WORKSHEET 5

Q1. Omission(4)
Before Missing After
Most people travel as part of their e.g. as a part
daily routine because it enjoyable. (a) _______ _______ _______
There are lots places to explore in (b) _______ _______ _______
the world. Travelling worth every (c) _______ _______ _______
penny you spend memories last forever. (d) _______ _______ _______
When travelling, one the opportunity (e) _______ _______ _______
to meet different people many different (f) _______ _______ _______
places. One the most important social (g) _______ _______ _______
skills that we learn is how interact and (h) _______ _______ _______
communicate with different people.
Q2. Read the dialogue given below and complete the paragraph that follows. (3)
Nathen : I could not call my English tutor.
Mother : Have you cancelled today’s class ?
Nathen : His phone is dead and there is no other way to contact him.
Nathen told his mother that (a) ________________________________. Mother asked him (b)
__________________________________. Nathen replied that (c) _________________
____________________________way to contact him.
Q3. The following passage has not been edited. Edit it._________________________(3)
The rhododendron is common at the Himalayan at in
a) ranges, particularly in a Shimla Hills. It is ______ ______
b) a large shrub or tree which attaining a height of ______ ______
c) about 40 ft. The leaves is 4-6 inches long, ______ ______
d) distinctly veined or whitish beneath. ______ ______
e) Its flowers is in dense clusters and are of ______ ______
f) red colour. It flowers in the Himalayas since ______ ______
March to May.
Q4. Rearrange the following. (4)
(a)Have become/ part of/ developing city/ airstrips/ an essential/ any
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(b)tourism/ in/ Air taxis/the state / will /boost.
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(c)need/ we/ heliports/ and/ more flight/ landing facilities
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(d)promote/ will/ surely/ our tourism/ such services/ sector
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Q5.Read the following extracts carefully and answer the questions that follow: (4)
(i) Then a monstrous terror seized him and his heart stood still. He could hear nothing. But it only
lasted a minute. The next moment he felt his wings spread outwards. The wind rushed against his
breast feathers, then under his stomach, and against his wings. He could feel the tips of his wings
cutting through the air. He was not falling headlong now. He was soaring gradually downwards
arid outwards, He was no longer afraid. He just felt a bit dizzy. Then he flapped his wings once
and he soared upwards. “Ga, ga, ga, Ga, ga, ga, Gaw-col-ah,” his mother swooped past him, her
wings making a loud noise. He answered her with another scream. Then his father flew over him
screaming. He saw his two brothers and his sister flying around him curving and banking and
soaring and diving. (Chapter 3-Story I :His First Flight)
(a) What did the young seagull feel the next moment?
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(b) What did the young seagull’s mother do?
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(c) Find out the word from the passage that means the same as ‘fly high in the air’._________
(d) Find out from the passage a word that means ‘to grab’.____________________________
(ii) Paris was about 150 kilometres behind me when I saw the clouds…. storm clouds. They
were huge. They looked like black mountains ‘standing in front of me across the sky-1 knew
I could not fly up and over them, and I did not have enough fuel to fly around them to the
north or south. (Chapter 3-Story II :The Black Aeroplane) (4)
(a) What happened when the pilot was about 150 kilometres away from Paris?
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(b) What does the author compare the clouds to?
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(c) Find out the word similar in meaning as sufficient._______________________________
(d) The word ‘elephantine’ is similar in meaning to the word _________________________

(iii)What had the young seagull watched his parents doing the day before? (2)
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(iv) Why did the writer follow the pilot of another aeroplane? (2)
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(v) What did the hungry seagull find on the ledge? How did he feel? (2)
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(vi) Why did Hari think it would be easy to deceive Anil? (2)
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