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How could you improve your score ?
How could you improve your score ? Also reflect on the ways in which the waste produced in carrying out some of the activities above is disposed of
My Ecological Footprint
Worksheet: How could you improve your score ?
What changes could you make in your daily activities at school and at home to improve your score ? Use the table below to write down ways of using less energy, less water and making less waste.
| Use Less Energy | Use Less Water | Make Less Waste |
| Turn off the light when there is no one in the classroom or bedroom (a) | Don’t leave the water running when brushing (b) | Put the rubbish in the recycling bins (c) |
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Kishore stayed with a family during his holiday. As Kishore, write a letter to your parents using the information given below. You will also have to use appropriate determiners in your letter.
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Karan Awasthi: 26, hotel manager (five star hotel), recently married, lives in Gurgaon Wife: Nayantara, fashion designer, post graduate from Delhi University Shared interests: reading and music, enjoy films together, Karan likes to travel, so does Nayantara. Not happy with present house, plan to move, seen houses but not yet decided. Planning holiday - Ranikhet and Ramgarh.
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Determiners with countable and uncountable nouns
Add a suitable noun to each of the following determiners in the box below.
| a............ both............. few................. much.............. all............... each............ little ............ neither................ an.............. either.............. many ............... no............. another............... enough .............. more .............. any .............. every........... most........... several............... one.............. some............. two(etc).............. a lot of ............. |
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Look at the photograph given below. This is The Three Stooges, a bizarre rock formation that can be found in Goblin Valley. There are some exceptionally unique rock formations all over the world.
A. Why do you feel such geological structures should be preserved?
(a) _______________________________________
(b) _______________________________________
(c) _______________________________________
6 What are the threats to such structures ?
(a) ________________________________________
(b) _______________________________________
(c) _______________________________________
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The following paragraph has not been edited. (There is one error or omission in each line). The errors have been underlined and the omissions marked with a '/'. Write your corrections in the space provided. The first correction has been done as an example.
The area of/ Atlantic Ocean south of Florida the
has been an tricky one for travellers. --------
In the days of sail, ships crossing / area ---------
often found themselves becalmed for/ periods. ---------
To save drinking water, more horses on board ----------
would be thrown into / sea. ----------
Nevertheless, any sailors died of thirst. -----------
One of/ unique sea-going mysteries ever, -----------
an 103-foot sailing ship was found floating, -----------
abandoned with the life-boat missing. -----------
In the last 100 years much than 50 ships ------------
and 20 aeroplanes have disappeared in the Bermuda triangle. ------------
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Determiners with countable and uncountable nouns
Now get into groups of four, compare your answers, and decide which of
the determiners can be used with
..................................... countable nouns only
.................................... uncountable nouns only
........................................... both countable and uncountable nouns
Fill in the table below as you do this activity
| Countable (C) | Uncountable (U) | Both (C) and (U) |
| a pen | some water | some pens / some water |
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Read the dialogue and fill in the blanks by using words which will help to make the meaning clear.
A. ( 1) ___ two chairs look so shabby. Don't you think we need to get a
(2) ................ of new ones?
B. We'll talk about it a (3)................ later, I have (4) ................important piece of work to complete tonight. I can't spare (5) ................time right now.
A. I saw (6)................ exquisite chair at 'WOODCRAFT'. I think they would fit beautifully in (7) ................drawing-room.
B. WOODCRAFT! It is (8) ................most expensive show-room in town.
A But they have authentic teak furniture, or we could choose (9)................set of chairs in rosewood; (10) ................idea may be to buy some cane chairs. B. I guess it would be useful to spend a ( 11) ................ more on furniture which would last for ( 12) ................years.
A. So, when can you spare a (13)................ hours to visit WOODCRAFf with me?
B. We could go ( 14) ................ Saturday or Sunday.
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Choose the appropriate option from the box to complete the given sentence.
1 have been to ______ [a/ the ] doctor, whose name appeared in the New York Times.
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The box below contains ten words from the passage. Use them appropriately to fill the blank in the sentence that follow :
While food production has shown only marginal improvement, the demand for food grains, vegetables and fruits has registered an ______ growth the world over, forcing governments to initiate urgent measures to establish a balance between supply and demand.
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The box below contains ten words from the passage. Use them appropriately to fill the blank in the sentence that follow :
To construct the ______ structure, the builder had to use enormous quantities of concrete.
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The box below contains ten words from the passage. Use them appropriately to fill the blank in the sentence that follow :
When he returned from the office, he ______ himself in an armchair and asked for a cup of tea.
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Choose the appropriate option from the box to complete the given sentence.
l had left _____I [ the/ my] green shirt on the bed, but l can't find it now.
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The box below contains ten words from the passage. Use them appropriately to fill the blank in the sentence that follow :
When the teacher saw a student perched ______ on the branch of a tree, she asked him to climb down immediately.
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The box below contains ten words from the passage. Use them appropriately to fill the blank in the sentence that follow :
The newly appointed office assistant earned the praise of her colleagues for the ______ with which she completed the tasks assigned to her.
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The box below contains ten words from the passage. Use them appropriately to fill the blank in the sentence that follow :
The new office building was ______ with its bright and fashionable exterior.
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The box below contains ten words from the passage. Use them appropriately to fill the blank in the sentence that follow :
The pensioner did not get his dues in time on account of the ______ of the officials.
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The box below contains ten words from the passage. Use them appropriately to fill the blank in the sentence that follow :
The land ______ the post office was procured by the authorities for expanding the building that housed it.
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Choose the appropriate option from the box to complete the given sentence.
Is there ____1 [ the/ a ] fitness centre near your house ?
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The box below contains ten words from the passage. Use them appropriately to fill the blank in the sentence that follow :
Merchants stock up on goods during festival seasons to meet the ______ demand and declare discounts when the sales slacken.
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Given below is a picture of a beautiful scene you saw on your trip to Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. Write an email to your friend Harsh, in Bangalore, describing the scene. To help you write your e-mail, firs match the determiners in the box with items from the picture. (X indicates that the word does not require a determiner.) Apart from the determiners given in the box, you can also use other suitable determiners.
two, three (etc), an, a, the, several, many, very little, every, each, X
.......... mango groves
............. ghats
............. riverganga
...............prayer flags
.............. ascetics
............ boats
............. tourists
............ temples
............. devotees
............ team of security officials
.............. sand
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