Thursday, February 25, 2016
Tuesday, February 23, 2016
ENGLISH-Idioms
Circle the idioms in the given sentences:
1. Sharon had butterflies in her stomach before the championship game.
2. I gained a lot of brownie points for helping the teacher.
3. The dog days of summer are starting to wear on me.
4. You are so thirsty that you drink like a fish.
5. You’re going to have to face the music when our father gets home.
6. You need to mind your own beeswax.
7. Your ball and chain is about to arrive.
8. That student is the apple of my eye.
9. Don’t be a back seat driver today.
10. I’m having a bad hair day.
1. Sharon had butterflies in her stomach before the championship game.
2. I gained a lot of brownie points for helping the teacher.
3. The dog days of summer are starting to wear on me.
4. You are so thirsty that you drink like a fish.
5. You’re going to have to face the music when our father gets home.
6. You need to mind your own beeswax.
7. Your ball and chain is about to arrive.
8. That student is the apple of my eye.
9. Don’t be a back seat driver today.
10. I’m having a bad hair day.
ENGLISH-Prefix and Sufix EXERCISE
Spot the mistakes made in the words having prefix/suffix,correct them and rewrite the passage in their notebooks
At first, I thought one of my fuzzy, orange
socks unappeared in the dryer, but I could
not find it in there. Because it was my
favorite pair, nothing was going to prevent
me from finded that sock. I looking all
around my bedroom, under the bed, on
top of the bed, and in my closet, but I still
could not find it. I did not know that I would
miscover the answer just as I gave up my
search. As I sat down on the couch in the
family room, my Dad was reclintion on his
chair. I laughed when I saw that one of his
feet was orange and the other blue! I
forgot that he was color-blind. Next time he
does laundry I will have to supervise him
while he folds the socks so that he does not
accidentalment take one of mine!
At first, I thought one of my fuzzy, orange
socks unappeared in the dryer, but I could
not find it in there. Because it was my
favorite pair, nothing was going to prevent
me from finded that sock. I looking all
around my bedroom, under the bed, on
top of the bed, and in my closet, but I still
could not find it. I did not know that I would
miscover the answer just as I gave up my
search. As I sat down on the couch in the
family room, my Dad was reclintion on his
chair. I laughed when I saw that one of his
feet was orange and the other blue! I
forgot that he was color-blind. Next time he
does laundry I will have to supervise him
while he folds the socks so that he does not
accidentalment take one of mine!
Monday, February 22, 2016
ENGLISH- REVISION QUESTION BANK
1. Read the following passage carefully.
Earthquakes can cause the ground to shake and crack apart. Earthquakes can be very powerful, and if they occur in or near areas where people live, they can make buildings collapse, bridges sway, and roads buckle. But not all earthquakes are powerful enough to cause damage. In fact, earthquakes are happening all the time, on land as well as in the oceans. Most of the earthquakes are so mild that people don’t even feel them. An earthquake is the sudden movement of the earth’s crust. Earthquakes occur along fault lines, cracks in the earth’s crust where tectonic plates meet. They occur where plates are subducting, spreading, slipping or colliding. As the plates grind together, they get stuck and the pressure builds up. Finally, the pressure between the plates is so great that they break loose. Depending on how much pressure has built up, the ground may tremble slightly or shake
forcefully. Scientists describe the intensity of an earthquake using the Richter scale. It measures earthquakes on a scale of 1 to 10. People barely feel a magnitude 3 earthquake, and windows might rattle at magnitude 4.A magnitude 6 earthquake is considered major, causing houses to move and chimneys to fall. The most severe earthquake recorded had a magnitude of 9.5.
1.1 On the basis of your reading of the above passage, complete the following sentences with appropriate words/phrases :
a) Earthquakes can make buildings collapse if
_____________________________.
b) Not all earthquakes cause ___________________.
c) Earthquakes occur on ___________________ as well as in oceans.
d) The sudden movement of the earth’s crust is an
_______________________.
e) Earthquakes occur where the tectonic plates are
_______________________.
f) The pressure builds up when _________________________________.
g) An earthquake’s intensity is measured using an instrument called
________________________________.
h) A magnitude 6 earthquake causes
___________________________________.
2. Read the following passage carefully.
Bees are flying insects that feed on
nectar and pollen. They are usually
yellow and black and covered in
fuzzy hair that makes collecting
pollen easier. A bee’s body is similar
to that of other insects – for instance,
an ant – with three major sections:
the head, the middle section called
the thorax and the last section called
the abdomen.
