Work Sheet - 5
English Core
Class XI
Q1. Rearrange the
following words and phrases to form meaningful sentences.
(a) the/ of/ plight /
Tanzanians / would / like/ know/the/you/about/to
(b)
Africa/in/Tanzanians/literacy/rate/the/have/highest
(c)
read/hardly/have/to/they/anything/but
(d) the/and/are/costs/soaring/paper/the/the/interest/reasons/rates/of
(e)
have/they/standstill/the/to/a/brought/industry/publishing
Q2. Rearrange the
following words and phrases to form meaningful sentences.
(a)
of/animals/with/concerned/large/children’s books/proportion/is/a
(b)
themes/timeless/such/this/because/are/is
(c)
stories/a/all/been/have/animal/favourite/groups/with/age
(d)
young/very/humanized/the/stories/animal/like
(e)
child/prefer/stories/animal/but/life/to/true/older
Q3.
Re-arrange the following words and phrases to form meaningful sentences:
(a) menace/ the
greatest/ the threat/ become/ India/ for/ has/ population/of.
(b) a/ India/ every/
seconds/ new/ born/ four/ baby/ is/ in.
(c) continues,/ if/ the/
trend/ present/ visualize/ consequences/ we/ its/ can/ serious.
(d) buy/ land/ a/
piece/ middle income/ can’t/ even/ dream/ small/ of/ a/ to.
(e) sprung up/ slums/
therefore,/ have/ towns/ cities/ and/ around/ all/ the.
Q1. Answers:
(a) Would you like to know about the
plight of the Tanzanians?
(b) Tanzanians have the highest
literacy rate in Africa.
(c) But they hardly have anything to
read.
(d) The reasons are the soaring
costs of paper and the interest rates.
(e) They have brought the publishing
industry to a standstill.
Q2. Answer:
(a) A large proportion of children’s
books is concerned with animals.
(b) This is because such themes are
timeless.
(c) Animal stories have been a
favourite with all age groups.
(d) The young like very humanized
animal stories.
(e) But older children prefer animal
stories true to life.
Q3. Answers:
(a) The threat of
population has become the greatest menace for India.
(b) Every four
seconds a new baby is born in India.
(c) If the present
trend continues, we can visualize its serious consequences.
(d) A middle income
group can’t even dream to buy a small piece of land.
(e) Therefore, slums
have sprung up around all the towns and cities.