Unit 19 | Interpreting Graphs, Charts and Diagrams | Class 10 English Exercise

Class 10 English Unit 19 Interpreting Graphs, Charts and Diagrams Exercise

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1. Vocabulary in use

 Find the synonyms of the following words from the text.

portrays - reveals/depicts

discloses - reveals

escalated - increased

precisely - exactly

tendency - trend

stable - constant

 

2. Reading comprehension

i. Choose the best alternative to complete the following sentences.

 a. The number of the students in the school was the same in all years

 i. changed rapidly

 ii. changed only in few years

 iii. was the same in all years

 b. The ratio of the boys and the girls in 2015 was 6:5.

 i. 6:5

 ii. 5:6

 iii. 0.83%

 c. The number of girls increased more than the number of boys that decreased.

 i. as much as the number of boys that decreased

 ii. less than the decreased number of boys

 iii. more than the number of boys that decreased

 d. The data presented in the bar chart surprises us because the total figure of the students did not change.

 i. the number of boys decreased every year

 ii. the number of girls increased every year

 iii. the total figure of the students did not change

 

ii. Study the bar chart, and answer these questions.

 a. What kinds of data are presented in the above bar diagram?

Ans: The number of the boys and the girls enrolled to a public school in Ilam each year between the years 2011 and 2015 is presented in the given bar diagram.

 b. How many girls were studying in 2015?

Ans: Six hundred girls were studying in the school in the year 2015.

c. What was the number of boys that decreased every year?

Ans: The number of boys that decreased every year was one hundred.

 d. What percentage of boys decreased over a period of five years?

Ans: About 17 % of boys decreased over a period of five years.

 e. What might be the reason behind the decreased number of boys and increased number of girls?

Ans: The increasing population of girls and awareness of women education might be the reason behind the decreased number of boys and increased number of girls.

 

Reading II

1. Vocabulary in use

 Some of the phrases used in the above text to describe the pie chart are given below. Read them carefully, and find out other similar expressions that can be used for describing the pie chart.

The above pie chart displays - The pie chart clearly shows

 According to the pie chart - As seen in the chart

 The pie chart clearly shows that – The pie chart elucidates

 As seen in the chart - According to the pie chart

 

2. Reading comprehension

i. Study the table and the pie chart, and indicate whether the following statements are true or false.

 a. The pie chart presents the data of all the subjects of the SLC examinees. False

 b. According to the pie chart, the majority of total examinees scored the grade A in the exam. False

 c. The least number of students belonged to the group that obtained B. False

 d. The highest number of students scored D + grade. False

 e. Among the total students appeared in the exam, only 8.08 per cent scored the grade B. True

 

ii. Study the table and the pie chart again, and answer these questions.

 a. How many students appeared in the SLC examination in the year 2072-073?

Ans: 436983 students appeared in the SLC examination in the year 2072-073.

 b. What is the percentage of students who scored grade C+?

Ans: 7.31 % of students who scored grade C+.

 c. Which grade was scored by the majority of the students?

Ans: Grade D was scored by the majority of the students.

 d. What is the total number of students who achieved the grade D+?

Ans: 71125 is the total number of students achieved the grade D+.

 e. Is the achievement level of the students in the SLC examination satisfactory? Why? Why not?

Ans: No, it is not that satisfactory because more than 50% of the students have scored D+ which is partially acceptable, D which is insufficient or E which is very insufficient.

 

C. Follow–up activities

 1. Work in a small group, and fill in the gaps with the word(s) or phrase(s) in the box below to make the instruction of making rice pudding meaningful.

 As soon as     When Then    Finally   First   After that process      As

Here is a process for making rice pudding. First  of all pour a litre of milk in a heavy bottom saucepan and boil it. As soon as it boils, take out half of the milk from the pan.

Then mix a cup of rice and stir it with a dipper for 15 minutes on a low flame. As it becomes soft, add the remaining milk and stir it for sometimes. After that process add half a cup of sugar and stir it. When  it looks very soft, add half a spoon of cinnamon powder, 20 grams of grated dry coconut, 20 grams of raisins and 20 grams of fresh ghee. Stir it for a minute. Now your rice pudding is ready, finally serve it on a flat plate and have it

 

Grammar

A. Engage yourself

 Look at the following sentences, and observe how the connectives are used.

a. Manisha didn't go to school because of headache. (Reason)

b. She helped the needy ones in spite of her poverty. (Contrastive)

c. Unless you work very hard, you cannot achieve the desired success. (Condition)

d.In order to be an engineer, my sister, practises mathematics more at school. (Purpose)

e. She went to the beauty parlour so that she could get her hair cut. (Purpose)

f. While I was walking on the bank of a river, I saw a crocodile floating in the river. (Time)

g. She grows a lot of rice but my brother doesn't. (Contrastive)

h. I enjoyed the weekend despite my busy schedule. (Contrastive)

 

B. Time for grammar

1. Rewrite the following sentences using the appropriate connectives in the box.

 in order to     so that            as long as       before             after

 although whenever              despite            though            as soon as

 a. Namita didn't get good marks in the exam though she had studied well.

 b. She goes to the river in order to fetch water.

 c. They went to Ilam so that they could enjoy observing the tea garden.

 d. Mallik has topped the list despite his negligence.

 e.  Although my uncle is rich, he never buys expensive clothes.

 f.  Whenever you are free, you can come.

 g. You can stay with me as long as you want.

 h. They will come as soon as they listen to the news.

 i. He had been to Jhapa after he passed Master of Business Study.

 j. The passengers tied their seat belts before the plane took off

 

2. Read the following text, and fill in the blanks with the appropriate words.

 Overall           First     in         which Following        this      which Finally next

 Here is the process that explains the ways in which bricks are made for the building industry. Overall, there are seven stages in the process, beginning with the digging up of clay and culminating in the final product. First, the clay which is used to make the bricks is dug up from the ground by a large digger. This clay is then placed onto a metal grid, which is used to break up the clay into smaller pieces. A roller assists in this process. Following this, sand and water are added to the clay, and this mixture is turned into bricks by either placing it into a mould or using a wire cutter.

Next, these bricks are placed in an oven to dry for 24-48 hours. In the subsequent stage, the bricks go through a heating and cooling process. They are heated in a kiln at a moderate and then a high temperature, followed by a cooling process in a chamber for 2-3 days. Finally, the bricks are packed and delivered to their destinations.

 

C. Follow-up activity

 Make sensible sentences of your own using the following connectives.

 however: He has the window open, however it is cold outside.

although : Although he is rich, he never spends money to buy good clothes for him.

because of: Because of the Taliban, Afghani citizens are suffering.

despite : He passed the test with good marks despite his negligence in studies.

while : While I was cleaning the room, I found a thousand rupee note

until: Let‟s wait until the rain stops.

 so that : People tame domestic animals so that they can make money.