Letter and Grammar Exercise with Literature Passages, High school final essays of English

Download Letter and Grammar Exercise with Literature Passages and more High school final essays English in PDF only on Docsity! Section-A : Reading Skills 1. (i) (a) less (ii) (b) within limits (iii) (c) seniors at college (iv) Technical and Communication (v) One should avoid any communication in an emotional state because he/she might say things that can offend someone. (vi) One should not speak too fast while communicating. (vii) (b) grammatical (viii) People can judge, evaluate and promote us based on our communication skills. (ix) (a) evaluate (x) (b) contrary 2. (i) (d) all of these (ii) (c) Both (a) & (b) (iii) Eleanor was looked after by her grandmother after the death of the parents. (iv) Eleanor Roosevelt encouraged her husband to remain in politics. (v) Eleanor Roosevelt spent her growing years in New York. (vi) (d) All of these (vii) (b) Optimistic (viii) Polio (ix) (d) Tireless (x) (b) Tragedies Section-B : Grammar and Creative Writing Skills Grammar 3. (i) (d) about (ii) (d) will be given (iii) (c) since (iv) error correction older elderly (v) only Grandpa could take her things. (vi) that she had been teaching in that school for 10 years. (vii) Simran asked Neha if she got her toy from the U.S. (viii) (a) should (ix) Kiara’s companion Vinita received a gift every month by Kiara. APER Class 10 Code : 1841 English Language & Literature 2 English Language and Literature 10 (x) error correction have has (xi) (b) into (xii) started Writing 4.A. Anand Public School Kanpur 14th April, 20XX The Sales Manager Harmony House XYZ Street Kanpur Subject: Supply of musical instruments Sir, Through this letter, I wish to inform you that we need the following musical instruments for our forthcoming Inter- School Music Competion. The details are as follows: S. No. Musical Instrument Quantity 1. Sitars 10 2. Electric guitars 5 3. Drum sets 2 4. Flutes 15 5. Harmoniums 4 As it is a bulk order, we expect 20% discount on it. We would also like to know the details of the payment. It is needless to say that substandard instruments will not be accepted by us. Kindly make arrangements to send them in bubble packing so that they reach us in good condition. We hope to receive the instruments latest by 1st May, 20XX. Thanking you Yours sincerely, Ajeet Kumar (Music Teacher) OR B. House No. 103 Janakpuri, New Delhi 19th June, 20XX The Editor, The Hindustan Times, New Delhi Subject: Improvements in the wake of science and technology Sir, I wish to express my views about the improvements in our lives due to science and technology. We are living in times of acute scientific development where atomic energy has revolutionised our way of life. Besides Answer Key 5 She felt that Tricki would die if he did not get to meet Mrs. Pumphrey for that long period of time. (ii) Henry, the waiter, was knocking at the door of Ausable's room in hotel. He had brought the drinks which Ausable had ordered when he arrived in the hotel with Fowler. (iii) Brilliant scientist (give example) he was a lawless person, he was disliked by most people, was quick tempered, burnt the house of the landlord to take a revenge on him, stole money at priest’s house, (any other trait that reveals his darker side). Undoubtedly brilliant but his brilliance eclipsed by his negative traits. 10. (i) Valli was a determined, confident and brave girl. She was also a good planner. She sacri-ficed a lot of things in order to achieve her dream. For example, she curbed the temptation to buy sweets and riding the merry-go- round in the fair so that she could save money for the bus fare. Sacrificing all these things at such a tender age is very difficult for a child. She behaved confidently in the bus too and did not get bobbed down in the presence of the elders. When the bus reached the town. Valli did not succumb to the temptation of going out to explore the town or having a drink. She did so as she had a limited amount of money which she wanted to save for her return journey. So, Valli used her money wisely. When the conductor offered her a drink, she showed good manners in declining to have it. OR (ii) The story of Rapunzel is about a girl who had long magical hair. She was captured by an old witch in a tower. The old witch climbs up the tower with the help of Rapunzel’s long hair which she lets down for her through a window of the tower. One day, a thief visits her by climbing the tower with the help of her long hair. When the witch comes to know this, she makes effort to part the two, but all in vain. And Rapunzel with the help of the thief, attains freedom from the captivity of the witch. Amanda wants to be Rapunzel because she feels that life in the tower will be very calm as she would never let her hair down for anyone for any visitors. She wants to live in solitude. 