Advertisements
Advertisements
प्रश्न
Imagine your friend is a table tennis champion who has won the semi-final in the inter-collegiate championship. Due to overconfidence, she neither practices nor does she take her opponent seriously. This may result in her losing the final. Suggest some ways to make her aware of the importance of hard work and regular practice.
Advertisements
उत्तर
Hard work and regular practice are very important to win. It always pays off in the end.
- Hard work teaches us not to give up until the end.
- The saying – 'Practice makes a man perfect' stands true. It hones your skills.
- Hard work helps us stay focused and disciplined.
- Regular practice teaches us determination.
APPEARS IN
संबंधित प्रश्न
Imagine that you are Santosh Yadav, or Maria Sharapova. You have been invited to speak at an All India Girls’ Athletic Meet, as chief guest. Prepare a short speech to motivate the girls to think and dream big and make an effort to fulfil their dreams, not allowing difficulties or defeat to discourage them. The following words and phrases may help you.
• self confident/confidence/sure of yourself
• self assured/assurance/belief in yourself
• morale/boost morale/raise morale
• giving somebody a boost/fillip/lift
• demoralising/unsure of yourself/insecure/lack confidence
Give two examples of alliteration from the poem.
Does the poem have feministic overtones?
Whose family has been referred to earlier in the context?
Explain the difference between welcome scene and departure scene from the poem “The Patriot” by Robert Browning.
Alack, it was I who leaped at the sun
To give it my loving friends to keep!
Naught man could do,have I left undone:
And you see my harvest, what I reap
This very day, now a year is run.
Read the above lines and answer the question that follow.
Explain with reference to the context.
Show how the author uses tone and style to reinforce his memories and make an impact upon his audience.
Discuss how the author uses comic irony to describe the incident surrounding the statue?
In “A Horse and Two Goats”, how did Muni feel about his married life?
Show with references from the story how T.S Arthur uses direct and indirect characterisation to highlight the traits of the characters.
She laid the table after she had finished the cooking. (Begin: When…)
Every family has a black sheep. (Begin: There is no ………….)
Sergius:
Louka! (she stops and looks defiantly at him) A gentleman has no right to hurt a woman under any ` circumstances. [with profound humility, uncovering his head] beg your pardon.
Louka:
That sort of apology may satisfy a lady. Of what use is it to a servant?
Sergius :
[rudely crossed in his chivalry, throws it off with a bitter laugh, and says slightingly) Oh! Do you wish to be paid for the hurt? [He puts on his shako, and takes some money from his pocket].
Louka :
[her eyes filling with tears in spite of herself] No: I want my hurt made well.
Sergius : [sobered by her tone] I low?
(i) Why does Sergius ask Louka's pardon?
(ii) Why had he hurt her?
(iii) Why does Louka remind Sergius that she is a servant?
(iv) Why do Louka's eyes fill with tears?
(v) How does Louka want her hurt made well?
(vi) How does Sergius react to the suggestion
How does G. K. Chesterton in his essay On Running after one's Hat, romanticize difficult situations by dwelling on the notion that "An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered'"?
You are the President of the Nature Club in your school which is hosting the Earth Day Celebrations. Write a letter to the Principal of a neighbouring school inviting the school to participate in the event. State when, why and how you plan to celebrate Earth Day.
Re-write the following sentences according to the instructions given after each. Make other changes that may be necessary, but do not change the meaning of each sentence.
- As soon as we lit the candle, the power supply was restored.
(Begin: No sooner………. ) - The bee is more industrious than all other creatures.
(Use: ‘most industrious’) - The old woman was too slow to catch the bus.
(Begin : The old woman was so……… ) - “I’ll do it tomorrow,” he promised.
(Rewrite in indirect speech) - Though Reema got an expensive gift she was not happy.
(Begin: In spite of……… ) - I prefer reading a book to watching a movie.
(Begin: I would rather…….. ) - I have never seen Mr. Roy lose his temper.
(Begin: Never…….. ) - She found your keys in the garage.
(Begin: The keys……… )
Re-write the following sentence according to the instruction given. Make other changes that may be necessary, but do not change the meaning of the sentence.
As soon as Sania sat down to study, the lights went off.
(Begin: No sooner……….)
She battled her way ___________the crowd.
Infer the meaning of the following words from the context.
| Padding | transient |
Now, look up the dictionary to see if your inference is right.
To what is the bird’s movement compared? What is the basis for the comparison?
What does the notice 'The world's most dangerous animal' at a cage in the zoo at Lusaka, Zambia, signify?
