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Share your opinions/ feelings with your partner about a stranger who has a villainous look/appearance.

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अध्याय 1.5: Mrs. Adis - Ice Breakers [पृष्ठ ४३]

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बालभारती English Yuvakbharati [English] Standard 11 Maharashtra State Board
अध्याय 1.5 Mrs. Adis
Ice Breakers | Q 1. (i) | पृष्ठ ४३

संबंधित प्रश्न

Form groups and use the following topic for discussion. Take the help of your college library and your teacher.

Freedom of speech


You are visiting the primary school where you studied classes I to IV, after six years. You get a chance to go to your standard two classrooms and you are permitted to sit at the same place where you used to sit.

Describe your feelings at that time.


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.

Deliver a short speech for about five minutes on the following.

Imagine what will happen if all the trees in the earth disappear. Discuss with your friends and share it with your classmates.


Identify the character or speaker of the following line.

She stood petrified with astonishment peering over her glasses.


Identify the character or speaker of the following line.

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


When I was a little boy ______,


As a child I spent my free time ______.


Prepare a welcome address on the occasion of Republic day celebration.


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.

When we report a universal truth (something that is always true)


What qualities do you gain by doing art or craft?


Read the story board and take roles as pilot and flight attendants to enact the scene.

Inflight Passenger Announcements


Answer the following

Identify the rhyme scheme of the given short poem.

My dog likes bones,
He eats them up,
He’s very sweet,
He’s just a pup.


Work in pairs. Take turns and speak about spices.

Saritha Saritha: Hi Divya, how are you?
Divya Hi, I’m fine Saritha.
Saritha What did you have for breakfast?
Divya ______ with onion chutney.
Saritha Do ______ onions ______?
Divya ______ Central Asia.
Saritha Do you know chilli too has come from somewhere else?
Divya Is it from______?
Saritha Yes______right.
Divya Many of the ______ came ______.

Change the following into Indirect Speech.

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


Change the following into Indirect Speech.

“Run away, children,” said their mother.


Change the following into Indirect Speech.

He said, “Daughter, take my golden jug, and fetch me some water from the Well.”


Change the following into Direct Speech.

Nevin asked his father when the next letter would come.


Sherlyn receives a postcard from her friend Pushpa who is holidaying in Sri Lanka. She calls her friend Galen and tells him what Pushpa has written. Help her by filling in the blanks, using reported speech.

Hello, Galen Today I received a postcard from Pushpa. Remember I had told you that She has gone to Sri Lanka on a holiday? Well, she has written from Colombo. She has written that ____________ Orphanage. It ____________ elephants. She said that it is the biggest herd of elephants in the world that is living under human supervision. She also added that she ____________ because ____________. The Elephant Orphanage ____________ . She said that ____________ national park. She ____________ next week and added that ____________ then.


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 speaker.

S.No. Lines from the lesson Speaker
1 “Do you do anything other than eating?"  
2 “Are you feeling unwell?”  
3 “I don’t have a camera phone “  
4 “I told you I am thirteen, the same age as you."  
5 “You are a brave pair!”  

Name the character or speaker.

“Are you alright?”


Name the character or speaker.

“Wake up. Your ship is ready.”


Name the character or speaker.

“Let me try pulling this lever.”


See how they speak at this situation and practise as if you were in that situation.


Pick and support any one of the three daughters. Say some sentences for the one you support and say some sentences against the other two to win.

I support the first daughter because ....... I support the second daughter because ....... I support the third daughter because .......

Imagine you are Mowgli. Which animal would you befriend? What kind of adventure would you like in the forest? Make use of the hints below to talk about it.

  • Hi, I’m Mowgli. The only human being living in the jungle.
  • I have been raised by a pack of wolves, in an Indian forest.
  • I go and hunt with my friends for food.
  • My close buddy is a ______.
  • His/ Her name is______.
  • He/ She guides and accompanies me ______.
  • We enjoy loitering in the jungle by ______.
  • The jungle where we live is______.
  • On the whole, I am ______.

Speak and win.

Collect more information about Jaswant Singh and the incidents and deliver a speech in your class.

Good morning everyone. Now I am going to speak about Jaswant Singh ______

I have a robot______ and tall.


The Maharaja was a wise man and ordered the cook to use the vegetable scraps instead of throwing them away.

  • Name some of the things which are thrown away at home or in school.
  • Sit in groups of four and think of interesting ways in which they can be made useful.
  • Put up your findings on the class board.

A boy and a girl are talking about their holidays.


The people who live in cities often wish they could live in quiet towns. Do you like the place you live in?

Tell your partner two things you like and don't like about the place you live in.


Now write a paragraph about your teacher with the information you have gathered.
My Teacher


Using the following clues write about yourself in the space below — name, place you live in, physical features, habits, likes and dislikes, etc.


Betty bought a bit of butter,

But the bit of butter that Betty bought was bitter.

So Betty bought some better butter,

To make the bitter butter better.


What does ‘features’ mean? Look up the dictionary. What are the different kinds of features of people we come across in the world? Discuss.


Some letter are missing in each word.

tr __ __ s


Some letter are missing in each word.

t ______ ch


Some letter are missing in each word.

b ______ p


Now add more words with and and put them inside the bubbles.


Say these words and feel what your tongue does when you say –

toe, top, tie, ten


Don’t Give Up

If you keep on going
And never stop,
You can keep on going,
You can make it to the top.
Life is full of mountains,
Some are big and some are small,
But if you don’t give up
You can overcome them all.
So keep on going
Try not to stop,
When you keep on going
You can make it to the top.

Look at the picture and describe it. Why do you think the boy is happy?


Have you seen

  1. a hippopotamus in a hat?
  2. a hen in a beehive?
  3. a helicopter with hair?
  4. a horse drink honey?

Tick (✓) the words which end with the sound id. Say each word aloud

accepted  
answered  
irritated  
failed  
completed  
challenged  
cried  
surprised  
find  
licked  
celebrated  
fried  

What do you think the naughty boy would see in India? 


Have you been to another place recently? What is it like? How is it different from your own place?


In a group, mime an activity (picnic, fair/mela, cricket match, etc.) which you enjoy. The rest of the class should guess the activity and say whether it is done in a group/alone.


Build a conversation of eight to ten sets of exchanges , with your grandmother, discussing the incidents that happened in your school that day.


As a friend of the narrator, describe how you would have behaved at the auction.


Speaking Activity

Based on your understanding of the play ‘The Never – Never Nest’, organise a classroom debate on the topic: ‘Is Equated Monthly Instalment Scheme - a boon or bane to middle-class families?’


Build a conversation for the following situation with a minimum of five exchange.

A father and his daughter about the advantages of the habit of newspaper reading.


‘ A friend in need is a friend indeed’. Does this hold good in all situations? Share your views with your class.


Have you ever been on an adventurous trip? If so, share your success story with your friends.


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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