HHW 10 3

HOLIDAYS HOMEWORK
CLASS-10
SUB: ENGLISH
Q1. Write a letter to the Editor of “The Times of India”, Delhi expressing your concern
over the increase in the rate of road accident, rash driving and overcrowded road
transport. You are Priya/Priyanshu living at B-47 Avas Vikas, Mayur Vihar, New Delhi.
Q2. You are Praveen of 23, Civil Lines, Jaipur. Write a letter to the Editor of Dainik
Bhaskar, Jaipur about frequent break-down of electricity.
Q5. The charts below show agricultural production in two different regions of the
country. Write an analytical paragraph in 100-120 words by selecting and reporting the
main features, and making comparisons where relevant.
Q6. You are Suresh/Meeta. Given below is a table based on data given about the number
of tourists who visited your city in the past two years. Write an analytical paragraph on
‘Promotion of Tourism’ taking information from the table given below together with your
own ideas in 100-120 words.
Plans of Tourism Department:

• To develop a wildlife park.
• Illumination and light and sound programme at one of the places of tourist interest in
the city. • To develop a big amusement park.
• Convention centre and a multiplex in the city.
Q9. Do as directed:
i. Fill in the blank by choosing the correct option to complete the sentence.
The boys _____ to my lecture since 8 O’clock this morning.
(a) were listening (b) have been listening (c) had been listening (d) None of these
ii. Read the conversation between a mother and her daughter. Complete the
sentence by reporting daughter’s reply correctly.
Mother: Why are you looking so worried?
Daughter: My exams are approaching.
Mother asked her daughter why she was looking very worried. The daughter replied that
_____.
iii. Select the correct option to fill in the blank for the given line.
I _____ rather die than join the gang of terrorists.
(a) could (b) should (c) would (d) can
iv. Select the option that identifies the error and supplies the correction for the
following line:
A little political thinkers think that liberty and equality can’t go together.
Option Error Correction

(a) Can’t Couldn’t
(b) think thinks
(c ) A little some
(d) go goes
v. Complete the given sentence, by filling in the blank with the correct option:
They met you at night after you _____ your work.
(a) had finished (b) have finished (c) finished (d) will fi nish
vi. Fill in the blank by using the correct form of the word in the bracket.
Chris, in addition to his brother Zack, _____ (play)hockey on Saturday.
vii. Report the dialogue between a doctor and a patient, by completing the
sentence:
Doctor: You should take this medicine every day.
Patient: Should I take it before dinner or after dinner?
Doctor: No, you should take it after breakfast.
The Doctor advised the patient that he should take that medicine every day. The
patient further asked if he should take it before dinner or after dinner. The doctor
replied negatively and then said that _____.
viii. Identify the error in the given sentence and supply the correction. Some guys
like to fights on even playing grounds, and some guys like to cheat. Use the
given format for your response.
Error Correction
ix. Transform the following direct speech into reported speech: He asked, “Will
you be coming?”
x. Fill in the blank by choosing the correct option, to complete the sentence.
My class teacher told me that I _____ work hard.
(a) shall (b) could (c) can (d) should
xi. Select the correct option to complete the narration of the dialogue between
Radha and Shikha.
Radha: Do you know how to swim?
Shikha: Yes, I know. I have learnt it during this summer vacation. Radha asked
Shikha if/whether she knew how to swim. Then Shikha replied in affirmative and also
added that _____.
(a) she had learnt it during the summer vacation (b) she has learnt it during the
summer vacation (c) she have learnt it during the summer vacation (d) she had learn
it during the summer vacation
xii. Identify the error and supply the correction, for the following sentence:
Every people went to welcome the Indian Cricket team.
Error Correction
xiii. Fill in the blank by choosing the correct option to complete the sentence.
If we _____ one more batsman in our team, we would have won the match.
(a) had had (b) would have been (c) would have (d) would have had
xiv. Read the conversation between Reena and Rakesh. Complete the sentence
by reporting Rakes’s reply correctly.
Reena: Have you seen my books?
Rakesh: I saw them yesterday in my class.
Reena asked Rakesh if he had seen her books. Rakesh replied that _____.
xv. Select the correct option to fill in the blank for the given line.
The swimmer was tired but he _____ reach the shore before he collapsed.
(a) will (b) could (c) may (d) must
xvi. Select the option identifies the error and supplies the correction for the
following line:
Have you ever learn from a mistake you have made?
Options Error Correction
(a) Learn Learnt
(b) Have Has
(c ) A The
(d) made make
xvii. Complete the given sentence, by filling in the blank with the correct option:
I bought a new car last year, but I _____ my old car yet, so at present I have two cars.
(a) sell (b) have not sold (c) sold (d) did not sell
xviii. Fill in the blank by choosing the correct option, to complete the sentence.
He said I _____ use his car whenever I wanted.
(a) will (b) would (c) could (d) can
xix. Ram and Shyam are discussing their plans for the weekend. Fill in the blank
to complete the dialogue below by choosing the correct options.
Ram: What are you doing this weekend, Shyam?
Shyam: I don’t have any special plan.
Ram: How do you like the idea _____.
(a) of go for a picnic to the Dal Lake? (b) of going for a picnic to the Dal Lake? (c)
of went for a picnic to the Dal Lake? (d) of going for a picnic by the Dal Lake?
xx. Identify the error and supply the correction, for the following sentence:
Every trees have a single woody stem called a trunk which supports a mass of branches
carrying leaves.
Error Correction
Q10. Answer the following questions in 30-40 words.

1. What, according to you would have been the likely reaction of Lencho’s wife
upon knowing about him writing an actual letter to God?
2. The field was white, as if covered with salt.’ This is how the field is described
after the hailstorm. The pelting hailstones could have been easily seen as sugar
cubes. Do you think comparing it with sugar would have been more
appropriate? Why/ why not?
3. How did the policy of apartheid create 'a deep & lasting wound' in South Africa?
4. According to a popular quote- “Where there is no struggle, there is no strength.
In what way is this quote relevant to the events of the story “A Triumph of
Surgery”?
5. Why do you think the narrator used to feel that “friends were more trouble than
help”?
Q11. Answer the following in 100-120 words.
1. There are two kinds of conflict in the story: between humans and nature, and
between humans themselves. How are these conflicts illustrated in “ A Letter to
God”?
2. The chapter highlights the absurd and negligent behaviour of rich people like
Mrs. Pumphrey who may harm their near and dear ones by their extra caring
nature. Tricki's declined health was the outcome of Mrs. Pumphrey's over-
caring nature. Do you think such people's actions can prove to be detrimental for
the health of their kinds?
3. As a crow you feel highly injured by the incorrect perception humans have about
your species. Imagine yourself to be a crow and write your opinion about this
prejudice. You can draw inference from “Dust of Snow”. Make a case for
breaking stereotypes.
4. Mrs Pumphrey and Dr Herriot have been invited to speak at a community pet
adoption drive. There were some differences in Mrs Pumphrey and Dr Herriot’s
notions of responsibility and experiences of keeping a pet. As a reporter for the
local pet magazine, write an article recording and comparing their perspectives.
Give it a suitable title.
5. Education means different things to different people. Draw a contrast how the
young thief valued the education in the beginning and in the end of the story
“The Thief’s Story”?

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HOLIDAYS HOMEWORK

Plans of Tourism Department:

Option Error Correction

Q10. Answer the following questions in 30-40 words.

Q11. Answer the following in 100-120 words.

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