The head of a bee has five eyes for seeing and two antennae for
touching and smelling. Two sets of wings and three sets of legs can be
found on a bee’s thorax. Depending on the type of bee, the last set of
legs might have little sacs that store the pollen that the bee has
collected from flowers. Many types of bees have stingers. The bee
stinger is the most feared part of a bee, and for good reason. Filled with
poison, the stinger is a bee’s protection from danger. The stingers are
around 12 millimeters long. There are over 20,000 known bee species in
the world. The best known is probably the honeybee.
Honeybees live in beehives, which have a distinct order that helps
things run smoothly. At the bottom of the totem pole are the workers.
Workers are young female bees. Some of their main duties include
going out to find food (nectar and pollen), building the hive, and
keeping it clean. Honeybees will travel up to eight miles if necessary to
find nectar and pollen to bring back to the hive. Worker bees are
actually the only bees that ever do any stinging. When this does
happen, it is usually because they are trying to protect their hive from
harm. A bee rarely stings when it is away from the hive, but it might
sting if it senses danger. The lifespan of a worker bee is anywhere from 4
to 9 months.
The queen honeybee is the biggest bee in the hive. There is usually only
one per hive, and her job is to grow the family by laying eggs that will
become the next generation of honeybees. She lays over a thousand
eggs per day and can live anywhere from 3 to 5 years. When the time
comes for a new queen to take over, some larvae are placed in
special chambers to grow queen bees. After they hatch, they are
fattened up with royal jelly, a nutritious substance that worker bees
secrete. It usually takes about two weeks for a newly hatched female
bee to grow into a queen bee. The first female bee to become a
queen bee kills the other potential queen bees.
Male honeybees are called drones. They don’t have stingers, and they
don’t collect nectar or pollen. Their only purpose is to mate with the
queen. Several hundred drones can live in a hive at one time. As the
winter months approach, the males are kicked out of the hive in order
to make it easier for the queen and her workers to survive. Food needs
to be saved as there are fewer flowers to collect pollen and nectar
from. Less food means the drones are the first ones to go!
2.1 Answer the following questions briefly:
1. What is a bee?
2. How is a bee similar to an ant?
3. What evidence from the passage supports that different bees in a hive
have different duties?
4. Which bees are probably the least important bees in a beehive? Why?
2.2 Choose the most appropriate meanings for the words given from the
options provided:
1. fuzzy (Para 1)
a) furry
b) long
c) short
d) scanty
2. species (Para 2)
a) dark
b) stingy
c) kind
d) large
3. distinct (Para 3)
a) similar
b) hybrid
c) poisonous
d) different
4. chamber (Para 4)
a) direction
b) compartment
c) comb
d) sweet
3. Writing:
1. Write an article about social media. Mention its advantages and
disadvantages.
2. You are selected to deliver a speech on the sports day of your school.
Write a speech on ‘The hazards of ill-fitting shoes’.
3. You are Ashmit/Asima Verma, a reporter. Write a report about the 2015
South Indian floods.
4. Your vacations have begun and your parents are out of station. You
are left at home along with your grandmother. You decide to play a
game with your grandma. Write a short story about the game you
played with her.
5. You are a member of the Student Council Committee of your school
trying to raise money for a new facility for your school (e.g. a swimming
pool, sports hall, computer room, theatre). Write a letter to former
students of your school to persuade them to donate money towards
the project.
4. 1. Transform the sentences as given below: (Transformation of sentences)
a. Stella is a pretty girl. (transform to exclamatory)
b. The knife is not blunt. (transform to affirmative)
c. I was doubtful of your sincerity. (transform to negative)
d. The trip is very expensive, ____________? (add question tag)
(i) is it?
(ii) isn’t it?
(iii) is the?
(iv)isn’t the?
e. The car isn't in the garage, ____________? (add question tag)
(i) is it?
(ii) isn’t it?
(iii) is the?
(i) isn’t the?
2. Put the words in brackets in the appropriate form (use prefixes or
suffixes):
a. He was acting in a very ____________ manner. (child)
(i) childly
(ii) childy
(iii) childish
(iv)childysh
b. She looked _____________. She started to cry. (happy)
(i) happier
(ii) happiest
(iii) happi
(iv)unhappy
c. The road was too narrow, so they had to _______________. (wide)
(i) wider
(ii) widen
(iii) unwide
(iv)wiedn
d. There were only a _________________ of people at the match. (hand)
(i) handful
(ii) handy
(iii) inhand
(iv)handi
e. Her behaviour was ________________ by Mina. (understood)
(i) understoody
(ii) misunderstood
(iii) reunderstood
(iv)understoodful
3. Choose the correct word to complete the following sentences: (Word
combinations)
a. I really ___________________ my family when I stayed in Canada on my
own last year.
