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I was laid________for three weeks with a broken leg.

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2017-2018 (March) English Set 1

संबंधित प्रश्‍न

Read the following extract and answer the questions given below :
They whisper like drizzle
as they roam the streets
with a lost gaze as though
something they had thrown up
never returned to earth.

They shiver like December nights
in their dreamless sleep
on shop verandahs.

(1) Why do the old women in this extract roam the streets?

(2) What would you like to do for the betterment of the old people? 

(3) Find out an example of 'onomatopoeia' from the first stanza of the extract.

(4) Pick out the expressions from the extract showing the sad situation of the old women.


Imagine that you are Santosh Yadav, or Maria Sharapova. You have been invited to speak at an All India Girls’ Athletic Meet, as chief guest. Prepare a short speech to motivate the girls to think and dream big and make an effort to fulfil their dreams, not allowing difficulties or defeat to discourage them. The following words and phrases may help you.

• self confident/confidence/sure of yourself

• self assured/assurance/belief in yourself

• morale/boost morale/raise morale

• giving somebody a boost/fillip/lift

• demoralising/unsure of yourself/insecure/lack confidence


You have recently moved to a new neighborhood in your city. Describe the new neighbourhood, comparing it to the one you have just left.


This is the place. The dog was rescued from its cruel owner. 


Fill in each of the numbered blanks with the correct form of the word given in brackets. Do not copy the passage, but write in the correct serial order the word or phrase appropriate to the blank space. 

Example:
(0) One morning, I (0) ……. (see) the python curled up on the dressing table.

Answer: saw.

It was (1) ……. (gaze) at its own reflection in the mirror. I (2) ……… (go) for grandfather, but by the time we (3) ……… (return) to the room, the python (4) …….. (move) on. He was seen in the garden, and once the cook saw him, (5) ……… (crawl) up the ladder to the roof. Then we (6) …….. (find) him on the dressing table again, (7) (admire) himself in the mirror. “He’s trying to look better for Aunt Mabel,” I said. I (8) ……. (regret) this remark immediately because grandmother overheard it and held up my pocket money for the rest of the week! 


Join the following sentence to make one complete sentence without using and, but or so. 

He has learned to cycle. He has yet to learn to swim.


Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
NEXT MORNING, I HAD AN IDEA. IT WAS nothing clear cut, merely speculative, But I considered it all the way to school. Then, after assembly, as soon as they were quiet I waded in. This might be a bit rough, I thought, but here goes.
“I am your teacher, and I think it right and proper that I should let you know something of my plans-for this class.”

(i) Who is ‘I’ in the above lines? Where is he? In what mood was he when he entered the class? 

(ii) What did the narrator expect from his students at this moment? 

(iii) Who entered soon after this? What did she do that made the narrator angry? What challenges did he give her? 

(iv) What was the effect of the challenge on her? What plan did the narrator have in mind regarding the conduct of the young ladies? Whose help did he seek for this? 

(v) What did the narrator expect from the boy? What was the reaction of the children when they heard the narrator’s expectations? 


The following words used in the text as ship terminology are also commonly used in another sense. In what contexts would you use the other meaning?

Knot stern boom hatch anchor

Discuss the following in groups of two pairs, each pair in a group taking opposite points of view.

Traditions, rituals, and funerary practices must be respected.


Combine the following sets of ideas to show the contrast between them.

(i)The Emperor commissions a painting and appreciates its outer appearance.

(ii)The artist reveals to him the true meaning of his work.


‘Don’t expect an English cup of tea’—how does this phrase bring out the contrast between English and American attitudes?


Read the poem ‘The Road Not Taken’ by Robert Frost.


Use the phrase in a sentence of your own, after finding out its meaning.

lifted off


There are a number of challenges a farmer in India faces. Discuss with your friend, how it is possible to improve the condition of farmers.

Sr. No. Challenges Solutions
1. Water Scarcity Rain Water Harvesting
2. Credit and In-debtedness  
3. Land Issues  
4. Climatic changes  
5. Social Groups  
6. Lack of advanced technology  
7. Diversification  
8. Market Risks  

Consult the thesaurus and note down synonyms for 'ordinary'.

  1. One synonym of the ordinary is banal.
    Eg. He finds English poetry very banal.
  2. Similarly, find the meaning and make use of the words trite, routine, cliched, and regular in your own sentences.

Is there something that you would like to own more than anything else? Describe your dream possession with the help of the following points. You may add your own points, too.


Imagine you are Sayali. Write your diary for every day of your trip to the moon, and for the day you gave the earrings to your mother.


Write a report of the following event in about 100-120 words.

You are the Coordinator of the Science Forum of your school. An event had been organized on account of National Science Day for the members of the forum. Now, write a report on the observation of “National Science Day” at your school.


Create a poster for the following.

You are Raja/ Ranjani. Draft a poster to create awareness about the harmful effects of using plastics, in not more than 50 words.


Create a poster for the following.

You are Sita/ Sudhan. Design a poster in not more than 50 words to focus on not wasting water. Be creative.


“I will pay tomorrow.” He said that he would pay ______.


Now, write a letter to your friend or relative in another city telling him/her about activities/events in your school. Follow the same pattern as the above letter.


Use the option to fill in the blank.

Ram ______ a good football player.


Now complete the following sentence, choosing the right word.

Ramu’s ______ loved to play in the ______. (sun, son)


The word in the sentence is jumbled. Write them in order.

alone was not Robinson an island on


I can do the sum ________. [easy}


Expand EMI - 


Write a composition in approximately 350 – 400 words on the following subject:

(You are reminded that you will be rewarded for orderly and coherent presentation of material, use of appropriate style and general accuracy of spelling, punctuation, and grammar.)

Lockdown.


In your opinion what things will help to make the world a better place? Discuss with your friends and write down at least three of the things.


Observe the tourist leaflets given and answer the following.

  1. Which places do these leaflets describe?
  2. What are the main points given in each leaflet?
  3. How can one reach Tadoba?
  4. Which is the best season to visit Tadoba? Why?
  5. List tourism-related words, e.g., tourist, booking etc.

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