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प्रश्न
What type of people do you like most? In the box below there are some suggestions about different types of people. Discuss with your partner and tell him at least five qualities that you like and five that you do not like. You may add more words to the list given below.
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extravagant honest smart intelligent compassionate ruthless stubborn miserly witty responsible sincere lively reserved diplomatic generous shy talkative handsome arrogant patient ambitious |
Now share your suggestions with the rest of the class. Your teacher will build up a list of qualities (adjectives) on the blackboard. Add them to the adjectives
above and classify them under two columns, namely desirable and undesirable.
उत्तर
| Desirable | Undesirable |
| 1. Honesty | 1. Extravagant |
| 2. Smart | 2. Ruthless |
| 3. Intelligent | 3. Stubborn |
| 4. Compassionate | 4. Miserly |
| 5. Witty | 5. Irresponsible |
| 6. Sincere | 6. Reserved |
| 7. Lively | 7. Crafty |
| 8. Generous | 8. Shy |
| 9. Handsome | 9. Talkative |
| 10. Patient | 10. Arrogant |
| 11. Dishone |
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Complete the following chart by filling in the blanks with either the verb
or the noun forms. One example has been done for you.
| VERBS | NOUNS | VERBS | NOUNS |
| I .recognise | recognition | 7. | ability |
| 2 .illustrate | 8. | description | |
| 3. | reduction | 9.observe | |
| 4.remove | 10. | compulsion | |
| 5.arrange | 11. break | ||
| 6.attend | 12. explore |
Combine the following sentence by nominalising the first verb.
The bomb exploded. This shattered the window panes.
The window panes were shattered due to ----------
Combine the following sentences by nominalising the first verb.
Thousands of people participated in the charity walk .This helped Cancer Aid
Society to raise funds for treatment of cancer patients. _______________ helped Cancer Aid Society raise funds for treatment of cancer patients.
Combine the following sentences by nominalising the first verb.
Vinod presented his project very effectively. He was able to bag the multimillion dollar order. Vinod 1s effective ___________ helped him _____ _
Combine the following sentences by nominalising the first verb.
Mandela had spearheaded the fight against apartheid. He was jailed for
this. Mandela was jailed for __________________
Combine the following pair of sentence by changing the adjective to a
noun.
3. The actor was famous. It got him many endorsements.
Combine the following pair of sentence by changing the adjective to a
noun.
4. The young businessman was extravagant. It led to his downfall.
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Let's Play a Guessing Game:
Work in pairs: Study the pictures given below. Partner A can think of any
one of the personalities and describe the qualities for which he admires
him/her. Partner B must guess the person being described. You may give
a maximum of three clues in three chances to guess the answer correctly.
You may carry on the game with other famous personalities of your choice
Example: He is a national leader. I admire him for his vision, statesmanship and
intelligence. Who is he?
Ans: Is he Jawaharlal Nehru?
(Note: Even though someone is dead, we can still use the present tense when we talk about the qualities we admire)
Read the list of activities given below. On an average which activity, according to you, uses the most energy. Order the activities from those that use most energy to the least. When you have finished, discuss the order with your partner using the 'ing' form eg:
Example: I think jogging uses the most energy.
No I don't think so. I think swimming uses more energy.
OK perhaps swimming is second. After that, I think cycling .. specially if it is
uphill.
| ACTIVITY | ORDER |
| climbing with backpack | |
| jogging | |
| cycling | |
| sweeping | |
| brisk walking | |
| playing tennis | |
| swimming fast | |
| watching television | |
| playing cricket |
Reorder the following words and phrases to make meaningful sentences.
1. the/ polluting/ sponge iron industry/is a heavily/ industry.
2. of the match/ the umpires'/ very good/ was/ handing.
3. bad manners/ interrupting/ when he is/ someone/talking/ is
4. acting / one and all/ his / by /was praised .
5. she/has decided/is so obsessed/not to join/with dancing/that she/
any college.
6. to live/in peace/forgiving/ of others/ and forgetting/best way /is the/the
wrongs
7. accolades/Sachin's/batting/one and all/has won him/from
8. playing havoc with /allowing the/to continue operations/polluting
industries /in the cities / the health of the citizens/ will mean .
9. news of rigging/the world of science/of climate change/took/by
storm/the
10. only by ensuring that/strengthen/an ordinary man's voice is heard/
can we /the processes of democracy
