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प्रश्न
Form groups and use the following topic for discussion. Take the help of your college library and your teacher.
Freedom of speech
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उत्तर
Freedom of speech
- The meaning and what it stands for
- The necessity of freedom of speech
- How people can suffer if freedom of speech is denied
- Adverse consequences of misuse of freedom of speech.
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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.
Qualities of an ideal politician
Form groups and use the following topic for discussion. Take the help of your college library and your teacher.
Equality before law
In his speech, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar has expressed his deep concern over the absence of two things in the then Indian society. Discuss with your partner and complete the web.

Form groups and use the ICT lab of your Junior College to make a short film on the script that you have prepared. There are several soft-wares that can be used for editing. You can take professional help. One can upload his/her film on mediums like Youtube and submit the link to the subject teacher.
What will the tree do, if the banks are closed?
It will start its own ____________.
Identify the character or speaker of the following line.
Greetings, traveller. You looked tired and cold.
Work in groups of four. Discuss how the story would have been different if.
Pongo had pardoned the narrator after scolding him.
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.
Figures of speech
Anaphora: Repetition of a word or a phrase at the beginning of a sequence of sentences, paragraphs, and lines.
(e.g.) How handsome are your gauzy wings, how brilliant are your eyes!
Identify the character or speaker of the following line.
‘That is, I believe they do.’
Divide the students into groups of five and conduct a group discussion on the topic "Importance of Mathematics in Our Everyday Life". The teacher will act as a moderator.
On the first day of school ______.
I have never visited ______.
Ms. Pavithra Rao, the squash player who won the gold medal at the recent Asian Games, is holding a press conference. Let the discussion focus more on the strategies that helped her to win.
“Why do volcanoes erupt?”
She wondered why ______.
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.

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.

Which session do you like – art/craft?
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, |
List the rhyming words in the first three lines.
Answer the following
Complete this poem on your own with a abab rhyme scheme.
Peas porridge hot,
Peas porridge cold,
__________________
__________________
Describe the things in the picture using the descriptive words given below.

| Descriptive words | |||
| Large | Small | Good | Happy |
| Big | Little | Great | Joyful |
| Enormous | Miniature | Fantastic | Delighted |
| Gigantic | Minute | Excellent | Thrilled |
| Huge | Petite | Amazing | Glad |
| Massive | Tiny | Wonderful | Pleased |
| Tremendous | Slight | Marvellous | Satisfied |
Change the following into Indirect Speech.
“Bring me a glass of milk,” said the swami to the villagers.
Change the following into Indirect Speech.
“Halt!” shouted the officer to his men.
Change the following into Direct Speech.
I told them to be quiet.
Look at these images of different kinds of sports. Identify and name as many as you can with your partner.

Describe any one of them to your partner.
- Name of the sport.
- What equipment is used to play the sport?
- What kind of area/ground/field it is played in?
- How is it played?
Name the character or speaker.
“Are you alright?”
Name the character or speaker.
“Eat these capsules.”
Each person or a group chooses an item from the class and takes two minutes to prepare. He/she must promote and sell the same item in the most humorous way to convince the classmates to buy the product. You can choose items such as eraser, pencil, school bag, book, etc.
It can go like this.
Here I have a magical eraser for you. You can do whatever you want to do with this. You can rub anything that you don’t like. Just rub it against somebody’s hair and it will be gone forever. If you want to see somebody without hair, here you go. Buy this eraser and have fun with your friends.
I have a robot big and______.
Let us see how to speak over phone.
The Maharaja was a wise man and ordered the cook to use the vegetable scraps instead of throwing them away.
- Name some of the things which are thrown away at home or in school.
- Sit in groups of four and think of interesting ways in which they can be made useful.
- Put up your findings on the class board.
In your family, what activities are done individually and as a group?
| My mother decides | |
| My father decides | |
| I decide | |
| We decide |
Borrowing a book from public Library.

Interview your teacher and get her responses for the following questions.
- Why did you become a teacher?
- How do you come to school every day?
- Do you have any pets?
- What kinds of books do you like to read?
- What are your hobbies?
Read the following passage carefully.
One day Meena plucks a mango and brings it home. Her grandmother gives the larger piece to Raju because he is a boy. Meena protests. After all, she brought the mango and she is the elder of the two. She insists she has a greater right over her share. Her father comes to her help and divides the mango equally.
Now answer the questions.
- Who brought the mango home?
- Why did Meena’s grandmother give a larger piece to Raju?
- Who do you think should have got the larger piece?
Some letter are missing in each word.
t ______ ch
Now add more words with and and put them inside the bubbles.

Using sign language make these letters with your hand
‘C’, ‘H’, ‘E’, ‘K’
What is your mother tongue?
Tell the class a joke in your mother tongue.
Is there a bookshop near your home? If there is, do you like to visit it?
In a group, mime an activity (picnic, fair/mela, cricket match, etc.) which you enjoy. The rest of the class should guess the activity and say whether it is done in a group/alone.
You are Mani/Megalai of Class XI, President of the English Club of your school. Draft a speech on the topic ‘Reading Maketh a Complete Man’, to be delivered in the school assembly
You forget to wish your best friend on his/her birthday. He gets very angry. How will you try to pacify him/her? Construct a dialogue of about 4 to 5 exchanges and enact a role play
You have recently shifted to a new locality. You cannot find your way back, after school. Your uncle spots you and takes you home. Narrate the incident to the class.
As a friend of the narrator, describe how you would have behaved at the auction.
‘When the mouse laughs at the cat, there is a hole nearby.’ Explain the meaning of this statement to your friends.
Speaking Activity
Based on your understanding of the play ‘The Never – Never Nest’, organise a classroom debate on the topic: ‘Is Equated Monthly Instalment Scheme - a boon or bane to middle-class families?’
Prepare a speech on “The importance of a reading habit” in about 100–150 words using the hints given below together with your own ideas.
- Introduction
- Suggested value points Knowledge enrichment – Skill development – Meaningful usage of time – Overall development
- Conclusion
Extend the conversation with two more relevant exchange
| Receptionist | Good evening, sir. Welcome to Chennai. |
| Traveller | I would like to book a deluxe room in your hotel for 3 days. |
| Receptionist | ______ |
| Traveller | ______ |
| Receptionist | ______ |
| Traveller | ______ |
Organize a class debate on the motion ‘The advantages of social websites’. (Use the expressions for arguments like - First, firstly, I mean, My point is, In my opinion, Let me consider, etc.)
