GOVERNMENT OF KARNATAKA

ZILLA PANCHAYAT BELAGAVI

DDPI OFFICE CHIKODI
BLOCK EDUCATION OFFICE GOKAK

SSLC SECOND LANGUAGE ENGLISH 2018-19

:: with Inspiration of ::
Shri.M G DASAR
KES
Honorable DDPI Chikkodi.
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:: with Guidance of ::
Shri. G B BALAGAR
KES
Honorable BEO Gokak.
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PREPARED BY : Shri. Mahantesh K Kurbet.GHS Madawal
and
ENGLISH TEACHERS FORUM GOKAK
READING.........PRACTICING…..........PRESENTING………..WINNING….
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 A HERO (2 marks) sleep alone in the office room that night.
That night he bit the legs of a burglar in
1. How Swami‟s father drew the fear. The burglar was caught and Swami
attention to report in the News paper? became a hero.
Father read a report about a boy; the boy
fought with the tiger. The father asked 7. Why did Swami look at his mother
Swami‟s view about the report. Swami said and granny before he went to sleep in
he must be a grown up and strong. Then the office room? Because Swami was
father sneered “I think you must be wiser afraid to sleep alone in the office room. He
than the news paper. thought his mother and granny may save
him from sleeping in the office room so he
2. Why were congratulations showered looked at them.
on Swami by the teacher, classmates and
the Head master? Swami bit the leg of a 8. Swami was an accidental hero.
burglar. The police were grateful to him Justify. When Swami saw a moving thing
for it. So, congratulations showered on in the room he filled with horror, imagined
Swami. that it to be a devil and decided to save
himself. He caught hold of it and dug his
3. Why did father want Swami to sleep teeth into it in fear. It was not a devil but
alone in the office room? Father wanted he was a burglar. Like this Swami became
Swami to develop courage. He wanted an accidental hero.
Swami to prove his courage by sleeping
alone in the office room. 3 MARKS EXTRACTS
4. What is Swami‟s dreadful experience 1)"1 think he must have been a very
in the office room? As night advanced strong and grown-up person, not a boy
silence was deepened, heart beat faster, at all. How could a boy fight a tiger?"
remembered all the stories of devils and
a) Who is the speaker? /Who said this?
Ghosts. Through stillness all kind of noises
Ans: Swami
reached his ear.
b) What does the speaker mean by this
5. Courage is everything strength and statement?
age are not important, How this view Ans: The speaker means that the news
helped Swami to become a hero? Swami paper report was wrong as the boy cannot
thought himself as a little and helpless boy. fight a tiger and he must have been a
He had no courage and felt strength and grown up person.
age are important but when he had to face c. what do you understand about
a burglar he forgot about his age and speaker? Ans: The speaker means that he
strength. He used his courage to catch the believes that strength and age are
burglar. important
2)"How can it be father? Suppose I
6. A frightful proposition to sleep alone
have all the courage what could I do if a
in the office room made Swami a hero,
tiger should attack me?"
Justify. Swami‟s father wanted him to
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 a) Who is the speaker? /Who asked c. did swami success in his effort? Ans
this? Ans: Swami - No
7)"let me sleep in the hall, Father, Your
b) Why did the speaker say so?
office room is very dusty and there may
Ans-The speaker means that he believes
that strength and age are important. be scorpions behind your law books"
c) How did the response affect him? a) Who wanted to sleep in the hall?
Ans: Swami wanted to sleep in the hall.
Ans : His father challenged him to sleep b) Why did the speaker complain that
alone in the office room to show his there were scorpions in the office room?
courage Ans: No, There were no scorpions actually.
3)"Leave alone strength, can you prove It was just a trick to escape from his father.
that you have courage? Let me see if you c. Why did father want him to sleep in
can sleep alone tonight in my office the office room?
room?" Ans- to make him courageous boy
a) Who posed this challenge? 8 )"Aiyo! Something has bitten me,
Ans : Swami‟s Father. a) Who cried "Aiyo! Something has
b) Did he accept the challenge? bitten me," ?
Ans: No, He did not accept the challenge. Ans : The burglar cried.
c. Why didn't Swami accept ? b)Why caused him to make an agonized
Ans - lt was a frightful proposition for cry?
him. Ans : As he entered the office room swami
4)"From the first of the next month, l'll saw him and managed to catch his leg and
sleep alone father." bite with his teeth.
a)Who wanted to sleep alone? c.-when did he make agonized cry?
Ans: Swami wanted to sleep alone. Ans- when the burglar try to enter the
b) Why did he request his father to office room through the window Swami
allow him sleep alone from the first of caught his leg and bit him
next month? LONG ANSWER 4 MARKS
Ans: He requested his father to allow him What desperate attempts did Swami
to sleep from the first of next month only make to escape from his father?
to escape from his father. Ans.: Swami's father challenged him to
5)"Please, please shut up granny. Don't sleep alone in the office room that night.
talk to me, and don't let anyone call me Swami was filled with fear and tried
even if the house is on fire. lf I don't desperately to make his father change his
sleep at once, perhaps I shall die." mind. He told his father that he would
a)Who requested like this? sleep alone from the first of the next
Ans: Swami requested his granny. month. But his father did not agree. Swami
b) Why did he request so? then went to sleep near his granny, pulled
Ans: Because he wanted to escape from his the blanket over his face and pretended to
father by just pretending to be asleep. be fast asleep. However, his father soon
came there and pulled him out of bed.
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Swami tried to appeal to his mother and Multispecialty hospital without formalities,
granny but not successful. Then swami told because she was injured seriously.
his father that office room was dusty and 3.Give the details about Roma Telreja.
scorpions were there. Swami‟s father Ans: Rama Telreja.was a B.Com., graduate
didn‟t leave him but made him sleep in the from Pune. She was working as a call
office room. centre executive. She loved her job, talking
2) Narrate how a coward boy Swami and connecting to customers, and making
became a hero overnight? new friends there. Her brother was Dinesh
Ans: Swami inevitably had to sleep in the Talreja and she was engaged to her fiancé
office room. He spent that tight with the Vijay.
fear of the devils and the nightmares. Then 4. Give the details about Baleshwar
He saw something moving in darkness. He Mishra.
thought that his end had come and the Ans: Baleshwar Mishra was an
