ICSE 2024 EXAMINATION
SPECIMEN QUESTION PAPER
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
(ENGLISH PAPER – 1)
Maximum Marks: 80
Time allowed: Two hours
Answers to this Paper must be written on the paper provided separately.
You will not be allowed to write during the first 15 minutes.
This time is to be spent in reading the question paper.
The time given at the head of this Paper is the time allowed for writing the answers.
Attempt all five questions.
The intended marks for questions or parts of questions are given in brackets [ ].
You are advised to spend not more than 30 minutes in answering Question 1 and 20 minutes in
answering Question 2.
Question 1
(Do not spend more than 30 minutes on this question.)
Write a composition (300 - 350 words) on any one of the following: [20]
(i) Write an original short story entitled: ‘A Narrow Escape’.
(ii) Have you ever forgiven someone when it was hard to do so?
Explain what helped you to forgive them, and the positive impact it had.
What did you learn from the experience?
(iii) ‘Competition hampers the overall development of students.’.
Express your views either for or against this statement.
(iv) You are taking a leisurely stroll in a beautiful garden.
Describe what you see around you, adding details about the sounds and the
scents.
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, (v) Study the picture given below. 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.
Question 2 [10]
(Do not spend more than 20 minutes on this question.)
Select any one of the following:
(i) You recently read an interesting book that impacted you deeply. Write a letter
to your friend highlighting the parts that impressed you. Explain two ways in
which you would like to make changes in your behaviour or actions based on
what you have read.
(ii) As someone who enjoys gardening, you would like other students in your
school to experience its benefits. Write a letter to the principal of your school
seeking permission to start a club for students to learn about gardening. Give
specific reasons for your request and explain why the club would meet after
school hours.
T24 011 – SPECIMEN 2 of 9
SPECIMEN QUESTION PAPER
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
(ENGLISH PAPER – 1)
Maximum Marks: 80
Time allowed: Two hours
Answers to this Paper must be written on the paper provided separately.
You will not be allowed to write during the first 15 minutes.
This time is to be spent in reading the question paper.
The time given at the head of this Paper is the time allowed for writing the answers.
Attempt all five questions.
The intended marks for questions or parts of questions are given in brackets [ ].
You are advised to spend not more than 30 minutes in answering Question 1 and 20 minutes in
answering Question 2.
Question 1
(Do not spend more than 30 minutes on this question.)
Write a composition (300 - 350 words) on any one of the following: [20]
(i) Write an original short story entitled: ‘A Narrow Escape’.
(ii) Have you ever forgiven someone when it was hard to do so?
Explain what helped you to forgive them, and the positive impact it had.
What did you learn from the experience?
(iii) ‘Competition hampers the overall development of students.’.
Express your views either for or against this statement.
(iv) You are taking a leisurely stroll in a beautiful garden.
Describe what you see around you, adding details about the sounds and the
scents.
T24 011 – SPECIMEN 1 of 9
, (v) Study the picture given below. 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.
Question 2 [10]
(Do not spend more than 20 minutes on this question.)
Select any one of the following:
(i) You recently read an interesting book that impacted you deeply. Write a letter
to your friend highlighting the parts that impressed you. Explain two ways in
which you would like to make changes in your behaviour or actions based on
what you have read.
(ii) As someone who enjoys gardening, you would like other students in your
school to experience its benefits. Write a letter to the principal of your school
seeking permission to start a club for students to learn about gardening. Give
specific reasons for your request and explain why the club would meet after
school hours.
T24 011 – SPECIMEN 2 of 9
