Language Practice Set 1 ICSE Class 10, 9 English

A. Read the passage carefully and use the right verb forms used in brackets. 4 marks

A fundamental problem for pigmy people (be) the lack of recognition of land rights for hunter gathers (couple) with the denial of their ‘indigenous’ status in many African states. Without (national) recognised rights to the forest lands on which they (depend), outsiders or the state can (take) over their lands with no legal barrier and no (compensate). That community who (has) lost their traditional livelihoods and lands (find) themselves at the bottom of mainstream society.

B. Fill in the blanks with appropriate words. 4 marks

i) You must comply _________________the rules.
ii) You are hopeless __________________ English.
iii) I always insist _____________whole meal bread.
iv) He has an itch ________________adventure.
v) I knocked __________________ two chapters in one hour.
vi) We shall lean _______________them.
vii) Don’t meddle _______________ my papers.
viii) I marvel ________________your boldness.

C. Combine the following without using ‘and’, ‘but’ or ‘so’. 4 marks

i) I met up with her. We met up at the airport.
ii) He is married to his work. She is married to a writer.
iii) The plane made for Tokyo. It is getting late.
iv) He lost the match. She was mad at him.

D. Do as directed. 8 marks

i) I do not like this house. I think is haunted. (use, because)
ii) Could you pass the box to me, please? (Begin, you….)
iii) He said, “I will help you to clean the room.”
iv) These earrings have lost the shine. They must not be gold. (use-which)
v) What a wonderful day. (Begin…. It was….)
vi) Petrol is almost seventy rupees a litre.(Begin- A litre)
vii) My opinion is that he is innocent.(Remove ‘That’)
viii) He is a liar. It is true.( join as Noun clause)