devil had come to carry him away. Finally unemployed high-school dropout recently
as an attempt for survival he hugged it with came to Mumbai for job. He was from
all his might, and used his teeth as mortal Mirzapur in Uttar Pradesh
weapon on it. It was not the devil but the 5. Why did Baleshwar revisit the spot
burglar who cried with agony and fell where Roma has fallen?
amidst the furniture with a bleeding ankle. Ans. : Roma‟s brother, Dinesh, had told
The notorious house breaker of the district him that her cell phone and handbag were
was arrested by the police. The police were missing. Baleshwar revisited the spot
grateful to him. His classmates looked where Roma had fallen. With the help of a
upon him with respect, his teacher patted railway employee he was able to recover
him and his headmaster appreciated that he some of her belongings.
was a true scout. Thus unknowingly 6. After Roma's recovery, What did she
Swami became a 'hero' overnight. say about Baleshwar?
Ans : Roma was amazed to hear about the
UNIT-2 THERE IS GIRL BY TRACK manner in which she had been rescued.
She wondered how a stranger could jump
1.How did Roma fall on the tracks?
off a train and risk his life for her. She
Ans : Roma had squeezed herself near the
could not imagine what would have
door of the crowded ladies compartment of
happened to her if Baleshwar had not been
a Mumbai local train. Suddenly she got
there. She felt that she could never repay
pushed, lost her foothold and was thrown
him for what he had done.
out of the coach.
3 MARKS EXTRACTS
2.The doctor at the Divine
1. Let‟s go and help her.
Multispecialty hospital admitted Roma
a. What happened there?
without any formalities. What made him
Ans. There was a girl by the tracks.
do so?
b. Why did they have to help?
Ans: The doctor Anil Agarwal admitted
Ans. She had fallen from the train.
Roma to the ICU at the Divine
C who should go there?
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 Ans- People of the train Ans. Baleshwar
2.“Oh, I couldn't thank him,” Baleshwar b Who is the chacha here
thought. Ans- Truck driver
A) Who was not thanked? c. Why did he want the mobile?
Ans: Baleshwar Mishra could not thank the Ans : To inform Roma's brother, Dinesh
tempo-truck driver. about her accident
B) Why should he thank him? . 6) “it's a regular scene”
Ans: Because the tempo-truck driver A) Which is the regular scene referred
helped Baleshwar to take Roma Talreja to here?
the hospital when nobody was ready to Ans: The people swarming into the train
help him. He did all the necessary help to and getting down hurriedly in populated
rescue Roma. Metropolis.
C) Why couldn't he thank him? B) Where can one find this regular scene?
Ans: Because the tempo-truck driver Ans : In populated Metropolis.
slipped from the hospital having done all c) Do you think is this necessary? If not,
he could. why?
3.I can‟t imagine what would have Ans: No, It is not necessary. Because if
happened if Baleshwar hadn‟t been the people rush like that the children,
there. women or aged or handicapped may fall
a. Why was Baleshwar there? down the tracks.
Ans : to help Roma 7) Please help me take her to a hospital
b) When was this statement made? a. Who is the speaker.
Ans. : When she was recover and Ans.: Baleshwar Mishra.
knowing about help b. Who does „her‟ refer to ?
c) what would have happened if he had Ans.: Roma Talreja
not come there? c. Why did he take her to the hospital?
Ans : If Baleshwar had not come forward Ans.: She was unconscious due to the
to help Roma, She would have bled to fall and badly hurt. So he took her to
death. the hospital. .
4. I hope I am not too late 8. “I can never repay Baleshwar”
A )Who does I refer here? a. Who is Baleshwar?
Ans : Baleshwar Ans : Baleshwar is a young man who
B ) Why did he hope so? helped Roma.
Ans : He knew she was hurt badly and b. Why can't she repay?
hoped he could help her Ans : He has done a great deed. He Saved
C ). What did he do? her life from dying.
Ans.: He carried her to the roadside and C . Why should he have thanked?
shifted her to the nearby hospital Ans : helped him to take her to the
. 5. „Chacha, can I borrow your hospital.
mobile?"
A) Who wanted the mobile?
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9.“My sister is injured, Please help me “innumerable kin” means that the old man
take her to a hospital, But no one had a number of --- relatives
stopped. 5) The old man in his coat looked like a.
A) Who does „sister‟ refer to here? Senator Catron
Ans: „sister‟ refers to Roma Talreja 6) The old man removed his hat gloves
B) Who requested here so? slowly and carefully. This action is
Ans : Baleshwar Mishra compared to - Charlie Chaplin.
C) Who does „no one‟ refers to here? 7).The young man who accompanied the
Ans : „No one‟ refers to the motorists on old man had eyes like --. gazelle
the road. 8).The old man carried a cane which was
D) Why was she taken to a hospital? actually a. skeleton of a worn-out
What happened to her? Ans : She fell umbrella
down on the tracks and seriously injured. 9).The old man wore a coat named a.
So Baleshwar took her in his hands and Farmer‟s coat - Prince Alberts
requested the motorists to help him to 10). Which of the lines from the text that
take her to the hospital. suggest that the old man was a farmer? -
10) “Behanji aap theek hai?” he asked He tilled the same land they had tilled
a) Who does behanji refer to here? 11) How did the old man greet the people
Ans : Behanji refers to Roma Talreja. who had been waiting for him? - bowed
b. Who is the speaker? to all of them
Ans.: Baleswar 12) The old man removed his hat and
c) Why was there no response ? gloves carefully because -- he was afraid
Ans: Because Roma was injured seriously that they would be torn.
and fell on the tracks unconsciously. 13) In the first meeting of the old man
d) how did he help her? and the Americans, They talked about rain
Ans -he took her to nearby hospital where and the old man's large family-- to
she got first aid and shifted to bigger prepare every one for the main talk
hospital due to lack of facility there 14.The old man had agreed to sell house
Prose 3 Gentle men Rio En medio and land for - twelve hundred dollars
Multiple type questions 15.The story teller respected the old man
1) It took months of negotiation to come by saying -- Don Anselmo
to an understanding with the old man. l6. According to the engineer the old man
This shows that the old man was - owned the land -- more than eight acres
unhurried 17.Don Anselmo took only 12 hundred
2) The old man came to the office to - dollars for the land finally because - Don
sign the sale deed Anselmo was a man of principles.
3) The old man was accompanied by a 18) It took a week to arrange another
dark young man meeting because the old man a.
4) Behind him walked one of his deliberately delayed - was slow
“innumerable kin”. The word

