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प्रश्न
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.
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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.
Freedom of speech
Form groups and use the following topic for discussion. Take the help of your college library and your teacher.
Equality before law
Find and discuss some examples of reports related to the given topic.
Any social issue
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 classroom and you are permitted to sit at the same place where you used to sit.
Who do you miss very badly, your friends or teachers?
Figures of Speech
| There is alliteration in the line: And I sunned it with smiles. The sound /s/ is repeated in the words ‘sunned’ and ‘smiles’. | Pick out at least two instances of alliteration from the poem. |
What type of tree fits in your hand?
A ____________ tree.
Work in groups of four. Discuss how the story would have been different if.
Pongo had forgotten to lock the door properly but the narrator only discovered it just before Pongo returned.
The cunning spider was waiting for a chance to pull the fly into its web and it used all the possible ways to trap her. Have you ever been trapped by flattery to do something you did not want to do? Discuss in pairs and share your experience in the class.
Figures of speech
Consonance: Repetition of similar consonant sounds in the neighbouring words.
(e.g.) It's the prettiest little parlour that ever you did spy; Pick out one more instance of consonance from the poem.
Identify the character or speaker of the following line.
She stood petrified with astonishment peering over her glasses.
Mention the rhyme scheme of the poem.
“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.
Develop a story with the given pictures and narrate it to your class. Your story must have a plot and vivid details.
Last year at this time I ______.
Collect images of some electronic gadgets and play a JAM (just a minute) game by picking one image and talking for a minute about it in your classroom.
“Why do volcanoes erupt?”
She wondered why ______.
“Do you know why she is unhappy?”
He asked me if ______ unhappy.
Read the conversation of the simple machines. Take roles to play. Then discuss in pairs to describe any simple machine. Create your own storyboard and take roles to play.
Jack: Don't you know how simple machines make your life easy?
Jimmy: Um... I don't know what simple machines are.
Jack: Simple machines are mechanical devices for applying force like a wedge or ramp.
Jimmy: Oh! wow! How I did not know this!
Jack: Like the wheels on hospital bed and IV pole. They help you move people faster by reducing the friction.
Jimmy: Is the stick over there that the TV is attached to, is that a simple machine too?
Jack: Yes it is, it's a lever. The wheels on the bus are simple machines, they make the bus move.
Jimmy: What about the doors?
Jack: 'Yeah' the driver pulls a lever and the doors open and you climb up the inclined plane aka the stairs. The cable in the elevator is wrapped around a groove in the wheel and axle, an electric motor pulls the cable, lifting the car between floors.
Jimmy: So the wheels on the rolling chair are too by rolling the chair back instead of lifting the chair back.
Jack: 'Yes' they are, they move the chair and reduce the friction.
Present the review of a movie that you have watched recently.
Identify the poetic lines where the following figures of speech are employed and complete the tabular column.
| Figure of speech | Meaning | Lines |
| Synecdoche | A figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa. e.g. “The Western wave was all a-flame. ” The “Western wave” is a synecdoche as it refers to the sea by the name of one of its parts i.e. wave. |
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| Paradox |
A figure of speech in which a statement appears to contradict itself. e.g. To bring peace we must war. Be cruel to be kind. |
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| Onomatopoeia |
A figure of speech wherein the word imitates the sound associated with the object it refers to. e.g. Pitter-patter, pitter-patter Raindrops on my pane. |
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| Rhetorical Questions |
A figure of speech in the form of a question that is asked to make a point rather than to elicit an answer. e.g. And what is so rare as a day in June? |
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
Complete this poem on your own with a abab rhyme scheme.
Peas porridge hot,
Peas porridge cold,
__________________
__________________
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.
Imagine that below are some of the paintings of Jane Eyre. Discuss with your partner and describe the paintings.
Discuss in groups of five. Make a story about the comic strip. Then share it in the class.
Change the following into Indirect Speech.
“Are you coming home with me?” he asked.
Change the following into Indirect Speech.
“Halt!” shouted the officer to his men.
Change the following into Indirect Speech.
“Run away, children,” said their mother.
Change the following into Indirect Speech.
