CBSE ENGLISH LESSON-2 NARRATION WORKSHEET EXERCISES

5 Reporting Dialogue Exercises

Complete the Paragraph | From Nelson Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (CBSE Class 10)

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Struggle and Leadership

Mandela: The struggle is my life.
Comrade: Will you lead us after prison?
Mandela: Yes, but only if we choose peace over revenge.
Comrade: How can we forgive?
Mandela: By understanding that no one is born hating another.

Mandela declared that (a) ________________. The comrade asked (b) ________________ after prison. Mandela agreed but added that (c) ________________. When the comrade asked (d) ________________, Mandela explained that it could be done by understanding that (e) ________________.

(a) the struggle was his life
(b) if/whether he would lead them
(c) they chose peace over revenge
(d) how they could forgive
(e) no one was born hating another

Inauguration Day

Announcer: Today is a historic day for South Africa.
Crowd: What will Mandela say?
Mandela: I am your servant, not your master.
Crowd: Long live Mandela!
Mandela: Let freedom reign!

The announcer said that (a) ________________ for South Africa. The crowd asked (b) ________________. Mandela replied that (c) ________________. The crowd cheered and wished (d) ________________. Mandela urged that (e) ________________.

(a) that day was a historic day
(b) what Mandela would say
(c) he was their servant, not master
(d) long live Mandela
(e) freedom should reign

Freedom and Fear

Student: Sir, what is true courage?
Mandela: It is not the absence of fear.
Student: Then what is it?
Mandela: It is the triumph over fear.
Student: Thank you, sir.

The student asked Mandela (a) ________________. Mandela replied that (b) ________________. When the student asked (c) ________________, Mandela said that (d) ________________. The student thanked him.

(a) what true courage was
(b) it was not the absence of fear
(c) what it was then
(d) it was the triumph over fear

Reconciliation

Victim: They tortured us for years.
Mandela: I know. But revenge will chain us again.
Victim: Should we forget?
Mandela: No, remember and reconcile.
Victim: We will try.

The victim told Mandela that (a) ________________ for years. Mandela acknowledged and warned that (b) ________________. When the victim asked (c) ________________, Mandela advised to (d) ________________. The victim agreed to try.

(a) they had tortured them
(b) revenge would chain them again
(c) if they should forget
(d) remember and reconcile

Education and Future

Youth: What should we do now?
Mandela: Study hard. Education changes the world.
Youth: But we have no books.
Mandela: Then demand them. Knowledge is power.
Youth: Yes, sir!

The youth asked Mandela (a) ________________. Mandela advised them to (b) ________________ because education changed the world. The youth said that (c) ________________. Mandela told them to (d) ________________ as knowledge was power. The youth agreed enthusiastically.

(a) what they should do then
(b) study hard
(c) they had no books
(d) demand them

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