B.C.M Arya Model Sr. Sec. School, Shastri Nagar, Ludhiana VII (English Assignment) Oct-Nov.

(2013-14)
1. Turn the following sentences into Indirect speech: 1. He said, There was a big fire here last night! 8. Rama said, Harry is an idle boy. 2. Tom says, There is no ink in the ink-pot. 9. Ashok will say, Dinner is ready. 3. Miss Green said, Susan work very hard. 10. Henry said to me, You are wrong. 4. He said, Where do you come from? 11. She cried, O that I were dead! 5. Call the witness said the magistrate. 12. He said to me, How old are you? 6. The teacher said to the boys, Work hard if you want to pass the examination. 7. He said to the servant, Bring me some cold water to drink. 2. Supply all the necessary stops and capitals in the following sentences: 1. mohan one of your old friends met me in delhi last sunday. 2. The teacher said London stands on the thames 3. akbar the greatest of the Mughal emperors ruled wisely 4. hindus muslims sikhs christians and parsis live together in india 5. alas I am undone said the poor woman 6. the teacher cried out angrily what are you doing peter. 7. I feel I have not obeyed you o father said Abraham 8. the Ramayana and the mahabharta are the two great books of india 9. i will tell you what I did after i had returned from the united states of america in april last year 10. lila said to kamala how beautiful we look 11. he was honest sincere hardworking and faithful 12. lions tigers panthers and leopards all belong to the cat family 3. Supply the correct form of the given verb: 1. Bad students never _________ hard. (work) 2. She usually __________ Hindi (speak) 3. Mother always __________ food in the kitchen (cook) 4. A vegetarian is a person who never __________ meat. (eat) 5. We _________ to the hills for a month every summer (go) 6. An honest man always __________ the truth. (tell) 7. She often ____________ us in the evening. (visit) 8. He rarely ___________ out for a walk on Sundays. (go) 9. He sometimes ___________ late to the office. (come) 10. There are some birds that ___________ every year. (migrate) 11. My sister never _________ coffee. (drink) 12. I usually _________ up at six o clock every morning. (get) 4. E-mail Writing: Your neighbour has a dog which keeps on barking all the time. This disturbs you particularly at night when you want to sleep. Write an-email to your neighbour requesting him to restrain his dog from creating disturbance. 5. Write an-email to your friend, congratulating him on his taking up an appointment. 6. Data Interpretation The following line graph shows the increase in the number of vehicles in an Indian city. Study the information carefully and then summarise it in about 80-100 words.

80 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 2006 2007 2008 2009 15

75

2010

7. Look at the following pie chart. It shows the preferences of teenagers for different types of vehicles. Write a paragraph in about 80-100 words summarizing the types of vehicles the youth of today prefer and the reason for their preferences.

Cycles (15%) preffered by children 6-12 years

Sales

Motor Cycle (40%) School (IX-XII) & college students go for power, pick-up, style, mileage

Auto-start Mopeds & Scooters (20%) preffered by girls for convenience of use

Scooters (25%) Many feel scooters are for families

8. In the following passages, one word has been omitted in each line against which a blank is given. Write the missing word along with the word tht comes before and the word that comes after it in the space provided. (a) A devotee Ramakrishna Paramahansa (a) _______________ asked him What the central teaching (b) _______________ of Bhagavad Gita? The sage replied, (c) _______________ If you utter the word Gita? a times (d) _______________ in rapid succession you begin say (e) _______________ taagi, taagi and is the (f) _______________ essence Gita. Taagi means one (g) _______________ who renounced the world. (h) _______________ (b) The ice-cream cone invented in America an ice-cream seller ran out containers. Next door a maker waffles (thin wafer-like biscuits) rolled up a waffle into cone and the ice-cream was served that. That was the beginning of the ice-cream cone, most environment-friendly form packaging. (a) _______________ (b) _______________ (c) _______________ (d) _______________ (e) _______________ (f) _______________ (g) _______________ (h) ______________

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