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प्रश्न
Discuss the following in pairs or in small groups.
“Before you begin experimenting you need to perfect the technique with which you experiment.”
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उत्तर
There is a tendency among people that they they start experimenting without perfecting the technique with which one experiments. Great exponents of arts, however, often recommend that improvisation should follow perfection of the technique with which one begins with. Otherwise, the experiment becomes an end in itself without bearing any fruit.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
You are Smitha/Sunil, Secretary AVM Housing Society. You are going to organize a yoga camp. Write a notice in not more than 50 words, urging the members of your society to come in large numbers to attend the camp. Invent all the necessary details.
Read the following passage carefully and do the given activities:
A.1) True or False:
Write the statements and state whether they are true or false:
(i) Those who choose to live well must help others.
(ii) If neighbors grow inferior corn, cross-pollination will steadily improve the quality.
(iii) The farmer grew award-winning corn.
(iv) The reporter discovered that the farmer didn’t share his seed corn with his neighbors.
There once was a farmer who grew award-winning corn. Each year he entered his corn in the state fair where it won a blue ribbon. One year a newspaper reporter interviewed him and learned something interesting about how he grew it. The reporter discovered that the farmer shared his sweet corn with his neighbors. “How can you afford to share your best seed corn with your neighbors when they are entering corn in competition with yours each year?” the reporter asked.
“Why sir”, said the farmer, “didn’t you know? The wind picks up pollen from the ripening corn and swirls it from field to field. If my neighbors grow inferior corn, cross-pollination will steadily degrade the quality of my corn. If I am to grow good corn, I must help my neighbors grow good corn.” He is very much aware of the connectedness of life. His corn cannot improve unless his neighbor's corn also improves. So it is with our lives. Those who choose to live in peace must help their neighbors to live in peace. Those who choose to live well must help others to live well, for the value of a life is measured by the lives it touches.
The lesson for each of us is this: if we are to grow good corn, we must help our neighbors grow good corn.
A.2) Consequences:
Write the consequences:
(i) The farmer shares the corn.
(ii) The farmer doesn’t share the corn.
A.3) Antonyms:
Find out the words opposite in meaning from the passage:
(i) superior x _______
(ii) lost x _______
(iii) improve x _______
(iv) inconstantly x _______
A.4) Language study:
(i) We must help our neighbors. (Replace the modal auxiliary showing advice).
(ii) The wind picks up pollen from ripening corn and swirls it field to field. (Use “not only…….. but also” and rewrite)
A.5) Personal Response:
What do you learn from the story? Suggest a suitable title.
Answer the following question in 150-200 words:
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to give vent to
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Find out more about Vermiculture and how you can carry out the same in your garden/backyard, to fertilize your plants at home.
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Say the following word aloud and put the stress mark on the stressed syllable.
crea-tures
Form suitable groups and discuss the following.
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Pick out those aspects of a story that you find a common in all their stories.
- Humour
- Supernatural event
- Wisdom
- Suspense
- Magic
- Beauty of Nature
- Wit
- Play upon words
- Sadend
- Violence
Make a list of the channels available on your TV under the following categories: News, entertainment, sports, movies, music, etc. Which are the channels on which you can watch programs on animals, wildlife, conservation of the environment, etc.?
What is described in the poem?
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Explain the use of the following property in the development of the play.
Hat
Discuss and write 1-2 lines about the following,
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Does the traveller really have a magic stone?
What time is being described in the poem?
Find the meaning of the following word.
thee
Write an imaginary telephone conversation in which you invite your friend to the above function.
Suggest at least one method of creating something useful or beautiful from waste.
The Principal turned out to be a very ______ lady.
Write in your own words.
How does the poet glorify his home in the first stanza?
Say whether you agree or disagree.
The youngest child was most irritating.
Which season would you say is the hardest in your locality? What help would the poor and homeless people need in that season?
Find out how the following game is played.
Lawn Tennis
WWW is a short form of World Wide Web.
Find ten other short forms related to ICT (Information and Communication Technology).
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Read the incident again and answer the following question.
When did the writer remember the fact that he had to buy something for Mr. Gilson?
Identify the speaker/character.
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What kind of a life do you want to lead in this world?
Read the poem aloud in groups.
Sea turtles come to rest on land.
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Jaswant decided to stay in his post.
Vicky pleaded his father to buy a robot.
Name the character or speaker.
"The robot will do all your work."
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Identify the character or the speaker.
“I will camp here for the night.”
Take out the correct rhyming pair from the poem and match with the given word.
| 1. | tall | |
| 2. | light | |
| 3. | might |
Write the rhyming word.
one
Write the rhyming word.
gale
Match the following.
| 1. | Pablo | Inspector |
| 2. | Velayudham | old man |
| 3. | Sreejith | dog |
Number the pictures in the correct order of the story.
Find and write the clues.
Clue for lame ______.
Amir switched off the fan wheFalsen he walked out.
Leafcutter ants grow fungus.
He got an admission to study at Stanford University ______.
What was his dream ?
List three questions that the little boy asks.
- ______
- ______
- ______
Activity: Live English: Packs, packets, pouches, wrappers
Given above is the picture of an imaginary food item’s packet. Let us see how to ‘read’ the matter on the packet as a vigilant consumer.
- Look at the wrapper and complete the sentences.
- The name of the food item is ______.
- It is made by ______.
- It is a ______ food item. (Veg/Non-veg)
- The ______ sign indicates whether it is a Veg or Non-veg food item.
- The ingredients are ______, ______, ______, ______.
- The date of packing is ______ and the expiry date is ______.
- It should be consumed before ______ from the date of manufacturing.
- Try and obtain more information about the various symbols printed on the packet.
- Discuss the following -
- Why the ‘recipe’ is given on the packet.
- Why the packet tells us to visit the website of the company.
- What ideas are used to make the packet attractive?
- How you will verify whether something is good for you to eat.