11. (i) Bholi’s teacher played a pivotal role in bringing about a positive change in Bholi’slife. She spoke to Bholi affectionately and encouraged Bholi to learn all that was taught in school. She did not look down upon Bholi and encouraged her to overcome her fears. It was Bholi’s teacher only with whose support and guidance Bholi transformed into a self-reliant and a confident girl to such an extent that she rejected Bishamber Nath as her 6 English Language and Literature 10 groom and gave assurance to her parents that even being a girl child she would support her parents in old age. OR (ii) On returning from the ball, Matilda noticed that the necklace. which she had borrowed from Madame Forestier. was missing. They searched for the necklace everywhere. Matilda’s husband went out into the cold night searching for the lost necklace. He went on foot over the route, railway tracks and every possible place where the necklace could be found. He even filed a police complaint, enquired cab offices and put an advertisement in newspapers, offering a reward. But then, all his efforts went in vain as he was not able to find the lost necklace. APER Class 10 Code : 1842 English Language & Literature Section-A : Reading Skills 1. (i) (d) Option (4) (ii) (c) 1 and 4 (iii) (d) Officials admit that the emergency system is ........... in the longer run. (iv) The reason why living on the edge has become popular, is because of the constant need for something different. (v) circumstances that can be possibly dangerous. (vi) To organize our lives. (vii) (d) stress (viii) (c) (3) and (5) (ix) The message conveyed in the last paragraph of the passage is ‘Be yourself ’. (x) (c) lines on the highway. 2. (i) (d) WHO (ii) (d) Both (a) and (c) (iii) Delhi (iv) (a) 13 (v) (c) Installing CNG buses (vi) National Disaster Management Authority. (vii) The Chief Minister of Delhi compared the city to a Gas Chamber. (viii) Schools were closed for a few days. (ix) (a) rice stubbles (x) (c) Smog Answer Key 7 Section-B : Grammar and Creative Writing Skills Grammar 3. (i) (d) much (ii) (a) shall not (iii) (a) are going to invade (iv) error correction stand stood (v) it wanted her mother right then. (vi) that their flight was booked for the following week and that she could not return before that. (vii) Abhijeet asked George about his purpose behind moving to New Zealand. (viii) (b) was making (ix) Hardly had the game got over when the cards were put into the box. (x) error correction good better (xi) (b) has (xii) stay Writing 4.A. Sunrise Public School Agra, 14th April, 20XX The Manager Capital Book Store Agra Subject: Complaint against defective books Sir, Through this letter I wish to inform you that I had placed an order of some books for the school library. We received the parcel yesterday but we regret to inform you that the books found in the parcel are defective. Some of the books have misprinted pages whereas some other had pale pages. The Science books are not of the latest edition. We request you to replace the defective books at the earliest. Please ensure the books that will be sent again are not of substandard quality. We hope to receive an early response from your end. Thanking you, Yours sincerely, Vaibhav Das (Librarian) OR B. 389 Mayur Vihar New Delhi 14th May, 20XX 10 English Language and Literature 10 (v) On losing the ball, the boy is shocked and trembles with grief continuously staring at the place where the ball had fallen. This shows that he loved the ball and it was valuable for him. 9. (i) It is correct to say that Anil had forgiven Hari Singh. It was evident because Anil handed over to Hari a fifty rupee note as soon as Hari woke up. Though he knew that Hari had robbed the money last night but his subsequent actions gave him hope of change in Hari’s character. (ii) Horace was fond of rare, expensive books. He robbed a safe every year. Each year he planned carefully just what he would do, to steal enough to last for twelve months, and secretly bought the books he loved through an agent. (iii) At the London store, Griffin was able to give himself the pleasure of clothing and feeding himself without thinking about paying for the same. This is because the stores had closed down. He broke open boxes and wrappers and fitted himself out with warm clothes. 