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प्रश्न
Form groups and use the following topic for discussion. Take the help of your college library and your teacher.
Qualities of an ideal politician
उत्तर
Qualities of an ideal politician
- clean track record
- a technically skilled and good orator
- should be delivering on his promises
- must be honest and have integrity
- strive towards the public interest.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Summarize to the class in your own words the highly risky and dangerous journey of Tenzing and Hillary from the base to the top of Mt. Everest.
Form groups and use the following topic for discussion. Take the help of your college library and your teacher.
Equality before law
In his speech, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar has expressed his deep concern over the absence of two things in the then Indian society. Discuss with your partner and complete the web.
Share your opinions/ feelings with your partner about a stranger who has a villainous look/appearance.
Imagine that you are a lawyer defending the case of the eyes in court. Present your counter statement in support of your client.
What type of tree fits in your hand?
A ____________ tree.
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.
‘What has that got to do that with it?’
Now I really enjoy ______.
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 story. Divide yourselves into groups of four. Discuss what little Sarah wants to talk about. Take roles and enact the story.
Read the following dialogue and report it.
| Johnson | “What are you doing here, Suganthi? I haven’t seen you since June.” |
| Suganthi | “I’ve just come back from my holiday in Ooty.” |
| Johnson | “Did you enjoy it?” |
| Suganthi | “I love Ooty. And the people were so friendly.” |
| Johnson | “Did you go to Coakers Walk?” |
| Suganthi | “It was my first trip. I can show you some pictures. Are you doing anything tomorrow?” |
| Johnson | “I must arrange a couple of things. But I am free tonight.” |
| Suganthi | “You might come to my place. At what time shall we meet?” |
| Johnson | “I’ll be there at eight. Is it all right?” |
Johnson asked Suganthi ______. And he said ______ since June. Suganthi explained that ______ back from her holiday in Ooty. Johnson wondered if ______ it. Suganthi told him that she ______ Ooty and that the people ______ so friendly. Johnson wanted to know ______ to the Coakers Walk. Suganthi said that its first trip and that she some pictures. And then she asked him if he Johnson explained that he ______ a couple of things. But he added that he ______ free at night. Suganthi suggested that he ______ place and asked him at what time ______. Johnson said he ______ there at eight. And finally, he asked ______ all right.
“Who took my English book?”
He was curious to know who ______.
“Do you know why she is unhappy?”
He asked me if ______ unhappy.
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.
We do not usually change the modal verbs must and needn’t. But must can become had to or would have to and needn’t can become didn’t have to or wouldn’t have to if we want to express an obligation. Would/wouldn’t have to are used to talk about future obligations.
What do you do in that session?
Role-play the conversation in the class.
| Manoj | Hi Priya! How are you? |
| Priya | I am fine, and what about you? |
| Manoj | I am fine too. What are you doing in this early morning? |
| Priya | I am taking care of my garden. |
| Manoj | Oh! What a beautiful garden it is! |
| Priya | It is beautiful as I work every day in it. |
| Manoj | Who helps you in your work? |
| Priya | I have done this. It is my hobby and I have cultivated vegetables. |
| Manoj | Oh! that's nice. How long have you been doing this? |
| Priya | I have been doing this for_____ |
| Manoj | |
| Priya | |
| Manoj | |
| Priya | |
| Manoj |
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.
Answer the following
Complete this poem on your own with a abab rhyme scheme.
Peas porridge hot,
Peas porridge cold,
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Take a few minutes and make hints of the picture. Arrange your thoughts. Using the points you write, deliver a small speech focusing on the issue picturized here. Give an interesting and informative speech. Your speech should include the cause and the solution.
Tips for effective speaking
• Organise your points and ideas well.
• Don’t memorise the speech. If you forget a point, it will make you nervous.
• Avoid the things that are of no value or interest to the audience.
• Before you speak, take a deep breath, smile, greet the audience.
• Don’t be nervous about making a mistake.
• Interesting speech makes your mistakes nothing.
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.
The teacher said to him, “Do not read so fast.”
Change the following into Indirect Speech.
“Hurry up,” he said to his servant, “do not waste time.”
Change the following into Indirect Speech.
“Run away, children,” said their mother.
Change the following into Direct Speech.
Nevin asked his father when the next letter would come.
Look at the picture of a village festival carefully. Talk about the activities that are going on by using the hints given in the help box.
About the place and the people — what is happening: what do the children and the adults do? – kind of shops – performances
Name the character or speaker.
“I am fine. We must wear the space suit.”
Join in either of the following groups and say some valid points to win.
| Group A. | I like to live in the Earth because ______ | |
| Group B. | I like to live in the Mars because ______ |
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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See how they speak at this situation and practise as if you were in that situation.
Borrowing a book from public Library.
The people who live in cities often wish they could live in quiet towns. Do you like the place you live in?
Tell your partner two things you like and don't like about the place you live in.
Describe a few funny things you have seen. Do they make you laugh?
Some letter are missing in each word.
t ______ se
Some letter are missing in each word.
t ______ ch
Listen and repeat Ca -t
Say these words and feel what your tongue does when you say –
toe, top, tie, ten
Using sign language make these letters with your hand
‘C’, ‘H’, ‘E’, ‘K’
How do people who cannot see, read?
Use words beginning with 'h' sound like -
hat, house, hen, hide, horse, heart, hand etc.
Make a pair of words, one a ‘describing word’ and one a ‘naming word’.
Happy Hiawatha, hungry hippopotamus, high horse, heavy hand.
Tick (✓) the words which end with the sound id. Say each word aloud
| accepted | |
| answered | |
| irritated | |
| failed | |
| completed | |
| challenged | |
| cried | |
| surprised | |
| find | |
| licked | |
| celebrated | |
| fried |
Why should we not cut trees?
At the end of the play, only the stump of the tree is left. Find out if it will grow into a tree again.
Do you like reading story books?
All cultures have their own folk songs in which each line is repeated. This line is sung in a chorus. Sing a folk song in your own language.
In groups of five, discuss the following topic taking examples from Mary Kom’s life.
Athletes cannot run with money in their pockets. They must run with hope in their heart and dreams in their head.
The following expressions may help you in connecting ideas and presenting your views to the class.
- In my opinion…
- I wholeheartedly support…
- At the outset, let me say…
- I should like to draw your attention to…
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.
Work with a partner. Your friend has lost her books just before the annual examination and she is upset. How will you help her? Take up roles and enact the situation.
You have recently shifted to a new locality. You cannot find your way back, after school. Your uncle spots you and takes you home. Narrate the incident to the class.
‘When the mouse laughs at the cat, there is a hole nearby.’ Explain the meaning of this statement to your friends.
Compose your own limericks on an elephant, a peacock and a butterfly. Read it out to your class.
Build a conversation for the following situation with a minimum of five exchange.
A father and his daughter about the advantages of the habit of newspaper reading.
Imagine you are Baldwin and your partner is Gresham. Try your best to persuade your partner to confess the truth. Build a conversation describing how both of you would react in such a situation. Work in pairs.
Here are a few instructions given by a Health Inspector to a group of students, in order to prevent malaria and dengue. Complete the series adding some more important instructions.
- Do not allow water to stagnate in and around your house.
- Keep your surroundings clean.
- Wear long-sleeved shirts/blouses and long pants/skirts that cover your arms and legs.
- ______
Now, write a set of 8 to 10 instruction for the following situation.
A doctor instructing a patient regarding a healthy diet and proper care after a surgery.
Now it’s your turn to speak against the motion “Wars create more problem than they solve.” Express your views with valid points.
