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WORK SHEET No.1 in ENGLISH

(2016-2017)

CLASS : X A (1.TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA )

1.Rewrite the given passage putting proper punctuation marks. (7 mks.)

nicola shook his head but suddenly jacopo said sir he burst out every Sunday we make a visit to the country to poleta thirty kilometres from here usually we hire bicycles but tomorrow since you are so kind you might send us in your car

2.Write ‘one word ’ for many words. (5x1=5mks.)

a) old and damaged - ------------------------------------

b) appearance and behaviour - -----------------------------

c) being careful about what you say or do. - -------------------------------------------

d) the place to which a person is going - ------------------------------------------------------

e) leave one’s own country for another country to settle down there. - -------------------------------------

3.Write the missing letters to form meaningful words. (5x1=5 mks.)

a) C ---- GAR --- T ----- E S

b) VE ---- A T I ---- N

c) B--- ----- -----NESS

d) STA ---- V ----TI----N

e) RES---ST----N-----E

4. Short Answer Questions : (30-40 words each) (2mks.)

a) Why didn’t Luigi ,the driver ,approve of the two boys ?

b) Why were the author and his companion impressed by the two boys ?

c) Why didn’t they disclose their problems ?

d) How were the boys useful to the author ?

e) What did the narrator learn about the family of Nicola , Jacopo and Lucia ?

f) Why were the boys in the deserted square at night? What character traits do they exhibit?

g) Why are Nicola and Jacopo considered as two gentlemen of Verona?

5. Extracts :

a)”When the resistance movement began secretly to form ,they were among the first to join.

When the war was over and we had peace at last, they came back to their beloved sister.”

1) Who did ‘they’ refer to here?

2) Why did they join the resistance movement?

3)What had happened to their sister?

b)”You must be saving to emigrate to America.”I suggested. He looked at me sideways, and

spoke with an effort.

1) Who does ‘he ’refer to?

2) Why does the author say so ?

3) What does ‘with an effort’ mean in this context?

6) Long Answer Questions: (80-100 words) (4 mks.)

a) Human society needs more people like Nicola and Jacopo.---Justify.


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CLASS : X A (2.Mrs. PACKLETIDE’S TIGER)

1. Short Answer Questions.(30-40 words each)(2mks.)

a) What made Mrs. Packletide go for a tiger hunt ?

b) Why did Mrs. Packletide want to shoot a tiger ?

c) What discovery annoyed Mrs.Packletide?

2. Long Answer Questions.(80-100 words) (4mks.)

a) Mrs .Packletide tries to outshine Loona Bimberton not for the sake of achievement but out

of haughtiness. Do you think Mrs. Packletide is vain? Give reasons.

b) Imagine yourself to be Mrs.Packletide .Write a letter to your friend expressing your feelings

about ,how in order to maintain your social reputation ,you had to shell out a lot of money to

arrange for the shoot and also silence Ms. Mebbin by buying her a cottage .

c) “Mrs.Packletide’s Tiger tells the readers that one must not be jealous of others ’success.”-

Elaborate.

d) Mrs. Packletide develops extreme jealousy towards Loona Bimberton. She gives vent to her

feelings by writing a diary entry. As Mrs. Packletide , write the diary entry.

3.Extracts:

a)”The incidental expenses are so heavy . ” She confides to enquiring friends.

1) Who is the speaker or ‘she’?

2) What does the ‘incidental expenses’ refer to?

3) Who is trying to exploit the situation?


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CLASS : X A (3.THE LETTER)

1. Short Answer Questions (30-40 words each) (2mks.)

a) What kind of life did Ali lead as a young man?

When and why did he change his attitude?

b) How did Ali show his faith about ‘the letter ’just before death?

c) What impression do you form of the post master after reading the story “The Letter”?

d) How was Ali treated by the people at the post office?

e) What was the change in Ali’s nature? What was responsible for his transformation ?

2.Extract

a)”Allah is there and in his presence I’m giving you this money. When it comes you must forward

my Miriam’s letter to me.”

1.Who are ‘I’ and ‘You ’ here?

2.What is ‘money’ here?

3.Where does the speaker want Miriam’s letter to be forwarded?

