BUSINESS LETTERS ( CLASS X )

SYLLABUS PERIODIC TEST 1 CLASS IX

PERIODIC TEST 1 

Max Marks 30
Time 1 hour

Literature Reader
Lesson 1 How I Taught My Grandmother to Read
Poem1 The  Brook
Poem 2 The Road Not Taken
Wrting Section
Diary Entry
Story writing
Grammar Section
Integrated Grammar
Error / Omission
Gap Filling
Sentence Transformation ( jummbled Words

SYLLABUS PERIODIC TEST 1 CLASS X

                                                             PERIODIC TEST 1


Max Marks 30
Time 1 hour

Literature Reader
Lesson 1 Two Gentlemen of Verona
Lesson 2 Mrs Packletide's Tiger
Poem1 The frog And The Nightingale
Wrting Section
Formal Letter
Story writing
Grammar Section
Integrated Grammar
Error / Omission
Gap Filling
Sentence Transformation

HOLIDAY HOMEWORK WORKSHEET 2 (2017-18) CLASS X

                                GRAMMAR WORKSHEET  2

1. Complete the passage given below by choosing the correct alternatives.

 Human activities (a) _____________ slightly to greenhouse gas concentrations through farming, manufacturing, power generation, and transportation. However, these emissions (b) ______________so dwarfed in comparison to emissions from natural sources, we can do(c) _______________about it. Even the most costly efforts to limit human emissions would have (d) _______________ very small perhaps undetectable effect on global climate.

 a) 1.contributes 2.contribute 3. Will contribute 4.can contribute

 b) 1.are 2.being 3. Be 4.been

 c) 1.something 2.few 3. Nothing 4. Little

 d) 1. A 2. The 3. Some 4. Few

 2. Rearrange the following to form meaningful sentences. The first one has been done as an example for you.

 For irrigation/recently/has increased/the government/the charges

 Recently the government has increased the charges for irrigation.

 (a) Are/regions/who/pay/there/can/farmers/in some.

 (b) The state/but/will be/the same/the rates/across/charged.

(c) There will/afford/irrigation/this means/who cannot/be many

. (d) Than four/irrigation/has less/the district/per cent.

3. Here are some instructions on how to make custard. Read the instructions and complete the paragraph

 1. Take 2 table spoons of custard powder in a bowl.

2. Add ½ cup of milk to make it into a paste.

3. Boil ½ KG of milk with 50GMS of sugar.

 4. remove it from heat, add the paste and cook it again for 4-5 minutes stirring continuously till it thickens.

 5. Cool and add fruits of your taste

.  Two table of custard powder (a)__________________________ in a bowl. Half cup· of milk (b)____________________ to make it into a paste. Half KG milk is boiled with 50GMS of sugar. It is removed from the heat and added to the paste and (c)_________________ again for 4-5 minutes. Then it (d)________________ and fruits’ of your taste are added to it.

4. Read the following conversation between anish and roopa who discuss the plan of their dinner. Complete the paragraph given below.

Anish: where are we going to have our dinner?

Roopa: shall we go to the samrat hotel?

Anish: I’m afraid; I haven’t got enough money to go to a five star hotel.

 Roopa: that’s strange! You withdrew 5000RS/- from the bank yesterday only.

 Anish: well, I had my lunch out with my friend today.

Roopa: in that case you can enjoy what i cook today!

 Anish and roopa were discussing their plan for dinner. Anish asked roopa (a)· ___________________ their dinner. Roopa suggested they should go to the samrat hotel. But anish hesitated by saying (b)_________________________ to go to a five star hotel. Surprised roopa told him he (c) __________________________ only. Anish confessed by saying that he had his lunch out with his friend that day. Roopa told him that in that case (d) _____________________________ that day.

HOLIDAY HOMEWORK WORKSHEET 1 (2017-18) CLASS X

GRAMMAR WORKSHEET 1

1. Choose the most appropriate option from the ones given below to complete the following 
passage. 

 A three year - old tigress at Bandhavagarh National Park (a) __________ under mysterious
circumstances. A group of tourists (b) __________ the injured tigress near the Tata range of the
reserve and (c) __________ the park officials. The tigress (d) __________ in the morning. This
(e) __________ the 18th tiger death (f) __________ in the country since January. The shocking
incident (g) __________ at a time when nationwide tiger census (h) _________ completion.


