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प्रश्न
Refer to a standard dictionary and find out the meaning of the following word:
Reported speech
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उत्तर
Reported speech: Means of expressing statements or questions without using the speaker’s exact words.
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Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) must be installed in every classroom.
Give your views, either for or against this statement.
Your friend has not fared well in the recent examinations. Write a letter to him/her expressing your concern. Give him/her some advice on how to score better marks and offer to help him/her to improve his/her performance.
Is there any significance of the logs of wood in the hands of the six people?
How has Dahl used personification in his poem?
What impression do you get of the children after reading the poem?
What do ‘trade winds’ and ‘fat worms’ symbolise?
Can the poem be taken as interpretation of human fickleness?
What lesson do you learn from this poem?
Besides being an amusing tale about a failure to communicate the story “A Horse and Two Goats” makes some crucial points also. Justify.
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?
Discuss with reference to the story An Angel in Disguise how love has the power to transform.
What makes Margot different from the other children? Why does this cause the other children dislike Margot?
You are the captain of your college cricket team. You have your final match on Sunday. Your teammates are nervous. Prepare a speech motivating them to face the challenge courageously. (About 100 words)
Fill in the blank with an appropriate word:
Joan jumped ………. the river to rescue the child.
Join the following sentence to make one complete sentence without using and, but or so.
Mumbai is densely populated. It is one of the major cities in the country.
The tree grew at a dangerous slant and had to be cut ________
The constellation Orion is associated with the legend of Osiris, the god of the afterlife.
Find out the astronomical descriptions and legends associated with the following.
(i) Ursa Major (saptarishi mandala)
(ii) Polaris (Dhruva tara)
(iii) Pegasus (winged horse)
(iv) Sirius (The dog star)
(v) Gemini (Mithuna)
Below is a topic for essay writing. Follow the steps listed above to write on these topics.
Those who can bear all can dare all
Discuss in groups of four.
Laws are never respected not enforced in India.
Make a list of words which are spelled differently in American and British English.
A short report announcing the death of a person in a newspaper is called an 'obituary'. Where would you find the following
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a citation |
an epitaph |
a glossary |
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an abstract |
a postscript |
A handicraft exhibition is being organized in your college. You are given the task to compere the inaugural function. Write the script for comparing.
Multiple Choice Question:
What made them fall Out?
Use the phrase in a sentence of your own, after finding out its meaning.
carry on
Fill in the blanks in the paragraph below with words from the box.
| huge | big | foolish | interesting | tiny | unlucky | last |
There was a ___________ Eid fair in our village. We could buy anything from a
____________ toy to a ____________ camel. I went to the fair on its ___________ day with Uncle and Bhaiya. We went to the Lucky Shop. It was
very____________ . I tried my luck but did not win any prize. Later, Uncle told me that I was more ___________ than___________ .
Find out more career opportunities in the field of agriculture, organic farming, sales, storage, distribution, and marketing research.
| Educational qualifications | Job opportunities | Work Profile |
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| 2. | ||
| 3. | ||
| 4. |
Discuss with your partner and choose the correct alternative.
‘Government of the people, by the people and for the people, shall not perish from the earth’. This famous statement is made by - ______________________.
State whether the following statement is true or false. Correct the false statement.
Hero-worship leads to dictatorship.
The person who makes mistake or commits crime should be punished because _________________.
- _______________________________
- _______________________________
- _______________________________
- _______________________________
Prompt reporting is of strategic importance during a war. explain it.
You have studied the lesson 'The Call of the Soil' from prose 1.3. Compare 'Cherry Tree' with 'The Call of the Soil' and find out the element of the joy of nurturing for the author and the poet.
Write a summary of the poem using the following points:
- Title
- Introductory paragraph (about the poem, type, nature, tone)
- Main body (central idea, the gist of the poem)
- Conclusion (opinion, views, appeal)
Complete the following sentences.
The factors that have made 'The Jungle Book' a great movie are - _________________.
- It's a fantasy world of wonder.
- _____________________________
- _____________________________
- _____________________________
Write what you think about the following thoughts and actions of Mathilde :
Mathilde and her husband paid off the debt in ten years.
Think and write in your own words.
If you were in the traveller’s place, which road would you choose? Justify your choice.
Say ‘WHY’?
Men declaring that they are Saints write letters to the writer.
Speech development
- Content
- Greeting and introduction of the topic
- Exposition of main theme/clarity of message/organised thoughts and ideas.
- Moral and practical application with examples.
- Conclusion
- Speaking Presentation
- Verbal clarity- pronunciation of words, voice modulation and projection.
- Presentation/Speaking style - mannerism, audience eye contact, ability to keep the audience engaged.
- Confidence - gestures and expressions, stage courage
- Useful phrases and vocabulary
- It’s pleasure to see you all/I am happy to see you today/It’s good to see you all here.
- Today’s topic is .........../My talk is about ........... My topic is ...........
- The purpose/aim of this speech.
- I will focus on one/two/three major issues.
- If you have any question, feel free to ask me.
How can you prove this maxim to be incorrect - ‘Too many cooks spoil the broth’. Write a counterview on the given topic. (Clue - Teamwork)
On seeing these pictures, you would have gone down your memory lane. Write a paragraph in about 50 words describing your favourite sport when you were young.
Write a complaint to the officer of the PWD department to take immediate actions of maintaining cleanliness in the Children’s Park in your locality.
You are waiting for your exam results. ______
Now complete the following suitably.
________ the teacher walked into the room.
You woke up one morning and found yourself in the land of dwarfs!
Write a paragraph describing your experiences there and how you got back home finally. You may begin like this.
Everything around me looked different. ______
What did Hiawatha love?
Give another word from the story that means
| completed | |
| surprised | |
| strange | |
| make up your mind |
Sit in groups of five. Now, each student will tell a story. Decide which story was the best and declare a or of the group.
As young Khushwant Singh, write a letter to your parents describing your daily routine expressing your thoughts and feelings about staying in the village.
Bob’s life in the West was not a bed of roses. Give reasons.
Who were the patients waiting for?
How did Woman 5 move ahead in the waiting list of patients?
The narrator was frustrated as ______.
For what purpose did Aunt Jane wish to use the cheque given by Aunt Jane?
How does the play ‘The Never – Never Nest’ expose the harsh reality of modern living?
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.
Write a composition in approximately 350 – 400 words on the following subject:
(You are reminded that you will be rewarded for orderly and coherent presentation of material, use of appropriate style and general accuracy of spelling, punctuation, and grammar.)
Write an original short story entitled: ‘The Missed Call’.
Life is a series of choices that we make every day. Narrate an incident when you had to make a difficult choice. Elaborate on the positive impact it had on you.
Write a composition on humor.
What might success mean to the following people? Think about it and write.
A politician
The following are the different steps in a drama/play. They are in a mixed-up order. Rearrange them in ‘a’ proper order. Just write the order numbers in brackets.
- Characters Enter
- Climax
- Curtain opens
- Action begins
- Scene of the play
- Curtain closes
- Finale (Final outcome)
- Interaction of characters
Write points and counterpoints on the following topic:
You should study all subjects in your mother tongue
