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Complete the following conditional sentences using the clues given.
If your claims are in order, ......................... (get a refund -possibility)
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Complete the following conditional sentences using the clues given.
If you've completed your project, .................................. (leave at oncepermission)
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Complete the following conditional sentences using the clues given.
........................................... , if you want me to give you good marks.
(improve/ handwriting-command)
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Complete the following conditional sentences using the clues given.
If you meet my sister, ___________ ? (you/ ask/ her/ call/
me- request)
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Based on your reading of the article above, answer the following question :
What evidence does the author provide to Support his view that our efforts to attract foreign tourists have been unsuccessful ?
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Based on your reading of the article above, answer the following question :
What, according to you, may be the reasons for such a bleak scenario ?
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Based on your reading of the article above, answer the following question :
What is the shift in tourism policy recommended by the author ? What are his arguments for such a shift ?
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Study the table below and notice how the words of comparison are used.
| Example | Notes |
| These mangoes are sweeter than those. Ramesh Krishnan can run faster than Leander. | -er for adjectives and adverbs of one syllable. |
| The Hero Honda is a more expensive motorcycle than the Kawasaki Bajaj. White rice cooks more guickly than brown. | more ..... than for adjectives and adverbs of two or more syllables |
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The sponge soaked up the water and became heavier. Govind is happier than he used to be. The red dress is nearly as good as the blue. The President is the same age as the Prime Minister. |
Adjectives of two syllables ending in -y take -ier form Comparison with as ... as Expresses eguality (or near eguality with words such as nearly. almost. about. etc. ) |
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Kiran is not as heavy as Amber. Swapna is not as 'fri.endly as her brother. Travelling by bus is less expensive fhan by train. Geetesh works less enthusiastically than his brother. |
We use not as+ adjective or adverb and less+ adjective or adverb. |
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Ice-cream tastes better than Lassi. Life in a village is worse than in a city. |
Irregular comparative form |
Have you noticed that the above examples have expressions like as ... as, more ... than, -er ... than, the ... -est or the most .... ? Why? Discuss with a partner.
The examples in the followin Example .
| Adjective | Comparative | Superlative |
| tall | tall{er) | all{est) |
| bright | bright(er) | brighter( est) |
| simple | simple(r) | simple( st) |
| clever | clever( er) | clever{ est) |
| happy | happi(er) | happi(est) |
| busy | busi(er) | busi(est) |
| beautiful | more beautiful | most beautiful |
| dangerous | more dangerous | most dangerous |
| good | better | best |
| well | better | best |
| bad | worse | worst |
| ill | worse | worst |
| old | elder/ older | eldest/ older |
| far | farther/ further | farthest/ furthest |
Write your conclusions here:
| Adjective | Comparative form | Superlative form |
| Single syllable adjectives | ||
| Adjectives of two syllables | ||
| Adjectives ending in 'y' | ||
| Adjectives of more than two syllables | ||
| Adjectives that do not have regular forms |
Now write six comparative sentences. Use the information in Table A.1 that you worked out with your partner.
Example : My partner is tallerthan me.
His family isn't as rich as mine.
1.__________________
2.__________________
3._________________
4._________________
5._________________
6._________________
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Based on your reading of the article above, answer the following question :
What are the two initiatives taken by Karnataka that signify marked change in its marketing strategy ?
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Work with your partner and fill in the table with information about yourselves. You may add other characteristics, if you like. When you have
finished, compare the results.
| Characteristics |
You (Write your name here:____ ) |
Your partner (Write his/her name here: _____) |
| • Height | ||
| • Weight | ||
| • Age (years and months) | ||
| • Hair | ||
| • Number of members in the family | ||
| • Distance of home from school | ||
| • _____ | ||
| • ______ |
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Based on your reading of the article above, answer the following question :
Why have Kerala’s tourism figures grown while those of some other states have remained static ?
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Based on your reading of the article above, answer the following question :
Why does the author say that we should now make efforts to attract the domestic traveller ? What are the areas that we should focus on to achieve it ?
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Based on your reading of the article above, answer the following question :
Why does the author say, “Clearly Tourism, like Charity, begins at home ?”
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Read this feature article in which the writer compares the treatment or
boys and girls. Complete the article by filling in the spaces with ONE appropriate word from the box given below. You may have to change the
form or the word you need to use and some words may have to be used more than once.
| than much few less as many |
For many parents, especially those who are poor and illiterate, a girl is a 'lesser child'. Doesn't it make you mad to know that girls aren't given an equal chance to be born? Though female infanticide was banned by law over a century ago, thousands of girls are killed before they are born orwhen they are babies.