(a) (i) died (ii) had died (iii) has died (iv) was dead
(b) (i) observed (ii) noticed (iii) had spotted (iv) spotted.
(c) (i) will have informed (ii) informed (iii) had informed (iv) has informed
(d) (i) was being seen (ii) was noticed (iii) were seen (iv) was found
(e) (i) is (ii) was (iii) had been (iv) has been
(f) (i) reported (ii) occurred (iii) happened (iv) had been
 occurred
g) (i) is coming (ii) has come (iii) had come (iv) was coming
(h) (i) can reach (ii) will reach (iii) has reached (iv) is nearing

2. Given below are the instructions on how to make tea. Refer to the given notes and 
complete the paragraph. Below the paragraph, four choices are suggested for each blank. 
Find and write the most appropriate option for each blank 

Pour water in a pan – Heat it till it boils – Put tea leaves, sugar and cardamom – Add milk to it –
Heat it – After boiling , pour it into cups – Serve it hot.

To prepare tea water is poured in a pan. It (a) ________________ till it boils. Tea leaves, sugar
and cardamom (b) _____________________ into the boiling water. Milk is then (c)
______________________ and the concoction is further heated. After boiling, it (d)
_______________ into cups and then served hot.

 (a) (i) is heating (ii) was heated (iii) will be heated (iv) is heated
 (b) (i) is put (ii) are put (iii) is being put (iv) was put
(c) (i) being added (ii) adding (iii) is added (iv) added
 (d) (i) poured into cups (ii) was poured (iii) is being poured (iv) is poured


3. Read the conversation given below and report the dialogues between Sonu and Monu 
 by completing the passage that follows. 

Sonu : I’m dying, Monu.
Monu : Well, do me a favour after you reach heaven.
Sonu : What do you want me to do ?
Monu : Tell me if they play cricket in heaven.
 Sonu dies and Monu sees him in his dream.
 Sonu : There is one good and one bad news for you. The good news is that they play
 cricket here, and the bad news is that it is your turn to bowl tomorrow!

 Sonu told Monu that he was dying. Monu asked Sonu (i) __________ after he reached heaven.
Sonu asked (ii) __________ . Monu told Sonu (iii) __________ . After his death Sonu came in
Monu‟s dream and said that there was one good and one bad news for him. The good news
was that they played cricket there and the bad one was that (iv) _________.

HOLIDAY HOMEWORK (2017-18) CLASS X

                                               HOLIDAY HOMEWORK

                                             (2017-18)

CLASS   X                                                                                                    SUBJECT  ENGLISH

1 .Read the novel ‘The Story Of My Life ‘ by Helen Keller .

2. Write the summary of each lesson (1 to 14).

3. Write 2-3 questions along with the answer from each lesson.

4. Write 3 business letters

a) Placing an order You are incharge of Junior Science Laboratory of ASN Public School, Shalimar Garden. Place an order to SUV laboratory works; Karol Bagh for various apparatus/equipment used in your laboratory.

b) Making an enquiry You are Sudha/Sudhir, President of Residents welfare association of Neelamber Apartments, Jaipur. You have decided to get the apartments whitewashed with plastic paints. Write a letter to the manager New light Painters and Decorators, Jaipur asking about their services and charges for whitewashing the apartments.

c) Making a complaint Write a letter to Hotel Blue Bird, Manali complaining about the low quality of service that was offered to you while you stayed at the hotel with your family on a holiday.

5. Read the lines given below and continue the story.  (200-250 words )

a)Sohan was a small boy who lived near a railway crossing. One day while playing near the railway track, he saw that one of the railway tracks was broken.

b) I was moving towards the forest with my companions to collect wood. I was so lost in gathering the woods that I didn’t realise that I had reached the dense forest.

5. Read, cut and paste 3 letter to the editor from the news paper .

6. Complete & paste the worksheets .

NOTE : The Holiday Home Work is to be done in the grammar register