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प्रश्न
Write what each symbol means using can, can’t, must, mustn’t.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Answer the following questio briefly.
What does John say about himself since his last meeting with the author?
Edit the following letter by choosing the appropriate word for each underlined word from the given options.
Hill Mount School
Bilaspur
20 February 20xx
The Principal
National Public School
Bilaspur
Madam
Our school (a) conducted a cultural fiesta on the 26th of this month. The events
for competition (b) includes music, dance and skit. Each school (c) are
requested to send not more than fifteen participants. We would appreciate if
the students of your prestigious institution (d) are participating in the
competition and make our show a grand success. Attractive prizes will be
awarded to the winners.
Thank you very much
Yours sincerely
Gayathri Sundaram
Principal
Before you listen for the second time, discuss the following with your partner.
- Why are there two presenters?
- What is the presenter’s role?
- What is the presenter’s style? Do you like their style? Why / Why not?
- Why do the presenters outline some of the contents right at the start of the programme?
The Environment in Danger
What do you think will happen to the following?
Choose four, and write one sentence about each using the modals below and/ or expressions from 10.
(a) The ozone layer
(b) The Taj Mahal
(c) The Maldives
(d) The rainforests
(e) Weather patterns
(f) Fossil fuels
(g) The Ganges delta
e.g. In my opinion, the hole in the ozone layer will grow bigger and more people will get skin cancer.
Fill in the table to identify the subject, verb and object in the sentences listed above. You may include the object/agent where necessary.
| Subject | Verb | Object |
| Kareena’s hometown |
had not been invaded |
(by) the marvels of technology. |
| Industries | ___________ Was not polluted |
__________ __________ |
| Stories | __________ | __________ |
Did you know?
A passive construction does two things.
(i) it brings the object to the position of the subject.
(ii) it introduces the verb be and the past participle form of the verb. (-ed/ -en)
A passive construction is be used when
(a) the agent is unknown
e.g. Gold jewellery worth one crore was found missing.
(b) the agent is too obvious
e.g. The speeding car was stopped at the signal for violating the traffic rules.
(c) the process is more important than the doer.
e.g. Vanilla flavour is added to the milkshake.
(d) the speaker wants to hide the source for confidentiality.
e.g. I was informed that the staff accept gifts from the customers.
On the basis of your reading of the extract, tick mark the most appropriate meaning for the given word :
(i) Infatuated (Para 1}
• fond
• influenced
• disliked
• addicted
(ii) Melancholy (Para 2)
• happy
• sad
• worried
• disappointed
(iii) Petrified (Para 6}
• horrified
• motionless
• stunned
• anxious
(iv) Gravity (Para 7}
• mischievous
• seriousness
• joyfulness
• greatness
Imagine you are a famous person. Write a brief report (maximum 80 words) of a day in your life. Use the passive voice where you think it is appropriate. An example of how you might start is given below.
I woke up at 7 am and was given tea. It was a lovely cool morning so I decided to walk to the film studio. Normally I am driven____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Prevention is better than cure.
Swine flu has been declared (as) a pandemic.
In groups of four discuss the following.
(a) What has been done by the authorities to cope with the problem?
(b) What are the consequences of such a major world-wide infection?
Write out the answer to the questions as a flowchart using the passive form of the verb.
Sports Day at school is always great fun. Along with the excitement of the events, there is the added desire to know if your House has won the Sports Championship Cup!
Teacher/ student can read out the Sports Day commentary and fill in the House positions for each event - 1st, 2nd and 3rd. Then calculate the points to find out which House has won the Sports Championship Cup.
GOVERNMENT SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL, DANAPUR
ANNUAL ATHLETIC MEET
SCORECARD
| House | NEHRU | RAMAN | TAGORE | SHIVAJI | ||||
| Events | Position | Points | Position | Points | Position | Points | Position | Points |
| (Previous tally) | ||||||||
| March Past | ||||||||
| 800m (Boys) | ||||||||
| 1OOm (Girls) | ||||||||
| High jump (Boys) | ||||||||
| Javelin (Girls) | ||||||||
| House | NEHRU | RAMAN | TAGORE | SHIVAJI | ||||
| Events | Position | Points | Position | Points | Position | Points | Position | Points |
| Shot put (Boys) | ||||||||
| 400 relay (Girls) | ||||||||
| TOTAL | ||||||||
| RESULT | HOUSE |
| Champions | |
| 2nd | |
| 3rd | |
| 4th |
| SCORING (POINTS) | |||
| Event | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| March Past | 10 | x | x |
| Track and field | 10 | 5 | 3 |
| Relay | 15 | 10 | 5 |
Now transfer the points from the Johari Window activity work sheet to the table given below.
• Common points listed by student and his partner in Column A and C - to be put in 'Open Self
• The qualities pointed out by the other person (not the student himself) - to be put in 'Blind Self
• The qualities pointed out by the students (Column A) but unknown to other person - to be put in 'Hidden Self
• Qualities unknown to student and his partner but which might be known to teacher or some body else may be put in 'unknown self
| Open Self | Blind Self |
| Hidden Self | Unknown Self |
