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प्रश्न
Given below are a few proverb. Prepare a short speech of two minutes on one of the proverb.
Together we can achieve more.
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उत्तर
This means Unity is strength. If people work together, the work is easier and is completed more quickly. This proverb means that you should take advantage of a favorable situation before it changes. It is best to always be honest and tell the truth. By doing so, you will win the trust and respect of others. A country is strong whose citizens are united, a family is strong whose members stay together. Thus unity is very important in each and every sphere of our life.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Given below are five main qualities for true sportsmanship.
| i. | Determination |
| ii. | Optimisation |
| iii. | Stamina |
| iv. | Perseverance |
| v. | Decisiveness |
Get into groups of four. Each group will choose one quality to talk about to the whole class for about one minute. But before you talk, you have two minutes to think about it. You can make notes if you wish.
Figures of Speech
| There is alliteration in the line: And I sunned it with smiles. The sound /s/ is repeated in the words ‘sunned’ and ‘smiles’. | Pick out at least two instances of alliteration from the poem. |
Work in groups of four. Discuss how the story would have been different if.
Pongo had arrived on the scene before the last orange was eaten.
Work in groups of four. Discuss how the story would have been different if.
Pongo had forgotten to lock the door properly but the narrator only discovered it just before Pongo returned.
A road map is given below. Answer the questions that follow with the help of the road map. Work in pairs and discuss to give directions to get to one place from another.
- You are at the market. You need directions to go to the pharmacy.
- You are in a book shop. Ask your partner to direct you to the Art Gallery.
- Give your partner the directions to go from the Bank to the hotel.
- Direct your partner from the post office to the market.
- Your partner wants to go to the library from school. Give suitable directions.
Can you do an art work or a craft work on your own?
Read the story board and take roles as pilot and flight attendants to enact the scene.
Take a few minutes and make hints of the picture. Arrange your thoughts. Using the points you write, deliver a small speech focusing on the issue picturized here. Give an interesting and informative speech. Your speech should include the cause and the solution.
Tips for effective speaking
• Organise your points and ideas well.
• Don’t memorise the speech. If you forget a point, it will make you nervous.
• Avoid the things that are of no value or interest to the audience.
• Before you speak, take a deep breath, smile, greet the audience.
• Don’t be nervous about making a mistake.
• Interesting speech makes your mistakes nothing.
Figure of speech.
| The woods are lovely, dark, and deep, But I have promises to keep And miles to go before I sleep, and miles to go before I sleep. |
Pick out any two lines of repetition from the poem.
Change the following into Indirect Speech.
“Don't you know the way home?” asked I.
Change the following into Direct Speech.
I told them to be quiet.
Change the following into Direct Speech.
Lakshan asked me if I had anything to say.
Imagine a world with no books, but only e-books. How would you find such a world? Deliver a two-minute talk.
I have a robot big and______.
See how they speak at this situation and practise as if you were in that situation.
Learn how they speak in the bank and practise as if you were in that situation.
Pick out the names of the games mentioned in the story.
Read the speech bubbles. Who walks to school most often? Put them in order.
Describe a few funny things you have seen. Do they make you laugh?
Running is very good exercise. Name any three games that you play, in which you have to run.
Some letter are missing in each word.
sl ______ p
Ram is a curious little boy. He is always asking questions. One day he came home and asked his grandfather questions like –
- Why can’t we look at the sun during a solar eclipse?
- Why can’t we touch the sun?
- Why can’t we go out to play in the dark?
Discuss these questions with your teacher and class. Do you know the answers?
Imagine you are Alice and your partner is a rabbit. What would you do?
In a group, mime an activity (picnic, fair/mela, cricket match, etc.) which you enjoy. The rest of the class should guess the activity and say whether it is done in a group/alone.
Is there a link between intelligence and absent-mindedness? Share your views on this subject, with the class.
As a friend of the narrator, describe how you would have behaved at the auction.
‘When the mouse laughs at the cat, there is a hole nearby.’ Explain the meaning of this statement to your friends.
Build a dialogue of 8–10 exchanges between your friend and yourself, on the following situation:
You were to board a train to Delhi. By mistake, you got into the wrong train and fought for your seat there. On realising your mistake, you left the train shamefaced, after creating a commotion there. Role-play this situation before the class.
Extend the conversation with two more relevant exchange
| Receptionist | Good evening, sir. Welcome to Chennai. |
| Traveller | I would like to book a deluxe room in your hotel for 3 days. |
| Receptionist | ______ |
| Traveller | ______ |
| Receptionist | ______ |
| Traveller | ______ |
Ray Bradbury’s “All Summer in a Day” is a piece of science fiction. Discuss plots of similar stories with your partner and share your ideas with the class.
