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प्रश्न
Plant the seed of a flower or fruit of your choice in a pot or in your garden. Note its growth every day and maintain a diary recording its progress.
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उत्तर
Students are expected to attempt the above activities on their own.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Wrestling mostly a male sport – Sakshi born in conservative surroundings – most unfavourable gender ratio for females – parental encouragement – one can't forget the look of determination on her face in the last three minutes of the bout.
If your friends get here before 7 o’clock we can take them out for dinner.
(Rewrite: Using ‘unless’)
In the following items, sentence A is complete, while sentence B is not. Complete sentence B, making it as similar as possible to sentence A. Write sentence B.
(A) As soon as the bell rings, the children run out to play.
(B) No sooner __________________________________.
What point is the author trying to make?
Why has the red colour of bangles been compared to the flame of the bride’s marriage fire?
Why is the word ‘ cried’ used by the poet in the line, ‘It was the English, Kaspar cried’?
What is the advice of the poet? Is there any relevance of this advice to our present day?
What are the advantages of reading mentioned by Dahl?
How is the last verse different from the other verse? Is the poet deriving a different mood than that expressed in the previous verse?
Analyse the symbol of Clouds, Sky, and Heavens.
What is the symbolic significance of the sun, sky and wind in the first stanza?
How does the poet use the contrast between the two birds to reveal racism in America?
What does the word “clipped” mean in this poem?
The air broke into a mist with bells,
The old walls rocked with the crowd and cries.
Had I said, "Good folk, mere noise repels....
But give me your sun from yonder skies!"
They had answered "And afterward, what else?"
Read the above lines and answer the question that follow.
Explain with reference to the context.
There's nobody on the house-tops now...
Just a palsied few at the windows set;
For the best of the sight is, all allow,
At the Shambles' Gate-or, better yet,
By the very scaffold's foot, I trow.
Read the above lines and answer the question that follow.
What is ‘scaffold’?
What event is referred to in the poem?
Who was talking to the old man?
What are the techniques used by Ruskin Bond to create an atmosphere of strangeness, mystery and super naturalism in the story? Can Ruskin Bond be called a visual writer? Why?
Show how the story shows a conflict between humans and nature.
What is the climax of Ray Bradbury’s “All Summer in a Day?”
You have recently moved to a new neighborhood in your city. Describe the new neighbourhood, comparing it to the one you have just left.
The delivery boy was requested to bring the parcel the next day. (Rewrite using direct speech)
The ailing company was taken________by the government.
Fill in the blank with an appropriate word:
He should not get ……… with such rudeness.
The Principal said, “All the prizes will be distributed tomorrow.”
(Begin : The Principal said that ……………. )
Last night’s dinner was cooked for us by father.
(Begin : Father …………… )
Mrs. Kumar has been a teacher for thirty years. She will now retire.
Give reasons for the following.
What were the results of the CT scan?
Given below is an interesting combination of words. Explain why they have been used together.
dark-bellied clouds
Identify the words in the advertisement that gave away the fact that it was placed by John Garrideb.
The author is a humorist
a. How does the story reflect his sense of humour?
b. What makes his lady friend remark - 'You are quite a humorist'?
c. Give instances of the author's ability to laugh at himself.
Your teacher will speak the word given below. Write against two new words that rhyme with it.
bed ______ ______
The word ‘round’ usually means a kind of shape. What is its meaning in the story?
State whether the following statement is true or false. Correct the false statement.
Hero-worship leads to dictatorship.
Compose 8 to 10 lines. Narrate an incident in your life without using any rhyming pattern.
Write the poem ‘Cherry Tree’ in the form of a story.
Complete the tabular columns to specify Dos and Don’ts associated with the 'Expansion of Ideas'.
| Expansion of Ideas | |
| Dos | Don’ts |
| (i) Begin impressively | (i) Do not go off-track |
| (ii) | (ii) |
| (iii) | (iii) |
| (iv) | (iv) |
Convert the stories into dialogues and read the dialogues aloud in the class.
Pick outlines from the poem that help create images of the following in our mind and write them in the table.
| No. | Old Woman | The Street | Schoolboys |
| 1. | |||
| 2. | |||
| 3. |
Gather information on any one of the following by talking to your elders, family members, and from other sources in your mother tongue and write a short note on it in English.
A special type of embroidery
Write a letter to your Class Teacher or the Principal of your school to make the following request.
