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Use the following charts to prepare meaningful dialogues.
Use your ideas to fill in the blanks.
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Use capital letter, full stops, question marks, commas and inverted commas wherever necessary in the following paragraph. an arrogant lion was wandering though the jungle one day he asked the tiger who is stronger than you you O lion replied the tiger who is more fierce than a leopard asked the lion you sir replied the leopard he marched upto an elephant and asked the same question the elephant picked him up in his trunk swung him in the air and threw him down look said the lion there is no need to get mad just because you don’t know the answer.
As a member of the Student Council of you school, you wish to start an old clothes collection drive. These clothes are to be donate to an orphanage nearby. Write a proposal in not more than 150 words, stating the steps you would take to make it a seccess.
In the following items, sentence A is complete, while sentence B is not. Complete sentence B, making it as similar as possible to sentence A. Write sentence B.
(A) He is forgetful as well as careless with his work.
(B) Besides .............................................................................
How was the great victory a personal tragedy for Kaspar?
Comment on the imagery used in the poem.
Thus I entered, and thus I go!
In triumphs, people have dropped down dead,
"Paid by the world, what dost thou owe
Me? "....God might question; now instead,
'Tis God shall repay: I am safer so.
Read the above lines and amswer the question that follow.
Give an example of Antithesis from the poem ‘The Patriot: An Old Story.’
What kind of person was Abou Ben Adhem?
Show how the story though Indian in context is quintessentially human also. Discuss.
What is the climax of Ray Bradbury’s “All Summer in a Day?”
Fill in the blank with an appropriate word:
The poet's mother was stung __________ a scorpion.
She laid the table after she had finished the cooking. (Begin: When…)
Fill in the blank with an appropriate word:
He should not get ……… with such rudeness.
She shouted angrily_________ the disobedient boy.
The following common words are used in more than one sense.
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panel
studio
brush
essence
material
Examine the following sets of sentences to find out what the words, ‘panel’ and ‘essence’ mean in different contexts.
1. (i) The masks from Bawa village in Mali look like long panels of decorated wood.
(ii) Judge H. Hobart Grooms told the jury panel he had heard the reports.
(iii)The panel is laying the groundwork for an international treaty.
(iv)The glass panels of the window were broken.
(v) Through the many round tables, workshops and panel discussions, a consensus was reached.
(vi)The sink in the hinged panel above the bunk drains into the head.
2. (i) Their repetitive structure must have taught the people around the great composer the essence of music.
(ii) Part of the answer is in the proposition; but the essence is in the meaning.
(iii)The implications of these schools of thought are of practical essence for the teacher.
(iv) They had added vanilla essence to the pudding.
Below is a topic for essay writing. Follow the steps listed above to write on these topics.
Those who can bear all can dare all
You have not received your Roll Number card for the Class XII examination. Write a letter to the Registrar, Examination Branch, CBSE asking for it.
The use of personal pronoun ‘I’ is evident and prominent in this poem. Give reasons.
After reading the text one can easily understand that there is a lot of risks involved in mountaineering. Write in short about any adventure sport that you like and the risk involved in it.
Imagine that you are the fellow pilgrim and you wish to share your experience of the incident in the poem.
Write a short article about it for a magazine/journal. Also, convey what change it has brought in your life.
Write in your own words:-
Which two facts show that the poet is confident of overcoming his irrational feeling?
Look inside your thinking hat. Read the evidence/sentences given below and offer a possible explanation of what happened in this house? Make up some questions to gather more information. Now collect all your evidences and write a story in your notebook. Give a suitable title.
Pick out the nouns from the poem. Write as many Cinquain poems as you can.
Now, write a letter to your friend or relative in another city telling him/her about activities/events in your school. Follow the same pattern as the above letter.
Find one word from the story that means
at once q ______.
The grandmother was strong-minded. Justify
State whether the following statement are true or false
Bob wanted to stay for half an hour more than the appointed time.
Explain the following phrase selected from the story in your own word and work with a partner to make sentence using these phrase:
making up for lost time
How does the play ‘The Never – Never Nest’ expose the harsh reality of modern living?
What might success mean to the following people? Think about it and write.
A businessman
These two passages are examples of a short introduction to works of art - a short review. They cover the following points:
- The name of the creator
- The theme or subject matter
- Type of art
- Individual style
- Presentation techniques
- Its effect on viewers
- Message or interpretation
What points will you include if you had to review a book or film or a play? List the points.
