2016-2017
WORKSHEET - 1
CLASS: X A & B
Subject: English
F.A. I
Q1. Design a poster to spread the message of communal harmony for school premises.
Q2. Design a poster for a “Musical Evening” you are going to organize in school.
Q3. Design an attractive and instructive poster on behalf of Delhi Police to educate and
warn the people against any suspicious or unclaimed objects in public places/ trains/
buses to avert bomb blasts.
Q4. Given below is a profile of Meera, your house maid. Write a short bio-sketch of
Meera in about 100 words. You may take the help of the clues given below:
Age - 45 years Height/Weight - 153 cms, thin Family - widow, one son, married, one
grandson 2 years Occupation - works part time in 4 houses, earns Rs. 3000/- per month.
Living conditions - One room, rent Rs. 2200/- , no regular power supply, water one hour a
day, son earns Rs. 4000/-, working in a shop. Dreams - Grandson educated, becomes a
Government Officer, able to repair her village home, old age, settle in home town.
Q5. Given below is information about Teejanbai the famous Pandavani performer
from Chhattisgarh. Use this information to write a brief bio sketch in about 100
words of this folk artist from Chhattisgarh. Teejanbai
Born – 24 April 1956 in village Ganiyari 14 kms north of Bhilai
Eldest of five siblings
As a child-recited Mahabharata stories written in Chhatisgarhi Hindi
First performance at 13 – neighbouring village – earned Rs. 10
First woman to Perform in `Kapalikshaili – a style for the male performers
Performed Pandavani – stories about Pandavas from Mahabharata
Only prop-ektara-not as musical support – but a prop – used as a dhanush (bow),
Draupadi’s hair – Duryodhana’s leg etc
Faced opposition for Kapalikshaili – not for women
Continued undaunted
First big break – noticed by Habib Tanvir famous theatre artist from Madhya
Pradesh-performed for Indira Gandhi – Beginning of her tours across the world as
a cultural ambassador.
Awards – 1988 Padma shri ,1995 SangeetNatakAkademi Award 2003 Padma
Bhushan 2003 Hon. D. Litt from Bilaspur University
Lives in Bhilai – employed by Bhilai Steel Plant
Teaches Pandavani to young children to keep the art alive.
Q6. Given below is a profile of Ram Sevak, your school bus driver. Write a biosketch of Ram Sevak in about words using the hints given below.
Age – 40 years, tall and robust
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Education -studied up to class VIII
Years of service driving school bus
Kind, patient, helpful to children
Small family -wife and two children
Always smiling, popular with students.
Q7. Arrange the following words/phrases to form meaningful sentences.
(a) is/woman/noblest/the/God/of/creation
(b) has/role/a/major/she/play/to/on/this earth
(c) highly/has been/she/by/praised/the great/all/men
(d) Rig vedic/period/was/during the/her/status/on a par/men/with
Q8. Rearrange the following jumbled phrases/words to make meaningful
sentences.
(a) have/today credit/a/necessity/become/cards
(b) considered/are/they/a/for/boon/the shoppers
(c) have/you/to worry/don’t/about/cash/enough/carrying
(d) card/out/just/your/sign/flash/and/walk
Q9. Read the conversation given below and complete the paragraph that follows.
Vani : Harika, are you going to join the Dramatics Club with me ?
Harika : No, I am going to join the Adventure Club.
Vani : I too would have join the Adventure Club, but I am very scared of heights.
Harika : If that is the case, join the Dramatics Club.
Vani asked Harika (a) ___________. Harika said that (b) ____________ Adventure Club.
To this Vani replied (c) ___________ Adventure Club, but she was very scared of
heights. Harika advised her (d)___________.
Q10. Complete the following passage by choosing the correct options from those
given in brackets :
Now the five friends (a) _________ (was/ were / will be/ are) holding all (b) __________
(of / the / but / over ) trump cards. They (c) __________ (have / had / has / can) escaped
from the dark prison, had (d) _________ (recover / recovered / recovers / recovering) the
treasure, and they were (e) __________ (in / at / on / under) their own home ground
again. They hurried off (f) __________ (from / to / at / out / of) the castle courtyard.
Q11. Complete the following passage by choosing the correct option from those
given in the brackets.
For thousands (a) _________ (in, by, of, to) years, trees (b) _________ (had, have, has,
have not) provided people (c) _________ (of, for, with, to) foods, fibers and medicines .
Above all, they have (d) _________ (provide, will provide, provided, provides) people the
first boat, and (e) _________ (a, this, the, these) first wheel. Trees also help (f)
_________ (conserve, conserves, conserved, conserving) soil and water.
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