Chowdhury English Tutorial

Class: X / WBBSE
Summative Evaluation: I (2026)
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Topic: 'Father's Help' [ L- 1 ] by R.K. Narayan

UNIT: 1

Textual Comprehension Exercises:

1. Choose the correct alternative to complete the following sentences:

(a). With a shudder Swami realized that it was
(iv). Monday

(b). When Swami ought to have been in the school prayer hall, he was lying on the
(i) bench

(c). According to Swami, Samuel is especially angry with boys who are
(ii). late

2. Fill in the chart with information from the text:

(a). time when Swami complained of a headache:
at nine o'clock in the morning.

(b). person who ordered Swami to dress up and go to school:
Swami's father.

(c). name of the teacher mentioned by Swami:
Samuel.

3. State whether the following statements are True or False. Provide sentences/phrases/words in support of your answer:

(a). Swami said that he had a headache [ True]
Supporting statement: Swaminathan wailed, "I have a headache."

(b). Swami was lying in his father's room. [ False ]
Supporting statement: Swami was lying on the bench in Mother's room.

(c). According to Swami, the headmaster was not afraid of Samuel. [ False]
Supporting statement: ''They say that even the headmaster is afraid of him."

Class: III/ Butterfly/ WBBPE
Summative Evaluation: I (2026)
Topic: 'The Grasshopper and the Ants' [L-3]
Contd...

Activity: 4
Let's arrange the following words in alphabetical order:

1. Ant 2. Busy 3. Cold 4. Field 5. Hill 6. Music 7. Summer 8. Snow 9. Winter 10. Weather.

Let's talk...
Ask your friend:

a. Which insect can bite?
Ans:
The mosquito can bite.

b. Which insect can fly?
Ans:
The butterfly can fly.

c. Which insect lives in a group?
Ans:
The ant lives in a group.

d. Which insect is green in colour?
Ans:
The grasshopper is green in colour.

e. Which insect moves in a row?
Ans:
The ant moves in a row.

(To be continued...)