English (Compulsory) Class 10 Chapter 8: Narrative Writing: Stories, Morals and Prompts

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• Class 10
• English (Compulsory)
• Unit 8
• Book pages Class 10 book U2 pp 22-36, U7 pp 91-99, U13 pp 154-172 (themes only)
• FBISE SSC-II

Chapter summary

Question 5 gives 6 marks. You write a narrative of 100-125 words on ONE of three cues. The cue may be a topic ("A Day I Will Never Forget"), a moral ("Honesty is the best policy") or the start of a story ("The door creaked open and ...").

Topics in this chapter

• Story from a topic
• Story from a moral
• Complete the story from a prompt
• Personal narrative and travelogue
• Mixed topics

Sample questions

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1. Write a suitable one-sentence opening for a story titled "A Lesson Learned from a Mistake". (1 marks)
2. Name the moral that suits this story idea: a hare boasts of his speed and falls asleep in a race, and a tortoise wins. (1 marks)
3. Write a topic-related sentence that creates suspense: the topic is "A Night in the Old House". (1 marks)

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English (Compulsory) tests reading, writing, grammar and comprehension. Read a little every day, learn the formats of letters and essays, and practise unseen passages.