Billabong High International School, Malad

Bhoomi Park, Bafhira Nagar, Malad West, Mumbai –400095

Email –[email protected] Contact : 022 49480808
Subject: English Language Practice Worksheet: March & April Grade: 10
& Literature

Topics: 1. Reading Comprehension

2. Integrated Grammar (Gap Filling & Reported Speech)
3. A Letter to God (Prose)
4. Dust of Snow (Poem)
5. Fire and Ice (Poem)
6. A Triumph of Surgery (Prose)
7. Nelson Mandela – A long Walk to Freedom (Prose)
8. Letter Writing – Editor and Complaint

I. Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow:
Red Cross: How Hope Evolved
(1) On June 24, 1859, Emperors Napoleon III and Franz Joseph I engaged in the Battle of Solferino,
commanding a combined total of about 270,000 troops onto the field for a single day of battle.
Nearly 40,000 were either dead, injured, or missing, many of whom were simply left to die on the
battlefield. Later, spectators crowded the fields, looking for loved ones, searching for items they
could sell, or simply taking in the horrors of the battle. A Swiss businessman and social activist Jean
Henri Dunant, who was traveling in Solferino witnessed all this.

(2) Jean Henri Dunant witnessed the atrocities of war as well as the countries not prepared or
equipped to ease the suffering of those who had been injured in the Battle of Solferino. Dunant
organized a group of volunteers to help bring water and food to the injured, to assist with medical
treatment, or write letters to the families of those who were dying and he urged the public to create
an organization which would assist the wounded, regardless of which side they fought for during
times of war. After that moment, he wrote the book, ‘A Memory of Solferino’, which urged the
public to create an organization, which would assist the wounded, regardless of which side they
fought for during times of war. His writing inspired countless others to rally behind him in the
creation of the International Federation of the Red Cross.

(3) The modern-day Red Cross began by devoting itself largely to disaster relief and epidemic
treatment. This effort continues to this day. One of the easiest ways you can help the Red Cross is to
make sure you are able to donate blood and make an appointment at the Red Cross website. But,
donating blood isn't the only way you can help out—the Red Cross also encourages donating your

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 Billabong High International School, Malad
Bhoomi Park, Bafhira Nagar, Malad West, Mumbai –400095
Email –[email protected] Contact : 022 49480808
Subject: English Language Practice Worksheet: March & April Grade: 10
& Literature

Topics: 1. Reading Comprehension

2. Integrated Grammar (Gap Filling & Reported Speech)
3. A Letter to God (Prose)
4. Dust of Snow (Poem)
5. Fire and Ice (Poem)
6. A Triumph of Surgery (Prose)
7. Nelson Mandela – A long Walk to Freedom (Prose)
8. Letter Writing – Editor and Complaint

time if you can. This is what the Red Cross wants everyone to know.

On the basis of your reading of the passage given above, answer the following questions:
1. What is the correct order of the information given below:
i. Dunant organised a camp of volunteers.
ii. Emperor Napoleon III and Franz Joseph I fought a battle.
iii. The book ‘A Memory of Solferino was written.
iv. Dunant travelled in Solferino.

(a) iv, iii, ii, i (b) i, ii, iii, iv

(c) ii, i, iv, iii (d) ii, iv, i, iii

2. The modern-day Red Cross does not deal with:

a. Blood donation
b. Disaster Relief
c. Epidemic Treatment
d. Writing a book

3. The most appropriate sub-heading to para 2 of the passage is:

a. How International Federation of Red Cross Evolved!
b. Functions of Red Cross
c. The Contributions of Jean Henri Dunant
d. The Battle of Solferino

4. The aid provided by Dunant’s volunteers during the battle of Solferino was:
i. to help bring water and food to the injured
ii. to assist with medical treatment
iii. to write a book
iv. to give relief in epidemic
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 Billabong High International School, Malad
Bhoomi Park, Bafhira Nagar, Malad West, Mumbai –400095
Email –[email protected] Contact : 022 49480808
Subject: English Language Practice Worksheet: March & April Grade: 10
& Literature

Topics: 1. Reading Comprehension

2. Integrated Grammar (Gap Filling & Reported Speech)
3. A Letter to God (Prose)
4. Dust of Snow (Poem)
5. Fire and Ice (Poem)
6. A Triumph of Surgery (Prose)
7. Nelson Mandela – A long Walk to Freedom (Prose)
8. Letter Writing – Editor and Complaint

(a) i and iii (b) iii and iv

(c) i and ii (d) ii and iii

5. Complete the following statement with the appropriate word from the 3rd paragraph:
You can donate your blood and your ___________ to Red Cross.

