GRADE 10- REVISION

Summer is an ideal time to take a hike, especially if you ------------ the opportunity to explore one of our country’s main state and national parks.

• are having

• will have

• have.

• Has

My class teacher............ a lot of homework for the coming summer holidays.

• assigned

• probably assigning

• will probably assign

• probably assigned

The report read, “there _____ heavy rainfall due to western disturbances over the Arabian Sea”.

• should be

• must be

• ought to be

• will be

Look! They...........and........... their time.

• gossip, while away

• are gossiping, whiling away

• gossiped, whiled away

• had gossiped, whiled away

Bread and butter ______ my favourite breakfast.

• is

• am

• are

• has been

I am an orphan, roaming the street.

I pattern soft dust with my hushed, bare feet.

The silence is golden, the freedom is sweet. (Amanda!)

The tone of the given lines is

• analytical.

• despairing.

• peaceful.

• nervous

I am an orphan, roaming the street.

I pattern soft dust with my hushed, bare feet.

The silence is golden, the freedom is sweet. (Amanda!)

Read the statements A and B given below, and choose the option that correctly evaluates these statements. Statement A – The figure ‘I’ imagines a less than realistic view of being an orphan. Statement B – The figure ‘I’ does not like the speaker.

• A is true, B is false, according to the extract

• A is true, B cannot be clearly inferred from the extract.

• A cannot be clearly inferred from the extract, B is false.

• A is true and can be inferred from the poem, B is true too.

I am an orphan, roaming the street.

I pattern soft dust with my hushed, bare feet.

The silence is golden, the freedom is sweet. (Amanda!)

The golden silence is contrasted with the __________.

• chaos of the street.

• constant instructions received.

• sweetness of freedom.

• hushed, bare feet.

I am an orphan, roaming the street.

I pattern soft dust with my hushed, bare feet.

The silence is golden, the freedom is sweet. (Amanda!)

Pick the option that lists the usage of the word ‘pattern’, as in the extract above.

• That is a lovely pattern for a wallpaper.

• He decided to wear a patterned shirt to the party.

• Poetry is a form of pattern making.

• She patterned her hair after her favourite celebrity.

Which option completes the popular adage given below? _________________ silence is gold.

• Precious are words for

• Speech is silver

• Silver is the tongue

• Ideas may be precious but