3.Long Answer Questions.(80-100 words)(4mks.)

a) People sometimes realize their love for their near and dear ones only after they are

separated from them . The pain of separation becomes unbearable. This can be seen

in the lesson “ The Letter .”Imagine you are Ali and write a diary entry about his pain of

separation from his daughter and the people’s indifference towards his plight .

b) How did the post master become a changed man?

c) The newly awakened father’s heart in the postmaster is reproaching him for having

failed to understand Ali. Tortured by doubt and remorse ,he sits in the glow of the charcoal

sigri waiting for news about his daughter .As he sits, he writes his diary. As the postmaster,

write the diary entry.

d) Imagine you are Ali. Write a page in your diary a day before your death expressing your

desire ,faith, the clerk and your helplessness.

e) Lakshmi Das is touched by Ali’s gesture in confiding him and handing over all his savings to

him . As Lakshmi Das write a diary page outlining how Ali was ill-treated by the

post office employees and what responsibility was entrusted to him by Ali.

f) What impression do you form of the post master after reading the story “The Letter”?

g) ‘From that day, he had risen at 4 o’clock each morning to walk to the post office.’ What brought

about this change in Ali ? Why did he visit the post office regularly?

h) You are one of the villagers who have noticed Ali and his helplessness. Write a letter to your

friend giving an account of the life and experiences of this lonely man.

i) The post master realizes his mistake only after Coachman Ali’s death. He repents for his

ill-treatment and decides to be more humane towards all who visit the post office .Imagine

yourself to be the post master and write a page in your diary on your feelings of guilt

and repentance .

j) How does the story “The Letter” high light the need for human values?


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CLASS : X A (4.THE DEAR DEPARTED)

1.Read the extracts and answer the questions that follow.

A. Mrs. Slater : That public house that John Shorrock’ s widow keeps. He is always

hanging about there. Oh, if he hasn’t paid it.

Ben : Do you think he hasn’t paid it ? Was it overdue?

Mrs. Slater : I should think it was overdue.

a) Who is ‘he’ here in the first line?

b) What hasn’t ‘he ’paid ?

c) What impression do you form about the speakers ?

B.”And when we’d finished dinner , I thought I’d take up a bit of something on a tray. He

was lying there for all the world as if he was asleep ,so I put the tray down on the bureau-

(correcting herself)on the chest of drawers-and went to waken him. He was quite cold. ”

a) Who is the speaker here? Who are the listeners here?

b) Who does ‘he’ refer to where is he?

c) Why does the speaker have to correct herself?

C.”They have stolen your clock and bureau. They sneaked into your room like a thief in the

night and stole them after you were dead.”

1) Who is the speaker?

2) Did they try to take away anything else other than the clock and the bureau?

3) Whom does ‘he’ refer to?

D.”Are we pinching it before Aunt Elizabeth comes?”

1) What does ‘it’ refer to?

2) What makes Victoria conclude that her parents are pinching it ?

3)What is meant by ‘pinching’?

E.”Don’t show your ignorance, Ben. All artistic things are second hand. Look at those artists.”

1.Who is the speaker?

2.What is the artistic thing referred to here?

3.Why did the speaker make this remark?

Short Answer Questions : (30-40 words each)(2mks.)

1. Ben appreciates grandfather saying “it’s a good thing he did.”Later he calls him a ‘drunken

old beggar’. Why does he change his opinion about grandfather?

2. What did grandfather decide to do when he came to know the true nature of his daughters?

3. What does Amelia tell her daughter to do before her aunt arrives?

Long Answer Questions : (80-100words)(4mks.)

1. How does the fight between the two sisters lead grandfather to the discovery of the truth?

How does the grandfather teach them a lesson?

2. The drama “The Dear Departed” shows how greed and selfishness destroy family ties.

Express your opinion about this attitude prevailing in the present society and suggest how

family relationships can be nurtured and strengthened.

3. Victoria Slater is truly affectionate towards her grandfather. She is shocked to find her parents

and her aunt quarrel over the inheritance. Bewildered at the attitude of elders, she decides to

write an e-mail to her friend telling her about the degradation of moral values in families of

present times where materialism frightens the old culture of strong family ties. Write an e-mail

for her.

4. Abel is very upset at the behaviour of his family. He expresses his feelings to a close friend in a

letter. As Abel, write this letter.


