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प्रश्न
Why should we not cut trees?
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उत्तर
We should not cut trees because trees give us many things such as fruit, fuel, valuable timber, medicines etc. They give us cool shade in summer. They purify air which we breathe.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Form groups and use the following topic for discussion. Take the help of your college library and your teacher.
Need for democracy
Figures of speech
Assonance: Repetition of similar vowel sounds in the neighbouring words
(e.g.) ‘T is the prettiest little parlour that ever you did spy; Pick out one more instance from the poem.
Figures of speech
Consonance: Repetition of similar consonant sounds in the neighbouring words.
(e.g.) It's the prettiest little parlour that ever you did spy; Pick out one more instance of consonance from the poem.
Identify the character or speaker of the following line.
‘That is, I believe they do.’
When I was a little boy ______,
On the first day of school ______.
Can you do an art work or a craft work on your own?
Identify the poetic lines where the following figures of speech are employed and complete the tabular column.
| Figure of speech | Meaning | Lines |
| Synecdoche | A figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa. e.g. “The Western wave was all a-flame. ” The “Western wave” is a synecdoche as it refers to the sea by the name of one of its parts i.e. wave. |
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| Paradox |
A figure of speech in which a statement appears to contradict itself. e.g. To bring peace we must war. Be cruel to be kind. |
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| Onomatopoeia |
A figure of speech wherein the word imitates the sound associated with the object it refers to. e.g. Pitter-patter, pitter-patter Raindrops on my pane. |
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| Rhetorical Questions |
A figure of speech in the form of a question that is asked to make a point rather than to elicit an answer. e.g. And what is so rare as a day in June? |
Change the following into Indirect Speech.
“Take off your hat,” the king said to the Hatter.
Change the following into Indirect Speech.
He said, “Daughter, take my golden jug, and fetch me some water from the Well.”
Identify a sentence and a phrase which tells us that the story took place in summer.
See how they speak at this situation and practise as if you were in that situation.
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 ______ |
See how they speak at this situation and practise as if you were in that situation.
Let us learn to enact the story.
Lots of things must have happened in the village when Rip was away. Imagine you are the neighbour who greets Rip after 20 years. One student should act as Rip. Tell Rip about all that had happened in the village after he left.
(Talk about what happened to his family, to his friends, to the other villagers, to the children he played with, the change in the village, etc. your teacher will guide you.)
You may start this way: Guess what happened on the day you left. When you did not come home in the evening, your wife ………
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 is the word that starts with 'c' , rhymes with ‘near’ and ‘fear’, and means easy to see, hear and understand?
Pick out the silent letters from these words
| silent letter | |
| hour | |
| knit | |
| wrong | |
| doubt | |
| often | |
| know | |
| night | |
| could | |
| write | |
| knife | |
| high | |
| walk |
Given below are a few proverb. Prepare a short speech of two minutes on one of the proverb.
Nothing is impossible.
