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Future Passive Promises Galore! Your Class Will Be Divided into Two Groups. One Member of Each Group is Contesting an Election Representing His/Her Party.

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Future passive
Promises Galore!
Your class will be divided into two groups. One member of each group is contesting an election representing his/her party. The two parties are United Students’ Front and United Youth Power. The group writes the election manifesto stating changes that will be brought about in schools and colleges if their candidate is selected.
Begin like this:
If I am elected, the following changes will be implemented with immediate effect.

1. Participation in any one of the sports activities will be made compulsory.
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The candidates will read out their manifesto to the whole class.
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उत्तर

Mainly a group activity at class level. The following manifesto can be an answer of one group.

Participation in any of the sports activities will be made compulsory :

  1. School/College time shall be divided equally between academic and sports activities.
  2. Heavy school bags full of books will be reduced to a possible level.
  3. More Practical Activities both in academic and sports shall be introduced.
  4. One hour of the school/college time shall be given to Entertainment Activities.
  5. Special coaches will be appointed to train, guide and instruct the students in maintaining proper health.
  6. A sense of fear, tension, anxiety etc, will be eliminated from the student’s minds.
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पाठ 6.1: The Passive - Exercises [पृष्ठ ८५]

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सीबीएसई English Workbook [English] Class 9
पाठ 6.1 The Passive
Exercises | Q 15 | पृष्ठ ८५

संबंधित प्रश्‍न

The ‘Professor’ knew too much. How did he prove himself ? Fill up the space with suitable examples from the story, using the given clues :
(a) about muzzle velocity : _____
(b) after a thirty mile walk : _____
(c) his salute on payday : ______
(d) the loud sound of a high flying invisible aeroplane : _______
(e) about hand grenades : _______
(f) during cook house duties :. _______


Answer the following question briefly:

What were the Professor’s ambitions in the army?


Private Quelch knew ‘too much’. Give reasons to prove that he was unable to win the admiration of his superior officers or his colleagues in about 100 words.


Answer the following question:

How did Harold come to know that his father was a boxer?


On the basis of your understanding of the poem, answer the following questions by ticking the correct choice

 The poem is narrated in the first person by the brook. This figure of speech is


List common dilemmas that teenagers face involving the choice of one or more “roads”. Give examples of “roads” that you must travel (e.g. facing peer pressure, choosing friends, observing rules laid down by school and parents, acting on your own values).


'The Road Not Taken' is a biographical poem. Therefore, some personal
biographical information is relevant for the deeper understanding of the poem
we have read. Go to www.encarta.com and complete the following worksheet
about Robert Frost.
a) What "momentous decision" was made by Frost in 1912?
b) How old was he when took that decision?
c) Why was it so difficult to take that decision? Think and give more than one reason.
d) Was the "road" taken by Frost an easy one "to travel"?
e) Do you think he wrote "The Road Not Taken" before sailing from the USA to
England or after? Can you quote a line or two from the poem that can support your
answer?
f) Do you think Frost finally became popular in America as a poet?


Having read this extract, identify the stages of a person's life as Shakespeare has
done. Write down these stages in your note book, and sum up the characteristics
of each stage in two or three words. e.g.
             
Stages Characteristics
infancy crying
                                         

Answer the following question briefly.

Why is Gaston not interested in buying the villa in the beginning?


Answer the following question briefly.

Do you like/dislike Gaston? Give reasons.


You are JEANNE. After coming home you realize that the Villa was not actually
bought and your husband has fooled both you and the landlady of the Villa. You
are filled with rage, disgust and helplessness because of your husband's
betrayal. Write your feelings in the form of a diary entry.


(A) Working in pairs, fill up the table by asking your partner about what he/ she does on the following days and times.

Day 7.00 am 1.00 pm 6.00 pm
Sunday      
Monday      
Tuesday      
Wednesday      
Thursday      
Friday      
Saturday    

 (B) Write a brief account of his/her actions on the specified times and days, in the
space below. Ask further questions, if necessary. Use the simple past/past
perfect tense to write your description.
e.g. (a) Rani visited the zoo on Sunday.
(b) She had.finished all her homework by 5. 00 am on that day.


Listen carefully to 'Meet the personality of the month programme' read out by teacher/ student from the page no 167 and as you are listening fill in the details. 
ENVIRONMENTALIST: Mr Manu Srivastava 
Causes of pollution 
1. Atmosphere 

a__________________
___________________

2. water

a___________________
____________________
b__________________
___________________

3. Effects of pollution

a________________
_________________
b________________
________________

Human Rights activist- Ms.Shraddha Shankar 
Reasons for working in the factory 

a. ____________________________________________________
______________________________________________________

Effects

a________________
_________________
b________________
_________________
c________________
_________________

Steps which can be taken 

a________________
_________________
b________________
_________________
c________________
_________________

Working in groups of four, write a dialogue between 
• A tiger behind bars and a man 
• A man in a cage and a tiger. 


: Duties and Privileges
. In some schools the student - council members are assigned duties at the
beginning of every academic year.

Write a job description to be given to the newly elected Environment
Monitor of your school.
You may do this individually. Later your class as a whole can come out with one
duty list to be displayed on the soft-board. You may use the words given in the
box below.

can, may, can’t, mustn’t, must, should, have to.


List some phrases and words that come to your mind, when you look at the picture given below


Maintaining a Point of view
 (a) Read the following passage. Underline the verbs in the active voice and put circles around verbs in the passive voice. The first two have been completed.

Dr. Godbole arrived at the station at 6.30 pm and (was met) by Professor Salisbury of the Institute of Environmental Studies. After being driven to the Conference Centre for a brief meeting, the Indian forestry expert was taken to his hotel. The following morning, he presented his paper entitled “Save the trees — Save the world” which was greeted with prolonged applause. After his brief visit, Dr. Godbole is reported to have said he was very pleased with its outcome.

(b) From whose perspective or point of view is this description given? How does the use of the passive voice help maintain this?


What do the following phrases mean? 
• We are the children 
• There's a choice we're making. 
We're saving our own lives ... 
• Well, send them your heart 
So they know that someone cares ... 
• Change can only come 
When we stand together 
As one ... 


This description is taken from a well-known film. Can you guess which one?

A man in a red cape and blue tights is flying over a city. On his chest is the letter S. Below him a large crowd is pointing up at him.

Imagine a scene from a play, film or TV show you have seen.

Describe (a) where things and people are, and (b) any movement. Follow the example.

Show your description to your partner. Guess each other’s play or film.____________________________________________________________________________________________________


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