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Explain the following phrase selected from the story in your own word and work with a partner to make sentence using these phrase: making up for lost time

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Explain the following phrase selected from the story in your own word and work with a partner to make sentence using these phrase:

making up for lost time

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The boy had to study two hours more every day to make up for the lost time.

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पाठ 2.3: A Shot in the Dark - Exercises [पृष्ठ ६४]

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सामाचीर कलवी English Class 11 TN Board
पाठ 2.3 A Shot in the Dark
Exercises | Q 3. e) | पृष्ठ ६४

संबंधित प्रश्‍न

What is the free bird metaphor for.


What arc the poetic devices used in Maya Angelou’s poem “Caged Bird”?


(A) I am afraid you cannot get admission to the college without clearing the admission test.
(B) I am afraid you cannot be……………….


(A) If Rita had finished her work earlier, she would have gone to the market.
(B) Had…………………………


The following words used in the text as ship terminology are also commonly used in another sense. In what contexts would you use the other meaning?

Knot stern boom hatch anchor

Why is the image of the engine evoked by the poet?


Discuss with your partners

Talking about teachers among friends.


Satyajit should have revealed his predicament to his uncle.


Multiple Choice Question:

What does the phrase in the extract ‘turned black’ mean here?


Read the words/phrases in the box. With your partner find their meaning in the dictionary.

Harsh conditions  harmless  survive  intruder

threatened  predators  prey  continually

Fill in the blanks in the following passage with the above words/phrases.

All animals in forests and deserts struggle to ______________________in ______________

___________________ . Though most of the animals are ___________________, some are

dangerous when _____________________. If an ___________________ is noticed, they attack

or bite to save themselves. They struggle __________________ for food and water.

Some animals are called ______________because they __________________ on other animals.


Imagine your friend/younger brother or sister has committed a grave mistake that has resulted in a great loss to the college property or to your family. He/she seeks your advice to come out of the situation/problem. Write a dialogue between you and your friend/brother/sister who describes the entire situation and seeks help from you. Take the help of the following points.

  • Introduction
  • Confessing the mistake
  • Seeking help
  • Your advice/suggestion
  • Concluding part

Read and understand the following poem ‘Paper Boats’ and write its paraphrase in your own simple language. (You may take the help of a dictionary or the internet.) The first line is done for you.

(Day after day, one after another, I sail paper boats on the stream of flowing water.)


'Seems to touch the starry skies'. The poet has used word imagery. Describe the idea and pick out other similar examples from the poem.


Your examinations are only two months ahead. Plan your schedule of studies and write in your notebook.


Collect quotations on the topic ‘choice’. Example :

‘Decisions are the hardest thing to make, especially when it is a choice between where you should be and where you want to be.’

Present the quotations in a beautiful hand on card paper.


Making suitable groups, convert the entire episode into a short skit, and write it down. Each group leader must discuss at first with the others and add a different end to the skit.

  1. Happy ending
  2. Sad ending
  3. Surprise ending
  4. Humorous ending

Write in your own words:-

What problems do customers face when they have to make a cash deposit at a bank?


Read the evidence/sentences given below and offer a possible explanation of what happened in this house? Make up some questions to gather more information.

Now collect all your evidences and write a story in your notebook. Give a suitable title.


The poem describes the sad demise of the Captain. How would you console the son of the Captain? Write a short paragraph using the points given below.

  1. Expressing grief on the death.
  2. An act of God.
  3. Words/sentences giving strengths and courage to face the situation.
  4. Add your own points.

Write a newspaper article in about 100 words, comparing the achievements of the two sportswomen based on the information you have already collected.


Do the singers have hopes and dreams? If not, why?


Add ‘–er’ or ‘–r’ to the doing words below to make new words.

  1. stiff - ______
  2. fight - ______
  3. juggle - ______
  4. speak - ______
  5. write - ______
  6. strange - ______
  7. dance - ______
  8. ride - ______
  9. use - ______
  10. joke - ______

See the picture Travel Time below. Answer the questions that follow.

  1. Where did you go for an excursion/holiday?
  2. With whom did you go?
  3. What did you take with you?
  4. What was the first thing you saw when you reached your destination?
  5. What did you like best about the place?
  6. How long did you stay there? 
  7. What did you miss about home?

Here is a report on Uncle Lal’s farm.

Father took me to visit Uncle Lal’s dairy farm. I saw all of Uncle Lal's cows. He has fifty cows. They eat grass in the big green farms. In the evening the farmers bring them to the barn to be milked. Uncle Lal sells his milk in the city.

When writing a report, remember to do these things

  • Think of a good title. Write it correctly.
  • Keep to your subject.
  • Tell things in the right order.
  • Make your paper look neat.

In groups of four, write a report on different brands of ice creams available in your area.

You may use the following clues.

  • Start with a short introduction that contains the topic.
  • Then list the ice cream brands available in your area.
  • Next, say which are the common flavors of ice cream in each of the brands.
  • Under each brand, find out which flavors are being sold the most. Also, find out their prices.
  • Finally, write which do you think is the most popular ice cream.

Can you spot 10 differences between these pictures?

How observant are you? Individually, try to spot as many differences as possible in five minutes. If you have spotted less than five, then you really need to improve your observation skill just to save yourself from being misled.


Write conversation on the following situation.

Between two friends about the uses of the internet


Write an e-mail to the General Manager of a local hospital requesting him/her to send a senior doctor to talk to the participants at the event about the quality of mask which would give them the best protection.


Gather more information about the following:

  1. Different types of impairment that limit a person’s activity or make it difficult for him/her to mix with others in society.
  2. How modern technology can be used to overcome these problems.

Write a composition (in approximately 400-450 words) on the following subject:

During the summer break, you joined a group of young people who read to the elderly at a senior citizens home. Narrate your experience of reading to the elderly and the interactions you had with them. How did this experience impact you?


How do Prospero, Ferdinand and Caliban perceive Miranda? Give one example of each of their perceptions, from the Acts studied, to support your answer. Write your answer in a short paragraph of about 100-150 words.


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