English Medium कक्षा १० - CBSE Question Bank Solutions for English Communicative

Answer the following based on your reading of the passage above :

What did he have to go through in order to get admission to the Hampton Institute ?

Answer the following based on your reading of the passage above :

The names of some places are given below. Think of the main event that took place there and write them in the order given in the story.

(a) Hampton
(b) General Lewis Ruffner’s house
(c) coal mine
(d) city of Richmond in Virginia.

Patol Babu impresses everyone at the shoot with his acting talent in spite of having a one word dialogue. In groups of four enact the word 'Oh' in different ways to show the following emotions:
• happiness • sorrow
• excitement • fear
• sarcasm • pain
• disappointment • surprise
Each group will then enact one of these emotions to the rest of the class using the word
'Oh'. The other groups will try to guess which emotion is being expressed.

Which of the following qualities best describe the boy’s character ? Give evidence from the story to support your answer.

  kind                polite                                          hard- working 

  careful            friendly                                       respectful

  generous         honest             frank                  eager to learn 

Patol Babu writes a letter to Nishikanto Ghosh to thank him for being instrumental in his getting a role in a film. He also shares his experience at the film shoot including the excitement and deep satisfaction that he derived from the same. Write the letter in about 200 words.

Match the following phrases with their meanings :

Listen to the talk on character actors and as you listen, complete the exercise, as directed.

Supporting roles are those roles that do not affect the plot or the subject of the film (True/False)

Listen to your teacher read out from page no. 193, the passage on character actors and complete the exercise as directed.

People become character actors chiefly because (Tick the right choices)

Listen to your teacher read out from page no. 193, the passage on character actors and complete the exercise as directed.

'star quality' refers to things like……………..(Tick the right choice)

Listen to your teacher read out from page no. 193, the passage on character actors and complete the exercise as directed.

After the age of forty, the actors most likely to get less work are (Tick the right choice)

Listen to your teacher read out from page no. 193, the passage on character actors and complete the exercise as directed.

The chief advantages of being a character actor is that …………….(Tick the right choice)

Based on your understanding of the story respond to the following statement. You could get into groups of six and each student could respond to one statement.

(а) Rahul is a victim of circumstances.
(b) His classmates’ reaction is normal
(c) Rahul should take admission in another school
(d) Rahul’s teacher is at fault
(e) Children require individual attention
(f) We need more people like Mrs. Mini

After the convocation, Mrs. Mini, Rahul’s mother and Rahul have a conversation. Write the conversation and present it to the class in groups of three. 

On the basis of your reading of the passage given and your own research on the Right to Education, find out and discuss in your groups.

What is the Right to Education?

On the basis of your reading of the passage given above and vour own research on the Right to Education, find out and discuss in your groups. 

What are the challenges of RTE ?

On the basis of your reading of the passage given above and vour own research on the Right to Education, find out and discuss in your groups.

What is the implication of ‘free education in the Act ?

On the basis of your reading of the passage given above and vour own research on the Right to Education, find out and discuss in your groups.

What action will he taken if some parents don’t send children to schools ?

On the basis of your reading of the passage given above and vour own research on the Right to Education, find out and discuss in your groups.

Is the Act targeted only at weaker sections ?

On the basis of your reading of the passage given above and vour own research on the Right to Education, find out and discuss in your groups. 

Have the disabled children been adequately addressed in the Act ?

On the basis of your reading of the passage given above and vour own research on the Right to Education, find out and discuss in your groups.

What about children not in schools right now ?