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CLASS : X A (5.THE FROG AND THE NIGHTINGALE )

1.Rewrite the given lines putting proper punctuation marks. (4 mks.)

and a solitary loon

wept beneath the summer moon

toads and teals and tiddlers captured

by her voice cheered on enraptured

bravo too divine encore

2.Write ‘one word ’ for many words. (10x1=10 mks.)

a) filled with fascination and delight - ------------------------------------

b) a very loud and unpleasant noise - -----------------------------

c) great pride and joy. - -------------------------------------------

d) sang beautifully - ------------------------------------------------------

e) a male singing voice ,fairly deep. - -------------------------------------

f) an area of land that is very wet and muddy- -------------------------------

g) rough and unclear. ----------------------------------

h) quiet with little energy. - -----------------------------------

i) a very confident ,elegant style - --------------------------------------

j) miserable ,bad-tempered- --------------------------------------------

3.Write the missing letters to form meaningful words. (5x1=5 mks.)

a) C ---- E ------ T ------ R ----- S c) B --- GI ---- ----- E R

b) D U M ---- S T ---- ---- C K d) A P ---- L A ----- S ---

e) I N ---- L U ---- ----- C E

4.Short Questions: (30-40 words each)(2mks.)

a) How did the creatures of Bingle bog react to the frog’s singing ?

b) Which are the different ways the fog asserts his importance?

c) How did the frog become the unrivalled king of the bog again?

d) Why is the frog’s joy both sweet and bitter?

e) Why does the nightingale compare the frog with ‘Mozart’?

f) Why is the nightingale called foolish?

5.Extracts

1. “Yes,” the frog replied.”You see

I’m the frog that owns this tree.

In this bog I’ve long been known

For my splendid baritone . ”

a) What had the listener asked the frog?

b) What tree is ‘this tree’?

c) What are the two things that the frog claims he is known for the bog?

d) What does ‘baritone ’mean?

2.”Not too bad, but far too long .

The technique was fine, of course,

But it lacked a certain force.”

a) Whose technique is referred to here?

b) What is the technique concerned with?

c) What was the intention of the speaker?

d) Who is the critic?

3.”Well, poor bird, she should have known

That your song must be your own.

That’s why I sing with panache.”

a) Who is the ‘poor bird ’referred to here? Why is the bird called ‘poor’?

b) Who is ‘I’ here? What character trait of the speaker is revealed here?

c) What does it mean ‘Your song must be your own’?

d) What does the word ‘panache’ mean?

4.”Come ,my dear-we’ll sing together

Just put on your scarf and sash.

Koo-oh-ah! ko-ash! ko-ash!”

a) Who does ‘your’ refer to?

b) What was the listener trying to achieve?

c) How was the speaker benefitted in two ways ?

5.”I don’t think the song is divine

But -oh well -at least it’s mine.”

“That’s not much to boast about,”

Said the heartless frog.

a) What is the nightingale’s opinion about her song?

b) What was the frog’s reply to the nightingale’s comment about her own song?

c) Why does the poet describe the frog as ‘heartless’?

6.”The technique was fine , of course,

But it lacked a certain force .”

“Oh!” the nightingale confessed

Greatly flattered and impressed.

a) Name the poem and the poet.

b) Which ‘technique’ is referred to here?

c) How did the listener react to these words ?

7.”This is a fairy tale

And you are Mozart in disguise

Come to earth before my eyes.”

a) Who is the speaker and whom are these words spoken to?

b) ”This is a fairy tale.” Why does the speaker say so?

c) Who is Mozart? Why is such a comparison made?

d) What qualities of the speaker are revealed through these lines?

8. Said the frog,“ I tried to teach her .But she was a stupid creature.

Far too nervous, far too tense, far too prone to influence.”

a) In which situation does the frog comment on her like this? What has happened to her?

b) How does the poet create a poetic effect in the above line?

c) Was the nightingale truly a stupid creature?

9.”Now the nightingale , inspired,

Flushed with confidence, and fired

With both art and adoration,

Sang-and was a huge sensation .

Animals for miles around

Flocked towards the magic sound,

And the frog with great precision

Counted heads and charged admission.”

a) What inspired the nightingale and with what result?

b) Identify the personality trait of the frog as reflected in these lines.

c) How did the frog benefit from the nightingale?

d) Explain –‘Fired with both art and adoration’.

10.”Day by day the Nightingale

Grew more sorrowful and pale.

