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प्रश्न
Ganesh comes to visit Vikram and finds the house locked. He leaves a note. It is raining, the note gets wet and some words are washed off. Complete the note by filling in the missing words by choosing the correct option given below.
Dear Ram
I am so sorry to have missed you. I came to Udaipur on (a) _________ business trip and I have been here (b) _________ two weeks now. Your neighbours told me (c) _________ sad news that your father (d) _________ been hospitalized. I wish I (e) _________ see him but unfortunately I (f) _________ leaving for Madras today on (g) _________ 4 o’clock plane. Please send your father my best wishes. Anyway, I (h) _________ be in Udaipur again on 3rd and 4th June and I (i) _________ certainly find time to call on vou even though it (j) _________ some to be a hectic schedule.
Yours affectionately
Ganesh
| (a) (i) X (ii) the (iii) a (iv) an |
(b) (i) since (ii) from (iii) for (iv) in |
| (c) (i) the (ii) X (iii) an (iv) a |
(d) (i) is (ii) being (iii) has (iv) have |
| (e) (i) could (ii) have (iii) can (iv) having |
(f) (i) am (ii) been (iii) is (iv) being |
| (g) (i) a (ii) by (iii) the (iv) an |
(h) (i) am (ii) will (iii) are (iv) being |
| (i) (i) shall (ii) will (iii) ought to (iv) must |
(j) (i) would (ii) will (iii) shall (iv) is |
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उत्तर
I am so sorry to have missed you. I came to Udaipur on (a) a business trip and I have been here (b) for two weeks now. Your neighbours told me (c) the sad news that your father (d) hasbeen hospitalized. I wish I (e) could see him but unfortunately I (f) am leaving for Madras today on (g) the 4 o’clock plane. Please send your father my best wishes. Anyway, I (h) will be in Udaipur again on 3rd and 4th June and I (i) will certainly find time to call on vou even though it (j) is some to be a hectic schedule.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
A story can have more than one ending. Rewrite the end of the story you have just read. You can begin like this…….. “As he drove home, he felt guilty for having let his children down. He reached home, entered the house and saw his wife and children watching the television…”
Answer the following question briefly.
Why did the grandmother depend on her granddaughter to know the story?
a) This is the other word for trembling
(b) This is used for smile
(c) You call a person this if he/she has pale gold coloured hair.
(d) This is a quality which relates to high energy and noise
(e) This is related to dancing or moving in a way that involves shaking your hips and shoulders
(f) This is to express a tendency to show violent and wild behaviour often causing damage
(g) We use it for a condition which is serious, uncertain and dangerous
(h) This is a state in which one is forced to stay in a closed space
(i) This is a medical condition involving bleeding in the brain
(j) It is a loud, deep shout to show anger.
(k) This is a condition when the rope or leash is stretched tightly
With your partner, discuss and narrate an incident about a person who likes to show off.
Check whether your classmates agree with you.
Many people are of the opinion that violent, physical sports such as boxing, kick boxing and wrestling, to name a few should be banned while others think otherwise. Express your opinion on the topic by either writing in favour of banning these sports or against banning them. While writing, you should also include the rebuttal to your questions. Try not to go beyond 200 words.
On the basis of your understanding of the poem, answer the following question
by ticking the correct choice.
The tone of the speaker in the first stanza is that of ______________.
Answer the following question briefly.
Which road does the speaker choose? Why?
Answer the following question briefly.
Which road would you choose? Why?
On the basis of your understanding of the poem, answer the following question
by ticking the correct choice.
The seven roles that a man plays correspond to his __
In this poem, life is being compared to a play. Just as in a play, a man acts many
parts, so also in life, a man plays many roles. Can you think of some other
comparison for life? (For example, life could be compared with the seasons in
nature, the days of the week, the lessons in a school day.) Select one of these
comparisons (or choose one of your own), and write about the similarities that
life has with it. (80-100 words)
Complete the following paragraph about the theme of the play using the clues given in the box below. Remember that there are more clues given than required.
sell, buying, house, enthusiastic, comes, 200 thousand francs, taking, favour, get, sleeps, money, 300 thousand francs, unhappy, in-laws, walks in strikes, keep
Juliette, the owner of a Villa wants to ____________ it as she is in need of _____________. Moreover, she is not in _____________ of the house. Jeanne and Gaston, a couple visit her with the aim of _____________ the Villa. While Jeanne is __________ about buying, Gaston detests the idea as he does not want his
___________ in that house. Also, he finds the asking price of ____________ to be expensive. When Jeanne and Juliette go around the house, another customer ____________and starts talking to Gaston ___________him to be Juliette's husband. Gaston ____________ a deal with the customer by which he is able to give ____________ to the owner and _______________ one thousand francs for himself.
In Units 1 and 2 you learnt and practised the skill of deducing the meanings of new words by using other words in the given context. Now use that skill to deduce the meanings of words in the article you have read. Here is an example.
