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ANDHRA PRADESH
SUBJECT: ENGLISH REVISION ASSIGNMENT-2

PART – A
SECTION – A
READING COMPREHENSION
(Q_1 - 5): Read the following passage and answer the questions.
Every Monday, on his way back from work, Bepin Choudhury would drop in at
Kalicharan’s In New Market to buy books. Crime stories, ghost stories and thrillers.
He had to buy at least five at a time to last him through the week. He lived alone,
was not a good mixer, had few friends, and didn’t like spending time in idle chat.
Today, at Kalicharan’s, Bepin Babu had the feeling that someone was observing him
from close quarters. He turned round and found himself looking at a round faced,
meek looking man who now broke into a smile.
Now, answer the following questions:
1) Where did Bepin drop in every Monday? Why did he drop in there?
2) How many books did he have to buy? Why?
3) Why did he live alone?
4) What didn’t he like? Was he a good mixer?
5) Why did he turn round?
(Q_6 - 10): Read the following passage carefully.
In the chaos and confusion, two of his children caught hold of the hands of the
mother's father and mother's brother, and rushed in the opposite direction. He nee
saw them again. His wife was also swept away. Only the three other children w came
with him were saved.
Now, answer the following questions:
6) What did two of his children do? Where did they rush in?
7) Pick out the word that means ‘a state of utter confusion and order’…..
Why did the rush in the opposite direction?
8) Who never saw them? Why?

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9) How many lost their lives? Who were they?
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(Q_11 - 15): Read the following stanza carefully.
At last by starvation and famine made bold,
All dripping with wet, and all trembling with cold,
Away he set off to a miserly ant,
To see if, to keep him alive, he would grant
Now, answer the following questions.
11) What was the cricket suffering from?
12) Why was he 'dripping with wet'?
13) Pick out the word that means ‘give’.
14) What kind of animal was the ant?
15) What did he want the ant to do?
Q. 16. Read the following passage carefully.
Last summer, Lily attended a week-long summer camp in the mountains. She was
excited to make new friends and try various outdoor activities. On the first day, the
campers were divided into groups and assigned different cabins. Lily's cabin was
filled with friendly girls, and they quickly bonded over shared interests. Throughout
the week, they participated in activities like hiking, swimming, and arts and crafts.
One evening, they gathered around a campfire to share stories and roast
marshmallows. By the end of the week, Lily felt a sense of belonging and cherished
the memories they created together.
Now, arrange the following Jumbled Sentences in a sequential and meaningful
order.
A. Last summer, Lily attended a week-long summer camp in the mountains.
B. One evening, they gathered around a campfire to share stories and roast
marshmallows.
C. Lily’s cabin was filled with friendly girls, and they quickly bonded over shared
interests.
D. Throughout the week, they participated in activities like hiking, swimming, and
arts and crafts.
E. By the end of the week, Lily felt a sense of belonging and cherished the memories
they created together.
A: __________________________________________________________________________

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CREATIVE WRITING
17. Write answer to any ONE of the following.
A) Imagine you are Bepin Choudhury. You have received Chunilal’s letter and feel
ashamed that you did not bother to help an old friend down on his luck. Now you
want to do something for him. Write a letter to Chunilal promising to help him
soon.
(Or)
B) You are Jim and returned to your dugout after Christmas celebrations with the
German soldiers. Write a paragraph describing your feelings about celebrating
Christmas with your enemy soldiers.
18. Write answer to any ONE of the following.
A) The next day Ignesious gradually recovered from the shock of tragedy happened
to the members of his family. He expressed all that in his diary that night.
Imagine you are Ignesious and make a dairy entry on it.
(Or)
B) Write a story using the hints given below.
A farmer - lived in village - brought up goose - gave him - a golden egg - every day -
sold golden eggs - became rich - thought - many golden eggs - in the stomach - killed
the goose - could not get more than one golden egg - felt sorry for his greed.
PART-B
SECTION-C: VOCABULARY
19. Choose the words with similar meaning (synonyms) from the list given to the
words underlined.

