Eng Revision and Practice sheet
PRACTICE SHEET
1. Composition (a) Today’s generation prefers junk food to a nutritious and balanced one. The pie chart given below shows the result of the health check- up conducted in the school. Interpret the data in about 100 words. Normal 50% Underweight 10% Skin Problems 10% Dental Problems 15% Eye Problems 10% Obese 5% Health Check-up
(b) You are Raman/Ragini of 25/51, Lajpat Nagar, New Delhi. Write a letter to the principal of your school asking for permission to order more sports equipment. Mention the damaged condition of the existing equipment and also the unavailability of some.
2. Fill in the blanks with appropriate words. (a) He was very happy _________ my success. i. in ii. on iii. of iv. for
(b) The police cautioned the school management __________ anti-social elements. i. by ii. at iii. against iv. to
(c) Netwon was sitting __________ the tree when the apple fell. i. to ii. at iii. is iv. under 3. The following sentencesare not edited. There is one error in each line. Write the error and its correction as shown in the example.
Error Correction e.g. It was a Wednesday afternoon. When I returned home through school, through from
(a) I left home at Sunday morning to go to the airport.
(b) I found that my mother was above the kitchen waiting for my younger sister.
(c) She was happily playing about her friends. (d) A bee was humming under the window.
(e) I looked by the box on the floor. 4. Answer the following questions in 30 to 40 words each
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(a) What was Adolf Hitler’s offer to Dhyan Chand?
2 (b) What were Dhyan Chand’s hobbies?
5. Answer the following questions in about 60 –80 words.
(a) When and how did Dhyan Chand practise his game?
3 (b) How is Dhyan Chand commemorated in India?
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1. Do as directed. a. Will you be travelling by flight ________ you have booked your train tickets? (Fill in the blank with a coordinating conjunction.)
1 b. She ran as fast as she could ________ she did not win the race. (Fill in the blank with a coordinating conjunction.)
1 c. We waited at the airport ________ all our luggage arrived. (Fill in the blank with a subordinating conjunction.)
1 d. She walked home by herself ________ she knew it was not safe to do so. (Fill in the blank with a subordinating conjunction.)
1 e. good evening welcome to the show said the magician. (Punctuate appropriately and rewrite the sentence.
2 f. He said, “I met your class teacher at the grocery store yesterday.” (Change the direct speech into indirect speech)
1 g. The teacher said that they would go for an excursion on Thursday. (Change the indirect speech into direct speech)
1 h. My mother baked the cake. (Rewrite the sentence in the passive voice.)
1 i. This story is written by my father. (Rewrite the sentence in the active voice.)
1 2. Your brother who studies in college and lives in hostel has come home for Diwali vacation. He has suddenly fallen ill and is hospitalized to undergo treatment. Write an email to his principal stating the above and informing about your brother’s inability to join college on re-opening day.
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3. It is Vidhya’s and Tanmay’s parents’ wedding anniversary. The children plan to surprise their parents. They decide to buy them a present with their pocket money. Write a conversation between them when they decide what present they should buy. Write four dialogues per person.
4 4. Write a personal account of the Independence Day celebration at your school. Remember to use descriptive words to create a picture for your reader. Do not exceed more than 100 words.
5 5. Answer the following question in about 75 to 100 words.
2 In the novel ‘The Swiss Family Robinson’, what did father do to give him peace of mind before he went back to the wreck?
Section A (Reading Comprehension)
1. Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow: The earth is losing its forests. Presently, trees cover about 30 percent of the earth's surface, but they are being destroyed at an alarming rate. Timber harvesting is a major reason for the destruction of the forests. At least 40 hectares of rainforest are being felled every minute, mostly to extract the valuable timber. Another way that man is destroying the world's forests is by burning them down. The main reason for this is to clear the land for farming. Farmers in rainforest countries are often poor and cannot afford to buy land. Instead, they clear rainforest land to raise their animals or grow their crops. Already more than thirty tropical countries have reached a critical level of forest destruction. Healthy trees are a vital part of the environment, and keep the entire balance of the atmosphere agreeable to all life forms. Forests are catchment areas for rainwater. Furthermore, forests help maintain the water cycles in the area. Thus, the destruction of forests may also lead to a reduction in rainfall over the area, resulting in drought. Forests also protect and feed the soil. Tees curb soil erosion. Apart from preventing soil erosion and landslides, forests, with their abundant supply of leaves, give compost back to the land, thus helping it to remain fertile. The leaves of the trees and the droppings of the birds, animals and insects which live in them, fall to the ground, where they decay and replenish the soil with mulch, minerals and manure. Forests are rich in flora and fauna. The rainforests are home to over half of the entire species of the world. Plants and creatures are god's gift to us and they serve mankind, each in its own way.
