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प्रश्न
Build a conversation for the following situation with a minimum of five exchange.
Two friends about the NSS camp which they are going to attend.
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उत्तर
| Tarun | I am leaving for NSS camp. |
| Kavin | How many days? |
| Tarun | One week. |
| Kavin | Where are you going? |
| Tarun | To Madagupatti. |
| Kavin | That village has no electricity. |
| Tarun | Yes. That’s why we are going there to help them in small possible ways. |
| Kavin | What will you do? |
| Tarun | We will deepen the lakes, clean the streets, remove the unneeded thorny |
| Kavin | bushes from the school and temple premises. |
| Tarun | That is a lot of work. |
| Kavin | We will conduct a medical camp with the help of doctors too. |
| Tarun | Sounds exciting. Can I join you? |
| Tarun | No, brother. Wait till you become old enough to become a volunteer. |
| Kavin | Well, I’m ten years old already. |
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Form groups and use the following topic for discussion. Take the help of your college library and your teacher.
Need for democracy
Figures of speech
Anaphora: Repetition of a word or a phrase at the beginning of a sequence of sentences, paragraphs, and lines.
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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.
We do not usually change the modal verbs must and needn’t. But must can become had to or would have to and needn’t can become didn’t have to or wouldn’t have to if we want to express an obligation. Would/wouldn’t have to are used to talk about future obligations.

Identify the poetic lines where the following figures of speech are employed and complete the tabular column.
| Figure of speech | Meaning | Lines |
| Synecdoche | A figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa. e.g. “The Western wave was all a-flame. ” The “Western wave” is a synecdoche as it refers to the sea by the name of one of its parts i.e. wave. |
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| Paradox |
A figure of speech in which a statement appears to contradict itself. e.g. To bring peace we must war. Be cruel to be kind. |
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| Onomatopoeia |
A figure of speech wherein the word imitates the sound associated with the object it refers to. e.g. Pitter-patter, pitter-patter Raindrops on my pane. |
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| Rhetorical Questions |
A figure of speech in the form of a question that is asked to make a point rather than to elicit an answer. e.g. And what is so rare as a day in June? |
Answer the following:
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A Tiny Little Plant Deep in the heart of a little seed, Out came the bright Sunshine, A little plant woke up to see, |
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Change the following into Indirect Speech.
“Take off your hat,” the king said to the Hatter.
Change the following into Direct Speech.
I told them to be quiet.
I have a robot big and______.
Find the qualities of these animals from the passage.
A little
red hen had some wheat seeds. “Will you help me sow this seed?” asked the hen,“No” replied the selfish dog. Then the hen did it by herself. The seeds grew into a field of wheat. “Will you help me reap the wheat?” asked the hen, “No” replied the sleepy cat. She did it by herself. “Will you help me grind the wheat?” asked the hen, “No” replied the noisy duck. She did it by herself. “Will you help me make a bread?” asked the hen, “No” replied the lazy cow. She made the bread by herself. “Will you all help me eat this bread?” asked the hen, “Yes” replied everyone,“No” said the hen.
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In groups of five discuss what you would do if you were caught in the following situations.
- Your friend falls in the playfield and is hurt…

- You are trapped in a fire...

- You are stuck in a traffic jam…
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Some letter are missing in each word.
t ______ se
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Have you ever been very frightened? Tell your partner about it.
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Say the given sentences with different expressions.
- Come and play with me.
- I want to buy things and have fun.
- Come and climb up my trunk and swing from my branches.
- Cut down my trunk.
- I am too old to swing on branches.
- I am too tired to climb.
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| Traveller | ______ |
| Receptionist | ______ |
| Traveller | ______ |
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Given below are a few proverb. Prepare a short speech of two minutes on one of the proverb.
Together we can achieve more.
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- The family members of Tippu were imprisoned at Vellore Fort after the fourth Mysore war.
- At the time of Vellore revolt, the Governor of Madras was lord William Bentinck.
- The victory of revolt of Vellore against British was one of the significant event in the history of india.




