English HHW

Class XII
Worksheet (English Core)

Writing Skills
1. Your school is planning to organise a Water Conservation Awareness Programme for the students.As
school captain of SLV Public School, Lucknow, draft a notice in about 50 words informing the students
about the programme mentioning day,date, time and venue. You are Sanjana/Sanjay.
2. You are Sujoy/Sujata of Nehru Colony,Indore You recently visited Shimla with your family. You were
perturbed to see the tourist throwing empty bottles and cans all over the place Write a letter to the
Editor of National daily in about 120-150 words expressing your concern and offering suggestions to
improve the situation.
Literature
Answer the questions in 40-50 words.
1. Why does M.Hamelreproach himself for his students’ unsatisfactory progress in studies?
2. Who did M.Hamel blame for the neglect of learning on the part of boys like Franz?
3. Why could bangle-makers not organise themselves into a co-operative?
4. What does the title ‘Lost Spring ‘ convey?
5. What handicap did Douglas suffer from? How did he overcome that?
6. Getting rid of fear is an extremely difficult task. Elucidate with reference to the chapter ‘Deep Water.’
7. What were the poet’s feelings at the airport? How did she hide him?
8. Which exotic moment the poet refers to in ‘Keeping Quiet’?
9. How does Mr. Lamb try and convince Derry that there is no essential difference between them?
10. How is Derry we meet at the beginning different from the Derry at the end?
Read the following extracts and answer the questions that follow:
1. Tiny vestiges of the old terror would return. But now I could frown and say to that terror, Trying to
scare me, eh? Well, here's to you! Look" And off I'd go for another length of the pool. This went on until
July. But I was still not satisfied. I was not sure that all the terror had left. So, I went to Lake Wentworth
in New Hampshire, dived off a dock at Triggs Island, and swam two miles across the lake to Stamp Act
Island. I swam the crawl, breast stroke, side stroke and back stroke.
Only once did the terror return. When I was in the middle of the lake, I put my face under and saw
nothing but bottomless water. The old sensation returned in miniature.
1. Why did Douglas go to swim at Lake Wentworth?
(a) To showcase his skills for all who had doubted him
(b) To honour the efforts of his swimming instructor.
(c) To build on his ability of swimming in a natural water body
(d) To know for sure that he had overcome his fear of drowning in water
2. Select the option that lists the correct inference based on the information in the extract.
(a) Triggs Island and Stamp Act Island are both located in Lake Wentworth
(b) Lake Wentworth is a part of Triggs Island
(c) Stamp Act Island is two miles away from New Hampshire
(d) Lake Wentworth is connected via docks to New Hampshire.
3. Douglas mentions that the old sensation returned in miniature. He means that he felt the familiar
feeling of fear ________________
(a) at irregular intervals (c) repeatedly
(b) on a small scale (d) without notice
4. How did Douglas handle the old sensation?
(a) Addressed it (c) Submitted to it
(b) Avoided it (d) Stayed indifferent to it
(v) What was the reason for the ‘return' of terror?
(vi) What do the given lines tell us about Douglas'swimming ability?
2. "I sometimes find a rupee, even a ten rupee note", Saheb says, his eyes lighting up when you can find a
silver coin in a heap of garbage, you don't stop scrounging, for there is the hope of finding more. It seems
that for children, garbage has a meaning different from what it means to their parents. For the children
it is wrapped in wonder, for the elders, it is a means of survival. One winter morning I see Saheb
standing by the fenced gate of the neighborhood club, watching two young men dressed in white,
playing tennis. "I like the game", he hums, content to watch it standing behind the fence. "I go inside
when no one is around" he admits. "The gatekeeper lets me use the swing."
(i) Saheb found a rupee
(a) on the street (c) in Firozabad
(b) in the garbage dump (d) on the tennis court
(ii) Which emotion of Saheb is revealed in the phrase 'his eyes lighting up?
(a) Anxiety (c) Happiness
(b) Envy (d) Greed
(iii) For the elders garbage is________________ and for children it is__________________
(iv) On the basis of the extract, choose the correct option with reference to I and II given below:
I. Saheb watches the game from outside.
II. Saheb had lost the previous match.
(a) I is true and II is not (c) Both I and II are true
(b) II is true but I is not (d) Both I and II are untrue
(v) 'Scrounging' in the passage most nearly means
(a) digging (c) flinging
(b) searching (d) burying
(vi) "There is hope for finding more". Explain with reference to the above extract.
3. Usually, when school began, there was a great bustle, which could be heard out in the street, the opening
and closing of desks, lessons repeated in unison, very loud, with our hands over our cars to understand
better, and the teacher's great ruler rapping on the table. But now it was all so still! I had counted on
the commotion to get to my desk without being seen; but, of course, that day everything had to be as
quiet as Sunday morning. Through the window I saw my classmates, already in their places, and M.
Hamel walking up and down with his terrible iron ruler under his arm.
(1) What was observed when the school began usually?
(a) A lot of activity leading to noise (c) Lessons of the patriotism
(b) Cleanliness of the school premises (d) Focus on the language
(ii) Why was Franz afraid to enter the class?
(a) Because he was not prepared
(b) Because the villagers had gathered over there
(c) Because he was late and saw M Hamel walking up and down
(d) Because he was not dressed properly
(iii) ________________in the extract means 'clamour.
(a) Commotion (c) Rapping
(b) Unison (d) Blushed
(iv) M. Hamel can be understood to be _______ as he is standing in the given extract.
(a) cranky (c) irritation
(b) strict (d) arrogant
(v) How would you judge the atmosphere of the school on the day of the last lesson?
(vi) Did Franz succeed in entering the class without getting noticed?
4. I saw my mother,
beside me,
doze, open mouthed, her face
ashen like that
of a corpse and realised with
pain that she was as old as she
looked but soon
put that thought away and
looked out at Young
Trees sprinting, the merry children spilling
out of their homes.
(i) Identify the phrase that indicates youthful energy.
(ii) Which thought is the poet trying to put away?
(a) Missing the flight (c) Leaving her mother behind
(b) Fear of losing her mother (d) Reaching Cochin
(iii) The poet’s mother is described as 'open mouthed' because______________
(a) she is curious (c) she was dead
(b) she is surprised (d) she was dozing
(iv) Complete the following analogy
children spilling: metaphor:: ____________ : personification
(v) The sight of the trees and the children helped the poet ______________
(vi) in the given extract, the phrase 'realised with pain' indicates the poet's
(a) anxiety (c) troubled past
(b) desperation (d) ill-health
Read the passage carefully:

