D.A.V. PUBLIC SCHOOL, NEW PANVEL
Plot No. 267, 268, Sector-10, New Panvel,
Navi Mumbai-410206 (Maharashtra).
Phone 022-27468211, 27482276, 27451793
E-mail –
STD- XII
Subject: ENGLISH Holiday Worksheet 2025-26
I. Read the following extracts and answer the questions:
A. What a thunderclap these words were to me! Oh, the wretches; that was what they
had put up at the town-hall! My last French lesson! Why, I hardly knew how to write! I
should never learn anymore! I must stop there, then! Oh, how sorry I was for not
learning my lessons, for seeking birds’ eggs, or going sliding on the Saar! My books,
that had seemed such a nuisance a while ago, so heavy to carry, my grammar, and my
history of the saints, were old friends now that I couldn’t give up. And M. Hamel, too;
the idea that he was going away, that I should never see him again, made me forget all
about his ruler and how cranky he was.
I. What was the writer’s purpose in using the metaphor of a ‘thunderclap’?
II. Select the correct option from those given in brackets to fill in the blank.
The use of exclamatory marks in the first five sentences of the extract serves to express
the speaker’s _______ (hidden/ intense) emotions.
III. Complete the following suitably.
The activities of seeking birds' eggs and sliding on the Saar reveal two things about Franz's
character before his change in perspective. First, his youthful carefree nature and second,
his preference for _________________.
IV. What is reflected through the shift in the speaker’s perception of Mr. Hamel, conveyed
through his readiness to forget the ruler?
V. Select the textual option that is closest to indicating a sense of panic.
a) Oh, how sorry I was for not learning my lessons…
b) Why, I hardly knew how to write!
c) Oh, the wretches; that was what they had put up at the town-hall!
d) And M. Hamel, too;
VI. What does the following line from the extract, showcase?
My books, that had seemed such a nuisance a while ago, so heavy to carry, my grammar,
and my history of the saints, were old friends now that I couldn’t give up.
a) realization b) confusion c) expectation d) affirmation
B. And survival in Seemapuri means rag-picking. Through the years, it has acquired
the proportions of a fine art. Garbage to them is gold. It is their daily bread, a roof
over their heads, even if it is a leaking roof. But for a child it is even more “I
sometimes find a rupee, even a ten-rupee note,” Saheb says, his eyes lighting up.
When you can find a silver coin in a heap of garbage, you don’t stop scrounging, for
there is hope of finding more. It seems that for children, garbage has a meaning
different from what it means to their parents. For the children it is wrapped in wonder,
for the elders it is a means of survival.
Plot No. 267, 268, Sector-10, New Panvel,
Navi Mumbai-410206 (Maharashtra).
Phone 022-27468211, 27482276, 27451793
E-mail –
STD- XII
Subject: ENGLISH Holiday Worksheet 2025-26
I. Read the following extracts and answer the questions:
A. What a thunderclap these words were to me! Oh, the wretches; that was what they
had put up at the town-hall! My last French lesson! Why, I hardly knew how to write! I
should never learn anymore! I must stop there, then! Oh, how sorry I was for not
learning my lessons, for seeking birds’ eggs, or going sliding on the Saar! My books,
that had seemed such a nuisance a while ago, so heavy to carry, my grammar, and my
history of the saints, were old friends now that I couldn’t give up. And M. Hamel, too;
the idea that he was going away, that I should never see him again, made me forget all
about his ruler and how cranky he was.
I. What was the writer’s purpose in using the metaphor of a ‘thunderclap’?
II. Select the correct option from those given in brackets to fill in the blank.
The use of exclamatory marks in the first five sentences of the extract serves to express
the speaker’s _______ (hidden/ intense) emotions.
III. Complete the following suitably.
The activities of seeking birds' eggs and sliding on the Saar reveal two things about Franz's
character before his change in perspective. First, his youthful carefree nature and second,
his preference for _________________.
IV. What is reflected through the shift in the speaker’s perception of Mr. Hamel, conveyed
through his readiness to forget the ruler?
V. Select the textual option that is closest to indicating a sense of panic.
a) Oh, how sorry I was for not learning my lessons…
b) Why, I hardly knew how to write!
c) Oh, the wretches; that was what they had put up at the town-hall!
d) And M. Hamel, too;
VI. What does the following line from the extract, showcase?
My books, that had seemed such a nuisance a while ago, so heavy to carry, my grammar,
and my history of the saints, were old friends now that I couldn’t give up.
a) realization b) confusion c) expectation d) affirmation
B. And survival in Seemapuri means rag-picking. Through the years, it has acquired
the proportions of a fine art. Garbage to them is gold. It is their daily bread, a roof
over their heads, even if it is a leaking roof. But for a child it is even more “I
sometimes find a rupee, even a ten-rupee note,” Saheb says, his eyes lighting up.
When you can find a silver coin in a heap of garbage, you don’t stop scrounging, for
there is hope of finding more. It seems that for children, garbage has a meaning
different from what it means to their parents. For the children it is wrapped in wonder,
for the elders it is a means of survival.