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 19) Don Anselmo says, “The Americans 3.What did the Americans discover
are good people”. Because he wanted to_ . after the survey? Ans.: After the survey,
express his sincere feelings the Americans discovered that Don
20) Why did the old man sell his house Anselmo owns more than eight acres of
and land to the Americans? Because- the land which extends across the river.
Americans were good people 4. The story teller offered the old man
21. Don Anselmo sold his land but he almost the double of what he had
didn't sell his -- trees in the orchard quoted earlier. Why?
22. The children of Reo en Medio were Ans.: The story teller offered the old man
Don Anselmo's -- Sobrinos and nietos. almost the double of what he had quoted
23. Don Anselmo inherited the house from earlier because he discovered that Don
--his father Anselmo owns more than eight acres of
24. According to Don Anselmo, The real land which extends across the river.
owners of the trees were -- the children .5.Why did the story teller say that
of Rio en Medio Americans bueana gente? Ans.: The
25. Don Anselmo did not sell the trees. story teller said that the Americans are
Because_ He had grown them in bueana gentla because they did not want
memory for every child birth to cheat Don Anselmo and they were
26. Legally saying the trees should belong willing to pay Don Anselmo twice the
to -- the children of Rio en Medio money for his land
27.What did Don Anselmo do as he left 6. How was the problem of ownership
the place with money? He__shook hands was resolved by the Americans? Ans:
all around The Americans bought the tree in the
28. The Gentle man Don Anselmo was orchard from the descendents of Don
very fond of --- children Anselmo.lt took a long time because they
II. Answer the following questions in purchased from each individual of Rio en
two - three sentences each Medio.
1.Explain briefly the appearance and 7.Why did the Americans complain the
manners of Don Anselmo? story teller on the old man? Ans; The
Ans.: Don Anselmo wore an old, green Americans complained the story teller
faded coat. His gloves too were old and that, The children of the village were
torn and his fingertips showed through running around the land, playing in the
them and carried a cane which was the orchard, putting fences around their play
skeleton of a worn - out umbrella. when area, plucking the flowers from the trees,
he entered the room he bowed to all and laughing whenever they were spoken they
slowly removed his hat and gloves. laughed at the Americans and replied in
2.How did the old man greet the people Spanish. so they could not enjoy their
who had been waiting for him? property.
Ans.: The old man bowed to all of them in 8. How do you say that Don Anselmo
the room. He then removed his hat and was generous? Ans.: Don Anselmo was
gloves, slowly and carefully. generous. Because he was a man of
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principles he refused to take the extra b. Why did the speaker called Americans
money offered by the Americans for his Buena gente?
land. Ans.: The speaker called Americans Buena
9. Why do you think Don Anselmo did gente because after the survey, they did
not sell the trees in the Orchard? Ans.: not cheat Don Anselmo and were ready to
Don Anselmo planted a tree for memory pay twice the money they had quoted
of every birth of child so the trees in the
earlier for the additional land.
Orchard belongs to the children of Rio-en-
C ) Who is the speaker?
Medio. Hence Don Anselmo could sell
Ans : Narrator
only the Orchard but not the trees in the
4. He said, “I do not like to have you
Orchard.
speak to me in that manner”
EXTRACTS 3 MARKS
a. who is I? Ans - Don Anselmo
1. “It took months of negotiation to come b. What is the mood of the speaker?
to an understanding with the old man” Ans.: The speaker felt that he was being
insulted.
a) Who is the old men referred here?
c.What made him to react so?
Ans- Don Anselmo
Ans.: He said these words when the
B) What was the negotiation about?
Americans offered him twice the money
Ans.: The negotiation was about the
they had quoted earlier for his land.
selling of the old man's land.
5. “I have agreed to sell my house and
c)Why do you think it took months to
land for twelve hundred dollars and that
come to an understanding?
is the price?”
Ans.: It took months to come to an
a. When did the speaker say this?
understanding because the old man was
Ans.: The old man said this when the
in no hurry to sell
Americans offered him double the price
2.”We have made a discovery”
that had been quoted earlier for his land.
a) Who is we referred here?
b. What does this statement tell about
Ans- Americans
the speaker?
b. What did they discover?
Ans.: This statement tells that the
Ans.: They discovered that Don Anselmo
speaker was not greedy and he was a
owns more than eight acres of land
man of principles.
c. What was the result of the discovery?
C .Why did speaker agree to sell
Ans.: As a result, they offered Don
Americans?
Anselmo double the price of what they
Ans : They were Good People
had quoted earlier
6. “I did not sell them the trees in the
3. “These Americans are Buena gente”
Orchard”.
a. What is the meaning of Buena gente
a. Why didn't he sell the trees in the
according to the context?
orchard?
Ans.: Buena gente means good people.
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Ans.: According to Don Anselmo he didn't 1.How can you say that Ambedkar had a
sell the trees because the trees belong to great thirst for books/ voracious
the children of Rio-en-Medio .: reader?
b. How did Don Anselmo defend his Ambedkar bought books by reducing his
statement? daily needs. In Newyork he bought 2000
Ans.: Don Anselmo defended that when a old books. In London he bought 32 boxes
of books.
child was born in the village, a tree was
2. How did the fourteenth amendment to
planted and so the trees belonged to the
the U.S constitution and Mahatama
children of the village.
Phule influence Ambdekar?
C. Was Don Anselmo right in saying this?
The 14th amendment of the U.S, gave
Ans : Yes. freedom to the Black Americans. Mahatma
7) “He lived up in Rio en Medio where Phule was serving the depressed classes of
his ancestors lived. He tilled the same the society and for women‟s upliftment.
land they had tilled” 3. What made Nehru to choose Dr.
A) Who does “he” and “they” refer to? Ambedkar as the first Law Minister of
Ans: “He” refers to the old man, Anselmo. India?
“They” refers to His ancestors. Dr. Ambedkar‟s skills in the field of law
B) What does the statement convey? and legislation, his vision of social justice
Ans: The statement conveys that Anselmo to all, including depressed classes made
was the oldest man in the village, Rio en Nehru to choose him as the first Law
Medio. Minister.
C . What was the profession of the Old 4. What made Dr.Ambedkar to be the
man? Ans- Former chairman of the Drafting Committee?
Dr. Ambedkar‟s skills in the field of law
8. “The trees in that Orchard are not
and legislation, his depth of knowledge and
mine”.
perceptioninmaking constitution and his
a. According to Don Anselmo, who did the
experience of other nations and the needs
trees belong to? of our own society made Dr.Ambedkar the
Ans.: the tree belonged to the children of chairman of drafting committee.
Rio-en-Medio. 5. How did Ambedkar and Gandhiji try
b. Why did he feel so? to wipe out the social discrimination?
Ans.: He felt so because every time a Gandhiji reminded the duties of higher
child was born in the village, he had castes towards the depressedclasses and
planted a tree for that child. Ambedkar reminded the depressed classes
C . When did speaker make the of their inherent right to equality with
statement? higher castes .
Ans- When Americans complained about 6. Why does Nehru describe Ambedkar
the children's disturbances in the orchard as a symbol of revolt?
UNIT-4 DR B R AMBEDKAR Before independence, the depressed classes
TWO MARKS QUESTIONS: were illiterates and their condition was
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miserable. Ambedkar raised his voice 1.What was the chance of a lifetime for
against this discrimination and improved Ananth?
the condition. Ans.: Ananth was a music lover and was
7. Dr. Ambedkar was not in the congress also learning to play sitar. Listening to
party. Yet he was made the Chairman Sitar maestro's music and attending his
of the Drafting committee of the concert was the chance of lifetime for
Constitution. Why? Anant.
Ambedkar was a law graduate and had 2 'Suddenly a daring thought came to
deep knowledge in law. The constitution her' what was the daring thought?
assembly of India afforded him to make Ans: Smitha knew that her brother Anant
remarkable changes in society and undying was dying of cancer. she wanted to fulfill
faith in the dignity of human beings. his wish. So she thought of going to the
THE CONCERT concert and request Pandit Ravi Shankar to
Multiple Choice Questions perform for her brother.
1. Smitha went to the concert with her - 3. How did Smitha enjoy the concert?
father Ans.: Smitha was spellbound by the music.
2. Ananth‟s family came to Mumbai for As the first notes came over the air, she felt
_better treatment of Ananth as if the gates of enchantment and wonder
3. “They didn‟t voice their fears.” Here were opening. But every beat of Tabla
„they‟ refers to Ananth‟s _family reminded her of Ananth's voice
members .4. Pandit Ravi Shankar and Ustad
4. According to Anant, “It‟s a chance of a Allah Rakha performed in the boy's
life time”. Here the „chance‟ is --attending house' How was this an unusual
the Pandit Ravi Shankar‟s concert incident?
5. Pandit Ravi Shankar and Ustad All Ans.: Pandit Ravi Shankar and Ustad
Rakha came to Ananth‟s house, _to fulfill Allah Rakha were world famous
Ananth‟s wish musicians. In spite of their busy schedule
6. Initially, Smitha was reluctant to attend and high profile they visited the boy and
the concert because_she always did things performed for him.
together with Ananth 5. In the course of the story 'The
7. Smitha met PanditRavi Shankar, after Concert', whom do you consider to be
the concert _to express her daring more worried, Smitha or Anant?
thought Ans.: In the story, Smitha was more
8. Smitha and Ananth were learning to worried than others. Though attending the
play_sitar concert was a chance of lifetime, she could
9. Pandit Ravi Shankar‟s concert was not enjoy it completely because Anant was
