CLASS XI

WORKSHEET FOR PRACTICE

1. Fill in the gaps with the correct form of verbs:
Jacob had a terrible reputation in the hostel as a practical joker. He always
_______ (play) tricks on his friends, which ________ (irritate) them. Of course,
their annoyance only ________ (increase) his zest for ________ (spring)
surprises on his unwary colleagues.
Once, he played a prank on his room mate, Arun, who ______ (go) out for the
evening. The path Arun _______ (take) back to the hostel __________ (run)
beside a shallow but dirty pond. When Arun returned, Jacob _______ (spring)
at him from behind a bush and ________ (push) him into the pond. As Arun
emerged, his once white kurta now __________ (streak) with green slime,
Jacob _______ (roar) with laughter. ‘Sorry for spoiling your kurta, Arun,’ he
_______ (jeer). ‘It’s not my kurta,’ said Arun, ‘I ________ (borrow) it. It’s
yours.’
2. Rearrange the words into meaningful sentences:
a) world/in/no/than/fourteen/this/there/human/of/affairs/is/age
/of/a/at the/boy/nuisance/worse
b) physical/taken/centuries/very/exercise/by/india/the/and/
nineteenth/little/was/in/Englishwomen/eighteenth/in
3. Answer the following questions:
a) What were the traits that helped the sailors survive all odds?
b) Why did Zahi Hawass heave a sigh of relief after the scan was
conducted successfully?
c) Grandmother was very traditional and conventional in her approach.
Explain.
d) What silences the poetess, Shirley Toulson and to what effect?
e) When confronted by Byro on way to the vineyard why was Mourad
not ruffled even a bit?
f) Was it credible for Byro to overlook the stealing of the boys or
Mourad was able to carry the lie?
g) How did the narrator reconcile herself to the loss of her mother’s
precious belongings?
4. Nowadays reading has taken a backseat with the younger generation.
Deliver a speech in the morning assembly on ‘Why is it important to
inculcate reading habits’. You are Mridul/Sreema, Editor of School
Magazine of standard X.