PRACTICE WORKSHEETS (AP)

ENGLISH CLASS – ADV. 10 TH

WORKSHET – 1 (UNIT 1A)

I. Reading Comprehension
Imagine having no arms to stretch in the morning, to help you scratch that itch, to
allow you to wrap your arms around your loved ones. Imagine having no legs to kick
pebbles down the street, to walk or run, to bicycle or skateboard, or get you from
point A to point B. Then imagine both at once, which is what Nick Vujicic has faced
his whole life. Have you heard something like this before?
Nick Vujicic was born with no arms and legs - but he doesn’t let the details stop him.
The brave 26-year-old — who is mainly a torso — plays football and golf, swims and
surfs, despite having no limbs.
Nick has a small foot on his left hip which helps him balance and enables him to kick.
He uses his one foot to type, write with a pen and pick things up between his toes.
‘I call it my chicken drumstick,’ joked Nick, who was born in Melbourne, Australia,
but now lives in Los Angeles. ‘I’d be lost without it.’

Now answer the following

1. Why does the writer ask the reader to imagine ‘having no arms and legs...’?

Ans.

2. Why does the author calls Nick brave?

Ans.

3. What does it mean “but he doesn’t let the details stop him..”?
A) Nick is not worried about the detailed description of his disability
B) Nick’s disability doesn’t stop him from achieving anything in life
C) Nick doesn’t want the reader to know the details
4. ‘I’d be lost without it.’ What does Nick refer to?
A) A small foot on his left hip.
B) A small leg on his left
C) A small pet chick.
5. Which of the following is true?
A) Nick was disappointed about his disability
B) Nick was able to live a normal life in spite of his disability.
C) Nick dreamt of playing football and golf despite having no limbs.

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 VOCABULARY

Synonyms: Read the paragraph and writ the synonyms of the underlined words
using the words given in brackets.

1. (Pick up, small stones, assume, to cover, to extend)

Imagine (a) having no arms to stretch (b) in the morning, to help you scratch that
itch, to allow you to wrap (c) your arms around your loved ones. Imagine having no
legs to kick pebbles (d) down the street, to walk or run, to bicycle or skateboard, or
get you from point A to point B.

2. (Happy, to carry, taken aback, went out, upset and anxious)

When Nick was born his father was so shocked(a) that he left (b) the hospital
room to vomit. His distraught (c) mother couldn't bring herself to hold (d) him
until he was four months old.

ANTONYMS

1. Read the paragraph and match the words under ‘A’ with their antonyms
under ‘B’
His disability (a) came without any medical explanation - a rare (b)
occurrence called Phocomelia - and Nick and his parents spent many years
asking why this cruel (c) trick would happen to them. 'My mother was a
nurse and she did everything right (d) during pregnancy but she still blamed
herself,' he said.
A B
a) disability 1. kind
b) rare 2. wrong
c) cruel 3. ability
d) right 4. Common

GRAMMAR
Editing: Edit the following passage correcting the underlined parts
1. Our age is a (a) age of competition. Our population has increasing (b)
in leaps and bounds. Parents are anxiety (c) to see their children well
placing (d) in the society.
A ....................................... B. ..............................
C ....................................... D ...............................
2. Trees are of great important (a) to us. They are also essential for birds and
animals. There (b) branches give shelter to millions of birds. Their branches,
leaves and fruits supports (c) lives of many kinds of animals. We value trees
not only for their useful (d) but also for their beauty.
A ....................................... B. ..............................
C ....................................... D ...............................

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 CREATIVE EXPRESSION
Conversation: Imagine Nick visited your school on the school annual day and you got a
chance to talk to him. Write a conversation between Nick and you.