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प्रश्न
Do you think that –
Do birds have secrets?
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उत्तर
Yes, birds have their secrets.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Given below are five main qualities for true sportsmanship.
| i. | Determination |
| ii. | Optimisation |
| iii. | Stamina |
| iv. | Perseverance |
| v. | Decisiveness |
Get into groups of four. Each group will choose one quality to talk about to the whole class for about one minute. But before you talk, you have two minutes to think about it. You can make notes if you wish.
You are visiting the primary school where you studied classes I to IV, after six years. You get a chance to go to your standard two classrooms and you are permitted to sit at the same place where you used to sit.
What would you remember?
On the first day of school ______.
Now I really enjoy ______.
Present the review of a movie that you have watched recently.
Do you work individually or in pairs?
Take a few minutes and make hints of the picture. Arrange your thoughts. Using the points you write, deliver a small speech focusing on the issue picturized here. Give an interesting and informative speech. Your speech should include the cause and the solution.
Tips for effective speaking
• Organise your points and ideas well.
• Don’t memorise the speech. If you forget a point, it will make you nervous.
• Avoid the things that are of no value or interest to the audience.
• Before you speak, take a deep breath, smile, greet the audience.
• Don’t be nervous about making a mistake.
• Interesting speech makes your mistakes nothing.
Change the following into Indirect Speech.
“Bring me a glass of milk,” said the swami to the villagers.
Change the following into Direct Speech.
Nevin asked his father when the next letter would come.
Change the following into Direct Speech.
Mervin said that he wanted to be a soldier.
Match the poetic lines with Figures of speech.
| 1) | So brainy | personification |
| 2) | Mountains | personification |
| 3) | It's so absent-minded | hyperbole |
| 4) | Computer gobbled a worm | metaphor |
| 5) | Very sick | metaphor |
Imagine that you and your friend have decided to spend a day together in your house. You have planned your schedule from morning till night. Discuss in pairs and speak about it in the class. You can start like this:
I like to go for a walk but my friend wants to work out in the gym.
See how they speak at this situation and practise as if you were in that situation.
What did the teacher teach?
Are you afraid of the dark? Why?
Tick (✓) the words which end with the sound id. Say each word aloud
| accepted | |
| answered | |
| irritated | |
| failed | |
| completed | |
| challenged | |
| cried | |
| surprised | |
| find | |
| licked | |
| celebrated | |
| fried |
In groups of five, discuss the following topic taking examples from Mary Kom’s life.
Athletes cannot run with money in their pockets. They must run with hope in their heart and dreams in their head.
The following expressions may help you in connecting ideas and presenting your views to the class.
- In my opinion…
- I wholeheartedly support…
- At the outset, let me say…
- I should like to draw your attention to…
Is there a link between intelligence and absent-mindedness? Share your views on this subject, with the class.
You are rushing to attend to an important work and you witness an accident on your way. Will you go to the rescue of the injured person? Share your views with the class.
‘ A friend in need is a friend indeed’. Does this hold good in all situations? Share your views with your class.
