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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:

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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:

a tinge of coldness

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The manager turned down the worker’s plea for a pay hike with a tinge of coldness.

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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. d) | पृष्ठ ६४

संबंधित प्रश्‍न

Write a short tourist leaflet on a place of historical importance with the help of the following points: 
(i) How to reach there?
(ii) Where to Stay?
(iii) Historical importance of the place.
(iv) Shopping Attraction.
(v) Add your own points.

Do you agree with his justification of the war? Why/ why not?


Comment on the contrasted viewpoints in the poem.


Explain the difference between welcome scene and departure scene from the poem “The Patriot” by Robert Browning.


In what mood is the speaker now? Where is he?


The story propagates the idea that dreams are necessary to remain happy, even if for a short while.


You are the captain of your college cricket team. You have your final match on Sunday. Your teammates are nervous. Prepare a speech motivating them to face the challenge courageously. (About 100 words)


Write a composition (350 - 400 words) on the following:

Study the picture given below. Write a story or a description or an account of what it suggests to you. Your composition may be about the subject of the picture or you may take suggestions from it; however, there must be a clear connection between the picture and your composition.


(A) He knew the culprit but refused to admit it.
(B) Although……………………….. 


Not many people read for pleasure these days.
(Begin: Few ................................. ) 


Discuss with your partners

Reading plays is more interesting than studying science.


How did Holmes guess that John Garrideb would go to 136, Little Ryder Street? Did he expect to find what he ultimately did before he went there?


Rewrite the following incomplete sentences carefully, so that the reader does not have to guess what is left out.

1. more and more books
2. too difficult
3. got up late, missed the bus
4. solved the mystery


Multiple Choice Question:

What made them fall Out?


The story of Kalpana Chawla has become an inspiration for millions of young Indians. How? What message did she send from the space shuttle to students of her college?


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

Complete the flow chart showing the events on the day of the assault.


Write in your own words:-

Which two facts show that the poet is confident of overcoming his irrational feeling?


Complete the following and write a paragraph for the given activity.


Imagine yourself as the writer. Narrate the story of your visit to your ancestral house.


Write a paragraph of 100 – 120 words about a memorable anecdote/incident of your life.


Punctuate the following sentence.

next wednesday my sister mita is going to join the state bank of india.


Look at these sentences in the story –

  1. Should we go to the big market? 
  2. Should we go to the small shop? 
  3. Should I buy a thin book?

The coloured words above are describing words. Now fill in more describing words into the passage below –

It was a______ night. A ______ girl sat up in bed listening to her mother tell a ______ story. Her ______ eyes opened wide and she gave a ______ smile. “Now go to sleep, Paro,” her mother closed the book. “______ dreams.”


Here is a short story.

Once a lion lay fast asleep in the Ranathambore forest of Rajasthan. Some mice were playing hide and seek near him. One mouse got trapped under the lion’s paw. The lion woke up, laughed loudly, and let the mouse go!

After some days the mouse heard the lion’s roar. He saw that the lion lay in great pain as he was tied with many ropes. The mouse used his sharp teeth and cut the rope. ‘‘You are a true friend,’’ said the lion.

From Aesop’s Fables

A friend in need is a friend indeed

What does this mean?

  1. We must be there for friends in trouble
  2. Only a good friend will be with us when we are in trouble.

The grandmother played a vital role in the author’s formative years. Give your own example of how elders have a positive influence on the younger generation. Include examples from the story also.


What difficulty did she experience while eating Chinese food?


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


Use the following charts to prepare meaningful dialogues.

Use your ideas to fill in the blanks.


Which is the last play you saw?


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