Night on night her tired song

Zipped and trilled and bounced along

Till the birds and beasts grew tired…”

a) Why was the nightingale growing sad and pale?

b) Why did the birds and beasts grow tired of the nightingale’s song ?

c) What does ‘sorrowful’ mean in this context ?

WORK SHEET No.6 in ENGLISH(2016-2017)

CLASS : X A (6.MIRROR) 1.Read the extracts and answer the questions that follow.A.“Now I am a lake. A woman bends over me

Searching my reaches for what she really is.

Then she turns to those liars, the candles or the moon.

I see her back and reflect it faithfully.”

a) Why does the mirror call itself a lake?

b) What is the woman searching for?

c) What does the ‘candles or the moon’ stand for?

d) What is the figure of speech used in the first line?

B.“I am not cruel, only truthful-

The eye of a little God, four -cornered.”

a) Who is the poet? Who is ‘I’ here?

b) Do you think the mirror is cruel? Why or why not?

c) How is the mirror a ‘four-cornered god ’?

d) How does the mirror spend most of its time?

C.”It is pink with speckles. I have looked at it so long.

I think it is a part of my heart. But it flickers.

Faces and darkness separate us over and over.”

a) What does the mirror do?

b) Explain: It is a part of my heart.

c) How does the mirror get disturbed?

D. ”In me she has drowned a young girl,

and in me an old woman.

Rises towards her day after day like a terrible fish.”

a) Who does ‘me ’refer to here?

b) Are the ‘ young girl ’ and the ‘old woman’ the same persons or different persons? Give reason .

c) Why has the woman been compared to a terrible fish?

d) Which poetic device is used in the last line ?

E.”She rewards me with tears and agitation of hands .

I am important to her. She comes and goes.

Each morning it is her face that replaces the darkness.”

a) Who is the speaker and who is she?

b) Why does she come there often?

c) What is her reaction on seeing her image?

d) How is the mirror important to her ?

e) Why is she in tears ?

f) What is the meaning of ‘agitation’ in the extract ?

F.”Then she turns to those liars, the candles or the moon.

I see her back and reflected faithfully.”

a) Who is ‘she’ in the above lines ?

b) Why have candles and moon been called ‘liars’?

c) How does she react to the mirror’s ‘faithful reflection’?

2. Short Answer Questions :(30-40words each)(2mks.)

a) What does the mirror tell us about itself?

b) Why has the mirror been described as being ‘un misted’? What is the image it is trying to

convey about the nature of the mirror?

c) What disturbs the mirror’s contemplation of the opposite wall? Why does the woman turn to

the candles or the moon?

3.Long Answer Question: (80-100 words)(4 mks.)

a) How has the mirror been compared to God and a lake in the poem ”Mirror”?


(2016-2017)

CLASS : X A (7.NOT MARBLE ,NOR THE GILDED MONUMENTS)

1.Short Answer Questions .(30-40words each)(2 mks.)

a) The poet says that neither forces of nature nor wars can destroy his poetry. What quality of

the poet is revealed through these lines ?

b) Why has ‘Time ’been described as ‘sluttish’?

c) What , according to Shakespeare, will outlive the work of emperors and masons? Why?

d) Why is war said to be wasteful?

2.Extract

a) “Not marble, nor the gilded monuments

Of princes shall outlive this powerful rhyme.”

a) Name the poet.

b) What are the gilded monuments of princes?

c) What is meant by the expression ”shall outlive this powerful rhyme”?


(2016-2017)

CLASS : X A (8.THE STORY OF MY LIFE )

1. Long Answer Questions.(10mks.each)

a) Write a note on Helen Keller and explain how her teacher introduced her to the world of words

and nature.

b) Write a note on Ms. Anne Mansfield Sullivan and describe how Helen celebrated her first

Christmas with Ms. Sullivan.

c) Helen Keller learnt a new lesson that ‘Nature wages open war against her children and

under softest touch hides treacherous claws’. How did Helen learnt that lesson?

d) Write a character sketch of Helen Keller’s mentor Anne Sullivan.

e) Write a brief character sketch of Helen Keller who is an embodiment of courage,

hope, determination and perseverance .

f) Explain Helen Keller’s experience with nature.

g) Give a character sketch of Arthur H. Keller , Helen’s father.

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