BARANAGORE RAMAKRISHNA MISSION ASHRAMA HIGH SCHOOL
ENGLISH – CLASS X
Reading Comprehension, Grammar & Writing Practice Set
Total Marks: 40
1. Reading Comprehension (Seen)
Read the following prose passage and answer the questions below:
We had a kite that was big and covered with lovely red paper. We pasted gold tinsel stars all over it and had written our names full on it - Claude Leete and Philippa Leete, Big Half Moon lighthouse.
One day there was a grand wind for kite-flying. I'm not sure how it happened, but as I was bringing the kite from the house, I tripped and fell over the rocks. My elbow went clear through the kite, making a big hole.
We had to hurry to fix the kite if we wanted to send it up before the wind fell. We rushed into the lighthouse to get some paper. We knew there was no more red paper. We took the first thing that came handy — an old letter lying on the bookcase in the sitting room. We patched the kite up with the letter, a sheet on each side and dried it by the fire. We started out, and up went the kite like a bird. The wind was glorious and it soared. All at once — snap! And there was Claude, standing with a bit of cord in his hand, looking foolish. Our kite had sailed away over to the mainland.
A. Choose the correct alternative: (1×2 = 2)
(i) The wind was conducive to –
(a) play shipwrecked mariners
(b) snap the kite
(c) fly kites
(d) go sailing
(ii) The snap made Claude –
(a) angry
(b) sad
(c) disgusted
(d) bewildered
B. Complete the following sentences: (1×2 = 2)
(i) To decorate the kite, ____________________________________________.
(ii) The kite was patched with _______________________________________.
C. Answer the following questions: (1×2 = 2)
(i) Why were the narrator and Claude in a hurry?
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(ii) What happened to the kite at last?
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2. Reading Comprehension (Poem)
Read the poem and answer the following questions:
I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky,
And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by;
And the wheel's kick and the wind's song and the white sail's shaking,
And a grey mist on the sea's face, and a grey dawn breaking.
I must go down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide
Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied;
And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying,
And the flung spray and the blown spume, and the sea-gulls crying.
A. State whether the following are True or False. Write supporting sentences: (2×2 = 4)
(i) The poet asks for only a star to help him in his voyage.
S.S:
(ii) The poet describes the call of the running tide as wild and clear.
S.S:
3. Reading Comprehension (Unseen)
Read the following passage and answer the questions:
Cyclone Fani rolled through Odisha on May 3, 2019 (Friday), packing rain and windstorm that gusted up to 175 kmph, leaving at least three people dead, blowing away thatched houses, and swamping towns and villages.
The extremely severe cyclonic storm 'Fani' or the 'Hood of Snake' made landfall around 8 am in Puri, with roaring winds flattening huts, enveloping the pilgrim town in sheets of rain, and submerging homes in residential areas.
Special Relief Commissioner BP Sethi said three people were reported dead in different incidents in Puri, Nayagarh and Kendrapara districts. While a teenage boy was killed when a tree collapsed on him in Puri, flying debris from a concrete structure left a woman dead in Nayagarh. An elderly woman died of heart attack at a relief shelter in Kendrapara district.
The cyclonic system, whose eye was around 28 km wide, moved at around 30 kmph. But within the system, the winds reached speeds of 175 kilometres per hour that went up to 200 kmph.
National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) DIG, Randeep Rana said that not many casualties were reported so far as precautionary measures were taken beforehand. The state administration had evacuated nearly 11 lakh people two days ahead of the cyclone from about 10,000 villages and 52 urban agglomerations in probably the largest evacuation exercise at the time of a natural calamity in the country.
A. Choose the correct alternative: (1×4 = 4)
(i) Cyclone Fani claimed at least –
(a) four
(b) three
(c) five
(d) six
(ii) The meaning of the word 'Fani' is –
(a) hood of snake
(b) hood of jacket
(c) hood of car
(d) body of snail
(iii) The width of the eye of the cyclonic system was –
(a) 24 km
(b) 26 km
(c) 20 km
(d) 28 km
(iv) The state administration had evacuated nearly –
(a) 10 lakh
(b) 15 lakh
(c) 11 lakh
(d) 14 lakh
B. Complete the following sentences: (1×3 = 3)
(i) The people who were reported dead are from _____________________________________.
(ii) Within the cyclonic system, the winds were _____________________________________.
(iii) According to Randeep Rana, casualties were not that severe because ___________________.
C. Answer the following questions: (1×3 = 3)
(i) What damage did Fani bring to wealth and assets?
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(ii) How did the teenage boy die?
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(iii) Where were the people evacuated from before the cyclone?
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4. Grammar and Vocabulary
A. Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles and prepositions: (1×2 = 2)
King Duncan was stabbed ________ Macbeth with _______ dagger.
B. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate form of verbs: (1×2 = 2)
Manik __________________ from fever for seven days. His mother ______________ worried.
(is suffering / has been suffering / has suffered)
(is / was / will be)
C. Do as directed: (1×2 = 2)
(i) I was amazed to see the elegance of the queen.
(Rewrite using the noun form of the underlined word)
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(ii) The boy never disobeyed his mother.
(Turn into an affirmative sentence)
Ans:
D. Replace the underlined words using phrasal verbs from the list: (1×2 = 2)
(i) The farmer saves some wheat for the winter.
(ii) The police searched for and caught the thief.
[List: lay by, turn down, hunt down]
E. Find from the unseen passage (Q3) the words that mean: (1×2 = 2)
(i) Removal: ____________
(ii) Disaster: ____________
5. Writing
Write a letter to your friend about the importance and future of technology in the education system.
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