(a) State one major reason for the destruction of the forests.
(b) How do trees contribute towards the fertility of the soil?
(c) Why are healthy trees a vital part of the environment?
(d) Why do the farmers clear the rainforest land?
2. Read the passage given below.
1. On the bank of a river, there was a tall and sturdy oak tree.
Near that oak tree, some reeds had grown on the ground. The reeds were weak and slender. Whereas the oak tree looked huge and stout. The tree was very proud of his size and strength. He often ridiculed the weak reeds.
2. One day the oak tree boasted, “Look, how strong I am! I can resist the powerful wind without bowing down before it. But you reeds are so week that you cannot even sustain the soft breeze and start trembling with fear. The tree continued with his boastful talk, “I am so strong that I can block the way of the wind, whereas you weak vegetation bows down even before the gentle blow of the wind.
3. After hearing enough from the oak tree, the reeds said humbly, “Of course we are weak in front of the strong wind and so we pay our respect to the wind by bowing down in front of it. I think that you should also sometimes bow down in front of the powerful wind.”
4. The arrogant tree laughed aloud, “Ha, Ha! I am not a reed who bows down to all and everyone. I’m a stout oak tree who never bends.” The wind which had been hearing the tree’s arrogant talk since long, couldn’t tolerate it anymore. It blew so hard that the tall and sturdy oak tree was uprooted and thrown on the ground. However, the weak and slender reeds survived because they bowed to save themselves from the strong wind blow. It shows that how humility always wins.
2.1 Answer the following questions:
(a) How did the tree ridicule the weak reeds?
(b) What happened to the arrogant tree at last? 2.2 Find meanings of the words given below with the help of the options that follow:
(a) sturdy (Paragraph 1) (i) thin (ii) well built (iii) tall (iv)weak (b) humility (Paragraph 4) (i) modesty (ii) meaningful (iii) grateful (iv)kindness
Section B (Writing and Grammar) 3. Dialogue Writing (a) Write a conversation between two friends in the form of a dialogue, where they discuss their choice of career. Write only four dialogues per person.
Email Writing (b) You are Ahmed/Alia. Your friend from another city has sent you an email inviting you to spend the Christmas vacation with him/her. Reply to the email accepting the invitation.
4. Letter Writing (a) You are Chandan/Chandini, a student of VI standard of Blossoms High School, Navy Nagar, Mumbai. Write a letter to your class teacher asking him/her to grant you leave for seven days. State appropriate reasons for the same Descriptive Writing
(b) You are James/Jennifer, secretary of the Book Club of your school. You recently attended a book fair with your parents. Describe the scene around you.
5. Complete the following paragraphs by filling in the blanks with the help of the given options: Conjunctions and Prepositions Rima helped mother in cooking today. She cut the vegetables _________mother kneaded the dough. The meal was ready _________the guests arrived.
(a) (i) while (ii) when (iii) if (iv)then (
b) (i) because (ii) for (iii) before (iv)since
Vidhya works as a coordinator at school. She teaches _________ manages some administrative tasks in her role. She likes going to work_________ teaching is her passion.
(a) (i) not only (ii) as well as (iii) but also (iv)either
(b) (i) provided (ii) until (iii) because (iv)though
We have a big library _____ our school. It has books neatly stacked ______ shelves.
(c) (i) at (ii) in (iii) on (iv)with
(d) (i) upon (ii) up (iii) on (iv)from
6. Do as directed.
(a) Punctuation
Rewrite the sentences using appropriate punctuation marks.
(i) Spain is a beautiful country the beaches are warm sandy and spotlessly clean
(ii) Yes Jim said I ll be home by ten
(iii) I cant see Tims car there must have been an accident (b) Direct and Indirect Speech Rewrite the sentences using indirect speech.
(i) She said, “My grandfather is going to cook dinner for us.”
(ii) Victor said,” Yeah, I’ve been to Greece.”
(iii) They said,” We have been to this restaurant before.” (c) Active and Passive Voice Rewrite the following sentence in the passive voice.
(i) Our teacher teaches interesting lessons to us.
