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Indian Learners Own AcademyEnglish Assignment

Class X- Session 2018-2019

Assignment No. 1

Rearrange the following words and phrases to form meaningful sentences.

1. of mankind / the habit / reading is / one of / resources / of / the greatest /

2. are / we enjoy / that / belong to us / than if / much more / they / borrowed / reading books /

3. book / formality / a certain considerate / must be treated / with / a borrowed /

4. no book / that / afraid to / you should / mark up / own / you are /

5. should begin / everyone / a private library / youth / collecting / in /

6. converse with / in / you / at any moment / a private library/ Socrates or Shakespeare / can /

7. the hand / your library / should be / as well as / free / accessible / to / to the eye / and /

8. one of / that of reading / known to / is / greatest / the / pleasures / man

9. a rich variety / adventure and wisdom / the / world of books / has / of /

10. own / you / book / convenience / can enjoy / a / at your /

Complete the following sentences using an appropriate tense form.

1. I ---------------------- for his reply since last week.

a) had been waiting

b) have been waiting

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c) am waiting

d) was

2. This time tomorrow, I ---------------------- with my grandchildren.

a) will play

b) will be playing

c) am playing

3. I -------------------- the newspaper every morning.

a) read

b) will read

c) am reading

d) have read

4. When I visited her she --------------------- bed-ridden for six months.

a) had been

b) was

c) has been

d) were

5. I ------------------ in 2006.

a) graduated

b) will graduate

c) had graduated

d) would graduate

6. There --------------------- a famine in Bengal in 1982.

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a) was

b) were

c) has been

d) had been

7. During Akbar's reign the Mughals ------------------------ the supreme power in India.

a) become

b) had become

c) became

d) would become

8. Janet ----------------------- home.

a) went

b) has gone

c) had gone

9. It is 6 o'clock. She ---------------------- home.

a) will reach

b) will have reached

c) is reaching

d) reached

10. She ---------------------- many awards for her contribution to classical music.

a) won

b) has won

c) had won

d) wins

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Assignment No 2

Passage 1

The world ………………….. (be) online. Everyone …………………………. (use) computers and internet for business and pleasure. There is growing concern about the effects this has on children. Nowadays children …………………………… (spend) a lot of time online ……………………….. (play) games, ……………………. (chat) with their friends and ……………………….. (watch) videos. Priceless childhood hours ………………………….. (spend) sitting indoors opposite a computer screen instead of playing outdoors.

Some people believe that children should …………………………. (allow) to spend time online. In their opinion, the hours spend on the computers are actually very good for them. Their logic is simple. Nowadays computer skills are absolutely essential for success in the workplace. Therefore, the time they spend on the computer …………………………. (be) actually helping them to gain the skills they ……………………. (need) to become productive adults.

Passage 2

Many scholars and learned men ………………………………… (use) to visit King Krishna Deva Raya’s court. The king himself was a learned man and …………………………….. (love) to entertain those distinguished guests. Very often, the scholars, who ………………………… (visit) his court …………………… (challenge) his courtiers. The king greatly ………………………… (enjoy) these contests of wit and wisdom.

One day, a scholar …………………………. (come) to the palace. He was a well-learned person and ………………………. (speak) many languages. The king …………………………. (welcome) him with great pleasure and ……………………….. (request) him to spend a few days in the palace. The visitor ……………………….. (accept) the invitation happily. He also ……………………………. (challenge) Krishna Deva Raya’s courtiers to find out what his mother tongue ………………………… (be).

The courtiers …………………………… (try) every trick in the book. They spoke with him in several languages. Interestingly, the scholar ………………………….. (be) fluent in all of them and therefore the courtiers ………………….. (not) figure out what his mother tongue was.

Meanwhile, Tenali Raman …………………………… (sit) quietly in one corner. He ………………………. (not even make) an attempt to speak to the scholar. Tenali Raman was the most intelligent among Krishna Deva Raya’s courtiers. So the king

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Class X- Session 2018-2019…………………………. (surprise). He …………………………. (ask) Raman why he ……………………….. (not take up) the challenge.

Suddenly Tenali Raman ……………………….. (rise) from his seat. He turned towards the king and …………………….. (say) that he had something urgent to do. Saying this, he ……………………………. (rush) towards the door. As he ……………………….. (go) past the scholar, he …………………………. (trip) and ………………………… (step) hard on the man’s toes. The scholar ……………………… (badly hurt) and ………………….. (cry) out in pain.

Write the appropriate word.

1. She ---------------------- that it was my last chance.

a) said b) told

2. She -------------------- me that she would be late.

a) said b) told

3. Clara --------------------------- a naughty word this morning.

a) said b) told

4. I --------------------- the children to keep quiet.

a) said b) told

5. I don't think that he is ---------------------- the truth.

a) saying b) telling

6. He has a reputation for --------------------- nasty jokes.

a) saying b) telling

7. He --------------------- whether I was free.

a) said b) asked c) told

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8. I --------------------- an aeroplane.

a) can see b) am seeing

9. Suddenly I ------------------------ something strange.

a) looked at b) saw

10. --------------------- if that shirt still fits you.

a) See b) Look

Complete the following sentences using an appropriate verb form.

