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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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उत्तर

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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पाठ 2.3 A Shot in the Dark
Exercises | Q 3. e) | पृष्ठ ६४

संबंधित प्रश्‍न

Explain how diction is important in the poem with the help of an example.


What point is the author trying to make?


What brought the six humans together? Where were they?


What do you think of the old man’s point of view?


His tune is heard on the distant hill’. Explain


The free bird thinks of another breeze
And the trade winds soft through
The sighing trees
And the fat worms waiting on a dawn-bright
Lawn and he names the sky his own.

Read the above lines and answer the question that follow.

What is meant by “free bird thinks of another breeze”?


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.

When was the patriot welcomed?


Discuss with reference to the story An Angel in Disguise how love has the power to transform.


Fill in the blank with an appropriate word: 

The school playground is out __________ bounds for the pupils of the primary school.


The delivery boy was requested to bring the parcel the next day. (Rewrite using direct speech) 


Fill in the blank with an appropriate word:

The young child carried the heavy bucket _______ the stairs.


Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
These three had elaborated old Major’s teachings into a complete system of thought, to which they gave the name of Animalism.

(i) Who had elaborated on Old Major’s teachings? 

(ii) When and where did they hold their secret meetings? How did the meetings end? 

(iii) What had the Old Major said about the ‘nature of this life of ours’? 

(iv) Who were the most faithful disciples? How did they contribute towards the preparations for the rebellion? 

(v) How did the animals celebrate the day after the rebellion? 


Find out about experiments in recycling that help in environmental conservation.


Write a letter to the editor of a newspaper expressing your views on the deteriorating law and order situation in your city.


Multiple Choice Question:

The quarrel finally ended when ______


The words in the box are all words that describe movement. Use them to fill in the blank in the sentence below.
When he began to trust me, the squirrel began ____________ into my pockets for morsels of cake.


Choose the correct alternative for the given line. Focus on the inference of the poet.

‘Dull would he be of soul who could pass by’

The line means - __________________.


Answer the following question :

What are the benefits of travel?


‘There is no short-cut to success’.
Expand this maxim with a suitable introduction, body with examples, and conclusion. Write it in your notebook in about 20 lines.


Tortoises and Turtles are not the same. Read the facts given below. List the similarities and differences between them.

Tortoise Turtle
reptile family reptile family
land animal sea animal
has a long life lives for many years
uses tiny feet to walk use flippers to swim
eats grass, weeds and flowers eats insects and bugs

 

Similarities Differences
   
   
   
   

The word in the sentence is jumbled. Write them in order.

was afraid I now.


Find one word from the story that means

at once q ______.


Now complete the following sentence, choosing the right word.

There was only______boy who______the prize. (one, won)


The photographer told him to ______.


How would Miss Meadows usually treat Mary? How did her behavior towards the girl change that day?


Observe the following picture and write a paragraph in about 150 word about each one of them.


What is the conflict between Margot and the other children in the story, “All Summer in a day”?


Using the given informal letter as a model, write a letter on the topic given below.

Write a letter to your father asking permission to go on an educational tour.


Informal Letter -

Write a letter to your friend describing the details of the vacation.


Write a review of a film that you watched recently, using the points given below. The reveiw is to be published in your school newsletter and should not exceed 300 words.

Name of the film and director - lead actors and their performances - plot - setting - description of a scene that you particularly liked - rating and recommendation.


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