6. ‘They gave money in order to aid the cause.’ Replace the underlined word with another word
from the 2nd paragraph which means the same.
7. How did Jean Henri Dunant inspire the creation of the International Federation of the Red Cross?
8. Jean Henri Dunant laid the foundation for Red Cross. Enumerate the reasons for doing so.

II. Complete the paragraph given below by filling in the blanks choosing the correct
option from those that follow.

Elephants (a) _________the largest land mammals. Three species of elephants (b) _________today.
Elephants (c) _________other Elephantidae were once classified with other thick skinned. The
elephant’s gestation period is 22 months, (d) longest for any land
animal.
(a) (i) is (ii) are (iii) was (iv) were
(b) (i) are living (ii) have been living (iii) had been living (iv) will be living
(c) (i) with (ii) also (iii) and (iv) but
(d) (i) a (ii) an (iii) which (iv) the

III. Read the conversation given below and complete the paragraph that
follows.

Student: May I come in, sir?

Headmaster: Yes, come in.
Student: Good morning, sir.
Headmaster: Good morning. What do you
want?

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 Billabong High International School, Malad
Bhoomi Park, Bafhira Nagar, Malad West, Mumbai –400095
Email –[email protected] Contact : 022 49480808
Subject: English Language Practice Worksheet: March & April Grade: 10
& Literature

Topics: 1. Reading Comprehension

2. Integrated Grammar (Gap Filling & Reported Speech)
3. A Letter to God (Prose)
4. Dust of Snow (Poem)
5. Fire and Ice (Poem)
6. A Triumph of Surgery (Prose)
7. Nelson Mandela – A long Walk to Freedom (Prose)
8. Letter Writing – Editor and Complaint

Student: Sir, I had to collect my transfer

certificate. Headmaster: It is with the head clerk.

The student asked the headmaster for permission to enter. The headmaster (a) ……………. come in.
The student then wished the headmaster a good morning. The headmaster wished the student a good
morning and (b) …………… .The student said that he had to collect his transfer certificate. The
headmaster said that (c) ……………

IV. Read the following extract and answer the questions given below by choosing the correct
answer from the options given or by answering in one-two lines.

I tried to sound severe: “Now I really mean this. If you don’t cut his food right down and give him
more exercise he is going to be really ill. You must harden your heart and keep him on a very strict
diet.”

1. Why did the speaker try to sound severe?

2. For whom was the advice given and why?
3. Which word from the extract is a synonym of the word ‘serious’?
a. strict
b. harden
c. sound
d. severe
4. Identify the antonym of ‘harden’ from the following options.
a. sturdy
b. hardy
c. rugged
d. softened

V. Answer the following questions in 40-50 words each:

1. How has the poet observed nature in the poem ‘Dust of Snow’
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 Billabong High International School, Malad
Bhoomi Park, Bafhira Nagar, Malad West, Mumbai –400095
Email –[email protected] Contact : 022 49480808
Subject: English Language Practice Worksheet: March & April Grade: 10
& Literature

Topics: 1. Reading Comprehension

2. Integrated Grammar (Gap Filling & Reported Speech)
3. A Letter to God (Prose)
4. Dust of Snow (Poem)
5. Fire and Ice (Poem)
6. A Triumph of Surgery (Prose)
7. Nelson Mandela – A long Walk to Freedom (Prose)
8. Letter Writing – Editor and Complaint

2. According to a popular quote— Where there is no struggle, there is no strength. In what way is
this quote relevant to the events of the story ‘A Triumph Of surgery’?
3. Which age-old question does the poem revolves around (Fire & Ice)?

VI. Answer the following question in 100-120 words:

1. What were the difficulties faced by Nelson Mandela in achieving freedom for his people?

2. Lencho had faith in God but lacked faith in humanity. Elaborate with reference to ‘A Letter to
God’.

VII. A) You are Bharat/ Bharti and you have recently bought a washing machine from Croma
Electronics, Noida. The machine developed a problem within a month of purchase. Write a letter in
100-125 words to the dealer and ask him to do the needful.

VII B) Write a letter to the editor of the national daily expressing your views on the issue of
'Dangers ofusing headphones on roads’. Sign yourself as Himani / Hitesh of 69/B Vidya Vihar,
Nagpur.

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