(i) missed
(ii) neglected
(iii) overlooked
(iv)ignored
b. When I went into the children's room, the boys were both fast asleep,
but Oliver was ___________________ awake, reading the Little Prince
story.
(i) broad
(ii) extensively
(iii) wide
(iv)spacious
c. I ___________________ my time on that course; it was terrible.
(i) exhausted
(ii) wasted
(iii) shattered
(iv)washed out
d. I'm sure he is ___________________ aware of the problem.
(i) well
(ii) healthy
(iii) fine
(iv)fit
e. It's ___________________ important that we finish this work by the end of
the week.
(i) essentially
(ii) vitally
(iii) basically
(iv)mostly
4. Replace the underlined word with a Synonym or an antonym:
a. I don't remember where I met Keira. (synonym)
(i) forget
(ii) bright
(iii) shallow
(iv)recall
b. My father is the eldest son of his family. (antonym)
(i) oldest
(ii) stubborn
(iii) youngest
(i) polite
c. The teacher asked us to stay away from safe places. (antonym)
(i) secure
(ii) dangerous
(iii) protected
(i) harmless
d. He is a lazy boy who watches TV all day. (synonym)
(i) smart
(ii) energetic
(iii) happy
(iv)idle
e. The show was very entertaining. (synonym)
(i) enjoyable
(ii) dull
(iii) boring
(iv)fuming
5. Choose the correct meaning of the idioms from the options given
below:
a. To make clean breast of
(i) To gain prominence
(ii) To praise oneself
(iii) To confess without of reserve
(iv)To destroy before it blooms
b. To keeps one's temper
(i) To become hungry
(ii) To be in good mood
(iii) To preserve ones energy
(iv)To be aloof from
c. To catch a tartar
(i) To trap wanted criminal with great difficulty
(ii) To catch a dangerous person
(iii) To meet with disaster
(iv)To deal with a person who is more than one's match
d. To drive home
(i) To find one's roots
(ii) To return to place of rest
(iii) Back to original position
(iv)To emphasise
e. To have an axe to grind
(i) A private end to serve
(ii) To fail to arouse interest
(iii) To have no result
(iv)To work for both sides
6. Words often confused
a. I despair …………………………. reforming that fellow.
(i) of
(ii) off
(iii) at
(iv)in
b. Never deviate …………………………. the path of truth.
(i) off
(ii) from
(iii) of
(iv)with
c. This plan radically differs …………………………….. the earlier plan.
(i) between
(ii) from
(iii) in
(iv)with
d. I am diffident …………………………. passing the exam this time.
(i) of
(ii) about
(iii) with
(iv)between
e. I entirely disagree ………………………… you on this point.
(i) with
(ii) against
(iii) at
(iv)from
6. Fill in the blanks with the correct Homographs, Homophones or
Homonyms:
a. The bandage was wound around the ________________.
wound
b. Get up my ________________. (sun / son).
son
c. ________________ desires in our village to become a ________________.
(nun / none)
d. The band will record a new ________________.
record
e. Please ________________ (pray / prey) for me.
pray
7. Change the voice: (Active/passive voice)
a. Sahil sharma makes tea.
b. My father loves me.
c. We admire him.
d. Savita does not like me.
e. My friends are watching the match.
5. 1. Read the extract and answer the questions that follow.
“If music be the food of love play on... Give me too much of it, so I’ll
get sick of it and stop loving. Play that part again! It sounded sad. Oh, it
sounded like a sweet breeze blowing gently over a bank of violets,
taking their fragrance with it.”
a. Who is the speaker?
b. Who do you think the speaker is in love with?
c. Find the word from the passage which means ‘having little impact’.
2. Read the extract and answer the questions that follow.
A major portion of water on the planet is saltwater, unfit for use by the
human, plant and animal population. Only a silver of that portion is fit
for drinking. Most of it too exists in the form of glaciers.
a. Where is most of the drinking water?
b. In what form does a major portion of drinking water exist?
c. Find the synonym for ‘unfit’ from the passage.
3. Read the extract and answer the questions that follow.
“Personally I think an otter’s life would be rather enjoyable,” continued
Laura; “salmon to eat all the year round, and the satisfaction of being
able to fetch the trout in their own homes without having to wait for
hours till they condescend to rise to the fly you’ve been dangling
before them; and an elegant svelte figure—”
a. Why is the life of an otter enjoyable?
b. Why did Laura want to be reincarnated as an otter?
c. Give the meaning of the word ‘fetch’.
