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प्रश्न
Discuss the following with your partner and complete the following sentence.
Organic food is grown by using __________________.
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उत्तर
Organic food is grown by using organic seeds and traditional methods.
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Imagine that you are Santosh Yadav, or Maria Sharapova. You have been invited to speak at an All India Girls’ Athletic Meet, as chief guest. Prepare a short speech to motivate the girls to think and dream big and make an effort to fulfil their dreams, not allowing difficulties or defeat to discourage them. The following words and phrases may help you.
• self confident/confidence/sure of yourself
• self assured/assurance/belief in yourself
• morale/boost morale/raise morale
• giving somebody a boost/fillip/lift
• demoralising/unsure of yourself/insecure/lack confidence
Write an e-mail to the Principal of a neighbouring school requesting him/her to send a team of three members to participate in the Quiz Competition.
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You are Nitin / Nitin from XYZ School. You wish to start applying to various colleges for admission after your ISC examination. In about 300 words, draft your personal profile using the guidelines given below :
Your name, year spend in the school you are passing out from – academin interests and performane – cultural activities you participated in – sports - positions of leadership held during your staty in the school – your future plans and goals – two characteristics that your consider to be your strengths – two characteristics that set you apart from the others.
How is the last verse different from the other verse? Is the poet deriving a different mood than that expressed in the previous verse?
It was roses, roses, all the way,
With myrtle mixed in my path like mad;
The house-roofs seemed to heave and sway,
The church-spires flamed, such flags they had,
A year ago on this very day.
Read the above lines and answer the question that follow.
Explain with reference to the context.
Alack, it was I who leaped at the sun
To give it my loving friends to keep!
Naught man could do,have I left undone:
And you see my harvest, what I reap
This very day, now a year is run.
Read the above lines and answer the question that follow.
What does the word ‘harvest ‘ connote here?
What thoughts are uppermost in the soldier’s mind as he talks with the old man?
Show with references from the story how T.S Arthur uses direct and indirect characterisation to highlight the traits of the characters.
Fill in the blank with an appropriate word:
The soldier fought bravely__________ his country.
(A) Some of the cakes had been eaten by the boys before the party began.
(B) The boys…………………………
Join the following sentence to make one complete sentence without using and, but or so.
Mumbai is densely populated. It is one of the major cities in the country.
In your opinion, does Boori Ma, the main protagonist of the story A Real Durwan, deserve the life that she meets at the end of the story? Give reasons for your answer.
Join the following sentence to make one complete sentence without using and, but or so.
He has learned to cycle. He has yet to learn to swim.
Talk with your family members about elderly people who you have been intimately connected with and who are not there with you now.
Write a short description of someone you liked a lot.
Infer the meaning of the following words from the context.
| Padding | transient |
Now, look up the dictionary to see if your inference is right.
Give reasons for the following.
Howard Carter’s investigation was resented.
Given below is an interesting combination of words. Explain why they have been used together.
dark-bellied clouds
Discuss in groups of four.
Laws are never respected not enforced in India.
Discuss with your partners
The manner you adopt when you talk about a teacher to other teachers.
What clues did Sherlock Holmes work upon to get at the fact that the story of the three Garridebs was a ruse?
‘Mrs. Croft’s was the first death I mourned in America, for, hers was the first life I had admired; she had left this world, at last, ancient and alone, never to return’—how do these lines encapsulate the bond that is possible between two strangers?
Make a list of items that are referred to differently in British and American English, for example, 'lift' (BE) 'elevator' (AmE).
We add ‘un-’ to make opposites. For example, true — untrue. Add ‘un’– to the word below to make its opposite. Then look up the meaning of the word you have formed in the dictionary.
identified ______
Read the following lines. Imagine it is the beginning of an instance you have experienced. Complete the incident using your imagination. Give it a positive ending.
I had often noticed that in my neighbour’s family, the son was greatly pampered, but the daughter was treated unfairly. I could not bear this. So one day I decided to ............................
Continue the write-up, with your own ideas, in about 12 - 15 lines.
The cherry tree is a narrative poem. Features that make it a narrative poem are given below. Justify them with proper examples.
Characters are referred to.
Discuss with your partner on the following topic. Express your views and opinions in favour of and against the topic.
Is cell-phone the need for the times?
Complete the tabular columns to specify Dos and Don’ts associated with the 'Expansion of Ideas'.
| Expansion of Ideas | |
| Dos | Don’ts |
| (i) Begin impressively | (i) Do not go off-track |
| (ii) | (ii) |
| (iii) | (iii) |
| (iv) | (iv) |
Think of different ways of classifying them, for example, electric and non-electric, day-time sources and night-time sources
Discuss and explain the movie 'The Jungle Book' with the help of the following points.
- Classic element.
- Fantasy.
- Photorealism
- Blending of emotions
Complete the following sentences.
The factors that have made 'The Jungle Book' a great movie are - _________________.
- It's a fantasy world of wonder.
- _____________________________
- _____________________________
- _____________________________
Describe the climax scene in your own words. Write your comments on it.
