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प्रश्न
Look around in your vicinity - your family, friends, neighbours, classmates, etc. and write about any four teenagers who have made a name for themselves by doing something extraordinary.
| Teenager Group | Name/s | Special/extraordinary tasks/things performed |
| 1. Family | ______ | ______ |
| 2. Friends | ______ | ______ |
| 3. Neighbours | ______ | ______ |
| 4. Classmates | ______ | ______ |
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उत्तर
| Teenager Group | Name/s | Special/extraordinary tasks/things performed |
| 1. Family | Rohit Sharma (Cousin) | Performed an honest act of returning a bag full of money to its rightful owner. |
| 2. Friends | Geeta Patel | Started an online campaign to spread awareness regarding the importance of an individual’s role in keeping the surroundings clean. |
| 3. Neighbours | Siya Paliwal | Won the Starlight Writing Award for fiction at the age of fourteen. Her short story was published by Starlight (India). |
| 4. Classmates | Anish Shaikh | Is a top tennis player. He has won various tournaments including the State level interschool championship. |
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Fill in each of the numbered blanks with the correct form of the word given in brackets. Do not copy the passage, but write in the correct serial order the word or phrase appropriate to the blank space.
Example :
(0) roamed
Once upon a time, in the days when genies and giants (0) ______ (roam) the land, there (1) ______ (live) a farmer (2) ______ (name) Baba Ayub. He lived with his family in a little village by the name of Maidan Sabz. Because he had a large family to feed, Saba Ayub (3) ______ (see) his days (4) ______ (consume) by hard work. Every day, he (5) ______ (labour) from dawn to sundown, (6) ______ (plow) his field and (7) ______ (turn) the soil and (8) ______ (tend) to his meagre pistachio trees.
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Fie, fie, they are not to be nam'd my lord, not to speak of, There is not chastity enough in language Without offence to utter them. Thus, pretty lady, I am sorry for thy much misgovernment.
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O, Hero! What a Hero hadst thou been If half thy outward graces had been plac'd About thy thoughts and counsels of thy heart! But fare thee well, most foul, most fair; farewell Thou pure impiety and impious purity For thee I'll lock up all the gates of love, And on my eyelids shall conjecture hang To turn all beauty into thoughts of harm, And never shall it more be gracious.
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______ do you have for breakfast?
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| 2. | Before turning on the power, check that all parts are connected to the CPU. |
| 3. | First, open the box and take out the computer parts. |
| 4. | Plug both the computer and the monitor with a power cord. |
| 5. | Set the computer on a table or flat surface. |
| 6. | Finally, turn on the power. |
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I have no coat.
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