FIRST WORKSHEET TEST

ENGLISH LITERATURE

I. Complete these sentences.

1) Muk did not want to go with Rohan because…

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2) Muk tried to help Rohan by…

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3) Rohan went to meet Mrs Groover because…

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4) Rohan was not looking forward to his birthday because…

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5) Rohan was afraid to enter Mrs Groover’s garden because…

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6) Seeing the parcel, Rohan looked at Muk because…

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II. Word meaning

1) Heaved away - ____________________________________________________

2) Desperately - ____________________________________________________

3) Frail - ____________________________________________________

4) Ferocious - ____________________________________________________

5) Pygmy - ____________________________________________________

6) Unleash - ____________________________________________________

7) Glimpse - ____________________________________________________

8) Stutter - ____________________________________________________

9) Mumbled - ____________________________________________________

10) Hissed - ____________________________________________________

11) Mocking - ____________________________________________________

12) To bask - ____________________________________________________

13) Gathered all my courage - ____________________________________________________

III. Choose the correct answers to complete these sentences.

1) The speaker uses the word ‘frail’ to describe…

a) the pebble. b) the green shoots. c) the seed.

2) The pebble lies near …

a) the shoots of green. b) a cherry-stone. c) the speaker.

3) The speaker sowed some seeds …

a) many months ago. b) many weeks ago. c) a few days ago.

4) The small plant …

a) lay under the cherry-stone. b) remained unseen. c) pushed the pebble away.
IV. Answer these questions.

1) Suddenly, a ferocious bark tore the stillness of the night!

What do you think of Rohan, Muk and Mrs Groover from this incident?

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2) Do you agree with the speaker that the seedling is stronger than it seems?

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3) Next day, the great moment came. I opened my gifts – rejoiced over my new pair of shoes and
the hand-knitted pullover.
Why does the speaker say it was ‘the great moment’?

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4) How do you know that the seedling wants to grow into a plant?

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5) Rohan wanted table tennis set very badly. Explain.

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6) What does the seedling do when it has pushed up to the surface of the ground?

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7) Who do you think gave Rohan the table tennis set? Why do you think so?

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8) What do the words ‘heaved away’ hint at? What does it say about the seedling?

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V. Think and answer

1) Why does the poet describe the shoot as ‘small’ and ‘frail’? Why does he repeat this idea?

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VI. Read these words and mark the nouns – CN for common; P for proper; CL for collective;
A for abstract – in the box.

1 Horlicks
2 speaker
3 fleet
4 series
5 ticket
6 window
7 safety
8 Alto
9 audience
10 honesty

VII. Add a, an or the to complete these sentences.

1) He came home ______ hour ago.

2) I like _______ painting but the colours are _______ little dull.

3) _______ kilo of tomatoes costs 30 rupees.

4) _______ stadium is packed for today’s match.

5) Do you have ________ raincoat or ________ umbrella that I can borrow?

VIII. Add the in the correct places and complete these sentences. You may need to make other
changes.

1) Godavari river joins Bay of Bengal.

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2) A solar eclipse happens when Moon comes between Earth and Sun.

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3) Why is there is no water in pond?

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4) Female lion usually hunts for food, not male.

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5) Flower of banana tree is often cooked like a vegetable.

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6) She is Namita, famous singer.

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IX. Find the antonyms of the highlighted words from the text. You may need to change the form
of some of the words.

1) lessened the pain - _________________ the pain

2) start the race - _________________ the race

3) enter the stadium - _________________ the stadium

4) insert the clip - _________________ the clip

5) scattered the paper - _________________ the papers

6) it apperared suddenly- it _________________ suddenly

X) Put commas in the correct places in these sentences

1) Yes he likes playing computer games very much.

 2) Her room is full of posters books and pictures.

3) We plan to go cycling swimming boating and fishing in summer

4) No she doesn’t study in our school!

5) Anita Rahul Helen and Kabir went to watch a film.

6) What’s the name of that small colourful bird?

XI) Match the correct adjectives and nouns from the table to complete the sentences.

adjectives nouns
1 sunny answer
2 loud habit

3 strong day

4 correct rains
5 heavy coffee

6 bad noise

1) The fog cleared by the time we reached Shimla. A bright and _________________ greeted us.

2) We heard a ______________________ and rushed out of our house.

3) Every morning, Zeba has a sandwich and a cup of ______________________ at breakfast.

4) Our Maths teacher asked us a question. But none of us knew the _______________________.

5) The ______________________ have caused floods in two districts of our state.

6) They always come late to school. It is a very __________________________.