Your school library subscribes to a few newspapers. Your class wants old issues of the newspapers for some educational activity in the classroom. You are required to make cuttings / news clipping. Therefore, the papers cannot be returned to the library but you will use them in a responsible manner. Use the format of a formal letter given below.
Write a paragraph and give an appropriate title to it. Use the following points.
| Birds and Animals | Love and Affection |
| Loyal | Our Best Friends |
| Serve us | Protection and Security |
| Kindness, honesty, compassion | Do not hurt or destroy us |
| Loneliness Avoided | |
Discuss in groups the procedure of planting a tree. Write the steps in bullet points and present them before the class.
- ______
- ______
- ______
- ______
Work in groups and discuss. Then write a diary entry in about 60-80 words describing your feelings and emotions for the given situation.
Imagine, you are Pongo.
Your feelings and emotions when you came back and found the oranges gone.
You find it tough to learn a new language ______
Create a poster for the following.
You are Sita/ Sudhan. Design a poster in not more than 50 words to focus on not wasting water. Be creative.
Draft Letter for the following
You are Sudha. Your neighbour has a pet dog that barks continuously. Write a letter to the Editor of a weekly newspaper of your locality, highlighting the nuisance and noise pollution created thus. Also, suggest ways to solve the problem.
Make the children write their own story. The following questions will help them to write. Ask them to gather information from their parents before writing and to give a title.
- When were you born?
- Where were you born?
- What is your father’s name and what is he?
- What is your mother’s name and what is she?
- What is your birth order?
- Do you have any nickname, if yes, reason for that?
- An interesting incident that happened in your life.
Do you want to try to write your own paragraph now?
Write a paragraph on Monkey.
- ______
- ______
- ______
- ______
- ______
Fill up the withdrawal form to withdraw Rs.200 from your Savings Account.
Use the option to fill in the blank.
The flowers ______kept in a vase.
What does each of the following mean in the story? Choose the right option.
plainclothes man:
Why did she call herself ‘lucky’?
What made her feel confident about the competitive players? Explain.
How was she felicitated on her return to India?
Rearrange the sentences given below and write a summary of the story in a paragraph. Begin with:
Philip Sletherby was travelling by train to Brill Manor.
- The young man introduced himself as Bertie, the son of Saltpen Jago.
- Bertie needed three pounds desperately and asked Sletherby to lend it to him.
- All the time Sletherby was gazing at the door panel of the car, on which were the two crests – a demi-lion and a greyhound courant.
- He was received by Claude People. K.C., who had kept on talking about various things.
- Bertie had left his purse behind, after sealing an envelope with the crest on the purse.
- Bertie stated that it was the Jago crest. He further added that his mother’s hair was dark brown similar to his.
- While describing the appearance of Honario Saltpen-Jago, K.C. referred to her altered hairstyle.
- Sletherby realized that Bertie had not lied to him, but that he had mistaken him for fraud.
- He explained that the Saltpen crest was that of a demi-lion.
- Sletherby sat dumbstruck on learning that Mrs. Honario Saltpen Jago had changed her dark brown hair to a blonde, just five weeks ago.
- Sletherby pointed out to him that his mother’s letter had a greyhound courant crest.
- His companion in the train was a young man who was searching for something frantically
- Suspecting foul play, Sletherby did not give him any money, as he knew Mrs. Saltpen-Jago was a blonde.
Now, refer to a dictionary and match the professions with their relevant job descriptions.
| A | B |
| 1. pathologist | studies languages and their structure |
| 2. ornithologist | studies atmosphere, weather and climate |
| 3. entomologist | studies the matter that constitutes the earth |
| 4. archaeologist | studies earthquakes |
| 5. sociologist | studies reptiles and amphibians |
| 6. geologist | studies functioning of human society |
| 7. linguist | studies artefacts and physical remains |
| 8. seismologist | studies birds |
| 9. herpetologist | studies insects |
| 10. meteorologist | studies diseases |
You have had to shift to a new house recently. Write a letter to your grandmother telling her what you miss about your old house. Tell her also what you like about your new house and what you plan to do to make it comfortable for yourself.
Imagine someone has invited your family to a programme and you were the only person at home when the invitation was given orally. Write a note (4-5 lines) to pass on the message to the other people in your family. Or, Write an imaginary conversation in which you pass on the message to your parents.