Passe passed, working, died, shouts, protect, was able to

Sanjeev was a policeman serving (a) in the Katchall island. In the tsunami, he
managed to (b) save himself and his family members. Later he jumped into the river
to rescue (c) her but both were swept away (d).
a)_____________________ b) _____________________

c) _____________________ d) _____________________

20. Write the words opposite in meaning (antonyms) to the words underlined.
Tilly started (a) to scream to get off (b) the beach. She talked (c) about the earthquake
under (d) the sea.
a)_____________________ b) _____________________

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c) _____________________ d) _____________________
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21. Fill in the blanks with the right form of the words given in brackets.
We___________(a) (have exchanged/exchanged/ had exchanged) carols for a while
and then we all ___________ (b) (fall/fell/had fallen) silent. We___________ (c) (have
had/had had /had) our time of peace and goodwill, a time I ___________ (d) (will
treasure/treasured/would treasure) as long as I live.
22. Complete the following words using ou, ee, ei, ie, ea, ui, io.
a) disbel__ _f b) p_ _nced
23. Complete the following words with the suffixes given in the brackets.
a) miser______ (abel/able) b) embarrass ______ (ment/mant)
24. One word in the set given below is wrongly spelt. Rewrite it correctly in the
space provided.
1) rebellion, soked, significant, recollect A:___________________
2) contrary, whisper, recede, routeen A:___________________
25. Put the following words under correct headings.
illegal dishonest interpretor intellectual
improper heroic irreparable cheeful
Suffixes Prefixes
1._____________ 1. _____________

2._____________ 2. _____________

3._____________ 3. _____________

4._____________ 4. _____________

26. Rearrange the following words in proper order to get meaningful sentences. Do
necessary changes.
i) meet/on your birthday/came/you/greet/he/to/and
__________________________________________________________
ii) job/are/advised/they/do/their/sincerely
__________________________________________________________
iii) purpose/for/created/a/everyone/god/special
__________________________________________________________
27. Use the following phrasal verbs in sentences of your own.
i) look for : __________________________________________________________

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ii) get rid of : __________________________________________________________
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GRAMMAR
28. Choose the most appropriate words to fill in the blanks from the box below.

had helped, had finished, had studied, had met, had listened, had left

i) She came here after Pritam_____________

ii) Suresh_____________ to melodious songs before he started the work.

iii) Vishal _____________in the library before she went home.

iv) Surya_____________ exams. me to pay my fee dues before we gave our final

v) Roshan thought he_____________ me before, but he was wrong.

vi) After Raghu _____________his work, he went to lunch.

29. Change the following sentences into passive voice.

i) Giri gave a new blue dress for her birthday.
ii) Vimala sang some songs.
30. Change the following sentences into reported speech.
i) He asked me, "What is your name ?"
ii) Charan said to me, "Are you coming now ?"
31. Write against each sentence whether the sentence is a simple past or present
perfect in the blanks provided.
i) The music class started two hours ago. ________________________________
ii) The actor Krishna passed away in 2022. ______________________________
iii) Have you ever seen me before? ________________________________
iv) Mr. Abhi has been to New York. ________________________________
v) Mr. Radha Krishna interviewed MSK Prasad on so many interesting things a few
months ago
vi) She has read various kinds of books
32. Complete the following sentences using the appropriate form of the word given
in the brackets.
i) They are interested in__________________ in english. (speak)
ii) None of you__________________ present yesterday. (be)
iii) This book contains some great__________________ .(illustrate)
iv) What is the__________________ (long) of the Nile River?

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v) The audience gave the violinist a good round of__________________. (applaud)
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vi) Even very good dresses are quite__________________ in this shop. (afford)
33. Fill in the blanks in the following sentences with has to/have to/had to.
i) Why did you _________________do that?
ii) I missed the bus, so I _________________hire a taxi.
iii) Raaga_________________concentrate on her studies.
iv) I _________________to go there.

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