English Language Revision Worksheet II

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 English Language Revision Worksheet II
Marks: 50

Question I
Write a composition (350-400) words on any one of the following:   (20)
a)     Television, newspapers, magazines, and other media pay too much attention to the personal lives of famous people such as public figures and celebrities. Express your views either for or against this statement.
b)    Narrate an incident which made you realise that forgiveness is nobler than revenge.
c)     Write an original short story which illustrates the truth of the statement: Fortune favours the brave.
d)    You have represented your school in an international level competition. Describe your excitement on being selected, the competition and your feelings on having won laurels for your school.
e)     Study the picture given below. Write a story or a description or an account of what it suggests to you. Your composition may be about the subject of the picture or you may take suggestions from it; however, there must be a clear connection between the pictures and your composition.

Question 2
Select ONE of the following:                                                       (10)
a)    Write a letter to the Minister of Health expressing your concern about the outbreak of dengue fever in your town. Suggest ways to remedy the situation.
b)    Write a letter to the Editor of ‘The Hindu’ attracting attention towards an article on ‘India and its History’ which contained some errors. Point out the mistakes and make a request for a prompt correction of the errors.
 Question 3
(a) In the following passage, 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.            (4)
Rudyard Kipling was born in Mumbai on December 30th 1865, son of John Lockwood Kipling, and his wife Alice. Rudyard’s earliest years in Mumbai were blissfully happy. But at the tender age of five he..1…(send) back to England..2…(stay) with a foster family in South Sea, where he was desperately unhappy. The experience…3…(colour) some of his later writings. Kipling was one of the most popular writers in England,  in both prose and verse, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Henry James said: “Kipling..4…(strike) me personally as the most complete man of genius that I ..5…(know).  In 1907, he ….6…(award) the Nobel Prize in Literature, …7…(make)him the first English-language writer….8…(receive) the prize and, to date, he remains its youngest.
b)    Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word: (4)
i)                He was vexed…..his son’s behaviour.
ii)              We cut…..on sugar consumption due to health reasons.
iii)            Heavy penalties deter drivers …..speeding
iv)            He has been working in this office …..ten years.
v)              I mistook the old bearded man …..a professor.
vi)            Many useful goods are made….jute.
vii)          The houses in Japan are made …….wood.
viii)        The court has yet to serve him…summons.
b)    Rewrite the following sentences according to the instructions given after each of them. Make other changes necessary, but do not change the meaning of the sentence. (12)
i)                No other empire in the world was as powerful as the Roman empire. ( Use: most)
ii)              As soon as he wins the race, he kneels on the track. (Begin: No sooner…)
iii)            The principal hardly agreed with the proposal of the  students, …..(Use appropriate question tag)
iv)            He could not participate in the race as he had an injured foot. (Use: prevented)
v)              This is the cruelest act I have ever seen. (Begin: Never…)
vi)            As soon as the news of the fire broke out, everyone rushed to the spot. (Begin: Hardly…..)
vii)          I found a ten rupee note in the book. (Change the voice)
viii)        “ If you do not hurry, you will miss the bus,” my mother said. (Change the narration)
ix)            Has the grocer sold the tea? (End:………by the grocer.)
x)              It was so late that I could not attend the class. ( Use: too….to)
xi)            Study hard now or you will regret it. (Begin: Unless….)
xii)          Anjana was a better speaker than her brother. (Begin: Her brother…..)


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