arranged at _ auditorium. not with her. She was always thinking how
Shanmukhananda to fulfill Ananth's wish.
10. Smitha and Ananth‟s hometown was 6. As Smitha sat listening to the music,
_Gaganpur she was spellbound. But all the while,
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her mind was echoing something else, eyes because they saw Pandit Ravi
What was that? Shankar, the Sitar maestro and Ustad Allah
Ans: Spellbound ,Smitha listened to the Rakha, the great tabla maestro arrived to
unfolding ragas ,but all the while her mind the boy's house.
was planning to meet Ravi Shankar 11. Pandit Ravi Shankar and Ustad
personally and share her feelings about her Allah Rakha performed in the boy's
brother's plight. If possible she would like house. How was this an unusual
to arrange for home concert for her incident?
brother. That was a the chance of his life. Ans.: Pandit Ravi Shankar and Ustad
7 Did Smitha tell what she had in her Allah Rakha were world famous
mind to the musicians? Who responded musicians. Inspite of their busy schedule
to her request immediately. What was and high profile they visited the boy and
the response? performed for him.
Ans: Yes, Smitha told the story of her EXTRACTS
brother who lay sick at home, and how he 1. „We must not miss the chance‟
longed to hear them. Pandit Ravi Shankar a. Who said this?
responded to her immediately and the Ans:-Ananth said this.
concert was arranged at their home for b. What chance did the speaker not to
him. want to miss?
8 Can you say that the concert wass Ans:-To attend the concert of Pandit Ravi
entertaining Smitha. Justify your Shankar.
answer. Ans: No, The concert was not d. Do you think the boy would get a
entertaining Smitha. Because she was chance in his future? Why?
feeling sorrow at the pathetic condition of Ans:-No. Because he will live for some
her brother Ananth. days only.
9 Why did Smitha's family move to 2. “Take him home, give him the things
Bombay? he likes, and indulge him.”
Ans.: Smitha's brother Ananth was a. Who does him refer to?
suffering from cancer. They moved to Ans:-Ananth
Bombay from their native town Gaganpur, b. Who said so?
so that he could be treated at the cancer Ans:-The doctors
hospital in the city. c. Why did they say so? Ans:-Because, he
10.Do you consider Ananth a talented is a cancer patient and he could not be
boy? Justify your answer. saved.
Ans.: Yes, Anant was a talented boy. He 3. “They had come with high hopes”
was the best table - tennis player in the a. Who does „they‟ refer to?
school and the fastest runner. He was Ans:-Smitha‟s parents
learning to play the Sitar and was already b. What were their hopes?
able to compose his own tunes Ans:-They had the hope that the modern
11) Why were the neighbors surprised? technology in medicine might savetheir
Ans.: The neighbors could not believe their son Ananth.
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 c. Why were their hopes not fulfilled? 3. Columbus feels that his worst enemy
Ans:-Because, the doctors could not save is A) the angry sea B) his vision C)
his life. his uncontrolled tongue D) the sailor‟s
4. “ But they did not voice their fears” song
a. Who does „they‟ refer to? 4. Columbus set out from Spain
Ans:-They refer to Smitha‟s parents. A) for a long holiday B) to become a rich
b. What did they fear? man C) to discover a new world D. to
Ans:-They feared to tell the truth to their make new friends
son. 5. Columbus said that he had
c. How did they behave with them? discovered one thing. It was
Ans:-They showed their love and concern A) here were no buts to discipline B) a
very much. good sailor knows his place C) God‟s will
5. “I must hear him and see him” was his place D) a man with a vision has
a. Who made this statement? to follow it alone.
Ans:-Ananth 6. “ Your best cannot be bettered, “ says
b. Whom he wanted to see and hear? Columbus. This implies that
Ans:-Pandit Ravi Shankar A) no one is perfect at anytime B. there
c. What was the speaker‟s health is always scope for improvement C. once
condition, at that time? we reach the best, we cannot improve D)
Ans:-He was suffering from cancer and he Columbus is not totally happy with
was bedridden. Francisco
6. “Enjoy yourself, lucky you!” 7. The seamen were drinking too much,
a. Who made this statement? Pedro said that they wanted to relax.
Ans:-Ananth Pedro was not right because
b. Why is the person considered as lucky? A) The seamen should not drink B. it
Ans:-Because, she is going to attend the would lead to unruly behavior C) they
concert of Pandit Ravi Shankar. would become unconscious D) the ship
c. What was the tone of the speaker? Ans:- may meet with an accident
Eagerness and sad 8. When his men rebelled against him,
UNIT 6 THE DISCOVERY Columbus said that he had discovered
Multiple choice questions:- one thing. What was the discovery?
1. “ The Santa Maria will be lighter for A) He should not expect loyalty and
his carcass,”. These words were said by discipline from them B) He should not
A) Diego B) Francisco C) Pedro D) bend his head to the sailors C. He should
Guillermo Ires satisfy their demands D. He should
2. “ A good sailor knows his place”, says expect loyalty from them
Columbus to Deigo. This statement is 9. Pepe turns reluctantly. The
A) a piece of advice B) an indirect underlined word means
command C) an expression of sorrow D) A) Willingly B. suddenly C. slowly
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10. The one who was more loyal to c. What does ‟mutiny‟ mean?
Columbus than other was d. Why did the seamen think of revolting
A) Pepe B. Pedro C. Francisco D. against Columbus?
Diego 3. “ A good sailor knows his place”
Answer the following questions in 2 to 3 a. When did the speaker make this
sentences each. ( 2 marks ) statement?
1. Give a short description of the b. Was Columbus giving Diego a piece of
appearance of Columbus. advice or was it an indirect command?
2. The play begins with a song. What Give reason for your answer.
mood does it convey? c. What was Diego‟s reaction?
3. Who do you think had the lives of fifty 4. “ Pedro, they drink too much”
in his hands? How? a. Who does „they‟ refer to?
4. What does Columbus feel is his worst b. How did Pedro defend the drunken
enemy? Why do you think he feels so? seamen?
5. How does Pedro try to defend the c. Was Pedro right in defending the
drunken seamen? Was he right in seamen? Justify your answer
defending them? 5. “ I prefer your company to theirs”
6. Whose company did Pepe prefer? What a. Who does ‟I‟ and „their‟ refer to?
was the reason for this? b. Whose company did he prefer?
7. Columbus was always furious when he c. Why did he prefer his company but not
heard the seamen‟s song. Why did it make theirs?
him angry? 6. “Captain, be careful, sometimes they
8. “Discipline knows no buts”. What made are desperate”
Columbus say this? a. Who gave this warning and to whom?
9. How did the seamen show their anger b. Why were the seamen desperate?
towards Columbus? c. Why did the speaker ask Columbus to
10. What did Guillermo demand be careful?
Columbus? 7. “The Santa Maria will be lighter for
Read the following extracts and answer his carcass”
the questions that follows: ( 3 Marks ) a. Who made this statement and who
1. “Why should one man have the lives of quoted these words to Columbus?
fifty in his hands?” b. What does the word ‟carcass‟ mean in
a. Who said this and to whom? the context?
b. Who are the fifty? c. Why did the speaker say these words?
c. In whose hands are they? d. What do these words reveal about the
d. What made the speaker say so? person who said this?
2. “Mutiny is an ugly word, sir” 8. “Discipline knows no buts”
a. When did the speaker make this a. Who said this and to whom?
statement? b. When did the speaker make this
b. Why does the speaker say that mutiny is statement?
an ugly word? c. What does the statement mean?
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9. “ I say the Santa Maria shall turn her achievements. Satish Gujral even as a
helm towards Spain at once, or else we boy was weak and deaf.
are not men but sheep” ➢ He was refused admission by schools
a. Who made this statement? because he was not a normal boy.
b. What made the speaker say these ➢ One day he saw a beautiful bird
words? through window and he was much
c. What was the result? attracted by the bird.
10. “ Once clear of the devils track to ➢ Satish showed an interest towards Art
nowhere, we will blow our way back and got enrolled in to an art school
home”
. ➢ His father and brother encouraged
a. Who said this and to whom?
him.
b. What does devil‟s track to „nowhere‟
➢ He excelled himself in several art
suggest?
c. How did they prove to be wrong? forms like painting, Sculpture and
COLORS OF SILENCE Architecture
LONG ANSWER QUESTIONS ( 4 . ➢ He also wrote several books. He was
MARKS) awarded the order of the Crown for the
Narrate the circumstances that best architectural design
compelled Satish stay in the house. OR ➢ of 20th century for his design of the
Everything seemed like scenes from Belgian Ambassy in New Delhi.
pantomime show to Satish? Why? ➢ He has also been honoured Padma
✓ Satish had been to Kashmir during the Vibhushan.
holidays. There he met an accident. SCIENCE AND HOPE OF SURVIVAL
✓ As a result of this his leg and ear were Multiple Choice Questions:
injured. His legs became weak. 1. A writer is a person who cannot live
✓ He suffered frequently from bouts of without writing. Who said this-- Leo
fever and infections. He could not hear Tolstoy
properly. 2. According to writer Borok, for a
scientist major reward comes from _the
✓ The teacher did not allow him to come
discovery itself
to school because he was hard of hearing
3. The author feels that the solution to all
and frequently absented for the class.
the problem is _Science
✓ His father tried to get admission to
4. The author was doing research on
him in some other school.
_theory of seismic waves
✓ But in vain when he went outside to 5. The three nations possessing nuclear
play with children. They teased him. weapons are _The Soviet Union, The UK,
✓ Therefore he was compelled to stay at The USA
home. 6. Besides earthquakes, earth tremors are
2. „Satish Gujral became a great caused by-- underground Nuclear
artist.” Support this statement Explosions
mentioning a few of his
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7. By Science, a scientist cannot get _ 5. Make a list of lessons that the writer
Money learnt at the Geneva Summit.
TWO MARKS QUESTIONS: Ans.: As a scientist, the author had people
