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प्रश्न
In 394 BCE, the ________ stopped the Greek Olympic Games, because they didn’t like them.
विकल्प
Romans
Greeks
British
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उत्तर
In 394 BCE, the Romans stopped the Greek Olympic Games, because they didn’t like them.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Complete the table with suitable responses.
| Sr.No. | CAUSE | ACTION | EFFECT |
| 1. | Krishna Deva Raya wants all the best things in the world. | He pays 1000 gold coins for the red peacock. | |
| 2. | Chatur Pandit is greedy and wants to get rich. | The king banishes him from the court for a month. | |
| 3. | He hires a painter and paints four peacocks red. | He proves that the king spends money needlessly. |
The dream of Severn Suzuki is ______.
How does she proclaim that she represents the future generation?
Who is lucky?
The train no. of the Silambu Express is ______.
Listen to the following paragraph.
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The Ant and the Dove On his way home, an ant saw a sparkling fountain. He crawled onto its wall to take a closer look.
Suddenly he slipped and fell into the water. He gurgled and panicked and waved his legs in the air. “Help! I can't swim,” he cried. Luckily, just at that moment, a friendly dove flew by. She saw that the tiny ant was drowning and quickly flew to a nearby tree. She pulled off a leaf and let it glide down to the ant. “Here you are,” she cooed and flew away.
(Adapted from Aesop’s Fables) |
- Why do you think the dove helped the ant?
- How do you think the ant felt on finding the leaf?
- Have you ever been in trouble like the ant? Did anyone help you?
First, read the following sets of limericks with missing words. Now, listen to them being read out aloud by your teacher or played on the recorder. As you enjoy the absurd fun, complete the verse with what you hear. You may listen to them again, if required.
I
A wonderful bird is the (i) ______His beak can hold more than his (ii) ______can. He can hold in his beak Enough food for a (iii) ______! But I’ll be darned if I know how the Peli-can?
II
There once was a (iv) ______ at the zoo Who always had something to do When it (v) ______ him, you know, To go to and fro, He (vi) ______ it and went fro and to.
III
There once was a (vii) _______ little bunny Who I thought was sweet and (viii) ______ He ate all the carrots, And looked at the (ix) ______ And that was my cute little (x) ______.
Listen to the information about Vishalini and complete her profile with suitable words/phrases.
Vishalini, hailing from ______in Tamilnadu is ______years old. She is endowed with an outstanding ______and ______skills. Her IQ is ______, higher than the previous score of ______. She has been the ______speaker in International conferences. At the Google India Summit, she was honoured as the youngest ______. She is the recipient of ______international awards. This child prodigy is considered a ______girl.
Some phrases have been left out in the poem below. Fill in the missing phrases on listening to the reading or the audio played by the teacher. You may listen again, if required
The Soldier
If I should die, ______
That there’s some corner______
That is ______ There shall be
In that rich earth a richer ______
A dust whom England bore, shaped, made aware,
Gave, _____ roam;
A body ______ air,
Washed ______ suns of home.
And think, ______ away,
A pulse in the ______, no less
Gives somewhere back ______ given;
Her______; dreams happy as her day;
And laughter,______ and gentleness,
In hearts .______ English heaven.
Rupert Brooke
Some words have been left out in the poem below. First, read the poem. Then, fill in the missing words on listening to the reading or the recording of it in full. You may listen again, if required.
The Drum
John Scott (1731–83)
I hate that drum’s ______ sound,
Parading round, and round, and round:
To thoughtless ______ it pleasure yields,
And lures from cities and from fields, sell their ______ for charms
Of tawdry lace, and glittering arms;
And when______ voice commands,
To march, and fight, and fall, in______.
I hate that drum’s discordant sound, Parading round, and round, and round; To me, it talks of______plains, And burning towns and ruin’d swains, And all that Misery’s hand bestows, To fill the______of human woes.
