LULLA CLASSES

DIWALI ASSIGNMENT (NOVEMBER 2020)

STANDARD: 10TH SUBJECT: ENGLISH (F.L.)
ANSWER THE FOLLOWING IN 5-6 SENTENCES. [FIRST FLIGHT – PROSE]
1. How was Lencho’s crop destroyed? How did he ask God for help?
2. I wish I had the faith of the man who wrote this letter.” In the light of this statement describe Lencho’s
character.
3. Nelson Mandela joined the African National Congress as a young man. It transformed his life. What made him
join it? What does it show about his character?
4. How did Mandela’s understanding of freedom change with age and experience?
5. Why was the young seagull left alone in the ledge by his family?
6. From the beginning to the end of the lesson the black aeroplane is a mystery. How?
7. The pilot wanted to thank another pilot after his safe landing. Why? What values of the writer are reflected
from his action?
8. What punishment did Mr. Keesing give to Anne Frank? How did she finally stop him from punishing?
9. Pen down the character sketch of Wanda Petronski.
10. Peggy says, “I never thought she had the sense to know we were making fun of her anyway. I thought she was
too dumb. And gee, look how she can draw!” What led Peggy to believe that Wanda was dumb? Did she
change her opinion later?
11. Why is it significant that Wanda's desk is at the back of the class?
12. Describe the pen-portrait of a traditional Goan village baker.
13. What is the story behind Coorgi people’s descent that makes them so brave?
14. “The people of Coorg are famous for their tradition of hospitality and valour in the army. Explain with
reference to ‘Glimpses of India’.
15. Narrate the story of a Buddhists monk behind the discovery of tea?
ANSWER THE FOLLOWING IN 5-6 SENTENCES. [FIRST FLIGHT – POETRY]
1. Summarize the poem ‘Dust of Snow.’
2. What deep meaning does the poem ‘Fire and Ice’ carry in it?
3. What does the poet want to convey through the poem ‘A Tiger in the Zoo’?
4. Loss is an essential and significant experience of one’s life. Explain with reference to ‘The Ball Poem’.
5. All his young days into the harbour where His ball went….” Explain.
6. What could Amanda do if she were a mermaid?
7. Is Amanda an orphan? Why does she say so?
8. Mention three things that humans do and animals don’t.
9. What are the ‘tokens’ that the poet says he may have dropped long ago, and which the animals have kept for
him?
10. Do you find ‘The Tale of Custard the Dragon’ to be a serious or a light-hearted poem? Give reasons to support
your answer.
ANSWER THE FOLLOWING IN 5-6 SENTENCES. [FOOTPRINTS WITHOUT FEET]
1. What evidence do you get of Tricki’s affluent living from the text?
2. Hari Singh didn’t board the express and returned to Anil. Why did he return?
3. How does Ausable manage to make Max believe that there is a balcony attached to his room?
4. How did the lady in red turn out to be smarter than Horace Danby?
5. Why were the landlord and his wife surprised to see the scientist’s door wide open? What did they decide?
 WRITING SKILLS
1. Write a report on how you observed Tree Plantation Day in your school in about 120 words. Use the
following points: [Date & time – inaugural ceremony – chief guest – activity in details – speeches – closing
ceremony]
2. Write a report in about 120 words on a Free Health Check-up Camp sponsored by the Yuva Club for the slum
children. Use the following points: [Venue of the camp –date and timings-numbers of participants-doctors
present-their advice to the participants on how to maintain sound health]
3. As the Principal, write a notice in about 50 words informing the prefects, monitors, and other discipline in-
charge students of a Leadership Training Camp being organised by the school.
4. You have lost your leather wallet containing your Examination Entry Ticket for class X while travelling by
bus from Parivar Crossroads to Karelibaug in Vadodara. Write a notice in not more than 50 words, to be
published in ‘The Times of India’. You are Amit / Amita, 12 Gandhi Road, Vadodara.
5. You won the Best Student Award this year. Make a diary entry in 125-150 words expressing your feelings.
You can take help from the given hints. [Hints: Best Student Award for excellence in studies as well as
achievement in co-curricular activities. Joy knows no bounds —parents have promised a scooter/bicycle.
Friends and teachers appreciate—a proud moment.]
6. A peaceful protest march was launched by students all over India against the growing crime against women in
your city. All the news channels gave wide coverage to the rally inviting different opinions on the issue. Make
a diary entry in 125-150 words expressing your feelings on the same.
7. You are the Physical Education Instructor at ABC School, Ahmedabad. You had placed an order for sports
goods with PQR Sports Enterprises. When the items arrived you found that some of them were defective.
Write a letter to the Manager, PQR Sports Enterprises, asking him to replace the defective items.
8. The unhygienic conditions in your colony are causing multiple diseases. Write a letter to the Municipal
Commissioner bringing the problem to his notice and request him to take urgent action in the matter. You are
Amit / Amita of B/28, ABC Colony, Vadodara.
9. You are XYZ, a leading lawyer practising in Vadodara. You want to buy an independent house at City Light
Road to be used as office-cum residence. Draft an advertisement in about 50 words for the classified columns
of a local newspaper. You can be contacted at XXXXXXXX78.
10. You are PQR, General Manager of XYZ Industries, Anand. You need an Accountant your company. Draft, in
not more than 50 words, an advertisement to be published in 'The Indian Express' classified columns.
 GRAMMAR
TRANSFORMATION / DO AS DIRECTED
CHANGE VOICE
1. I am not free when they take my freedom from me.
2. I shall have completed the course before December.
3. Kindly help the poor.
4. Had the florist sold all the flowers before sunset?
5. The teacher is punishing the student.
6. The child threw the ball out of the house.
7. By whom were you taught French?
8. Will he not be persuaded to work harder by a sense of duty?
9. I knew him by his voice when he spoke to me in the dark.
10. Why are you washing the car?
11. I was quite shocked by the language that he used.
REMOVE ‘TOO…TO’ / USE ‘TOO…TO’
1. You are so young that you cannot join the service.
2. People were too furious to be controlled
3. It is never too late to learn.
4. There are so many birds that I cannot count them.
5. There are so many students in the class that one teacher cannot control them.
6. She is too wise not to solve this problem.
ADD A QUESTION TAG
1. If we had more money, we would travel a lot, _____?
2. There's really nothing more to say, ______?
3. I'm such a good swimmer, _____?
4. I needn't come with you, _____?
5. Let's go to the cinema, _____?
6. She hardly said anything, ____?
7. Just wait outside, _____?
8. He’d never met her before, ______?
9. We may fail at first, ____?
10. Neither of them went _____?
MAKE IT ASSERTIVE
1. Is not virtue its own reward?
2. Won’t your mother be looking for you?
3. Who does not know him?
4. Will any wise man behave so?
5. Can anyone avoid it?
6. What is our life but a walking shadow?
7. How surprised I was when I heard the news!
8. Would that I could be a child again!
9. How foolish of him to throw away his chances like that!
10. What a dangerous thing a little knowledge is!
 RECTIFICATION OF ERRORS
[1] INCORRECT CORRECT
The city police have decided to taking stern action A. ___________ ___________
against drivers which attempt to overtake B. ___________ ___________
in the left side in the city roads. All drivers C. ___________ ___________
who violate this rule will be punish. D. ___________ ___________
This is a strict order issue by the police E. ___________ ___________
department of safety of all drivers. F. ___________ ___________