(a) They are solitary creatures with the exception of the mothers and calves and breeding pairs, although they sometimes congregate at bathing places.
Deduce the meanings of the following words from the passage you have just read, using other words in the context to help you. Copy and complete the following :
| Word | Words/clues that helped me | what I think the word means | what the dictionary says | were you (✓) (tick mark) or (x) |
| confined | ||||
| ranged | ||||
| overlapping | ||||
| bobbing | ||||
| olfactory | ||||
| aggregation | ||||
| plummeting | ||||
| mortality | ||||
| vulnerable | ||||
| poached |
Imagine that you are conducting a research on the conservation of a few animal species in India. You have been asked by the Wildlife Trust of India to prepare a report on the future of the YAK that lives in the Ladakh region of the Himalayan mountains . In groups of four, discuss the issue and make notes for your report. Refer to the Question 2 and the information in the box given here.
| DOMESTIC YAK |
| herd animals 2-2.2 m tall |
| used in sports |
| kept for milk , fur , fibre , meat , drawing ploughs etc |
| WILD YAK |
| length:3-3. 4m |
|
habitat: treeless uplands
|
| killed for food |
| insulated from cold by dense, close matted under hair , shaggy outer hair |
| hunted for similar reasons as the domestic ones |
Within your group, discuss
• What is the problem? How has it arisen?
• What is the best way to preserve these species?
• Why do we need to preserve these species?
• What values need to be inculcated in the hearts of human beings? Why?
• What actions would you recommend to the World Wildlife Federation?
• How is global warming affecting these species?
Answer the following question by ticking the correct option :
What was the cause of the dispute between the tiger and the man?
: Duties and Privileges
. In some schools the student - council members are assigned duties at the
beginning of every academic year.
Write a job description to be given to the newly elected Environment
Monitor of your school.
You may do this individually. Later your class as a whole can come out with one
duty list to be displayed on the soft-board. You may use the words given in the
box below.
can, may, can’t, mustn’t, must, should, have to.
On the basis of the questionnaire, hold a conversation with your partner - one could be a radio jockey and the other could be the pilot.
On the basis of your reading of the extract, tick the most appropriate answer :
a. Tom's mind had drifted away because
• Becky Thatcher had stopped coming to school
• he no longer took an interest in war.
• the charm oflife was gone.
• he had put his hoop and his bat away.
b. Aunt Polly was concerned because:
• Tom was hanging around Becky Thatcher's father's house all night
• Tom no longer took an interest in anything
• she was infatuated with patent medicines
• she had a fever
c. She was filled with gratitude when she tested the new medicine as
• it was simply fire in a liquid form.
• her troubles were instantly at rest
• Tom's indifference was broken.
• Tom was responding well
d. 'Mending the health of a crack' means
• repairing a crack in the sitting-room floor
• looking after his health
• pouring the medicine into a crack in the sitting-room floor
• giving the medicine to the cat
Given below is a list or other expressions. Decide what each expression means, by writing D for 'difference' or S for 'similarity' against each. Try to add more expressions to your list and make use of them in writing your article in Question 6.
| Expressions | D or s |
| X is different from Y in that _______ | |
| X and Y are alike in that ______ | |
| X and Y have _____ in common. | |
| Whereas X _________ , Y _____________ | |
| Compared to X, Y ________ | |
| X ____ In contrast, Y ____ | |
| X _____ However, Y _____ | |
| X and Y both |
Each student will now complete his/her half of the following table (Hockey or Football), by adding information from the text each has read.
| Hockey | Football | |
| Ball : | ||
| Playing Area: | ||
| Duration : | ||
| Judging : | ||
| Penalties : | ||
| Penalty Area : | ||
| Cards : |
Below is a description of Geothermal Energy. Complete the passage by filling in the gaps choosing the correct option from the given options. The first one has been done for you.
In volcanic areas, underground water (a) can often rise to a temperature of 200° C. Nowadays, wells (b) __________ drilled to extract the steam which is used to drive turbines. This is (c) __________ of the world’s fastest growing sources of energy. (d) __________ the water is heated by enormous reservoirs of cooling rock several kilometers across, geothermal steam is (e) __________ to be a renewable energy resource. Even in non- volcanic areas, underground water can (f) __________ heated by natural radioactivity. In this case, (g) __________, it is necessary to drill deeper before the water is as hot as 200° C. This method (h) __________ used for heating homes in certain areas for many years and is cheap, clean and efficient.
| (a) (i) could (ii) can (iii) must (iv) might |
(b) (i) is (ii) been (iii) are (iv) being |
(c) (i) any (ii) some (iii) one (iv) few |
(d) (i) As (ii) While (iii) Though (iv) Even |
| (e) (i) called (ii) said (iii) regarded (iv) told |
(f) (i) be (ii) been (iii) being (iv) is |
(g) (i) however (ii) though (iii) despite (iv) therefore |
(h) (i) being (ii) was (iii) be (iv) has been |