4. Read the extract and answer the questions that follow.
‘A loaf of bread,’ the Walrus said,
‘Is what we chiefly need:
Pepper and vinegar besides
Are very good indeed –
Now if you’re ready Oysters dear,
We can begin to feed.’
a. What are the things that the Walrus needed?
b. What did the oysters thank the carpenter for?
c. Find two pairs of rhyming words from the above stanza.
7. Answer the following questions in 30 to 40 words each.
1. Twelfth Night
a. What did he want the musicians to do?
b. What had Viola heard about Orsino?
c. How does Duke react to the news brought by Valentine?
d. With whom is the Duke in love?
e. What was Viola’s wish?
2. Desalination
a. Why was Parv forced to read the article?
b. What is the most cost-effective energy source?
c. What will happen if the wasted salt solution is dumped back in the
ocean?
d. What are the two methods of desalination?
e. What are the advantages and disadvantages of desalination?
3. Laura
a. What was Laura’s opinion of Egbert?
b. How did Laura take revenge on Egbert after he made a fuss over
the collie puppies?
c. Who was behind the destruction caused in Egbert’s garden?
d. What made Amanda think that Laura was reincarnated as an otter?
e. What did Laura say about dying?
4. The Walrus and the Carpenter
a. Why did the Walrus and the carpenter weep?
b. What did the carpenter complain about?
c. Why is the moon found to be sulking?
d. What did the Walrus want the oysters to do?
e. What was the intention of the Walrus and the Carpenter?
8. Answer the following questions in about 60 -80 words.
1. Why do you think Aouda forgives Mr. Fogg?
2. Why do you think Aouda proposed to Mr. Fogg?
3. Describe the tension that the members of the Reform Club before the
end of the wager in your own words.
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Earthquakes can cause the ground to shake and crack apart. Earthquakes can be very powerful, and if they occur in or near areas where people live, they can make buildings collapse, bridges sway, and roads buckle. But not all earthquakes are powerful enough to cause damage. In fact, earthquakes are happening all the time, on land as well as in the oceans. Most of the earthquakes are so mild that people don’t even feel them. An earthquake is the sudden movement of the earth’s crust. Earthquakes occur along fault lines, cracks in the earth’s crust where tectonic plates meet. They occur where plates are subducting, spreading, slipping or colliding. As the plates grind together, they get stuck and the pressure builds up. Finally, the pressure between the plates is so great that they break loose. Depending on how much pressure has built up, the ground may tremble slightly or shake
forcefully. Scientists describe the intensity of an earthquake using the Richter scale. It measures earthquakes on a scale of 1 to 10. People barely feel a magnitude 3 earthquake, and windows might rattle at magnitude 4.A magnitude 6 earthquake is considered major, causing houses to move and chimneys to fall. The most severe earthquake recorded had a magnitude of 9.5.
1.1 On the basis of your reading of the above passage, complete the following sentences with appropriate words/phrases :
a) Earthquakes can make buildings collapse if
_____________________________.
b) Not all earthquakes cause ___________________.
c) Earthquakes occur on ___________________ as well as in oceans.
d) The sudden movement of the earth’s crust is an
_______________________.
e) Earthquakes occur where the tectonic plates are
_______________________.
f) The pressure builds up when _________________________________.
g) An earthquake’s intensity is measured using an instrument called
________________________________.
h) A magnitude 6 earthquake causes
___________________________________.
2. Read the following passage carefully.
Bees are flying insects that feed on
nectar and pollen. They are usually
yellow and black and covered in
fuzzy hair that makes collecting
pollen easier. A bee’s body is similar
to that of other insects – for instance,
an ant – with three major sections:
the head, the middle section called
the thorax and the last section called
the abdomen.
The head of a bee has five eyes for seeing and two antennae for
touching and smelling. Two sets of wings and three sets of legs can be
found on a bee’s thorax. Depending on the type of bee, the last set of
legs might have little sacs that store the pollen that the bee has
collected from flowers. Many types of bees have stingers. The bee
stinger is the most feared part of a bee, and for good reason. Filled with
poison, the stinger is a bee’s protection from danger. The stingers are
around 12 millimeters long. There are over 20,000 known bee species in
the world. The best known is probably the honeybee.
Honeybees live in beehives, which have a distinct order that helps
things run smoothly. At the bottom of the totem pole are the workers.
Workers are young female bees. Some of their main duties include
going out to find food (nectar and pollen), building the hive, and
keeping it clean. Honeybees will travel up to eight miles if necessary to
find nectar and pollen to bring back to the hive. Worker bees are
actually the only bees that ever do any stinging. When this does
happen, it is usually because they are trying to protect their hive from
harm. A bee rarely stings when it is away from the hive, but it might
sting if it senses danger. The lifespan of a worker bee is anywhere from 4
to 9 months.
