Balbharati solutions for इंग्लिश कुमारभारती [अंग्रेजी] कक्षा १० महाराष्ट्र राज्य बोर्ड chapter 2.5 - Let’s March [Latest edition]

Observe the pictures and answer.

1. Main difference between the two images
2. Change required
3. Your contribution as a student to help and make a difference to needy children.

Put a right or wrong

A good speech delivered requires the following characteristic.

Well planned and thoughts well-organized.

Put a right or wrong

A good speech delivered requires the following characteristic.

Delivered softly and in a low voice.

Put a right or wrong

A good speech delivered requires the following characteristic.

Speaker need not greet the dignitaries and audience.

Put a right or wrong

A good speech delivered requires the following characteristic.

Language used should be suitable to the audience.

Put a right or wrong

A good speech delivered requires the following characteristic.

Speech should be of a proper duration.

Put a right or wrong

A good speech delivered requires the following characteristic.

Speaker should be passive, and have no facial expressions.

Put a right or wrong

A good speech delivered requires the following characteristic.

Speech should be supported by good examples/episodes/visual aids. (where possible)

Put a right or wrong

A good speech delivered requires the following characteristic.

Speaker should switch over from one language to another.

Read the expressions and insert them in the proper columns. Put the proper expression numbers in the right column.

Expressions:

1. Imagine! After ten years, what will happen?
2. Let me begin, today, by sharing my own experience.
3. Honourable Chief Guest ....., eminent dignitaries, ladies and gentlemen.
4.  I don’t understand why we accept this issue so passively.
5. I am Adarsh Birajdar, (designation) standing before you .....
6. A renowned personality (name) says “.....”
7. Good morning, to one and all present today.
8. I express my deep gratitude to the organisers of this event/function .....
9. Let me give you an example .....
10. Thank you all for a patient listening and your interest in my talk.
11. You must have noticed that .....
12. Before I conclude, I would like you to think over the fact that .....

With the help of your teacher and classmates make a list of as many Indian Nobel Laureates as you can. (You can use Internet or school library.)

Name the following.

The persons to whom Kailash Satyarthi gives the highest credit of his honour.

Name the following.

The greatest personalities from the land of Buddha

Name the following.

So called daughters of Kailash Satyarthi.

Name the following.

The foreign activists of equal rights, mentioned in the speech

Mention the social issues highlighted by Kailash Satyarthi in his speech. One social issue is given for you.

1. Child labour

Complete the following diagram/chart.

Complete the following web-chart.

Think and give your own response.

How can education help the deprived children and child labourers?

Think and give your own response.

Name any other social activist who has worked/is working earnestly for child-welfare. Write about his/her activities.

Think and give your own response.

What message does the little bird’s story of the forest fire convey to us? Explain.

Think and give your own response.

Besides the political freedom that our nation enjoys, what other freedom should it strive for? Say why.

Think and give your own response.

What is your impression of the acceptance speech given by Kailash Satyarthi, when he received the Nobel Prize? Write in 3 to 4 sentences.

Choose the correct option and write in front of the given word, to convey the exact meaning.

divinity : .............

Choose the correct option and write in front of the given word, to convey the exact meaning.

extremist : ............

Choose the correct option and write in front of the given word, to convey the exact meaning.

culminate : ............

Choose the correct option and write in front of the given word, to convey the exact meaning.

exploitation : .............

Choose the correct option and write in front of the given word, to convey the exact meaning.

mortality : .............

Choose the correct option and write in front of the given word, to convey the exact meaning.

dignity : .............

Pick out from the lesson the noun form of the following word:

dignified

Pick out from the lesson the noun form of the following word:

pacify

Pick out from the lesson the noun form of the following word:

pursue

Pick out from the lesson the noun form of the following word:

ignore

Pick out from the lesson the noun form of the following word:

poor

Pick out from the lesson the noun form of the following word:

divine

Pick out from the lesson the Verb form of:

democracy

Pick out from the lesson the Verb form of:

global

Pick out from the lesson the Verb form of:

hindrance

Pick out from the lesson the Verb form of:

resolution

Pick out from the lesson the Verb form of:

liberty

Pick out from the lesson the Verb form of:

service

Use the following word as a noun as well as a verb and make meaningful sentences with each set, in your notebook.

march

Use the following word as a noun as well as a verb and make meaningful sentences with each set, in your notebook.

honour

Use the following word as a noun as well as a verb and make meaningful sentences with each set, in your notebook.

credit

Use the following word as a noun as well as a verb and make meaningful sentences with each set, in your notebook.

stitch

Write minimum 4 hidden words of more than 4 letters from - ‘intergovernmental’.

Make a meaningful sentence by using the following phrase in your notebook.

in the pursuit of

Make a meaningful sentence by using the following phrase in your notebook.

be afraid of

Make a meaningful sentence by using the following phrase in your notebook.

give up

Pick from the lesson the antonyms of:

ignorance × ............

