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HSC Board July 2023 Activity Sheet
SECTION -I: PROSE
(Reading for Comprehension, Language Study, Summary and Mind Mapping) (12)
Q. 1. (A) Read the extract and complete the activities given below: (12)
Soapy left his bench and strolled out of the square and across the level sea of asphalt, where Broadway and Fifth Avenue flow together. Up Broadway he turned and stopped at a luxurious cafe.
Soapy had confidence in himself from the lowest button of his vest upward. He was shaven, and his coat was trim, and his neat, black bow had been presented to him by a lady missionary on Thanksgiving Day. If only he could reach a table in the restaurant unsuspected, success would be his. The portion of him that would show above the table would raise no doubt in the waiter’s mind. A roasted mallard duck, thought Soapy, would be about the thing with a bottle of wine and then some cheese, a cup of coffee and a cigar. One dollar for the cigar would be enough. The total would not be so high as to call forth any extreme of revenge from the cafe management; and yet the meat would leave him filled and happy for the journey to his winter island.
But as Soapy set foot inside the restaurant door, the head-waiter’s eye fell upon his tattered trousers and decadent shoes. Strong and ready hands turned him about and conveyed him in silence and haste to the side-walk and averted the ignoble fate of the menaced mallard.
Soapy turned off Broadway. It seemed that his route to the coveted island was not to be an easy one. Some other way of entering the limbo must be devised.
At a corner of Sixth Avenue electric lights and cunningly displayed wares behind plate glass made a shop window attractive. Soapy took a stone and dashed it through the glass. People came running round the corner, a policeman in the lead. Soapy stood still with his hands in his pockets and smiled at the sight of brass buttons.
“Where’s the man that done that?” inquired the officer agitatedly.
“Don’t you think that I might have had something to do with it?” said Soapy, with a friendly voice, as one greets good fortune.
A1. Rewrite the following sentences and state whether they are True or False: (2)
(a) A lady missionary has presented Soapy a black bow on Thanksgiving Day.- True
(b) The head-waiter’s eye did not fall upon his tattered trousers and decadent shoes.- False
(c) A policeman was in the lead when people came running round the corner.- True
(d) The officer did not inquire about the man who broke the glass.- False
A2. Match the incidents given in column ‘A’ with the consequences given in column ‘B’: (2)
| Column A | Column B |
| (1) Soapy tried to enter a cafe. | He stood up slowly beating the dust from his clothes. |
| (2) Soapy broke a glass window | He wanted to get arrested by the police. |
| (3) Two waiters pitched Soapy on the callous pavement. | The cop ran after another man. |
| (4) Soapy stood silent with his hands in his pockets. | Strong and ready hands of the head-waiter turned him round. |
Answer-
| Column A | Column B |
| (1) Soapy tried to enter a cafe. | Strong and ready hands of the head-waiter turned him round. |
| (2) Soapy broke a glass window | The cop ran after another man. |
| (3) Two waiters pitched Soapy on the callous pavement. | He stood up slowly beating the dust from his clothes. |
| (4) Soapy stood silent with his hands in his pockets. | He wanted to get arrested by the police. |
A3. Complete the following sentences: (2)
‘His route to the coveted island was not to be an easy one.”
(i) Here ‘Island’ means jail or prison.
(ii) The island is ‘Coveted’ because Soapy wanted to get arrested and spend his the winter period in the jail .
A4. Students should stay away from crime’.
Write your opinion on the above sentence.(2)
Ans: according to me, It is clear and valuable advice. Students should be encouraged to stay away from crime, is essential to their personal development and the well-being of society. If they involve in a criminal activity, It can be dangerous for their future and career. By promoting lawful behavior and ethical values, we empower students to make responsible citizens.
A5. Do as directed:(2)
(i) Soapy turned off Broadway.
(Identify the correct tense form from the following options and rewrite)
(a) The simple present tense
(b) The simple past tense
(c) The present perfect tense
(d) The past perfect tense
(ii) ‘Soapy took a stone and dashed it through the glass.
(Choose the correct alternative to make it a simple sentence)
(a) Taking a stone, Soapy dashed it through the glass.
(b) Soapy took a stone to dashed it through the glass.
(c) Soapy has taken a stone to dash it through the glass.
(d) Soapy takes a stone to dash it through the glass.
A6. Find the synonyms of the following from the extract: (2)
(i) jail – winter island/limbo
(ii) old and worn-out shoes – decadent shoes
(ii) dishonourable – ignoble
(iv) nervous manner – agitatedly
B1. Language study- (4)
Do as directed:
(1) There were no boats to take the people across.
(Identify and rewrite the correct transformation of the above sentence beginning with ‘If…..) (1)
(a) If there were no boats, they wouldn’t have taken people across.
(b) If there were no boats, they would have taken people across.
(c) If there were boats, they would have taken people across.
(d) If there were boats, they wouldn’t have taken people across.
(2) He simply abandoned his sack by the stream.
(Identify and rewrite the correct transformation of the above sentence beginning with ‘His sack…) (1)
(a) His sack is abandoned by the stream by him.
(b) His sack has been abandoned by him by the stream.
(c) His sack was abandoned by him by the stream.
(d) His sack had been abandoned by the stream by him.
(3) She said, “I have worked hard from childhood.”
(Identify the correct indirect narration of the above sentence from the given options and rewrite) (1)
(a) She said that she had worked hard from childhood.
(b) She said that she has worked hard from childhood.
(c) She said that she worked hard from childhood.
(d) She said that she has been working hard from childhood.
B2. Spot the error: (1)
India pays tribute to Gandhiji for his birth anniversary.
Ans: India pays tribute to Gandhiji on his birth anniversary.
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