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प्रश्न
‘Forgetfulness is the beginning of happiness’- Do you agree or disagree? Discuss in class.
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उत्तर
In “Ode to skylark,” Shelly beautifully portrays the human beings’ boundless capacity to worry about dead yesterday, unborn tomorrow, and spoil the happiness of a perfectly beautiful present. He says, “We look before and after and pine for what is not. Our sincerest laughter With some pain is fraught”. Human mind has a soft comer for harboring hurts and pain. It replays them like a broken record often and sustains hostility between individuals. It requires a mature mind to forgive and forget. The road to recovery of any invisible hurt starts the moment one forgives the person and casually forgets all unpleasant memories connected to it. The human mind, according to Robert Lynd, forgets what it chooses to forget. We are in a civilized society because everyone remembers to dress properly and remember the names of friends and relatives. If one develops the attitude to remember only pleasant things, the mind will train itself to forget insignificant bad memories. Thus forgetting is the beginning of real happiness.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
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 classroom and you are permitted to sit at the same place where you used to sit.
Share your thoughts with the class.
What type of tree fits in your hand?
A ____________ tree.
Figures of speech
Assonance: Repetition of similar vowel sounds in the neighbouring words
(e.g.) ‘T is the prettiest little parlour that ever you did spy; Pick out one more instance from the poem.
Identify the character or speaker of the following line.
‘I done it out of pity for him.’
Collect images of some electronic gadgets and play a JAM (just a minute) game by picking one image and talking for a minute about it in your classroom.
“How many photos have you got?”
He wants to know how many ______.
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.
In if-clauses and time-clauses.
Review an event which your school has hosted recently.
Which session do you like – art/craft?
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? |
Role-play the conversation in the class.
| Manoj: | Hi Priya! How are you? |
| Priya: | I am fine, and what about you? |
| Manoj: | I am fine too. What are you doing in this early morning? |
| Priya: | I am taking care of my garden. |
| Manoj: | Oh! What a beautiful garden it is! |
| Priya: | It is beautiful as I work every day in it. |
| Manoj: | Who helps you in your work? |
| Priya: | I do it myself. It is my hobby and I have cultivated vegetables. |
| Manoj: | Oh! that’s nice. How long have you been doing this? |
| Priya: | I have been doing this for ...... |
| Manoj: | .................................... |
| Priya: | .................................... |
| Manoj: | .................................... |
| Priya: | .................................... |
| Manoj: | .................................... |
Put students into groups of three and let them act as Jane.
Student A: You are Jane. You live with the Reeds. Tell the other students about your life there.
Student B: You are Jane. You have been at Lowood School for a few months. Tell the other students about your life there.
Student C: You are Jane. You are eighteen. You are going to work at Thornfield Hall as a teacher. Tell the other students about your hopes for your life.
After this, decide who is the unhappiest of the three ‘Janes’.
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Change the following into Indirect Speech.
The poor man exclaimed, “Will none of you help me?”
Change the following into Indirect Speech.
“Bring me a glass of milk,” said the swami to the villagers.
Change the following into Indirect Speech.
The teacher said to him, “Do not read so fast.”
Sherlyn receives a postcard from her friend Pushpa who is holidaying in Sri Lanka. She calls her friend Galen and tells him what Pushpa has written. Help her by filling in the blanks, using reported speech.
Hello, Galen Today I received a postcard from Pushpa. Remember I had told you that She has gone to Sri Lanka on a holiday? Well, she has written from Colombo. She has written that ____________ Orphanage. It ____________ elephants. She said that it is the biggest herd of elephants in the world that is living under human supervision. She also added that she ____________ because ____________. The Elephant Orphanage ____________ . She said that ____________ national park. She ____________ next week and added that ____________ then.
What happened to the hole in the ground after the rain?
Work in pairs.
- Ask your friend questions about all the things he does.
- Use question words such as where, what, how, who, when, why. One is done for you.
| Anu | I watch TV in the evening. |
| Amit | When do you watch TV? |
| Anu | I play games. |
| Amit | |
| Anu | |
| Amit | |
| Anu | |
| Amit | |
| Anu | |
| Amit |
See how they speak at this situation and practise as if you were in that situation. A teacher is teaching the class.
Now write a paragraph about your teacher with the information you have gathered.
My Teacher
Some letter are missing in each word.
tr __ __ s
What is the word that starts with t , rhymes with ‘cease’, and means to playfully make fun of ?
Where did the tip of the tongue touch?
You are travelling by train. When the Train Ticket Examiner enters your compartment, much to your shock, you realize you have forgotten to bring your train ticket. How will you handle the situation?
Now use these ideas and prepare a speech on the topic ‘The importance of developing a positive attitude’ and deliver the speech in the school assembly
Imagine you are Baldwin and your partner is Gresham. Try your best to persuade your partner to confess the truth. Build a conversation describing how both of you would react in such a situation. Work in pairs.
Conduct a debate for and against the motion.“Mobile phone - a big boon”
Assertion: The SI system of units is the suitable for measurement.
Reason: The SI unit of temperature is kelvin.
