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 You

Question

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:

continents oceans and seas countries deserts
mountains lakes rivers and canals

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

What do you cross, when travelling from Europe to the USA? (The Atlantic Ocean)

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.

Answer in Brief

Fill in the Blanks

Solution

Which is the largest continent in the world ?
Which is the longest mountain range between India and the People’s Republic of China ?
What do you cross when travelling from India to Sri Lanka ?
What river flows through London ?
What is the famous lake known as in Geneva ?
What do you cross when travelling from India to Oman ?
Which canal do you cross when travelling from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea?

Answers.

Asia
The Himalayas
The Palk Strait
The Thames
Lake Geneva
The Arabian Sea
Suez Canal

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Determiners

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Chapter 1: Determiners - Exercise [Page 4]

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CBSE English Workbook Class 10

Chapter 1 Determiners
Exercise | Q B. 5. | Page 4

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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:

Names	Category	Use of the	Conclusion	Other examples
Himalyas	Mountain range		The' is used before names of mountain ranges	The Alps The Andes
Mount Everest
	Cities			Pune, Delhi
India Nepal
People's Republic of China	A country whose name includes words like republic, union etc.
	Rivers
				Dal lake
	Deserts

The following paragraph has not been edited. (There is one error or omission in each line). The errors have been underlined and the omissions marked with a '/'. Write your corrections in the space provided. The first correction has been done as an example.

The area of/ Atlantic Ocean south of Florida the
has been an tricky one for travellers. --------
In the days of sail, ships crossing / area ---------
often found themselves becalmed for/ periods. ---------
To save drinking water, more horses on board ----------
would be thrown into / sea. ----------
Nevertheless, any sailors died of thirst. -----------
One of/ unique sea-going mysteries ever, -----------
an 103-foot sailing ship was found floating, -----------
abandoned with the life-boat missing. -----------
In the last 100 years much than 50 ships ------------
and 20 aeroplanes have disappeared in the Bermuda triangle. ------------

Determiners with countable and uncountable nouns

Now get into groups of four, compare your answers, and decide which of
the determiners can be used with
..................................... countable nouns only
.................................... uncountable nouns only
........................................... both countable and uncountable nouns

Fill in the table below as you do this activity

Countable (C)	Uncountable (U)	Both (C) and (U)
a pen	some water	some pens / some water

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(2) ................ of new ones?

B. We'll talk about it a (3)................ later, I have (4) ................important piece of work to complete tonight. I can't spare (5) ................time right now.

A. I saw (6)................ exquisite chair at 'WOODCRAFT'. I think they would fit beautifully in (7) ................drawing-room.

B. WOODCRAFT! It is (8) ................most expensive show-room in town.

A But they have authentic teak furniture, or we could choose (9)................set of chairs in rosewood; (10) ................idea may be to buy some cane chairs. B. I guess it would be useful to spend a ( 11) ................ more on furniture which would last for ( 12) ................years.

A. So, when can you spare a (13)................ hours to visit WOODCRAFf with me?

B. We could go ( 14) ................ Saturday or Sunday.

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Is there ____1 [ the/ a ] fitness centre near your house ?

Choose the appropriate option from the box to complete the given sentence.

________[ one/ few/ an ] example helps understand concepts better.

Choose the appropriate option from the box to complete the given sentence.

That house at the comer of the street belongs to _____ [ many / those ] people who are standing near its gate.

Choose the appropriate option from the box to complete the given sentence.

______[ few/ some ] of the mango trees in their garden bear fruit twice a Year .