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प्रश्न
Based on the information on your completed scorecard, write a short report for the Danapur local newspaper about the Annual Athletic Meet of the school. Remember 'CODER'. Some further advice ...
• Give an interesting heading
• By line (who has written the report)
• Answer the 'WH' questions - Who? Why? When? Where?
• Overall result
• Aim of the Meet
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उत्तर
Do it yourself.
APPEARS IN
संबंधित प्रश्न
Listen to an excerpt from a news telecast on a national channel carefully and complete the table given below.
| S. No. | Name of the Brave-heart | Place they belong to | Reason for Award |
| 1 | Saumik Mishra | Uttar Pradesh | foiled theft |
| 2 | Prachi Santosh Sen | saved a child | |
| 3 | Kavita Kanwar | Chhattisgarh | |
| 4 | Jodhpur | dodged marriage to 40 year old | |
| 5 | Rahul-balloon seller | Delhi/ National Capital |
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| 6 | M. Marudu Pandi | Tamil Nadu | averted rail disaster |
| 7 | Bangalore | saved a baby caught in bull fight | |
| 8 | Silver Kharbani | Meghalaya | |
| 9 | Yumkhaibam Addison Singh | saved an eight year old from drowning | |
| 10 | Uttar Pradesh | saved people from drowning | |
| 11 | Haryana/Jind | helped nab armed miscreants | |
| 12 | Kritika Jhanwar | fought off robbers |
Answer the following questions:
With many a curve my banks I fret’—What does the poet mean by this statement?
Answer the following questions:
‘I make the netted sunbeam dance’. What does ‘the netted sunbeam’ mean? How does it dance?
c
I chatter, chatter, as I flow
To join the brimming river,
For men may come and men may go,
But I go on for ever
(a) Who does ‘I’ refer to in the given lines?
(b) How does it ‘chatter’?
(c) Why has the poet used the word ‘brimming’? What kind of a picture does it create?
(d) Explain the last two lines of the stanza.
Answer the following question.
Think about million little ways in which the rain embraces the trees. Mention a few of
them.
Rain in the hills and rain in the desert present entirely different scenario. In the
hills it revitalises the greenery and freshens the vegetation; it waters the parched
land and relieves the thirsty and panting souls in the desert.
(i) This has been a year of scanty rains. Imagine how the rain would be welcomed
when it pours in the hills and in the desert after a long dry spell. Choose one such
place and describe
(a) What are you likely to see?
(b) What would happen to the rain water?
(c) What would be the scene before and after the rain?
(ii) How would you express rain as
What according to you are the stages of a person's life? What characteristics
would you associate with each stage? (e.g., childhood: innocence, joy
In this poem, life is being compared to a play. Just as in a play, a man acts many
parts, so also in life, a man plays many roles. Can you think of some other
comparison for life? (For example, life could be compared with the seasons in
nature, the days of the week, the lessons in a school day.) Select one of these
comparisons (or choose one of your own), and write about the similarities that
life has with it. (80-100 words)
Answer the following question briefly.
Mrs. Al Smith makes many statements about the French. Pick out any two and explain
them.
Answer the following question briefly.
Who was Jeanette? What was the cause of her death?
Answer the following question briefly.
Why was the convict sent to prison? What was the punishment given to him?
Answer the following question briefly.
Do you think the punishment given to the convict was justified? Why/ Why not?
Why is the convict eager to reach Paris?
Identify the situations which can be termed as the turning points in the convict's
life?
Now write three situations similar to (a) in the box. Exchange the information with your partner and guess the answer to each other's situations as in (b).
Question 1.
My dog is barking angrily and is trying to get loose.
Question 2.
The car is making a curious noise.
Question 3.
Satish enters breathing heavily.
Satish enters breathing heavily.
(4)
During your discussions in groups, and in your individual written report, you will find the following language useful :
GROUP DISCUSSION
When recommending
| I | Propose suggest recommend |
that..... |
| what about ? why don't we....... |
| we could think |
consider...... about......... |
WRITTEN REPORT
When recommending
| I |
propose |
that..... |
| I strongly recommend that ........ |
| I urge the commision to ....... |
| It is | recommended proposed |
that.... |
| My | recommendation proposal |
is that...... |
When giving reasons
| ................. as .............. ................because ......... ..............since ............... |
| My reason is that .................... |
When giving reasons
| ................. as .............. ................because ......... ..............since ............... |
| My reason is that....................... In view of the fact that.............. |
(9) Read these instructions from a computer operating manual.
How to start
- Link up the monitor, keyboard and printer.
- Plug in the main cable.
- Switch on the monitor at the back.
- When the light appears on the screen, place the Day Disk in Drive A.
- Push in the disk until the button clicks out.
(It takes about 30 seconds for the computer to load the programme.) - Press the Drive button and the disk shoots out.
- Replace the Day Disk with the Document Disk.
- Press function key 7.
- Start work!
Question 9.1
Convert these instructions into the past passive by filling in the blanks. The first sentence has been completed as an example.
Firstly the monitor keyboard and printer were linked up. Then the __________ was __________. The monitor __________ at the back. When the light appeared on the screen, __________ in Drive A. The disk __________ until __________. It took the computer 30 seconds to load the programme. The Drive button __________ and the disk shot out. The __________ with the Document Disk. Finally, __________
The word processor was then ready to use.
On the basis of your reading of the extract, tick mark the most appropriate meaning for the given word :
(i) Infatuated (Para 1}
• fond
• influenced
• disliked
• addicted
(ii) Melancholy (Para 2)
• happy
• sad
• worried
• disappointed
(iii) Petrified (Para 6}
• horrified
• motionless
• stunned
• anxious
(iv) Gravity (Para 7}
• mischievous
• seriousness
• joyfulness
• greatness
Write a magazine article about both the boys, in which you bring out the similarities and differences in their lives. Use the table you completed in Question 3. Give your article a suitable title. Remember 'CODER'.
Organise your article like this
Paragraph 1 : Give their names and ages. Compare their families, parents and backgrounds.
Paragraph 2 : Compare how each spends a typical day and their recreation/ hobbies.
Paragraph 3 : Compare their hopes / dreams / ambitions and your assessment of their future.
Copy the worksheet in your notebooks and work in pairs to complete the worksheet to know all about yourself. This will enable you to discover your hidden strengths, work on your weaknesses, and develop your personality.
Johari Window Work Sheet
| A | B | C |
| How I describe myself? | How I describe my friend ? | How my friend describes me? (Fill this part from what the friend says about you) |
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____________ ____________ _____________ ___________ _____________ ______________ ______________ ______________ |
Read the following sentences. Each sentence has four words underlined. Select one underlined word that is incorrect and write it in the space provided. The first one has been done as an example:
1. The statue of liberty is designed by Fedreric Auguste Barthold.
| is |
2. Is was completely in france in july 1884.
3. The statue was shipped to New York with 350 pieces.
4. She arrieved there on 17 june 1885.
5. The pieces were put together but the opening ceremony took place on 28 Oct 1886.
