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प्रश्न
Your examinations are only two months ahead. Plan your schedule of studies and write in your notebook.
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How has Dahl used personification in his poem?
Why does the poet use the word ‘wandered’?
His tune is heard on the distant hill’. Explain
What is the message of Maya Angelou’s poem?
What is the implied meaning of “his bars of rage” in the poem “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings”?
But a caged BIRD stands on the grave of dreams
His shadow shouts on a nightmare scream
His wings are clipped and his feet are tied
So he opens his throat to sing.
Read the above lines and answer the question that follow.
Explain with reference to the context.
There's nobody on the house-tops now...
Just a palsied few at the windows set;
For the best of the sight is, all allow,
At the Shambles' Gate-or, better yet,
By the very scaffold's foot, I trow.
Read the above lines and answer the question that follow.
What is ‘scaffold’?
Describe the angel. How did he look at Abou?
What does the reader learn about the characters of the narrator and the old man, in Ernest Hemingway “Old Man and the Bridge?
What is the climax of Ray Bradbury’s “All Summer in a Day?”
(A) We did not know that Mr. Francis was retiring and leaving for Ooty.
(B) Little……………………………
I prefer playing a, game to watching television. (Begin: I would rather ……….)
In your opinion, does Boori Ma, the main protagonist of the story A Real Durwan, deserve the life that she meets at the end of the story? Give reasons for your answer.
Join the following sentence to make one complete sentence without using and, but or so.
They bought a new car. They can travel long distances.
Re-write the following sentence according to the instructions are given. Make other changes that may be necessary, but do not change the meaning of the sentence.
Father said to Sunil, “I can help you with your homework.”
(Begin: Father told Sunil……….)
"Boxer lives his life in patience and unquestioning service." How far is this statement true? Throw light on Boxer's character.
There are two voices in the poem. Who do they belong to? Which lines indicate this?
Discuss with your partners
The manner you adopt when you talk about a teacher to other teachers.
'A bird in hand is worth two in the bush'.
a. Explain the above statement in the literal sense.
b. Explain it in the context in which it is mentioned in the story.
Examine the structure of the short story ‘Adventure of the Three Garridebs’ with the help of this framework
- The narrator of the story
- Introduction of the topic of the story
- Introduction of the main characters in the plot
- Development of the plot
- Climax
- Resolution of the mystery.
Identify instances of ironical comment in the story.
Give reasons for the following.
Srinath’s disappointment with Satyajit.
Give reasons for the following.
Satyajit's feeling that he was an impostor.
Multiple Choice Question:
What was the result of the quarrel?
‘Kalpana Chawla was a heroine’. How did a journalist support his statement?
If you could change the end of the story i.e. after the Swallow refused to fly to Egypt, how would you change it? Summarise your idea in 10 to 12 lines.
Given below is the poem 'Blue Sky' by Mark Hastings. Imagine a poem of a similar kind by replacing the word blue. You can add any colour or object of your choice and write a poem of four lines.
For example, replace 'blue' with
- Starry sky above me _______________
- Cloudy sky above me _____________
Compose four lines expressing the grief of having lost nature due to modernisation.
Browse on the net and gather a variety of templates to write a 'Curriculum Vitae'.
Given below are the prerequisites for an interview. Fill up the boxes with suitable actions to be undertaken with reference to the given points.
Every movie is worth critiquing. Describe in detail each point related to the film review with the help of the following web.
Write a few lines about what Mathilde had and what she dreamt about.
Think and write in 5-6 lines, why most of the people on a road/street ignore those in need of help. What about you? Write about your feelings after you have helped/ not helped when needed
Form groups of 5-8. Translate the play into your mother tongue (or Hindi) as a group activity. Enact the translation in the classroom.
Write about the daily routine of the 'Lord of Tartary' in 8-10 lines.
Use the internet, your school library, or other sources for the following activity.
Try to find other nature poems.
Write your opinion, in your own words:-
What did the aunt fail to realize in Bertha’s story?