1.According to the author, why do some like him all over the world, who could
people choose to become scientists think and interact, when he was abroad, he
though they may not earn much need not feel lonely. Science gives us hope
money? of survival and well being for the whole
Ans.: They cannot live without Science. mankind.
To them science is an adventure and the 6.Earth tremors are caused by two
discovery made is the reward. Instead of factors. What are the factors?
money they enjoy freedom, friendship and Ans: One is the Earthquake, the other one
the joy of uncovering one of the mysteries is underground nuclear explosion. Which
of nature. also produced tremors very similar to those
2. Technical experts from the super generated by earthquake.
power nations met in Geneva. 7. Why does Kellis Borok feel “every
Why?/What was the purpose? child lived under the threat of
Ans.: The three super powers wanted to annihilation”.
come to an agreement, putting a ban on the Ans.: Every child lived under the threat of
nuclear weapon test. And also to discuss annihilation by nuclear weapon. Each
the problems that could arise as a result. super power had enough nuclear bombs to
3. Give a few examples which illustrate destroy the others.
the writer‟s stand that scientists are the 8. How can science best ensure the safety
most practical people in the world. of the world?
Ans.: All new technologies, all new Ans.: It is through Science that we can
brands of industry are the results of develop new methods of disaster
research by scientists.It is through their preparedness and prevention .
work that we have medicines, electronics, POETRY SECTION
synthetic fibres, modes of transport and the POEM 1 GRANDMA CLIMBS A TREE
green revolution. SUMMARY : GRANDMA CLIMBS A
TREE According to the poet Ruskin
4. “A paradox may refer to a person, a Bond, his grandmother was „unique‟.
thing or a situation that has two opposite Write a paragraph to support this
features and therefore seems strange”. statement.
In the light of this definition how is
The poem „GRANDMA CLIMBS A
MAD a paradox?
TREE‟ is written by Ruskin Bond. The
Ans.: The agreed super power nations had
poet calls his grandmother a genius
the nuclear weapon test ban signed to stop
because, she could climb trees. Her brother
the nuclear weapons. But if any country
taught her to climb tree at the age of six.
violated the agreement and how it could be
People told grandma that she should stop
detected is the paradox.
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was very childish in her reply. She said listen with his music. He looks like a black
that she would grow disgracefully. She was man again only after he stops playing
sixty-two when she climbed the tree last. music. Thus, the poet says that the talent of
The doctor strongly recommended a quite a person overcomes and goes beyond his
week in bed. Family members sighed with physical appearance.
relief. Grandma felt miserable as she lay in POEM 3 I AM LAND
bed. She loved to look at the dancing 1. “I am the land. I wait.” Here „I wait‟
leaves. For her, it was like a brief season in suggests the feeling of ______________
hell. Grandma told her son to build a -Patience
house on a tree top and it was her right to 2. “A chain link necklace chokes me
live on tree. Poet‟s father was a dutiful son. now”. Here, „chain link necklace‟ refers
He built a house for her on a tree. Thus the to______ - Fence
poet‟s grandmother got her wish fulfilled 3. “You cannot put a fence Around the
at last. Though it seems funny, it is like an Planet Earth” .The speaker here is showing
attachment with the nature. a tone of_________________- Self
assertion
OR
4. The speaker of the poem “I am the
JAZZ POEM TWO How does the poet land” is_____________ Mother earth
describe Jazz player‟s appearance with 5. “You cannot put a fence Around the
his artistic character? Planet Earth”. Here „you‟ refers to __ -
The poem „Jazz Poem Two‟s written by People
Carl Wendall Hines, Jr. In this poem, the 6. “Then someone tickles me”. What does
poet describes the pathetic- physical „tickle‟ mean in the context? -
appearance and the outstanding Ploughing the land.
performance of jazz music player. The poet 7. “You come with guns”. Why do they
says that there is a saxophone player who come with guns? - Fighting for the land.
is black, looking very dull with wrinkled 8. “A chain link necklace chokes me
face and closed eyes, wearing old and now.” Which figure of speech is implied
untidy blue shirt turned dark with sweat, here? –Personification
frayed-collar ,the old necktie undone 9. Personification is applied to most lines
loosely on the old jacket and shoes have of the poem.
paper in them. He has sagging stomach and 10. Muddy holes in the poem is referred to
unshaven face. The Jazz player then lifts virtual holes in the land.
his alto saxophone and starts to play. Extracts :
Through his music he is telling the world 1. “You come with guns a chain link
that he is a black man who is sent here to necklace chokes me now.”
preach the Black Gospel of Jazz with A) Who came with guns?
screaming notes and chords. The poet says Ans: The soldiers came with guns to fight
that he is not a man now but a bird of against their enemies.
enchanting voice. He is a commanding B)Who is choked here?
artist. He has the power to make people
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 Ans : The earth is choked by the war ancient Indian temples are not only
mongers. temples of god but they depicted the grand
C) How do we chock the earth? story of our epics, tradition, culture and
Ans-The fence between the nations is like knowledge.
a necklace around the neck of the earth.lt 2. What according to the poet, is the
choked the earth contribution of the seers and prophets?
2. "YOU CANNOT PUT A FENCE According to the poet, the seers and
AROUND THE PTANET EARTH" prophets chopped the straight path for the
A) Who cannot put fence around the man to end all the sufferings.
earth?
Ans: People cannot put fence around the 3. Why is the poet „Querulous‟? What
earth. does he want to do?
B.What is the mood of the speaker The poet is querulous because he could
expressed here? not sing a song completely without any
Ans; The earth is in a mood of self restriction. He wants to sing a song which
assertion does not disappear into nothingness.
c) Why does it feel so? Ans.: The speaker 4. How is he answered? Describe the
mocks at the people who wage wars and vision.
build fences on the land to divide nations The mother, raised, draped in blue sky,
3. “You say you own me, l wait" milk white oceans moved round her and on
A) Who does 'You' and 'l 'refer to? the waves she sat and wrote the book of the
Ans: people morrow. It shows about the bright future.
BWhat is owned here? Why does the In this way he was answered by Mother.
person wait? 5. What do the night, the Sun god and
Ans: People own the earth. But the earth the clear dawn represent?
waits with patience. The night represents all the sorrow and the
4. “Then some tickles me plant Sun god represents the hand saves and
life...fruits” clear dawn represents future and calmness
a). What does tickle mean in the context? and the good things.
Ans : plough the land 6. Explain the lines „A song bathed in
b. What is the mood of the speaker in the the stainless blue unvapouring in the
statement? void.‟
Ans- the mother earth wait patiently when The line suggests that the poet wants to
the people plough the land, plant trees and sing a song that does not disappear into
grows fruits nothingness. He wants to sing a song
POEM 4 SONG OF INDIA which is free from all ills affecting mother
1.What are the epics? Why does the poet India.
call the temples as „epics in stone‟? 7. What does the Motherland writing the
Epics are long narrative poem of a legend book of the Morrow signify?
in dignified language. The poet calls the The mother India writing the book of the
temples as epics in stone, because the morrow signifies the better future of our
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country. She has to write the book of our a. Who are „we‟? Ans:-„We‟ are the sailors
destiny, cancelling all our sorrows. in the boat.
EXTRACTS b. Why did the captain say so?
BALLAD OF TEMPEST (poem) Ans:-The captain said so because there
1. We were crowded in the cabin, Not a was tempest
soul would dare to sleep, c. Why was he staggered? Ans:-I think the
a. Who are „we‟ here? boat was shaking by storm. So he couldn‟t
Ans:-The sailors in the boat are „we‟ here. walk steadily.
b. Why couldn‟t they dare to sleep? 5. “Isn‟t God upon the ocean, Just the
Ans:-They couldn‟t dare to sleep because same as on the land?”
there was tempest and their boat was a. Who said it? Ans:-The captain‟s little
About to sink in the sea. daughter said this.
c. Who is the poet of the poem? b. Why did she say so? Ans:-All the
Ans:-The poet of the poem is „James T. seamen lost hope of life due to the tempest.
Fields‟ c. What do her words mean? Ans:-The
2. It was midnight on the waters, and a God is Omnipresent. He is on the land as
storm was on the deep. well as on the sea.
a. Which poem are the lines taken from? OFF TO OUTER SPACE
Ans:-The lines are taken from the poem, TOMORROW MORNING
„BALLAD OF THE TEMPEST‟ 1. State the reason for the poet to say
b. What does the „water‟ mean here? „Calendars and clocks are useless in
Ans:-The „water‟ means sea on which the space? There are no seasons. There won‟t
sailors were going, is here. be day and night. So the Calendars and
c. What was the problem there? clocks are useless in space.
Ans:-The sailors were about to die of 2. The speaker has the feeling that he is
tempest. imprisoned. What might have been the
3And to hear the rattling trumpet reason for him to have such a
Thunder, “Cut away the mast!” feeling?
a. Who heard this rattling trumpet The speaker is alone and he feels lonely.
Thunder? He cannot communicate with anybody. No
Ans:- The seamen heard this rattling one can visit him.
trumpet of thunder. 3. Give some instances of daily routine
b. Why was there the rattling trumpet? mentioned in the poem „Off to Outer
Ans:-Because of tempest, there was the Space Tomorrow Morning‟?
rattling trumpet. Writing letters, people visiting, knocking at
c. What is the mast? the door, phone contact. The speaker
Ans:-A mast is a vertical spar for cannot do all these things because he is in
supporting sails. space.
4.“We are lost!” the captain shouted, as 4. How has the poet described the life in
he staggered down the stairs. space?

