In her message to students of her college, Kalpana Chawla said, “May you have the vision to find the path from dreams to success … Wishing you a great journey.”

प्रश्न

Form pairs. Use “May you…” and “I wish you/Wishing you” to wish your partner good luck and success in

a sports event,
a quiz or a competition, and
a test or examination.

Be sure to thank your partner when she/he wishes you in turn. You may also look up a telephone directory, or go to a post office, and get a list in English and Hindi of standard phrases that can be sent in greeting telegrams anywhere in India. Discuss which of these you might use, and when. Compare the English and Hindi phrases for expressing good wishes. Do you know such phrases in any other language?

टीपा लिहा

उत्तर

Wishing you great success in the sports event.
Wishing you a glorious success in the quiz competition.
May you climb to the top in the test!

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Writing Skills

या प्रश्नात किंवा उत्तरात काही त्रुटी आहे का?

संबंधित प्रश्‍न

Can we say that the poet has succeeded in conveying his point? How?

Dahl is annoyed that people – including children – watch too much television. Do you agree, or disagree? Why, or why not?

The children were delighted. The exams had been cancelled.

Join the following sentence to make one complete sentence without using and, but or so.

Mala is not in the classroom. Mala is not in the library.

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As soon as we lit the candle, the power supply was restored.
(Begin: No sooner………. )
The bee is more industrious than all other creatures.
(Use: ‘most industrious’)
The old woman was too slow to catch the bus.
(Begin : The old woman was so……… )
“I’ll do it tomorrow,” he promised.
(Rewrite in indirect speech)
Though Reema got an expensive gift she was not happy.
(Begin: In spite of……… )
I prefer reading a book to watching a movie.
(Begin: I would rather…….. )
I have never seen Mr. Roy lose his temper.
(Begin: Never…….. )
She found your keys in the garage.
(Begin: The keys……… )

Discuss the following in groups of two pairs, each pair in a group taking opposite points of view.

Traditions, rituals, and funerary practices must be respected.

In what ways do you think we could help prevent the extinction of languages and dialects?

Describe the cycle of events in Satyajit's life that brought him back to where he began.

Are friends different from neighbors? Are you friends with your neighbors? Give examples and write.

Write about the daily routine of the 'Lord of Tartary' in 8-10 lines.

Write a letter to any one of the following to tell them how much you appreciate them.

Your mother
Your father
Any one of your relatives
Your teacher

Write an autobiography of a hundred-rupee note. (8-10 lines.)

Local Historians

Ask students to collect stories about their town from older people.
Ask them to find out how the streets were named.
Are there any interesting people or legends to which the street names refer?
Are there any local places in town about which people tell stories?
Any haunted houses?
Let students find out when the town was founded and by whom.
Visit a local historical society to see old photographs or artifacts.

Let students create an original historical fiction:

Describe the town from the point of view of a fictitious citizen who might have lived in the town long ago. Include local issues of the time in the story. Write the story of the town from the fictionalized point of view of a resident who actually lived.

Punctuate the following sentence.

when I went fishing I caught an old shoe a plastic bag and a bad cold.

Find out the following from ten families living in your neighbourhood.

Count the number of F1* F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F8 F9 F10 Total

children below 5 years of age

children from 5-14 years

grown-up children from 15-20

elders from 21-50 years

old people who are above 50 years

total number of people in the family

*F = Family