Quick Revision for Board Examination, 2017. English Language Worksheet I
Quick Revision for Board Examination
English Language Revision
Worksheet I
Max. Mark: 20
(a) 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)
Example: Frodo (0) _______________ (draw)
the Ring out of his pocket and looked at it.
Answer:
0- drew
It now (1)
________ (appear) plain and smooth, without mark or device that he (2) ________
(can) see. The gold looked very fair and pure, and Frodo thought how rich and
beautiful was its colour, how perfect was its roundness. It (3) _________ (be)
an admirable thing and altogether precious. When he took it out he (4)
_________ (intend) to fling it from him into the very hottest part of the fire.
But he (5) __________ (find) now that he could not do so, not without a great
struggle. He weighed the Ring in his hand, (6) __________ (hesitate), and
forcing himself to remember all that Gandalf (7) __________ (tell) him; and
then with an effort of will he made a movement, as if (8) ___________ (cast) it
away- but he found that he had put it back in his pocket.
(b)
Fill in the blanks with an appropriate
word: (4)
(i) The
child persists ________________ colouring the sky green.
(ii)
The cruise ship is bound ____________
Mauritius.
(iii)Please
dispose ________________ all waste properly.
(iv)
This soil abounds _____________ rich
minerals.
(v)
The workers did not agree ______________
the new rules and regulations.
(vi) A child finds it difficult to part
______________ a favourite toy.
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(vii)She prefers tea _______________ coffee.
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(viii)The decision was arrived ____________, after a
long discussion.
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(c)
Join the following sentences to make one
complete sentence without using and, but or so: (4)
(i)
The coach has not arrived. The swimmers have
not arrived.
(ii)
Father was making tea. Mother was watering
the plants.
(iii) We
researched the topic thoroughly. We, then, worked on our presentation.
(iv)
The weather is cold. The child refuses to
wear a sweater.
(d)
Rewrite the following
sentences according to the instructions given after each. Make other changes
that may be necessary, but do not change the meaning of each sentence. (8)
(i) No
sooner did the choir begin singing, than the audience became silent.
(Begin:
As soon as……………………………)
(ii)
Very few speakers are as eloquent as he
is.
(Rewrite
using ‘more eloquent’.)
(iii)The woman
said, ‘Speak loudly because I cannot hear you over this noise.’ (Begin: The
woman told me to………………)
(iv)
If you write legibly, I can understand
your handwriting.
(Begin:
Unless……………………………….)
(v)
Nisha remembered to carry
her hall ticket, didn’t she? (End: ………………..did she?)
(vi)She bought her daughter a book and took her to
the movies.
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(Begin:
Not only………………………………)
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(vii)e are answering the last question of this
session now.
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(Begin:
The last question……………………..)
VIII) He is so tired that he cannot work any longer. ( Use: Too...to)
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Answer Key
A)
1.
Appeared
2. Could
3.
Was
4.
Intended
5.
Found
6.
Hesitating
7.
Told
8.
Casting
b)
1.
In
2.
For
3.
Off
4.
With/In
5.
To
6.
With
7. To
8.
At
c)
1.
Neither the coach nor the swimmers have arrived.
2.
Father was making tea when my mother was watering plants.
3.
After having searched the topic thoroughly, we worked on our presentation.
4.
Despite the weather being cold, the child refuses to wear sweater.
d)
1.
As soon as the choir began singing, the audience became silent.
2.
He is more eloquent than most other speakers.
3. The woman requested me to speak loudly because
she could not hear me over that noise.
4.
Unless you write legibly , I cannot
understand your handwriting.
5. Nisha didn’t remember to carry her hall
ticket, did she?
6. Not only did she bring a book for her
daughter but also took her to the movies.
7. The last question of this session is
being answered by us now.
8. He is too tired to work.
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