_' NAME — CLASS &SECTION |_| ROLL NO. CLASSROOM ASSIGNMENT ASSESSMENT [ ASSIGNMENT | Eee cen cr seal hoose the correct options to fill in the blanks to completett assages that follow. @ An iceberg is ice (a)..... .. from glaciers or ice shelves or larger icebergs and is floating in open water. (b) as an iceberg, the height of the ice must be greater than 16 feet above sea level and the thickness must be 98-164 feet. Most of the mass of iceberg (c) ..... . the surface ofthe water, which is dangerous to ships, (a) (i) thatisbreaking off (ii) thathas broken off (i) whichhadbeenbroken (iv). thatbreaksof (6) (i) Fordassifying (il) Tobeingdassfied (il) Frombeing dassiied (iv) Tobeclassfed (© (i) hasliedbelow liesbelow (i) hasbeenlyingbelow (iv) waslyingbelow @ @... : ‘a coastal place during one of your holidays, chances are that one of your stops () atrip toa lighthouse. Lighthouses play an important duty (c) ... . a guiding light to those travelling in waters. a) (i) Areyouevervisting (i) fyouhavebeen isting (ii) Asyouvisit (iv) Ifyouhaveever visited ©) () (i) wouldhaveincluded (© (@ toprovide (ii) fromproviding areincluding (ii) hasincluded (iv) includes of providing (iv) toproviding After water, concrete (4)... Earth. Concrete (b) substance on a mixture of cement, air, water, sand and gravel. Cement is a remarkably good construction material and © (2) (0) wasmorewidely used (id) ismuchwiderused (i) isthemostwidely used (iv) hasbeen themore widely useful .- modern development. s (©) (i) issomethingbut (ii) isnothing but (i) haseverythingand (v) isallbut (© ( theyarethefoundersof _(ii)_itisfounded by (i) itisthefoundationof (iv) ithasfounded @ Our fight against the poliovirus, (a) has spanned over decades. (b) .. nearly 3,50,000 in over 125 countries even (c) 1988, the numbers have dropped to hundreds in the recent years, (i) whoisstilongoing i) whichhasstillongone ) whichisstll ongoing tiv) whichhad been still ongoing ©) () Toeffect (i) Foraffecting (i) Fromhaving effected (iv) Fromaffecting (© ()_asrecentas (i) asrecentiy tke i) astecentlyas (iv) sorecentlyas ©) One of the major effects of climate change (a)English (Language & Literature) 10 habitats. While some species faceshrinkingranges, Co) ~ habitat destruction, For migrating birds, flooding or desertification (¢) ..... doom. (a) ()islosingthe (ii) isthelossof (iv) arethelossfrom (ii) othersfaced (iv) othersface (il) willhave beenlosses of (b) (i) anothersarefacing (ii) anothershavefaced (0 () mustspet (i) wouldhavesplt (i) shouldbespeting (i) couldspet © Wve sissimerrort (@) . drainage system ial years. The system, called ghutnali, @).. in all directions. 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The scientists named it in his honour, (c) in colour, like the signature outfit of Irwin, (a) (i) beingnamedafterthelatter (il) tobenamedafterthe atest (ii) havingbeen namedafter the later (iv) namedafterthelate (b) (i) isbeingdiscovered (iil) isdiscovered (li) wasdiscovered (iv) hasbeendiscovered (0 ()becauseit'sshellwaskhaki (ii) asitsshelliskhaki (ii) asitsshell waskhaki (iv) ifitsshellwaskhakiwave COE CLASSROOM | ASSIGNMENT ASSIGNMENT | Grammar (Editing : Error Corr (A) the followi ng passagi which have been under fromthe appropriate options ‘ontain some errors dit them by choosing a Babies (a) which put on weight (b) fastly in the first months of (c) there living are more likely 10 (d) grown in overweight adults, a new study (© have revealed. According to the lead author Dr Ken Ong (P for Cambridge, obese or overweight kids have (g) a increasing risk of suffering from various diseases in (h) latest stages of life, such 4s type 2 diabetes, heart disease and cancer. 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Polythene is (d) a such produce which (¢) find a wide application () by modern society with an average family using three polybags #ruage 8 Literature) 10, day. 1s largely (4? using for packing and stor and is (21) much wider ised in earry bias (a) (i) Hundredofnew (Hi) Hundreds of newly (i) Hundeedsotnew (0) Hundreds otnewest (0) (i) areappearing Wi) hasbeen appearing (i haveappeat (i) were appearing (0 (i) prolifeatedinto ii) prteratinginto (ii) proliferated in Aw) proliferatein (4) (i) asuchproduct (ili) onesuch product (i) onesuch produce (iv) one of such product VLOG) adfound (ii) sfinding (ii) hasbeenfinding (iv) astound (©) (fom (i) in (ii) with liv) for @ @ we (i) used (ii) useful (iv) beenused (h) (i) muchwidely iii) more wider (i) mostwidely (iv) mostwidest (B) The following passages have not been edited. There is an errorin each of the lines against which a blank is given. Write the incorrect word and the correction in the space provided. Remember to underline the word you have supplied. q@ ‘The demands of growing up and succeeding has resulted in children (a)... be subjected toa lot of pressure at 0)... an early stage. That often leads to (0) irregular eating habits, subsequent resulting in poor health. Adults todeal—(e).... by deadlines, pollution, stress, diseases () and the pressure of balancing both personal or professional lives. Allthis (a? takes the toll on our minds and bodies. ees + aon ry Junk food could be make healthier by Gar audded an extract ofan exotictypeofsen (1 weod, say British seientista The high fibrous seaweed extract, alginate, would he fd used to increase the fibre content to cakes, (« burgersand other typeset food who usually (7) contain big amount of fat and alow degree Gy) sh) ofhealthy nutrients, says the sei @ Loktak Lake, the large wetland of @ north-eastern region of India, were (b) traditionally used on agricultureand —_(c) fishingand the locals managedit'srich (d) biodiversity includinghigh endangered (c) ungurate species, locally call'Sangoi,—(?) hi And ‘development’ hasled to the i degradation of an ecosystem. wh)pate “ ROLLNO. Ass & SECTION PRACTICE | ASSIGNMENT “ASSESSMENT (ini) FiineverjumP (A) Choose the correct option to fill in the blanks to - complete the passages that report the conversations (iv) hehasneverjump given below. ® d,can you buy me another doll? o anika : Dad, can here Sir? re, but what happened to the dol] MOTORIST: Why have I been stopped, Sit? vivek = Sure. ee i ht yesterday? POLICEMAN : I'm sorry, Sir but you have jumped you bout — eg. qegiftedittomy friend Vidhi. the red light astm = tee Did I? 'm so sorry. Please, do issue a ticket. I'l never jump a red light MOTORIST again. I promise. A policeman stopped a motorist who had violated a red light signal but was not aware of it. When the policeman came to him, he politely asked him (a) sows » The policeman politely replied that the motorist) The motorist could not believe that he had jumped the red light and(c) He apologised to the police and promised that (d) red light again why did he stop him @ (ii) whyhewas stopped (iil) whyhashebeen topped (iv) whyhehadbeen stopped {(b) (i) hadjumpedthered ight (i) wasjumpingthe redlight ii) hasjumpedthered ight liv) jumpedthered ight (2 i) requestedhimnottoisueaticket (ii) toldhimpleaseissue aticket (ii) requested him toissueaticket (iv) asked himifhe couldissuea ticket (4) (i) hewilineverjump i) _hewouldneverjump Vivek's little Anika came to him and asked him vivek's Vivek promised to buy one for her (a) but wanted to know (/ the previous Anika replied (©) Vidhi couldhe buyheranother doll (i) thathe could buyher another dol ithe bought her anather doll iv) the could buy her another doll (b) (i) whathappenedtothe doll shehad bought i) whathashappenedtothedoll she bought iw) whathad happened to the doll she had bought (iv) whathadhappened tothe dollshebought é (2) (i) thatshehas giftedittoherfriend i) thatshehadgitedittoher friend (i) thatshegitedittoherfriend (iv) that! vegiftedit tomy friend (8) Choose the correct option to fill in the blanks tc complete the reported conversations that follov each of the comic strips given below. a) 7 = : o 7 # sore \i/ ase omea\|| pate sesnce fan, oni es rier andoh (Cane len) 30 ay the Wizard of qne other day th dof ID came qudent sitting under a tree young sud tree engrossed in sya book, He asked the young man fq) re lied th, : ag man replied that he w cares pl the was studying jouweal science: The Wied wanted to kag F With a Longue in his check, the replied (¢) young man Dut it wasonty elevant what washestudying whathewasstudying what are youstudying what youarestudying what exactly political scienceis w (i) exactly whatis politica science (ia) what political science exactly was (iv) whatexactly was political science itistke science fiction thatitstikesciencefiction (ii) thatthey were lke sciencefiction (iv). thatitwashike scence fiction One day a man came to a bank manager and told him (a) to open a jewellery store, Quite intrigued by the c sstomer's weird requirement of loan, the bank manager asked him (b for a jewellery store, The cust replied (6) tobuy a pry bar, a hacksaw and a glass cutter @ 0 thatheneeds a two hundred dollarioan thatl need atwo hundred dollarloan Ui) that needed a two hundred dollarloan (iv) that he needed atwo hundred dollarloan ow © @ Grammar Reported Speeds hy heneedsonytwohundred das (i) whyheneededoniytwohundred dais (i) thatwhyhehas needed onlytwohunred dlrs (0) thatwhyheneededoniytwohundeddolors thatlneed the money (i) thathneededthemoney (i) thatheneededthemoney (i) thatheneedsthe money @ Ashok's colleague Ms, Grundy one day remarked that sometimes (a) Ashok responded by saying ®) serious. Not expecting such a reply from Ashok, Ms Grundy commented that (c) .. tothe list of idiots. (2) ) think that everyone in the word was an dio excep for youandme (0) _shethinksthat everyone in the world was an idiot except foryouandher (i) she thought that everyone in the world was an idiot exceptforyouandher (iv) she thought that everyone in the world was an idiot exceptforhimandher ®) (i) thatteannottellityouare (ii) thathecouldnottetlifshewas (iv) thatshe couldnot telithe was @ (ui) shewasaddinghisnametoo (iu) hewasaddinghernametoo (iv) shehasaddedhisname too thathe cannottellifsheis sheisaddinghisnametoo