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प्रश्न
Work in groups of four. Discuss how the story would have been different if.
Pongo had arrived on the scene before the last orange was eaten.
उत्तर
The narrator was got red-handed when he came out from the docks. As his apron string was broken, the policeman, Pongo could find out his bulging pockets. The seventeen oranges in his pockets. Pongo caught him for his theft and locked him in a cabin. He kept the narrator in the cabin, he went out to bring another policeman to be a witness to the case.
The narrator was fear–stricken. A voice from the narrator’s head told him to eat away all the oranges. It forced him to eat the seeds and the peels. The narrator had to eat them to destroy the evidence. He ate the oranges quickly. But only one orange was left. At that time, the policemen had come near the cabin.
The narrator heard the sound of their arrival. They opened the cabin and found only one orange left on the table. They understood the narrator’s attempt to destroy the evidence. They seized the last orange and warned him of his criminal act of destroying the evidence. Both of them decided to produce the narrator before the court to get him punished, thereby teaching a lesson to others.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Find and discuss some examples of reports related to the given topic.
Award distribution
Form groups and use the ICT lab of your Junior College to make a short film on the script that you have prepared. There are several soft-wares that can be used for editing. You can take professional help. One can upload his/her film on mediums like Youtube and submit the link to the subject teacher.
Read the clues given below and develop your story. Narrate your story to the class.
Robert Bruce - King - lying on the ground in a dejected mood - failed to defeat his enemies - was thinking of giving up the attempt - saw a spider falling down from the ceiling - the ceiling far away - wondered how it would get there - the spider fell back again - again it tried - again it fell - it made nine such attempts - no success - climbed up once more - at last succeeded in reaching the roof - Bruce imitated its example - he too tried once again - was successful.
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.
When we report a universal truth (something that is always true)
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.
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| long-sleeved | high-heeled | well-dressed | open-mouthed |
| sweet-looking | odd-looking | part-time |
Mrs. Das has a _______ job in a clothes shop. Yesterday, an _______ woman walked into the shop. She was wearing _______ . shoes. A _______ dog was with her. “I want a _______ shirt for my dog, please,” she said. “For your dog?” asked Mrs. Das, _______ in surprise. “Yes,” replied the woman. “I want him to be for my next party.”
How do you think you can help children who cannot see?
As a friend of the narrator, describe how you would have behaved at the auction.
This phrase originates from the fable ‘The Monkey and the Cat’. Explain how Macavity contradicts the phrase ‘cat’s paw’.
