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प्रश्न
Answer the following question briefly.
Who was the passenger of chair No. 9? What did he suddenly do?
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उत्तर
John A. Pescud was the passenger of chair No. 9. Suddenly he hurled a book on to the floor between his chair and the window. The book was named “The Rose Lady and Trevelyan”. It was one of the best-selling novels
of the present day.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Given below are five qualities that Charles Hooper displayed during his struggle for survival.
Get into groups of four. Each team will choose one quality to talk about to the whole class for about one minute. But before you talk you have two minutes to think about it. You can make notes if you wish.
Based on your reading of the story, answer the following question by choosing
the correct option.
The narrator says that John was "______ of the suff that heroes are not often lucky
enough to be made of." His tone is sarcastic because __________
Answer the following questions:
With many a curve my banks I fret’—What does the poet mean by this statement?
Answer the following questions:
What does the poet want to convey by using the words ‘steal’ and ‘slide’?
Answer the following question briefly.
Which road would you choose? Why?
Answer the following question.
Think about million little ways in which the rain embraces the trees. Mention a few of
them.
Answer the following question.
"I am like earthly life … "
Why does the poet compare rain to earthly life?
Work individually, and rank the seven stages in order of attractiveness. If you
think being a schoolboy is most attractive stage, you could rank it number 1.
Then, work in groups of four and compare your individual rankings.
You already know the two literary devices generally used by writers and poets for comparison, i.e. metaphor and simile.
e.g. a) He was a lion in the battle, (metaphor)
b) He fought like a lion, (simile)
In (a) the writer talks of the soldier in terms of a lion. The comparison is implied.
In (b) the writer compares the soldier to a lion with the use of the word like, (as may also be used for such comparisons.)
Read the poem again and note down the metaphors and similes. Complete the following chart.
| Reference | Metaphor | Simile |
| world | all the world's a stage | |
| men, women | ||
| school-boy | ||
| lover | ||
| soldier | ||
| reputation | ||
| voice |
Which comparison(s) do you find most interesting? Why?
Answer the following question briefly.
Before leaving, the convict asks the Bishop to bless him. What brought about this
change in him?
‘Since’or‘For’
We often use the Present Perfect with time expressions using ‘since’ or ‘for’.
Which expressions go with since and which go with for? (Indicate with a tick). (The first two have been done for you.)
We use ‘since’ to express ______ in time, whereas ‘for’ is used to express ______ of time.
| since | for | |
| last week | ||
 |
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a short time |
| a decade | ||
| deepawali | ||
| the day before yesterday | ||
| centuries | ||
| june | ||
| 22 june | ||
| several weeks | ||
| 2009 | ||
| 6 months | ||
| ages |
Listen carefully to 'Meet the personality of the month programme' read out by teacher/ student from the page no 167 and as you are listening fill in the details.
ENVIRONMENTALIST: Mr Manu Srivastava
Causes of pollution
1. Atmosphere
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a__________________ |
2. water
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a___________________ |
3. Effects of pollution
| a________________ _________________ b________________ ________________ |
Human Rights activist- Ms.Shraddha Shankar
Reasons for working in the factory
| a. ____________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ |
Effects
| a________________ _________________ b________________ _________________ c________________ _________________ |
Steps which can be taken
| a________________ _________________ b________________ _________________ c________________ _________________ |
Comparing Quantities
Study the following graph depicting major exports from Medland in the
current year.
Write a short report on major exports from Medland this year compared with the last year. Use words from the box above. Divide your report into two paragraphs as indicated:
Medland’s Export Trends
On the whole, Medland exported slightly less this year than the last year. Concerning foodstuffs,
_________________________________________________________________
As regards non-edible goods,_____________________________________________
What is your opinion about 'Animals behind bars'? Share your views with the class.
The table below provides you with a list of modals that are used to express necessity and permission.
| Necessity I obligation | Permission |
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Positive must obeying have to authority need to ought to right thing should to do |
Positive can (less formal) may (more formal)
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Negative must not cannot ought not to |
Negative need not do not have to
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Classification
Look at the table below, showing the different meanings of connectors. Put words from the box into the correct categories. Some have been done for you as examples.
Answer the following question by ticking the correct option.
Cecil Barker's first reaction at the sight of the dead Douglas was to _____
Listen to the song and check whether you have guessed right in Question 1. Listen again until you are ready to sing along with it.
Now complete the Bio-data of Koneru Humpy :
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KOKERU HUMPY Name : _____________ Father's Name : __________ Born on : _________________ Place of Birth : ______________ Trained by : _______________ Fint achievements :
Recent achievements :
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