Pick from the lesson the antonyms of:

immortality × ...............

Pick from the lesson the antonyms of:

deny × ............

Pick from the lesson the antonyms of:

violence × ..........

Pick from the lesson the antonyms of:

well-known × ............

Pick from the lesson the antonym of

slavery × ...........

What will you do in the following situation?

If you see a child working in a restaurant

What will you do in the following situation?

If you find a child working at a construction site.

What will you do in the following situation?

If you find a child working at a brickwork site.

What will you do in the following situation?

If you come across a beggar child.

Write any 2 efforts that you can make to enrol deprived children/out of school children into a school. One is given for you.

1. I will persuade parents of such children to send them to school.

Say whether the following sentence is Assertive (Statements), Imperative (Commands, Requests, etc.), Interrogative (Questions) or Exclamatory (Exclamations).

The Mantra carries a prayer.

Say whether the following sentence is Assertive (Statements), Imperative (Commands, Requests, etc.), Interrogative (Questions) or Exclamatory (Exclamations).

Is the world so poor?

Say whether the following sentence is Assertive (Statements), Imperative (Commands, Requests, etc.), Interrogative (Questions) or Exclamatory (Exclamations).

Kill not your children because of poverty.

Say whether the following sentence is Assertive (Statements), Imperative (Commands, Requests, etc.), Interrogative (Questions) or Exclamatory (Exclamations).

Let’s walk together.

Say whether the following sentence is Assertive (Statements), Imperative (Commands, Requests, etc.), Interrogative (Questions) or Exclamatory (Exclamations).

What can one person do?

Say whether the following sentence is Assertive (Statements), Imperative (Commands, Requests, etc.), Interrogative (Questions) or Exclamatory (Exclamations).

We have made progress.

Say whether the following sentence is Assertive (Statements), Imperative (Commands, Requests, etc.), Interrogative (Questions) or Exclamatory (Exclamations).

How utterly we have failed our children!

Say whether the following sentence is Assertive (Statements), Imperative (Commands, Requests, etc.), Interrogative (Questions) or Exclamatory (Exclamations).

What a big challenge it is!

Rewrite the following sentence as Assertive (statement).

Why didn’t you come earlier?

Rewrite the following sentence as Assertive (statement).

How frightened their eyes look!

Rewrite the following sentence as Assertive (statement).

How angry it makes me!

Rewrite the following sentence as Assertive (statement).

Should I accept such shackles of slavery?

Rewrite the following sentence as Assertive (statement).

What can one person do?

Observe the following underlined phrases. Here ‘have/has’ are followed by the past participle form of the verb. This construction indicates the present perfect tense. Find more such sentences from the text.

1. We have made progress in the last couple of decades.
2. We have prevented millions of child deaths.
3. It has happened.

In the following sentences the underlined words are called infinitives. Find such examples from the speech and underline the infinitives.

1. Every child is free to grow.
2. I refuse to accept that all the laws and constitutions, police and judges are unable to protect our children.

Complete the following sentence with the help of the sentence given below.

The biggest challenge knocking on the doors of human kind is fear and intolerance.

No other challenge knocking ______ as big as ______.

Complete the following sentence with the help of the sentence given below.

The biggest challenge knocking on the doors of human kind is fear and intolerance.

Fear and intolerance are bigger ______.

Complete the following sentence with the help of the sentence given below.

The Nobel Prize is one of the greatest honours in the world.

Very few honours ______.

Complete the following sentence with the help of the sentence given below.

The Nobel Prize is one of the greatest honours in the world.

The Nobel Prize is greater than ______.

Match the sentences given in part ‘A’ with the sentences given in part ‘B’.

Note the differences in structure.

You might have observed that the sentence in Part A is in the passive voice while the sentence in Part B is in the active voice. Now change the following sentence into the passive voice.

We can do it.

You might have observed that the sentence in Part A is in the passive voice while the sentence in Part B is in the active voice. Now change the following sentence into the passive voice.

Her angry question still shakes me.

You might have observed that the sentence in Part A is in the passive voice while the sentence in Part B is in the active voice. Now change the following sentence into the passive voice.

Governments must make child-friendly policies.

You might have observed that the sentence in Part A is in the passive voice while the sentence in Part B is in the active voice. Now change the following sentence into the passive voice.

His answer made me angry.

Imagine your school invites Malala to preside over ‘Children’s Day’ celebration programme. Draft a welcome speech for this guest of honour. Gather information about her from Internet or your school library. While drafting a speech the following points should be kept in mind.

1. Greeting and salutation
2. Self introduction and introduction of the topic
3. A catchy thought/piece of news/short episode, to start with
4. Body of the speech supported with related examples and episodes
5. Conclusion