Even the girls who are allowed to survive live with less of everything. ______ girls are sent to school _______ boys. They get _____ medical care, so _________girls die. Boys get _________nutritious food and also________ time to play.______ jobs are open to girls, and even if they are employed, they are not paid ________as boys. Most of all, they get ____ respect. They are not given as _______opportunities as boys tospeak out on matters that concern them. And yet a girl usually does twice as ___ work ___ a boy, not only in the house but also in the fields. This discrimination and bias must end, and end now! Can we count on your support?
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Read the imaginary situations given below and complete the sentence
that describes the situation in each case. One has been done for you as an
example.
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Example: You have always wanted to be the owner of a five-star hotel.What would you do if you won a million rupees? |
If I won a million rupees, I would build a five-star hotel. |
| 1 Shikha is in her farm-house. During her morning walk one day, she narrowly escapes being bitten by a snake. What do you think would happen if she was bitten by a snake? |
If Shikha was ________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ____________________________________-_ |
| 2 I have misplaced the book Ajay gave me on my birthday. I must find it. If I lost the book, how would Ajay feel? |
Ajay would ____________________________- _______________________________________ _______________________________________ _______________________________________ |
| 3 Mira might win an air-ticket to Europe.She has been dreaming of going to England. Where do you think you would go if you won an air-ticket? |
If I ____________________________________ _______________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________ |
| 4 Hema has gained weight. The doctor has advised her to do her exercises regularly. The doctor thinks: |
If she _________________________________ __________________________________________ ________________________________________ _______________________________________ |
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5 Delhi Textile Mill is planning to close down its factory. As a consequence, |
If ______________________________________ __________________________________________ ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ |
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6 Your friend Mani parks his scooter in the lane outside. You fear that it will |
What would you do _________________________________________ ___________________________________________ ______________________________________________ __________________________________________ |
Underline the pairs or verbs used in each or the sentences you have
written above. Now state below what tenses they are in.
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Work with your partner and list the names of magazines that you know.
| Name of Magazine |
Now make as may sentences as you can from the table below to express your own opinions about the magazines you have listed. Write your sentences in your notebook.
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I think
I don't think |
(name of a magazine)
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contains |
less more fewer as much as many |
information news pictures advertisements advice fun |
Than as |
(name of another magazine) |
Note: You may add more information if you like
When do we use (a) less than/ as much as and
When do we use (b) fewer than/ as many as?
Create some sentences, and try to work out the "rule".
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Complete the sentences below in the same pattem as in the example,
choosing the words from the box.
| If l were rich, I would open schools for small children. |
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• the Principal of my school |
1. If I were ____________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________
2. If I were __________________________________________
3. If I were ___________________________________________
4. If I were ___________________________________________
5. If I Were ___________________________________________
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It is necessary to study the following statistics and draw appropriate conclusions. Work in groups of four. Discuss the three figures in this section and the questions that follow each figure, and write notes to answer those questions. (Contrary to the recent trends, foreign tourists visiting Palwal Pradesh outnumber domestic tourists).
- What has been the general trend in the number of tourists visiting Palwal Pradesh over the last five years?
- Which groups have shown increases, and by how much?
- Suggest reasons for the changes over the last five years, for both groups of tourists.
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Compare the two rockets shown below and complete the paragraph which follows.
| Helios | Selene | |
| Height | 20 metres | 25 metres |
| Weight | 15 tonnes | 18 tonnes |
| Diameter | 1 metre | 1 metre |
| Date of first launch | 1993 | 1991 |
| Payload capacity | 1 tonne | 1.1 tonne |
| Range | 3000 kms | 2300 kms |
The Selene, first launched in 1991, is five metres ____ (height) and three tonnes.__________ (weight) _________the Helios. The diameter of the Helios is
_____ the Selene. However, the payload capacity of the Helios is 1 tonne, which is 0.1 tonne_________ the Selene. Interestingly, the Heliios has a range of 3000 km, which is 700km_________ the Selene
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write sentences using the ideas in the table below. You will need to match the items first.
| A | B |
| go/Walk | enough/Money |
| Write/Letter | Weather/Fine |
| go/Cinema | get/ticket |
| go/shopping | (not)go/out |
| Pass Exams | enough/work |
| I'll go for a walk if the weather is fine. |
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Underline the pair of verbs in each of the Conditional sentences you have
written above, and say which tense they are in.
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