X std English WS

DAV SCHOOL , PALLIKARNAI
ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE -184

X STD ENGLISH WORKSHEET
SECTION A (READING)
I Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below :
I have often thought it would be a blessing if each human being was stricken
blind and deaf for a few days at some time during his adult life. Darkness would
make him more appreciative of sight, silence would teach him the joy of sound. Now
and then I have tested my seeing friends to discover what they see. Recently I asked
a friend, who had just returned from a long walk in the woods, what she has
observed. "Nothing in particular," she replied. How was it possible I asked myself to
walk for an hour through the woods and see nothing worthy of note. I, who cannot
see find hundreds of things to interest me through mere touch. I feel the delicate
symmetry of leaf. I pass my hands lovingly about the smooth skin of a silver birch or
the rough, shaggy bark of a pine. In spring I touch the branches of trees hopefully in
search of a bud, the first sign of awakening nature after her winter's sleep.
Occasionally if I am fortunate & place my hand gently on a small tree and feel the
happy quiver of a bird in full song. At times my heart cries out with longing to see all
these things. If I can get so much pleasure from mere touch, how much more beauty
must be revealed by sight. And I have imagined what I should must like to see if I
were given the use of my eyes, say, just for three days. I should divide the period
into three parts. On the first day, I should want to see the people whose kindness
and gentleness and companionship have made my life worth living. First, I would like
to gaze upon the face of my dear teacher, Mr. Anne Sullivan Macy. She came to see
me when I was a child. She opened the other world for me.
Based on the understanding of the passage answer the following questions:-
(1) What would make one's blindness more appreciative of sight?
(i) Blackness (ii) Darkness (iii) Whiteness (iv) Joyfulness
(2) What would silence teach one's deafness?
(i) Joy of music (ii) Joy of voice (iii) Joy of sound (iv) Joy of speaking
(3) Where did her friend go?
(i) in a village (ii) in a city (iii) in a town (iv) in a wood
(4) How could Helen Keller find hundreds of things?
(i) by mere touch (ii) by voice (iii) by sound (iv) by listening
(5) Whom would she like to see first if she was given sight?
(i) Her father (ii) Her teacher (iii) Her brother (iv) Her mother
(6) Give the noun form of 'observe'?
(i) Observation (ii) Observasion (iii) Obserwation (iv) Obserwasion
(7) The plural form of 'leaf' is?
(i) Leafs (ii) Leaves (iii) Leaften (iv) Leafen
(8) The verb form of 'thought' is?
(i) think (ii) thinked (iii) thinks (iv) to think
SECTION B (GRAMMAR AND WRITING SKILL)
II. You are Saurabh Srivastava, a resident of Defence Colony Bagdogra,.Siliguri.
Your colony is facing the severe problem of supply of inadequate and poor quality of
tap water. You decide to express your views and make the authorities aware of the
situation by writing a letter to the Editor of The Siliguri Times, Siliguri. Write a letter in
150 words.
III Complete the passage given below choosing the correct options.
Our mind is obscured by innumerable obstacles. Just as we cannot see
(a) _______ blue sky when it is overcast, we cannot reflect on (b) _______ pure
Buddha nature unless we cleanse (c) _________ impurities. To regain (d)
_________ Buddha mind that dwells within us, we must rid ourselves of the Karmic
obscuration’s accumulated over (e) _________ life times. We play host to (f)
________ of these without realizing (g) ________ harmful existence within us. It is
not (h) _______ merely to confess to our sins.
(a) (i) a (ii) this (iii) the (iv) an
(b) (i) my (ii) his (iii) our (iv) their
(c) (i) this (ii) that (iii) those (iv) these
(d) (i) the (ii) a (iii) an (iv) this
(e) (i) some (ii) any (iii) few (iv) several
(f) (i) some (ii) any (iii) little (iv) many
(g) (i) our (ii) his (iii) their (iv) My
(h) (i) less (ii) enough (iii) much (iv) many
SECTION C (LITERATURE)
IV) Read the extract and answer the following questions :-
Some say the world will end in fire,

Some say in ice.
From what I’ve tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great And would suffice.
i Choose the CORRECT statement about the given poem.
a) Fire and ice are images—they help the readers visualise the power of nature over man.
b) Fire and ice are symbols—not of natural disasters, but of humanity’s ability to create
disasters of its own.
c) Fire and ice are elements—not of Nature but man-made and possess the ability to create
havoc for mankind.
d) Fire and ice are agents—they change the thinking of mankind from negative to positive
and bring harmony.
ii. Select the option that correctly classifies the connotations for fire and ice, as
suggested in the poem.
(1) rage (2) violence (3) indifference
(4) hate (5) greed
a) Fire- 3,4; Ice- 1,2,5
b) Fire- 2, 5; Ice-1,3,4
c) Fire-1,3,5; Ice- 2, 4
d) Fire- 1,2,4; Ice- 3,5
iii. The poem is a _________, put across by the poet.

a) powerful warning b) heart-felt apology
c) earnest appeal d) vengeful threat
iv. Pick the option that is NOT TRUE about the poet according to the extract. The poet
a) is inclined to believe that the world would most likely end with fire.
b) has heard divided opinions about the way the world would end in all likelihood.
c) preaches love and kindness to combat the spread of hate among all.
d) declares the power of ice to be as destructive as that of fire.
v. Identify the most likely tone of the poet in the lines- ‘To say that for destruction
ice/Is also great’.
a) sarcastic b) serious c) amused d) celebratory
V. Answer the following questions in 20 to 30 words:

1.Do you think that Lencho was right to call the post office employees a bunch of
crooks? Why or why not?
2. What promise does Mandela make in the beginning of his oath-taking speech?
3. How can you say that it was hard for Mrs Pumphrey to part with her doting pet?
4. What Imagery is depicted when the crow shakes the snow from the hemlock tree
in ‘Dust of snow’.
VI. Answer the following in 100 to 120 words: -
1. Anil plays a major role in the transformation of Hari Singh. Comment on the
statement by highlighting the values possessed by Anil which touched Hari’s heart
and made him return to his honest ways of earning his livelihood.
2.‘Good things come in small packages’. How does the poem, “dust of snow”
illustrate this idea.

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DAV SCHOOL , PALLIKARNAI

ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE -184

IV) Read the extract and answer the following questions :-

Some say the world will end in fire,

iii. The poem is a _________, put across by the poet.

V. Answer the following questions in 20 to 30 words:

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