English Medium इयत्ता १० - CBSE Question Bank Solutions

In this unit you will use the words which help to identify things – to say whether they are known or unknown to the listener, which one(s) the speaker is talking about, whether the speaker is thinking of specific examples or talking in general. You will also work with words which say ‘how much’ or ‘how many’.

There are twenty determiners in the grid given below. Encircle these determiners.

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 1. The building that I visited today is a museum.
2. A building in which antiques are kept is called a museum.

With the help of the inputs given below, write a letter to the Editor of a newspaper on the colossal wastage of food in the lavish Indian weddings.

Working in pair, decide which of the following items in italics is definite (or specific) and which is indefinite (or non-specific).
Then complete the following sentence using appropriate articles.

• Bangkok is ___ capital of Thailand.

Working in pair, decide which of the following items in italics is definite (or specific) and which is indefinite (or non-specific).
Then complete the following sentence using appropriate articles.

• Australia, ................ country in the southern Hemisphere, has produced some world-class sportspersons.

Working in pair, decide which of the following items in italics is definite (or specific) and which is indefinite (or non-specific).
Then complete the following sentence using appropriate articles.

• ___ fruit seller does not earn much during the rainy season.

Working in pair, decide which of the following items in italics is definite (or specific) and which is indefinite (or non-specific).
Then complete the following sentence using appropriate articles.

• ................... girl who lives at the corner of our street has been selected for the
  civil services.

Working in pair, decide which of the following items in italics is definite (or specific) and which is indefinite (or non-specific).
Then complete the following sentence using appropriate articles.

• Many countries rely on ___ type of cocoa produced in Ghana for their chocolate products.

Now that you have each read one of the stories above, first complete the appropriate column of the table below. When you have done that, ask the other two students in your group about the stories you have not read. For example, ask “In which country did your story take place ? What type of pollution is there ?” When it is your turn to give information, only do so when the other two students ask you questions. As you receive the answer, complete the other two columns.

Working in pair, decide which of the following items in italics is definite (or specific) and which is indefinite (or non-specific).
Then complete the following sentence using appropriate articles.

• The Amazon is considered to be ___ largest river in the world, in terms of volume of water.

Working in pair, decide which of the following items in italics is definite (or specific) and which is indefinite (or non-specific).
Then complete the following sentence using appropriate articles.

• .............. Punjab, ..........  important state of North India, has five rivers flowing through it.

Working in pair, decide which of the following items in italics is definite (or specific) and which is indefinite (or non-specific).
Then complete the following sentence using appropriate articles.

• 1950 is ___ year in which India became a republic.

Koko Village, Nigeria

• Why do you think there are “three large, empty metal drums” outside Mr. Nana’s front door ?
• Why do you think the drums were sent from Italy to Nigeria ?
• What do you think was in the brown paper bag that the Chief received ?
• Why are the drums referred to as “the mountain of death” ?

Ponnimanthuri Village, India
• Vijayasama and the narrator both refer many times to "they'. Who do you think 'they' are?
• Why do you think the women of the village have to  walk 10 km everyday?
• Why does Vijayasama say· " We don't buy leather shoes or leather handbags or leather clothes" ?

Vorobyov Village, Ukraine

• Why do you think Natasha's three children died?
• Where do you think Natasha lives now ?
• What do you think is going to happen to Natasha very soon ? Why?

Still working in groups of three, find any ten “happy” words and ten “unhappy” words from the passages you have just read. First, copy and complete the table below :

Now give reasons why you have classified them as “happy” and “unhappy” words.

Read this extract from a story. Fill in the blanks using a, an or the where necessary.

I drove on the Time Machine without changing .............. lever . At last I stopped; ............... sun was red and very large and ........... huge reddish
rock was there. ................ Time Machine, in which I sat, was standing on ............. sloping beach and I saw ................. sea stretch to ................ horizon, but without any waves. No breath of wind stirred and I began to breathe very fast and felt ................ oppression in my head. I heard .............. harsh scream and saw .............. thing like ............. huge butterfly. But as I turned to look around again, I froze. .................. reddish mass of rock was moving towards me. I realized that it was ................ monstrous crablike creature. I felt a tickle on my cheek, as though .............. fly had lighted there. I struck at this and caught something threadlike. With horror I realized that I had just grasped ............. antenna of ............... monster crab. In a moment I had pulled the lever. I placed ................. time of one month between myself and these monsters.

                                                                                                   Ref.: The Time Machine
                                                                                                            By H.G.Wells

The Ecological Footprint

The situation is not hopeless. There are lots of things we can do to reduce our impact on the planet ! Fill in the worksheet given below to measure your ecological footprint.

My Ecological Footprint
Worksheet : Measure Your Impact

In groups of four, read the following description from a geography book, and underline the geographical names.
The Himalayas, the highest mountain range in the world, protect India from the cold winds blowing from central Asia and the People's Republic of China. Mount Everest, the highest mountain peak of the world belongs to this range and is situated in Nepal. To the south of the Himalayas, the great northern plains extend between the mouth of the rivers Indus and the Ganga. The Indus, the Ganga and the Brahmaputra start in the Himalayas .The Indus starts in Tibet near Mansarovar Lake. The Ganga rises in the Himalayas and the Brahmaputra, also known as Tsang Po, starts in Tibet. The Ganga and the Brahmaputrajoin together before flowing into the Bay of Bengal. Between the fertile Indus and Ganga plains are the Aravalli Hills and the Thar Desert.

Now discuss within your groups how the article is used (or not used) before geographical terms, and complete the following table:

You and your friend have been asked to help the quiz-master to prepare questions for a geography quiz in your school. You may choose topics from the list below to prepare your questions:

Work in pairs. Each pair should write at least five questions (and their
answers), e.g.

You may use an atlas. Remember what you have learned in B.4 about using
or not using the.

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When you have written your questions, your teacher wW organize a class
quiz.