P.G.
GARODIA SCHOOL ICSE
ENGLISH 1 REVISION WORKSHEET
STD:10 NAME: ROLL NO:
(a) Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:
Julia and I met in Maths class - right before lunch. We soon realized that we both hated
word
problems, both loved egg salad sandwiches and both thought Bobby Bisbee was the
only boy we could ever love. During recess we were inseparable. One Friday, Julia
had an idea. "Hey, let's make plans for the weekend," she said. "We could have a
sleep-over or something."
We were both so excited we couldn't sit still during Maths, or any other class. But when
the bell sounded the end of school, I suddenly got very nervous.
"Hi Talia. How was school today?" my mom asked with a smile. Today her warm and
caring hello didn't sound comforting. Instead, all I heard in the loving syllables was her
thick foreign accent.I was so embarrassed. Julia and I were no longer the same. The
sound of my mom's voice made me feel like an outsider. What would Julia think? I
didn't have to wait long to find out. From across the schoolyard, I saw Julia pulling her
mother towards us.
“Hello, I’m Julia’s mother. I hear the girls want to get together this weekend.”
“Oh, that sounds wonderful,” my mom replied.
But all I heard was the V replacing the Wand the roll of the r:vonderrrrful.
I was mortified. Were they staring? Had Julia changed her mind? Did I dare look into
her eyes? Idid. She answered my unspoken fears with an excited smile while our
moms exchanged phone [Link] Sunday we went to the [Link] later,
Julia and I sit on the bed talking. Graduation is only days away. Julia has plans of
becoming a Maths and Physics major and I no longer like egg sandwiches. Neither of
us has ever evencome close to Bobby Bisbee.....My mom comes into my room to see
what we are up to. We tell her of our plans to spend the afternoon with friends at the
beach, and maybe see a movie after dinner. "That sounds wonderful," shereplies.I no
longer hear the v replacing the w in her speech. But I think it still does. Somewhere in
the passing of Maths classes and lunch recesses, I realized that it is my mom’s
cheerful, compassionate nature that people hear, and love. She shares my
excitements and frustrations with overflowing compassion, tender words and rolling rs.
Sometimes, she still reminds me that I am different, but, I think that differences
between people are as valuable as similarities. As my mom closes the door, I look at
Julia and smile. Our friendship has been strengthened not only by our shared interests
but also by our distinctly differing ones.
(I)For each word given below choose the correct meaning (as used in the passage)
from the
options provided.
(1).inseparable (Line 3)
(a)entangled
(b) indivisible or attached
(c) assembled
(d) detached
(2)mortified (Line 15)
(a) embarrassed
(b)suppressed
(c) restrain
(d) angered
(ii) Which word in the passage means the opposite of the word indifferent.
(a) Wonderful (b) compassionate (c) valuable (d) differing
(iii) Answer the following questions in your own words:
(a)Describe the friendship that developed between Julia and Talia.
(b) Why did Talia get nervous at the end of school?
(c)What was embarrassing to the narrator?
(d)How did Julia respond to Talia's unspoken fears?
(e)What facts does Talia note about Julia and herself before graduation day?
(iv) In not more than 50 words of your own show the change that has occurred in the
narrator and what lesson she has learnt over the years.
(a) QUESTION
(1) Fill in each of the numbered blanks with the correct form of the word given in
brackets. Do not copy the passage, but write in correct serial order the word or
phrase appropriate to the blank space.
Flory was obviously quite dead. With great difficulty KoS’la managed to drag him
onto the bed for the servant (1.)………. (refuse) to touch the body. It was only 20
minutes before the doctor (2)……. (arrive). He (3)………. (hear) only a vague report
that Flory (4)………. (be) hurt while ..(5)........ (bicycle) up the hill at top speed
through a storm of rain. He (6)………. (throw) his bicycle down and .(7)……….
(hurry) in through the verandah and could not see through his spectacles. He (8)……
(take) them off.
(b) Choose the correct option to rewrite the following according to the instructions
given after each sentence
1. He was very tired. He could not continue the journey.
(Use: too…to)
(a) He was too tired that he could not continue the journey.
(b) He was too tired for continuing the journey.
(c)He was too tired to continue the journey.
(d)He was too much tired to continue with the journey.
2. She started crying. Everyone had gone home by then.
(Begin: By the time…)
(a) By the time everyone goes home, she started crying.
(b) By the time everyone had gone home, she had started crying.
(c) By the time everyone had gone home, she started crying.
(d) By the time everyone was going home, she starts crying.
3. The students were noisy. The teacher was explaining an important topic.
(Combine using: although)
(a) Although the teacher was explaining an important topic, the students were noisy.
(b) Although the students are noisy, the teacher explained an important topic.
(c) Although the teacher is explaining an important topic, the students are noisy.
(d) Although the students were noisy, but the teacher was explaining an important
topic.
4. He failed in the test. He studied very hard.
(Begin: In spite of…)
(a) In spite of he studied very hard, he failed in the test.
(b) In spite of studying hard, but he failed the test.
(c) In spite of having studied very hard, he failed in the test.
(d) In spite of he was hardworking, he failed in the test.
5. He finished his breakfast. He went for a walk.
(Begin: Having…)
(a) Having finished his breakfast, he went for a walk.
(b) Having his breakfast finished, he went walking.
(c)Having been finished with breakfast, he went for a walk.
(d) Having go for a walk, he finished his breakfast.
6. She works hard. She wants to succeed.
(Combine using: so that)
(a) She works hard so to succeed.
(b) She works hard so that she may succeed.
(c)She works hard so she succeeded.
(d) She works hard so that succeeding is sure.
7. He did not attend the meeting. He was unwell.
(Begin: Since…)
(a) Since he was unwell, he did not attend the meeting.
(b) Since he did not attend the meeting, he was unwell.
(c)Since being unwell, he didn’t attend the meeting.
(d) Since he is unwell, he had not attended the meeting.
8. As soon as the show ended, the audience clapped loudly.
(Begin: No sooner…)
(a) No sooner the show had ended when the audience clapped loudly.
(b) No sooner did the show end than the audience clapped loudly.
(c)No sooner the show ends, the audience claps.
(d) No sooner had the show ended that the audience clapped loudly.
9. Very few students are as punctual as Amit.
(End: …students.)
(a) Amit is punctualer than most of the students.
(b) Amit is the most punctual of all the students.
(c) Amit is more punctual than most other students.
(d) Amit is one of the most punctual students.
10. He is intelligent. He does not show off.
(Begin: Though…)
(a) Though he is intelligent, but he does not show off.
(b) Though he does not show off, he is intelligent.
(c) Though he is intelligent, he does not show off.
(d) Though he is not showing off, he is intelligent.
(d) Complete each of the following sentences with an apt form of the word given in brackets.
1. If I ________ you, I would not go near it. [be]
2. Sulekha _____ along the road when she slipped. [walked]
3. The report said that the rebels ______ the city in no time. [ take over]
4. The weather _______ like this the whole of yesterday. [remain]
5. My grandfather _____ for a brisk walk every day. [go]
6. All the boys…… [assemble] in the school hall before the teacher….. [come].
7. He …… [feel] weak because he ….. [not eat] a morsel for many hours.
8. The fire…. [spread] to the next house before the fire brigade …. [arrive].
9. I …..[work] in this office for a number of years before I ….. [force] to resign.
10. She … [lay] the table after she cooked the dinner.
