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First, read the incomplete sentences given below. Listen to two interesting anecdotes about two scientists, that your teacher will read aloud or play on the recorder. Then, based on you - English

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First, read the incomplete sentences given below. Listen to two interesting anecdotes about two scientists, that your teacher will read aloud or play on the recorder. Then, based on your understanding, complete the sentences suitably.

Thomas Alva Edison stepped from a train in Orange, New Jersey and walked down the platform. The station master knew how forgetful the famous inventor was. Therefore, he would always ask him a customary question. He asked Edison if he had left anything behind. Edison confidently replied that he had not left anything and everything was safe with him. Then, he began taking a count of his suitcases. As he was doing so, he happened to look up at the train. With a start, he dropped his bags and raced back to the car in which he had been travelling. What prompted that burst of activity was the face of his bride, with whom he had just married and returned from a honeymoon trip, staring from a window.

Albert Einstein was working at the Princeton University. One day when he was going back home he forgot his home address. The driver of the cab aid not recognize him. Einstein asked the driver if he knew Einstein’s home. The driver exclaimed that there could be no one who did not know Einstein’s address. He added that everyone in Princeton knew where Einstein lived and asked him if he wanted to meet Einstein. Einstein with a sheepish grin replied that he was Einstein and he had forgotten his residential address. He requested the cabbie if he could take him there. The astonished driver drove him home and dropped him safely. The cabbie considered driving Einstein a great honour and refused to charge him for the service.

  1. Edison travelled to New Jersey by ______.
  2. The station master enquired Edison if ______.
  3. Edison raced back to the car when he saw ______.
  4. Albert Einstein was working in ______.
  5. One day, when he was going back home, he ______.
  6. Einstein asked the cab driver if he knew ______.
  7. The driver was so good that he ______.
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उत्तर

  1. Edison travelled to New Jersey by a train.
  2. The station master enquired Edison if had left anything behind.
  3. Edison raced back to the car when he saw the face of his bride.
  4. Albert Einstein was working in Princeton university.
  5. One day, when he was going back home, he forgot his residential address.
  6. Einstein asked the cab driver if he knew Einstein’s residence.
  7. The driver was so good that he refused to charge him for his
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पाठ 3.1: Forgetting - Listening Activity [पृष्ठ ७५]

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पाठ 3.1 Forgetting
Listening Activity | Q A. | पृष्ठ ७५

संबंधित प्रश्‍न

Read the poem aloud.


Read aloud the conversations in the story turn by turn.


Form groups of three and read the conversation in the story aloud.


The Paralympic games are for _____.


Listen to the passage about Nammazhwar, an environmental crusader from Tamil Nadu. As you listen, answer the following question. The listening act can be repeated if required.

What was the turning point in the life of Nammazhwar?


Comets are believed to be remnants of the materials created by the _____.


Preethi received the Kalpana Chawla Award for Courage and Daring Enterprise.


Raj was upset as he had done______ in his English test.


His grandmother gave him a ______.


What else was stolen from the apartment?


Madhubani paintings are from ______state.


Announcement 2

Where is the flight to?


Listen to the flash news. Read the question given below, then listen to the flash news again and complete the response.

How did it escape?


Why was the speaker invited to speak on road safety?


Road users can show that they are considerate on the road by.


Udagamandalam is located in the Western Ghats zone at an altitude of______.


Choose the correct one after listening the movie clip.

How many times did Bart say that the can opener is broken?


Listen to the audio and answer the following.

Who has the big bus?

  1.  Jacklin 
  2. Shabeena

It is a game with two teams of _______ players.


Yellow card is known as ______.


Listen to the conversation and answer the following.

Name the special dish.

  1. Adai
  2. Idly
  3. Dosai

She hold her mom's hand very tight.


Fun with sounds

pleasure treasure - measure
wear tear - -
stare where - -
planned canned scanned strand
topsy-turvy hurly-burly hurly-burly curly-whirly

There was a thick jungle with beautiful green trees and birds.

Koyal was singing happily. Suddenly she heard someone crying. It was her friend, the peacock. She flew to him and asked...

Some things make you feel happy. Some things make you feel sad. Write a poem on the picture.


Read out the following phrases aloud. Divide them into loud and softer sounds.

