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Is there enough variety of content?

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The variety of content seems to be appropriate and sufficient. News related to happenings in school is there. Then there are jokes followed by interview of an eminent personality. Advertisements are also thrown in.

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पाठ 4.1: Radio Show - Exercise [पृष्ठ ७२]

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संबंधित प्रश्‍न

Why did the women at the temple discuss the latest episode of ‘Kashi Yatre’?


Following dates were important in Charles Hooper’s life in some way. Complete the table by relating the description with the correct dates:

Date Description
  News spread that Hooper and Duke had made it to an intersection
  Hooper walked independently from the clinic to the branch office
  Hooper planned to start a full day’s work at office
  Duke met with a fatal accident

Answer the following question briefly:

Do you think Private Quelch learnt a lesson when he was chosen for cookhouse duties?


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).


Answer the following question.

"If you got a tooth, you got a friend", what do you understand from the line?


The poet draws conclusions about the family without having met them. He does this in lines such as : 

Something went wrong, says the empty house 
in the weed-choked yard ... 
This is a style of English that is very suitable for a poem. But in ordinary speech or writing we use expressions such as : 

So it is

Therefore it is

probable 

likely 

possible 

that
It

seems

appears

that....... because.....
This suggests that ... 

For example, we could say : 
• There are large shoes in the farmhouse. So it is likely that the farmer was a big man. 
• It seems that they had a child, because there is a sandbox made from a tractor tyre. 
• The kitchen shelves were covered with oil cloth. This suggests that a woman lived in the farmhouse. 
Make other sentences like this, using ideas from the poem. 


Another technique adopted by the writer is to use figures of speech such as a simile. A simile is used to express similarity between two things. e.g. He is as fast as lightning. The rain/ell heavily on the metal roof like a machine-gun. Similes usually start with 'like' or 'as'. 
Find two similes in the last section of the story. 


An astronaut is speaking to the Mission Control from her capsule, describing geographical features she can see on Earth. Decide which features she is talking about. Fill in the gaps in the astronaut’s description below. Use the names given in the box with the correct determiners (a, an, the). (The first two have been done for you):
“There is very little cloud cover at 

  1. The moment. I can see India right below me.
  2. The Andaman and Nicobar Islands are clearly visible, and of course there is
  3.  ______ to the south. I can see where
  4.  ______ flows into
  5. ______ A little higher are the glistening snows of
  6.  _______but I can’t see
  7.  _______itself. I can just make out
  8. _______ to the west. I’m passing over
  9. _______ right now. To the north, I can just see
  10. _______in the centre of the vast expanse of
  11. _______ In the far north, the ice of
  12. _______ is clearly visible.”

Here are a few questions and statements written down by the Cultural Secretary that she/ he needs to share. Tick the correct words from those given in brackets:

  1. How (much/many) (chair/chairs) do we need?
  2. (Much/Several) (school/schools) will be participating.
  3. (Several/Much) (student/students) have arrived.
  4. How (much/many) (information/informations) does this brochure give?
  5. We have only (a few/a little) sponsors for (some/much) events.

Comparing Quantities
Study the following graph depicting major exports from Medland in the
current year.

 

Write a short report on major exports from Medland this year compared with the last year.  Use words from the box above. Divide your report into two paragraphs as indicated: 

Medland’s Export Trends

 On the whole, Medland exported slightly less this year than the last year. Concerning foodstuffs,
_________________________________________________________________
As regards non-edible goods,_____________________________________________


The teacher/ student will read out the Radio programme again. Fill in as much information as you can in the following table. Then exchange information with your partner to complete the table. 
                             RADIO SHOW 

Content of programme  Details 
1. School News  .
  .
  .
  .
2. Jokes  .
3. 'Meet the Teacher'  .
  .
  .
4. Advert Time  .
  .
  .
5. Safety at School  .
  .

The table below provides you with a list of modals that are used to express necessity and permission.

Necessity I obligation Permission

Positive

must                            obeying

have to                        authority

need to

ought to                      right thing

should                         to do

Positive

can (less formal)

may (more formal)

 

 

 

Negative

must not

cannot

ought not to

Negative

need not

do not have to

 


What would you do if you became invisible? Would you use your invisibility to play tricks on people or for the good of people?
Write a short paragraph on 'If I was invisible'. 


Convert these sentences into headlines
(i) The sealink between Bandra and Worli has been inaugurated.
(i) _______________________________________
(ii) Twelve non-stop superfast trains have been introduced in the recent railway budget.
(ii) _______________________________________
(iii) One more case of swine flu has been confirmed in Hyderabad.
(iii) _______________________________________


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?


Interactive practice
Individually, write down four sentences as in column A in 3.

  A (First speaker) B (Questioner) C (Reporter)
1.   What did he say?  
2.   What did she say?  
3.   What did he say?  
4.   What did the notice say?  

Look at the notes given below and complete the paragraph that follows by choosing the correct option from the choices given.

Kamala Das alias Kamala Suraiyya - famous Indian writer - published auto
biography - My story - translated - foreign languages.

Kamala Das also (a)_______________ is (b)_______________She (c)_____________ ‘My Story’ when she was 42 years old. Her autobiography (d)________________ into many foreign languages.

(a) (i) called as Kamala Suraiyya
(ii) known by Kamala Suraiyya
(iii) known as Kamala Suraiyya
(iv) said as Kamala Suraiyya
(b) (i) famous Indian writer
(ii) a famous Indian writer
(iii) the famous Indian writer
(iv) famous as an Indian writer
(c) (i) published her autobiography titled
(ii) published an autobiography titled
(iii) published an autobiography as
(iv) published an autobiography as
(d) (i) is being translated
(ii) will be translated
(iii) have been translated
(iv) has been translated

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.____________________________________________________________________________________________________


Class discussion 
• Is a biography written in a particular order of events? 
• Which is the most common tense? 


Work in pairs. Put one pencil on a point on the map where you live, and put another pencil on any other point. Ask your partner to tell the direction for getting to your house.

Prepositions of time

after at before between
by during for from
on past since throughout
to towards until within

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