Savar Cantonment Public School and College

Lesson for Practice-02

Class Ten (All Sections), Subject: English-1
Reproduced Passage
3. Read the following text and fill in each gap with suitable word based on the information of the text. 1x5=5
Once upon a time there lived a very rich and kind merchant in Venice. His name is Antonio. He used to help the poor,
so they loved him. He had a friend named Bassanio who used to lead grandeurs life. So, most of the time, he was in
want of money. But whenever he wanted money Antonio helped him with cash. One day Bassanio asked Antonio to
give him a handsome amount of money what he would use to marry a beautiful lady. Unfortunately, Antonio did not
have enough money that time as most of his ships were in the sea. So, finding no other way he went to a moneylender
named Shylock to borrow money. But Shylock was a shrewd man, and he had personal grudge with Antonio. So, he
took advantage over Antonio’s helplessness. He agreed to lend him money on one condition, that if Antonio would fail
to pay the debt in time, he had to give penalty of a pound of flesh from Antonio’s body. Antonio had nothing but to
agree to this condition.
>>Antonio and Shylock hated each other. But yet Antonio decided to borrow (a) ------- from Shylock. Shylock agreed to
give money (b) ------- Antonio on one (c) -------. Antonio willingly agreed thinking that his ships would (d) ------- return
with all the rich merchandise and he can easily return the money to (e) --------.
Unseen Passage
Read the following text carefully and answer the questions 4 and 5.
Zahiruddin Muhammad Babur, the founder of Mughal Dynasty, was born in 1483. At the early age of 11, Babur ‘s father died and
he became the king of Fargana. At the time of his accession to the throne, Babur was surrounded by enemies on all sides.
Ahmed Mirza attacked Babur in 1495 but the attack failed and died in the same year. In November 1497, Babur was able to
capture Sourate, but soon he lost both Sourate and Fargana and in February 1498, Babur was not the king of any place. He had
to live a life of a wanderer for more than one year.. In June, 1498, he was able to recapture the capital of Fargana. In 1500, Babur
conquered Samarkhand for the second time but he was forced to vacate it by the Uzbegs. In the same year he again lost
Fargana. The result was that in 1502, Babur decided to try his luck somewhere else. Babur set out for Kabul where there was
political chaos. He was able to manage the situation to his own advantage and occupied Kabul in 1504. As the King of Kabul, he
ruled twenty-two years when he went into his major offensive against India. He died in 1530.
4. Complete the table below with the information from the above passage. 1x5=5
Who/What Time Event Result
Babur born in 1483 the founder of Mughal (i) ----- established Mughal Dynasty
Death of Babur’s father died in (ii) ---- he lost his father Babur became the king of (iii) ---
Death of Babur in (iv) ------- before death he made his rule in a great loss to Mughal Dynasty
India (v) -------
5. Write a summary of the above passage in your own words. 10
6. Match the parts of sentence given in column ‘A’, ‘B’ and ‘C’ to write five complete sentences. 1x5=5
Column A Column B Column C
(a) Robinson Crusoe (i) wanted him to be (i) to the sea.
(b) He wanted (ii) that Crusoe should go (ii) a physician.
(c) His father did not (iii) like (iii) the idea at all.
(d) He did not want (iv) was born (iv) in England.
(e) His father. (v) to be a sailor (v) from his boyhood
7. Put the following parts of the story in correct order to make the whole story. Only the corresponding numbers of the
sentences need to be written. 1x8=8
(a) He took part in the revolt against King Edward I of England for the independence of his country.
(b) But his army was defeated again and again.
(c) Robert Bruce was the king of Scotland.
(d) He led an expedition against England, overthrew the English army and secured the independence of Scotland.
(e) It fell down repeatedly but did not give up its attempts. As its seventh attempt, it succeeded in reaching the top.
(f) He noticed the spider trying to reach the top of the steep wall of the cave.
(g) Being defeated for six times, he lost all hopes and fled away to save his life. One day he was lying in a cave in the forest.
(h) Bruce got back his hope at that incident, took courage and gathered his soldiers together.