The queen honeybee is the biggest bee in the hive. There is usually only
one per hive, and her job is to grow the family by laying eggs that will
become the next generation of honeybees. She lays over a thousand
eggs per day and can live anywhere from 3 to 5 years. When the time
comes for a new queen to take over, some larvae are placed in
special chambers to grow queen bees. After they hatch, they are
fattened up with royal jelly, a nutritious substance that worker bees
secrete. It usually takes about two weeks for a newly hatched female
bee to grow into a queen bee. The first female bee to become a
queen bee kills the other potential queen bees.
Male honeybees are called drones. They don’t have stingers, and they
don’t collect nectar or pollen. Their only purpose is to mate with the
queen. Several hundred drones can live in a hive at one time. As the
winter months approach, the males are kicked out of the hive in order
to make it easier for the queen and her workers to survive. Food needs
to be saved as there are fewer flowers to collect pollen and nectar
from. Less food means the drones are the first ones to go!
2.1 Answer the following questions briefly:
1. What is a bee?
2. How is a bee similar to an ant?
3. What evidence from the passage supports that different bees in a hive
have different duties?
4. Which bees are probably the least important bees in a beehive? Why?
2.2 Choose the most appropriate meanings for the words given from the
options provided:
1. fuzzy (Para 1)
a) furry
b) long
c) short
d) scanty
2. species (Para 2)
a) dark
b) stingy
c) kind
d) large
3. distinct (Para 3)
a) similar
b) hybrid
c) poisonous
d) different
4. chamber (Para 4)
a) direction
b) compartment
c) comb
d) sweet
3. Writing:
1. Write an article about social media. Mention its advantages and
disadvantages.
2. You are selected to deliver a speech on the sports day of your school.
Write a speech on ‘The hazards of ill-fitting shoes’.
3. You are Ashmit/Asima Verma, a reporter. Write a report about the 2015
South Indian floods.
4. Your vacations have begun and your parents are out of station. You
are left at home along with your grandmother. You decide to play a
game with your grandma. Write a short story about the game you
played with her.
5. You are a member of the Student Council Committee of your school
trying to raise money for a new facility for your school (e.g. a swimming
pool, sports hall, computer room, theatre). Write a letter to former
students of your school to persuade them to donate money towards
the project.
4. 1. Transform the sentences as given below: (Transformation of sentences)
a. Stella is a pretty girl. (transform to exclamatory)
b. The knife is not blunt. (transform to affirmative)
c. I was doubtful of your sincerity. (transform to negative)
d. The trip is very expensive, ____________? (add question tag)
(i) is it?
(ii) isn’t it?
(iii) is the?
(iv)isn’t the?
e. The car isn't in the garage, ____________? (add question tag)
(i) is it?
(ii) isn’t it?
(iii) is the?
(i) isn’t the?
2. Put the words in brackets in the appropriate form (use prefixes or
suffixes):
a. He was acting in a very ____________ manner. (child)
(i) childly
(ii) childy
(iii) childish
(iv)childysh
b. She looked _____________. She started to cry. (happy)
(i) happier
(ii) happiest
(iii) happi
(iv)unhappy
c. The road was too narrow, so they had to _______________. (wide)
(i) wider
(ii) widen
(iii) unwide
(iv)wiedn
d. There were only a _________________ of people at the match. (hand)
(i) handful
(ii) handy
(iii) inhand
(iv)handi
e. Her behaviour was ________________ by Mina. (understood)
(i) understoody
(ii) misunderstood
(iii) reunderstood
(iv)understoodful
3. Choose the correct word to complete the following sentences: (Word
combinations)
a. I really ___________________ my family when I stayed in Canada on my
own last year.
(i) missed
(ii) neglected
(iii) overlooked
(iv)ignored
b. When I went into the children's room, the boys were both fast asleep,
but Oliver was ___________________ awake, reading the Little Prince
story.
(i) broad
(ii) extensively
(iii) wide
(iv)spacious
c. I ___________________ my time on that course; it was terrible.
(i) exhausted
(ii) wasted
(iii) shattered
(iv)washed out
d. I'm sure he is ___________________ aware of the problem.
(i) well
(ii) healthy
(iii) fine
(iv)fit
e. It's ___________________ important that we finish this work by the end of
the week.
