English (Compulsory) Class 10 Chapter 11: Comprehension 3: Nature, Environment, Travel, Drugs Education and Life Stories

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• Class 10
• English (Compulsory)
• Unit 11
• Book pages Class 10 book U9 (menace of drugs), U10 (earth and environment), U12 (life skills) pp 112-133, 146-153 (themes only)
• FBISE SSC-II

Chapter summary

Themes in this group are nature and wildlife, climate and the environment, travel and places, the dangers of drugs and smoking, and the lives of great people. The skills are the same as in Unit 1 and Unit 10. Here we add cause and effect, problem and solution, and biography reading.

Topics in this chapter

• Main idea and supporting details
• Summary/precis
• Biography and autobiography passages
• Cause and effect, problem and solution
• Contextual meanings
• Mixed topics

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1. Read the extract. "Bees do far more than make honey. They carry pollen from flower to flower, and this helps fruits and vegetables to grow. Without bees, many of the crops that feed us would produce much less food." What is the main idea?
   1. Bees are important because they help crops grow.
   2. Honey from bees is more valuable to farmers than any crop.
   3. Fruits and vegetables can grow only in the summer season.
   4. Farmers should keep more bees in their fields than cows.
2. Which of these is the correct order of steps in writing a precis?
   1. Write a title, copy the passage, then read it later
   2. Count the words, copy the passage, then read it again
   3. Read, find main points, draft, revise, add a title
   4. Write a draft, read the passage, then give examples
3. Which sentence expresses a PROBLEM?
   1. Our school will install water filters next year.
   2. Our school is near a large public park.
   3. Our school begins at eight in the morning.
   4. Our school has no clean drinking water.

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English (Compulsory) tests reading, writing, grammar and comprehension. Read a little every day, learn the formats of letters and essays, and practise unseen passages.