(ii) Mother baked an apple pie for the evening party.
(iii) Shasya wrote a letter to her friend.
Rewrite the following sentences in the active voice.
(i) Harry Potter is written by J.K Rowling.
(ii) The inaugural speech will be given by the Principal
(iii) The desk had not been spoiled by Krishiv.
Section C (Literature)
7. Read the passages given below and answer the questions that follow.
The Wizard – Major Dhyan Chand August 29, Dhyan Chand’s birthday, is celebrated as National Sports Day. The President gives away sport-related awards such as Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award,Arjuna Award and Dronacharya Award on this day at the Rashtrapati Bavan,India
(a) What is Dhyan Chand Award?
(b) Who is awarded the Dhyan Chand award? Palanquin Bearers She sways like a flower in the wind of our song; She skims like a bird on the foam of a stream, She floats like a laugh from the lips of a dream. Gaily, O gaily we glide and we sing, We bear her along like a pearl on a string.
(a) How do the Palanquin bearers feel as they carry the bride? (b) Why are the bride’s eyes full of tears as she is taken in the palanquin? 8. Answer the following questions in 30 - 40 words each.
The Wizard – Major Dhyan Chand (
a) What did Major Dhyan Chand do after his retirement in 1956? (b) Why was Major Dyan Chand called ‘Chand’ by his fellow players?
Palanquin Bearers
(a) Describe the emotions of the bride in the Palanquin?
(b) What is a Palanquin and who are the Palanquin Bearer?
What was it used for? 9. Answer the following questions in about 30 - 50 words.
The Wizard – Major Dhyan Chand
(a) What are Major Dhyan Chand’s hobbies? (b) Why were Dhyan Chand and Roop Singh nicknamed as ‘hockey twins’? Palanquin Bearers
(a) In the poem the ‘Palanquin Bearers’,how has the poetess conveyed that the Palaquin bearers are proud and happy to carry the bride ?
(b) Lightly, O lightly we glide and we sing, what does this line tell about the bride. Which other words in the poem support the idea?
10. Answer the following questions in about 75–100 words.
(a) Describe in your own words what the woods were like when the Simpson family came close to it? (b) How did father make the ladder?
(c) How did Fritz and father bring the livestock back to the island?
1. Composition (a) Today’s generation prefers junk food to a nutritious and balanced one. The pie chart given below shows the result of the health check- up conducted in the school. Interpret the data in about 100 words. Normal 50% Underweight 10% Skin Problems 10% Dental Problems 15% Eye Problems 10% Obese 5% Health Check-up
(b) You are Raman/Ragini of 25/51, Lajpat Nagar, New Delhi. Write a letter to the principal of your school asking for permission to order more sports equipment. Mention the damaged condition of the existing equipment and also the unavailability of some.
2. Fill in the blanks with appropriate words. (a) He was very happy _________ my success. i. in ii. on iii. of iv. for
(b) The police cautioned the school management __________ anti-social elements. i. by ii. at iii. against iv. to
(c) Netwon was sitting __________ the tree when the apple fell. i. to ii. at iii. is iv. under 3. The following sentencesare not edited. There is one error in each line. Write the error and its correction as shown in the example.
Error Correction e.g. It was a Wednesday afternoon. When I returned home through school, through from
(a) I left home at Sunday morning to go to the airport.
(b) I found that my mother was above the kitchen waiting for my younger sister.
(c) She was happily playing about her friends. (d) A bee was humming under the window.
(e) I looked by the box on the floor. 4. Answer the following questions in 30 to 40 words each
.
(a) What was Adolf Hitler’s offer to Dhyan Chand?
2 (b) What were Dhyan Chand’s hobbies?
5. Answer the following questions in about 60 –80 words.
(a) When and how did Dhyan Chand practise his game?
3 (b) How is Dhyan Chand commemorated in India?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Subject: English Topic: Practice Sheet 6
1. Do as directed. a. Will you be travelling by flight ________ you have booked your train tickets? (Fill in the blank with a coordinating conjunction.)
1 b. She ran as fast as she could ________ she did not win the race. (Fill in the blank with a coordinating conjunction.)
1 c. We waited at the airport ________ all our luggage arrived. (Fill in the blank with a subordinating conjunction.)
1 d. She walked home by herself ________ she knew it was not safe to do so. (Fill in the blank with a subordinating conjunction.)
1 e. good evening welcome to the show said the magician. (Punctuate appropriately and rewrite the sentence.
