DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL, HYDERABAD

English – XI - Worksheet 1
The Last lesson
I. Read the given passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:
(10x1=10m)
1. When we think of the game of cricket, we conclude that it is primarily a game that depends on
outstanding physical activities, good hand and eye coordination, speed, and strength. It provides
entertainment and generates strong feelings of excitement. A good match of cricket or any other
game neither ads to the existing stock of human knowledge nor reveals any secret of existence. It
does not carry any deep meaning but most people particularly the lover of sports attach deep
emotions and add numerous meanings to it. Games are thought as a metaphor for life. They are
supposed to teach many lessons. In fact, more is said and written about cricket match than about
scientific findings home got this option or great philosophy.
2. This is because games Like a mortality play, in which settings and rules are made by us, can easily
make people test their fair and foul conduct, Principles of reward and punishment and emotions of joy
and disappointment. They can make Us experience the thrill of war without exposing us to its
dangers. A man watching a cricket match on tv and munching popcorn is like a surrogate warrior. In
fact, games provide us with a safe outlet for our aggressiveness. They can come or impatience
without creating any conflict.
3. Commentators journalists’ politicians and analysts can do a great favour to the competing teams
by keeping the excitement within limits. The teams should play without being dominated by feelings
of national honour and shame. Excellent performance of the players of both teams should be enjoyed
and appreciated. Winning or losing in a game should not be taken seriously. A game is fun if it is
played with true spirit of sportsmanship.
1. Complete the sentence by choosing an appropriate option.
Most people conclude that cricket is primarily a game because ……………
A. It is played as a match
B. It includes physical activity
C. It requires two teams
D. It depends only on skill and strength.
2. Comment on the writer’s reference to that cricket does not reveal any secret of existence.
3. List two responses which watching a game of cricket gives rise to.
4. Select the option that conveys the opposite of ‘destroy’ from words used in the passage
A. Reveals B. Experience C. Generate D. Purging
5. The writer would not agree with the given statements based on para 2 EXCEPT
A. Rules of any game are made by people
B. Watching a cricket match makes a viewer believe that he is fighting a battle
C. It is necessary for a game to be aggressive in order to build excitement
D. A game can test people’s sense of fair judgement
6. With reference to the passage, a spectator is compared to a ‘surrogate warrior’.
Choose the option that best describes the phrase
A spectator who is paid to watch
B spectator who enjoys the match as an armchair Soldier
C spectator who is in pain while watching the match
D spectator who makes judgement about rewards and punishment
7. Why does the writer compare games to a morality play?
8. Complete the given sentence with an appropriate inference with respect to the following
The writer says that games can calm our impatience without creating any conflict by ………..
9. The writer advises the players that games should not become aggressive because ……..
10. Select the most suitable title for the ever passage.
A. Excellent performance by cricketers
B. The benefits of playing cricket
C. Cricket - the king of games
 D. The true spirit of playing games
II. Reference to context
“For a moment I thought of running away and spending the day out of doors. It was so warm
so bright the birds were chirping at the edge of the woods; and in the open filled back of the
sawmill the Prussian soldiers were drilling. It was all much more tempting than the rule of
participants but I had the strength to resist and hurried off to school.”
(1x5-5m)
1. List two sensory details present in the extract.
2. Why is the narrator tempted to spend the day out of doors?
3. Complete the sentence appropriately.
I hurried off to school resisting ……………..
4. Why does the narrator want to Bunk School?
A. He does not like the teachers.
B. He does not like his classmates.
C. He was not prepared for the test on participles.
D. He had forgotten to complete his homework.
5. Which trait of the protagonist is revealed in the sentence ‘I had the strength to resist’?
III. Fill in the blanks with appropriate verb. (½ x4
= 2m)
A further aspect of advertising that I (A) …………. (verb) consider unethical is the way that it
(B)………..... (encourage) people to buy products they may not need or cannot afford. Children and
young people in particular (C) ................... (influence) by advertisements (D) ............... (show) the
latest toys, clothing, or music and this can put enormous pressure on the parents to buy these
products.
IV. Rearrange the sentences to make meaningful sentences.
(1x3=3m)
1. Until / no /I/ him/ I / had/ had/ idea/ he/ told/ won a medal
2. Growth/ of/ transformed/ technology/ our/ the / daily/ rapid/ has/ lives
3. Threat/ a/ change/ poses/ serious/ to/ ecosystems/ climate/to