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प्रश्न
Form groups and use the following topic for discussion. Take the help of your college library and your teacher.
Freedom of speech
उत्तर
Freedom of speech
- The meaning and what it stands for
- The necessity of freedom of speech
- How people can suffer if freedom of speech is denied
- Adverse consequences of misuse of freedom of speech.
APPEARS IN
संबंधित प्रश्न
Form groups and use the following topic for discussion. Take the help of your college library and your teacher.
Features of the Constitution of India
Form groups and use the following topic for discussion. Take the help of your college library and your teacher.
Dictatorship Vs Democracy
Share your opinions/ feelings with your partner about a stranger who has a villainous look/appearance.
You are visiting the primary school where you studied classes I to IV, after six years. You get a chance to go to your standard two classrooms and you are permitted to sit at the same place where you used to sit.
What would you remember?
Deliver a short speech for about five minutes on the following.
Think of a situation where all the trees can speak. What will they talk about?
Work in groups of four. Discuss how the story would have been different if.
Pongo had pardoned the narrator after scolding him.
Work in groups of four. Discuss how the story would have been different if.
Pongo had arrived on the scene before the last orange was eaten.
Figures of speech
Assonance: Repetition of similar vowel sounds in the neighbouring words
(e.g.) ‘T is the prettiest little parlour that ever you did spy; Pick out one more instance from the poem.
Figures of speech
Alliteration: Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.
Pick out the words in alliteration.
“Sweet creature!” said the Spider, “you're witty and you’re wise,”
Identify the character or speaker of the following line.
She stood petrified with astonishment peering over her glasses.
Identify the character or speaker of the following line.
‘I done it out of pity for him.’
Imagine you are going to celebrate your forthcoming birthday at an orphanage/old age home.
Deliver a short speech about your birthday celebration by using the following hints.
- The reasons for choosing an orphanage/old-age home.
- The people who accompany you.
- The food which you are going to offer them.
- The useful gifts/articles which you are going to give them.
- Other events like cake cutting, conducting games, etc.
“The building actually rests on the well laid out foundation and hence is strong and still.” How can this be related to a family? Discuss with your partner and share your views in the class.
Read the clues given below and develop your story. Narrate your story to the class.
Robert Bruce - King - lying on the ground in a dejected mood - failed to defeat his enemies - was thinking of giving up the attempt - saw a spider falling down from the ceiling - the ceiling far away - wondered how it would get there - the spider fell back again - again it tried - again it fell - it made nine such attempts - no success - climbed up once more - at last succeeded in reaching the roof - Bruce imitated its example - he too tried once again - was successful.
As a child I spent my free time ______.
Have you ever been scared? What happened? How did you feel? Talk about it in one or two sentences with your friend. Repeat it to the class.
Read the different verb form where they remain the same in the direct and indirect speech in the following case. Fill in the blank with missing indirect speech.
If the reporting verb is in the present tense.
Can you do an art work or a craft work on your own?
Answer the following:
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A Tiny Little Plant Deep in the heart of a little seed, Out came the bright Sunshine, A little plant woke up to see, |
List the rhyming words in the first three lines.
Figure of speech.
| The woods are lovely, dark, and deep, But I have promises to keep And miles to go before I sleep, and miles to go before I sleep. |
Pick out any two lines of repetition from the poem.
Imagine that below are some of the paintings of Jane Eyre. Discuss with your partner and describe the paintings.
Look at the picture. Work in groups and give a short talk about it using the words given below.
- sand
- waves
- when
- as soon as
- collect
- enjoy
- hatchlings
- basket
- boys
- night
- rough sea
- many
- eggs
- incubate
- hatchery
- after
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Volunteers of the Students Sea Turtle Conservation Network (SSTCN) release Olive Ridley hatchlings into the sea. |
Change the following into Indirect Speech.
“Are you coming home with me?” he asked.
Change the following into Indirect Speech.
“Bring me a glass of milk,” said the swami to the villagers.
Change the following into Indirect Speech.
“Halt!” shouted the officer to his men.
Change the following into Indirect Speech.
“Hurry up,” he said to his servant, “do not waste time.”
Change the following into Indirect Speech.
“Go down to the bazaar. Bring me some oil and a lump of ice.” ordered his master.
Change the following into Direct Speech.
Lakshan asked me if I had anything to say.
Change the following into Direct Speech.
Bhagya said that she had seen that picture.
Change the following an into Direct Speech.
I asked Mary if she would lend me a pencil.
Travelling can help a person to understand and appreciate different places. Discuss in groups and talk about the places you have visited recently. Present your experiences to the class.
Name the speaker.
| S.No. | Lines from the lesson | Speaker |
| 1 | “Do you do anything other than eating?" | |
| 2 | “Are you feeling unwell?” | |
| 3 | “I don’t have a camera phone “ | |
| 4 | “I told you I am thirteen, the same age as you." | |
| 5 | “You are a brave pair!” |
Name the character or speaker.
“Are you alright?”
Name the character or speaker.
“Eat these capsules.”
Pick and support any one of the three daughters. Say some sentences for the one you support and say some sentences against the other two to win.
| I support the first daughter because ....... | I support the second daughter because ....... | I support the third daughter because ....... |
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Let us see how to speak over phone.
What’s your lunch today?
What did the teacher teach?
Speak and win.
Join in one of the two groups. Speak 4 to 5 sentences supporting and opposing the intelligence of the saparrow.
| I support the sparrow for her intelligence. | I oppose the sparrow for using her intelligence to cheat others. |
Read the following passage carefully.
One day Meena plucks a mango and brings it home. Her grandmother gives the larger piece to Raju because he is a boy. Meena protests. After all, she brought the mango and she is the elder of the two. She insists she has a greater right over her share. Her father comes to her help and divides the mango equally.
Now answer the questions.
- Who brought the mango home?
- Why did Meena’s grandmother give a larger piece to Raju?
- Who do you think should have got the larger piece?
What does ‘features’ mean? Look up the dictionary. What are the different kinds of features of people we come across in the world? Discuss.
Do you like to play and run about? Why?
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beneath, breeze, meet, fear, each, meadow. |
Some letter are missing in each word.
f ______ t
Imagine you are Alice and your partner is a rabbit. What would you do?
Make a story of the poem and share it with your friends. You can change Hiawatha’s name and give the name of your classmate. Start the story which other children can continue. Happy Hiawatha, hungry hippopotamus, high horse, heavy hand.
You could begin like this –
Once upon a time there was a boy called
At the end of the play, only the stump of the tree is left. Find out if it will grow into a tree again.
Tell the class about your favourite story book. Talk about the character you liked most in the book.
What are the different kinds of books in this bookshop or in any other bookshop you have seen? Tell the class.
Tell the story of Pinocchio with actions.
You are Mani/Megalai of Class XI, President of the English Club of your school. Draft a speech on the topic ‘Reading Maketh a Complete Man’, to be delivered in the school assembly
Your friend competes with you in academics and sports. Think of the situation wherein you would not be affected by his/her victory and the ways in which you would encourage your friend to succeed.
On the occasion of World Environment Day, you have been asked to deliver a speech during morning assembly on the importance of tree planting. Write the speech in about 100 – 150 words.
- Introduction
- Suggested value points Pollution control – Medicine – Necessary for wildlife – Cause rainfall
- Conclusion
Every person should take up the responsibility to serve the society in his or her own way. Discuss the various ways in which you can serve the society
Everybody enjoys holidays but, when it comes to safety ‘There is no holiday for Safety’. Discuss in groups what safety measures one should take while driving a car/two wheeler.
