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PRACTICE WORKSHEETS (AP)

ENGLISH – Adv 10th Class

WORKSHET – 2 (UNIT 1B)

I. Reading Comprehension

Failure is the highway to success. Tom Watson says ‘if you want to succeed double your
failure rate.’
If you study history, you will find that all stories of success are also stories of great failures.
But people don’t see the failures. They only see one side of the picture and they say that
person got lucky: “He must have been at the right place at the right time.”
Let me share someone’s life history with you. This was a man who failed in business at the
age of 21; was defeated in a legislative race at age 22; failed again in business at age 24;
overcame the death of his sweetheart at age 26; had a nervous breakdown at age 27; lost a
congressional race at age 34; lost a senatorial race at age 45; failed in an effort to become
vice-president at age 47; lost a senatorial race at age 49; and was elected president of the
United States at age 52.
Now answer the following

1. What does Tom Watson mean by saying ‘‘if you want to succeed double your failure
rate.’
A) We must fail in order to succeed
B) When we try to achieve success we may fail many times.
C) If you want to succeed you must fail.
2. ‘This was a man who failed in business..’ who is refered here?
A) Tom Watson B) Abraham Lincoln C) Martin Luther King
3. “He must have been at the right place at the right time.”means
A) He was lucky B) he was a failure C) he tried many times
4. Lincoln failed twice in..
A) Senatorial race B) legislative race C) Congressional race
5. Choose the true statement
A) Lincoln became the president at the age of 50
B) Lincoln had a nervous breakdown at the age of 26
C) Lincoln was defeated in legislative race at the age of 22

Passage – 2

In 1913, Lee De Forest, the inventor of the triodes tube, was charged by the district attorney
for using fraudulent means to mislead the public into buying stocks of his company by
claiming that he could transmit the human voice across the Atlantic. He was publicly
humiliated. Can you imagine where we would be without his invention?

A New York Times editorial on December 10, 1903, questioned the wisdom of the Wright
Brothers who were trying to invent a machine, heavier than air, that would fly. One week
later, at Kitty Hawk, the Wright Brothers took their famous flight.

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Now answer the following

1. Lee De Forest was charged by the Attorney because...


A) He wanted to transmit human voice
B) For selling stocks of his company
C) For misleading the public
2. The wisdom of the Right Brothers was questioned by..
A) New York Times editorial B) The public
C) District attorney
3. What was the accusation against the Right Brothers?
A) They were trying to cheat people
B) They were trying to invent a flying machine
C) They took money from people

VOCABULARY
1. Use the following phrasal verbs in sentences
a) Bounce back
A. ……………………………………………………………………………………
b) Get into
A. ……………………………………………………………………………………
c) Look out
A. ……………………………………………………………………………………
d) Take away
A. ……………………………………………………………………………………
e) Freak out
A. ……………………………………………………………………………………
f) Speed off
A. ……………………………………………………………………………………
g) Cold and bitter
A. ……………………………………………………………………………………
h) Turn blue
A. ……………………………………………………………………………………
2. Match the following one word substitutes with their meanings.
i) Part – A Part – B
1) Polyglot [ ] (A) Ones who Knows Many languages
2) Linguist [ ] (B) One who devotes his service for man kind
3) Fatalist [ ] (C) One who skilled in languages
4) Philanthropist [ ] (D) One who believes in God
[ ] (E) One who trusts in fate
[ ] (F) One who speaks fluently
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ii) Part – A Part – B
1) Misogynist [ ] (A) One who possess many talents
2) Pioneer [ ] (B) A person who is quiet to one self
3) Versatile [ ] (C) One who is first to work in a particular area of
knowledge
4) Introvert [ ] (D) A person who advises others
[ ] (E) One who hates women
[ ] (F) One who loves mankind

GRAMMAR
1. Combine the sentences using participle.
1. It was a very hot day. I remained in my tent.
A. .................................................................................................................................
2. I was walking in the park. I saw a cobra.
A. .................................................................................................................................
3. The soldier mounted the horse. He rode away.
A. .................................................................................................................................
4. We met a girl. She was carrying a basket of flowers.
A. .................................................................................................................................
2. Change the voice
1. My uncle presented me a watch.
A. ………………………………………………………………………………………
2. The Child took the gift.
A. ………………………………………………………………………………………
3. They have repaired the road.
A. ………………………………………………………………………………………
4. I have done the homework.
A. ………………………………………………………………………………………
5. We call it crude oil.
A. ………………………………………………………………………………………
6. Detergents clean things.
A. ………………………………………………………………………………………
7. He looked at the strong young men.
A. ………………………………………………………………………………………
8. I Shall not pass this way again.
A. ………………………………………………………………………………………

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CREATIVE EXPRESSION
Description: Imagine you were Lincoln. Describe your feelings on the day you became the
President of America.

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