1. She --------------------- stories. (write / writes)

2. We -------------------- waiting for you. (are / have / is)

3. It --------------------- raining. (has / was / had)

4. Raju and his brother ------------------------ at a factory. (work / works)

5. The thief ------------------------ (has caught / has been caught / had caught)

6. I ------------------- him yesterday. (visited / have visited)

7. We --------------------- to the movies last night. (went / had gone)

8. He ------------------- here two days ago. (came / has come / had come)

9. I --------------------- that movie. (have seen / saw)

10. He --------------------- from Mumbai University in 2012. (graduated / has graduated)

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Assignment No. 3

From the given options choose the word or phrase that will complete the

sentence.

1. Gargi, as well as Manav, ------------------- felicitated at the ceremony.

a) was

b) were

c) has

d) have

When we connect two subjects with as well as, the verb is likely to be singular if the

first subject is singular.

2. I will never ask a favor ------------------.

a) from anybody

b) of anybody

c) with anybody

d) none of these

3. We had coffee --------------- Smith's.

a) at

b) to

c) from

d) with

4. We should arrive ----------------- Spencer's in time for dinner.

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a) at

b) to

c) with

d) on

After arrive, we use at or in. This verb is never followed by to.

5. Are they still --------------------- the same address?

a) at

b) in

c) on

d) with

We generally use at to talk about addresses.

6. Grandmother is arriving ----------------- the 4: 30 train.

a) on

b) in

c) with

d) at

7. As there was no room on the bus, we got -------------------

a) on

b) off

c) out

d) of

The prepositions off and on are used to talk about travel using planes, buses, motor

cycles, trains and horses.

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8. We are planning to get the walls painted ---------------------- Diwali.

a) at

b) on

c) in

d) none of these

At is used to talk about the whole of holidays. On is used to talk about any one of these

days.

9. Are you free ------------------?

a) this evening

b) on this evening

c) at this evening

d) in this evening

We do not use prepositions in expressions of time beginning with this, that, next, last,

each, every etc.

10. Have you ------------------- to Australia?

a) ever been

b) ever gone

c) ever come

d) ever went

We use been to talk about completed visits.

Compare:

He has gone to New Zealand. (= He is still in New Zealand.)

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He has been to New Zealand. (= He has visited New Zealand in the past, so he knows

the country, but he is not in New Zealand at the moment of speaking.)

11. We were late because ---------------

a) it rained

b) of it rained

c) the rain

d) of it was raining

Because is a conjunction. It should be followed by a clause. Because of is a

preposition. It should be followed by a noun.

12. ---------------- mathematics, we have to study physics and chemistry.

a) Beside

b) Besides

c) As well as

d) Also

13. Peter does nothing but -------------------- TV.

a) watch

b) watching

c) to watch

d) watches

14. She is interested in anything but ----------------

a) cooking and cleaning

b) cook and clean

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c) to cook and clean

d) none of these

The verb used after but usually depends on what came before it (... does ... watch, ...

interested in ... cooking ...) Infinitives are normally without to.

15. The killed him -------------- setting him on fire.

a) by

b) with

c) of

d) off

Complete the following sentences using an appropriate word or phrase. This

grammar exercise tests your understanding of basic grammar rules.

1. One day man will ----------------- live on Mars.

a) can

b) be able to

c) been able to

d) have been able to

2. What have you ------------------ to discover?

a) been able

b) able

c) were able

d) had been

3. Are you interested in ------------------ to code?

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a) to learn

b) learning

c) to learning

d) learn

4. You don't look happy ------------------ me.

a) to seeing

b) to see

c) in seeing

d) at seeing

5. She is your sister, -------------------?

a) isn't she

b) aren't she

c) doesn't she

d) is she

6. It was ----------------- that I decided to stay indoors.

a) so warm a day

b) a so warm day

c) so warm day

7. Peter is ---------------- in love with Janet.

a) mad

b) madly

c) badly

d) madden

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8. Four people were ---------------- injured in the accident.

a) fatally

b) fatal

c) deadly

d) deathly

9. You can speak -----------------.

a) free

b) freely

c) with freedom

d) none of these

10. I very much enjoy ---------------------

a) reading

b) to read

c) read

d) to reading

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Assignment No. 4

The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in each of the lines. Write the incorrect word and the correction against it in the space provided.

1. William waited till Friday before he gives …………………/…………………

his invitations with the casual air. …………………/…………………

My folks go away tomorrow and …………………/…………………

they said I can have a few friends in to tea. …………………/…………………

2. As dusk fall, the people who had gathered …………………/…………………

below a big shamiana to listen to the singers …………………/…………………

lit candles and were waiting for …………………/…………………

the quawwalis to begin. Even few noblemen …………………/…………………

from the court of Emperor was present. …………………/…………………

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3. Swami read the first question and is bored. …………………/…………………

He turned off the pages and kept …………………/…………………

gazing over the last answer. He had …………………/…………………

to pretend that he is revising. …………………/…………………

He kept thinking after the moral of …………………/…………………

the tiger story till it lost all it’s meaning …………………/…………………

Fill in the blanks choosing the most appropriate words from the given options.