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 Poet says that there is absence of Then let not what I cannot have
gravitation in space. Everything keeps on My cheer of mind destroy :
Whilst thus I sing, I am a king,
swirling inside the rocket. The concept of
Although a poor blind boy
day and night doesn‟t apply . There is no
communication in the form of letters and Question- 20
mails with the outer world. Calendars and
clocks are useless in space. Life in space is Collocation ;choose the right word from
totally in contrast to life on earth. B to collocate with the word in A.
FOR MEMORISATION 4 MARKS A B
POEM 1 QUALITY OF MERCY
Quality of mercy is not strain‟d; wavy girl,hair,story,body
It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven lay affection,emphasis,notice,order
Upon the place beneath. It is twice blest: twinkling moon,earth,star,sun
It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes.
land quake,lord,rain,house
'Tis mightiest in the mightiest; it becomes disobey the border,track,limits,order
The throned monarch better than his crown. grab the chance,opinion, man, book
His sceptre shows the force of temporal power, Book – worm, ant, hand, pen
The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein heading - front, home, place
doth sit the dread and fear of kings; long – small, hen, run, food
But mercy is above this sceptred sway;
wary - faces, pictures, soldiers
It is enthroned in the heart of kings;
It is an attribute to God himself; earth – land, water, quake, sun
And earthly power doth then show likest God‟s tenuous- catch, cradle, hold
When mercy seasons justice. railway – station, chair, run, stop
OR pondered - future, past, looks
O say what is that thing call‟d light, post – book, box, paper, table
Which I must ne‟er enjoy.
nearby- signal, hospital , train
What are the blessings of the sight,
O tell your poor blind boy! honey – bee, bay, paper, bird
unexpected- turn, chair, dance
You talk of wondrous things you see, wall – door, table, clock, journey
You say the sun shines bright; packed - rooms, cars, coaches
I feel him warm, but how can he blood – post, water, book, bank
Or make it day or night?
steel - railing, seat, platform
My day or night myself I make, photo – studio, table, lady, man
When‟ver I sleep or play; ladies- train, compartment, penthouse
And could I ever keep awake money – coins, letter, stamps, order
With me „twere always day. young- man, giant, set
charming – girl, hot, answer, book
With heavy sighs I often hear
little- sea, desert, creek
You mourn my hapless woe;
But sure with patience I can bear self – discipline, myself, mother, stars
A loss I ne‟er can know. ragged- gloves, work, cupboard
wheel – stool, paper, book, chair
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re-plastered- doors, windows, walls important………….. answered……….
hand – pants, sari, socks, kerchief close…………. interested………….
pruned- cupboard, table, trees interesting……….. done……………….
Mutinous- mechanic, scientists, sailors, decent……………. known…………
things Question- 22
patched- leak, language, fence Fill in the blanks with the appropriate
renovated- house, square, market word chosen from the pairs given in
Fill in the blank with the most brackets.
appropriate in brackets 1.They…………..sweaters as it was cold.
(ore, wore)
I am…………………………thankful to
2.The worker……..his work well. (new,
you. (broadly, fast, slowly, highly)
knew)
He…………………………agreed with
3.The man asked me………I was
me. (fast, readily, madly, quickly)
from.(wear, where)
Please………………your price. (say,
4.She was a ……………..to their ugly
shout, quote, give)
game. (prey, pray)
He is a good story…………………….
5.That book is
(talker, sayer, teller, pronouncer)
…………………………,(main, mine) not
It is full ………….. (false, fake, magic,
yours.
moon)
6.Don‟t …………..your temper, please.
You cannot……………….a fence round
(loose, lose)
the earth. (hold, stretch, put, lay)
7.X: When did he come?
Question- 21 ( Antonym)
Y:Last ………..(week, weak)
Fill in the word with the opposite of the 8. I …….you don‟t know the answer. (no,
underlined word by adding a prefix to it know)
or deleting the prefix. 9. He went………..the whole book but
could not find the answer to the question.
We thought it was quite expected but later
(threw, through)
on, an ………………..event happened.
10.A:What does that
Many were…………………………by the book……………………..?
show though I was unaffected. B: Not much. (caste, cost)
Dr Ambedkar believed in equality but the
11.A……….appeared in the play Macbeth.
caste division resulted
(witch, which)
in……………………. 12. The ………….has its source in a Greek
Be respectful towards soldiers. Don‟t have drama. (storey, story)
………………..feelings for they defend
13. It is a terrible………….. (scene, seen)
our nation.
14. The…………in the play faces them.
Some words are given. Write the (night, knight)
opposite of them by using ; 15. “I have seen the play enacted,………..”
in…..,dis……,un. he said. (two, too)
efficient……………. own……………..
Practice these HOMOPHONES
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1. Suma saw a _________ in the forest ( 21. The _________ phone is vey useful
bear/bare ) now a days ( sell/cell)
2. My friends _________ in Bengaluru ( 22. There is an _________man in the street
leave, live ) ( hold/old)
3. Mr. Mahesh is the _________of unique 23. Rahul Gandhi is the _________(
international school ( principal/principle) sun/son) of Sonia Gandhi
4. A big _________ was found in the door 24. You are _________ (too/two) late and
( whole/hole) I have _________eyes
5. They _________notes every day ( right/ 25. Every day we _________ to God
write) (prey/pray).
6. Thamanna Batiya is a _________lady ( Question no- 23
fare/fair)
Which one of the following words in
7. One ship arrives at Chennai _________
each group has only one syllable?
( port/fort ) 8. Dinesh and Vijaya are good
but _________ children are not so ( leader, alert, poetic, choice…………….
their/there) sense, under, approach,
9. She can _________ the songs ( receive……………
here/hear) stingy, locker, science, fancy………..
10. Meghana needs _________ in her life luna, guide, morning, twenty……………..
(peace/piece) minor, scratch, eclipse, again………
11. Does he _________ in the corridor? ( Which one of the following words in
wonder/wander) each has only two syllables?
12. Tiger pounced upon _________ in the
forest ( deer/dear) majority, special, like, rare……………….
wastage, tributary, sectional,
13. There are seven days in a _________ (
quality……………
week/weak)
14. There are _________ students in the exhibited, dead, grounded,
awarded………….
class ( sum/some)
mother, loose, street, sheep………..
15. This is a _________ about king
Dasharatha. ( story/storey) president, normally, jovial,
16. We _________ half an hour for Sahana energy……………………….
every day before going to school ( Extra (practice)
weight/wait) Write in the brackets the number of
17. Arjuna saw a huge _________on the syllables in each word.
bank of the river ( witch/which)
18. Suma _________ her cell phone ( least ( ) motor( ) legitimate ( )
lost/last) exhibition ( ) fantastic ( ) fantasy ( )
19. The _________ in Chennai is very hot general ( ) beauty ( ) maximum ( )
( weather/whether) reciprocal ( ) advertisement ( )
20. Thieves ______ ( steel/steal) my perpetual ( ) spectrum ( ) blitz ( )
valuable things in the market. enemy ( ) familiar ( ) requesting ( )
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outshine ( ) symbolically ( ) trapezium ( ) Father- Sleeping beside his granny again.
adjoining ( ) visible ( ) improvisation ( ) No wonder he wanted to be asleep before I
responsibility ( ) measurement ( ) returned.
vocabulary ( ) inception ( ) convincing ( ) Questions-
laboriously ( ) twittering ( ) scale ( )
28. Father was surprised to know that the
emancipation ( ) watches ( )
boy had gone to sleep.
Choose the mono syllable word from Which word in the conversation above
each set of words given below suggests that?
29. Where was the boy sleeping?
1. Burglar, bench confuse, radio
X. Girl- My brother lies sick at home. He
2. Paper police bounce master
wants to hear you and Ustad play.
3. Tiger, bank, photo, artist
4. Friend, return, become, beside Mustachioed man- Little girl , what are
5. Tremor, dream, improve, couple you telling us? Do you think Punditji will
6. Science, wisdom, dollar, region come to each and everybody‟s house?
7. Silence, murmur, between, smile
Qns-
8. Reason. Protest, final, large
9. Across, laugh, hundred, punish 28. What was the boy‟s wish?
10. Scree, monster, journey, gaffer 29. Why did the mustachioed man laugh at
Choose the di syllable word from each the girl‟s request?
set of words given below: X. Columbus : Stop ! The first man to
move shall spend the rest of the night in
1. Bank, today, school, phone
irons!
2. Bench, please, photo, graph
3. Liver, chair, board, pinch Guillermo- And who‟s to put him in
4. Cook, taught, money. Laugh irons? We‟re thirty to one.
5. Table, draught, teach, squeal
6. Mount, cause, orchard, broad Questions
7. Pupils, flaw, clause, pause 28. Which is the modal verb used above to
8. Curd, outer, grind, church give an order?
Question no- 28 and 29 29. What does the phrase „We‟re thirty to
one‟ mean in the context?
Reading comprehension of a given
Question no- 30
dialogue.