The use of personal pronoun ‘I’ is evident and prominent in this poem. Give reasons.
Write four to six lines of Free Verse on the topic ‘The road that leads to my college’. Express that it is the road to knowledge and bright future. You may begin like this: Every day I tread with the bag of books …
We add ‘un-’ to make opposites. For example, true — untrue. Add ‘un’– to the word below to make its opposite. Then look up the meaning of the word you have formed in the dictionary.
educated: ____________
The words in the box are all words that describe movement. Use them to fill in the blank in the sentence below.
When he began to trust me, the squirrel began ____________ into my pockets for morsels of cake.
Use your imagination and extend the story in about 100 to 150 words.
'Even small things in nature play a big role. So protect nature!'
Draft a short speech on the above topic, which you could give at your school assembly.
Use the following steps while drafting.
- Greeting
- Salutation
- Self - Introduction
- Introduction of the topic
- Body of the Speech
- Conclusion
- Expression of gratitude to audience
You are going to meet a Great Indian Bustard very soon. Prepare at least 10 questions to interview him.
Consult the thesaurus and note down synonyms for 'ordinary'.
- One synonym of the ordinary is banal.
Eg. He finds English poetry very banal. - Similarly, find the meaning and make use of the words trite, routine, cliched, and regular in your own sentences.
Discuss the following and write about the following in your own words in 5-6 lines.
What opinion do you form about Mathilde’s husband from her story?
Answer the following question :
How does fear lead us to error?
Form groups of 3. Read aloud the conversations in the story, each group presenting one piece of conversation.
Complete the remaining blocks determining the types of news.
Interview
Prepare a set of 10-12 questions that you would ask at an interview of a person who has strongly acted against social injustice and has achieved success inspite of a long struggle against so many odds in his/her life. Write them down in your notebook.
Are the singers homeless travellers? Why do you think so?
How do you cook rice in your house?
Fill in the gaps in this recipe for cooking rice. Use the words in the box
|
boil |
water |
heat |
keep |
rice |
lid |
low |
water |
more |
ready |
What you'll need
- 1 cup uncooked white rice
- 2 cups water
- pinch of salt
How to make it
- ______the rice until the ______runs clear.
- Drain the water and ______ aside.
- In a medium sized pan, bring water to ______.
- Add the salt, stir, and then add the rinsed and drained ______.
- Reduce the heat, cover the rice, and let it simmer on ______ heat for 20 minutes.
- Check after 15 minutes to see if all the ______ has evaporated. If it has, the rice is ______.
- If not, replace the ______ and let the rice simmer for 5 ______
- Remove from ______ and serve
The child got an ______ for winning the race.
Complete the following picture board.
 |
 |
 |
 |
Punctuate the following sentence.
when I went fishing I caught an old shoe a plastic bag and a bad cold.
How did the seaside creatures, the crab, the lobster, etc. teach Hari a lesson? Write in a few lines.
Here is a word, clock. Write down words relating to clock.
Discuss and write –
- Why do cats and dogs fight?
- Why do we walk across the road, not run?
- Why do people like ice-cream?
Write down at least two questions using ‘why’?
- ______
- ______
Imagine you are going on a journey to the centre of the earth. What do you think you will see? What would you feel?
Alice follows the strange rabbit because she wants to know a number of things. Re-arrange the words to make the questions that Alice has in her mind, and put a question mark (?).
talk rabbit a how can
Why didn’t the grandmother feel sentimental when the author went abroad for higher education?
What was the daily routine of the grandmother at home?
State whether the following statement are true or false
Both Jimmy and Bob were of the same age.
What does each of the following mean in the story? Choose the right option.
arm in arm:
What made her feel confident about the competitive players? Explain.
What caught his attention about the car door?
Why did Leacock assume that the photographer was praying?
How did Miss Meadows express her joy, when she returned to the music class?
Fill in the following forms with imaginary details.
Answer the following question as briefly as possible and with close reference to the relevant text.
“Then paint the cut with iodine.” With reference to this line, what is your understanding of Klausner? Do you sympathise with him? Give your reasons.
You have planned to organize a health camp at school. Write a letter to the Manager of a supermarket requesting sponsorship for the event. Name the event and explain how it will benefit both the community as well as the supermarket.
Prepare a dialogue from the jumbled sentences:
- It will reach Nagpur at 7: 15 a.m.
- What is the departure time of the Vidarbha Express?
- When will it reach Nagpur?
- The departure time is 8:30 p.m.
Using the given informal letter as a model, write a letter about the topic given below.
Write a letter to your father asking permission to go on an educational tour.