1. Family is one of the few universal and permanent institutions of mankind. In every society and at every
stage of development we found some sort of family. As a result, we found different types of family all over
the world. But in India we found a peculiar family system which deserves special attention. The family in
India does not consist only of husband, wife and their children but also of uncles, aunts, cousins and
grandsons.
2. This system is called joint family or extended family system. This joint family system is a peculiar
characteristic of the Indian social life. Usually, a son after marriage does not separate himself from the
parents but continues to live under the same roof, eating food cooking at one hearth, participating in
common worship and holding property in common with every person's share in it.
3. All the members of joint family keep their earnings in a common fund out of which family expenses are
met. Accordingly, Indian Joint family system is like a socialistic community in which every member earns
according to their capacity and receives according to their needs. This family is formed on the basis of close
blood relationships. It normally consists of members of three to four generations.
4. In other words, joint family is a collection of more than one primary family on the basis of close blood
ties and common residences. All the members are bound by mutual obligations and have a common
ancestor. It consists of an individual, his wife and married sons, their children and unmarried daughter, his
brother and his parents. But to have a clear understanding of the meaning of joint family, we must have to
analyse its definitions given by different sociologists.
5. Some of these definitions are as follows
(1) According to Smt. Iravati Karve. A joint family 'is a group of people who generally live under one roof,
who eat food, cook at one hearth, who hold property in common and who participate in common worship
and are related to each other as some particular type of Kindred
(2) According to K. M. Kapadia, A joint family is a group formed not only of a couple and their children but
also of other relations either from father’s side or from mother’s side depending on whether the joint family
is patrilineal or matrilineal.
Thus, we conclude that the joint family comprises of a large number of members which has greater
generation depth and who are related to one another by property, Income, household and mutual rights
and obligations.
Based on your understanding of the passage, answer of the questions given below.
(i) Complete the sentence by choosing an appropriate option:

According to the writer, a generic idea of family comprises of
(a) husband, wile and children
(b) husband, wile, children and grandparents
(c) parents, grandparents, children and cousins
(d) parents and grandparents
(ii) "But in India we found a peculiar family system which deserve special attention". Elucidate with
reference to the passage.
(iii) On the basis of your reading of the passage, can you say that the author is promoting a joint family
system? Give reasons for your answer
(iv) Select the option that conveys the opposite of 'usual', from words used in Paragraph 2.
(a)separate (c) peculiar
(b) common (d) hearth
(v) Which of the following statement/statements is not true in the context of the passage?
(A) Indian Joint family system is like a connected system in which every member earns according to their
capacity and receives according to their needs.
(B) The joint family is an extension of the nuclear Jamily (parents and dependent children).
(C) Non-earning members have as much share as the earning members in the joint family system due to
the common funds.
(D) The entire members in the joint family system are not bound by mutual obligations and are free to
take their independent decisions.
(a) Only (A) (c) Both (A) and (C)
(b) Both (A) and (B) (d) Only (D)
(vi) Define the 'joint family system' in your own words.
(vii) What are the author's view on family?
(viii) Complete the given sentence appropriately. The members of the joint family are bound by
(ix) Select the option that states the author's reason for giving definitions of joint family by different
sociologists.
(a) To give a better idea (c) To make the passage scholarly
(b) To cite proof (d) Both (a) and (c)
(x) Select the most appropriate title for the above passage.
(a) The Peculiar System of Family (c) Defining the Joint Family
(b) The Indian Family System (d) Reviving the old Family System

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(i) Complete the sentence by choosing an appropriate option:

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