Instr; Read the conversation and answer Look at the pictures. Write sentences as
directed.
the questions 28 and 29 based on it.

X. Father- Where is the boy? X. silk board card board

Mother- Asleep. Compare them using the phrase „not so
smooth‟ as‟_______.
Father- Already?
X. coffee juice
Mother – He didn‟t have a wink of sleep
the whole of last night. Compare using the phrase „hotter than`
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X. pencil needle Dear Abhi,
Compare using the phrase „sharper than‟
I am fine here. I hope you are also
LIKE THIS PRACTICE THESE
fine. I‟m very happy to tell you about our
Smaller than
school day. It was held on 4th of this
(elephant rabit) , bigger than (bike cycle),
month. I took part in a dance. I received
costlier than( gold,steel), heavier than(iron
many prizes. My parents also felt very
paper) ,lighter than( penil bag), brighter
happy. The chief guest appreciated our
than(moon sun), longer than(kilometer
school. He advised all of us to study well
centimeter), shorter than(6 feet 9 feet),
for the upcoming examination. I really
mightier than(pen sword)
enjoyed a lot. Nothing more is to write. I
Question no- 31
convey regards to all at home. I‟m waiting
Rearrange the jumbled words to frame for your reply.
meaningful sentences.
Yours lovingly
X. the/rapids/into/ he/fell Diya
X. research/ Mosocw/ I/ doing/ in/was 2) Imagine that you are
X. Roma/ how/ hi/ now/ are/you ? Sahana/Samruddh, studying in Govt.
1.Radha/Does/film/?/sings/songs High school, Madawal. Write a letter to
2.sight/what/beautiful/a/!/ your father asking him to send Rs 1000/-
3.your/how/treat/parent s/do/you? to buy a good dictionary.
4.snakes/afraid of/you/are ?
From
5.the/took/he/deed/the/signed/and/money
6. you/?/do/argument/whose/with/agree Date:
7.the/agree/price/you/with/Do?
8.poor/Tibet/was/very/area/there/a/in Salutation _______________________
Body of the letter
(Note- 32 is letter writing 33 paragraph)
__________________________________
LETTER WRITING-PERSONAL __________________________________
LETTER __
__________________________________
1) Imagine that you are Diya / Diganth
__________________________________
studying in 10th standard Govt. High
__ ______________
School,Dharawad. Write a letter to your
friend about the celebration of school Subscription
day in your school. _______________________________
Signature
Diya
10th standard
Govt High School,
Dharawad 3) Imagine that you are Prajna/Preetham
studying in Govt. High School, GOKAK
6th Jan 2019 .
Write a letter to your friend who is

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studying in Govt high school, Khanagoan Hobbies : feeding birds, playing chess.
about your recent visit to a historical place. Smt.Shalini is a scientist in IISC,
Bengaluru. Her age is 43 years. Her height
PROFILE WRITING
is6.2 feet and weight is 67 kgs. Her
Given below is a profile of Mr. Akhilesh. husband is a professor. She has a daughter
Write a paragraph using the following and a son. She is popular because she is
clues. innovative, hard worker and columnist.
Her hobbies are feeding birds and playing
Age : 36 years chess.
Qualification : M. Sc.,
Occupation : Social Worker Reasons Question no-34 Editing
for popularity : helps the poor people,
gives guidance to the talented EDITING PARAGRAPH ERRORS (2
students.,solves the problems of the MARKS)
villager Editing a paragraph means, detecting the
Awards : Rajyothsava award, mistakes in a paragraph regarding language
Rythamithra award. Items and correcting them. The errors may
Hobbies : Reading news paper, be as follows. 1. Articles 2. Correct form
collecting the pictures of birds listening of verb & words 3. Prepositions &
to the Hindusthani Music. conjunctions 4. Punctuations (.,? “”)
Mr. Akhilesh is a social worker. His age is 5. Numbers (singular & plural)
36 years. His qualification is M. Sc. He is 6. Subject and verb agreement
popular because he helps the poor people. 7. Capital letters 8. Spellings
He gives guidance to the talented students.
He visits the remote villages and solves
Paragraph – 1. In a fury the old monster
their problems. He got Rajyothsava and
blew through his long beard and Wangia
Rythamithra awards. His hobbies are
bread – bag flew into the sky. Before his
reading news paper, collecting the pictures
eyes, the blue mountain and green rivers
of birds and listening to the Hindusthani
were turned into a boundless desert with
Music.
not a scrap of food to be found.
2) Given below is a profile of Smt. Clues: a) Apostrophe to be used.
Shalini, scientist in IISC, Bengaluru. b) Noun plural to be used.
Write a paragraph using the following 2. Swami hurriedly got up and spread his
clues. bed under the bench and crouch there. It
seemed to be a much safer place, more
Age : 43 years compact and reassuring.
Height and weight : 6.2 feet and 67 kgs Clues : a) Use capital letter wherever
Family : husband, a professor, a
necessary. b) Verbal mistake to be
daughter and a son. corrected.
Reasons for popularity : innovative, 3. Baleshwar Mishra has a very different
hard worker, columnist. story. The lanky youngster from Mirzapur,
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UP, is a unemployed high – school dropout The passage above has two errors correct
who‟d recently come to mumbai. them and rewrite the paragraph .
Clues:
Clues: a) Use capital letter wherever
necessary. b) Article mistake to be I) Prepositional mistake in the first
corrected. sentence.
II) Spelling mistake in the second
4. But this school didn‟t want him for the
sentence.
same reason. “This is a school for normal
boys .Why don‟t you took your son to the Q. Ustad Sahib and Pandit Ravishankar
school for deaf and dumb children”. agrees to perform for the boy . What made
Clues: a) Punctuation mistake to be they agree to do so?
corrected. b) Verbal mistake to
I) Verbal mistake in the first sentence.
be corrected.
II) Pronoun mistake in the second
5. In the atmosphere of the on-going cold sentence
wars with political tensions hanged over Q) The Secretary of Tamilnadu
our heads, scientists and engineers from government is coming today. He must be
the opposite sides the Iron Curtain had to meeting the Karnataka Secretary in the
find a solution. evening.

Clues: a) plural mistake to be i) Error of punctuation in the first sentence

corrected. b) Verbal mistake to ii) Use of inappropriate modal auxiliary
be corrected. verb in the second sentence.
Question no- 35 and 36
6. Don Anselmo came in. He bowed to all
of us .Then he removed his hat and glove Read the conversation . In each case,
.He handed his think to the boy who stood choose the right passive form of the
behind the old man‟s chair. underlined sentence.

