Revision Worksheet

Literature
Section A: Novel
Q1. Recall the novel “Around the World in Eighty Days” and encircle the correct option.

i. Mr. Fogg's hobbies included.........................................................

a. reading and playing cards
b. swimming and sleeping
c. travelling and eating new food
ii. The men discuss a recent robbery of …………….………from the Bank of England by a
“well-to-do” gentleman.
a. £35,000
b. £45,000
c. £55,000
iii. At which important canal does Detective Fix await Fogg's arrival?
a. Panama canal
b. Erie canal
c. Suez Canal
iv. Passepartout gets in trouble because he enters a temple wearing………………………….

a. hat
b. shoes
c. western clothes
v. Who do they hire as a guide?
a. Sir Francis
b. Young Parsee
c. Old woman

Q2. Attempt any FIVE questions.

i. According to you, why did Phileas Fogg make the bet? Why did the other members of the
Reform Club agree to bet?

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ii. Why does Fix believe that Fogg is the robber?

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iii. Enlist at least three adjectives that describe Fogg’s personality.

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iv. Name three cities Phileas Fogg visited in India.

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v. What are some of the character traits of Aouda?

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vi. From the novel, what is known about the Indian ritual of Suttee?

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vii. In your opinion, is Passepartout more of a help or hindrance for Fogg’s journey?

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 Section B: Poetry

Q1. Encircle the correct option.

i. What lesson did you learn from ‘Ozymandias’?

a. Power is important.
b. Old art is useless.
c. Nothing lasts forever.

ii. What does the poem ‘Home Thoughts, from Abroad’ celebrates?
a. Glory and passion.
b. Every day and the domestic.
c. Nature and its beauty.

iii. What is the poem ‘My Parents Kept me from Children who were Rough’, about?
a. Education.
b. Bullying.
c. Parenting.

iv. In the poem ‘Ozymandias’, whom does the poet meet?

a. A sculptor.
b. The powerful King.
c. A traveller.

v. How the poet was different from the rough boys in ‘My Parents kept me from Children who
were Rough’?
a. He lisped when he spoke.
b. He was better than them in studies.
c. He was a rich boy.

Q2. Attempt any FIVE questions.

Read the following verses carefully:

I  feared the salt coarse pointing of those boys

Who copied my lisp behind me on the road
i. What does “salt course” means in the poem and what does it signify?
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ii. The poem, ‘Ozymandias’, discusses the temporariness of power. Justify the statement with

reference to the poem.

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Read the following verses carefully:

1. No time to stand beneath the boughs

And stare as long as sheep or cows.

2. No time to see, in broad daylight,

Streams full of stars, like skies at night.

iii. Identify the figures of speech in the above verses and explain their usage.

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iv. What in your opinion does the poet think about his parents in ‘My Parents kept me away from

Children who were Rough’?

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v. What does the narrator mean when he says “Nothing beside remains”? How this line describes

the main idea of the poem ‘Ozymandias’?

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vi. How Robert Browning describes his homesickness in the poem, ‘Home Thoughts from Abroad’?

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vii. What kind of life is it according to the poet when we have no time to admire the nature in the

poem ‘Leisure’?

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Section C: Grammar

Q1. Read the questions carefully and choose the correct option.

i. She had the determination to take part in the swimming competition. Which ONE of the
following word is the synonym of the word determination?

a. happiness
b. will power
c. knowledge

ii. You are my sunshine. This statement is an example of ……………….

a. imagery
b. metaphor

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iii. I was waiting for her to arrive so we can leave for the airport together. In this statement, which
verb tense is being used?

a. Past Simple Tense

b. Past Continuous Tense
c. Past Perfect Tense

iv. How often do you get a new dress? In this question, the word often is an ………………

a. adjective
b. interjection
c. adverb

v. I turned …………………..when I dropped the water............................

Choose the correct homophone/homonym sequence.

a. pail, pale
b. pale, pale
c. pale, pail

Q2. Write the correct homophones for the following sentences:

i. She wanted the latest (addition) ………………………………. of that magazine.

ii. I want to (higher) ………………………………… a new personal assistant.

iii. (Cast) …………………………………………..system is very prevalent in Indian culture.

iv. She wanted the (excess)…………………………………………..to her friend’s apartment.

v. He is going to buy a (wring)…………………………………. for his engagement.

Q3. Use the correct form of verb where required.

i. The doctor’s waiting room was full of people. Some.................................................. (read) a

magazine, a woman ………………………………(knit) and a child …….………………….

(play) with a doll. Suddenly the door………………………………. (open) and a nurse

………………………………….... (come) out.

ii. Maryam told him what ……………………………….. (happen) to his dog, so he

…………………………….… (run) home to see how it ………………………. (be).

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iii. The police ……….………………. (investigate) the robbery. So far, they discovered nothing

and …………………………… (arrest) no one.