his
family never starved. He, his family and his servants always looked happy and prosperous. Their
plump physique was an open testimony to this. Even today any person with a jackfruit-like physical
appearance is easily compared to a baker.

With reference to the passage, do as directed: [2]

1. Tick √ the word from paragraph B opposite in meaning to „distributed

 Starved

 Collected

 Compared

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2. Tick √ the word from paragraph A similar in meaning to unusual.

 Peculiar

 Shorter

 Longer

With reference to the passage, tick √ the correct alternative for each of the following
statements. [4]

3. In the author‟s childhood days, the pader wore
 Shirt and trousers

 Kabai

 Long frock

4. The monthly records of the baker were recorded on a wall

 with pen

 with chalk

 with pencil

5. A jackfruit-like physical appearance refers to their

 plump physique

 happiness

 profitable business

6. The baker usually collected his bills

 at the beginning of the month

 at the end of the month

 twice a day

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Read the following passage and complete the tree diagram given below: [4]

i. There are three main groups of oils: animal, vegetable and mineral. Great quantities of animal
oil come from the whale. When the whale is killed, its fat which is called blubber, is boiled
down. It produces a great quantity of oil. Both cod liver oil and halibut liver oil are given to sick
children and other invalids who need certain vitamins.

ii. Vegetable oil has been known since very old times. No household can get on without it, for it is
used in cooking. Soaps are also made from vegetable oils.

iii. When a politician or an engineer refers to oil, he almost always means mineral oil. This is the
oil that drives tanks, aero planes, warships, motor cars and locomotives. This is the oil that has
changed the life of man. Because it burns well, it is used as a fuel. Many big ships use oil
instead of coal

OIL

Animal 9 Mineral

Whale Cod 7 fuel

blubber 8 invalids
invalids Cooking soaps
warships tanks 10

7.

8.

9.

10.

OR

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Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow:

A prominent feature of the macaque monkeys is the presence of cheek pouches in which these
primates temporarily store food. Offer them their favourite food and they simply stuff all that they can in
these cheek pouches which can puff up on the sides. The food will be digested later.

A) Most macaques obtain a good amount of their food on the ground, gleaning for fruits, insects, leaves,
shoots and more. Even spiders are welcome on the swelling menu of these ever-curious monkeys. Most
macaques are sort of squat and thickset in build.

With reference to the passage do as directed:

7.Tick the word from paragraph (A) similar in meaning to „favoured‟. [1]
√

 favourite

 fresh

 healthy

8. Tick √ the word from paragraph (B) opposite in meaning to ‘thin‟. [1]

 Good

 Huge

 Thickset

9. Most macaques eat [1]

 Vegetables, fish and eggs

 Fruits, insects and leaves

 Spiders, fruits and animals

10. Before digestion, Macaque monkeys store their food in . [1]

 Cheek pouches

 Their habitat

 Mouth

 . Hand

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SECTION B

With reference to the text, tick √ the correct alternative:

11. Valli found out about the bus journey through her . [1]

 Friends

 Tourists

 Neighbours

12. Lencho‟s only hope was help from . [1]

 God

 the postmaster

 neighbours

13. Buddha‟s first sermon reflected . [1]

 wisdom about suffering

 ways to be happy

 helping the poor.

14. The young seagull spent the night in a . [1]

 cave near the water

 hole under the ledge

 tree branch

Answer the following questions in about 20 words each:

15. What is Coorg famous for? [2]

Or

15. Who tempted the seagull to take his first flight

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16. Why was Lencho angry when counted the money? [2]

Or

16. Why was Kisa Gautami desperate?

17. Why does Valli stand up on the seat? [2]

Or

17. What are the Goans nostalgic about?

18. How did the postmaster try to help Lencho? [2]

Or

18. Why was the seagull afraid to fly?

Read the following extracts and answer the questions that follow in about 10 words each.

“Coorg, or Kodagu, the smallest district of Karnataka, is home to evergreen rainforests, spices and
coffee plantations.”

19. Which is the best period to visit Coorg? [1]

20. Name any one animal that is likely to be seen in Coorg? [1]

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“At about the age of twenty-five, the Prince, heretofore shielded from the sufferings of the world, while
out hunting chanced upon a sick man, then an aged man, then a funeral procession, and finally a
monk begging for alms.”

21. Who is the Prince in the above extract? [1]

22. Under which tree did he sit until he was enlightened? [1]

“But for Valli, standing at the front door was every bit as enjoyable as any of the elaborate games
other children played.”