Clues: a) Plural mistake to be Q. Teacher- Answer one of the questions.

corrected. b) Spelling mistake to Students- Yes, sir.
be corrected. a. Let one of the questions be answered.
b. Let you answer one of the questions.
ANSWERS 1. A) Wangjia –Wangjia‟s B)
c. Let questions be answered.
mountain –mountains 2. A) swami-Swami
d. Questions be answered.
B) crouch – crouched 3. A) mumbai-
Q. X-Who was teaching them?
Mumbai B) unemployed – an unemployed.
Y- John was teaching them
4. A) children – children? B) took – take
mathematics.
5. A) wars – war B) hanged – hanging 6.
a. Mathematics was teaching them by
A) glove-gloves B) think-things
John.
Q. There was a great deal in conversation b. They were being taught mathematics
about rain.Finally we got down to by John.
busyness. c. They are being taught mathematics.
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 d. Mathematics was taught by John. a. may b. we c. go d. can
Q. X- I know these answers. Q- “We will stay in Karnatak Bhavan” said
the father to the son.
Y- Well. Tell them now.
a. will b. stay c. we d. in
a. These answers I know.
Q- “ You are not to enter the room” said
b. These answers are known by me.
the inspector.
c. These answers are known to me.
d. These answers have been known by a. are b. not c. to enter d. the
me.
Q-38 Reported speech
Question- 36 Framing questions.
Read the following conversation and
Read the passage . Choose the right rewrite it into reported speech.
question to get the underlined part as
x- Columbus- Silence.
the answer.
Diego- (snarlingly) : I suppose you
X. Moments later, father came with a lot of think you are on holy ground now.
things. He carefully set them down on the Clues- Columbus ordered everyone
table. ……….
a. What did the set down carefully on the Diego- Challenged him
table? snarlingly…………..
b. Where did he set them down carefully? x – „Sh, sh‟ you‟ll wake him up. You know
c. Who set them down carefully on the he needs all the sleep and rest he can get.
table? Clue- Mother warned him to be silent and
d. How did he set them down on the table? feared he would----------------
Q. Ganseh was fond of riding. She also said-----------------.
a. What was Ganesh fond of? x- „ Is that all?‟ Manju asked in
b. Why was Ganesh fond of riding? disappointment. “What else did you want?
c. How was Ganesh fond of riding? A dance? A drama?” Babu asked
d. Which was Ganesh fond of riding? scornfully.
Q. P- Look out. Clue- Manju expressed his disappointment
Q- What? if-------------------
R- The robbers are hiding in that boat. Babu scornfully asked her
a. Why are the robbers hiding? what_____________________.
b. Where are the robbers hiding? Question-39 Question Tag
c. Who are hiding in that boat?
Use appropriate question tag in the
d. When are the robbers hiding?
following sentences ,making the right
Question no- 37 and 38
choice.
Read the conversation and identify the
infinitive in each case. Q- You look fantastic in that
dress,_______.
Q- S- May we go now, sir?
T- Yes, you can.
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 a. won‟t you? b. didn‟t you? c. don‟t Fill in the blanks with appropriate
you? d. can‟t you? linking words given in brackets.
Q. They don‟t help you,____________.
Q- _____ the waves rose, the crew
a. don‟t they? b. didn‟t they? c. do
including the captain lost all hopes,
they? d. did they?
_______ the girl reminded them that God
Q. We will have to look for a new
would save them all. ( so, as, while, but)
school,______.
a. couldn‟t we? B. should we? C. won‟t Q- Vinay saved money_______ with that,
we? D. will we? he bought a house in Benguluru _____was
Q. They cautioned us,______. a well thought of plan.
a. do they? b. don‟t they? c. didn‟t they?
d. didn‟t we? ( but, and, which, though)
Q-40 Q- ___________ he was singing they were
all engaged in shouting at each other . This
Fill in the blanks with appropriate
preposition and articles. was ________of the request not to shout
made at the beginning. ( but, in spite,
Q- Mother and father were arguing. Swami when, while)
followed _____whole conversation
_____the blanket. Q- „ Go ____Catch the Falling Star”.
Wonderful words! ____ could anyone do
Q- Let us invest some money in that?
______bank. It‟s safer there than cash
( but, where, how, and)
_______ hand.

Q- She reached ______nearest railway Q-42

station ______ 10-30 AM ,before time. Fill in the blanks with the right form of
Q- “ I draw nourishment ____ dirt and the verbs given in brackets.
slush and display bright blossoms Q-They could not __________(
in___sky”. Says the earth. understand) how the boy dared to ______(
Q- In the poem „ I am ___ Land” What or fight) with a tiger.
who does the word „I‟ stand _____. Q- Non- Cooperation Movement , says Dr.
Q- These were the views _________ Dr. Ambedkar _____( be) the grammar of
Ambedkar on _____caste system in India. anarchy . It_______( have+ damage) our
nation, he says.
Q- Why should one man have _______
lives of fifty men____his hands? Q- “ What song shall I _____( sing) of
you, mother?”
Question 41-42
“ Sing of the filth that ______( foul)
Use the right linking words. our sylvan retreats”.

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Q- Seeing that Satish _________( be) in ❖ I 8 rice 4 lnch ----- I ate rice for lunch.
pain Surender _______up ( get) to help ❖ U rot d sa ----- You wrote the essay.
him. Just then mother came. ❖ u 1 d match ----- (you won the match)
Q- The Summit, long ago, __________ ❖ 2 n 2 makes 4 ----- (two and two makes
(be+hold) in Russia to _____( discuss) four)
nuclear test. ❖ Pls cum b4 its l8 ----- (please come
before it is late)
Reference skill Question – 43
❖ Hw r u? ----- (how are u?)
Arrange the words in the order in which ❖ R u hpy? ----- (are you happy?)
they are found in a dictionary. ❖ I 8 rice 4 lunch ----- (I ate rice for
I) master, manage, maze, maid lunch)
II) rewrite, riot ,rare, review ❖ Go hm erly ----- (go home early)
style, stink, scope, stamina ❖ Gud nt. ----- (good night)
III) quaint, quiz, quarrel, question ❖ V r rdy to go. ----- (we are ready to go)
IV) life, light, liar, lazy Reference Q- 45
V) boisterous, boil, biology, biceps Write against each the name of the
VI) colour, coin, collar, correct source of references you require.
IX) ace, able, adjust, acid ( sources; dictionary, thesaurus,
X) folly, follow, foliage, fellow encyclopedia, atlas)
XI) pester, pessimist, poise, press 1. Location of a place in a country
XII) drastic, drama, drab, draw ______.
Question- 44 SMS DECODING 2. Spelling of a word
Write the following in the normal form. _______.
3. Words of almost similar meaning
Eg- I c u soon ____.
Ans- I see you soon. 4. Meaning of a word ______.
Q- v trap u. 5. Source of information about ideas
Q-V‟ ll be there in time. and things _____.
Q-The cup is MT. 6. Map of a state or nation
❖ V r rdy 2 go ----- We are ready to go. _____.
❖ V r la8 2 day ----- We are late today. 7. Opposite word of the given word
❖ Y r v here? ----- Why are we here? __________.
❖ C u l8r ----- See you later. 8. Direction of place from a particular
location _________.
❖ Imltebcoz f rain ----- I am late
1. Dictionary : Meanings, opposites,
because of rain.
pronunciation, the other forms of the
❖ V 1 d match ----- We won the match.
words.
❖ R u bsy ? ----- Are you busy? 2. Atlas : Continents, latitudes,
❖ Whr r u ? ----- Where are you? longitudes, rivers, mountains, peaks,

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 valleys, seas, oceans,  Vocabulary ( collocate, opposite
boundaries. ,homophone and syllable) 4m
3. Thesaurus : Synonyms of words  Editing paragraph 2 examples 2m
and phrases.  4 two marks questions 2m
4. Encyclopedia : It gives basic
information on every subject in Read and practice for 45 minutes per day
alphabetical order. and get more than 40 out of 80 marks…….
5. Globe : Locations of places.
Examples: BEST OF LUCK……….
1. Pronunciation of a word: Dictionary
2. The place where first nuclear bombs
exploded: Encyclopedia
3. To assemble the TV you recently
bought: TV manual
4. Details about the rivers of a country:
Atlas
5. To know who won world cup match
which was played the previous day:
Newspaper
6. Variations of the word „Compose‟:
Thesaurus
7. To know the spelling of the word
“encyclopedia”: Thesaurus
8. Synonym of the word „Prosper‟:
Dictionary

SUGGESTED TIME PER DAY TO

WORK WITH THIS PASSAGE

 write 2 stanzas of memorized poems

neatly 4m
 practice 1 letter every day 4m
 write summary of1 poem 4m
 write one profile 4m
 read one unknown paragraph and
solve questions 4m
 five sets of Dictionary order 2m
 5 extracts of lesson 3m
 1 long answer on lesson 4m

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