SLE(ENGLISH) UNIT 0NE

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1.Answer the following questions each in a word or a phase-

(i) Where did Lencho live with his family?

on the crest/ top of a low hills.

(ii) What sort of person was Lencho?

An ox of a man, working as an animal in the fields.

(iii) Who did Lencho write a letter to?

to God

(iv) How did the postman react on seeing Lencho’s letter?

Laughed and showed the letter to all.

(v) Whom did Lencho call a bunch of crooks?

The post office employees.

2. Answer the following questions in a word or a phrase-

(i) What are all creatures like?

great and small

(ii) How does the sky look during the sunset?

purple

(iii) Why do people gather rushes?

to make mats and baskets

(iv) Where do we enjoy ripe fruit?

in the garden

(v) Who has made all the things & all creatures?

Lord God

3. Fill in the blanks with right words.

(i) God made ............... in the birds.

tiny wings

(ii) The summer sun is ................

pleasant

(iii) The meadows are the sites for ...................

playing

(iv) God has made all things ............

well

(v) The mountain looks ....................

purple-headed

4. Answer the following questions each in a word or a phrase.

(i) Where did Grandfather discover Timothy?

in the Terai Jungle near Dehra

(ii) What was Mahamoud?

A cook

(iii) How did Grandfather take Timothy to the zoo?

By reserving a first class compartment

(iv) How did Timothy die?

by pneumonia

(v) Who were Timothy’s companions?

Toto, the monkey and a small mongrel puppy

5. Fill in the blanks with right words.

(i) Timothy was about ......... long.

eighteen inches

(ii) The haunting expedition consisted of several important persons from ...................

New Delhi

(iii) The grandfather decided to transfer Timothy to a ................

zoo

(iv) In the morning ................. were lying all over the verenda.

feathers

(v) The nearest zoo at Lucknow was ..................... miles away.

two hundred

6. Do as directed-

(i) The expression “Fortell the future” means ....................

predict

(ii) Lencho had ................in himself. (confide) ( Use correct form of the word given within bracket)

confidence

(iii) The noun form of “do” is ...........

deed

(iv) Mukul ............ the word. (spelt) ( Fill in the gap using an appropriate negative prefix of the word given.)

misspelt

(v) ........is an extremely strong wind. ( cyclone/ gale/ tornado)

Gale

7. Do as directed-

(i) Mother Teresa is honoured as a saint. She served mankind. ( Join the two sentences making one a non-defining relative clause using suitable Relative pronoun )

Mother Teresa who served mankind is honoured as a saint.

(ii) The hail has destroyed the crop totally. (Rewrite the following sentences using negatives to express the idea emphatically)

The hail has lelf nothing

(iii) Cancer is a ........ disease. (death) ( Use correct form of the word given in the bracket)

deadly

(iv) “Resolution” means ................

Firm decision

(v) Lencho had a single hope. (Identity the word ‘hope’ is used as (noun/verb) in this sentences.)

Noun

8. Do as directed. (i) Morning .............. the day. (show) ( Fill in the blank using correct form of the verb given in the bracket)

shows

(ii) Football ............. all over the word. (plays/ is played) ( Fill in the blank with correct alternatives)

is played

(iii) By the time we ........... the circus, the rain had already stared. (reach) ( Fill in the blank using correct form of verb given in the bracket)

reached

(iv) If you ............. a bird, you would fly. (be) ( Fill in the blank using correct form of verb given in the bracket)

were

(v) Man .............. one day. ( is dying/ will die) ( Fill in the blank with correct alternatives)

will die

9. Rewrite the sentences as per the directions given in the brackets.

(i) They found the patient dead. ( Write the pattern of the above sentence as SVO/SVOC/SVC/ SVOO)

SVOC

(ii) Shakespear was a fine fine artist. He was a great dramatist. (Join the two sentences using not only......... but also.)

Shakespear was not only a fine artist but also a dramatist.

(iii) Mr Ratha will teach us English. He will teach us history. (Join the two sentences using either ......... or)

Mr. Ratha will teach us either English or history.

(iv) The child has no father. It has no mother. (Join the two sentences using “Neither..........nor”)

The child has neither father nor mother.

(v) Ashok tried hard, ...........didnot succeed. (Fill in the blank with a suitable co-ordinator)

but

10. Do into English.

i)ନବୀନ ମୋର ସର୍ବଶ୍ରେଷ୍ଠ ବନ୍ଧୁ ।

Naveen is my best friend.

ii)ଆମେ ଦୁହେଁ ଏକା ଶ୍ରେଣୀରେ ପଢ଼ୁ ।

We are in same class.

iii)ଆବଶ୍ୟକ ସମୟରେ ପରସ୍ପରକୁ ସାହାଯ୍ୟ କରୁ ।

In need we help each other.

iv)ନିଷ୍ପତ୍ତି କରିଛୁ ପାଠପଢ଼ା ପରେ ସମାଜସେବା କରିବୁ ।

We have decided to do social service after study.

v)ଗରିବ ଏବଂ ଅବହେଳିତ ଲୋକମାନଙ୍କ ଉତ୍‌ଥାନ ଆମର ଲକ୍ଷ୍ୟ ।

Our aim is to uplift poor and neglected people.

କିମ୍ବା –

i )କୁଲୁ : ତୁ ମୋ ସହିତ ସ୍କୁଲକୁ ଯିବୁ?

Kulu- Will you go with me to school?

ii )ବୁଲୁ : ନା’ ମୁଁ ମୋ ବାପାଙ୍କ ସହିତ ଯିବି ।

Bulu- No, I shall go with my father.

iii)କୁଲୁ : ତୁମ ବାପା କ’ଣ ଜଣେ ଶିକ୍ଷକ ?

Kulu- Is your father a teacher?

iv) ବୁଲୁ : ନା, ସେ ଆମ ସ୍କୁଲ ବାଟ ଦେଇ ଅଫିସ ଯିବେ ।

Bulu- No, he will go to his office by our school.

v)କୁଲୁ : ତା’ହେଲେ ମୁଁ ଯାଉଛି ।

Kulu- Then I am going.