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’21-22 ICSE 10 PAPER I - Worksheet 1

[a] Choose the correct option to fill in the blanks:

(1) Presently, I felt a new feeling stealing ____ me.

A. on
B. over
C. through
D. by

(2) Our proverbs have come ____ to us from the days of long ago.

A. back
B. around
C. across
D. down

(3) He has been mugging ____ his Sanskrit.

A. up
B. down
C. with
D. from

(4) Be ____ time for your bus.

A. with
B. by
C. on
D. at

(5) These traditions will live ____ for centuries.

A. down
B. on
C. through
D. up

(6) The shop is ____ the end of the street.

A. at
B. round
C. on
D. by

(7) He followed the plan ____ to the end.

A. down
B. up
C. through
D. on

(8) He has run ____ debt.

A. through
B. over

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C. with
D. into

[b] Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the words provided after the passage:

“Where’s Sven?” I [0] ____ (ask).


“He’s looking for Claribel,” someone answered. “Says he (1) ____ (not find) her anywhere. She usually
(2) ____ (wake) him up.”
Before I (3) ____ (retort) that she usually (4) ____ (wake) me up, too, Sven came in through the
doorway, and we (5) ____ (see) at once that something was wrong. He slowly opened his hand, and
there (6) ____ (lie) a tiny bundle of yellow feathers, with two clenched claws (7) ____ (stick)
pathetically up into the air.
“What (8) ____ (happen)?” we asked, all equally distressed.

Example: [0] asked

(1) A. couldn’t find


B. can’t find
C. didn’t find
D. hasn’t found

(2) A. wakes
B. woke
C. is waking
D. wake

(3) A. had retorted


B. have retorted
C. retorted
D. could retort

(4) A. would wake


B. wakes
C. woke
D. was waking

(5) A. had seen


B. could see
C. would see
D. can see

(6) A. lies
B. laid
C. lain
D. lay

(7) A. sticking
B. stuck
C. being stuck
D. were stuck

(8) A. has happened


B. was happening
C. had happened
D. happened

[c] Choose the correct option to join the following sentences without using and, but or so.

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(1) She was unsuspecting. She laid her heart bare.

A. She was unsuspecting as she laid her heart bare.


B. Unsuspecting as she was, she laid her heart bare.
C. Unsuspecting, she laid her heart bare.
D. Since she was unsuspecting, she laid her heart bare.

(2) He rolled up his short trousers. He began to wade.

A. Having rolled up his short trousers, he began to wade.


B. After rolling up his short trousers, he began to wade.
C. After he had rolled up his short trousers, he began to wade.
D. Rolling up his short trousers, he began to wade.

(3) We spoke to a man. He was German.

A. The man we spoke to was German.


B. We spoke to a man who was German.
C. We spoke to a German man.
D. The man we spoke to is German.

(4) He carefully soothed out his footprints. He hurriedly left the islet.

A. Having carefully soothed out his footprints, he hurriedly left the islet.
B. Carefully soothing out his footprints, he hurriedly left the islet.
C. He carefully soothed out his footprints before he hurriedly left the islet.
D. After he carefully soothed out his footprints, he hurriedly left the islet.

[d] Read each sentence with its instructions. Choose the correct answer from the options provided
beneath each:

(1) “Give her a shot of oxygen,” suggested somebody.


(Begin: Somebody suggested .......)

A. Somebody suggested to give her a shot of oxygen.


B. Somebody suggested that she is given a shot of oxygen.
C. Somebody suggested that we gave her a shot of oxygen.
D. Somebody suggested giving her a shot of oxygen.

(2) The thing had not happened in months.


(Begin: Not .......)

A. Not the thing had happened in months.


B. Not in months did the thing happen.
C. Not in months had the thing happened.
D. Not in months the thing had happened.

(3) He asked me inside.


(Begin: I ........)

A. I am asked inside by him.


B. I am asked to go inside.
C. I was asked by him inside.
D. I was asked inside.

(4) Our town was small enough to make this possible.


(Use ‘not’)

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A. Our town was not small enough to make this possible.
B. Our town was not so small that this was impossible.
C. Our town was too small to make this possible.
D. Our town was not big enough to make this impossible.

(5) All of them had been instantly accepted.


(Begin: They .......)

A. They had been all instantly accepted.


B. They had accepted all of them instantly.
C. They had instantly accepted all of them.
D. They had all been instantly accepted.

(6) I believe that I did possess considerable wit.


(Begin: It’s my .......)

A. It’s my belief that I am in possession of considerable wit.


B. It’s my belief that I did possess considerable wit.
C. It was my belief that I possessed considerable wit.
D. It was my belief that I had possessed considerable wit.

(7) Never have I known a man’s talk to be as dull as Peter’s.


(Begin: Peter’s .......)

A. Peter’s talk is duller than any other man’s I have ever known.
B. Peter’s talk is not so dull as any other man’s I have ever known.
C. Peter’s talk is the dullest of any man’s I have ever known.
D. Peter’s talk is as dull as any other man’s I have ever known.

(8) After she had read it her face grew extremely long.
(Begin: As soon as ......)

A. As soon as she had read it her face grew extremely long.


B. As soon as she read it than her face grew extremely long.
C. As soon as she read it, her face grew extremely long.
D. As soon as she read it when her face grew extremely long.

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