(i) essentially
(ii) vitally
(iii) basically
(iv)mostly
4. Replace the underlined word with a Synonym or an antonym:
a. I don't remember where I met Keira. (synonym)
(i) forget
(ii) bright
(iii) shallow
(iv)recall
b. My father is the eldest son of his family. (antonym)
(i) oldest
(ii) stubborn
(iii) youngest
(i) polite
c. The teacher asked us to stay away from safe places. (antonym)
(i) secure
(ii) dangerous
(iii) protected
(i) harmless
d. He is a lazy boy who watches TV all day. (synonym)
(i) smart
(ii) energetic
(iii) happy
(iv)idle
e. The show was very entertaining. (synonym)
(i) enjoyable
(ii) dull
(iii) boring
(iv)fuming
5. Choose the correct meaning of the idioms from the options given
below:
a. To make clean breast of
(i) To gain prominence
(ii) To praise oneself
(iii) To confess without of reserve
(iv)To destroy before it blooms
b. To keeps one's temper
(i) To become hungry
(ii) To be in good mood
(iii) To preserve ones energy
(iv)To be aloof from
c. To catch a tartar
(i) To trap wanted criminal with great difficulty
(ii) To catch a dangerous person
(iii) To meet with disaster
(iv)To deal with a person who is more than one's match
d. To drive home
(i) To find one's roots
(ii) To return to place of rest
(iii) Back to original position
(iv)To emphasise
e. To have an axe to grind
(i) A private end to serve
(ii) To fail to arouse interest
(iii) To have no result
(iv)To work for both sides
6. Words often confused
a. I despair …………………………. reforming that fellow.
(i) of
(ii) off
(iii) at
(iv)in
b. Never deviate …………………………. the path of truth.
(i) off
(ii) from
(iii) of
(iv)with
c. This plan radically differs …………………………….. the earlier plan.
(i) between
(ii) from
(iii) in
(iv)with
d. I am diffident …………………………. passing the exam this time.
(i) of
(ii) about
(iii) with
(iv)between
e. I entirely disagree ………………………… you on this point.
(i) with
(ii) against
(iii) at
(iv)from
6. Fill in the blanks with the correct Homographs, Homophones or
Homonyms:
a. The bandage was wound around the ________________.
wound
b. Get up my ________________. (sun / son).
son
c. ________________ desires in our village to become a ________________.
(nun / none)
d. The band will record a new ________________.
record
e. Please ________________ (pray / prey) for me.
pray
7. Change the voice: (Active/passive voice)
a. Sahil sharma makes tea.
b. My father loves me.
c. We admire him.
d. Savita does not like me.
e. My friends are watching the match.
5. 1. Read the extract and answer the questions that follow.
“If music be the food of love play on... Give me too much of it, so I’ll
get sick of it and stop loving. Play that part again! It sounded sad. Oh, it
sounded like a sweet breeze blowing gently over a bank of violets,
taking their fragrance with it.”
a. Who is the speaker?
b. Who do you think the speaker is in love with?
c. Find the word from the passage which means ‘having little impact’.
2. Read the extract and answer the questions that follow.
A major portion of water on the planet is saltwater, unfit for use by the
human, plant and animal population. Only a silver of that portion is fit
for drinking. Most of it too exists in the form of glaciers.
a. Where is most of the drinking water?
b. In what form does a major portion of drinking water exist?
c. Find the synonym for ‘unfit’ from the passage.
3. Read the extract and answer the questions that follow.
“Personally I think an otter’s life would be rather enjoyable,” continued
Laura; “salmon to eat all the year round, and the satisfaction of being
able to fetch the trout in their own homes without having to wait for
hours till they condescend to rise to the fly you’ve been dangling
before them; and an elegant svelte figure—”
a. Why is the life of an otter enjoyable?
b. Why did Laura want to be reincarnated as an otter?
c. Give the meaning of the word ‘fetch’.
4. Read the extract and answer the questions that follow.
‘A loaf of bread,’ the Walrus said,
‘Is what we chiefly need:
Pepper and vinegar besides
Are very good indeed –
Now if you’re ready Oysters dear,
We can begin to feed.’
a. What are the things that the Walrus needed?
b. What did the oysters thank the carpenter for?
c. Find two pairs of rhyming words from the above stanza.
7. Answer the following questions in 30 to 40 words each.
1. Twelfth Night
a. What did he want the musicians to do?
b. What had Viola heard about Orsino?
c. How does Duke react to the news brought by Valentine?
d. With whom is the Duke in love?
e. What was Viola’s wish?
2. Desalination
a. Why was Parv forced to read the article?
b. What is the most cost-effective energy source?
c. What will happen if the wasted salt solution is dumped back in the
ocean?
d. What are the two methods of desalination?
e. What are the advantages and disadvantages of desalination?
3. Laura
a. What was Laura’s opinion of Egbert?
b. How did Laura take revenge on Egbert after he made a fuss over
the collie puppies?
c. Who was behind the destruction caused in Egbert’s garden?
d. What made Amanda think that Laura was reincarnated as an otter?
e. What did Laura say about dying?
