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प्रश्न
(A) It is such a wonderful opportunity that we must not miss it.
(B) It is too…………………………..
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उत्तर
It is a too great opportunity that we should not miss it
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Read the following extract and answer the questions given below :
They whisper like drizzle
as they roam the streets
with a lost gaze as though
something they had thrown up
never returned to earth.
They shiver like December nights
in their dreamless sleep
on shop verandahs.
(1) Why do the old women in this extract roam the streets?
(2) What would you like to do for the betterment of the old people?
(3) Find out an example of 'onomatopoeia' from the first stanza of the extract.
(4) Pick out the expressions from the extract showing the sad situation of the old women.
You are Nitin / Nitin from XYZ School. You wish to start applying to various colleges for admission after your ISC examination. In about 300 words, draft your personal profile using the guidelines given below :
Your name, year spend in the school you are passing out from – academin interests and performane – cultural activities you participated in – sports - positions of leadership held during your staty in the school – your future plans and goals – two characteristics that your consider to be your strengths – two characteristics that set you apart from the others.
Explain the importance of rythm in the poem.
Dahl is annoyed that people – including children – watch too much television. Do you agree, or disagree? Why, or why not?
How is the theme of self-awareness shown in the poem “Caged Bird” by Maya Angelou?
But a BIRD that stalks down his narrow cage
Can seldom see through his bars of rage
His wings are clipped and his feet are tied
So he opens his throat to sing.
Read the above lines and answer the question that follow.
What docs the word “clipped” mean in this poem?
The free bird thinks of another breeze
And the trade winds soft through
The sighing trees
And the fat worms waiting on a dawn-bright
Lawn and he names the sky his own.
Read the above lines and answer the question that follow.
Explain with reference to the context.
Your school recently held a jubilee celebration. Write a letter to your friend who was unable to attend, giving details of the function and your role in it.
Fill in the blank with an appropriate word:
Air pollution is responsible for the spread ……… bronchitis.
Look for some other poem on a bird or a tree in English or any other language.
Write a letter to the editor of a newspaper expressing your views on the deteriorating law and order situation in your city.
Indicate the details that tell us that the narrator was not very financially comfortable during his stay in London.
Discuss in pairs or in small groups
The eccentricities of the old are often endearing.
Give reasons for the following.
Srinath’s disappointment with Satyajit.
'Organic farming is the need of the time'. Write your views in favour of and against the statement.
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The trinity of democracy comprises three principles. Complete the web to show the trinity of democracy.
Write a summary of the poem using the following points:
- Title
- Introductory paragraph (about the poem, type, nature, tone)
- Main body (central idea, the gist of the poem)
- Conclusion (opinion, views, appeal)
'Seems to touch the starry skies'. The poet has used word imagery. Describe the idea and pick out other similar examples from the poem.
Given in a mixed order below are some good human attributes of the family. Pick out from the box and write it against the line that reflects it.
Father taught the boys geometry and how to use triangles to measure big objects.
Prepare a formal invitation card for the Art Festival.
Do you have pet animals? Write an interesting story about your own or your friends' pet.
Note that it is possible to feel both kinds of emotions at the same time. Have you experienced it? Try to describe the situation in short.
Archaic words are those that are no longer used in a language, but sometimes their usage adds a historical or old-times flavour to a piece of writing.
Examples:
- behold – look
- afeared – frightened
- forsooth – indeed
- hither – this place
Now find out some archaic words from your mother tongue or another language that you are proficient in and write down at least ten of them, and against each, their modern equivalent and meaning in English.
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Read the following Headline and write the dateline, intro and a short continuing paragraph.
| Achievers narrate their success stories at career counselling events. |
Work in a group and decide the things that you can do to help your grandparents or any old person.
Now, write five of these things that you will do.
Now make sentences using some of the above words.
Sit in groups of five. Now, each student will tell a story. Decide which story was the best and declare a or of the group.
We have heard of the proverb ‘Familiarity breeds contempt. Do you think that the passage of time strengthens friendship? Share your reasons with your class.
Write a composition in approximately 350 – 400 words on the following subject:
(You are reminded that you will be rewarded for orderly and coherent presentation of material, use of appropriate style and general accuracy of spelling, punctuation, and grammar.)
Write an original short story entitled: ‘The Missed Call’.
"A Daniel come to judgement! Yea a Daniel" Who is being described in these words? By whom?
