English Medium Class 10 - CBSE Important Questions for English Communicative

Why did John’s wife get angry with him? What did she decide to do?

Read the extract given below and answer briefly the questions that follow:

"I hadn't the shade of an idea, but at the time that didn't worry me in the least. You see, I had often been like that before...."

(i) Who is 'I' ? What did he not have an idea about?
(ii) Why was he not worried?
(iii) What had actually happened earlier to make things right for him?

How does the lesson, 'A Shady Plot' remind us that man has no right to invoke supernatural powers through Ouija boards, Tarot cards etc to solve his problems and that one should face life boldly and overcome difficulties using wit and intelligence. Write in 80−100 words.

Read the extract given below and answer briefly the questions that follow:

".................. its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed.

(a) What do "lifeless things" refer to?
(b) How do we know that he was a good sculptor?
(c) How did the heart feed the passions?

Respect for all forms of life is an essential value. Unmindful destruction of nature and its creatures deserves just punishment. Write in 80−100 words this essential value as brought out in the poem, 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner'.

Read the extract given below and answer briefly the questions that follow:

"The noble Brutus
Hath told you Caesar was ambitious:
If it were so, it was a grievous fault,
And grievously hath Caesar answered it."

(a) Who is the speaker? Who are 'you'?
(b) How did Caesar pay for being ambitious?
(c) What argument did the speaker give to show that Brutus was wrong in his judgement of Caesar?

'Not that I loved Caesar less, but I loved Rome more.'

Brutus says this as he justifies to the Romans why Caesar was assassinated by them. Do you agree with Brutus? Justify your answer in 120‒150 words by giving examples from the play.

Why values does Brutus display as he says this line to the Romans ?

"Oh, oh, oh; oh, oh ..." Patol Babu began giving the exclamation a different inflection each time he uttered it: After doing it a number of times he made an astonishing discovery.

(a) Why did Patol Babu repeat the word, `oh' over and over again '?

(b) What 'astonishing discovery' did he make?

(c) What does the word, 'uttered' mean?

Who was Mr. Pakrashi and how did he instill the value of being true to one's work in Patol Babu?

Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow.

Patol Babu suddenly felt that he could write a whole thesis on that monosyllabic exclamation. Why had he felt so disheartened when this single word contained a gold-mine of meaning?

(a) Why was Patol Babu disheartened?

(b) Which was the word that contained a 'gold-mine'?

(c) What does the word 'monosyllabic' mean?

It all started a month ago. Dad and I had spent the entire Saturday afternoon at the Computer Fair.

i. Who does ‘I’ in the extract refer to?

ii. What started a month ago?

iii. What does the speaker have a keen interest in?

Why did the poet throw the log at the snake?

Good countrymen, let me depart alone,

And, for my sake, stay here with Antony

i. Identify the speaker of the above lines.

ii. When and where were the above lines spoken?

iii. Bring out the irony in the above extract.

How did nature foretell Caesar’s death?

Now let it work. Mischief thou art afoot.
Take thou what course thou wilt!

Antony seeks justice by getting the mob to kill the conspirators. But to correct a wrong, one cannot commit another wrong. Write a speech for the school assembly on – The ends do not justify the means. (120–150 words)

"They that have done this deed are honorable: What private grief’s they have, alas, I know not, That made them do it"……………….

(a) Who is the speaker?

(b) What deed have 'they' done?

(c) What does the word, 'grief’s' mean?

Keeping in mind the poem, 'Snake', write out a speech for the morning assembly on the topic, Snakes - a beautiful creation of God, an object of our love and not hatred.

What did Caesar leave for the Romans in his will?

Answer the following question:
What will Shakespeare's friend realize when he rises on the Day of Judgment?

Read the given excerpt and answer the questions briefly.

1. Identify the phrase that indicates that the visit to Poleta on Sundays is significant as a routine or tradition.   (1)
2. What does the narrator's offer to drive the brothers to Poleta reveal about his character?   (1)
3. Why was there a pause after the narrator’s offer?   (1)
4. State one reason why Jacopo might have wanted a car ride despite the choice of hired bicycles?   (1)