Have you ever eaten any fruit/vegetable picking it straight from the tree or field? Write about that experience in 3-5 lines.
Form groups of 5. Find at least two fairy tales/folk tales each and share them with other members of your group. Make a collection of 10 different stories in each group.
Prepare and present a short speech on the following.
An inspiring incident in the life of a great leader.
Drafting a Speech. Discuss in groups each block and make notes about it.
Your class has to stage a Puppet Show in the Assembly Open Forum on the topic ‘Child Labour’. Divide yourselves into groups and discuss the requirements for the presentation like a storyline, characters, dialogues, choice of puppets, and music for the interlude. Now complete the dialogues given below.
| Ramesh | Let us present a Puppet Show on CHILD LABOUR for our Assembly Open Forum. |
| Mohammed | That is a very good idea! Let us start planning right away. |
| Geetha | _______________________________________________________? |
| Leema | I suggest we begin with the storyline first. |
| Mani | How ___________________________________________________ ? |
| Ramesh | We can have around five characters. |
| Mohammed | What __________________________________________________ ? |
| Meena | We can focus on the problems of poverty and illiteracy as the major reasons for child labour. |
| Ramesh | Can _________________________________________________? |
| Leema | I am good at making stick puppets. I will make them myself. But I require some help. |
| Mani | I ________________________ . Tell me, ______________________. |
| Leema | Thank you, Mani. Let us stay back after the meeting and discuss. |
| Ramesh | Have ___________________________ ? |
| Meena | I think we should have some music for the interlude. |
| Geetha | That would make it really interesting. I will get my music group to start working on the tunes for our puppet show. |
Draft Letter for the following.
You are Sanjay. Your colony utilizes solar energy to light the common areas. You find many friends of your colony forgetting to switch off the lights in the common area. As a responsible citizen, write a letter to a newspaper, echoing the importance to conserve and preserve solar energy.
Write a letter of inquiry for the following.
Venkat hails from a remote village of Kancheepuram District, Tamil Nadu who aspires to become an IAS officer. Currently, he is in class X. He notices an advertisement on free classes for the IAS aspirants by a trust in a news paper. He writes a letter to the coordinator of the trust inquiring for further details.
Develop the following hints.
Akbar - Birbal - courtiers jealous of Birbal - ask Akbar - test Birbal wiseness - Courtier puts a question - How many crows in Agra - Birbal asks for a week - every day sitting on the terrace - looking at the crows- after a week - courtier asks - Birbal says 156757 crows - asks the courtier to check- Akbar laughs.
Write a formal email to Mr. Sundar Pitchai CEO of Google, requesting him for an appointment to interview him.
______ do you play?
______ do you have for breakfast?
Now complete the following, in the same way, using the words easy or strong.
The dog is ______
The horse is ______
The elephant is ______
Work in groups of four. See the picture of a shipwreck at the bottom of the ocean.
Suppose you went deep-sea diving. What would you find? Think of all the words that come to your mind, then build a paragraph. Share your story with other groups.
Punctuate the following passage.
mother father neelam said i have got a fire engine ive got a fire engine whats this whats this called mother somewhat confused by the noise ive got a fire engine mother come and see it.
Give another word for the ones given below with similar meanings and make sentences. Now write the opposites of these describing words and make sentences with them –
| Opposite | Sentence | |
| lovely | ||
| talking | ||
| listening | ||
| see | ||
| centre |
Some word have similar sound, but different meaning. Choose the correct word from the option and fill in the blank.
The King sits on the ______.
In the sentence below the capital letter, comma, full stop and question mark are missing. Put these in the correct place.
laxmi why are you crying
Why was Mary Kom named the ‘Queen of Boxing’ and ‘Magnificent Mary'?
Explain the following phrase selected from the story in your own word and work with a partner to make sentence using these phrase:
a double-distilled idiot
Why according to Maya Angelou, does the caged bird sing?
A college degree is needed to succeed in life. Argue for or against this statement.
What might success mean to the following people? Think about it and write.
A teacher