2 f. He said, “I met your class teacher at the grocery store yesterday.” (Change the direct speech into indirect speech)
1 g. The teacher said that they would go for an excursion on Thursday. (Change the indirect speech into direct speech)
1 h. My mother baked the cake. (Rewrite the sentence in the passive voice.)
1 i. This story is written by my father. (Rewrite the sentence in the active voice.)
1 2. Your brother who studies in college and lives in hostel has come home for Diwali vacation. He has suddenly fallen ill and is hospitalized to undergo treatment. Write an email to his principal stating the above and informing about your brother’s inability to join college on re-opening day.
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3. It is Vidhya’s and Tanmay’s parents’ wedding anniversary. The children plan to surprise their parents. They decide to buy them a present with their pocket money. Write a conversation between them when they decide what present they should buy. Write four dialogues per person.
4 4. Write a personal account of the Independence Day celebration at your school. Remember to use descriptive words to create a picture for your reader. Do not exceed more than 100 words.
5 5. Answer the following question in about 75 to 100 words.
2 In the novel ‘The Swiss Family Robinson’, what did father do to give him peace of mind before he went back to the wreck?
Section A (Reading Comprehension)
1. Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow: The earth is losing its forests. Presently, trees cover about 30 percent of the earth's surface, but they are being destroyed at an alarming rate. Timber harvesting is a major reason for the destruction of the forests. At least 40 hectares of rainforest are being felled every minute, mostly to extract the valuable timber. Another way that man is destroying the world's forests is by burning them down. The main reason for this is to clear the land for farming. Farmers in rainforest countries are often poor and cannot afford to buy land. Instead, they clear rainforest land to raise their animals or grow their crops. Already more than thirty tropical countries have reached a critical level of forest destruction. Healthy trees are a vital part of the environment, and keep the entire balance of the atmosphere agreeable to all life forms. Forests are catchment areas for rainwater. Furthermore, forests help maintain the water cycles in the area. Thus, the destruction of forests may also lead to a reduction in rainfall over the area, resulting in drought. Forests also protect and feed the soil. Tees curb soil erosion. Apart from preventing soil erosion and landslides, forests, with their abundant supply of leaves, give compost back to the land, thus helping it to remain fertile. The leaves of the trees and the droppings of the birds, animals and insects which live in them, fall to the ground, where they decay and replenish the soil with mulch, minerals and manure. Forests are rich in flora and fauna. The rainforests are home to over half of the entire species of the world. Plants and creatures are god's gift to us and they serve mankind, each in its own way.
(a) State one major reason for the destruction of the forests.
(b) How do trees contribute towards the fertility of the soil?
(c) Why are healthy trees a vital part of the environment?
(d) Why do the farmers clear the rainforest land?
2. Read the passage given below.
1. On the bank of a river, there was a tall and sturdy oak tree.
Near that oak tree, some reeds had grown on the ground. The reeds were weak and slender. Whereas the oak tree looked huge and stout. The tree was very proud of his size and strength. He often ridiculed the weak reeds.
2. One day the oak tree boasted, “Look, how strong I am! I can resist the powerful wind without bowing down before it. But you reeds are so week that you cannot even sustain the soft breeze and start trembling with fear. The tree continued with his boastful talk, “I am so strong that I can block the way of the wind, whereas you weak vegetation bows down even before the gentle blow of the wind.
3. After hearing enough from the oak tree, the reeds said humbly, “Of course we are weak in front of the strong wind and so we pay our respect to the wind by bowing down in front of it. I think that you should also sometimes bow down in front of the powerful wind.”
4. The arrogant tree laughed aloud, “Ha, Ha! I am not a reed who bows down to all and everyone. I’m a stout oak tree who never bends.” The wind which had been hearing the tree’s arrogant talk since long, couldn’t tolerate it anymore. It blew so hard that the tall and sturdy oak tree was uprooted and thrown on the ground. However, the weak and slender reeds survived because they bowed to save themselves from the strong wind blow. It shows that how humility always wins.
2.1 Answer the following questions:
(a) How did the tree ridicule the weak reeds?
(b) What happened to the arrogant tree at last? 2.2 Find meanings of the words given below with the help of the options that follow:
(a) sturdy (Paragraph 1) (i) thin (ii) well built (iii) tall (iv)weak (b) humility (Paragraph 4) (i) modesty (ii) meaningful (iii) grateful (iv)kindness
Section B (Writing and Grammar) 3. Dialogue Writing (a) Write a conversation between two friends in the form of a dialogue, where they discuss their choice of career. Write only four dialogues per person.