We (a) ------------------------------ Australia last summer. It was a very memorable

experience. One day we (b) ---------------------------- hiking with some local boys. Hiking

through the scrub, we (c) ------------------------ lucky to see the Kangaroo. It (e)

------------------------- quietly with only its ears moving. While he focused his camera my

brother (f) ----------------------------- me to keep still. Suddenly the animal (g)

----------------------- away.

a) (i) visited (ii) visiting (iii) were visiting (iv) visit

b) (i) go (ii) went (iii) were going (iv) had gone

c) (i) are (ii) have (iii) were (iv) had

d) (i) sat (ii) is sitting (iii) was sitting (iv) had sat

e) (i) motioned (ii) was motioning (iii) motions (iv) had motioned

f) (i) bounds (ii) bounded (iii) was bounded (iv) bounding

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Assignment No. 5

Read the pieces of conversation and complete the sentences.

1. Alice Walker’s friend: How does your mother spend the winter evenings?

Alice Walker: My mother spends the winter evenings making quilts.

a) What did Alice walker’s friend ask?

Alice walker’s friend asked ………………………….

b) What was Alice Walker’s reply?

Alice Walker replied ……………………………

2. Gulliver: Why do you search my pocket?

Soldier: It is the order of the king.

a) What did Gulliver ask?

Gulliver asked ……………………………

b) What was the soldier’s reply?

The soldier replied ……………………………..

3. Hazel: Why don’t you rest your handicap bag on the pillows?

George: I don’t notice it any more.

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a) What did Hazel ask?

Hazel asked …………………………………

b) What was George’s reply?

George replied ………………………………..

4. Subal: Why are you still in bed?

Sushil: I have a terrible stomach ache.

a) What did Subal ask Sushil?

Subal asked …………………………………….

b) What was Sushil’s reply?

Sushil replied ………………………………..

5. Girl: What are you searching for?

Man: I am searching for my purse.

a) What did the girl ask the man?

The girl asked ………………………………….

b) What was the man’s reply?

The man replied ………………………………..

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6. Mira: How long have you been learning English?

Janaki: I have been learning English for six months.

a) What did Mira ask Janaki?

Mira asked ……………………………..

b) What did Janaki reply?

Janaki replied …………………………………..

7. Rashmi: Where is your umbrella?

Gauri: I have left it at home.

a) What did Rashmi ask?

Rashmi asked ………………………………..

b) What did Gauri reply?

Gauri replied ………………………………..

8. Kabir: What is the problem with you?

Aditi: I don’t like this party. I want to go home.

a) What did Kabir ask?

Kabir asked ……………………………………

b) What did Aditi say?

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Aditi replied …………………………………..

9. John: When did you get your licence?

Peter: I got my licence last Monday.

a) What did John ask?

John asked …………………………………….

b) What did Peter reply?

Peter replied ………………………………….

A large number of phrasal verbs use the word bring. This worksheet tests your

ability to use these phrasal verbs.

1. Akbar brought ---------------- many administrative reforms in the country.

a) off b) about c) in

2. That song brings ------------------ fond memories of my college days.

a) up b) back c) off

3. You had better bring ---------------- a technician.

a) in b) out c) down

3. The government plans to bring --------------- a law to stop factories from employing

children under 14.

a) out b) about c) in

4. I didn't think that she would be able to bring it ----------------, but she did.

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a) off b) up c) in

5. The singer has just brought ----------------- her new album.

a) up b) out c) in

6. They are planning to bring ----------------- a revised edition of their encyclopedia.

a) in b) up c) out

7. The doctors tried hard to bring him -------------, but they couldn't.

a) about b) up c) round

8. She quit her job to bring ---------------- her niece.

a) off b) up c) in

9. I don't want you to bring ---------------- this topic when we meet them tomorrow.

a) in b) out c) up

Complete the following sentences.

1. Be grateful for the blessings God has ………………. on you.

a) granted b) given c) presented d) bestowed

2. He is ……………….. with leprosy.

a) affected b) effected c) afflicted d) contacted

3. He is …………………. on mischief.

a) bent b) determined c) resolved d) fixed

4. I would rather read a book ……………… watch a film.

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a) than b) then c) to d) as

5. Clever ………………… he was, he could not solve the problem.

a) as b) though c) as though d) even though

6. . ………………… he is 80, he can read without glasses.

a) Though b) As c) Even d) In spite of

7. Strong ……………… the elephant was, it could not face the swift leopard.

a) though b) as c) as though d) even as

8. Such was her beauty ………………… rich men from far and near came to woo her.

a) as b) for c) so d) that

9. I will call you when dinner ……………. ready.

a) is b) was c) will be d) would be

10. They …………… TV when the burglars broke in.

a) was watching b) were watching c) had been seeing d) saw

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