[2]
INCORRECT CORRECT
Her duties for the day were over. A. ___________ ___________
She had scrub the floor B. ___________ ___________
of the kitchen, washed the vessels yet C. ___________ ___________
put them on a shining row on D. ___________ ___________
an wooden shelf, returned the short scrubbing broom E. ___________ ___________
to it’s corner and closed the kitchen window. F. ___________ ___________

[3]
INCORRECT CORRECT
After filling out the form, get the students to read A. ___________ ___________
through the form and decide which parts they would fill out, B. ___________ ___________
and which parts will be filled on by the C. ___________ ___________
postal department. Ask a few students too volunteer D. ___________ ___________
to actually sent a money order E. ___________ ___________
and share the experience for the rest of the class. F. ___________ ___________

[4]
INCORRECT CORRECT
Keep his body twisted so that his gun still A. ___________ ___________
covered the fat men and his guest, the man at the B. ___________ ___________
window grasped the frame by C. ___________ ___________
his free hand to support yourself. D. ___________ ___________
Than he swung his other leg up E. ___________ ___________
and through the window-sill. F. ___________ ___________
 DIRECT TO INDIRECT SPEECH

1. The lady told Horace, “ You are really afraid of going to prison, aren’t you?”
She further said, “ I have always liked the wrong kind of people.”
2. “All shoes are alike?” Peggy asked.
Wanda replied, “Oh, no. Every pair is different. All colours. All lined up.”
3. Miss Mason said, “ I am very happy to say that Wanda Petronski is the winner of the girl’s medal.
Unfortunately, Wanda has been absent from school for some days and is here to receive the applause that is
due to her. Let us hope she will be back tomorrow. Now class, you may file around the room quietly and look
at her exquisite drawings.”
4. Anne said, “ Now, I am back to the point that prompted me to keep a diary in the first place: I don’t have a
friend.”
5. Mother: Why are you looking so worried?
Daughter: My exams are approaching.
Mother: When will they start?
Daughter: Next month, Mother.
6. The doctor said, “And did you cut down on the sweet things as I told you?”
Mrs. Pumphrey said, “Oh, I did for a bit, but he seemed to be so weak I had to relent. He does love cream
cakes and chocolates so. I can’t bear to refuse him.”
7. He said, “ There’s no one who can help us. We’ll all go hungry this year.”
8. "It was Rob who broke the window," he said to her. "He was kicking the football."
9. The conductor said, “But if you stand on the seat, you may fall and hurt yourself when the bus makes a sharp
turn or hits a bump. That’s why we want you to sit down, child.”
“I’m not a child, I tell you,” she said irritably. “I’m eight years old.”
10. “Do you think Miss Mason will announce the winners today?” asked Peggy.
“Oh, I hope so, the minute we get in,” said Maddie. “Of course, you’ll win, Peg.”