CBSE Class 11 English Worksheet Set 06 Solved

1. Read the extract and answer the questions that follow:

I do not understand this child
Though we have lived together now
In the same house for years. I know
Nothing of him, so try to build
Up a relationship from how
He was when small.

a) What does father reveal?

b) What efforts does he make to be able to understand him?

c) What is the speaker‟s intention here?

2. Answer any three of the following questions in 30 – 40 words each: 

a) Describe the author‟s physical condition in Darchen.

b) What forces the real Mrs. Pearson to come to the conclusion: “That‟s enough-quite enough”?

c) How does the stern treatment reform the spoilt children?

d) The article has been titled „Silk Road‟. Justify it.

3. Design an attractive and instructive poster on behalf of the Delhi Police to educate and warn the people against any suspicious or unclaimed objects in public places/trains/buses to avert bomb-blasts, in about 50 words.

4. The following passage has not been edited. There is an error in each line. Write the incorrect word and the correction against the correct blank number in the answer sheet. 

                                                                         Error         Correction

About a year 1900, a small, dark haired boy     a)______      ________

name Charles Chaplin was often seen               b)______      __________

waiting outside the back entrance                    c)_______     __________

of London theatres. He looks thin and              d)_______    __________

hungry but his blue eyes was determined.        e)_______    __________

He could sing or dance. His parents                 f)_______     __________

were music hall performers but                      g)_______     __________

he has been born into the life of                     h)_______     ___________
the theatre   

→ VALUE POINTS 

1. a) The father reveals his inability in understanding his son.

b) He tries to recollect his childhood and recalls how he behaved as a child.

c) Speaker’s intention here is to build up relationship with his son.

2. a) The author had a bad cold and his nostril got blocked. He had to breath through mouth. He was tired and hungry as well. When he had barely slept, he woke up abruptly. He
felt heaviness in his chest. He sat up and cleared his nasal passage. He felt relieved though he felt he was not well. He was unable to sleep. He feared he might die in sleep. So, he kept awake. The next day, Tsetan took him to Darchen Medical College and the doctor there gave him some medicine that gave him some relief.

b) Mrs. Fitzgerald who has the body of Mrs. Pearson, has been quite harsh to George Pearson, Doris and Cyril. The real Mrs. Pearson objects to her comments about Charlie Spence. Later when she is a bit rude to George, the real Mrs. Pearson feels offended.

c) The children look apprehensively at Mrs. Pearson. However, they smile back at her, as she smile. Since they are not going out, she suggests having a nice family game to rummy. She tells the children to get the supper ready while she has a talk with their father. The spoilt children meekly obey her.

d) The Silk Road refers to a network of overland routes linking Europe with Asia. This has been the trade route followed by the Europeans since ancient times, who had a passion for silk, horses and exotic fauna and fauna of the East. Travellers along the route would buy and sell various items, including silk and spice from China. The author Nick Middleton in his travelogue follows the Silk Road to reach Mount Kailash to do the Kora. Hence, it is titled as ‘Silk Road’. There is a long and vivid account of the whole route and of the difficulties people often encounter.

3. POSTER
CONTENT – 2
PRESENTATION - 2

4. EDITING

Error         Correction

a) A year – the year
b) Name – named
c) Entrance – entrances
d) Looks – looked
e) Was – were
f) Or – and
g) But – and
h) Has – had

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