  1. clapping hands
  2. a worm moving
  3. stamping feet
  4. a bud blooming
  5. a butterfly flying
  6. a feather dropping
  7. an ant walking
  8. a car moving
  9. the wind blowing
  10. ssshhhh
  11. whisper
  12. tiptoe
  13. a leaf falling
Loud sounds Softer sounds
   

Listening Activity

First, read the questions given below. Next, listen to an excerpt from a poem read out by your teacher or played in a recorder. Note how a child admires and praises the abilities of his/her father. Then tick the right answers from the options given.

by Edgar Albert Guest

 

My father knows the proper way
The nation should be run;
He tells us, children, every day
Just what should now be done?
He knows the way to fix the trusts,
He has a simple plan;
But if the furnace needs repairs,
We have to hire a man.
My father, in a day or two
Could land big thieves in jail;
There’s nothing that he cannot do,
He knows no word like “fail.”
‘Our confidence” he would restore

Of that there is no doubt;
But if there is a chair to mend,
We have to send it out.
In conversation, father can
Do many wondrous things;
He’s built upon a wiser plan
Then presidents or kings.
He knows the ins and outs of each
And every deep transaction;
We look to him for theories,
But look to ma for action

i) When the ______ needs to be repaired, they have to hire a man.

  1. heater
  2. furnace
  3. stove
  4. oven

ii) Father knows no word like______

  1. fail
  2. frail
  3. jail
  4. snail

iii) It is certain that the father would restore the _______of the family members.

  1. glory
  2. prosperity
  3. confidence
  4. happiness

iv) The father will not be able to mend a broken

  1. table
  2. bench
  3. chair
  4. stool

v) The children expect their _________ to guide them in action.

  1. mother
  2. father
  3. teacher
  4. guardian

First, read the following statements. Then, listen to the passage read aloud by your teacher or played on the recorder and answer the questions that follow. You may listen to it again, if required.

Tejaswini Sawant is an Indian shooter from the Maharashtrian city of Kolhapur. Her father Ravinder Sawant was an officer in the Indian Navy. Tejaswini represented India in 2004 at the 9th South Asian Sports Federation Games. She, in the 2006 Commonwealth Games, won one gold medal in Women’s 10m Air Rifle Singles and Women’s 10m Air Rifle Pairs. In 2009, in the 50m Rifle 3 positions, she won a bronze and in 2010 she became a world champion in the 50m Rifle Prone game held in Germany. In the 2010 Commonwealth Games, she won one bronze and two silver medals in the women’s 50m Rifle Prone Pairs, the Women’s 50m Rifle Prone Singles and the Women’s 50m Rifle 3 positions respectively. Tejaswini was the first Indian shooter to win a Gold medal at the world championship in the 50m Rifle Prone Game.

Choose the most appropriate option and complete the sentences.

1. Tejaswini Sawant is an Indian______.

  1. shooter
  2. boxer
  3. cricketer

2. She represented India at the 9th South Asian Sports Federation Games in ______.

  1. 2001
  2. 2002
  3. 2004

3. In 2006, she won a Gold medal in the ______.

  1. Commonwealth Games
  2. Olympic Games
  3. Asian Games

4. She became a world champion in the 50m Rifle Prone game held in ______.

  1. Germany
  2. Russia
  3. India

5. Tejaswini was the first Indian woman shooter to win a ______ medal at the World Championship in the 50m rifle prone game.

  1. gold
  2. silver
  3. bronze

Mahesh had been to the ______Lake Wild Life Sanctuary.


Listen to the passage being read out. Based on your understanding, complete the statements given below with appropriate answers.

Boredom
We have all experienced boredom sometime or the other. Boredom occurs when a person is unable to stay attentive. It is something more than an unpleasant feeling. It can make you angry and frustrated and lead to negative physical health consequences.

How boredom affects one physically
A study reveals that when a person is affected by acute boredom his eyelids droop and the face assumes a frown. There is a gradual loss of ability to coordinate movements. These symptoms are accompanied by mental fatigue and a slowing down of thought processes. A bored person at work is likely to make many more errors than one who is not bored. We should never let boredom take charge. There are several easy ways to overcome boredom.

Here are a few practical suggestions:

  • Set goals for yourself, work towards them.
  • Develop an interest in hobbies and crafts.
  • Socialize, stay in the company of cheerful people.
  • Take up a charitable cause.
  • Exercise regularly.

Coming out of boredom will feel like breaking free from a cold, dark room into the outdoors on a warm, sunny day

  1. Boredom occurs when a person is unable to ______
  2. ______ and ______ are emotional consequences of boredom.
  3. Two physical signs of acute boredom are
  4. How does boredom affect the quality of work a person does?
  5. Mention two ways by which one can overcome boredom.

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