4. The Walrus and the Carpenter
a. Why did the Walrus and the carpenter weep?
b. What did the carpenter complain about?
c. Why is the moon found to be sulking?
d. What did the Walrus want the oysters to do?
e. What was the intention of the Walrus and the Carpenter?
8. Answer the following questions in about 60 -80 words.
1. Why do you think Aouda forgives Mr. Fogg?
2. Why do you think Aouda proposed to Mr. Fogg?
3. Describe the tension that the members of the Reform Club before the
end of the wager in your own words.
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ENGLISH- Word Combinations-EXERCISE
1. The meeting took almost five hours so it was impossible to ______________
attention all the time.
2. The problem is difficult to ______________ under control.
3. It took us all day to clean up the office after the burglary - the thieves
______________ a terrible mess.
4. I don't think we should ______________ a decision yet; we should wait.
5. Only 31% of the students who ______________ the final exam passed it.
6. I think we should look for a new supplier - the one we have at the moment
______________ us too many problems.
7. Could you ______________ me a favour and post these letters on your way
home?
8. I've told him ten times that he's got the wrong telephone number. I'll
______________ crazy if they call again.
9. The company offers its employees free language training but not many
people ______________ advantage of it.
10. Our personnel assistant is leaving next month - she's ______________ a
promotion.
Thursday, February 18, 2016
Computer Chap 7 - Computer Virus
7 Computer Virus
Que 1. Wht is a Computer Virus?
Ans :- A computer virus is a program which
is loaded onto your computer without your knowledge and cause
interferences
with computer operation.
Que 2. What are the symptoms 0f a Computer Virus? Or
How do you find out if your computer is infected with a virus?
Ans :- if your computer is infected with a virus it
shows the following signs:
ÒFunctions slower than normal.
ÒResponds slowly and freezes often.
ÒFiles or folders gets deleted or changed without the
user knowledge.
ÒSee uncommon error messages, distorted menus, and
dialog boxes.
ÒNotice applications fail to work correctly.
ÒHard disk may get erased.
ÒFiles become bigger in size, thereby reducing disk
space
Que 3. Explain different types of computer viruses
in detail:
Ans:- Computer
viruses can be
classified into different types based on their origin, techniques, the types of
files they infect, the kind of damage they cause and the platform they attack.
The main
type of computer viruses are:
1) File Virus
:- File virus infects program files such as .exe.
.com etc. Once this virus gets active in the memory, it tries to infect all the
programs that are further loaded into the memory.
2) Macro Virus
:- It is a type of virus which infects the Microsoft Word and other
applications. Once infected repairing these files become very difficult.
3) Boot sector
or Master Boot Record(MBR) Virus:- This kind of virus infects the
first sector of a storage device which is used for loading the operating
system. It becomes active as soon as the computer is started.
4) Multipartite
Virus :- It is a combination of Boot and Program/file viruses. It
infects program files and when an infected program is executed, the virus
infects the boot record. When the computer is booted the next time the virus
from the boot record loads into the memory and then it starts infecting other
program files on the disk as well.
5) Polymorphic
Viruses :- A polymorphic virus is a self-encrypted virus designed to
avoid detection by a scanner. Upon infection, the polymorphic virus duplicates
itself by creating usable, albeit slightly modified, copies of itself.
6) Worms :- These
kind of virus makes copies of itself and spread to other computer through
network thereby showing down the traffic on the network. Able to spread very quickly makes them really
damaging. For ex. Blaster, Code Red and Sasser.
7) Trojan
Horse :- Not considered as virus as it cannot replicate itself. A
Trojan horse is a coded program which makes the existence of a virus by making its
appearance look normal while containing malicious utilities transparent to the
user. It may creates breaks in the security of the system by leaking
information through a backdoor. Generally used for online fraud and theft of confidential and personal data.
For ex. ‘Waterfall.scr’, ‘Beast’
Que 4. How to protect your computer from viruses?
ÒUpload and use antivirus software
ÒBe aware of the e-mails and
attachments you open
ÒCheck for updates on antivirus
software regularly
ÒMake sure antivirus software is
installed correctly
ÒEnable the Macro Virus Protection
in MS Office application and do not run macros unless you know what they do.
ÒUse email programs that have built
in spam filters.
ÒAvoid installing programs from
unknown sources.
ÒAlways keep a regular back up of
the your data to avoid any loss
Que 5. What is the use of Anti-Viruses Software?
Ans:-
Anti-Virus Software scans files on your computer and the computer memory for
known viruses.
Que 5. How does
Anti-Viruses Software work?