Email Writing (b) You are Ahmed/Alia. Your friend from another city has sent you an email inviting you to spend the Christmas vacation with him/her. Reply to the email accepting the invitation.
4. Letter Writing (a) You are Chandan/Chandini, a student of VI standard of Blossoms High School, Navy Nagar, Mumbai. Write a letter to your class teacher asking him/her to grant you leave for seven days. State appropriate reasons for the same Descriptive Writing
(b) You are James/Jennifer, secretary of the Book Club of your school. You recently attended a book fair with your parents. Describe the scene around you.
5. Complete the following paragraphs by filling in the blanks with the help of the given options: Conjunctions and Prepositions Rima helped mother in cooking today. She cut the vegetables _________mother kneaded the dough. The meal was ready _________the guests arrived.
(a) (i) while (ii) when (iii) if (iv)then (
b) (i) because (ii) for (iii) before (iv)since
Vidhya works as a coordinator at school. She teaches _________ manages some administrative tasks in her role. She likes going to work_________ teaching is her passion.
(a) (i) not only (ii) as well as (iii) but also (iv)either
(b) (i) provided (ii) until (iii) because (iv)though
We have a big library _____ our school. It has books neatly stacked ______ shelves.
(c) (i) at (ii) in (iii) on (iv)with
(d) (i) upon (ii) up (iii) on (iv)from
6. Do as directed.
(a) Punctuation
Rewrite the sentences using appropriate punctuation marks.
(i) Spain is a beautiful country the beaches are warm sandy and spotlessly clean
(ii) Yes Jim said I ll be home by ten
(iii) I cant see Tims car there must have been an accident (b) Direct and Indirect Speech Rewrite the sentences using indirect speech.
(i) She said, “My grandfather is going to cook dinner for us.”
(ii) Victor said,” Yeah, I’ve been to Greece.”
(iii) They said,” We have been to this restaurant before.” (c) Active and Passive Voice Rewrite the following sentence in the passive voice.
(i) Our teacher teaches interesting lessons to us.
(ii) Mother baked an apple pie for the evening party.
(iii) Shasya wrote a letter to her friend.
Rewrite the following sentences in the active voice.
(i) Harry Potter is written by J.K Rowling.
(ii) The inaugural speech will be given by the Principal
(iii) The desk had not been spoiled by Krishiv.
Section C (Literature)
7. Read the passages given below and answer the questions that follow.
The Wizard – Major Dhyan Chand August 29, Dhyan Chand’s birthday, is celebrated as National Sports Day. The President gives away sport-related awards such as Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award,Arjuna Award and Dronacharya Award on this day at the Rashtrapati Bavan,India
(a) What is Dhyan Chand Award?
(b) Who is awarded the Dhyan Chand award? Palanquin Bearers She sways like a flower in the wind of our song; She skims like a bird on the foam of a stream, She floats like a laugh from the lips of a dream. Gaily, O gaily we glide and we sing, We bear her along like a pearl on a string.
(a) How do the Palanquin bearers feel as they carry the bride? (b) Why are the bride’s eyes full of tears as she is taken in the palanquin? 8. Answer the following questions in 30 - 40 words each.
The Wizard – Major Dhyan Chand (
a) What did Major Dhyan Chand do after his retirement in 1956? (b) Why was Major Dyan Chand called ‘Chand’ by his fellow players?
Palanquin Bearers
(a) Describe the emotions of the bride in the Palanquin?
(b) What is a Palanquin and who are the Palanquin Bearer?
What was it used for? 9. Answer the following questions in about 30 - 50 words.
The Wizard – Major Dhyan Chand
(a) What are Major Dhyan Chand’s hobbies? (b) Why were Dhyan Chand and Roop Singh nicknamed as ‘hockey twins’? Palanquin Bearers
(a) In the poem the ‘Palanquin Bearers’,how has the poetess conveyed that the Palaquin bearers are proud and happy to carry the bride ?
(b) Lightly, O lightly we glide and we sing, what does this line tell about the bride. Which other words in the poem support the idea?
10. Answer the following questions in about 75–100 words.
(a) Describe in your own words what the woods were like when the Simpson family came close to it? (b) How did father make the ladder?
(c) How did Fritz and father bring the livestock back to the island?
