PRUDENCE SCHOOL

SESSION 2023– 2024

MAY WORKSHEET
SUBJECT: ENGLISH
CLASS: X

READING
Q1-Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow:
SPEEDING UP INDI'S JOURNEY BY BULLET TRAINS By: Vijay Kumar Dutt

1.Indian Railways High speed in Indian Railways is at present limited to 150 KMPH. However,
in many other countries the speed of Railways is of the order of 200 KM per hour (KMPH). In
France, Japan, Germany, China, Spain and South Korea high speed traction above 280 KMPH
has been introduced. India and Japan have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on
12th December, 2015 on cooperation and assistance in the Mumbai–Ahmedabad High Speed
Rail (HSR) Project referred to by many as ‗Bullet Train Project‘. Japan has offered an assistance
of over Rs. 79,000 crore for the project. The loan is for a period of 50 years with a moratorium of
15 years, at an interest rate of 0.1 per cent.
2.The project is a 508-kilometre Railway line costing a total of Rs. 97,636 crore, to be
implemented in a period of seven years. It has been agreed that for the Mumbai – Ahmadabad
HSR Project. Japan‘s Shinkansen Technology, known for its speeds reliability and safety, will be
adopted. Transfer of technology and ―Make in India‖ will be essential part of this assistance
package. Japan will also assist India in training of personnel for HSR.‘ The two countries have
also entered into two comprehensive technological cooperation agreements on 11th December
2015, for modernization and up gradation of Indian railways.
3.These agreements have been signed during the official visit to India of His Excellency Mr.
Shinzo Abe, the Prime Minister of Japan, during December 11-13, 2015.

On the basis of your reading of the passage, answer the questions:

a) Name the countries where high speed traction above 280 KMPH has been introduced.
b) Which project is known as ―Bullet Train Project?
c) How much time and money is estimated for the Project?
d) Which technology will be adopted for the Project?
e) What agreements were signed during 11th December to 13th December2015?
f) What is Shinkansen Technology famous for?
g) How has Japan assisted India financially for the Project?
h) Find a word which means 'help' (Para 1).

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i) Find a word which means ‗broad‘(Para 2).
j) In paragraph No. 2 the synonym of 'essential‘ is:
(i) unwanted (ii) inessential (iii) unnecessary (iv) fundamental

WRITING SKILLS
Q2- You are Krishna, a resident of Ambedkar Nagar, Noida, and have been coming across certain
headlines in the newspapers on the shortage of electricity. You are also facing an erratic supply of
electricity in your locality. Write a letter to the Editor of a local daily regarding your plight and
mentioning the inconvenience faced by the residents of the locality.

Q3- While shopping at a popular fashionable market, you were distressed to see the harassment
faced by some foreigners at the hands of self-proclaimed guides, greedy shopkeepers, vendors,
and even beggars.
Write a letter to the Editor, Indian Express, mentioning that we have forgotten our culture of
hospitality and are responsible for spoiling the image of our country.

GRAMMAR

Q4- Complete the following sentences using appropriate verb forms.

A. My friend 1)................ (read) a lot. He 2)...................... (be) fond of reading since he was a
boy. Last Sunday he 3).................... (take) two books from the library. He 4)...................
(finish) reading them in two days.
B. Rahul 1)....................... (elect) captain of the school team two years ago. He 2)........................
(win) several trophies since then. Yesterday, however, he 3)....................... (play) a poor
game. I am sure that he 4)..................... (regain) his form soon.

Q5- Complete the following sentences using an appropriate word or phrase.

1. She would never have changed jobs if she ------------------

a) had been promoted

b) have been promoted
c) is promoted
d) was promoted

2. I don't trust these God men. I never have, and I --------------------.

a) will never
b) never will
c) never do
d) never would

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3. I am going to do my exams, and -------------------- I am planning to study law.

a) after
b) afterwards
c) afterward
d) later

4. I thought I would fail the test, but I passed -------------

a) at all
b) finally
c) after all
d) nevertheless

5. When I was ------------------- I was working.

a) at your age
b) your age
c) of your age
d) at the age of you

Q6- The following paragraph has not been edited. There is one error in each line. Identify the
error and write its correction against the correct blank number. Remember to underline the
correction. The first one has been done for you.

Error Correction
It has been decide to build a number of fly-overs in Delhi. E.g. decide decided
That would mean cutting hundreds of trees. It would certainly created (a) ______
_______
ecological imbalance. Thinking that this balance may be preserved, (b) ______
_______
several organizations has come forward to sustain this green cover by planting (c)___ _______
new trees. They are also trying to create awareness among the people.

Q7-In the passage given below, one word has been omitted in each line. Write the missing word
along with the word that comes before and the word that comes after it in your answer sheets.
Ensure that the word that forms your answer is underlined.

Before Missing After

I badly wanted learn swimming, (a) ______ ______ ______

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 so I hired a trainer who train me (b) _______ ______ _______

for a month. After training was complete (c) ______ ______ _______

I tried to swim alone, without (d) _______ ______ ______

anyone navigating me. I jumped the (e) _______ _______ ______

pool which was three feet deep one end and eleven at the
(f) _______ ________ ______
other.

LITERATURE

Q8-Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow in one or two sentences.

i)I tried to sound severe: “Now I really mean this. If you don’t cut his food right down and give
him more exercise he is going to be really ill. You must harden your heart and keep him on a
very strict diet.”

a) Who is ‘I’ referred to and how does he sound?

b) What was his advice?
c) Who is talking to whom? Why?
d) How can he be healthy? What are your suggestions?
e) Describe the phrase ‘harden your heart’.

ii) With a satisfied expression, he regarded the field of ripe corn with its flowers, draped in a curtain
of rain. But suddenly a strong wind began to blow and along with the rain very large hailstones
began to fall. These truly did resemble new silver coins. The boys, exposing themselves to the rain,
ran out to collect the frozen pearls.

a) How did Lencho feel when he saw his fields covered with the curtain of rain?
b) What followed the rain?
c) What did hailstone resemble?
d) How did these new silver coins bring disaster to him?

iii) But if it had to perish twice,

I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great.
And would suffice.
a) What has to perish twice?
b) What does the poet know enough?
c) What is also great for destruction?
d) What does ‘ice’ symbolise in these lines?

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Q9- Multiple Choice Questions-
i- When was the inauguration day?
a. 10 May
b. 10 March
c. 20 May
d. 20 March

ii- It was a celebration of South Africa's first ______ government.

a. autocratic, racial
b. democratic, non-racial
c. democratic, racial
d. monarch, non-racial

iii- Why did other countries broke off diplomatic relations with South Africa?
a. White rulers
b. Other countries are racial
c. It is a poor country
d. Apartheid policy

iv- "We thank all of our distinguished international guests for having come to take possession with
the people of our country of what is, after all, a common victory for ____."
a. justice
b. peace
c. human dignity
d. all of the above

Q10- Imagine that Nelson Mandela read ‘Fire and Ice’. As Mandela, write a diary entry associating
the impact of the troubled history of South Africa with the idea expressed in the poem.
You may begin like this:

Tuesday 10 May 1994

10 p.m.

Today, when I am the President of South Africa, I can’t help recalling Robert Frost’s ‘Fire and
Ice’………………...(continue)………………….

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