Ans:- if
the Anti-Virus program finds a virus, it may attempt to
§ Remove the
virus(clean the file),
§ Quarantine
the files(move the file to a safe area so that it cannot harm your system),
§ Delete the
file.
Since new viruses are being released continually, the
Anti-virus software needs to updated on a regular basis to that you have the
least definitions installed in your computer.
Que 6. Give few examples of Anti-virus Software.
§ AVG
§ BitDefemder
§ Kaspersky
§ AcAfee
§ Norton
§ Quick Heal
Que 7. Fill
in the Blanks.
1) A Boot
Sector virus infects the first sector of a storage device which is used
for loading OS programs.
2) ‘Waterfall.scr’
is an example of a Trojan horse.
3) Anti-virus software needs to be updated
to keep track of latest viruses.
4) Quarantine is a term
used to move an infected file to a safe area to that it cannot harm your
system.
5) ‘Code Red’
and ‘Sasser’ are example of worms.
6) The Melissa
virus or (1999) forced MS to temporarily shut down its email servers.
7) The I Love
You virus(2000) came as an email attachment which on double clicking
sent copies of it to everyone on the victim’s address book.
8) Code Red made
headlines(2011) when it slowed down internet traffic by replicating itself.
Wednesday, February 17, 2016
Computer - Chap 5 -Introduction to 'C' Language
1. Errors are
mistakes in program, which are traced by the compiler.
Que
13.Explain errors of C programs in detail.
Ans.
Errors are mistakes in program, which are traced by the compiler while
compilation. A program can only execute when all the errors are corrected.
Types
of errors:
1) Logical errors – occur when the
result we get is not correct because of the incorrect code logic.
2) Syntax : occur when the grammar of
the C language is not used properly.
For
ex
1. Typing Printf or print instead
of printf.
2. Forgetting a semicolon (;) at the
end of an executable C statement.
3. Mismatch of parenthesis.
Explain some common Errors:
1. Typing
Printf or print instead of printf.
2. Forgetting
a semicolon (;) at the end of an executable C statement.
3. Mismatch of
paranthesis.
Que 15. Explain Format
Specifiers.
Ans. Format Specifiers
are % sing followed by a letter which actually prints the value of the
variable. Following are the list of format specifiers used in C to print the
value of variables of different types.
|
%c
|
Character format
Specifiers
|
|
%d
|
Signed Integer
format Specifiers
|
|
%f
|
Floating point
format Specifiers
|
|
%lf
|
Floating point
format Specifiers
|
|
%s
|
String format
Specifiers
|
|
%u
|
Unsigned Integer
format Specifiers
|
|
%n
|
Prints nothing
|
|
%%
|
Prints % character
|
Computer 6. Moving Ahead with Scratch 1.4
Note :-
1. Computer Syllabus of Cycle Test 4 - Chap 5(Errors and Format Specifiers)6 and 7
2. Material for chapter 7 will be uploaded soon.
3.For better exam preparation, students are advised to refer this material along with text book.
Chapter 6
Moving Ahead with Scratch 1.4
Que 1. How to move sprite randomly covering whole stage?
Ans :- Scratch stage ranges from -240 to 240
horizontally and -180 to 180 vertically. To randomly glide sprite across the
entire stage we can use following code.
Que 2. What is the use of Sensing block –key
pressed?
Ans : - Many times we want a program to respond to a
key pressed on the keyboard. For example, if we want to use the keys ‘b’ to
make the sprite bigger and ‘s’ to make the sprite smaller by 10% each time they
are pressed respectively, the given code block will be used.
Que 3. How will you prevent the sprite from going
into the boundary of the stage while moving it on stage?
Ans : - With the
help of ‘ if on edge bounce’ from the motion block we can prevent the sprite from going into the boundary of
the stage while moving it on stage.
Que 4. What is
the use of generating random numbers in Scratch?
Ans :-
Random numbers in sprite can be used in games to move a sprite to an
unpredictable position on the stage each and every time which adds a surprise
element and makes the game more interesting and challenging for the player.
Que 5. Explain with an example the application of
sensing keys in scratch.
Ans : - Many times we want a program to respond to a
key pressed on the keyboard. For ex. This script will make the sprite say “Hello”
for 2 seconds whenever you press the Spacebar key.
Que 6. Create a simple game using scratch.
Ans : -
Que 7 What will be the output of the following
script block.
Sprite will move 10 steps or
sprite will move 50 steps.
b)
- Sprite will change the colour
randomly.
c)
- Sprite will say hello for 1
second when spacebar key is pressed.
d)
- Sprite will move along with
mouse pointer and when mouse is clicked, sprite will move to center of the
stage.
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