SSC (English Medium) इयत्ता १० वी - Maharashtra State Board Question Bank Solutions for English

Fill in the gap choosing the appropriate idiom.

(drown out, hits in the head with a brick, get one’s affairs in order, connect the dots, begin to dawn, stay hungy)

The wealthy landlord made a will ______ before he could die.

Fill in the gap choosing the appropriate idiom.

(drown out, hits in the head with a brick, get one’s affairs in order, connect the dots, begin to dawn, stay hungy)

Those who aspire for success should always ______ to learn more.

Fill in the gap choosing the appropriate idiom.

(drown out, hits in the head with a brick, get one’s affairs in order, connect the dots, begin to dawn, stay hungy)

If you ______ you will realise that crime ultimately leads to poverty.

Fill in the gap choosing the appropriate idiom.

(drown out, hits in the head with a brick, get one’s affairs in order, connect the dots, begin to dawn, stay hungy)

The siren of the ambulance ______ all other traffic noise.

Fill in the gap choosing the appropriate idiom.

(drown out, hits in the head with a brick, get one’s affairs in order, connect the dots, begin to dawn, stay hungy)

When the father learned about his son’s misdeeds, it ______.

Fill in the gap choosing the appropriate idiom.

(drown out, hits in the head with a brick, get one’s affairs in order, connect the dots, begin to dawn, stay hungy)

On reading exactly same essays in both answer sheets, it ______ the examiner, that the students had cheated during exams.

Pick out the words and phrases in the story that indicate that the author was not financially well off. One is done for you.

Fill in the blank with a word or a phrase given in the bracket in its appropriate form.

(startle, catch sight of, overload, water, pass)

“I never ______ my stomach”, she said.

Fill in the blank with a word or a phrase given in the bracket in its appropriate form.

(startle, catch sight of, overload, water, pass)

I was ______ when the menu was brought.

Fill in the blank with a word or a phrase given in the bracket in its appropriate form.

(startle, catch sight of, overload, water, pass)

The author ______ the guest at the play.

Fill in the blank with a word or a phrase given in the bracket in its appropriate form.

(startle, catch sight of, overload, water, pass) 

I had seen asparagus in the shops, my mouth often ______ at the sight of them.

Fill in the blank with a word or a phrase given in the bracket in its appropriate form.

(startle, catch sight of, overload, water, pass)

The author’s guest was ______ through Paris.

Make a meaningful sentence by using the following phrase in your notebook.

in the pursuit of

Make a meaningful sentence by using the following phrase in your notebook.

be afraid of

Make a meaningful sentence by using the following phrase in your notebook.

give up

Read the text again. You will find that the text contains many phrases. Match the phrases in ‘A’ and their meanings in ‘B’. After matching their meanings, make sentences of your own.

Make a meaningful sentence by using the following phrase:

'pitched in to help'

Copy the first 8 lines and mark the stressed syllables using a coloured pen.

The number of stressed syllables (Rhythm) in the line.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Pick out the word from the given box and write it in the correct columns below.

Here the focus is not on the spellings but the pronunciation of the words.