Question

The lockdown has led to lots of free time for many people. Are you one of them? With this new found time, why not do something special? For example, you can start a daily diary to jot down thoughts and feelings or take a walk every day at 4 pm. You can also invest your free time in improving your skills or learning new ones. Remember, this is temporary and things will get back to normal. Until then, take a deep breath, do your best, get some rest, and wash your hands!

9. According to this passage, the best thing about this lockdown period is that .... *

it's not temporary.

we can take rest as long as we want.

schools are closed.

we have a lot of free time to learn new skills.

10. The writer asks to improve your skills or learn a new skill. Why? *

There will be skill based assessment in schools after lockdown.

Skill development courses are free due to lockdown.

Learning new skills will be helpful to raise funds.

It will help to use the new found free time.

11. There are many people who have got much free time in this lockdown period. How can this time be used to keep a positive balance in life? *

by writing daily diary

by taking a walk everyday

by learning new skills

All of the above

12. 'Remember, this is temporary and things will get back to normal.' What is different from the normal life during this temporary phase? *

new found free time

washing hands frequently

lockdown

All of the above

13. What is the antonym of 'normal'? *

abnormal

ordinary

usual

regular

14. Which word in the passage can be replaced with 'spend'? *

improving

new found

invest

learning

GRAMMAR AND TRANSLATION

Do as directed (Questions 15 to 20)

15. ............... the girls are present today. (Fill in the blank with a suitable determiner.) *

Few

All

Some

Many

16. You must learn the lesson ......... heart. (Fill in the gap with a suitable preposition.) *

by

in

at

for

17. .......... I use your pen? (Choose an appropriate modal.) *

Will

Shall

May

Need

18. She is too weak to walk. (Choose the correct option to rewrite this sentence after removing ‘too… to’.) *

She is so weak to walk.

She is so weak that she can walk.

She is so weak that she cannot walk.

She was so weak that she could not walk.

19. My mother has watered the plants. The word, ‘watered’ has been used as… *

Verb

Noun

Adjective

Adverb

20. Translate into Punjabi. 'The teacher did not give the test.' *

ਅਧਿਆਪਕ ਨੇ ਟੈਸਟ ਦੇ ਦਿੱਤਾ।

ਅਧਿਆਪਕ ਟੈਸਟ ਲੈ ਰਿਹਾ ਹੈ।

ਅਧਿਆਪਕ ਟੈਸਟ ਨਹੀਂ ਲੈ ਰਿਹਾ ਹੈ।

ਅਧਿਆਪਕ ਨੇ ਟੈਸਟ ਨਹੀਂ ਲਿਆ।​

Answer 1

ANSWER:

9. according to this passage, it is true that we have lot of times to develop ourself.

10.Learning new skills will be helpful to raise funds.

11.all of the above.

12.lockdown

13.usual

14.invest

Answer 2

Explanation:

15.all

16.by

17.may

18.she is so weak that she cannot walk

19.verb

20.option-1