He said, “Daughter, take my golden jug, and fetch me some water from the Well.”
Change the following an into Direct Speech.
I asked Mary if she would lend me a pencil.
Look at these images of different kinds of sports. Identify and name as many as you can with your partner.
Describe any one of them to your partner.
- Name of the sport.
- What equipment is used to play the sport?
- What kind of area/ground/field it is played in?
- How is it played?
Present your sport to the class in four to five sentences.
These phrases will help you.
- I like to play ______.
- I play______ regularly with my friends.
- ______is an indoor/outdoor game.
- ______game requires______ players.
- ______has ______these equipments.
- ______ generally played in a court/ground.
- I enjoy playing______ game.
Match the poetic lines with Figures of speech.
| 1) | So brainy | personification |
| 2) | Mountains | personification |
| 3) | It's so absent-minded | hyperbole |
| 4) | Computer gobbled a worm | metaphor |
| 5) | Very sick | metaphor |
Imagine that you and your friend have decided to spend a day together in your house. You have planned your schedule from morning till night. Discuss in pairs and speak about it in the class. You can start like this:
I like to go for a walk but my friend wants to work out in the gym.
Each person or a group chooses an item from the class and takes two minutes to prepare. He/she must promote and sell the same item in the most humorous way to convince the classmates to buy the product. You can choose items such as eraser, pencil, school bag, book, etc.
It can go like this.
Here I have a magical eraser for you. You can do whatever you want to do with this. You can rub anything that you don’t like. Just rub it against somebody’s hair and it will be gone forever. If you want to see somebody without hair, here you go. Buy this eraser and have fun with your friends.
Imagine you are Mowgli. Which animal would you befriend? What kind of adventure would you like in the forest? Make use of the hints below to talk about it.
- Hi, I’m Mowgli. The only human being living in the jungle.
- I have been raised by a pack of wolves, in an Indian forest.
- I go and hunt with my friends for food.
- My close buddy is a ______.
- His/ Her name is______.
- He/ She guides and accompanies me ______.
- We enjoy loitering in the jungle by ______.
- The jungle where we live is______.
- On the whole, I am ______.
See how they speak at this situation and practise as if you were in that situation.
Learn how they speak in the bank and practise as if you were in that situation.
Sometimes we join two words to make a describing word. For example, Rip was a good-natured man, everybody liked him. Here are some more describing words. Use them to complete the given paragraph.
| long-sleeved | high-heeled | well-dressed | open-mouthed |
| sweet-looking | odd-looking | part-time |
Mrs. Das has a _______ job in a clothes shop. Yesterday, an _______ woman walked into the shop. She was wearing _______ . shoes. A _______ dog was with her. “I want a _______ shirt for my dog, please,” she said. “For your dog?” asked Mrs. Das, _______ in surprise. “Yes,” replied the woman. “I want him to be for my next party.”
When you run fast, what do you feel is happening to your body?
How could Alice have got into the garden?
Tell the class about your favourite story book. Talk about the character you liked most in the book.
Tell the story of Pinocchio with actions.
Every member contributes to forming a happy family. Share your views for a minute or two with your class.
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
Is there a link between intelligence and absent-mindedness? Share your views on this subject, with the class.
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.
Build a dialogue of 8–10 exchanges between your friend and yourself, on the following situation:
You were to board a train to Delhi. By mistake, you got into the wrong train and fought for your seat there. On realising your mistake, you left the train shamefaced, after creating a commotion there. Role-play this situation before the class.
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
Build a conversation for the following situation with a minimum of five exchange.
A salesman and a customer at an electronic shop.
Extend the conversation with two more relevant exchange
| Receptionist | Good evening, sir. Welcome to Chennai. |
| Traveller | I would like to book a deluxe room in your hotel for 3 days. |
| Receptionist | ______ |
| Traveller | ______ |
| Receptionist | ______ |
| Traveller | ______ |
‘ A friend in need is a friend indeed’. Does this hold good in all situations? Share your views with your class.
How will you organize or plan for a trip or an event? Do you have the habit of preparing a check-list? Discuss.
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.
- ______
Conduct a debate for and against the motion.“Mobile phone - a big boon”
