English Medium कक्षा १० - CBSE Question Bank Solutions

Here is sentence with some words in italics. Find phrases from the text that have the same meaning. (Look in the paragraphs indicated)

During monsoons it rains so heavily that tourists do not visit Coorg. (para 2)

Here is sentence with some words in italics. Find phrases from the text that have the same meaning. (Look in the paragraphs indicated)

Some people say that Alexander’s army moved south along the coast and settled there. (para 3)

Here is sentence with some words in italics. Find phrases from the text that have the same meaning. (Look in the paragraphs indicated)

The Coorg people are always ready to tell stories of their sons’ and fathers’ valour. (para 4)

Here is sentence with some words in italics. Find phrases from the text that have the same meaning. (Look in the paragraphs indicated)

Even people who normally lead an easy and slow life get smitten by the high-energy adventure sports of Coorg. (para 6)

Here is sentence with some words in italics. Find phrases from the text that have the same meaning. (Look in the paragraphs indicated)

The theory of the Arab origin is supported by the long coat with embroidered waist-belt they wear. (para 3)

Here is sentence with some words in italics. Find phrases from the text that have the same meaning. (Look in the paragraphs indicated)

Macaques, Malabar squirrels observe you carefully from the tree canopy. (para 7)

Complete the following phrases from the text. For each phrase, can you find at least one other word that would fit into the blank?

(i) tales of _______________

(ii) coastal _______________

(iii) a piece of ______________

(iv) evergreen ______________

(v) _____________ plantations

(vi) _____________bridge

(vii) wild __________________

You may add your own examples to this list.

This text is written in an old-fashioned style, for it reports an incident more than two millennia old. Look for the following words and phrases in the text, and try to rephrase them in more current language, based on how you understand them.

• give thee medicine for thy child

• Pray tell me

• Kisa repaired to the Buddha

• there was no house but someone had died in it

• kinsmen

• Mark!

1. This play has been translated into English from the Russian original. Are there any expressions or ways of speaking that strike you as more Russian than English? For example, would an adult man be addressed by an older man as my darling or my treasure in an English play?

Read through the play carefully, and find expressions that you think are not used in contemporary English, and contrast these with idiomatic modern English expressions that also occur in the play.

3. Look up the following phrases in a dictionary to find out their meaning, and then use each in a sentence of your own.

(i) You may take it that

(ii) He seems to be coming round

(iii) My foot’s gone to sleep

Match, the italicised phrases in Column A with the phrase nearest meaning in Column B.
(Hint: First look for the sentence in the text which the phrase in column A occurs.)

Relative Clause

Join the sentence given below using who, whom, whose, which as suggested.

I often go to Mumbai. Mumbai is the commercial capital of India. (which)

Relative Clause

Join the sentence given below using who, whom, whose, which as suggested.

 My mother is going to host a TV show on cooking. She cooks very well. (who)

Relative Clause

Join the sentence given below using who, whom, whose, which as suggested.

These sportspersons are going to meet the President. Their performance has been excellent. (whose)

Relative Clause

Join the sentence given below using who, whom, whose, which as suggested.

 Lencho prayed to God. His eyes see into our minds. (whose)

Relative Clause

Join the sentence given below using who, whom, whose, which as suggested.

 This man cheated me. I trusted him. (whom)

Combine the following to make sentence like those above.

I would like to buy (a) shirt (which shirt?). (The) shirt is in the shop window. (use which or that)

Combine the following to make sentence like those above.

You must break your fast at a particular time (when?). You see the moon in the sky. (use when)

Combine the following to make sentence like those above. 

This is the bus (what kind of bus?) It goes to Agra. (use which or that)

Combine the following to make sentence like those above.

 Find a word (what kind of word?). It begins with the letter Z. (use which or that).

Combine the following to make sentence like those above.

Now find a person (what kind of person). His or her name begins with the letter Z. (use whose)