मराठी
तामिळनाडू बोर्ड ऑफ सेकेंडरी एज्युकेशनएचएससी विज्ञान इयत्ता ११

Explain the following phrase selected from the story in your own word and work with a partner to make sentence using these phrase: a rustic holiday - English

Advertisements
Advertisements

प्रश्न

Explain the following phrase selected from the story in your own word and work with a partner to make sentence using these phrase:

a rustic holiday

टीपा लिहा

उत्तर

The students who went on a rustic holiday to Kurangani forest were caught in a forest fire accident.

shaalaa.com
Writing Skills
  या प्रश्नात किंवा उत्तरात काही त्रुटी आहे का?
पाठ 2.3: A Shot in the Dark - Exercises [पृष्ठ ६४]

APPEARS IN

सामाचीर कलवी English Class 11 TN Board
पाठ 2.3 A Shot in the Dark
Exercises | Q 3. b) | पृष्ठ ६४

संबंधित प्रश्‍न

You had gone on a trekking expendition with a group of friends. As night closed in, you realised that you were separated from the group. Describe your initial feelings and the place where you got lost. How did you spend the night alone before you were reunited with your group? 


Pick out words and phrases which are examples of visual and auditory imagery in the poem.


Can it be argued that this is an anti- war poem?


How can the heart dance?


Is there any relevance of this poem to the present scenario?


Thus I entered, and thus I go!
In triumphs, people have dropped down dead,
"Paid by the world, what dost thou owe
Me?"....God might question; now instead,
'Tis God shall repay: I am safer so.

Read the above lines and answer the question that follow.

Which line is a contrast to the welcome he had received.


How does G. K. Chesterton in his essay On Running after one's Hat, romanticize difficult situations by dwelling on the notion that "An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered'"?


Fill in the blank with an appropriate word:

The young child carried the heavy bucket _______ the stairs.


Discuss in groups of four.

The problems of over population that directly affect our everyday life.


Multiple Choice Question:

What made them fall Out?


What do you know about Kalpana Chawla’s education? How did she become an American citizen?


Discuss the following with your partner and complete the following sentence.

Organic food is grown by using __________________.


What vocation / profession / business would you like to take up in the future? Prepare a fact file for the same using the following points.

  1. Name of the vocation / profession / business ____________
  2. Educational qualifications required ____________
  3. Work profile / description ____________
  4. Opportunities for advancement ____________
  5. Your personal skills / talents for the choice ____________

The poet has observed the sower closely. Express in your own words the reverence the poet has for the sower.


Understand the quotation and expand it in a paragraph format.

'Pride goes on horseback, but returns on foot'.


You must have heard about the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune. It is India's top media Institute. It plays an important role in providing talent to commercial cinema, TV, and web serials. Browse the internet and find information about other institutes in India and abroad, write it in your notebook.


Think and respond with ‘YES’ or ‘NO’.

When you are faced with a very serious problem or some grave danger, what do you experience?

Your feelings panic  
wishing you were never born  
hopelessness  
helplessness  
no emotion  
calmness and composure  
willingness to tackle it  
Your reactions break down and cry  
run away and hide  
pray to God  
ask for help  
build up courage  
take it as a challenge  

You are Aadhav. While you were away on a holiday, your house was burgled. Use appropriate modals and complete the letter to your friend telling him/ her about it.

No. 36, Gandhi Road
Chennai – 45
04 August 2018

Dear Ramesh,

How are you? I feel sad to inform you that my house was burgled last week when I was on a holiday. Burglars ______ have known from the accumulated newspaper pile that I had gone away. When I came back last Sunday, I found the back-door lock broken. I ______ have forgotten to bolt the back-door from inside and they _______ have entered through it. My room was ransacked. They took my laptop and other valuables. I ______ have deposited the jewellery in a bank locker to avoid this loss. I _______ have informed my neighbours about my week-long trip. Well, I have registered an FIR with the police. They are investigating the case. They have assured that I _____ get my jewels back. The burglars ______ be caught very soon. Convey my regards to all at home.

Yours lovingly,
Aadhav


Develop the following hints.

Tortoise - hare - forest - tortoise walking- seen by a hardware laughs - tortoise speed - tortoise sad - bet - race - tortoise moving- slow speed -hare moves - fast - sleepy tortoise - reaches a winning point - first - wins the bet.


Make the children write their own story. The following questions will help them to write. Ask them to gather information from their parents before writing and to give a title.

  1. When were you born?
  2. Where were you born?
  3. What is your father’s name and what is he?
  4. What is your mother’s name and what is she?
  5. What is your birth order?
  6. Do you have any nickname, if yes, reason for that?
  7. An interesting incident that happened in your life.

Fill in the blank with choosing the preposition from the option.

“It would be a pity ______ destroy it now.”


Fill up the withdrawal form to withdraw Rs.200 from your Savings Account.


Some word have similar sound, but different meaning. Choose the correct word from the option and fill in the blank.

He is our school ______.


Which of the following would you expect a carpenter to use at work?

bench, poker, plane, chisel, fork, spade, blotting paper, lawn-mower, telescope, pincers, jaw, scissors, hammer, map, nails, lathe, pencil, anvil.


State whether the following statement are true or false

The friends parted one night after watching a movie together.


Read the given sentence and underline the no word.

None of the two boys came.


Your younger sister wants to eat something tasty. You are telling her the recipe of one such food item. Prepare a dialogue about it.


You must have seen and liked a play (in any language) on the stage. Write down the following details about it.

  1. Name of the play
  2. Important Characters
  3. Its main theme
  4. Whether it was a Comedy/Tragedy /Social Theme or any other
  5. Why you liked it
  6. The message of the play
  7. Any other information about the play

Write a composition (300-350 words) of the following:

Your teacher has asked you to form a group and work on a particular project. Write an account of how you worked together and what each of you learned from the experience.


Write a composition (300-350 words) of the following:

Describe the locality in which you live. Give details of the things you see and hear as you walk around your locality. What do you especially like about the place?


Share
Notifications

Englishहिंदीमराठी


      Forgot password?
Use app×