Given in a mixed order below are some good human attributes of the family. Pick out from the box and write it against the line that reflects it.
Ten years had passed and the young boys grew to be young men and their parents were proud of them.
Write what you think about the following thoughts and actions of Mathilde :
Mathilde wrote a note to her friend as dictated by her husband.
Discuss the following and write about the following in your own words in 5-6 lines.
What opinion do you form about Mathilde’s husband from her story?
Discuss the following and write about the following in your own words in 5-6 lines.
Which events in the story (Part I and Part II) changed Mathilde’s life?
Now read the beginning and end of a sci-fi story given below and complete the story using your imagination.
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‘The Magic Glasses’ After ten years of diligent experimenting on ‘light’, Jayant, a brilliant scientist, created a pair of eye-glasses which would enable him to see through all opaque objects, doors, walls, metal structures, etc. On Monday, he put on his ‘magic’ glasses and stepped into the busy street outside ____________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ And so, Jayant received the ‘State Award for Brave Citizens’ _____________________________________________ |
Rewrite the play in the form of a short story.
Write a letter to your Class Teacher or the Principal of your school to make any one of the two following requests.
You wish to start a news bulletin for your school/ class. It will be a one-page bulletin to be published every week. A different group of students will manage the preparation of the bulletin every time.
Hold a discussion in the classroom about the differences between printed newspapers, radio news bulletins, TV news bulletins. Discuss the merits, demerits, and popularity of each.
Write the reason in your own words.
Akbar strongly desired to hear Ostad sing.
Complete the following and write a paragraph for the given activity.
Your goal, this year, is to successfully pass out from secondary school. So let us be SMART and note down the following.
(a) Specific Area:
(Subjects) and number of units/lessons
- English 4 units
- ______
- ______
- ______
- ______
- ______
(b) Measurable:
Comparison of scores in previous examinations and in recent one.
| Test I | Test II | Semester I | |
| 1. | Poor | Fair | Fair |
| 2. | |||
| 3. | |||
| 4. | |||
| 5. | |||
| 6. |
(c) Achievable goal:
(Target scores/performance in SSC Exams.)
- Good %
- ______
- ______
- ______
- ______
- ______
(d) Realisitc approach:
Plan of action that matches with your expertise/resources.
For example:
- Make a study time table and follow it regularly.
- __________________
- __________________
- __________________
- __________________
(e) Time-bound Action:
Days required for revision
| Subject | Days for revision | |
| 1. | English | |
| 2. | ||
| 3. | ||
| 4. | ||
| 5. |
Write about a day when you felt very happy. Use the following questions to help you. Think/Recollect a day ____________
Note down the points.
- Do you remember the exact day and date?
- Was it a special occasion or celebration?
- What happened on that day?
- How did you react to the things that happened on that day?
- How did other people react when they saw you were so happy?
- What did you do next ?
- What happened in the end?
- Describe any other emotions you felt that day
Now, with the help of the guidelines write a short paragraph of at least 100 words about that happy day. Give a suitable title for your narrative/write up.
On the next day, Mr. Scotti was __________ at how the local people responded to his queries.
What is the name of her diary?
Write a character sketch of any character from fiction that has made an impact on you.
- Introduce the person.
- Highlight his/her character as revealed in the story.
- Talk about what others say about the character.
- Write if the character appealed to you, with reasons.
- Support your views with evidence from text.
Pick out the rhyming words from the poem and write them in the table.
| Stanza -1 | Stanza -2 | Stanza -3 |
Fill in the blank with choosing the preposition from the option.
He noticed the creeper ______ the foot of the tree.
Fill in the blank with choosing prepositions from the option.
As they flew ______ the tree they were trapped.
Punctuate the following sentences using capital letters, full stops (.) commas (,) question marks (?) apostrophe ( ' ) exclamation mark (!) wherever necessary.
dear samir,
i am sending you a photograph of my newest pet frisky is a bulldog and a very playful puppy by next summer he should be old enough to go with us on our long walks i m sure you are looking forward to seeing him I know you will like him
warm regards
sanju
How did the seaside creatures, the crab, the lobster, etc. teach Hari a lesson? Write in a few lines.
Complete the following stories by using an appropriate word from the box given below –
| my, his, he, your |
Ram was a farmer. wanted to sell ______ ______ goats and sheep. So he went to the market. There sold all ______ animals to a rich man and got a lot of money. When he was going back to village, three thieves
stopped him. “Stop! Give us all ______ money.” Ram was very clever. He said, “I'll give ______ money to the strongest of you.” On hearing this, the thieves started fighting amongst themselves. Ram slipped away quietly.
Words like morning, evening, watering end in ing. Write six more words to which ing can be added at the end to form a new word.
- ______.
- ______.
- ______
- ______.
- ______
- ______.
Describe Mary Kom’s personal experiences during her first International Championship match from the time of selection to winning the medal.
The narrator got angry because
______.
Observe the following picture and write a paragraph in about 150 word about each one of them.
Write the contraction for the following phrase.
do not - ______
Think of different types of people who have to face great difficulties. Write what you can do to help at least one of them.