10. (i) The play ‘The Proposal’ teaches us how anger and arguments can easily ruin a relationship. Thus, to maintain a good relationship, it is important to have a control over one's anger. Having arguments over unimportant or trivial issues is extremely harmful and a waste of time. If someone commits a mistake, one should be ready to forgive and forget rather than being angry and arguing with the person endlessly. In today's time, people try to find only the positive things in others and do not easily accept their negative aspects. Hence is becoming extremely difficult to maintain a good and cordial relationship with others. OR (ii) In the poem, the trees are represented as a metaphor for human beings. The poet says, the way humans want freedom, nature too wants to be free from the control of hum The trees are brought to the artificial glass houses but the natural habitat for them is the forest. The trees are desperate to come out of their artificial barriers. After a long and hard struggle, the trees are marching towards the forest, which is their natural habitat. 11. (i) It is fairly impossible that Ausable had worked out his plan on the spot. In fact, it seems that Ausable using his quick thinking took advantage of the situation in order to build up a story of a balcony and police knocking at the door. Another aspect is that Ausable could have built up his plan in detail much in advance. He knew that he was in possession of confidential documents that someone, and would even try to get hold of them. Ausable might have surveyed the room and built up a story in advance and would have also told the waiter to knock loudly Answer Key 11 and continuously in case he did not open the door in one go. OR (ii) Success is the fruit of failure. It never comes straight but through failure. This can be seen in the life of Richard Ebright. Although he earned top grades in school, on everyday things he was just like every other kid. He faced many failures in his life, but every failure strengthened his will to succeed. When he was in seventh grade, he participated in County Science Fair with his slides of frog tissues. But he could not win a prize. This made him determined to win the prize and in his eighth grade, he again participated in the science fair with the experiment of viral disease in monarch caterpillars and won the prize. The very next year, he participated with his experiment of whether viceroy butterflies copy the monarch butterflies in order to save their life from the birds and this project won Ebright, third prize in overall County Science Fair. His experiment regarding gold spots of monarch that the spots produced hormones necessary for the full development of butterflies won third prize in International Science and Engineering Fair. Next year, his advanced experiments on the monarch pupa won him first place at the International Science Fair. Thus, for Richard Ebright, we can say that success is failure turned inside out. APER Class 10 Code : 1843 English Language & Literature Section-A : Readidng Skills 1. (i) (b) nicest (ii) (b) Option (2) (iii) The similarity between kindness and happiness is that both cannot be bought. (iv) The universal value of every religion is love. (v) (a) kind (vi) (c) physical health (vii) Stress can lead to weakened immunity. (viii) Ancient (ix) (b) choice (x) (a) similarity 2. (i) (b) western edge (ii) (d) all of these. (iii) (c) stamps carry a design of Srinagar (iv) John Samuel renamed the post office as Floating Post Office. (v) Nehru Park Post Office 12 English Language and Literature 10 (vi) They carry both scenery of Dal Lake and scenery of Srinagar. (vii) (c) intricately carved maroon houseboat (viii) Two (ix) (a) Recurrence (x) (b) Heritage Section-B : Grammar and Creative Writing Skills Grammar 3. (i) (d) blown (ii) (b) any (iii) (a) in order to (iv) error correction marks marked (v) she had passed the exam three years early. (vi) that he would not attend the classes then. (vii) Jia asked Sarah if she brought the postcards for her from there. (viii) (d) a (ix) If the storm does not stop, the game will not resume. (x) error correction strategize strategizes (xi) (b) was (xii) needed Writing 4.A. l36 New Kamla Nagar, Agra 15th July, 20XX The Editor, The Hindustan Times, New Delhi. Subject: Poor condition of heritage sites Sir, Last Sunday, I along with my friends went to visit the Taj Mahal. I was quite excited to have a glimpse of this seventh wonder of the world, an epitome of beauty. However, the movement area outside the monument was