CBSE ENGLISH CLASS X
(Though these kinds of exercises are designed
for the students appearing for CBSE CLASS X ENGLISH-Language and Literature Examination,
they are also very useful for those appearing for competitive examinations. On
the whole, they are useful for the aspirants of learning English)
KEY TO REARRANGING WORDS AND PHRASES (CBSE CLASS X ENGLISH)
The following is the key to:
SECTION-B
Writing
and Grammar
Exercise 1
7.
Look at the words and phrases given below. Rearrange them to form meaningful
sentences. 1X4=4
(a) 'I realized/
why God /had made us/ like this - /to give hope /to others.
(b) It was/
so inspirational/ to me/ that/ I decided/ to use/ my life
(c) to encourage/
other people/ and give them/ the courage/ that/ the article/ had given me.’
Exercise 2
7.
Look at the words and phrases given below. Rearrange them to form meaningful
sentences. 1X4=4
(a) A/
young man/ asked/ Socrates/ the secret/ to success.
(b) Socrates
told/ the/ young man/ to meet/ him/ near the river/ the next morning.
(c) They/
met./ Socrates/ asked the young man/ to walk/with him/ towards the river.
(d) When
the water/ got up to/ their neck,/ Socrates/ took the young man/ by surprise/
and ducked him into the water.
Exercise 3
7.
Look at the words and phrases given below. Rearrange them to form meaningful
sentences. 1X4=4
(a) The
boy/ struggled/ to get out/ but/ Socrates was/ strong/ and kept him
(b)there/
until the boy/
started/ turning blue./ Socrates pulled/ his head/ out of the water
(c) and
the first thing/ the young man/ did was/ to gasp/ and/ take/ a deep breath of
air.
(d) Socrates
asked, /“What/ did you want/ the most/ when/ you were/ there?” The boy replied,
"Air."
Exercise 4
7.
Look at the words and phrases given below. Rearrange them to form meaningful
sentences. 1X4=4
(a) In
1914,/ Thomas Edison,/ at age 67,/ lost/ his factory, /which was/ worth a few
million dollars,
(b) on
fire./ It/ had/ very little/ insurance./ No longer/ a young man,
(c) Edison
watched/ his lifetime/ effort/ go up in smoke/ and said,/ "There is/ great
value
(d) in
disaster./ All/ our mistakes/ are/ burnt up./ Thank God/ we can start
anew."
Exercise 5
7.
Look at the words and phrases given below. Rearrange them to form meaningful
sentences. 1X4=4
(a) Colonel Sanders,/ at age 65,/
with a beat-up car/ and/ a $100 cheque/ from/ social security,
(b) realized/ he had to/ do
something./ He/ remembered/ his mother's recipe/ and went out selling.
(c) How many/ doors/ did he have
to/ knock on/ before/ he got/ his first order?
(d) It/ is estimated/ that/ he
had/ knocked on/ more than/ a thousand doors before he got his first order.
Exercise 6
7.
Look at the words and phrases given below. Rearrange them to form meaningful
sentences. 1X4=4
(a) In 1913,/ Lee De Forest,/ the
inventor/ of the triodes tube,/ was charged/ by the district attorney/ for
using
(b) fraudulent/ means/ to mislead/
the public/ into buying stocks/ of his company
(c) by claiming/ that/ he could/
transmit/ the human/ voice/ across the Atlantic.
(d) He/ was publicly/ humiliated./
Can you/ imagine/ where we would/ be without his invention?
The above is the key to:
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