BQP 2021-1
BQP 2021-1
ENGLISH (LL)
BOARD’S ACTIVITY SHEET (MARCH 2021)
(ii) gr__up
(iii) c__unt
(iv) sta__t.
(4) Make four words (minimum of three letters each) using the letters
in the word :
‘butterfly’. (2)
Walk
I don’t know.
Q. 2. (A) Read the following passage and do the activities :[10 Marks]
A1. Complete the sentences : (2)
(i) The Seth was holidaying in
Deep Chand who was cutting the hair of an elderly gentleman, was so
startled that his hand shook and he nicked his customer’s right ear. The
customer yelped with pain and distress : pain, because of the cut and distress
because of the awful news he had just heard. With one side of his neck still
unshaven, he sped across the road to the general merchant’s store where
there was a telephone. He dialled Seth Govind Ram’s number. The Seth was
not at home. Where was he, then? The Seth was holidaying in Kashmir. Oh,
was that so? The elderly gentleman did not believe it. He hurried back to the
barber’s shop and told Deep Chand : ‘The bird has flown! Seth Govind Ram
has left town. Definitely, it means a collapse.’ And then he dashed out of the
shop, making a beeline for his office and chequebook.
The news spread through the bazaar with the rapidity of forest fire. From
the general merchant’s it travelled to the shop, circulated amongst the
customers, and then spread with them in various directions, to the betel-
seller, the tailor, the free vendor, the jeweller, the beggar sitting on the
pavement.
Words Meanings
(i) beeline (a) state of being upset
(ii) pavement (b) the direct route
(iii) nicked (c) the road for the people to walk
(iv) distress (d) cut slightly
(1) The bird has flown. (Rewrite the sentence using ‘Past Perfect Tense’.)
(2) He dialled Seth Govind Ram’s number.
(Select the proper verbal question from the following.)
(i) Do he dialled Seth Govind Ram’s number?
(ii) Did he dial Seth Govind Ram’s number?
(iii) Was he dialled Seth Govind Ram’s number?
(iv) Does he dialled Seth Govind Ram’s number?
(a) Mary Kom made her international debut when she was 18 years old.
(b) Dingko Singh won gold medal in 1998 Bangkok Asian games.
(c) Mary Kom started her career after winning Manipur State Women’s
Boxing Championship.
Words Opposites
(i) success (a) young
(ii) winning (b) unable
(iii) old (c) failure
(iv) able (d) losing
(a) is she ? (b) does she ? (c) isn’t she ? (d) doesn’t she?
(2) She was 18 years old.
(Frame a ‘Wh’-question to get the underlined part as an answer.)
Q. 3.(A)
Read the following extract and do the activities : [5 Marks]
A1. Complete the following with correct words from the options : (2)
A2. In what condition does the poet wish to maintain his body?(2)
A3. Write the figure of speech of the following line :
Please open up my eyes, dear Lord.(1)
If
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or, being lied about, don’t deal in lies,
Or being hated, don’t give way to hating,
And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise;
· Title : (½)
· Name of the poet : (½)
· Rhyme Scheme : (1)
· Figure of Speech (any one) : (1)
· Theme/Central Idea (in 2 to 3 lines) : (2)
Q. 4. (A) Read the following passage and do the activities :[10 Marks]
A1. Write whether the following sentences are True or False : (2)
(i) Burbank was born on March 17, 1894.
(ii) Burbank was fascinated with wonders of nature.
(iii) The Potato was unsuccessful when introduced to local farmer.
(iv) Burbank decided to devote his life to the production of new types
and varieties of plant life.
At 21, Burbank took up Market gardening and was successful in selling the
high quality vegetables that he grew. One of his experiments in the beginning
involved planting 29 seeds from an “Early Rose” Potato plant. It was soon clear
that his lack of schooling was made up for by an inborn skill that lifted him far
above the level of a haphazard amateur. One variety of seed that was produced
as a result of his work with the potato was very successful when introduced to
local farmers. Its superior qualities became known throughout the country, and
today, called the “Idaho”. Potato, it is grown on thousands of acres in the north-
western U.S.
learned fascinated
Burbank
read introduced
A3. Write the antonyms of the following from the passage : (2)
(i) late ×
(ii) above ×
(iii) old ×
(iv) before ×
(b) He was fascinated with the wonders of nature and learned the techniques
of raising various crops.
(Use ‘ not only .... but also ’ and rewrite the sentence.)
Read the passage given in Q. No. 4 (A) and write a summary of it. Suggest
a suitable title to the summary.
Imagine you are Piyush/Priya, Wardhman Nagar, C.A. Road, Nagpur-8. Read the
following advertisement and write any one letter from the following :
Attractive Facilities
* Experienced guide
* Kolkhas points.
Organiser
S.R. Tours and Travels
Badnera Road, Amravati
* Transport facility
* Discount
Q. 5. (B) (5 Marks)
B1 or B2. Do any one of the following :
B1. Dialogue writing :
(a) Prepare a dialogue from the jumbled sentences : (1)
(1) My hobby is reading books.
Teju :
Teju :
(c) Write a dialogue between you and a doctor on how to keep our life safe
OR
by the Rotary Club. Write a speech on ‘The role of young generation in the
OR
Points Information
History of POP 1.
2.
Advantage of POP 1.
2.
Read the following headline and prepare a news report with the help of
the following points :
Note : Some activities are open-ended. The answers given to such activities are just as a model.
Q. 1. (A)
(1) (i) dance
(ii) group
(iii) count
(iv) start
(2) (i) aim, goal, hardwork, success
(ii) simple, smart, specific, strange
(3) (i) Robert said, “I don’t know.”
(ii)
I asked, “Did you give any gurudakshina to your guru?”
(4) but, fly, butter, true, buy
(5)
ully
r ef
cautiously ca
hurriedly
Q. 1. (B)
(1) (a) It is our duty to take care of our parents in their old age.
OR
(b) I don’t know whether I am right or wrong.
(2) (a) (i) able – unable (ii) charge – chargeable
OR
(b) (i) I am able to do my work independently.
(ii) You will get the delivery free of charge.
Q. 3. (A)
A1. (i) Age group of speaker in the poem is 13 to 19.
(ii) The right decision leads to great success.
(iii) The poet wants to say ‘no’ when temptation comes his way.
(iv) The poet prays to the Lord to help him for what is right.
A2. The poet wishes to maintain his body and keep it clean and fit for life each day.
A3. Apostrophe.
Q. 3. (B)
Appreciation of poem :
Title : The title of the poem is ‘If ’.
Rhyme scheme : The rhyme scheme for the first stanza is ‘aaaa’. All the other
Theme / Central idea : The central idea of the poem is certain valuable pieces
of advice imparted by a father to his son. Several of the lines in the poem begin
with the conjunction ‘if ’. (The very title of the poem is ‘If ’.) The theme running
through the poem is that ‘if the son fulfils certain conditions, he can be rest
assured of certain favourable results’. Both the conditions and the results have
a direct bearing upon the lives of all young people.
Q. 4. (A)
A1. (i) True (ii) True (iii) False (iv) True
A2.
techniques of raising with wonders of
learned various crops and fascinated
flowers first hand nature
Burbank
Darwin’s Variation of
read introduced to local farmers
Animals and Plants
Q. 5. and Q. 6.
Q. 5. (B)
B1. (a) (3) – What’s your hobby?
(1) – My hobby is reading books.
(2) – What type of stories do you like to read?
(4) – I like to read adventurous stories.
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