Balbharati solutions for My English Coursebook 10 Standard SSC Maharashtra State Board chapter 1.4 - Be SMART...! [Latest edition]

Planning your career is not an easy task. But we can reduce the distress by making a proper choice. If we do, what we love to do, the journey becomes smooth and leads to success.

The following diagram shows important factors to be considered while choosing a career. Discuss in your group, which factors you regard as important ones.

Teacher can ask the students to find out and tell other career factors and 21st century skills.

An Acrostic is a form of writing where the first letters in each of the lines form another word.

For example: FRIEND
Faithful
Respectable
Inspiring
Encouraging
Noble
Dependable

Prepare on your own such acrostics for-

Your dearest family member-

An Acrostic is a form of writing where the first letters in each of the lines form another word.

For example: FRIEND
Faithful
Respectable
Inspiring
Encouraging
Noble
Dependable

Prepare on your own such acrostics for-

Name of your best friend

An Acrostic is a form of writing where the first letters in each of the lines form another word.

For example: FRIEND
Faithful
Respectable
Inspiring
Encouraging
Noble
Dependable

Prepare on your own such acrostics for-

A quality or feeling

An Acrostic is a form of writing where the first letters in each of the lines form another word.

For example: FRIEND
Faithful
Respectable
Inspiring
Encouraging
Noble
Dependable

Prepare on your own such acrostics for-

Any profession

Say whether the underlined word in the following sentence is used as a Noun or Verb or Adjective.

I walk to school everyday.

Say whether the underlined word in the following sentence is used as a Noun or Verb or Adjective.

I go for a walk everyday.

Say whether the underlined word in the following sentence is used as a Noun or Verb or Adjective.

They gave me a gift everyday.

Say whether the underlined word in the following sentence is used as a Noun or Verb or Adjective.

You can gift her a story book.

Say whether the underlined word in the following sentence is used as a Noun or Verb or Adjective.

It was sold as a gift pack.

Say whether the underlined word in the following sentence is used as a Noun or Verb or Adjective.

They bought a new house on 10th street.

Say whether the underlined word in the following sentence is used as a Noun or Verb or Adjective.

The water-tanks leak a lot.

Say whether the underlined word in the following sentence is used as a Noun or Verb or Adjective.

The old-age home houses 100 aging and homeless people.

Complete the following web with the words associated with the text and the given title.

Pick out an example from the text that support the following fact:

Goals should be achievable.

Pick out an example from the text that support the following fact:

A time-limit should be set to achieve goals.

Pick out an example from the text that support the following fact:

A specific field/area has to be fixed to achieve goals.

Pick out an example from the text that support the following fact:

Good results depend upon the quality and quantity of work put in.

Pick out an example from the text that support the following fact:

A benchmark is needed to track progress.

SMART goals are ____________.

Two valuable assets of setting goals are ____________.

‘If we don’t put anything in, we can’t get anything out.’ Guess the meaning.
Discuss in pairs and find similar quotes that bring in the same meaning.

1. You reap as you sow
2. Input is equal to output
3. __________________
4. __________________
5. __________________

Drafting a Speech. Discuss in groups each block and make notes about it.

Speech development

Explain the following points to develop speech.

1. Content
2. Speaking Presentation
3. Useful phrases and vocabulary

Dos and Don’ts for delivering a speech. Add some more points.

You are going to participate in an Interschool Elocution Competition. The subject given to you is ‘How to Achieve Success in Life.’ Draft a speech to present it, in the competition.

Your goal, this year, is to successfully pass out from secondary school. So let us be SMART and note down the following.

(a) Specific Area:

(Subjects) and number of units/lessons

1. English 4 units
2. ______
3. ______
4. ______
5. ______
6. ______

(b) Measurable:

Comparison of scores in previous examinations and in recent one.

(c) Achievable goal:

(Target scores/performance in SSC Exams.)

1. Good %
2. ______
3. ______
4. ______
5. ______
6. ______

(d) Realisitc approach:

Plan of action that matches with your expertise/resources.
For example:

1. Make a study time table and follow it regularly.
2. __________________
3. __________________
4. __________________
5. __________________

(e) Time-bound Action:

Days required for revision

Write the sentences using appropriate gerunds.

Underline the infinitive in the following sentence.

It was funny to read words that stood still.

Underline the infinitive in the following sentence.

Can I read the book?

Underline the infinitive in the following sentence.

To be or not to be - that is the question.

Underline the verb and choose the correct option from the options.

Preeti even wrote about it.

Underline the verb and choose the correct option from the options.

Today Sanjay found a new book.

Underline the verb and choose the correct option from the options.

Rahul finds Maths easy.

Underline the verb and choose the correct option from the options.

Preeti was scornful.

Underline the verb and choose the correct option from the options.

This is the old kind of school.

Underline the verb and choose the correct option from the options.

They are sportsmen.

Change the verb form according to the change in the subject.

I don’t know. (Change ‘I’ to ‘She’)

Change the verb form according to the change in the subject.

My father knows. (Change ‘My father’ to 'We')

Change the verb form according to the change in the subject.

I am following in your footsteps. (Change ‘I’ to ‘He’)

Underline the gerund/present participles/infinitive.

Setting goals may appear easy, but it is quite challenging.

Underline the gerund/present participles/infinitive.

Quantifying goals provide specific ways to track progress.

Underline the gerund/present participles/infinitive.

It is important to create goals that are within a current skill set or area of expertise.

Underline the gerund/present participles/infinitive.

We need to bring down life images down to earth and plan to execute our strategies.

Underline the gerund/present participles/infinitive.

Finding the right footing, precisely mastering the skills and getting to the next place, all depend on how we approach and tackle the problem.

Classify the following words in their respective columns.

tackle, trumpet, directly, execute, aggressive, natural, absence, exactly, achieve, clearly, imagination, precisely, create, important, expert, specific. of, if, and, oh, from, we, but, it.