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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
Given below are five main qualities for true sportsmanship.
i. | Determination |
ii. | Optimisation |
iii. | Stamina |
iv. | Perseverance |
v. | Decisiveness |
Get into groups of four. Each group will choose one quality to talk about to the whole class for about one minute. But before you talk, you have two minutes to think about it. You can make notes if you wish.
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.
Share your thoughts with the class.
Deliver a short speech for about five minutes on the following.
Imagine what will happen if all the trees in the earth disappear. Discuss with your friends and share it with your classmates.
Deliver a short speech for about five minutes on the following.
Think of a situation where all the trees can speak. What will they talk about?
What will the tree do, if the banks are closed?
It will start its own ____________.
Imagine you are going to celebrate your forthcoming birthday at an orphanage/old age home.
Deliver a short speech about your birthday celebration by using the following hints.
- The reasons for choosing an orphanage/old-age home.
- The people who accompany you.
- The food which you are going to offer them.
- The useful gifts/articles which you are going to give them.
- Other events like cake cutting, conducting games, etc.
Ms. Pavithra Rao, the squash player who won the gold medal at the recent Asian Games, is holding a press conference. Let the discussion focus more on the strategies that helped her to win.
Read the different verb form where they remain the same in the direct and indirect speech in the following case. Fill in the blank with missing indirect speech.
We do not usually change the modal verbs must and needn’t. But must can become had to or would have to and needn’t can become didn’t have to or wouldn’t have to if we want to express an obligation. Would/wouldn’t have to are used to talk about future obligations.
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.
Do you have art / craft session in your school?
Which session do you like – art/craft?
What do you do in that session?
Do you work individually or in pairs?
Can you do an art work or a craft work on your own?
Read the story board and take roles as pilot and flight attendants to enact the scene.
Inflight Passenger Announcements
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.
Change the following into Indirect Speech.
The poor man exclaimed, “Will none of you help me?”
Change the following into Indirect Speech.
“Don't you know the way home?” asked I.
Change the following into Indirect Speech.
“Sit down, boys,” said the teacher.
Change the following into Direct Speech.
Ebin asked me what I wanted.
Change the following into Direct Speech.
The stranger asked Nasrin where she lived.
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.
Name the speaker.
S.No. | Lines from the lesson | Speaker |
1 | “Do you do anything other than eating?" | |
2 | “Are you feeling unwell?” | |
3 | “I don’t have a camera phone “ | |
4 | “I told you I am thirteen, the same age as you." | |
5 | “You are a brave pair!” |
See how they speak at this situation and practise as if you were in that situation.
Name the character or speaker.
“Let me try pulling this lever.”
Name the character or speaker.
“I am fine. We must wear the space suit.”
Pick and support any one of the three daughters. Say some sentences for the one you support and say some sentences against the other two to win.
I support the first daughter because ....... | I support the second daughter because ....... | I support the third daughter because ....... |
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Is there any place near?
What’s your lunch today?
See how they speak at this situation and practise as if you were in that situation.
Let us learn to enact the story.
The Maharaja was a wise man and ordered the cook to use the vegetable scraps instead of throwing them away.
- Name some of the things which are thrown away at home or in school.
- Sit in groups of four and think of interesting ways in which they can be made useful.
- Put up your findings on the class board.
In groups of five discuss what you would do if you were caught in the following situations.
- Your friend falls in the playfield and is hurt…
- You are trapped in a fire...
- You are stuck in a traffic jam…
A boy and a girl are talking about their holidays.
Read the following passage carefully.
One day Meena plucks a mango and brings it home. Her grandmother gives the larger piece to Raju because he is a boy. Meena protests. After all, she brought the mango and she is the elder of the two. She insists she has a greater right over her share. Her father comes to her help and divides the mango equally.
Now answer the questions.
- Who brought the mango home?
- Why did Meena’s grandmother give a larger piece to Raju?
- Who do you think should have got the larger piece?
Using the following clues write about yourself in the space below — name, place you live in, physical features, habits, likes and dislikes, etc.
What are the things your mother asks you to do?
Things you like to do | Things you do not like to do |
Describe a few funny things you have seen. Do they make you laugh?
Do you like to play and run about? Why?
Some letter are missing in each word.
tr __ __ s
Some letter are missing in each word.
b ______ p
Ram is a curious little boy. He is always asking questions. One day he came home and asked his grandfather questions like –
- Why can’t we look at the sun during a solar eclipse?
- Why can’t we touch the sun?
- Why can’t we go out to play in the dark?
Discuss these questions with your teacher and class. Do you know the answers?
Do you think that –
Hiawatha liked learning new languages?
Do you think that –
Do birds have secrets?
Do you think that –
Do you know the secret language of any animal? Tell the class about it.
Pick out the silent letters from these words
silent letter | |
hour | |
knit | |
wrong | |
doubt | |
often | |
know | |
night | |
could | |
write | |
knife | |
high | |
walk |
What are the different kinds of books in this bookshop or in any other bookshop you have seen? Tell the class.
Now use these ideas and prepare a speech on the topic ‘The importance of developing a positive attitude’ and deliver the speech in the school assembly
Build a conversation for the following situation with a minimum of five exchange.
A father and his daughter about the advantages of the habit of newspaper reading.
‘ A friend in need is a friend indeed’. Does this hold good in all situations? Share your views with your class.
Given below are a few proverb. Prepare a short speech of two minutes on one of the proverb.
Where there is a will there is a way.
Given below are a few proverb. Prepare a short speech of two minutes on one of the proverb.
Together we can achieve more.
Now it’s your turn to speak against the motion “Wars create more problem than they solve.” Express your views with valid points.
Conduct a debate for and against the motion.“Mobile phone - a big boon”
Ray Bradbury’s “All Summer in a Day” is a piece of science fiction. Discuss plots of similar stories with your partner and share your ideas with the class.
- The Vellore was h held in 1801.
- The family members of Tippu were imprisoned at Vellore Fort after the fourth Mysore war.
- At the time of Vellore revolt, the Governor of Madras was lord William Bentinck.
- The victory of revolt of Vellore against British was one of the significant event in the history of india.