DELHI PRIVATE SCHOOL DUBAI

REVISION ASSIGNMENT TERM2

GRADE 11 ENGLISH

Q1. Read the passage given below carefully:

1. Research has shown that the human mind can process words at the rate of about 500 words
per minute, whereas a speaker speaks at the rate of about 150 words a minute. The
difference between the two at 350 words is quite large.
2. So, a speaker must make every effort to retain the attention of the audience. The listener
should also be careful not to let his mind wander. Good communication calls for good
listening skills. A good speaker must necessarily be a good listener.
3. Listening starts with hearing but goes beyond. Hearing, in other words is necessary, but is
not a sufficient condition for listening. Listening involves hearing with attention. Listening
is a process that calls for concentration. While listening, one should also be observant. In
other words, listening has to do with the ears, as well as with the eyes and the mind.
Listening is to be understood as the total process that involves hearing with attention, being
observant and making interpretations. Good communication is essentially an interactive
process. It calls for participation and involvement. It is quite often a dialogue rather than a
monologue. It is necessary to be interested and also show or make it abundantly clear that
one is interested in knowing what the other person has to say.
4. Good listening is an art that can be cultivated. It relates to skills that can be developed. A
good listener knows the art of getting much more than what the speaker is trying to convey.
He knows how to prompt, persuade but not to cut off or interrupt what the other person has
to say. At times the speaker may or may not be coherent, articulate and well-organized in
his thoughts and expressions. He may have it in his mind and yet he may fail to marshal the
right words while communicating his thoughts. Nevertheless a good listener puts him at
ease, helps him articulate and facilitates him to get across the message that he wants to
convey. For listening to be effective, it is also necessary that barriers to listening are
removed. Such barriers can be both physical and psychological. Physical barriers generally
relate to hindrance to proper hearing whereas psychological barriers are more fundamental
and relate to the interpretation and evaluation of the speaker and the message.
1.1 On the basis of your reading of the above passage make notes on it, using headings
and sub-headings. Use recognizable abbreviations (wherever necessary - minimum 4)
and a format you consider suitable. Also supply an appropriate title to it.
1.2 Write down the summary of the above passage in about 80 words.
GRAMMAR

TRANSFORMATION OF SENTENCES (REPORTED SPEECH)

Q2. Read the following dialogue and then complete the report by choosing the
correct option from the ones given below.
Doctor: How are you feeling now?
Raghu: Much better, sir.
Doctor: Are you taking the medicines regularly?
Raghu: Yes, sir.
The doctor asked Raghu (a)________________. Raghu replied that (b)__________
much better. The doctor further asked Raghu (c)____________ the medicines
regularly. Raghu replied in the affirmative.

(a) (i) that how he was feeling

(ii) how he was feeling.
(iii) how you are feeling.
(iv) how was he feeling.

(b) (i) I am feeling

(ii) I was feeling
(iii) he is feeling
(iv) he was feeling

(c) (i) if you are taking

(ii) if he is taking
(iii) that he was taking
(iv) if he was taking

Q3. Read the following conversations and complete the passages that follow in
reported speech.
A) Customer: Can I have a small bottle of tomato sauce?
Shopkeeper: Sorry, I have only big bottles.
Customer: When will it be available?
Shopkeeper: I can give it to you tomorrow.
Customer: Thank you, then I will get it tomorrow.

The customer asked the shopkeeper (a) …………………….. . The shopkeeper said that
he only had big bottles of tomato sauce. The customer wanted to know (b)
………………………………. The shopkeeper said that (c)
…………………………………………….……………….... The customer thanked
him and said that (d) ……………………

B) Principal : Why were you absent last week?

Student : I was absent because I was not well.
Principal : What will happen to your studies now?
Student : I will work hard to complete them.
 The Principal asked the student a)_______________________________. The
student replied b)__________________. The Principal was concerned and asked
c)________________________. The student replied that d)-
____________________________________________.

b) Mohan : Where is your school in London?

John : It is in Oxford.
Mohan : Are you here only for a month’s holiday?
Mohan asked John a)__________________. John replied b)___________. Mohan then
asked John c)____________.

c) Renu : Our new servant has a tendency to steal things.

Somu : Is anything missing?
Renu : Yes, he has stolen one of our blankets.
Somu : Which one?
Renu : It’s the one we stole from Hotel Palm Beach.
Renu told her husband that a)_______________. Somu asked her b)____________.
She told him that c)_________________. When Somu asked her which one it was, she
replied that d)____________.
REORDERING OF SENTENCES
4. Rewrite the following sentences by placing the words in the correct order.
i. Children / vacations / cannot /for fun / meant / are / compromise / and
ii. comes from / the / most of / flavour / its / of / aroma / food.
iii. grew up / of the / amidst / Siddharth / pleasure / the / at / royal court /
Kapil-vastu

5. Transformation Of Sentences (Simple, Complex, Compound)

A. Transform the following simple sentences into complex or compound
sentences.
1. Knocking at the gate, he demanded admission.
2. Blinded by a dust storm, they lost their way.
3. Deceived by his friends, he lost all hope.

B. Transform the following simple sentences into complex sentences:

1. He is too weak to carry this heavy bag.
2. He was born in the year of liberation war.

C. Transform the following complex sentences into compound sentences.

1. Walk carefully lest you should fall.
2. Although she is rich, she is not happy.
3. As soon as we heard the gunshot, we rushed to the spot.
6. "The more we use social media, the more we believe we're connecting, but in
reality, we're becoming more disconnected from one another."

You are Akshit/Akshita, and you need to deliver a speech on the topic “Growing
Influence of Social Media” in 120-150 words for the school assembly.

7. ‘Brain drain is not a significant disadvantage for a developing nation like

India.’ Write a detailed debate in 120 – 150 words, presenting arguments either in
favor of or against this statement, focusing on how the emigration of skilled
professionals affects India's economic growth, innovation, and development in
critical sectors like healthcare, technology, and education.