littered with plastic plates, broken bottles, food’s leftover etc. It goes without saying that a great number of tourists not only from the different parts of the country, but from abroad also come with a deep longing to Agra to view the Taj, but the mess around the monument gives a shock to them and repel them. It is high time people acquire some good civic habits. They should throw their waste leftovers and discarded articles into the dustbins that are kept at short distances. Spitting of pan-masala should be forbidden and the offenders should be fined. The parents should ensure that their children refrain from doing any activity lessens the beauty of the area. Answer Key 15 sound. Moreover, a hyena laughs while swallowing it’s prey, while a crocodile shed tears. (v) Custard was always teased as being the cowardly one, by all others-When the pirate arrived, others ran away to hide-Custard was the only one who stood up to fight with him/who attacked him. 9. (i) Monsieur Loisel was a contented man and did not seek unnecessary materialistic pleasures. He made every effort to fulfill his wife’s desires. When Matilda lost the necklace, Monsieur Loisel sacrifices his own future to help her repay the debt without being complacent. (ii) Griffin had carried out several experiments to prove that the human body could become invisible. Finally, he swallowed certain rare drugs and his body became as transparent as a sheet of glass. (iii) Ausable told a fake story to Max about a balcony that belonged to the next apartment. During this time there was a repeated knocking at the door that frightened Max. So, in order to save himself from getting arrested, Max jumped from the window believing that there was a balcony. However, he got himself killed. 10. (i) Existence of Humanity After reading ‘A Letter to God’, our faith in humanity gathers strength. We learn from the story that even today there are people who help others without any self interest. The postmaster and the post office employees set an example for everyone of us to be kind. Though they all laughed at his letter, they were really moved by the intensity of faith Lencho had in God. The way they all decided to help the stranger in his hard times restores our faith in the existence of humanity and motivates us to be a noble and kind person. OR (ii) Whatever situation life throws at us, it evokes both positive and negative responses. The poet in the poem 'Dust of Snow', was in a sorrowful mood. However, when a crow shook down the 'dust of snow' on him, his bitter mood changed into more optimistic one. Now, being in a surrowful or bad mood already, the poet could have got angry at the crow also. However, the dust of snow becomes a positive medium of change for him. It made him cheerful to some extent and helped him forget his sadness, at least for a few moments. Thus, we see that instead of seeing the negative aspect of a happening one should see the positive aspect, and one's response may greatly affect the outcome of incidents. 11. (i) Parents play a crucial and indelible role. Parents influence their children both implicitly and explicitly. Parents act as role models for children. They are the first teachers, friends, companions and guides of their children. Richard H. Ebright's mother was loving, caring, 16 English Language and Literature 10 understanding. She was her son's friend and companion. She filled the vacuum in Ebright's life in his father's absence. She invested time and energy in his upbringing which made him see heights of success. On the other hand Bholi's parents were uncaring, indifferent, biased, and insensitive and had a patriarchal mindset. They had a traditional outlook and did not believe in the education of girls, were totally indifferent to Bholi and her needs. They neglected her and did not even bother to groom her. They sent her school not to educate her but to save their own face. Despite their prosperity, they left Bholi to her own misery. Worst was when they decided to marry her off to Bishamber. The contribution and companionship of parents cannot be denied. Love, care, and guidance from parents make a difference, sculpt children and shape their future. OR (ii) It is true that no one is born a thief and it is the circumstances that make a person take that path. Hari's return to Anil shows that despite indulging in criminal acts, he still had a practical and positive attitude towards life. Hari deep down was not really happy being a thief. It is the awakening of Hari's conscience and Anil's love and care that reformed Hari's character.