23. What was Valli‟s favourite pastime? [1]

24. How did Valli find out about the bus journey details? [1]

Tick √ the correct alternative similar in meaning to the underlined words

25. The old lady sang a song of lamentation. [1]

 expression of joy.

 expression of anger .

 expression of sorrow

26. The children could not predict the competition results. [1]

 decide

 forecast

 choose

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Read the following extracts from the poems and answer the questions that follow:

“The way a crow

Shook down on me

The dust of snow

From a hemlock tree”

27. What does the hemlock tree represent? [1]

28. Name the poet. ( Robert Frost, John Berryman) [1]

29. What was the effect of the dust of snow on the poet? [1]

“He should be lurking in a shadow,

Sliding through long grass

Near the water hole

Where plump deer pass.”

30. Who is “He‟ in the poem? [1]

31. Why should he be near the water hole? [1]

32. Name the underlined figure of speech. [1]

Answer the following questions in about 15 words each

33. Why does Amanda dream of being an orphan? [2]

Or

33. What does Fire and Ice represent in the poem „Fire and Ice‟?

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34. How does the tiger spend his time in the zoo”? [2]

Or

34. Why does the poet not offer the boy money to buy a ball?

35. What does the poet compare the fog? [2]

Or

35. What is the central idea of the poem „The Dust of Snow‟?

SECTION C

Choose the correct word from those given in the brackets and write your answer against the
number of the blank: [3]

Peter has (36) ( a , the) pet dog called Skip. Every Sunday they go the park.

Peter plays fetch (37) ( by, with) Skip. They enjoy playing together

(38) ( so, because) they both love to run.

Choose the correct modal given in the brackets:

39. He ( may, can) lift this heavy box. [1]

40. She (would, could) buy a pen if she had money. [1]

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41. Teacher, ( may, should) I go to play? [1]

42. You (should, could) respect your parents. [1]

Do as directed without changing the meaning of the sentences given below:

43. My uncle is too old to dance. (Rewrite by changing the gender) [1]

44. She is the prettiest girl in the class. (Complete the sentence using „pretty‟) [1]

No other girl

45. Goa is a peace-loving state. (Rewrite using question tag) [1]

46. Please ( lock) the door. (Fill in the blank using prefix) [1]

47. The tortoise moves (politely, slowly). (Fill in the blank with the
correct adverb) [1]

Complete the following using appropriate reporting verbs:

[1]
Mahesh to Lisa: I found your watch.
48. Mahesh told Lisa that .

Teacher to Sunny: Do you need help with the project? [1]

49. The teacher asked Sunny if .
Monica to Jerry: It might rain tonight. [1]

50. Monica said to Jerry that

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Tick √ the correct verb form, from the alternative given below each sentence.

51. Jack his car last night . ( Simple past tense) [1]

 wash

 washed

 washes

52. Priya to swim. (Present continuous) [1]

 learns

 is learning

 learnt

53. The sun brightly. (Past continuous) [1]

 shone

 shined

 was shining

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SECTION D

Look at the given picture and answer each of the following questions in a complete sentence:

54. What are the men doing? [1]

55. What do the men catch in their nets? [1]

56. Where are the men? [1]

57. Where is the fishing net? [1]

58. Where do fish mongers sell their fish? [1]

____________________________________________________________________________
Or

Answer each of the following questions in a complete sentence to describe your best friend:

54. What is your best friend’s name? [1]

55. Where does your best friend live? [1]

56. What do you like about him/her? [1]

57. What is your best friend’s favourite game? [1]

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58. What do you enjoy doing with your best friend? [1]

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59. You are Samuel Dias/ Samantha Dias, your date of birth is 12.02.1998. You are a resident of
Paradise Apartment, Flat No 10/F6, Margao, South Goa. You have completed standard 10th . The
following advertisement appeared in “The Navhind Times” dated 20th March 2023 wanted a
Salesman/Salesgirl residing in or around Margao. The applicant should possess knowledge in
languages preferably English and Konkani. Prepare a Bio – Data for the above [6]

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60. Based on the given story outline develop a story. Give a suitable title: [4]

A student-------playing with friends-------found some money------ discuss what to do------ one decided to
keep money------ the student convinces his friends---- spoke to teacher ---- teacher praised them.

OR

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60. You are Mary Fernandes residing at 12 Hill Drive Vasco- Goa, Pincode: 403802. You wereborn on
25-06-1994. Your mobile number is 9010489011. Your landline number is 0832- 2512266.

Fill in the given form. Write in Blocks [4]

Surname:

First Name:

Address

Pin code

Date of birth

Day/Month/Year

Contact Numbers:

1. Mobile :

2. Landline:

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61. You are Anand Borkar, residing at H.No.20, Durga Apartments, Bicholim, Goa. Write a letter to
your friend inviting him/her for your birthday party next month. (about 50 words): [5]

*****************************************************************

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FORMATS AND MARK DISTRIBUTION:

2. FORM- FILLING: (4 marks: ½ mark each, address 1 mark)
Example: BIODATA: (6 marks, 1 mark each)

My Biodata
Name:

Address:

Date of Birth:

Educational Qualification:

Experience:

Languages known:

******NOTE: The entire Biodata is to be written by the student.

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