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How will you organize or plan for a trip or an event? Do you have the habit of preparing a check-list? Discuss.

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How will you organize or plan for a trip or an event? Do you have the habit of preparing a check-list? Discuss.

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I organize a trip with my family to Mysore for four days to visit all the important places. I planned to go by train. So I will book the to and fro tickets to Mysore. I will book a room to stay there in advance, I will prepare a checklist a day before my travel one toothbrush, towel, soap, money, my Id card, medicines, first aid kit. A tourist guide book of Mysore. I will plan everything properly to make my trip safe and pleasant.

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अध्याय 4.1: The Summit - Speaking [पृष्ठ ११९]

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सामाचीर कलवी English Class 12 TN Board
अध्याय 4.1 The Summit
Speaking | Q a) ii) | पृष्ठ ११९

संबंधित प्रश्न

Find and discuss some examples of reports related to the given topic.

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Work in groups of 4-6. Choose one folk art form, that is rarely or no longer performed.

Find out the reasons for this and suggest practical solutions/steps that can be taken to prevent this. After discussion and research, conduct a talk show in the class on the topic FOLK ARTS - A REVIVAL. The following inputs will help you.

Each group will consist of the following members.

1. The host
2. A folk artist
3. A representative from an NGO engaged in reviving some of the dying folk arts.
4. A student
5. A citizen from the city.

NOTE: Your teacher will distribute role cards with cues to each member of the group to help you play your roles.


Figures of Speech

There is alliteration in the line: And I sunned it with smiles. The sound /s/ is repeated in the words ‘sunned’ and ‘smiles’. Pick out at least two instances of alliteration from the poem.

What will the tree do, if the banks are closed?

It will start its own ____________.


Identify the character or speaker of the following line.

‘What has that got to do that with it?’


Have you ever been scared? What happened? How did you feel? Talk about it in one or two sentences with your friend. Repeat it to the class.


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.

With modal verbs would, might, could, should, ought to, used to.


Read the conversation of the simple machines. Take roles to play. Then discuss in pairs to describe any simple machine. Create your own storyboard and take roles to play.

Jack: Don't you know how simple machines make your life easy?

Jimmy: Um... I don't know what simple machines are.

Jack: Simple machines are mechanical devices for applying force like a wedge or ramp.

Jimmy: Oh! wow! How I did not know this!

Jack: Like the wheels on hospital bed and IV pole. They help you move people faster by reducing the friction.

Jimmy: Is the stick over there that the TV is attached to, is that a simple machine too?

Jack: Yes it is, it's a lever. The wheels on the bus are simple machines, they make the bus move.

Jimmy: What about the doors?

Jack: 'Yeah' the driver pulls a lever and the doors open and you climb up the inclined plane aka the stairs. The cable in the elevator is wrapped around a groove in the wheel and axle, an electric motor pulls the cable, lifting the car between floors.

Jimmy: So the wheels on the rolling chair are too by rolling the chair back instead of lifting the chair back.

Jack: 'Yes' they are, they move the chair and reduce the friction.


Give a review of a book that has interested you a lot.


Review an event which your school has hosted recently.


Answer the following:

A Tiny Little Plant

Deep in the heart of a little seed,
    Lay buried so, so deep,
A tiny little plant fast asleep.

Out came the bright Sunshine,
     Down crept its light,
Into the seed, too bright.

A little plant woke up to see,
How bright the world might be.

List the rhyming words in the first three lines.


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.

“Are you coming home with me?” he asked.


Change the following into Indirect Speech.

“Bring me a glass of milk,” said the swami to the villagers.


Change the following into Indirect Speech.

“Take off your hat,” the king said to the Hatter.


Travelling can help a person to understand and appreciate different places. Discuss in groups and talk about the places you have visited recently. Present your experiences to the class.


Name the character or speaker.

“Are you alright?”


I have a robot big and______.


What’s your lunch today?


In groups of five discuss what you would do if you were caught in the following situations.

  • Your friend falls in the playfield and is hurt…

  • You are trapped in a fire...

  • You are stuck in a traffic jam…

Interview your teacher and get her responses for the following questions.

  1. Why did you become a teacher?
  2. How do you come to school every day?
  3. Do you have any pets?
  4. What kinds of books do you like to read?
  5. What are your hobbies?

Look at the picture again. Describe the picture.


Some letter are missing in each word.

f ______ t


Some letter are missing in each word.

m ______ t


Ram is a curious little boy. He is always asking questions. One day he came home and asked his grandfather questions like –

  1. Why can’t we look at the sun during a solar eclipse?
  2. Why can’t we touch the sun?
  3. Why can’t we go out to play in the dark?

Discuss these questions with your teacher and class. Do you know the answers?


Do you like reading story books?


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…

Pair work: Practise the dialogue with another student. Then write a similar dialogue between a student and the class teacher regarding an educational trip.


Given below is a well-known quotation.

“Cowards die many times before their death”.

Study the quotations and identify the adverse human qualities that are worse than ‘death’ and discuss the underlying message conveyed.


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